In the queen's bedroom, the emperor and queen sit opposite each other, and the three treasures and the queen's close maid Chanmei stand on both sides for the two of them.

Empress Feng was very attentive and said to Tuoba Hong: "Since Your Majesty left Beijing in August, I haven't seen you for a few months, and Your Majesty has lost a lot of weight!" Seeing Tuoba Hong smiling and silent, Feng continued: "The concubine is thinking that it will be the day in a few days, although she is now in the palace, but the form of these festivals cannot be ambiguous, and it is in the past few months that the harem sisters are also looking forward to seeing the holy face, so it is better to have a lively and lively one." ”

Tuoba Hong smiled and nodded: "The queen is thoughtful, just according to what you say." ”

Feng Shi took the sheep soup handed over by Chanmei, held it to Tuoba Hong with his own hands, and said softly: "When Your Majesty left Beijing, Mrs. Luo and Concubine Zheng were both pregnant, and the concubine lived up to His Majesty's trust and took care of them carefully. ”

Tuoba Hong nodded slightly when he heard this, and did not praise her as Feng expected, Feng paused for a moment, his heart sank, and said: "The concubine heard that there is a beautiful woman in His Majesty's palace, if you are really happy, the concubine should meet her and ask for a title for her." ”

Tuoba Hong didn't expect Feng to take the initiative to mention it, so he was stunned for a moment and said, "I returned to the palace yesterday, and I haven't had time to mention this matter to the queen. ”

Feng put down the fast chopsticks and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, the concubine is the head of the harem, and Your Majesty's wife, so she should place the harem for Your Majesty." Now that His Majesty has accepted a beauty, he will not talk to the concubine, so how can the concubine behave in the palace in the future? When he said that, he shed tears.

Tuoba Hong waved his hand and motioned for the attendants to remove the bowls and chopsticks, and then said to Feng: "For many years, I know that you have worked hard in the harem and are diligent. I wasn't deceiving, but I didn't think about giving her a title. ”

Feng Shi heard Tuoba Hong say this, and said coquettishly: "When the daughters of those important ministers and famous families first entered the palace, the first empress dowager only made them concubines, and when they were the descendants of the royal family, they could be promoted to the position of lady, and even more so to Zhaoyi." Now this beauty of Your Majesty, who is the daughter of a famous family? ”

Tuoba Hong snorted coldly and said, "I remember that the queen was Zhaoyi when she first entered the palace, right?" ”

Feng Shi opened his mouth, but he was speechless for a while. I only heard Tuoba Hong say again: "I still have something to do, queen, you should rest early, so as not to hurt your body too much." With that, he ordered the three treasures to drive away.

As soon as Tuoba Hong left, Feng Shi wailed, crying and resentful: "I have respected Your Majesty like a guest all these years, and he has never treated me like today. ”

Chanmei hurriedly said on the side: "Queen, don't be angry, you hurt the phoenix body." ”

Feng Shi gritted his teeth and said: "Now that I haven't seen each other, she asked Her Majesty to give me the power to dismount, and I don't know what kind of storm I want to turn over in the future, I can't let her mess up the palace." ”

Chanmei wiped away Feng's tears with a brocade papa, and whispered softly: "Queen, that Zheng family relies on his father is Tai Changqing, and he is in-law with Mrs. Li, and he has never been close to you. Now, she is pregnant, if she gives birth to a prince, then Mrs. Li will be like a tiger. Queen, you might as well borrow the hand of this beauty..."

When Feng Shi heard this, he stood up and said coldly: "Li Chong is now receiving the holy favor, Your Majesty naturally looks at Li Shi differently, and I really ignore the two of them." It's okay, this time I will take care of them, so as not to raise tigers in the future. ”

Outside the window, the wind was bitter and unusually biting.

In the dormitory, He set up a chess game and played against Hong. Hong frowned slightly, for a moment, with a confident look on his face, waiting for the execution to be put on the plate, he smiled and said: "This Han chess game is like a vertical and horizontal field, and it also pays attention to proper offense and defense, and looks at the overall situation. ”

He smiled lightly and said: "Everyone in the world is impressed by the breadth and profundity of chess, and the concubine is shallow, not as good as one or two of Yuan Lang, and Yuan Lang has to accept it." ”

Hong laughed and said, "Bao'er, what you want is the leisure in chess, but I regard it as the essence of Han culture. This square inch chessboard, 361 subs, virtual is real, real is virtual, infinite changes, all-encompassing. I have been yearning for Sinology since I was a child, and now that the matter of moving the capital has been decided, I will promote the Han civilization and implement the reform of Sinicization. ”

He got up and took the tea bowl in Sanbao's hand, handed it to Yu Hong, and after he took a sip of tea, He smiled and said: "The concubine doesn't understand the political affairs of the previous dynasty, but the concubine is long in the people, and the people in the market are grateful to the first empress dowager and Yuan Lang for their sinicization strategy." ”

Hong put down the tea bowl, stretched out his hand to pull He to sit beside him, and sighed: "If I want to carry out the reform of Sinicization, it must start from the royal family, otherwise it will not be enough to convince the public." I discussed with the emperor's uncle earlier, and when the matter of moving the capital was safe, I sinicized the surnames of the Xianbei clan, and first cut off the roots of those old-fashioned clans. ”

He was stunned, although she knew that Hong was working hard, she didn't expect him to have such courage. Seeing that he looked like this, he smiled and said, "How can I be afraid that I will rob your surname?" ”

He came back to his senses and said playfully: "Since you are a concubine, it is better to be surnamed Yuan." ”

"Yuan?" Hong listened to He's words and muttered: "The beginning of heaven and earth is Yuan, the new capital is built as Yuan, and the first line of Sinicization is Yuan." Then he laughed and said, "Wonderful, really wonderful!" Bao'er, you are indeed a fairy given to me by God! ”

He Tian smiled sweetly and added: "Yuan Lang is the elder brother, with Yuan as his surname, he can also show Yuan Lang's brother and brother, and he has always had a heartless heart." ”

Hong listened to He's words, looked at her even more, picked her up, and went straight into the inner room.