The pond on the village has been cleaned up, the water is quiet, the bank is planted with weeping willows, lotus flowers are planted in the water, and a row of fine cobblestone paths leads to the octagonal viewing pavilion.

Gongsun Zhi sat on a rattan chair, holding two round balls made of pine soaked medicine in his hands, and carved a Go board on the stone table.

Fu'er sat on the steps, writing big characters on a low table, her little face was all serious, she looked like a little adult, very cute. Although this child has not yet grown, his lips are red and his teeth are white, his facial features are deep, his skin is delicate and shiny, and he already has the appearance of a beauty, and he will definitely be a very beautiful woman in the future.

Gongsun Zhi likes her very much, and occasionally is willing to patiently guide her homework, but he doesn't want to train her to be so talented, according to the words of this old man, write a handful of elegant words, just read and reason, poetry and the like, occasionally read and cultivate temperament, but don't take it too seriously, otherwise it will always be sad and sad, but it is not good.

Xiao Ru looked at the old man in front of him thoughtfully, newly married for more than two months, the old man and Ding Feng Lou Yi are very busy, except for Brother Xiao Lou, Xiao Ru has few opportunities to see the other two people, the day before yesterday, Lou Yi and Ding Feng suddenly ran home injured, but Xiao Ru was taken aback, fortunately, these two people are flesh wounds, nothing matters, on Xiao Ru's homemade medicine, it became lively again in a moment.

It's just that since these two people returned from injury, Gongsun Zhi ordered the two to report their illness, even if they were idle and panicked, they could go to practice and play on Zhuangzi, but they were no longer allowed to go out on errands, and they were so busy all day a few days ago that they couldn't go home.

However, the saint didn't have any special reaction, let alone urge, but sent the imperial doctor to come over to diagnose and treat Lou Yi and Ding Feng three times a day, and gave a lot of good medicinal materials. made Xiaoru can't help but secretly hope that Lou Yi and Ding Feng will be sick for longer.

"Curious?" Gongsun Zhi threw away the chess pieces, and when he saw Xiao Ru's thoughtful and puzzled face, he couldn't help but wonder.

Xiao Ru was taken aback, and said embarrassedly: "Old man, isn't it good for Brother Xiaolou and Brother Ding to report their illness like this?" "The emperor sent the imperial doctor every day, although he didn't say it explicitly, but anyone can see that he wants Lou Yi and Ding Feng to resume work immediately, that's the emperor, one sentence of life and death, if you annoy him, what's the matter, the old man is obviously a cautious person, and he is usually very low-key, how can he ...... this time It's time to be petty.

"Sister Xiaoru, this is someone else's courtier, it doesn't matter if he has a little temper, it's not good to hide it too deeply. The two of them are not a major military matter, and now, Xiaolou and Ding Feng are seriously injured, of course they can ask for leave to recuperate, even the emperor can't let people recuperate. ”

Seriously injured? Xiao Ru rubbed her brows, forget it, anyway, the one in front of him is a contemporary emperor, and he always knows the character of that emperor better than himself, it's just that these days, what errand are they doing, if it's not a big event, why does the emperor rush to recruit a national teacher back to Beijing, if it's a big event, why doesn't this national teacher seem to be in a hurry? Occasionally, I heard a few words from Brother Xiaolou, and it seemed that an important person had been lost in the palace, and when the two of them came back, they were ordered to look for them privately......

"It doesn't matter if you tell you. Anyway, our little sister Ru is not unstable. Gongsun Zhi shook his head and said with a smile, "Speaking of which, this is just an open secret, although it is not easy for the government and the opposition to talk about it openly, most of them know that the emperor has no intention of hiding it." ”

"Our saint's original wife, named Naren, is the daughter of a Mongolian nobleman, when the saint is fifteen years old today, thirteen-year-old Naren married into the Liu family, although she is young, but she is beautiful, so that a very beautiful horsewhip, good skills, cool, cheerful personality, even loved by in-laws and husbands."

Gongsun Zhi sighed and said with a wry smile: "However, she is a Mongolian after all, after the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty, the saint was rewarded **, but Naren could not be the queen, and even the imperial concubine, concubine, and lady could not do the first three ranks, and only a fourth-class concubine was awarded the second grade." ”

Seeing Xiaoru's dumbfounded appearance, Gongsun Zhi exhaled: "We only basically swept down the rebellion four years ago, expelled the Mongolian Tatars, and unified the world, that is, the emperor loves the original match in his heart, but in this sensitive period, he can't let a Mongolian woman be the queen, however, Concubine Jing's status in ** is very transcendent, and no one dares to embarrass her, in fact, this master is very powerful, except in front of the holy car on weekdays, the weapon does not leave his body, and if he is slightly unsatisfactory, he will whip each other at every turn, but the saint is ashamed, added 120,000 points of tolerance to her, and naturally no one dared to offend her. ”

"A few months ago, Concubine Jing suddenly fell out with the saint, let's not talk about the specific reason, this kind of thing involving selfishness, there is no benefit in knowing more, in short, Concubine Jing and the current saint have been in a cold war for several days, and I don't know what way to come up with a ridiculous thing to come up with the relics of the Emperor and run away from the palace, Sister Xiaoru should have heard that the Liu family was originally a poor family, and it was developed since the father of the current saint, that is, the Holy Ancestor Emperor Zhen, before the death of Emperor Zhen, He attaches great importance to the thing that Concubine Jing is holding in his hand now, and never lets others touch it, after his death, this thing has been kept by the saint, and it can be regarded as a remembrance. ”

Xiao Ru was stunned, in her heart, she always thought that the status of women in this era was very low, in fact, it was indeed very low, although Cheng Zhu Lixue's idea of restricting women did not spread on a large scale like her own era, after the establishment of the Great Xia Dynasty, it required women not to bind their feet, and also encouraged widows under the age of thirty to remarry, and made many enlightened decisions, but the low status of women can not be changed overnight, and now, the concubines in the emperor's ** are so strong, If the old guys in the Ministry of Rites who attach great importance to etiquette know about it, maybe they will ask the Holy Lord to execute Concubine Jing in order to save the royal face......

However, I don't know if the request of the saint to secretly find someone is because of the old feelings, or if he simply doesn't want to lose the royal face, after all, if the concubine leaves the palace, if it spreads, it can't be ended with a sentence of 'not very good'.

"Okay, Sister Xiaoru, don't think about it too much, in the end, you have to make up your mind in the end, others can't control it, let's save a few days first."

Xiao Ru nodded, and continued to pound the medicinal materials, this kind of right and wrong in the palace, she still has to stay as far away as possible, originally knew that Brother Xiao Lou was in a hurry because he couldn't find anyone, and she was still thinking about whether she wanted to reach out and do a favor, after all, this kind of thing, even the most neat intelligence talent, is not as good as herself, but now it seems that it is better to be quiet and not to do too much.