Hearing Ji Jiang's voice outside the main hall of the East Palace, Ji Xie was stunned at first, and then his face turned pale. He really didn't expect Ji Jiang to be so willful, shouting and screaming on such an important occasion, and suddenly felt disgraced. He glanced at the inner attendant, who understood, and slowly walked out of the hall.

Zhao Bohu's eyes seemed to unintentionally sweep over Queen Fanji's calm face, and bowed to King Zhou Yi: "King, the salute has been completed, can you lead the prince to the study?"

Yiwang Ji Xie nodded: "The dog is stubborn, everything has a young master!"

Fanji's loving eyes watched them leave. The chamberlain Jia bowed down and entered the hall, and Ji Jiang followed behind with a graceful voice: "The concubine greets the king, and the queen."

King Yi's voice was very cold: "On such an important formal occasion, what kind of system do you have to shout so loudly outside?"

Ji Jiang has always been accustomed to indulgence in front of King Zhou, and suddenly saw him change his face, and couldn't help but be at a loss: "The concubine hasn't seen the king's face for the past few days, and she really has something important to tell the king!"

"Loneliness is the master of all multipliers, and there are all kinds of opportunities, how can you see it if you want to see it as soon as you want to see it?" Ji Xie patted the case, turned his face to Fanji and said, "Queen, it is your duty to train the palace concubine. I'll leave this matter to you, and teach her the rules. ”

After finishing speaking, he brushed his sleeves away, and Fan Ji whispered to Ji Jiang, who was still crouching on the ground, "Raise your head."

Ji Jiang raised his head obediently, his pretty face was full of tears, and his eyes were full of incomprehension and stubbornness.

"Don't you understand why the king is so angry today? You didn't go up or down like this before, but why do you want to turn your face with you today? Fan Ji asked lightly.

Ji Jiang bit his lip and replied, "Please teach the queen."

"No matter how much the king spoils you, he is the king, the lord of the world. You called out like this in front of your subordinates and the crown prince, and made such a child's affection, how can you make the king feel embarrassed? Men have the best face, let alone the Son of Heaven? How he gets along with you in private is your business, but in this great hall, in the eyes of the courtiers, he is first and foremost a king. You have to keep that in mind. ”

"So, is the queen a husband or a king?" Ji Jiang's eyes were sharp.

"First the monarch and the minister, then the husband and wife." Fanji's answer did not hesitate at all, she has been thinking so for the past few years, and she has done so. There is enough talk about today, and perhaps every king's woman will realize this sooner or later.

"Having said all that, I don't know how much you can comprehend. That's it, I'm tired today, by the way," Fan Ji asked casually, "I haven't asked you why you came to the king?" ”

"I'm ------ I'm pregnant." Ji Jiang's words were extremely light, but for Fanji, this sound was no less than a thunderclap------

After the grand spring festival, the spring sowing of the first year of the new king began. In ancient China, where agriculture was the foundation of the country, from the kings to the common people, they all attached great importance to this season. In all dynasties of Zhou Tianzi, there was a "home field system", that is, a field was selected on the outskirts of the city of King Jing, and the Son of Heaven personally ploughed the field to show that he was close to agriculture and valued agriculture. The important ministers below the Son of Heaven also took turns to show off their agricultural skills. The queen could not be idle, and had to lead a group of internal and external women to pick mulberry near her home field, in order to show the meaning of "male ploughing and female weaving".

Fanji is wearing a silk cloth skirt today, and a coarse cloth square scarf is wrapped around his head, which is no different from ordinary women. Yiji and the badger sheep are also like her. But Meng Jiang and Ju Ying are different, wearing a satin embroidered skirt, with beads on their heads, but they are not suitable for the situation, in this field, they are either hooked by wild grasses or hung by branches hairpin rings, very embarrassed. Since Ji Jiang was pregnant, the two of them finally got the opportunity to sleep, and they wanted to take the opportunity to participate in the "Jitian" ceremony to attract the attention of King Zhou Yi, but they didn't want to be self-defeating.

Facing the palace wall and willows all day long, today I can finally get out of the palace, facing the green water and green mountains in front of me, and I am in a good mood. Keep talking to his son Jihu.

"Hu'er, is the young master teaching well?"

"Okay." Ji Hu replied without thinking: "The young master will tell a little story every day, which is interesting!" It's much better than what is written in the book! ”

"That's good, the young master is a capable person, and in terms of seniority, it's still your uncle! You have to learn from him, don't be naughty! ”

Saying that Cao Cao Cao arrived, as he was talking, Zhao Bohu slowly walked up from under the hill and saluted Fan Ji directly. He noticed that the queen's dress was different from the past, although she was dressed in cloth, although it was like water coming out of the Fuqu canal, and the pearl was in the box, he praised: "The king of the strange way is wearing short clothes today, and he was originally discussed with the queen. It's hard for us courtiers, who wear long clothes and big sleeves, and are bulky and tight. ”

Fanji smiled and said, "The young master is too famous. The ancients created the Son of Heaven field system, not to make a show, but to let the king experience the hardships of this harvest and how difficult the people's livelihood is. My husband and wife are the parents of the world, and the people regard food as the sky, so they have to cultivate and practice by themselves. ”

"The Great Zhou Dynasty has such a bright monarch and virtuous queen, which is really a blessing for the people." Summoning Bohu to worship the chief again.

"What's the matter with the young master?"

"The king asked His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to plough the fields to set an example for all officials and the people."

"Although Hu Er is still young, he should be like this." Fanji took off the mulberry leaf basket on Ji Hu's back, leaned over and told his son a few words, so that he could rest assured that he would follow Zhao Bohu down the mountain.

Holding the mulberry leaf basket, the two of them left, and said with deep emotion: "Niangniang, since the prince worshiped Zhao Gongzi as a teacher, he has really become more and more sensible and polite. ”

"The name of Zhaozi Mu Xianzhi is in the world, and my son has him as a supplement, so why worry about my husband?"

"Even so, the queen is not to be taken lightly." The look of the sheep was grim: "Concubine Ji is four months pregnant, and it looks like this is about a boy." The king favored her so much, not only rewarded her constantly, but also exempted her from the gift of visiting the Middle Palace, and now even the ceremony of 'Jitian' is not coming. I heard that Ji Hou is not very easy in the east, and he is busy connecting with the surrounding princes, as if he wants to expand his territory. The queen has to guard against it! ”

"And how are you going?" Fan Ji asked.

"According to the slave maid, it is better to strike first, and take advantage of the child's ------ before birth"

"Shut up!" Fanji shouted: "How innocent is the child? What's more, that's my surname Ji's bloodline, Hu'er's own brother, how can he have such a despicable scheme? You cut off this thought as soon as possible, or else you will blame me for being ruthless! ”

The badger sheep was cold, and quickly lowered his head and responded: "No! The slave maid is wrong, and the slave maid is also thinking about the queen and the crown prince------"

Fan Ji sighed lightly: "That's it, the so-called 'Yan Guo Traces', everything in the world can't be wrapped in paper, unless it has never been done." Although Ji Jiang is favored, the king's woman is like this spring flower blooming and growing a stubble, where is there always blooming and undefeated? Let her go, as long as my son's crown prince is as stable as Mount Tai, the king will spoil whoever he likes, and he will go with him as many princes as he likes. ”

The Son of Heaven's "Home Field" ceremony is the most important event in spring, and hundreds of people in the pickaxe capital rush out of the city to watch. The streets of the city seemed much empty, especially at the south gate. No one noticed that a fast horse was galloping from the palace to the outskirts, the rider of the horse was dressed in the uniform uniform of a messenger and carrying a bamboo tube specially designed by the Zhou royal family to deliver urgent news.

On the outskirts of Haojing, on the bank of the Fengshui River, Zhou Yi Wang Ji Xie is teaching Prince Ji Hu how to use a rake to turn the ground: "Landing should be as deep as possible, so that you can turn ------ deep."

Xiao Jihu's face was covered with sweat, and he raised his eyes to look at his father in admiration: "Father, you have turned so well, it's amazing!" ”

King Zhou Yi laughed: "Your grandfather also taught King Gu like this back then, Hu'er, you are much stronger than your father back then!" ”

King Zhou's father and son are filial piety, happy and happy, and the ministers on the side are also smiling, harmonious up and down. At this time, someone came to spoil the fun.

Zhou Gongding held a bamboo tube in his hand, knelt on the edge of the field, and shouted: "The king, there is an urgent report from the Hou of Ehou, please take a look at the king!" ”

Ji Xie removed the wax seal on the bamboo tube, shook off the silk book inside, and only glanced at it, and his face was suddenly covered with dark clouds. The attentive minister also found that King Zhou's hand holding the silk book was trembling uncontrollably, and everyone knew in their hearts: something big must happen!

King Zhou Yi put away the silk book, went to the field in a hurry, and dropped two words: "Go back to the palace!" ”

Since the hasty end of the "Home Field" ceremony, the Hojing Palace has been under heavy dark clouds. After King Zhou Yi returned to the palace, there was no big court, but he only summoned the second duke of Zhou Zhao and the close ministers of the clan such as the Duke of Yu to discuss in the palace, and the discussion from noon to late at night had no result, and it seemed that they broke up unhappily. King Zhou didn't seem to have a bite of lunch and dinner, and the palace people talked about it, I don't know what the reason is. Gradually, some well-informed people found out some of the reasons: it turned out that the Chu State in the south had claimed to be the king! This is truly groundbreaking.

The chamberlain Jia stood in the middle of the inner hall of the middle palace, answering the queen's question without a match.

"Yes, Queen. The king had no food, and drove all the minions out, and shut himself up in the inner study, and no one was allowed to enter. ”

"The state of Chu is so bold to claim the title of king! No wonder the king was so angry. Fanji said.

The chamberlain Jia pouted: "Who said it wasn't?" It was not enough for Chu Zi to claim the title of king himself, and he also crowned all his three sons kings. The eldest son, Xiong Wukang, was the king of Juyi, the second son, Xiong Zhihong, was the king of E, and the younger son Xiong Zhiqi was the king of Yuezhang, guarding three important places in the middle of the Yangtze River. ”

"King E? What's going on? Could it be that the state of Hubei was annexed by the state of Chu? ”

"That's not true, but I was forced to move fifty miles north, so I asked the king for help. I heard that Chu Zixiong Qu also planned to send troops to attack Suiguo and take advantage of the situation to seize Tonglu Mountain, so the king was so anxious that he couldn't swallow it. ”

Fanji nodded and said, "Father-in-law has worked hard, go down and receive the reward." ”

"Thank you, Queen!"

As soon as the chamberlain Jia left, Fan Ji ordered: "Change clothes for the palace!"