At the end of the autumn of the sixth year of the Great Zhou Shending, there was an autumn rain in Shaoliang City.

This is the last autumn rain before the start of winter, because tomorrow will be the winter solstice.

The whole Great Week is going to be winter.

If it is according to previous years, the palace internal affairs office will send some winter objects to the mansions of the adults in the temple in recent days, and often at such a time, the adults in the temple will have to widen their eyes to see whose things are more and more valuable, and which one is the least valuable.

According to the rules of previous years, the Zaizhifu will still be the first share, and then it will be up to several highly famous old bachelors to win the second share.

It is not easy to see His Majesty the Emperor's attitude towards the adults in the court in such a small place, but a bunch of old foxes who have been crawling around in the temple for so many years are really reluctant to let go of such an opportunity.

In particular, they are unwilling to get the least and most inconspicuous winter objects in their own mansions.

You must know that Lord Zaizhi, every year, there is a good thing that others do not have, last year was an old thing of the previous dynasty, it is an inconspicuous hand warmer, it looks inconspicuous, but it is precious and abnormal, it is said that it is the favorite and most ingenious small object of the emperor of the previous dynasty.

His Majesty the Emperor's undisguised thoughts made all the ministers a little hot.

As for this year, many ministers have guessed that the Ministry of Internal Affairs will never come out with more things than last year, after all, the border war is non-stop, everything needs money, the treasury of the Great Zhou can not withstand wanton spending, a few days ago at the court meeting, in addition to the border war report, in fact, His Majesty the Emperor and the ministers discussed the most is the treasury expenditure, according to the accounts taken out by the Hubu Shangshu who is now almost all day long, in this war, the Great Zhou treasury that has always been said to be abundant, is now like a man who has been drained of blood, standing is extremely reluctant, if there is a big expense, maybe you have to chop your hands and feet。

Whether or not the national treasury can be completed before the national treasury is exhausted is the most concerned issue in the big week.

Fortunately, the army of Chen has not yet broken through the Beiyan County in the north of the Great Zhou, and the war has not yet spread to the border, from the north to Shaoliang City, there has never been a matter of people moving south, as for the south of the Great Zhou, it is as always.

Throughout the Great Zhou, in the face of this protracted war, there was no retreat.

It's just that in Shaoliang City, it has become a little depressed.

Today's court meeting, still according to the past situation, His Majesty the Emperor first let the ministers of the border war know, and then made instructions on some more important political affairs, and then the old Shangshu of the household department reported with a bitter face as always to His Majesty the Emperor how much silver he would approve after today, and how much money was left in the treasury.

In the end, Lao Shangshu's face ached, as if he was going to take out his own silver.

His Majesty the Emperor first comforted a few words, and finally said meaningfully that when it is difficult, there should be a way to deal with it, and after these times, everything will be better.

Before the court meeting was dispersed, His Majesty the Emperor seemed to inadvertently mention that the old priest of the country, who had already withdrawn from the officialdom, said that this winter, the weather over there in Yanshi City would be very bad, and it was necessary to be more considerate of this boss.

It seems to be mentioned casually, but in fact, the ministers of the court present are like mirrors and are very clear.

Now whether it is the officialdom of the Great Zhou Dynasty, or the battlefield army, the most outstanding person is not the temple ministers of Shaoliang City, but Xie Ying, who has always led a cavalry army outside Beiyan County.

This young to the extreme Xie Jiabaoshu, over the past year or so, the military exploits accumulated are almost unattainable for others in a lifetime, if it weren't for Xie Ying who has always stopped those Chen troops outside Beiyan County, Shaoliang City may still be Shaoliang City, but maybe Beiyan County would have been broken long ago.

said that Xie Ying is the first person in the current Great Zhou army, and no one will have any objections.

Therefore, this year's winter items, the convention of Lord Zai Zhi taking the first one is about to be broken?

The old Xie who has faded out of officialdom for many years has been in terms of qualifications and talents, but he is not inferior to Lord Zaizhi.

The more thoughtful minister remembered the intention of His Majesty the Emperor to marry His Royal Highness the princess to Xie Ying, and the ancestral system said that it had become a little unworthy long before Xie Ying's military exploits.

It seems that after this war is over, that Xie Jiabaoshu will become the first courtier of the Great Zhou to become a concubine, but still have real power in the army.

In comparison, if Da Zhou can win this national war, the Xie family is powerful, which is actually not a bad thing.

After the court meeting dispersed, the courtiers left the imperial city one after another and returned to their respective yamen, and now the Great Zhou is an eventful season, and if something goes wrong at this time, His Majesty the Emperor will definitely not be spared.

His Majesty the Emperor returned to the imperial study on the side of the Changchun Palace and began to approve the folds handed over from all over the place, according to the past situation, as well as the number of folds today, His Majesty the Emperor should have lunch in the imperial study, so the eunuch Su Jin, the eunuch of the inner court, had already arranged lunch for His Majesty the Emperor, and then the head of the eunuchs in the palace stood outside the imperial study with his sleeves folded, squinting slightly, looking into the distance, thoughtful.

This autumn rain seems to have made this eunuch very attentive.

And His Majesty the Emperor in the imperial study, he didn't care at all, and now the Great Zhou monarch, the whole person's mind is on these folds in front of him.

As for the war, since he ascended the throne, he has fought many times, and he is very familiar, but Chen Guo's resolute attitude this time made the Great Zhou Emperor a little worried.

Cutting off the red pen, His Majesty the Emperor rubbed his temples, looked out the window, and suddenly smiled: "I always feel that the war will end in the spring of next year, and I don't know why." ”

Then the man, who had been the king of the Great Zhou Dynasty for many years, suddenly laughed and shouted, "Let the imperial dining room send a roast chicken over, it will be bigger." ”

Someone outside the door answered, and there was a distant sound of footsteps.

His Majesty the Emperor listened to the sound of the distance, only then stood up, twisted his neck, and saw a bamboo dragonfly behind the ancient books on the desk, this is a small gadget woven with bamboo strips by some vulgar men in the countryside because they can't afford toys for their children, at first there was no palace at first, but I don't know when it started, it was known by someone in the palace, and then for more than a year, someone didn't know how many openings were cut out of his hands in order to weave bamboo dragonflies, and someone who could be pampered since childhood was happy to do this, for more than a year, he knitted hundreds of bamboo dragonflies, each of which was tied up with silk thread and hung in front of the door of Fengyang Pavilion, and this Great Zhou monarch begged for a long time, before he begged for one in someone's hand, it is said that it is still the ugliest one, according to someone, these bamboo dragonflies are what she wants to give to someone else, but don't give you this bad old man.

His Majesty the Emperor turned his head to look at a bronze mirror on the side, looked at the white hair growing on his temples, and said with some dissatisfaction: "I just gave birth to so many gray hairs, how can I say that I am a bad old man?"

After saying this, His Majesty the Emperor picked up the bamboo dragonfly, put it in the palm of his hand, and looked at it carefully, he really felt that this bamboo dragonfly was really not good-looking, because of someone's statement, he really took the time to look at the bamboo dragonflies in Fengyang Pavilion, and after comparison, he found that someone's statement was really not wrong at all.

The person whose elbow began to turn outward before he was married made His Majesty the Emperor very helpless.

Carefully looking at this bamboo dragonfly, His Majesty the Emperor suddenly had a whim, put the bamboo dragonfly down, picked up a red pen and drew a few strokes on the bamboo dragonfly's head, and then picked up another ink pen and drew several strokes on the wings, and finally the originally green bamboo dragonfly had three colors.

Green, red, black.

It looks a bit nondescript.

But His Majesty the Emperor began to laugh inexplicably.

This made Su Jin, the eunuch who quietly pushed the door open, stunned.

He held the roast chicken and stood quietly at the door.

His Majesty the Emperor said in a low voice: "You can't fly out." ”

Su Jin's expression was gloomy.

His Majesty the Emperor re-lifted the red pen and began to approve the folding.

Su Jin went out with the roast chicken and closed the door.

From beginning to end, the palm seal eunuch did not say a word.

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Fengyang Pavilion is located next to Changchun Palace, it is the closest one to Changchun Palace among several concubine palaces, the reason is not too complicated, the first queen lived in Fengyang Pavilion.

Since it is the queen's residence, it is closer to Changchun Palace, so what is there to say.

It's just that after the death of the first empress, no other concubines have lived in this palace, which shows the sincerity of the relationship between His Majesty the emperor and the former empress.

The current princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Ji Nanlong, returned to Fengyang Pavilion after the age of fifteen, and re-let Fengyang Pavilion have a master, the only daughter of the former queen, and now the only princess of the Great Zhou, has been held in the palm of his hand by His Majesty the Emperor since she was a child, and she is reluctant to beat and scold, and no one dares to say anything more when she becomes the new owner of Fengyang Pavilion.

On the contrary, it was after the extreme Nanlong returned to this Fengyang Pavilion that many concubines were relieved, His Majesty the Emperor's favor has always been in a small number of people, if there are other concubines living in this Fengyang Pavilion, wouldn't it show that the person has the intention of becoming the next queen?

How does this work?

The battle in the harem is actually much more difficult to fathom than the turbulent undercurrents in the court.

Many of the ministers of the court who sent their daughters into the palace wished that their own daughters or eldest sisters in the palace would be able to keep to themselves, and they must not think about making any moths, otherwise from His Majesty the Emperor from the palace to the outside of the palace, no one will have any good fruit to eat.

As for really being able to stand out from the crowd of concubines and become the second empress since His Majesty the Emperor ascended the throne, it would really burn high incense.

One is prosperous, and one is lost.

These words are not just words.

His Majesty the Emperor is really a master who misses the old love.

Today's autumn rain began to fall, and a group of palace maids and eunuchs in Fengyang Pavilion moved jars from the house to receive rainwater, during which they had to pass through the corridor where bamboo dragonflies were hung, these palace maids and eunuchs had to be careful, these bamboo dragonflies are now the most precious things of Her Royal Highness the Princess, if anyone spends one or two, according to Her Royal Highness the Princess's temper, you can't do this kind of thing by killing the palace maids, but anyway, you won't have meat to eat for many days after that.

I feel that it is nothing when I am used to eating meat on weekdays, but suddenly I don't get some oil and meat for ten days and half a month, which is really difficult.

There were a few palace maids who really broke a few bamboo dragonflies before, and they were really ordered by Her Royal Highness the princess not to eat meat for two months, the first month was fine, and when they waited for the second month, they were really a little worried about them when they saw these palace maids again.

To get out of life is to have a serious illness.

After that, no one dared to touch these bamboo dragonflies easily, even if everyone knew that this was woven by Her Royal Highness the princess to give to that General Xie.

Thinking of that General Xie, I have known a lot of news from the border in my womb these days, and I naturally know how important General Xie, who has long been famous, is to the Great Zhou.

As soon as the pillar of the country said, Xie Ying is now well-deserved.

Today's rain is naturally arranged by Her Royal Highness the Princess, Her Royal Highness the Princess didn't know where to hear an interesting saying a few days ago, saying that in Yanling, there is a wine called daughter red, which was brewed by the woman's elders when the daughter was born, and then buried in the soil, and when the daughter got married, and then dug up, if the time is exactly eighteen years, it is the best, in case the woman marries early or late, in fact, the difference will not be too big.

It's just that everybody likes it, and it's just right.

After Ji Nanlong learned such a statement, she became interested, saying that although she didn't bury the wine when she was born, then at this time she would brew a few jars of good wine and use it as a celebration wine for her sweetheart, which was actually about the same.

Therefore, Ji Nanlong began to calculate what to make this jar of wine, and after everything was ready, the last and most important point was water.

If you use ordinary well water, Ji Nanlong will never agree.

Therefore, in today's autumn rain, a group of palace maids received rainwater.

A few jars of wine were brewed from the last autumn rain before winter, and even she had the name in mind, so she called it before winter.

Then after winter, if Xie Ying has not yet returned to the court, then she will use snow water to brew it again in the first snow, and that batch of wine is called autumn.

If Xie Yingdu hadn't come back after this winter, then she would use the first spring rain to make another jar of wine, and it would be called Chunlai at that time.

Anyway, if Xie Ying never comes back, she will keep making wine, a cycle of four seasons, in fact, enough to make a lot of wine.

As for whether it tastes good or not, I don't care if I think about it.

As for whether Xie Ying could come back, Ji Nanlong never thought about it.

He's such a powerful general, how can he not come back.

Before the autumn rain stopped, Fengyang Pavilion had almost received enough rain to brew dozens of jars of wine, and then Ji Nanlong waved his hand generously.

Watching those little eunuchs carefully seal the rain, Ji Nanlong held his cheeks under the gazebo on the side and said, "Be careful, don't get into the dirty." ”

Everyone nodded, and continued to move things carefully.

The pavilion located in Fengyang Pavilion was repaired by the first queen at the time, and when it was completed, His Majesty the Emperor wrote down the three words of Fenglai Pavilion himself, and the result was that on the day when these three words were written, the first queen had a feeling of vomiting, and the imperial doctor took the pulse, and it was determined that there was a happy pulse.

After conceiving in October, she gave birth to Princess Ji Nanlong, when His Majesty the Emperor looked up at the three words of Fenglai Pavilion and laughed.

It's always been a joke in the palace.

After Her Royal Highness the princess returned to Fengyang Pavilion, this pavilion was the place where Her Royal Highness the princess stayed the most, and those bamboo dragonflies were woven by Ji Nanlong under this pavilion one by one, during which I don't know how many times my fingers were cut by those bamboo strips, but Ji Nanlong never gave up.

Even in the past year and a half, Ji Nanlong also picked up articles and poems, and wrote a number of poems, some of which were passed into the Changchun Palace, and His Majesty the Emperor even praised them in public, and the palace maids and eunuchs in the Changchun Palace all knew that His Majesty the Emperor's favorite sentence was "Since the monarch is out, the mirror is dark" Although His Majesty the Emperor also knows, this poem must have been written to Xie Ying, who was fighting abroad.

There was even news from Changchun Palace, saying that His Majesty the Emperor was still smiling and talking about how Her Royal Highness the Princess had become virtuous and virtuous because of lovesickness.

Although after being introduced to Fengyang Pavilion, Ji Nanlong was very open-toothed and clawed.

But everyone can see that happiness.

Ji Nanlong, who was holding his cheeks and watching the autumn rain, was a little bored, so he took out a portrait from his lap that had not yet been painted, and placed it on the stone table.

The scene on the portrait is a young general leaning on a white horse under a willow tree, covered in armor, with one hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist, the other hand holding a helmet, and a smile on the corner of his mouth.

And that general was originally the first to write.

There was still some blankness next to the young general.

There seems to be a place for one person.

Ji Nanlong couldn't start writing for a long time.

The palace maid on the side persuaded softly: "Your Royal Highness Princess, if you want to paint yourself, you can draw it, anyway, General Xie can't see it now, and he won't laugh at the princess."

Ji Nanlong turned his head and glared at the palace maid, "Don't you want to eat meat too?"

The palace maid hurriedly stopped talking, but her eyebrows were smiling.

Ji Nan Long put down his pen and sighed, "I don't know when this guy will come back, go and ask my father, and my father doesn't have a letter, it's really annoying." ”

Acacia is a woman's biggest weakness.

At this time, a gust of wind suddenly blew into the pavilion, Ji Nanlong gathered his clothes, suddenly turned his head, and heard a special sound.

A corridor with hanging bamboo dragonflies, which sway in the wind.

Because the wind passed through the bamboo strips that weaved the bamboo dragonflies, and there was a strange sound.

It sounded like someone was whispering.