After giving strategic instructions, Zhu Youxiao left the Wuying Palace. The remaining tedious affairs, regulations, and orders were the affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. This was also his original intention in establishing this organization.

After leaving all the trivial matters to Sun Chengzong, he went to Kunning Palace, where Queen Zhang Yan was raising her baby peacefully. When Zhu Youxiao arrived here, she was stroking her belly and walking in the palace.

"Baozhu, I'm here to see you." Zhu Youxiao shouted with a gentle look.

"Long live the Lord." Zhang Yan was also surprised when she saw him coming. After all, the emperor hadn't stayed at his place in the past few days. But then she turned around and said with an aggrieved face, "Has your Majesty forgotten the orb? Now

Just came to see me."

"How come, how come? I'm not busy!" Zhu Youxiao hurriedly stepped forward to coax. But he couldn't say anything nice. He traveled through time without even making friends in his previous life, and in this world,

He is an emperor again, and others are flattering him, so naturally he has no skills in coaxing his wife.

After coaxing her for a long time, she saw that Zhang Yan was still unhappy, so she finally resorted to her big move, "I'm not going anywhere tonight, so I'll just stay with Baozhu."

"Really?!" Zhang Yan looked surprised.

"Really, really. As long as Baozhu is happy." Zhu Youxiao said quickly. Seeing that his wife was happy, he felt relieved. He heard that women are not in a good mood during pregnancy and are often nervous. He was really afraid of Zhang.

Yan got into trouble with him.

"But I am pregnant and cannot serve Your Majesty." After being happy for a while, Zhang Yan paused.

"Haha, I will be happy as long as the treasure is with me. I don't need anything else." Zhu Youxiao laughed and said indifferently. Being able to sleep with such a beautiful and virtuous wife in his arms is something that he never dared to think about in his previous life.

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"Long live Lord, that's great." Zhang Yan said softly, her eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of moisture.

Then the atmosphere gradually became ambiguous. The two of them leaned together, hugged each other and talked quietly. The eunuchs and maids who followed behind them all moved away from each other.

There are probably about 2,000 people left in the palace now, and the number of eunuchs is still gradually decreasing. Most of the missing labor force is recruited from the strong women of the people. As for more heavy work, it is handed over to the Imperial City Secretary.

Craftsmen will do it. With the number of harems reduced, there is really no need for so many palace ban systems.

What's more, there are not so many concubines. The emperor spends more time with his concubines, and there are not so many women who can't stand loneliness. As for the palace maids, with the timed release system, they are more disciplined and there is less chaos.

At the same time, the consumption of the palace has also been reduced a lot, which can be used to improve the treatment of the remaining people.

Compared with before, the now empty Forbidden City not only does not feel cold, but also has a lot less gloomy atmosphere. In the dead of night, one can no longer feel the resentment and splendor of the past. Like the Ming Empire, this ancient city

The building complex seems to be taking on new life.

"By the way, Baozhu, why did you put your token so carelessly that those little guys got it?" As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao talked about everything that happened during the day.

"Oh, you said you should check them." Zhang Yan obviously knew that her token was taken away, "At that time, I deliberately let them go out for a walk. Seeing that they had never been out before, it was so pitiful.

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"Your Majesty won't blame me, right?" Zhang Yan turned her head and looked at her with big eyes flickering, the brilliance of motherhood shining on her face.

"How could I blame Baozhu? I just paid less attention to them in the past. Today I received the news from Jin Yiwei and didn't stop me. I just asked people to protect them secretly." Zhu Youxiao kissed Zhang Yan's forehead. Then he laughed.

"I hate it." Zhang Yan scolded, "I also arranged for Eunuch Zhang to wait outside with people, specifically to take them to the capital for a walk. These boys are really reckless. They only know how to get the token, and I am in the command. They didn't know how to get the silver lying next to the card, they thought it was in the palace and wanted something."

"Oh, haha, there's another thing. When they go out today, they will know the importance of money." Hearing such an embarrassing incident, Zhu Youxiao was also amused. He is really a noble man who doesn't know any worries.

"Speaking of which, it's time for them to come back. The sun is almost setting, and the palace is about to go down." Zhang Yan guessed, looking at the sky.

The two of them stayed together all afternoon, and it was almost getting dark now.

"Let's go, Baozhu, have dinner with me first, and let those boys come over when they come back." Zhu Youxiao took Zhang Yan's hand and left without saying anything.

"Your Majesty, someone is watching." Zhang Yan was held by the hand, her face flushed with embarrassment. It had been two years, and he was not used to the emperor's bold actions. Although he was happy, he was still afraid of other people's judgment.

"Who is watching? Who has seen it? Have you seen it?" Zhu Youxiao laughed and pretended to be serious and asked the maids and eunuchs waiting nearby.

"I didn't see it. I didn't see anything." The serving maids shook their heads in response, and a few familiar ones even looked around in exaggerated gestures. "I have night blindness. It's dark today and I can't see anything."

With funny sounds all the way, the two arrived at the palace where they were dining and began to enjoy a warm dinner. Chinese people like to talk about things at the dinner table. This has been passed down from a long time ago, and the people of the Ming Dynasty were no exception.

Of course, a fussy family would have some rules about eating, talking, and sleeping, but the royal family of the Ming Dynasty was not a fussy family. Historically, the queens came from small private families, which resulted in the entire harem being more casual and less serious.

Therefore, adhering to their usual habits, Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Yan were chatting and laughing as they ate their dinner. Their dishes were not many, Zhu Youxiao mainly served food that can replenish qi and blood, and Zhang Yan Yan's side mainly focuses on calming the nerves and nourishing the fetus. The two of them eat their own food and laugh and talk from time to time.

"By the way, Baozhu, my sisters are almost fourteen or five years old this year." As he said this, Zhu Youxiao suddenly mentioned this.

"Well, they are almost that old. The eldest fifth sister is fourteen this year and will leave the government in two years." Zhang Yan also knew the elegant meaning after hearing Xian Ge, "Why, could it be that someone mentioned it to Long Live Lord and wanted to Princess Shang?"

"No." Zhu Youxiao shook his head, grinding his teeth together, chewing up a large piece of beef and swallowing it into his stomach, "I just saw that they are older, so I have some ideas."

Thinking about his idea of ​​marrying off his sisters to military generals, Zhu Youxiao felt a little guilty unconsciously. Now he is more and more accustomed to the role of emperor, and everything he thinks about is from the perspective of profit.

"Could it be that your Majesty wants to marry into a certain vassal country?" Zhang Yan asked with a change of expression. Women have always been very sensitive to this, especially those who marry far away and become victims of politics.

"Look what you said, the Ming Dynasty did not surrender its subjects and accept sacrifices, and did not cede territory or make peace with each other. How could I violate the ancestral system?" Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"If you don't violate the ancestral rules, your Majesty will violate the ancestral rules the most." Upon hearing this, Zhang Yan secretly rolled her eyes and muttered with a laugh.

"Baozhu, what are you muttering about?" Zhu Youxiao heard Zhang Yan's lips move, as if she said something, but he didn't hear clearly and asked.

"Ah, it's nothing. I'm just guessing about His Majesty's plan. Could it be that he wants to select a few young talents in next year's imperial examination?" Zhang Yan said covertly.

However, what he said has always been the solution to the problem of the Princess of the Ming Dynasty. There is no way. This is the rule of the Ming Dynasty. After becoming a princess, you cannot participate in politics. It can also be said that the whole person's money career is ruined. Generally, people with some ideas are not willing to do so.

Can forcefully grant marriage.

In the Ming Dynasty, Jinshi always stayed away from princesses.

"No, I plan to let the three of them marry some generals under my command." Zhu Youxiao explained, but suddenly thought of the imperial examination that was going to start next year. He suddenly thought that he seemed to have not decided on the content and scope of the imperial examination.

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"It's a crime, it's a crime. I'll make sure of it when I get back after finishing Mongolia this time." Zhu Youxiao thought to himself.

The imperial examination is held once every three years, and it was held once in the first year of the Apocalypse. The next time will be the fourth year of the Apocalypse, that is, next year, but it is estimated that there will be many people participating next year. With so many official positions, there are more disciplines for passing the examination, not to mention that now it is only a matter of time to pass the examination.

I can become an official, and I still get the same promotion, and I also have the opportunity to serve as a chief official, but the beginning.asxs. is a little lower.

"Ah, your majesty... do you want to have a drink to release your military power?" Zhang Yan asked in surprise. As a talented woman, she naturally associated the emperor's behavior with that of Song Taizu, "But now the world still has

Before Jingping, there was Mongolia in the north, and there were explosive people inside who were resisting land reform."

As a queen and a person with the highest regard for the world, Zhang Yan naturally sat on the emperor's side and began to think about issues from a personal standpoint.

"Haha, Baozhu, you still know how to release military power over a glass of wine!" Zhu Youxiao was amused by her serious expression, scratched his nose and said with a smile, "Since you said that I am the emperor who has violated the most ancestral rules, how about a princess?

Why not continue to serve in the military?"

"Ah!" Zhang Yan exclaimed, her face turning red. She didn't expect that all the words she complained about were heard.

"Your Majesty is so evil!"

Seeing the blushing look on his face, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but move his index finger, and moved his hand up to touch it.

"Okay, Baozhu, what do you think about this?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Should Your Majesty go and ask over there?" Zhang Yan pointed to the harem. Over there is the West Sixth Palace, where the concubines of the previous dynasty lived. The biological mothers of several princesses live there. His own concubine

He lived in the East Sixth Palace, and all the younger ones were arranged to live in his original Ciqing Palace, where they received education from the Hanlin Academy.

"Elder brother is like father. Besides, I am the emperor, so I am naturally their master. There is no need to ask other people." Zhu Youxiao said domineeringly.

Although those concubines all had the title of Queen Mother, no one really took it seriously and used this title to speak in front of him. Although no one saw it when Xi Li chose his bodyguard, various rumors did come out later.

Yes, the emperor is really very tough.
Chapter completed!