Three days later, His Royal Highness the King of Chu moved to Dongwusuo.
To be precise, it is the Fifth Qiandong Institute. It is located in the northeast corner of the Inner Court, on East Neiting Road, and to the north of Qianying Gate. It is far across from the Imperial Garden across the Imperial Garden from the Fifth Ganxi Institute in the northwest corner of the Inner Court.
Although the five east and west palaces are still in the inner court, they are separated from the six east and west palaces by palace gates. They are places where the princes and grandsons who have reached the age of twelve can live before their wedding.
Because it is the residence of the prince, it cannot be called a palace, so it can only be called a 'house'. Dongwusuo, as its name suggests, is five independent courtyards separated by a wall. From west to east, they are Tousuo, Ersuo, Third Suo, Fourth Suo, and Fifth Suo. .
Among them, the first one was originally the residence of the King of Qin, the second one was the residence of the King of Jin, the third one was the residence of the King Yan, and the fourth one was the residence of the King Wu. Now the three brothers have all gotten married and moved to the palace outside the palace. Only King Wu still lives in the fourth house.
Ordinarily, King Wu should move to the first house, but since he was only staying temporarily for two or three years, he was too lazy to move the pile of bottles and cans. In order to be closer to the fifth brother, Zhu Zhen chose the fifth house to live in. Go in.
Enter Qianying Gate, walk along the long winding road to the east end, and enter the gate with the sign "Dongwusuo" hanging on it. You will find a rectangular courtyard with three entrances.
Upon entering, there is the front hall where he will receive guests in the future. The front hall, the reverse seat room, and the east and west side halls form the front yard, which is connected by a verandah.
Across the front yard are three main halls for him to sleep and study. There are also east and west side halls on the left and right, and there are also verandas connecting them.
The backyard is much simpler, just a row of ordinary rooms, used as kitchens and night maids.
The whole place is not too big, smaller than Wan'an Palace, but for a little bachelor like Lao Liu, it is too spacious.
The most important thing is that this is a small world where he has the final say. How he wants to arrange it, what time he wants to sleep, and what time he wants to sleep...if there is no class the next day.
So His Highness the King of Chu ordered people to clear out the east and west side halls on the left and right sides of the main hall and transform them into cattle pens and panda houses for the Great Sage Pingtian and Tai Ji to live.
This made the eunuchs of the East Fifth Institute feel speechless. There was almost no one left, okay? The King of Wu next door changed the East Fourth Institute into a pharmacy, and here the King of Chu made the whole zoo... What evil did Emperor Hongwu do to give birth to these things? A strange one?
However, this did not affect the good mood of His Highness the Sixth Prince, because in addition to Mu Xiang, the female officer of the prison, Wang Defa also followed him to the East Fifth Prison without worry.
Although he is the deputy director of the official supervision and the general manager of Wan'an Palace, it is a great humiliation to come to Dongwu Institute to be a steward. But our Wang Ma is a loyal person, following the little master like an old yellow dog, taking care of him Where did it go?
With Wang Ma taking care of everything, His Highness Prince Chu's life in Dongwusuo was naturally very smooth.
He still went to the main hall to study on odd days to bully Lao Qi; he went out of the palace to attend classes at Uncle Chengyi's house on even days to tease Liu Li.
Then I would go back to the palace to have dinner with my mother and concubine in the evening. I would also have a meal with my mother and concubine in Kunning Palace every now and then. Then I would go home and happily feed cows and pandas. It was really a carefree and joyful time...
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Time is like water, and it’s midsummer in a blink of an eye.
The city of Nanjing has turned into a steamer, with the sweltering heat and sweltering heat leaving no place to hide.
Chengyi's Mansion, where masters and apprentices hold classes, has also been moved to the courtyard.
Amidst the chirping of cicadas and under the thick shade, master and apprentice sat on a wide bamboo mat spread on the ground.
For a rich young man like Zhu Zhen, summer is particularly difficult. Even if he is shaking his fan and eating iced watermelon, he is still sweating.
Looking at Liu Bowen again, he was still wearing a tight Taoist robe, not even a trace of sweat on his body, sitting cross-legged on the futon, the breeze gently ruffling his long gray beard, looking like a master.
If there wasn't that dark history...
"Master, you have heavy dark circles under your eyes and are you out of energy?" Zhu Zhen saw that his reaction was slow and he couldn't speak fluently, so he couldn't help but asked: "At this age, you don't have to play songs every night."
"Fart, am I that kind of person? I've been watching the stars day and night, do you understand how tired I am?" Old Liu felt energetic now.
"Oh." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "Is a big telescope so fun? You haven't gotten tired of playing with it for so long?"
"The stars in the sky are so intoxicating." Liu Bowen sighed: "I only hate that the days are too long and the nights are too short."
"Then you are really a match for my father," Zhu Zhen couldn't help but laugh: "These days, after having dinner every day, he retreats to the left and right, sits in the banquet, and observes the sky. I heard that he often stays up all night.
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However, Boss Zhu was much more energetic than Old Liu. He could stay up all night without delaying his attendance at court, and he could still wear clothes and eat late at night to approve memorials. Therefore, one cannot generalize about this person and his physical strength.
"It's normal. This year's astrology has changed and is not in line with the norm." Liu Bowen said without surprise: "The five stars are out of balance and the sun and the moon are in a square, which is really a bad omen."
"What, what's a bad omen? What's the cup size?" Zhu Zhen looked confused.
"That is to say, compared with normal times, the positions of the five stars in the sky, Chenxing, Taibai, Yinghuo, Suixing, and Zhenxing, have changed, and there has been a conflict between the sun and the moon." The first point of our knowledge is to '
God knows astronomy, so Liu Bowen explained it very carefully.
"In February, the year star goes retrograde and enters Taiweiyuan; in March, Yinghuo invades Jingsu; in April, Yinghuo invades Guisu; in May, Taibai invades Bisu and Jingsu..."
After a pause, he continued: "Since Wuzi in June, there has been a guest star staying in Weisu, which is as big as a pellet and white in color. After staying for a few days, the star became brighter, entered Ziweiyuan, and swept to Wenchang, and soon
Quickly enter Zhangsu and it will last forever."
"..." Zhu Zhen was stunned by what he was talking about. It was not until the end that he understood a little bit, and said with a sudden look on his face: "Oh, comet."
"Yes." Liu Bowen nodded with a serious face and said: "If the Sui star enters Taiwei, some of the princes will be punished. If the Bixing star enters Ziwei and passes through Wenchang, the emperor will make mistakes and the emperor will lose his virtue..."
"Fuck..." Zhu Zhen was speechless for a long time, and then asked slowly: "Master, do you believe what you said?"
"I had no doubts about it before, but since...well, that's all it has been." Liu Bowen rolled his eyes at the villain with resentment.
He could never forgive this kid.
One is pffff; the other is that this naughty kid gave him a telescope and encouraged him to see the moon and the stars.
From the day he looked up at the moon in the mirror, astronomy and astrology ceased to exist...
"But the emperor still believes deeply, the Qin Tianjian still believes deeply, and so many Confucian scholars still believe deeply." Then Liu Bowen said in a deep voice: "So the star change is still a great event."
"Understood." Zhu Zhen nodded and said: "Although natural changes are natural phenomena, they can allow people to interpret self-righteous omens and then take so-called actions that are 'in line with heaven'... So the teacher thinks that something big will happen next?"
