It was only after Situ Ji became regent that he could understand the difficulty of being a king.
Not only must you deal with hundreds of officials, but you must always be vigilant that you will not be manipulated by these officials.
In addition, there are also government affairs to deal with.
It is indeed easy to be a foolish king.
But if you want to be a wise king, the road you have to take is not that easy.
The government affairs were very busy, and Situ Ji didn't even bother to eat. He still remembered his wife's instructions, so he took some time to have a simple meal.
After that, he immersed himself in handling these official duties.
In the harem.
Yibin was watering the flowers in her Zhaoyang Palace.
Seeing the maid from the first palace returning in a hurry, her expression remained unchanged and she said calmly: "Have everything been arranged?"
"Don't worry, Madam, the arrangements have been made!" the palace maid whispered.
Hearing this, Concubine Yi's eyebrows were full of sarcasm, "Let this cheap servant go explore the road first. If this road is feasible, then I..." As she spoke, her beautiful face also took on a charming look.
She was only in her twenties, and she didn't want to be a widow for the rest of her life.
If the upright, young and strong Crown Prince is willing to have her, then that's all right, right?
Situ Ji didn't know that he was being remembered.
He was busy until midnight, because it was indeed getting late, so Situ Ji was asked to put down his pen temporarily.
"Your Highness, please enjoy dinner." The eunuch brought soup noodles.
Until now, they had not had dinner. I invited them, but they didn't listen, and they didn't dare to say too much.
Situ Ji felt a little hungry now, so he came over and sat down to eat a bowl of noodle soup.
Before returning to the East Palace to rest, he came to the main hall to take a look.
Emperor Yong of the Ming Dynasty was still sleeping. He woke up once today and did not get up again. He was just drinking medicine.
Situ Ji looked at his father for a while, asked the palace attendants to take good care of him, and then came to the East Palace to rest.
But before he got on the bed, he felt someone on the bed, and a sudden coldness came between his brows and eyes.
"Who is in the bed!" Situ Ji shouted.
As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the people in the palace suddenly changed, and they immediately shouted, "There is an assassin"!
"Your Highness, this slave...this slave is not an assassin, this slave is here...to serve His Highness."
While he was talking, a naked palace maid shivered out of the bed wrapped in a thin sheet. She looked at the majestic Crown Prince tenderly and knelt down.
When the originally panicked eunuchs saw this, they immediately knew what was going on.
"Who are you!" Situ Ji's eyes were cold.
"Your Highness, this servant is Yu'er who serves the flowers and plants in the imperial garden!" The palace maid raised her face, looking particularly pitiful.
Unfortunately, the person she faced was Situ Ji, and he ordered with a cold face: "The East Palace is heavily guarded. You are a maid in the imperial garden, how did you get in!"
The palace maid trembled, "Slave...slave..." The maid didn't come up with a reason for a long time.
But Situ Ji grew up in the palace, and he often used such methods since he was a child. "Someone, drag this maid who doesn't know the rules down and hand her over to the Division of Punishment!"
The young and beautiful palace maid who was called "Shen Xing Si" by the word "Shen Xing Si" paled instantly, and her body immediately collapsed to the ground, but she did not forget to plead for herself, "Your Highness, Your Highness, this servant just wants to serve you. I fell in love with Your Highness at first sight.
Please, Your Highness..."
"Why are you still standing there? Drag him down quickly!" A eunuch shouted immediately without waiting for her to finish her words.
I thought it would be a big show tonight, but someone would be unlucky!
Then other young eunuchs came forward, skillfully took out a piece of handkerchief and stuffed it in the maid's mouth, then dragged her down!
Situ Ji looked at the bed with disgust, turned around and went to the side hall to rest. At the same time, he ordered, "All the palace servants who are on duty tonight will use ten canes to serve as a warning to others!"
"If there is a next time, I will be punished with the same crime!"
"Yes!" The eunuch in charge agreed and went directly to call the guards to come and get the person.
In the middle of the night, the entire East Palace was shivering.
News cannot be hidden from those who are interested.
For example, Yibin.
She was stunned by this gesture, grabbed the maid's hand and said: "Then the wretched maid didn't do what you asked?"
"Your Majesty, Yu'er did as she was told. She was waiting for His Highness on the bed with no clothes on, but His Highness found her before she even got up and disposed of her directly!"
"How is it possible that this honey trap that has been tried so many times failed to succeed?" Yi Bin looked melancholy and looked at the maid again, "Have you cleaned up the tail?"
The maid said: "Don't worry, Madam, this matter has nothing to do with us. It was the palace maid who wanted to fly up a branch and become a phoenix, so she got carried away and bribed the palace guards to enter the East Palace and crawl into bed."
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Yin Ruhua heard that Situ Yan came out of the Prince's Mansion the next day and told her that her superior Situ Ji had dealt with a maid who had climbed into bed last night.
"I heard that the palace maid was very pretty, but the second brother didn't even take a look at it, so he immediately ordered someone to break into the punishment department. Everyone who was on duty last night in the East Palace was sent to the punishment department to be punished without exception.
Tighten your skin for those palace maids who want to climb into bed."
Situ Yan talked about it with gusto.
Yin Ruhua is also in a good mood.
In fact, she also guessed that something similar would happen, but she could prevent this kind of thing once but not twice or three times. Only Situ Ji himself refused, which was the only way to solve it once and for all. Other than that, it was useless.
So let him decide for himself.
Fortunately, he did not disappoint her.
"You're in a good mood." Situ Yan laughed when he saw her like this.
Yin Ruhua said: "Swan Lake has been repaired, I will take you there to see the swans."
Of course Situ Yan came with her.
After watching the peacocks in the Peacock Garden, they came to Swan Lake to see the swans.
There are three pairs of swans, all very elegant.
"When I come out and live by myself, I will also build a swan lake and raise a few swans." Situ Yan said comfortably as he blew the lake breeze.
Yin Ruhua thought it was good, "When the time comes, let this group of craftsmen repair it. The craftsmanship is very good."
"Yeah." Situ Yan was very satisfied with the architectural style of this swan.
The two stayed by the lake for a while, and Yin Ruhua took her over to see the martial arts training ground being built.
This piqued Situ Yan's interest, "When was it built? It wasn't there last time I came here."
"What these Destiny people have been practicing recently is not good enough, so they have to practice again, but they can practice their skills. Do you want to give it a try?" Yin Ruhua said with a smile.
"Then I'm welcome."
Yin Ruhua asked someone to bring her a bow and arrows. Situ Yan was very good at riding and shooting. Although he was not as good as Situ Ji, he was still very good at archery.
With a click, the arrow sank into the target, leaving behind trembling arrow feathers.
"Did His Highness teach you this archery posture?" Yin Ruhua said upon seeing this.
Situ Yan smiled, "My second brother didn't teach me. How dare I ask him to teach me. When my second brother was learning riding and shooting from Uncle Guo, I went to see it with my mother. She saw that I was interested, so she let me
I also learned from the past. So I also got the blessing and got the teaching from Uncle Guo."
