After Cao Shuang took the bowl from Sun Luban, he drank the pretty bowl of mutton soup in one gulp. The Adam's apple in his throat wriggled and made a "gurgling" sound.
Cao Shuang wiped his mouth with a handkerchief handed over by Leng Chunyue and said with a smile: "There must be pepper in it, it tastes good."
Sun Luban said gently: "Exactly, it's good to use pepper to dispel the cold after bathing."
Cao Shuang said: "Dahu is interested, let's go, let's go and have a rest."
After Leng Chunyue put the bathroom in order, Leng Chunyue opened the door and the three of them walked to the bedroom on the side. The oil lamp in the bedroom had already been lit, waiting for the arrival of the owner. The bedroom was not very big.
That’s about forty-five feet square (currently fifteen square meters).
One square meter in modern times means "three feet square" in classical Chinese, one square foot or so is called "between the abbots", and one square inch is called "square inch".
Even though the main hall of the Tai Chi Hall in Luoyang Palace is very tall and magnificent, and can accommodate hundreds of people without being crowded, the bedrooms where the emperor or concubines sleep are very small. Some rooms are only ten or twenty square meters, which is smaller than that of modern people.
The bedroom is not much bigger either.
Such a small house may not be suitable for an emperor. Looking at the bedrooms of other concubines, no matter their status, the sleeping space is very small.
Compared with modern people, ancient people paid more attention to Feng Shui and numerology.
According to the record of "Shangshu": "When King Cheng was in Feng, he had his residence in the city, so he sent Duke Zhao to the prime minister's residence first." As early as the pre-Qin period, there was a habit of observing the feng shui of the residence.
The emperor, as the chosen son, inherits the destiny to manage the country, and pays more attention to the theory of Feng Shui and numerology. Only with good Feng Shui can the country live forever, the national destiny be prosperous, and his own bloodline will be prosperous.
Therefore, the emperor must occupy the dragon veins, hide the wind and gather energy, and protect the body's true dragon energy from leaking out, so the requirements for the residence will be very high.
As the saying goes, "Don't live in a house with too many people." A bedroom that is too large will not be conducive to hiding wind and gathering Qi, because when people are resting, their bodies are in a relaxed state.
And if the house is too large and empty, the human body will always be in the stage of outward dispersion, which will damage the dragon's body and affect the emperor's luck. Therefore, even the emperor cannot live in a house that is too big, with only one bed and a few beds.
A stool, a cabinet...simple furniture can make up a bedroom.
The famous Feng Shui book "Huangdi's House Classic" once mentioned: "A house with five deficiencies will make people poor and exhausted; a house with five solids will make people rich and noble."
The so-called "five deficiencies" here refer to: a big house with few people, a big door and a few houses, incomplete courtyard walls, incomplete wells and stoves, more land and few houses. The so-called five realities in the book refer to: a small house with many people and a small house.
The gate is small, the courtyard wall is complete, the house is small and there are many animals, and the water flows from the southeast.
Therefore, whether it is the emperor, officials, or ordinary people, the bedrooms are generally only ten or twenty square meters, and even if there are very spacious bedrooms in the palace, the emperor will rarely stay there to enjoy the luxury that only the supreme king can have.
The spacious bedroom that only one is entitled to have,
But the beds at this time were taller and larger than those in the Qin and Han Dynasties. There was a tent on top to prevent dust, and a removable low screen was surrounded by it. The lower part was decorated with a pot door. In addition to being used for leaning on the bed,
In addition to the table, there are also pockets and circle-shaped curved tables for leaning on the waist. People can sit on the bed or sit on the edge of the bed with their feet down.
Of course, this is only limited to some people. Most of the people in the world have enough to eat, have their own houses (even if they are a little shabby), and being able to wear warm clothes is their biggest wish at the moment. Such exquisite and comfortable beds are
What ordinary people like them dare not even think about,
Several simple furniture in the bedroom, including the bed, are carved with decorative patterns such as lotuses, flying apsaras, and tangled branches. These are auspicious patterns imported from Tianzhu by Buddhism during the Eastern Han Dynasty.
Leng Chunyue walked up behind Cao Shuang and said softly: "I will undress my master for you."
Cao Shuang nodded, spread out his hands, and let Leng Chunyue take off the casual clothes he had just put on piece by piece, and hung them on the clothes hanger.
Sun Luban glanced at the bright moon that was getting higher and higher outside the window and said with a smile: "Husband, let's take a rest."
After Leng Chunyue closed the door with a creak, she took off Sun Luban's clothes, then took off her own clothes as well, and climbed onto the bed gently. From time to time, a sweet sound like the chirping of an oriole sounded in the room.
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As the red candle flickered, the temperature gradually began to rise. In this long night, I just fell asleep with my arms around the two delicate bodies. It was already very late at this time, already in the early morning.
But early the next morning, Cao Shuang got up at dawn and broke away from the gentle countryside. First, he had someone bring him a basin of cold water and wiped his face, and then he started practicing Wu Qin Xi in the courtyard.
, Baduanjin,
If you don't have a strong body, how can you have enough physical strength to deal with various things in Wei Dynasty, like last night?
Half an hour later, the sun rose higher and higher in the sky, and the weather gradually began to get hotter. In addition, Cao Shuang kept exercising, and his clothes gradually became soaked with sweat. Cao Shuang ran along the road in the inner courtyard again.
a circle,
Along the way, I met many maids who were cleaning and delivering breakfast to the ladies' courtyards. A new maid would whisper to the old man in the mansion: "Sister, what is the master doing? Look at how big his head is.
Sweaty?"
The maid on the side smiled and said: "According to the master himself, he is exercising to strengthen his body. You have not seen much when you first came to the house. After you stay for a long time, you will feel that there is nothing wrong with this matter."
It’s strange.”
Cao Shuang jogged all the way back to Sun Luban and reached the small courtyard. He rested for a while in the courtyard. After the sweat on his body had dried a little, he went to the bathroom and poured a bucket of warm water on his body to wash away the sweat. Then he changed his clothes.
Dressed in clean official uniform, he went to the front hall to process the documents sent yesterday with the officials of the Prime Minister's Office.
When Cao Shuang left the hospital, Sun Luban had also gotten up. She opened the door and said softly: "Husband, why don't you stay and have breakfast with me before going to the front hall."
Cao Shuang turned around and said with a smile: "You guys can eat it by yourself. I will go to the front hall to share it with Lan Shi and the others. Chunyue, you have to help Madam take good care of the fetus in her belly."
The two women bowed slightly and bowed slightly to send Cao Shuang out. Cao Shuang strode towards the front hall. Along the way, he met the maids in the inner courtyard from time to time. They all smiled and bowed slightly to him.
Zhuge Ke, on his side, had already led his army to the next city, Tortoiseshell City, at dawn, stepping up to complete the important task of reestablishing counties in Hainan...