"Ah!" On the morning of the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, Yunxi was awakened by such a sound.
He was having a very wonderful dream when he suddenly heard such a sound and was immediately awakened. He opened his eyes and muttered: "Who is this yawning in my sleep?"
"Husband, I accidentally woke up and felt my nose was a little itchy, so I couldn't help but yawned." Miao Jin said as she was about to get out of bed and get dressed under the service of the palace maid.
And she immediately pretended to be pitiful and said: "Husband, don't blame me, okay?"
Yunxi glanced sideways at the engraved table placed near the head of the bed, and then smiled at Miaojin: "Why would my husband blame you for this? But at this time, it is the Chinese New Year, why do you get up so early?"
"Husband, Wen Kun wakes up at this time every day, and as soon as he wakes up, he hums and asks for his mother. So I get up at this time every day and go to Wen Kun's house to see him." Miao Jin said with a smile.
Yunxi touched his nose. Even if he spent the night in her Yanxi Palace on weekdays, he would get up early because he had to go to court. He didn't know that Miaojin got up at this time the latest every day.
He was a little embarrassed for a moment. In order to get rid of the embarrassment, Yunxi said: "In that case, my husband will go with you to see Wen Kun."
"That's great, husband. Wen Kun will be very happy to see his mother and father come to see him in the morning," Miao Jin said.
Yunxi doesn't think so. He is different from ordinary fathers. If Wenkun went to school, maybe Yunxi would be able to see him every day; but Wenkun is still a baby and cannot see Yunxi every day. He should be able to see him every day.
I don’t know Yunxi very well.
'Maybe Wen Kun will be very surprised when he sees me, why there is such a person beside his mother.' Yunxi thought.
But to his expectation, Wen Kun was really happy to see him. He sat up from the crib and clapped his hands, as if asking Yun Hei what to do, which made him confused.
"Husband, Kun'er is asking your husband to hug him," Xu Miaojin said.
"Really?" Yunxi stepped forward with some suspicion and picked up Wen Kun from the crib. The two female officials taking care of him stretched out their hands nervously to prevent Yunxi from falling if he didn't hold him properly.
Wen Kun was held in Yunxi's arms. He raised his head and glanced at Yunxi's face. He chuckled and lay in his arms.
Xu Miaojin deliberately showed a jealous look and said: "Sure enough, the boy is still close to his father. I usually have to hold him every morning, but today I see my father and I don't want my mother. I will definitely give birth to a daughter next time."
"My daughter is my father's caring little cotton-padded jacket." Yunxi hugged Wen Kun and said with a smile.
"It will be better for the daughter to have a son who pesters his father like this," Xu Miaojin said.
"That's not certain." Yunxi laughed again.
The two of them said a few more words, and suddenly Wen Kun raised his head and shouted "Ahhh" to Xu Miaojin.
"What's going on?" Yunxi asked immediately.
"It's time to drink milk." Xu Miaojin did not take Wen Kun from Yunxi's arms, but asked another female officer on the side to take it. After the female officer took it, she walked to the corner with her back to Yunxi.
At the same time, Xu Miaojin said to Yunxi: "Husband, let's go."
Yunxi understood that this was a nurse who wanted to nurse, so he followed Xu Miaojin out of the room in order not to leave a reputation as a perverted and lustful person.
But he still asked: "I remember that Xiyao and the others didn't breastfeed themselves in the past, so they didn't let the milk come out. But your milk has come out, why don't you breastfeed yourself?"
"The old servant in my family said that it is not good for a woman's health if her milk does not come out, so even if I did not breastfeed herself for Wen Kun's sake, she still let her milk come out." Xu Miaojin said.
"Well, let's tell the people in the palace from now on that if the concubine becomes pregnant again, her milk will come out." Yunxi said.
"But this is actually good. If you have milk but don't feed the child, in the end the milk will be cheaper for the husband." Yunxi suddenly laughed.
"Oh, husband." Xu Miaojin said with some embarrassment.
Yunxi looked at the palace maid and eunuch next to him who seemed to have straightened their backs just now. He smiled and said nothing more. But he thought in his heart: "If you stay in Yanxi Palace again in the future, you can't let Miaojin Tai in the morning." Get up early."
After that, the two of them walked to the dining area while saying this.
When eating breakfast, Miao Jin first said something to make Yunxi happy, and then said: "Husband, I want to ask for a favor from my husband and leave the palace tomorrow."
"Do you want to go back to your parents' home?" Yunxi asked.
"No, I am going to the third sister's house." Xu Miaojin said. The etiquette for concubines to go home to visit relatives is very complicated and cumbersome. Her third sister married to Prince An as the princess, so she would not go out of the palace in the name of visiting relatives. Relatives. Her third sister has already agreed with King An that Zhu Ying will not be at home all day tomorrow.
"Okay, I agree. But Xu Miaojin, you have to be considerate and considerate of the queen. She has no relatives to marry into the royal family. Moreover, even if she has relatives to marry into the royal family, she cannot leave the palace at will, so you try to go out of the palace as little as possible." Yun Xi came out. Yu Haoyi said.
Although Xiyao is the queen and will not care about her son's future, Miaojin's life is better than hers now: Miaojin does not have so many palace affairs to deal with, and the etiquette of the wives who meet their wives is almost the same when they meet them. Miaojin's Because of their high status, Miaojin's relatives were often able to enter the palace. Miaojin was also the only one among the concubines who called Yunxi 'husband' like Xiyao. All this made Xiyao a little jealous of her. Yunxi didn't want Miaojin to continue Stimulate Xiyao.
"Yes, husband." Miao Jin agreed obediently.
‘But it’s not up to me. Can my family background be changed?’ But although she appeared to be well-behaved, she complained in her heart.
But of course Yunxi couldn't hear Miaojin's thoughts, and nodded with satisfaction after hearing her words.
After breakfast, Yunxi left the Yanxi Palace and headed to the Qianqing Palace. Although he had no major national affairs to discuss these days, he could not completely relax. From today to the penultimate day of the twelfth lunar month, he would make an appointment every half day. Two princes who came to Beijing to pay tribute entered the palace. They did not talk about business but just chatted casually to enhance their relationship. This morning, they had an appointment with King Zhu Jixi of Jin and King Zhu Zhu of Qing. He needed to go to Qianqing Palace in advance to tell the eunuchs to make arrangements.
However, when he saw Yunzhi and Yunxi together on the way, he couldn't help but asked very strangely: "Yunzhi, Yunxi, what are you two doing together?" Although Yunxi's palace is here, Yunzhi's The palace is far away from here.
After hearing Yunxi's words, the two of them hurriedly raised their heads and looked around. Yunzhi saw Yunxi first, pulled Yunxi over and saluted, saying: "Sister (brother) has met the emperor brother."
"Forgive me." Yunxi asked again, "How did you two get together?"
"Brother, it's Yunxi's brother that my sister came to see." Yunzhi said: "There is a eunuch in Yunxi Palace who is very good at painting. When he summoned Ye Xiping yesterday afternoon, he asked this eunuch who was good at painting to hide behind and observe Ye Xiping. Xiping, go back and paint his portrait in the evening. My sister is here to get the portrait."
"Just ask Yunxi to send someone to deliver it. Why do you have to come and pick it up yourself?" Yunxi softened his tone and said.
"That's not good. My sister wants to see the portrait at first sight, judge whether it looks like it, and then decide whether to show it to the second sister. So my sister came to pick it up in person." Yunzhi said.
Since Yunzhi had a valid reason, Yunxi stopped asking this question and turned around to continue to the Qianqing Palace. But he suddenly thought of something again and said to Yunxi: "Yunxi, you will be twelve next year. According to the emperor, According to the established etiquette, you can perform the crowning ceremony and leave the palace next year. Of course, twelve years old is still young, so you can wait until the age of fourteen or fifteen before performing the crowning ceremony. I want to ask you now, whether you are willing to do so next year. Crowning ceremony?"
Yunxi had no idea whether to perform the crowning ceremony, but he really didn't want to hold back in the palace and wanted to live alone outside the palace, so he immediately said: "My brother is willing to perform the crowning ceremony next year."
"Okay, when the weather gets warmer in March or April next year, the emperor will give you a crowning ceremony." Yunxi said.
"Okay, brother emperor." Yunxi said happily. As everyone knows, Yunxi was also very happy.
Yunxi had long wanted Yunxi to leave the palace to live, but Yunxi was too young before and it was unreasonable to let him leave the palace to live alone, so he kept him in the palace until now. Just now, he suddenly thought of Zhu Yuanzhang's Guanli Year The youngest is twelve years old, and Yunxi will be twelve years old next year, so he made inquiries and successfully achieved his goal, kicking Yunxi out of the palace.
'Now, including Zhu Dong and Zhu Yi (Zuo Youmu) who were kicked out of the palace in the second year of Jianye's reign, the only healthy men in the palace are me and my sons.' Yunxi thought happily in his heart.
Yunxi gave him a few more instructions and continued to Qianqing Palace.
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"Dad, are you going to Qi's family to pay New Year's greetings today?" Xue Xiyang said to his father, Xue Ning.
"What, you still want to go to their house on the third day of the first lunar month to pay New Year's greetings like you did after Zhencheng got married?" Xue Ning said while putting on her coat under the service of her servants.
"Dad, it's better to wait two days before paying New Year greetings," Xue Xiyang said.
"In two days' time, family members will pay New Year's greetings to each other. The Qi family is a native of Yingtian Mansion, so how can we join in the fun with people with other surnames?"
Xue Xiyang wanted to say something more, but Xue Ning immediately said: "Don't think about anything else. Today is fine. We have things to do at home in the next two days. How can we spare the time to go to Qi Mansion? Quickly change your clothes and follow dad. Go to your future father-in-law’s house to pay New Year greetings.”
Since Xue Ning said this, Xue Xiyang stopped talking, asked his servants to put on his coat, took the gifts to be delivered to the Qi Mansion, and set off with his father.
After a while, the two came to the door of Qi Mansion. A coachman walked up to the door and said to the porter: "Commander Xue and the second son have come to pay homage to Qi Shangshu." As he said this, he handed the name card to the porter.
The concierge was also literate. When he saw the name "Xue Ning" written on the title of the post, he immediately understood that this was the natal family of the current queen. The future in-laws of the master of the house were paying their respects. He was so hurried that he stood up and respectfully greeted Xue Ning behind him. Ning and his son said: "Master Xue and Mr. Xue, please come in. My master has taught me that people with the status of Mr. Xue and Mr. Xue do not need to wait for notification, they can just come in directly."
With that said, he walked up to Xue Ning and led the way. Xue Ning was accustomed to this. With his current status, he would not let him wait at the door even if he went to see the Duke's concierge, so he followed the concierge and walked in.
The porter of the Qi family led him to the side hall, bowed and said: "Master Xue, my master is meeting guests. I will wait for my servant to report."
"You go ahead." Xue Ning said as if he was treating his own slave.
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In the main room of the living room, Qi Taizheng and Chen Xingshan were talking. They were both former ministers of Yunxi's vassal, and they had always had a good relationship. When official duties were relaxed, they often sat together and chatted about everything. Yesterday
As high-ranking officials, they all had some unfinished business and went to the Yamen for another day. They spent some time together today.
"Brother Shangli, yesterday I saw you coming out of the Ministry of Household Affairs just after dark? There are so many official duties in the Ministry of Household Affairs?" Chen Xingshan said.
"Hey, why aren't there more? Aren't most of the big and small affairs in various places related to the Ministry of Household Affairs? The Ministry of Household Affairs is the busiest among the six departments of the imperial court. Even if there are fourteen departments, it will still be busy. I want to express my gratitude to you.
Your Majesty requested to establish a few more divisions," Qitai said.
"This is impossible, right now the number of divisions in the Ministry of Household Affairs is six, which is as many as the number of ministers in the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It is impossible to increase it any more," Chen Xingshan said.
Qi Tai himself knew that the possibility was slim. So he didn't say much, but changed the topic and said: "You are also very busy. When you saw me yesterday, I also saw you."
"Actually, if I only had errands from the Ministry of War or only errands from the Fifth Army Governor's Office, I wouldn't be busy. But Your Majesty asked me to do both errands in these two places and be in charge of many small yamen, so I am so busy."
Chen Xingshan complained: "Sometimes I want to tell His Majesty that he will be relieved of my duties at the Ministry of War and only be responsible for the duties at the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion."
"Why do you want to be exempted from the errands of the Ministry of War and not the errands of the Fifth Army Governor's Office? The Fifth Army Governor's Office is the one in charge of military discipline. The most important thing is that the other things are not so important." Qi Tai asked.
"That's not the case. My errands at the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion are much more important than those at the Ministry of War." Chen Xingshan said: "At first, I thought only the errands in charge of military discipline were important, but later I discovered that other errands were actually more important than this errand.
important."
"Well, the errands you currently have in the Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army include a military doctor, Lang Zhongsi, and a literary and propaganda department in charge of a group of down-and-out literati. Are these two errands very important?" Qi Tai asked curiously. He
I have never had any dealings with the Fifth Army Governor's Office in the past few years, so I really don't know what the purpose of these two yamen is.
"Lang Zhongsi is very useful. We know from the role played by military doctors during the Luxie Rebellion. If military doctors hadn't encouraged the soldiers to return to the imperial court, how could Jinan City have been captured so easily? Jinan City as a
The city was governed by Shandong Province and the city was very strong, so the troops outside Jinan City at that time might not have been able to defeat it," Chen Xingshan said.
