Not long after Kou Ji stayed in the palace, he left the palace with the things generously rewarded by Zhao Zhen.
The birth of a prince or a princess is something worthy of universal celebration.
After Kou Ji left the palace, he discovered that the people in Bianjing City had already received the news.
They were wandering on the street one by one, as if waiting for something.
When Kou Ji was about to leave Bianjing City, he knew what the people were waiting for.
With a stroke of his pen, Zhao Zhen wrote an edict of amnesty for the whole country, and sent people to rush to deliver it to various government offices. At the same time, he ordered the palace officials to distribute wedding money, wine and meat to the people in Bianjing.
The wealthy families of the Song Dynasty were so generous in handling affairs.
Whenever there is a happy event, he likes to invite people from the street to eat and drink, setting up a flowing table, and anyone who comes over to say auspicious words can beg for a drink.
Even Hanako, who usually hides in the corner, can still join in the fun when encountering something similar.
As the most wealthy family in the Song Dynasty, the royal family was naturally even more lavish.
When there is a happy event, the whole city will be invited to eat and drink immediately, and a general amnesty will be granted.
The prisoners in the cells were escorted to the northwest, Hexi and other places as hard labor as early as the summer solstice. Nowadays, the prisoners in the cells of various government offices are all recently captured criminals, so there are not many of them.
Zhao Zhen's amnesty had little impact on public security in various places.
After all, three squads of government officials have just been added to various places, and the manpower is very sufficient. If the criminals are let out and become restless, they can be caught quickly.
Therefore, Zhao Zhen's amnesty is more of a symbolic gift.
The original intention may just be to tell the world that I have a daughter.
The people in Bianjing didn't care what Zhao Zhen had in mind with this move. They only knew that they could take advantage of the royal family today.
As long as something can take advantage of the royal family, the people of Bianjing City will not miss it.
Even if there is no shortage of food and drink at home, or even if the family is rich, they will rush to the place where the royal family distributes rewards to ask for a reward.
Kou Ji had already received the reward from Zhao Zhen, so he had no intention of going with the people to grab the wine and meat distributed by the royal family. He ordered the driver to drive the carriage and wandered back to the other courtyard of the mansion.
When we arrived at the door of the other courtyard, we heard a sound of chickens flying and dogs jumping.
After entering the mansion, I saw a silly boy about three years old, dragging a black and white little guy in his hand, running around the mansion, followed by a group of maids and servants carefully following behind, all of them looking panicked.
shouted.
Hanwazi dragged the little black and white guy to the entrance of the main hall, picked up the little black and white guy, and hugged him tightly in his arms. The little guy in his arms only stuck out his tongue, but he stood there
He smiled innocently at the door of the main hall.
Kou Ji stepped into the door of the mansion, and a big, chubby guy appeared next to him, hugging his legs and not letting go, and kept whining.
Kou Ji sighed, separated from the servants and maids, stepped forward, took the little black and white guy from Hanwazi's hand, gave it back to the big guy holding his thigh, and then slapped Hanwazi on the butt.
The big guy took the little guy back from Kou Ji's hand, held the little guy in his mouth, twisted his round body, and quickly left the main hall of the other courtyard.
The silly boy in Kou Ji's arms received a slap on his butt, but he didn't cry or make a fuss, he just kept giggling at him.
"father……"
After Hanwazi called him, Kou Ji sighed and carried Hanwazi into the backyard.
Hanwazi is Kou Tianci.
In Kou Ji's arms, he was very dishonest and looked around, as if he wanted to sneak out and find something fun to do.
Bullying the iron-eating beast is one of his few pleasures.
Last year, the female iron-eating beast in Kou's mansion went into heat, so Kou Ji took her to Zhu's mansion.
Zhu's Mansion keeps a group of iron-eating beasts.
After Kou Ji took it to the Zhu Mansion, the mother's iron-eating beast became pregnant successfully. This year she gave birth to a cub, which became Kou Tianci's plaything.
After Kou Tianci was able to run away, he always slipped away to cause trouble.
The iron-eating beast was well-raised by the people in the Kou Mansion. Apart from always liking to hug people's thighs, it did not harm anyone in the manor.
Otherwise, Kou Tianci would inevitably suffer a lot.
Iron-eating beasts are no longer a rare thing in Bianjing City.
Everyone who is powerful has one or two at home.
Zhu Mansion is the most exaggerated, raising a whole group of people.
Zhu Neng also specially built a thousand-acre garden outside Bianjing City and specially raised it in it.
The iron-eating beast can become the pet of the powerful people in Bianjing City, but it has nothing to do with Kou Ji.
The reason why the dignitaries in Bianjing City kept this thing was mainly to curry favor with Zhao Zhen.
Because Zhao Zhen had been wandering around the Kou Mansion for a long time, it was fun to see the two iron-eating beasts in the Kou Mansion, and then he also raised two of them.
Then all the dignitaries in Bianjing City began to raise them.
Kou Ji originally thought that if the iron-eating beast fell into the hands of the powerful people in Bianjing City, it would be killed.
But I didn't expect it.
The dignitaries in Bianjing City are each more proficient in pet keeping than the other.
Under the careful care of the powerful, the iron-eating beasts reproduce at an incredibly fast rate.
It was so fast that Kou Ji felt that all the iron-eating beasts he saw in later generations were all fake.
Kou Ji carried Kou Tianci to the backyard and saw Xiang Yan holding her belly in her hands and walking around in the yard.
After seeing Kou Ji and Kou Tianci, he laughed softly: "Ci'er went out to do mischief again?"
Kou Ji put Kou Tianci down and said to Xiang Yan, "Can't you watch more carefully?"
Xiang Yan laughed softly and said: "Boys should be more naughty. If they don't cry or make trouble, that would be scary."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes, very dissatisfied with Xiang Yan's parenting logic.
After Kou Ji watched Kou Tianci running around, he helped Xiang Yan sit down and asked, "Yan Shu was able to compose poems when he was four years old. Why is it that my son Qi, who is three years old, still doesn't understand anything.
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Xiang Yan was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "So what if Yan Shu is smart? Why didn't you kill him..."
Kou Ji pouted and said, "We are talking about two things..."
Xiang Yan smiled and said: "In my eyes, it's just one thing. There are too many smart people in Bianjing City, and there are even more people who are smart but are misled by their cleverness. I hope Ci'er can be more honest and honest.
If Ci'er were more honest and honest, with you and the officials protecting him, no one would bother him."
Kou Ji glanced at Xiang Yan and said calmly: "I'm afraid the official family will not get close to him again in the future."
The smile on Xiang Yan's face faded slightly and she whispered: "The one in the palace has given birth?"
Kou Ji said in astonishment: "The news has spread throughout Bianjing City, don't you know?"
Xiang Yan said dumbfounded: "Have I been keeping an eye on this matter all the time? I haven't sent anyone to inquire. How could I know?"
Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "A princess was born..."
Xiang Yan was stunned for a moment, and a meaningful smile appeared on her face, "This is going to be exciting in the palace..."
Kou Ji looked at Xiang Yan suspiciously,
Xiang Yan smiled and said: "I have a good relationship with the queen and know some unknown secrets in the palace. During her pregnancy, the man in the palace used to bully her because of the wealth in her belly.
Even in front of the queen, he is very domineering.
There is a lot of excess food and drink expenses.
Many people in the palace disliked her.
Now she only gave birth to a princess, but not a prince.
I’m afraid those who don’t like her won’t let it go.”
Hearing this, Kou Ji frowned slightly and said, "We have no control over this matter, and we cannot control it. Don't even mention this matter, let alone talk about it to outsiders."
Xiang Yan was stunned for a moment and said suspiciously: "Aren't you going to talk to the officials about this?"
Kou Ji glanced at Xiang Yan and said in a neutral tone: "You can know things, but you think the officials don't know about them?"
Xiang Yan looked stunned.
Kou Ji continued: "Tell the people at home to prepare, someone will come to worship you tomorrow."
Xiang Yan was stunned, her eyes lit up, and she said excitedly: "My husband is going to open the door to accept students? Whose son is it? The Cao family, the Lu family, the Wang family, the Li family, the Zhang family, or some other family?"
It shouldn't be.
Haven't they always said that my husband is uneducated and incompetent?
How is it possible to entrust the children of the house to your instruction?"
Kou Ji's face turned dark when he heard this, "It's the daughter of the Zhao family..."
"Zhao family?"
Xiang Yan was a little confused, then she looked at Kou Ji in astonishment and said, "The princess who just gave birth?"
Kou Ji said with a dark face: "The official's sister, Princess Xu..."
Xiang Yan nodded slowly, "As for Princess Xu, that's not bad. I thought that the official family wanted the newly-born princess to marry the Xianggong. If she really does, then the husband will marry her.
Shouldn't be collected.
That girl of hers is not a fuel-efficient lamp.
My husband will definitely get into a lot of trouble if he gets involved with their mother and daughter."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said nothing.
A night of silence.
Early the next morning.
Kou Ji and Xiang Yan were still sleeping soundly when Kou Tianci broke into the bedroom carrying a big goose and made a fuss, waking them up.
Kou Ji caught Kou Tianci, spanked him, and asked his servants and maids to take him to other places to cause trouble.
After Kou Ji washed himself and ate, he ordered people to open all the doors of Kou Mansion's annex, and waited quietly for the yellow-haired girl Zhao Xu to arrive.
Kou Ji waited in the other courtyard for a short time.
A very ordinary carriage stopped at the gate of the Kou Mansion.
The person driving the carriage was Chen Lin, and the person sitting in the carriage was naturally Zhao Xu.
Chen Lin led Zhao Xu into the courtyard of Kou Mansion and drove all the way to the study where Kou Ji was.
Chen Lin did not enter the door, but let Zhao Xu enter the study alone.
When Kou Ji saw Zhao Xu, he was in a daze.
When I first met Zhao Xu in the past, Zhao Xu was still a yellow-haired girl.
After not seeing each other for a long time, Zhao Xu suddenly turned into a big girl.
When we first met, the little girl who spoke without restraint and made a fuss has now become very quiet and elegant, with a veil on her face and her face cannot be seen clearly.
After Kou Ji looked Zhao Xu over, he stood up slowly, cupped his hands and said, "Kou Ji, I have met the eldest princess of the Wei Kingdom..."
When the late emperor was on the throne, he did not grant titles.
After Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, he named her the eldest princess of the Wei Kingdom.
After Kou Ji saluted Zhao Xu, Zhao Xu bowed his head and returned the courtesy to Kou Ji, "A layman is polite..."
When Kou Ji saw this, he was stunned again and again.
He felt that he had been tricked by Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen kept saying that Zhao Xu was studying Buddhism intensively in the palace, but how could a Buddhist behead him?
This is clearly a Taoist ritual.
Zhao Xu clearly learned the Tao, right?
Kou Ji thought about it for a moment and felt that Zhao Zhen would not lie to him.
Then it is very likely that Zhao Xu studied some Buddhism and some Taoism, but finally entered Taoism.
After Zhao Xu returned the gift to Kou Ji, he stood there and said softly: "Qingxu came to Kou's Privy Council to study on the order of the emperor's brother..."
Pure?
Good guys, I already have the road number.
Kou Ji didn't know what to say, so he could only say yes.
Kou Ji sat back in his seat.
Zhao Xu whispered instructions to Chen Lin, and Chen Lin entered the study room with the gift of apprenticeship.
Zhao Xu took off the curtain, revealing a beautiful face. Her face was still childish, but it was full of peace and tranquility.
Kou Ji was slightly stunned as he looked at it.
He muttered secretly in his heart.
If Kou Tianci was a little older, Zhao Xu would be a better daughter-in-law.
Zhao Xu naturally didn't know what Kou Ji was thinking, but after Chen Lin presented the gift, he bowed down to become his disciple.
Logically speaking, worshiping a teacher is like worshiping a father, and one needs to kneel three times and kowtow nine times.
But there is a difference between monarch and minister. Zhao Xu dared to kneel down, but Kou Ji did not dare to accept it.
"Students are pure..."
Zhao Xu bowed her waist and spoke softly.
Kou Ji knew the purpose of Zhao Zhen asking Zhao Xu to study with him, so when he heard this, he coughed and said, "I don't remember, I want to accept a woman named Qingxu as my student."
Zhao Xu was stunned for a moment, with some hesitation flashing across his face. He bit his red lips lightly and whispered: "Zhao... Xu... I have met Mr...."
Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction.
Zhao Xu served a cup of fragrant tea, and Kou Ji took the fragrant tea and admonished: "When you join my sect, you only need to follow one rule, which is to respect the teacher. If you violate it, you will be hanged and beaten."
"Forehead……"
Zhao Xu looked stunned.
Chen Lin simply shouted.
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and glanced at Chen Lin, "Do you have any objections?"
Chen Lin said in a deep voice: "The princess is worth a thousand pieces of gold..."
Kou Ji asked: "Is it okay for a rich man not to respect his teacher? When I was a student in the past, when I was scolded by my teacher, I had to accept it in a disciplined manner."
That is, you don’t have to be beaten when you are punished.
Someone took the beating on his behalf.
For example, the prince's attendant reads Kou someone.
Chen Lin opened her mouth, but didn't speak again.
Zhao Xu accepted Kou Ji as his disciple, which was the imperial order from Zhao Zhen.
Rather than Kou Ji going up the pole to accept Zhao Xu as his disciple.
After Kou Ji scolded Chen Lin, he looked at Zhao Xu.
Zhao Xu hesitated for a long time, then saluted Kou Ji and said, "Students, please remember..."
Seeing this, Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction.
He felt that although Zhao Xu had entered the Tao, he had not entered the Tao deeply and had not reached the point where the water was calm.
After facing his proposed punishment of being hung up and beaten, she hesitated, which meant that she still cared about something in her heart.
After Kou Ji nodded, Chen Lin presented a generous gift.
Kou Ji accepted the generous gift, and the matter was settled.
Kou Ji first asked Zhao Xu to stand aside, and then asked Chen Lin, "Does the official have any other instructions?"
Chen Lin bowed slightly and said: "The official said that the eldest princess of Wei Kingdom will live in the Kou Mansion first. When will Privy Kou teach the eldest princess of Wei Kingdom, when will the eldest princess of Wei Kingdom return to the palace."
Kou Ji was shocked when he heard this.
There was also a hint of panic on Zhao Xu's calm face.
Kou Ji frowned and said, "Isn't this inappropriate?"
Zhao Xuruo was still a little girl, so it was nothing to live in Kou's house.
But Zhao Xu was already a grown-up girl, and living in Kou's house would easily cause gossip.
Chen Lin bowed and said: "I don't dare to violate the matters decided by the officials. If Privy Kou feels that something is inappropriate, he can just write to the officials to defend the matter."
Kou Ji sighed helplessly.
After Zhao Zhen dumped Zhao Xu's trouble on him, he probably wouldn't have time to deal with her.
If he writes a letter to defend himself, it will probably have no effect.
Kou Ji glanced at Zhao Xu and sighed, "Then just stay."
When Zhao Xu heard Kou Ji's words, there was a hint of anger in his eyes.
Kou Ji ignored Zhao Xu and looked at Chen Lin, who was standing motionless on the side, and said, "Why don't you return to the palace to recover?"
Chen Lin straightened up and said calmly: "The official ordered us to return to the palace in the evening, so I am not in a hurry to go back."
Speaking of this, Chen Lin clicked her lips and said, "I haven't tasted Kou Mansion's food and wine for a long time. We want to try it."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said, "You know where the kitchen is, you can find it yourself."
Chen Lin nodded slowly and left the study.
After Chen Lin left, Kou Ji looked at Zhao Xu who was standing there and asked, "What books do you read on weekdays?"
Zhao Xu stared straight at Kou Ji and gritted his teeth and said, "I have heard for a long time that Mr. is ignorant and incompetent. I wonder what he can teach his students?"
When Kou Ji heard this, he was stunned again and again.
The calm and elegant attitude you had just now was just an act.
In the end, she was still the little witch who spoke unabashedly.
Kou Ji felt that he needed to get to know Zhao Xu again.
Kou Ji looked Zhao Xu up and down and said, "You have obviously hidden it from everyone, why do you show your true face in front of me? Just because I don't want to keep you in my house?"
Zhao Xu snorted coldly and said nothing.
Kou Ji continued to ask: "You obviously haven't become a Taoist, why do you pretend to be a Taoist?"
Zhao Xu still snorted coldly and said nothing.
Seeing this, Kou Ji did not continue to ask.
Kou Ji said to Zhao Xu: "If you don't want to say it now, I won't force you. But you should not have deceived the teacher. As the teacher, I will punish you."
"Here comes someone!"
Kou Ji shouted loudly.
Zhao Xu stared at Kou Ji in panic and shouted: "How dare you?!"
Kou Ji ignored her.
After the steward of the Kou Mansion entered the study, he ordered: "Find two strong nuns, hang her up and spank her ten times."
Zhao Xu's eyes were filled with anger, but he didn't scream.
Because she wants to maintain the attitude of being a Taoist in front of outsiders.
Finally, Zhao Xu was pulled out of the study by two strong nuns.
After Zhao Xu was pulled out, Kou Ji rubbed his eyebrows and said with a headache: "No one in the palace is normal."
After muttering, Kou Ji left the study and went to the dining room not far from the kitchen.
As soon as they entered the dining room, they saw Chen Lin sitting there eating and drinking without being polite at all.
Kou Ji walked to Chen Lin and sat down.
As soon as she sat down, she heard Chen Lin shout angrily: "Kou Ji, you are so brave, you dare to hit the princess."
Kou Ji rolled his eyes and said disdainfully: "It's like you haven't been beaten before."
Chen Lin stared and said, "Our family is under the emperor's orders."
Kou Ji curled his lips and said, "I also obeyed the emperor's order."
Chen Lin glared at Kou Ji fiercely and said nothing.
Mr. Kou Ji punished Zhao Xu with ten points, and he was punished.
Even if Zhao Zhen was told about this matter, Zhao Zhen would not care.
Since Zhao Zhen handed Zhao Xu over to Kou Ji, he naturally trusted Kou Ji.
It is normal for Kou Ji to punish Zhao Xu once or twice in order to teach him.
If the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty knew about this, they would definitely denounce Kou Jiyier.
But it was just a denunciation, and it did not go as far as shouting to kill Kou Ji.
Although the princess is a king, she is nothing compared to the king Zhao Zhen.
Although the princesses of the Song Dynasty were noble, they did not have much sense of presence.
Mainly because I have no power.
Historical records record that Wang Kai’s grandson Wang Shen married a princess.
After marrying the princess, he left the princess in the house and ignored her. He spent his time outside and asked for money from the princess when he ran out of money.
Even though he had nothing to do, he took his concubine and acted mischievously in front of the princess. The concubine often gave the princess a look on her face.
Wang Shen was implicated by Su Shi. After he was demoted, the princess prayed to the emperor to reinstate him.
Although the emperor punished Wang Shen after the princess died, it was only demoted.
It can be seen that Kou Ji punished Zhao Xu as a gentleman, which was not a big deal.
Kou Ji didn't care, and Chen Lin didn't really care either.
While Chen Lin was eating and drinking, Kou Ji asked in a low voice: "How many people have you installed in my house? Why did you receive the news just after I punished the eldest princess of Weiguo in the study?"
Chen Lin glanced at Kou Ji and said dissatisfied: "There are only three, and you picked them yourself..."
Kou Ji was slightly stunned and said: "The person who was given by the palace before?"
Chen Lin curled her lips and said: "The officials are very kind to you, and they don't really send anyone to keep an eye on you. They just send three or two people to your house symbolically.
That's it, I exposed some flaws to you in advance.
The official just wants to tell you that he is not a gloomy person.
I will not use underhanded means to deal with you."
Kou Ji said suspiciously: "Real or false?"
Chen Lin said in a deep voice: "If the officials really send people to keep an eye on your houses, do you think Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng, Zhang Zhibai and others will be able to sit still? Do you think the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty will be able to sit still?"
Kou Ji nodded slowly.
If Zhao Zhen really sent people to lurk in the mansions of major civil servants, the civil servants would definitely write a letter of impeachment.
Based on the nature of civil servants, even if they could not prevent this incident, they would write a letter to refute it and denounce Zhao Zhen's villainous behavior.
But so far, no civil servants have written a letter denouncing this matter.
That explains two problems.
The people sent out by Zhao Zhen were hidden deep inside and could not be lured out.
Or as Chen Lin said, Zhao Zhen did not send spies elsewhere except for the spies he sent when targeting Wu Xun.
Kou Ji would never believe Chen Lin's words.
Chen Lin seemed to sense Kou Ji's disbelief, so she continued: "Now that the military system has just been changed, the officials have assigned all the people from the Wude Division to the local areas to keep an eye on the local activities. How can I send people to keep an eye on you.
In a few days, the three people in your house will also be transferred to help elsewhere."