The Lezheng family's mansion was located in Qionghua Lane, which was the closest to the imperial city. There lived either marquis or nobles, or high-ranking officials. Among these magnificent mansions, Zhenbeihou's mansion seemed a little narrower. Therefore, on the day when the Marquis of Zhenbei returned to the court, the queen issued an imperial decree to expand the mansion to show her love.
The mansion that was assigned to the expansion of the Marquis of Zhenbei was only separated from the west wall of the Marquis Mansion. It was originally the mansion of Princess Xuanning, the eldest princess of the previous dynasty.
Princess Xuanning is the twin sister of the former emperor of the Chu Dynasty. But the beauty was poor, not long after the emperor gave birth to Zhong Lishuo, the eldest princess died suddenly of illness. Therefore, the mansion has been empty for nearly twenty-four years.
Fortunately, during the reigns of Emperor Thorn and Emperor Zhao, there was always someone cleaning, so the expansion of the Hou Mansion only needs to open up the mansion wall that separates the two mansions. However, in a few days, the original residence of Princess Xuanning was changed to the west courtyard of the Hou's residence. After the servants cleaned it up, Zhong Lishuo spoke to his parents and moved into this clean west courtyard.
The winter in Yuanzhou City came later than Chucheng, but it was also more gloomy and cold. Zhong Lishuo, who has long been accustomed to this kind of coldness, walked into the snow-covered forest while wrapped in a heavy silver fox cloak on a day when the snow stopped. She stepped on moccasin boots, looked up at Bingling hanging on the peach branch, and let out a long white breath.
Cold and cold, this is the taste of winter in Yuanzhou City.
It's really been a long time.
When I reached the end of the peach forest, I saw a wide and air-conditioned lake in front of me. Dry willows lined up bare on the shore, and a group of white geese roamed the lake, roaming along the sky, leaving a few ripples on the cold lake, which looked uninteresting.
Zhong Lishuo stood on the shore, looking at the only vibrant scene in this winter, thinking optimistically, if spring begins, the green willows will hang on the shore, and the warm lake water will float with white geese and black ducks. is more interesting.
Not to mention, the peach and pear trees planted in the west courtyard, the spring breeze brings the beauty of blooming flowers.
No wonder my mother likes this view. Now that fate has made her stay here, it is really God's mercy and another love for her.
"Second Young Master, Second Young Master..." Just as he was fascinated, a call from a servant floated in the distance. Zhong Lishuo turned his head and looked at the hooded servant in Tsing Yi, running towards her, panting as he ran. He said: "Master Hou is looking for you and asks you to go to the front hall."
Zhong Lishuo smiled, watching the waiter standing in front of him, panting and complaining in a low voice: "Why did you come here alone, but the young ones are easy to find, it's such a cold day, if you If one is not, what should I do if I fall ill."
"Ah Sheng, it's nothing to do with me." Zhong Lishuo smiled with a gentle expression on his face.
The owner of this body, Le Zhengsu, could not afford to be sick. Everyone in the Hou residence knew how delicate the second son was. Ah Sheng, who has been by the second son's side since he was a child, is full of worries about her body. The little boy opened his big round eyes and stared at Zhong Lishuo hard: "Don't say it's alright, just last time, you sneaked out and ended up being ill for several days, which made Madam worry bad. The body is not only yours, the wife and the little ones are very concerned about you, and I hope you will take care of yourself..."
After staying in this body for more than half a year, Zhong Lishuo, who is already familiar with the personality of everyone around him, knows how nagging his servants are. Seeing his unrelenting attitude, Zhong Lishuo quickly changed the subject with a smile: " Didn't he say that my father was looking for me, and he didn't follow me to the front hall."
"Hey, yes, you can hurry up, Lord Hou has been urging people to find you for a while."
Ah Sheng said so, and led Zhong Lishuo to the front hall.
Walking to the front hall, Zhong Lishuo saw at a glance the upright Marquis of Zhenbei and a middle-aged man with a long beard chatting and laughing. Zhong Lishuo took a fixed look, only stunned for a moment, and heard Zhenbeihou say, "Su, come here, this is my father's friend, Master Cheng Wen of Hongwen Pavilion."
"Boy, see Master Cheng." She walked over, bowed to the man, and saw a trace of surprise in his eyes when she raised her head.
"This is my second daughter, who was raised as a boy after being raised by Si Ran. Let's see, this child may be your student." Because Le Zhengsu was sick in bed all the year round, he only hired him in his early years. Mr. learned some basic knowledge. As a father, Zhenbeihou only hoped that she would grow up safely. But now Le Zhengsu has finally survived that catastrophe, and his thoughts of wishing for a child to become a talent have begun to liven up.
Hongwen Hall was the school for the children and princes of the former Chu education. In the Qing Dynasty, the empress who inherited most of the system of the Chu Dynasty still let the children of officials study in Hongwen Hall.
Hongwenguan is divided into ten grades according to the heavenly stems, and each grade is divided into classes according to the twelve earthly branches. The children who first entered school are basically seven years old and read Gui. One year after entering the school, the collective assessment of the Gui level is carried out. The children who pass will be the Ren level the next year, and the children who have not passed are still the Gui level.
Originally, I wanted to enter the Hongwen Museum, and I had to enter this way. However, considering that there are many sons of foreign officials studying abroad, they finally transferred to Hongwen Museum. Therefore, juveniles in this kind of situation can be admitted to school as long as they pass the assessment at all levels.
Cheng Wen is the instructor of the Zigeng class. As long as he passes his assessment and then goes to the Hongwen Hall for assessment, Le Zheng can go directly to the Geng level after paying the tuition.
As a puppet emperor who was indifferent to his officials in the deep palace, Zhong Lishuo was originally a little gentleman who couldn't get in touch with a Hongwenguan. But Cheng Wen is not only the husband of Hongwenguan, but also Le Zheng of the Music Bureau of the Ministry of Rites. This music is still appointed when Zhong Lishuo was in power, just because Cheng Wen played the piano well.
Zhong Lishuo did a trivial matter of the quyi that Zhong Lishuo admired.
I just didn't expect that she, a piano listener, would have such a relationship with the piano master, and she became his student when they met again.
Cheng Wen looked at her carefully, looked at her for a while, stroked his long beard and pondered: "Hongwen Hall has no class, so the second son can naturally become my student, it's just the son... Where did you learn all your schoolwork? "
"I have learned the Four Books and Five Classics, but I don't know much." When she was an emperor in her previous life, although her knowledge fell a bit, she was still excellent. It's just that Le Zhengsu has been in bed for a few years, so how can she compare to the previous one.
Cheng Wen picked up some and asked her, and Zhong Lishuo answered the easy ones, while the more difficult ones were ambiguous. In this way, he has come up with the level of Le Zhengsu Yuemo, which just happened to cope with Cheng Wen and passed the assessment of Hongwen Museum.
"It's okay to learn, although it's slower than others, but because the study time is not long, it's understandable. Only the G-level students are younger than you, and the largest student I teach is only twelve. The youngest is only eight years old, so I wonder if my nephew is still willing to be my student?"
Studying with teenagers and girls much younger than themselves, most of the young men of this age are too proud to be too proud. Most people would rather not keep up with the progress and choose to go directly to a higher level.
But Zhong Lishuo didn't think so. She lived in the cold palace in her previous life and never went to the Hongwen Museum. There is an opportunity in this life, plus this is the kindness of my father, and the husband in front of me is a familiar person, so there is no need to refuse.
So she bowed, saluted, and said, "The student is willing."
Cheng Wen stroked his long beard and showed a satisfied smile.
The next day, Zhong Lishuo went to the Hongwen Museum for the assessment. After successfully passing the exam, with his mother's worried eyes, Yu Longdong started his study career at the Hongwen Museum.
A 16-year-old student came to the Zigeng class of Hongwen Hall, which attracted the attention of many students in the hall. The younger and higher-level seniors came to greet Zhong Lishuo one after another. After hearing the elder brother call him, they left with satisfaction.
Zhong Lishuo didn't care about these little things at all, he just enjoyed a life like a mirror in the mirror in the Hongwen Museum.
This small incident only caused a little ripple in the Hongwen Pavilion. As the end of the year approached, a dark tide surged from the court to every corner of the imperial city.
The owner of the Dark Tide Center is now sitting on the throne of Zhaohui Hall, wearing a black gauze skirt and holding a red pen to review the memorial.
She was the founding queen of the Qing Kingdom, Xuan Jingchen. Before that, she was the empress of Emperor Zhao, the concubine of Prince Zhaoming, and the general of driving wolves that was entrusted by Emperor Thorn himself.
The common people thought that she should be a god of war with a heroic appearance. Compared with the weaker Emperor Zhao, as the commander-in-chief to go to the north, the queen must have three heads and six arms.
She should have a tall and straight body, strong arms, and eyes that look down on the world.
But obviously, there are no women sitting on the throne at the moment.
She has a fair and beautiful face, a slender figure, and slender fingers that all noble ladies in Yuanzhou City dream of.
She neither wore a crown like all the empresses of the Chu Dynasty, nor did she wear a heavy official uniform. Instead, she casually held her long hair like ink and wore a simple gauze skirt. on high.
She looks so slender, but those thin shoulders have already shouldered a heavy responsibility for the country. Since he was a teenager, Le Zhengying, who had grown accustomed to seeing His Majesty's delicate appearance, looked up at the woman who was listening to him while reviewing the memorial after he finished narrating the important events, and couldn't help sighing again.
"Your Majesty, although you are busy with business, I hope you will take care of your health." As usual, she added this sentence at the end. In the Zhaohui Hall, which was burnt into summer by the earth dragon in this cold winter, Le Zhengying, who was dressed in heavy clothes, raised his hand to wipe off the sweat on his forehead, and heaved a sigh of relief.
The earth dragon in Zhaohui Hall has been burning very high since Emperor Zhao. The Queen has already adapted to the temperature of the cold winter, and she doesn't feel anything wrong at this moment. Hearing this, she glanced at Le Zhengying, and just when she saw that the other party was wiping the sweat on her forehead, she turned her head and instructed the maid, "Burning the earth dragon lower."
After speaking, he looked at Le Zhengying: "I know. You have done a good job in this matter, and I will think carefully about how to reward you."
"It is the minister's responsibility to share the worries of the emperor. The minister is afraid, and I hope Your Majesty will not think about it. The last time you ordered someone to build a mansion for the minister's family, the minister is already attractive enough." Xu Shi was young acquaintance, Le Zhengying was in the queen Speaking in front of you is always straightforward.
At this moment, she had a wry smile on her face, but she looked a little unfavorable.
His Majesty glanced at her, changed the memorial and said, "That's because of your father's military exploits, and I made the decree." If it wasn't for worrying about more gossip, the mansion should have been expanded long before the Duke of Zhenbei returned to the court. .
"Besides, if you have merit, you will be rewarded, and if you have done wrong, you will be punished. Isn't this what it should be?"
This majesty's speech is gentle and gentle, and no matter how you look at it, she is a very gentle lady, and no one will believe that she is the general who holds the world's soldiers and horses. But this majesty, who holds a heavy army in his hand, behaves in a manner of a military officer. Three years after he ascended the throne, he thoroughly implemented the theory of merit and deeds rewards.
"Yes, what you said is true." Le Zhengying helplessly pulled on his heavy robe and said, "I have finished the affairs of the minister, but there is one more thing I want to ask you, about the matter of King Yunzhong, who are you? What do you think? The ministers are urging you day and night, and King Yunzhong is the only bloodline of the previous royal family, and he is also your brother-in-law. No matter how you look at it, it is very suitable for the nobility."
His Majesty raised his head, glanced at her condescendingly, and said, "Why even you are here to ask about this, it is naturally impossible."
"Of course my servant understands this, but I just want to tell you that you are busy day and night, and you haven't paid attention to many things. How to arrange King Yunzhong, why don't you ask Princess Ping'an what you mean?"
Princess Ping An is the younger sister of His Majesty today. In addition to Princess Ping An, His Majesty also has a younger sister, Princess Jing Ming. During the reign of the previous emperor, the northern barbarians invaded the border once, and all the males of the Xuan clan were killed in battle.
In this world, His Majesty's only blood relatives are Xuan Jing'an, the eldest princess of Ping An, and Xuan Jingning, the princess of Jingming.
"Jing'an..." His Majesty paused for a moment, then looked at Le Zhengying in surprise, and it happened to meet the eyes of the other party.
"King Yunzhong and Emperor Zhao are blood brothers, gentle in temperament, and very good in dealing with others. What's more, he is not a threat, and he is also a good match because of his handsome looks." Le Zhengying looked at His Majesty staring at her, and continued to say no. He said hurriedly: "And the eldest princess and King Yunzhong have been classmates for several years. They have a deep friendship, and they will definitely be a good match between gold and jade."
"I don't know when you became an ice man." His Majesty paused, a little helpless in his tone.
Le Zhengying flicked his sleeves, bowed his body and saluted, with awe-inspiring righteousness; "This minister is sharing the worries for Your Majesty."
"This matter... Let me think about it carefully." Her Majesty the Queen didn't care about the trivial matters that drew her into the vortex of the big marriage, but realized that after her beloved sister and the white and fat King Yunzhong looked at each other, a touch of complicated emotions appeared. flooded my mind.
Yes, my sister is also twenty this year, the age of marriage.
Her sister, she is still not caring enough.
Thinking of this, the queen said, "When I look back, I will ask Jing An."
Speaking of my sister, His Majesty suddenly thought of something. Looking at his childhood friend, he said casually, "Didn't you say that your little sister is cured? What's going on now? This year's palace banquet will bring her to me to see."
The queen suddenly mentioned Le Zhengsu, which made Le Zhengying think of her sister's stunned face. The appearance that is too similar to the emperor's appearance, appearing in front of everyone at this moment, will inevitably cause some trouble.
Le Zhengying smiled and said nonchalantly, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your love, and I am not very good-looking. Besides, if the minister comes to the palace banquet with her, I am afraid it will make the minister and brother suffer. Your Majesty knows that she is now Studying in Hongwen Hall."
"Oh?"
"Because she's been in bed all the year round, that child can only read geng. If there is a palace banquet, those twelve or thirteen-year-old children in the adults' families will have her call her senior. She recently called her younger brothers and sisters as seniors. It's too much, you can spare her." Le Zhengying said, making an expression of forgiveness towards His Majesty.
Xu Shi's funny anecdote made people especially happy. His Majesty laughed and asked softly, "Did she really shout?"
"No, Zhang Shilang told me with a smile a few days ago that her son was very happy to tell her brother to call her senior when she came back."
"It's a sincere child." His Majesty nodded and praised.
"Yes." Le Zhengying nodded and added: "The matter of King Yunzhong has also settled, but the ministers will not rest. Your Majesty, I have been thinking about something for a long time, and I said that I want to tell you. You have been on the throne for three years, the world is at peace, it is time to think about a big marriage."
"I also hope that Your Majesty will give priority to the country and the emperor's heir."
Le Zhengying bowed his head, not looking at her expression.
His Majesty was stunned for a moment, and then said softly: "You are a year older than me, and you are almost thirty. You dare to worry about me if you don't worry about your own affairs. It seems that it is time for you to let the Marquis of Zhenbei I urge you."
"There are only parents in the minister's family, but Your Majesty, you have thousands of Li people." Le Zhengying stood solemnly and said solemnly.
The emperor's heir is the cornerstone of the country, no matter what, the queen should give birth to an heir soon.
But Xuan Jingchen didn't think so. Perhaps, from the moment she married Prince Zhaoming, she never thought of having a child of her own.
Even if two women can get married, how can they have children.
What's more, she's not even here anymore.
His Majesty looked at the courtier below, at the familiar and unfamiliar face, and turned his head to look south. After a while, he replied gently, "I know."
Just like when Su Yanqing, who came from the south, handed the imperial edict to her that day, she just looked at the south and said softly, "Bengong knows it."