Chapter 688 Daily Life Before the Lunar New Year

Chapter 688 Daily Life Before the Lunar New Year

Chapter 688 Daily Life Before the Lunar New Year (Part )

Not long after the Laba Festival, the government sealed its doors and entered the New Year celebrations.

Shao Xun rarely had a few days' rest, and then he had to go out for a surprise visit.

This year we will not visit Chenliu to express our condolences. Let’s go to another place, Puyang in the north.

A few days before leaving, he tried his best to make time to accompany Yang Xianrong.

"Do you dare to let me go out?" Yang Xianrong was so happy that she couldn't help teasing Shao Xun.

The Dowager Concubine Pei of Donghai has become "Mrs. Pei" of the Shao Mansion.

Taking the former mistress as his bedmate is so bold! But if it is the queen, it will be too exciting.

When Shao Xun heard this, he just smiled and said, "What's so difficult about walking in the sea of ​​sand?"

Yang Xianrong stopped making things difficult for him and gently stroked her belly.

This was her second child. When she was a teenager, she and the previous emperor had a princess who was already married. The baby in her belly was already six months old and would be born in a few months. When she met her father and mother, Yang Xianrong was very happy and became much more tolerant.

"I've been hunting for so long, but I still don't know how to chase prey." Today, there was no wind, and the sun was warm, which was particularly comfortable when it shone on people. Yang Xianrong leaned on Shao Xun's arms with confidence, letting him hold her gently, and said, "Don't force the prey into a desperate situation and let them fight like trapped beasts. Don't let them feel grief over the loss of the rabbit and turn to huddle together."

After listening to this, Shao Xun nodded repeatedly.

A few days ago, he went to sleep with Cui. Cui's theory was different from Yang Xianrong's. She completely believed that scholars were the pillars of the country.

Shao Xun was greatly disappointed after hearing this. He felt that from now on he would only have perverted lust for Cui and nothing else.

He even thought that he should try to reduce the number of visits to Cui Shi to avoid being plotted against. After all, some things are completely different if they are raised or not, and people's hearts will change.

Women like Yu Wenjun, Pei Lingyan and Yang Xianrong sleep soundly and peacefully.

It is really not easy for politicians to have some feelings.

"Now you know who's better, right?" Yang Xianrong closed his eyes and murmured, "You were so poor back then that you didn't even give out meat jerky, candied fruit, or rice at the end of the year. If I hadn't been growing rice and raising livestock in Guangcheng Lake, you would have been the most stingy governor in the world."

"My family had never grown alfalfa before. Later, we went to Guanzhong to look for seeds and asked someone to teach us. Do you know how much effort it took? When we were in Xuchang, your soldiers were well fed, well trained, and loyal to you. But you never came to Guangcheng Palace to see me."

"When I was disappointed, I wondered why I still missed you. I am the daughter of the Yang family of Taishan, and I am the queen. Why should you treat me so badly? Later I thought about it, maybe it was because of what you did in times of crisis that touched me so much. But if you still avoid suspicion and turn a blind eye to me, I will probably leave you in the end."

"You can be proud of yourself. Someone from the Yang family came to me and talked nonsense, but I scolded him away. There are many people who are dissatisfied with you now. If I don't help you, don't expect to live in peace."

Shao Xun gently combed Yang Xianrong's hair, thinking that Yang Chen really didn't say much on the day of the New Year.

As the Right Sima of the Shogunate, his nominal position was lower than that of the Left Sima. But Shao Xun knew that Chen Yougen was not as good as Yang Chen in playing the officialdom, and a lot of power was seized by the other party.

When pacifying Qingzhou, Yang Chen led the army with great confidence and methodical command. Even Jin Zheng rarely contradicted him, which shows that he was indeed unique.

His contributions were great, and his strength and popularity were also very good, but he was cautious and did not speak out, and his intention to hide his incompetence was very obvious.

Is it because of this child? Shao Xun gently stroked Yang Xianrong's belly.

If this is true, then just keep fishing and make their mouths crooked, so that these great clans cannot form a joint force and cannot come together.

He also needs to keep operating.

"Let's go out for a walk." Shao Xun said softly.

Yang Xianrong didn't say anything, she just stood up gently, then took Shao Xun's arm and walked out of the main gate of Huangnu Palace.

"This gate is called 'Changqiu', which is your name." Shao Xun said, pointing to the tall gate tower behind him.

"When was it taken?" Yang Xianrong asked in surprise.

"Just now." Shao Xun said with a smile.

"What about the other two?"

Huangnu Palace has walls on all four sides. It shares a gate with Lichuntai on the east side, the south side is the main gate, and there are also gates on the west and north sides.

"Let's call it 'Welcome Spring Gate' or 'Winter Gate'."

"Where's the building?"

"You come up with a name."

"I'll think about it." Yang Xianrong happily leaned her head on Shao Xun's shoulder, looking at the lotus pond not far away.

The pond was dredged artificially and connected to the sand sea swamp. There is a pavilion in the pond, called "Caili Pavilion", with two boats.

There were many fish in the pond, and water chestnuts could be picked in the summer - this was the request of Shao Xun's parents.

Most of the people who pick water chestnuts are "sinners", which can be understood in a literal sense.

For example, when the army conquered Ji County, many women were not rewarded and were basically sent to the Liang Palace to do rough work. In fact, this is equivalent to the Yi Ting, but Liang State was not able to set up such an institution, so it was managed by other departments (Palace Cao).

At present, most of the inmates in the Ye Ting are captured enemy generals and wives and daughters of criminal officials on their own side. They do everything from washing clothes to farm work and odd jobs. They are an important source of labor in the palace. "Wives and daughters are sent to the Ye Ting" has been a common punishment for the Sikong since the Han Dynasty. Some little girls even grew up in the Ye Ting and had no idea what was happening outside.

The women in the palace are not without opportunities to turn things around.

Sometimes the emperor is used to eating delicacies from land and sea, and he just wants to have a taste of farm dishes, or he wants to play with the wife and daughter of his enemy, and here is his opportunity.

Sometimes, some women in the imperial harem would be released, such as on the emperor's birthday, when the reign was changed, when he was given a title, etc., to choose their own husbands. After all, the emperor only had one man and could not play with so many women. It was rare for Sima Yan to pack up the entire Wu imperial palace and take it home, leaving more than 10,000 women in the harem waiting for his favor.

Perhaps, only Qin Shi Huang, who had concubines, princesses, wives and daughters of nobles from the six kingdoms, could compete with Sima Yan. At this moment, someone was busy in the Lotus Picking Pavilion.

Shao Xun took a quick look and found a few who looked familiar. They were probably the women of Shi Hu, Kong Tun, and Zhao Lu who were captured in Ji County.

Cao's guards in the palace were watching from the side.

This is a good job, seeing beautiful women every day, Shao Xun secretly complained.

"The Liang Palace is really quite impressive." Yang Xianrong said with emotion.

What Yang Xianrong saw was the harem, while what Shao Xun saw were the various institutions.

The department was constantly improving, and starting from the Liang State with more than a dozen counties to become familiar with its operations was actually a very good internship process.

He was not even in a hurry to get the Divine Turtle Emperor to step down. It was very good to expand and devour bit by bit.

"Greetings, my lord." Wu Li, the clerk of Cao in the palace, came over and bowed.

When Wu Li saw Yang Xianrong, his brain froze for a moment. He didn't know how to address her, so he just said, "Meet Madam Yang."

The three words "Mrs. Yang" made Yang Xianrong very happy and smile.

Shao Xun hugged her gently.

She doesn't like being called "Queen Hui" and only wants to be "Mrs. Yang". What else is there to say?

Wu Li was one of the Cao clerks in the palace, an eighth-rank official, in charge of the palace gardens - this does not refer to the garden, but actually the fish ponds, livestock farms, vegetable plots, orchards, etc. in the palace.

Wu Li was the eldest grandson of Wu Qian. He could read a little, but not much, and was a graduate of the Imperial Academy (in name only).

In comparison, another person with the same name as him, He Li (son of He Lun), did not need to be enrolled in the Imperial Academy. He was born into a noble family and had many connections. He currently worked under Liu Anzhi, the Minister of the Fifth Army, as a clerk in charge of military records.

Inside and outside the palace, they are all our own people.

The large-scale influx of Donghai villagers into the Liang Palace happened in the past year.

For example, the newly appointed Taiguan was introduced by his uncle Liu Shan. It was said that he had been doing business in his hometown and almost went bankrupt. However, he had certain management skills and directly recommended Xiaolian from Lanling County next to Donghai to be in charge of food in Liang Palace.

If they are not our own, I will not feel safe using them.

Shao Xun is also a mortal. If he gets poisoned, he'll be doomed - you know, the aristocratic families are quite good at this. If they can't defeat you head-on, it's not impossible that they will do some shady things when they are desperate. It can only be said that the conflict has not reached that point now, so there is no need.

"I've heard that Wu Lingshi has a good method in managing the orchard." Shao Xun said, "He cultivated a peach. What's it called?"

"'Liang Baitao'." Wu Li said in surprise.

In fact, this peach is native to Guangchengze and is indeed artificially cultivated. It was not called this name before, but was changed to flatter after it was transplanted here.

The reason Shao Xun knew this was because his mother told him.

"It can be promoted as appropriate. Good things cannot be hidden in the palace." Shao Xun said.

"Yes, sir." Wu Li bowed in response.

Shao Xun nodded at him and continued strolling with Yang Xianrong.

As they walked, they slowly intertwined their fingers and then held them tightly.

Yu Wenjun particularly liked this and never got tired of it, like an innocent little girl. Unexpectedly, Yang Xianrong also liked it.

A tall figure appeared in front of him, and Shao Xun subconsciously wanted to let go, but Yang Xianrong's face fell and she looked at him with an unhappy look.

Shao Xun smiled awkwardly, took Yang Xianrong's hand and walked over.

Wang Huifeng stood by the pool, bowed, and then continued to look at the cold lake surface in winter.

Yang Xianrong was a little displeased when she saw Wang Huifeng's aloof and independent appearance. She had bad intentions and almost asked Wang Huifeng to call her "Queen Mother". However, she had divorced Prince Minhuai a long time ago, so she had no reason to do so and gave up.

Shao Xun held Yang Xianrong's hand tightly.

This little jealous person is always angry. Shao Xun is sometimes very upset, and sometimes very satisfied. People always like the feeling of being needed.

If Yang Xianrong was no longer angry, he would feel lost - in one word, "cheap"!
"I heard that you are going to send people to Xin'an after the spring festival tomorrow?" Just when Shao Xun thought that Wang Huifeng couldn't speak, the other party suddenly asked.

"How do you know?" Shao Xun asked curiously.

"You said I was the 'Grand Commander Regent'." Wang Huifeng said with a smile.

Yang Xianrong looked up in surprise and looked at Wang Huifeng.

This sentence is not in line with Wang Huifeng's calm and peaceful style. When has she ever laughed and joked?
Thinking of this, he suddenly exerted force and pinched Shao Xun.

Shao Xun was a tough guy with a calm expression. He looked at Wang Huifeng and said, "It is true. Xin'an Mine is one of the great mines in the country. I want to restore it."

Wang Huifeng took out a book and handed it to Shao Xun.

"Are you waiting for me here?" Shao Xun was stunned.

Wang Huifeng nodded.

(End of this chapter)