Bright Spring

After hearing the imperial decree, Li Qi hurriedly asked, "Your Majesty didn't say anything, what did you ask me when you saw the King of Han?"

Hou Xian seriously thought about it for a while, then shook his head and said: "No. The emperor asked Li Yushi to ask about An Nanguo." After he finished speaking, seeing Li Qi thinking hard, he couldn't help reminding him kindly Said, "Perhaps the emperor just wants to hear the opinion of the King of Han..."

"Oh?" Li Qi stared.

Hou Xian glanced at him, and said in a cautious voice: "The memorial of the King of Han was sent to Yumen today. It seems to be about his dealing with the chieftain in Yunnan. Our family was nearby at that time. The emperor said that the one who most resembles me is Gao Xuli; later, the emperor went to Dongnuan Pavilion, looked at the picture of An Nanguo for a long time, and then immediately ordered his servants to pass the decree... Did Li Yushi understand? "

Li Qi nodded and said: "So, the King of Han has dealt with the chieftain well in Yunnan, and the Holy Majesty is very satisfied; so the Holy Majesty wants to ask the King of Han to speak about the matter of Annan Kingdom?"

Hou Xian was noncommittal.

Li Qi came back to his senses, hurriedly cupped his hands and bowed deeply, and said, "Thank you for reminding me, father-in-law."

"You can't do it." Hou Xian hurriedly replied, but he refused, but his face was already full of smiles.

During the time of Taizu, eunuchs were strictly prohibited from participating in politics, and the status of eunuchs was purely handymen who did dirty work in the palace.However, since the Yongle Dynasty, some eunuchs have been highly valued by the emperor, and a few ministers have gradually changed their attitudes after assessing the situation.

A censor with high morals bowed to Hou Xian, of course Hou Xian was very useful.

After the two of them were polite, Hou Xian bowed and said: "Our family has passed the decree, and we are leaving."

... Eunuch Meng Ji also immediately sent the emperor's letter to Chunhe Palace.The East Palace is in the imperial city, and it used to be quick to do things.

Guo Yan held the rice paper and showed it to the infant child, and said affectionately, "Zhan Ai, my son's name is Zhu Zhan Ai, this is the name bestowed by the sage, from now on no one will I dare not bully you..."

After she finished speaking, she suddenly looked up vigilantly at the eunuchs and maids around her. They quickly lowered their heads as if they hadn't heard anything.

Guo Yan frowned, as if she felt that she had accidentally said something wrong just now, and she was afraid that it would soon reach someone's ears.She had a melancholy look on her face, but at this moment, she saw Zhu Zhanjian kicking her little feet and looking at her with a "giggle" smile. Guo Yan also smiled immediately, and stretched out her hand to gently tease the child's little nose.

She put the piece of rice paper in front of the child again, and changed her words: "Look how good the handwriting of the emperor's grandfather is. You grow up quickly, practice according to these words, and learn to write names first..."

Finally a little maid spoke up: "His Royal Highness liked writing and ink when he was young, and he will definitely be a talented prince in the future."

Guo Yan was very happy to hear it, and said: "You are the only one who can talk, and I will reward you later."

The little palace maid hurriedly said, "Thank you, Empress Concubine Ci!"

Guo Yan smiled and hummed a ditty, a handsome young prince could not help appearing in his mind, that man was full of poems and books, worried about the country and the people, and the key point was that he was Guo Yan's closest relative... For a while, it was dusty. Some hazy impressions in her heart gradually surfaced before her eyes.

At this time, there was a "creaking" sound, and suddenly a gust of wind was slightly stronger, blowing open the half-closed door.A court lady hurried over to close it, for fear that the child would be blown by the wind.

The snow outside the door seemed to be heavier than the previous two days, and a thin layer of snow had already accumulated on the roof and ground of the palace.In the white snow, more red lanterns have been hung under the eaves. The Chinese New Year festival will come soon, and the spring breeze of the third year of Yongle will not be far away.Click on Baidu to read the latest chapter of "Daming Chunse Jiezhong Literature" for free for the first time.

Chapter 286 It's Snowing and Raining

The entire imperial city was shrouded in snowflakes, and everything seemed to be imprisoned in it, with nowhere to escape.But what really imprisoned people was the tall red palace wall.

On the east side of the imperial city, there is a large open space between Xingqing Palace and Dashan Hall, and the "Blessing View" is built near the palace wall.

The Taoist temple is actually a small courtyard. A platform is built in the courtyard, and a Taoist temple is built on the platform.Miaojin is in this Taoist temple, praying for Empress Xu to get rid of disasters every day.She was sometimes allowed to see Empress Xu, but she was not allowed to enter or leave the courtyard at will.

The courtyard wall is very low. Inside the Taoist temple, you can see the outside scene, but you can't see the scene outside the imperial city anyway. Only the palace wall makes people feel depressing.

The palace wall is not as thick as the city wall of Nanjing, but it is very high; it is so high that not only can people climb over it, but through a wall, the outside scene can't even be seen or heard.In the imperial city, the only thing one can see outside is the pale sky.

Within a red wall, it seems to be completely isolated from the world.

Standing on the platform outside the Taoist temple, Miaojin looked at the snowflakes all over the sky, cupped her hands and gently blew white steam.With a sneer on her face, she stared at the red wall, and then at a large residual Chinese rose branch inside the wall.She thought to herself: In this imperial city, the only thing that can reach the top of the wall is probably the big rose plant.

The palaces and palaces on all sides are tall and magnificent, and the eaves and teeth are very luxuriously carved, but there are no plants, not even a tree in ordinary places.Only the rose plant survived. Perhaps its branches and leaves were too thin to bear a person climbing along its branches and leaves, so it was not eradicated.

In the past two years, Miao Jin has gradually guessed one thing... In his heart, the emperor actually knows very well how these women living in the red wall feel.That's why he used this quiet method to force Miao Jin to submit, and even wanted her to take the initiative to fight for favor!

It's really boring for palace ladies to live here, it's so boring!Miao Jin thinks that although she is not an ascetic person, she can still sit still... It was not until she was imprisoned here that she really felt what it means to be bored.

However, the most difficult thing is not boredom; Miaojin lived in the palace for many days before, but she didn't feel too sad.

The most difficult thing for the people in the palace to resist is the hopeless suffering.

I have to live like this all my life and die here, when people think about it, it is easy to go crazy.This kind of torment will gradually erode everything about a person, and in the end they will desperately fight for that meaningless straw: the emperor's favor.

It is also amazing that the place where the world's wealth gathers, the imperial city where the wealth and wealth are rich and luxurious, can make the palace ladies live their lives like this.

So fighting for favor became the only interesting thing for them.

Miaojin has a lot of free time every day, and sometimes she thinks...

The things that everyone is fighting for are still meaningless; those identities and honors only exist in the hearts of people outside the red wall.What people fight for is not necessarily because of how good it is, but because there are too few opportunities to get that benefit, so the things that many people grab are naturally precious.

But what everyone sees is different, at least Miaojin doesn't care about all of this.

... Miao Jin is not someone who was cast into the cold palace, but is praying for the queen in name.Therefore, the court ladies and eunuchs are still very polite to her, and they will talk when they meet.

Miao Jin heard about Zhu Gaoxu's mining in Yunnan, fighting with chieftains, sending off "a match made in heaven", and giving birth to a son.

Miao Jin understands his situation, disobeying the emperor's wishes now will not help the matter, only a dead end.She could vaguely feel that Gao Xu's actions were just trying to curry favor with the emperor.

This is totally out of Miaojin's expectation. In her heart, Gao Xu is a person who can bear not to do useless things... If he doesn't act rashly, at least there is a glimmer of hope; otherwise, there is no hope at all.

During the many boring days, Miaojin recalled every encounter many times, not letting go of any details.Everything convinced her that Gao Xu must be thinking about herself too!

Later, she got used to it when she recalled it, and this incident became a rare and very interesting thing in her life.

A gust of cold wind mixed with snowflakes blew, Miaojin shivered from the cold, she looked at the sky and thought: Yunnan should never snow, will it rain now?

Miao Jin felt her body was about to go stiff, and was about to turn around and enter the house.At this time, I saw a person carrying something and walking towards this side.

That person looked familiar, so Miao Jin stopped and looked over again.When the man got closer, she realized that it was a young eunuch of twelve or thirteen years old, twisting a food box in his hand.

After a while, Miaojin's lips parted, and her almond eyes widened, showing a surprised expression.She managed to keep silent.

The little eunuch walked along the stone steps to the platform, glanced at Miao Jin, bent down and said, "Does Big Sister recognize me?"

"Let's talk inside." Miao Jin hurriedly led him into the Taoist temple.She closed the door, and immediately looked up and down the little eunuch.

The little eunuch said: "Is there no one else in the room, big sister?"

Miao Jin shook her head, her expression still did not regain her composure, she blurted out, "My baby grows so fast, I haven't seen you in five or six years, and you've grown so tall..."

The little eunuch sighed, showing an expression not suitable for his age, and said, "I have been away from Beiping for almost seven years."

Miao Jin couldn't help asking: "Why are you in the palace? Didn't someone from us back then agree to go to Lingquan Temple to pick you up?"

The little eunuch said: "Here he is, he is a monk. I took the clothes and money that my eldest sister gave me, and followed him. At that time, I can't remember exactly how far I walked, and then I arrived in the capital."

Miao Jin nodded and said in a low voice: "That's right. At that time your father Zhang Yan had died for the country. According to the original arrangement, a colleague surnamed Ma would pick you up from Lingquan Temple and bring you back to the capital to raise you. It was still the early years of Jianwen, you should be safe and sound when you arrive in the capital..."

She frowned suspiciously, "Your father died to be loyal to the court after all, and he saved you to give the Zhang family six queens. How can you be an eunuch?"