Bright Spring

Zhu Gaoxu asked, "For example, I gave the book to Yao Ji privately?"

Miao Jin nodded, bit her teeth lightly and blurted out, "Gao Xu's heart is for others, not mine."

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he immediately looked helpless.

Miao Jin came over, sat beside him, and took the initiative to hug Zhu Gaoxu's arm, "I'll look back and think about it, the best place I've ever lived in...do you know where it is?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, but shook his head.

Miao Jin said softly, "Behind the Prince's Mansion in Gaoyang County, Beiping City, that cellar."

Zhu Gaoxu looked puzzled.

Miao Jin said, "You dug it yourself, as well as the wall hangings, bed bedding, and even all kinds of expenses, all of which were carefully arranged by Gao Xu. Although the place is small and stuffy, and not too gorgeous, it has everything. It's quite comfortable to live in, who would have thought that being locked up in that kind of place would have everything you need?"

Zhu Gaoxu was still very helpless, "Miaojin always wants so strange things. Perhaps, you are not suitable for the palace, but an ordinary wealthy family who can give you more."

Miao Jin shook her head and said, "If I hadn't met you, and if my father hadn't wanted to assassinate me back then, I would have just wanted to become a monk, and I wouldn't make it difficult for you to be a vassal or emperor."

Zhu Gaoxu said, "How about... I dig another cellar in Qianqing Palace?"

Miao Jin didn't pay attention, and immediately burst out laughing when she heard this, her face also flushed, she grabbed Zhu Gaoxu's arm and pushed it twice, "But you have to dig it yourself."

Zhu Gaoxu didn't smile, and said softly, "Things in the world can't be as you wish, even if I become the emperor. Your current thoughts, and your desire to live in seclusion in the past, are a bit too unearthly, forget it?"

Miao Jin whispered in his ear, "I can't do anything, I can't make myself obedient. I thought about it before, and I must behave like a noble concubine, but when you came, you asked all kinds of things, and even admitted your mistakes, I didn't even Didn't last a day."

Zhu Gaoxu said thoughtfully, "Entering the world or leaving the world, Taoism or Confucianism, ordinary people or emperors, people who are too obsessed with their own hearts are always so contradictory..."

Miao Jin interrupted him suddenly, "We are having a good talk, take your hand out of your clothes."

Zhu Gaoxu said, "You still dare to resist, believe it or not, I will punish you for a big crime of disrespect."

"As long as you are willing." Miao Jin glared at him with a blushing face, without any fear at all.

7 Chapter Eighty

"It's great to see you when I wake up in the morning." A somewhat confused voice said in Zhu Gaoxu's ear.

Zhu Gaoxu felt the temperature of her breath on his neck, looked at the top of the bed and lay down for a while, then turned his head and said with a smile: "What about your usual noble appearance? I think you are getting more and more clingy, we don't look like we have known each other for so many years people."

The imperial concubine Miaojin put her arms around him and said softly: "Yes."

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said: "I have to get up, I have a lot of things to do today. The morning court and the banquet lasted for more than half a year, and the ministers were very satisfied. Wang Jinghong and others who went to the West came back, and they had to give me a gift at noon. Regular banquet."

Miao Jin turned her head and glanced at the faint light coming in from outside the curtain, stretched out her smooth jade white arms to lift aside the bed curtains, and said back, "It's not yet dawn, and the eunuchs and cocks are not heard outside. Lie down for a while."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I have to go earlier and ask someone to fetch water and wash it before changing clothes. I just woke up and felt uncomfortable in my stomach and legs."

Miao Jin blushed, and stared at him without saying a word.

Zhu Gaoxu called out: "Come here, I want to take a bath and change clothes."

A moment later, a female official pushed open the palace door and said at the door: "Your Majesty, wait a moment, and the concubine will go and arrange it immediately."

Miao Jin also struggled to sit up, grabbed the quilt to cover her chest, her black hair was a little messy after being untied, and her charming face was somewhat cute in the messy sleepiness.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her: "You don't need to get up, the imperial concubine, after I pack up and leave, you also take a bath first."

Miao Jin said helplessly: "Can the Holy One stop talking all the time?"

"Okay." Zhu Gaoxu smiled, "I'll get up first."

"What about the afternoon?" Miao Jin's voice asked.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't react for a moment, turned his head and said, "What?"

Miao Jin said: "Gao Xu has morning court and sutra banquet in the morning, and he will give a banquet at noon. Will he go to Rouyi Hall in the afternoon?"

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly said: "You know, the point of giving a banquet is not to eat, the etiquette takes a long time. There is not much time in the afternoon."

Miao Jin immediately lay softly on the pillow, sighed "ah", and suddenly said softly: "Do you still want to see me tonight?"

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, and persuaded with kind words: "Miao Jin has been in the palace for so long, you should know that in the palace, being too favored for a while is not a good thing."

Miao Jin said quietly: "I really don't want to be a noble concubine."

"Things in the world can't go as expected, Miao Jin understands the truth no less than I do." Zhu Gaoxu caressed her shaved shoulders.

Miao Jin said: "I know, the sage should go up and do some work."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and said kindly: "Come to Rouyi Hall tomorrow morning. I want to summon a few people there, and Miao Jin can also be there. I'm getting up."

By the time the preparations were complete, the sky in the east had turned white.Zhu Gaoxu put on the black gauze wing crown and Tuanlong robe, and walked out of the palace, seeing the sedan chair outside and a team of people waiting there.He looked down at the clothes on his body, and felt that they were similar to what he wore when he was a vassal king, and the differences were in the details.

It seems to be sunny again today, the ground is dry, and a faint white mist is shrouded among the plants and trees in the palace.Zhu Gaoxu took a deep breath, a pleasant smile appeared on his mouth, and he felt a faint happiness in his heart for no reason.

But he soon realized that he couldn't get too deep, otherwise it would definitely intensify the contradictions in the palace.Although this is very unfair to Miaojin or any woman's sincerity, there are some things that do not belong to this era and this emperor system.

Zhu Gaoxu reminded himself that as long as he adapts to reality, everything will be fine.Look away, there are so many beauties, and they can be exchanged for pleasure, at least they can be fresh and rich.

"Slaves wait to see you off respectfully." Voices came from the ladies and gentlemen behind them.

Zhu Gaoxu stabilized his mind and strode towards the sedan chair.

He got on the sedan chair, sat on it, and began to think about the official affairs in the court.When I think of the internal and external strategies and the possible resistance, troubles quickly come to my mind.

After more than two years since he ascended the throne, Zhu Gaoxu felt more and more that his original idea was correct: life as a vassal king is much better than being an emperor, if there is no threat of survival...

For almost the whole day, Zhu Gaoxu was busy performing his duties.

Those etiquettes are not tiring, and the rhythm of all steps is very slow; on the contrary, it is necessary to maintain a calm and patient state of mind at all times, so as to be indifferent.Otherwise, listening to the Confucian scholars recite the scriptures slowly and talk about the meaning of the scriptures at the sutra feast, the boring feeling will make people feel anxious and unbearable.

Although everything was arranged by the officials, it was difficult for Zhu Gaoxu to focus on two things, because he had to pay attention to his appearance, demeanor, and posture at all times, and occasionally had to say a few decent words.As long as there is even the slightest gaffe, the ministers will remind him tactfully and repeat it until Zhu Gaoxu consciously realizes the omission.

He can't sink his mind to think about more profound things, but he can think about simpler and lighter things, such as beauties and so on.The good night last night, the virtuous concubine Yao Ji who was supposed to be his turn tonight, and even Ma Enhui's strange behavior yesterday were all things he secretly spent time in.

During this period, it is inevitable to lose your mind, and then there will be Hu Wei and other people who preside over the sutra feast, repeating the vigilance.Until Zhu Gaoxu took his heart away from the woman and listened to the teachings of the sage again.

Zhu Gaoxu really doesn't like this way of communication between the monarch and his subjects, it's like searching for one or two scattered pearls on a large piece of boring sandy beach.Why not just lay out the pearls?But this method has continued for many dynasties, and perhaps it has its own reasons.

In the afternoon, Zhu Gaoxu left the banquet, and when he came to Dongnuan Pavilion, it was less than an hour before Li You was on duty.

He had just entered the East Nuan Pavilion when he suddenly found the concubine Yao Ji inside.Yao Ji smiled immediately, and came forward to curtsey.Zhu Gaoxu blurted out, "Why is Concubine Xian here?"

Yao Ji approached Zhu Gaoxu and whispered: "Tonight it's the concubine's turn to serve the saint. The concubine will serve the pen and ink first, and then go to bed. Besides, the sage has given permission to let the concubine serve in Dongnuan Pavilion?"

"Xia Yuanji will come later." Zhu Gaoxu said helplessly, "This person is a bit pedantic, and he will be unhappy when he sees you."