I'm really not the carpenter emperor

Don't think so, they must have taken advantage of the last three days in the inner city to "snatch up".

Ai Shi stood there alone, and seeing the queen woke up, he hurried over with a copper basin filled with footwashing water.

As soon as he put down the copper basin and raised his head, Aishi said pleasantly:

"Your Majesty, you look much better after a nap. This servant will tell His Majesty right now so that he can be happy too!"

Excitedly, Ai Shi had just walked to the palace gate when she heard Zhang Yan say:

"You girl, do you want to go to the inner city under the guise?"

Zhang Yan was born as a farm girl, and she helped the family with housework since she was a child, so she was not a hypocritical master, so she put her crystal clear feet in the copper basin and soaked them, and said with a chuckle.

"Your Majesty, forgive me, I will never dare to do it again!" Ai Shi hurriedly knelt down and kept begging for mercy. Seeing that, she was really frightened.

Naturally, Zhang Yan didn't expect to say something casually that caused her such a big commotion, but she also sighed in her heart, and said with a smile, "I didn't say I blamed you, so don't tell His Majesty when things get better, do you really want to go to the inner city? "

Hearing this, Ai Shi struggled for a moment, and saw that the queen seemed not angry, so she became bolder, nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, and said sincerely:

"It's only been three days in the inner city, and the slaves have to prepare more charcoal for the winter..."

"Go."

After Zhang Yan finished speaking, she went down to wash her feet, which was sure.

Ai Shi was overjoyed, kowtowed and saluted repeatedly, then turned around and trotted away from Kunning Palace.

……

Not long after Ai Shi left, the Kunning Palace became empty. Zhang Yan raised her eyes and looked around, and then looked at the brightly lit and lively outside of the palace.

Just got up and went for a walk, thought of something, but sighed again, wiped his feet clean one by one, and went out with a copper basin to pour water.

"Pfft-"

After pouring water, Zhang Yan just walked back to the palace, but out of the corner of her eye, through the bright paper window, she saw a faint flickering fire.

Immediately, she was a little happy in her heart, thinking that it was Ai Shi who came back early.

When she came out of the palace gate, she saw that she was walking alone holding a candle. She was not tall, but she could not be called short either, with bright yellow boots on her feet and a brocade fur coat on her body.

All of a sudden, Zhang Yan's almond eyes widened and she said in astonishment:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

"Uh, Queen..."

Zhu Youxiao, who was walking along the wall, seemed a little embarrassed. He wanted to give Zhang Yan a surprise, so he turned down the rest of the memorial tonight and came to Kunning Palace to accompany her.

On the way, Zhu Youxiao also regretted seeing the palace people rushing to the inner city to do business. He really didn't expect that these palace people liked the inner city so much.

Now that she was discovered, Natural Beauty must continue to walk quietly. Zhu Youxiao didn't say much, and walked up to Zhang Yan who was at a loss, and gently put her big hair on her shoulders.

"Your Majesty, it's cold, you can't do it."

Zhang Yan was about to move, but was firmly held down by a big hand. Looking up, she found that the emperor's resolute eyes were shining with love.

The two were silent for a moment, and Zhu Youxiao suddenly said to her:

"Come on, I'll take you to see a baby!"

"What kind of baby, it's so cold, I don't want to go out." Zhang Yan just woke up, and she didn't believe that the emperor who didn't even know flowers would really have any baby, and she looked reluctant.

Zhu Youxiao clicked his tongue and smiled: "Look at you, you are lazy. You have to go out more often because you are cold. The scene in the palace is so lively right now. In a few days, you will not be able to see it."

"If you don't go to see it now, even if you ask me in the future, I won't take you out of the palace to play."

Zhang Yan is only eighteen years old this year. Although she has been nurtured by the palace to make her a little immature, she is still at an age that loves to play.

Xu Shi was moved by the half-threatening half-joking words of the emperor, and Xu Shi's curiosity was aroused. Zhang Yan stood there and thought for a while, gritted her teeth, wrapped her hair tightly, and finally nodded.

As soon as she left the house, away from the blessing of the pitiful heater, Zhang Yan was immediately slapped by the air-conditioning and shivered all over her body.

Seeing Zhu Youxiao, he had no choice but to take off his coat again, put it on her body, gritted his teeth and asked:

"How about it, isn't it cold?"

"It's not just cold, my concubine's nose is about to freeze." Zhang Yan felt a warm current while he was speaking.

Zhang Yan turned around in surprise, and found that the emperor was hugging her tightly behind her, her face flushed with shame, and the deer bumped wildly in her chest.

"His Majesty……"

"Still ashamed, old couples, why are you so ashamed." Zhu Youxiao joked, "Look at you, as the Empress of Ming Dynasty, if you say things like snot, I will punish you."

"What did the emperor punish me for?" Zhang Yan asked with blinking eyes.

"Punish you to serve me well all night."

After Zhu Youxiao said this, Zhang Yan couldn't feel the cold wind around him, but felt his face was hot and his whole body was hot.

The Kunning Palace was relatively spacious, and the two of them walked eastward for less than a hundred steps before they found the Jiaotai Palace standing here.

Chapter 2 Forty

One emperor and one empress hugged each other tightly, carefully avoiding the palace people who were busily shuffling things to go to the inner market to trade, and came to the front of Jiaotai Hall.

Zhu Youxiao let go of Zhang Yan, put the candlestick in one hand on the steps, took a few breaths of hot air on his hands that were about to freeze, bent down, and fiddled with himself.

Leaving his embrace, Zhang Yan suddenly felt cold again, frowned, looked down, and said, "Isn't this the Jiaotai Palace? What kind of treasure can there be here?"

Zhu Youxiao was also shivering a little from the cold, and snorted coldly, saying:

"If you complain again, I will never take you out of the palace again."

The Jiaotai Hall is not high in the Forbidden City, with only a single-story platform. Zhu Youxiao squatted on the side of the steps, digging the frozen soil with the sword at his waist.

Naturally, Zhang Yan still wanted to leave the palace, without the emperor's acquiescence, this would not have been possible, after all, it would be too boring to be idle in the palace all the time.

It's also quite interesting to hang out with the emperor when you're free.

She didn't dare to gossip anymore, she pursed her lips tightly, and looked curiously, and saw the emperor dug a small hole, then dropped his sword, and took out a loose stone brick buried in the ground with both hands.

Zhu Youxiao clapped his hands, threw the stone brick behind him, then turned around and continued to tinker.

As if she heard something, Zhang Yan became curious, and squatted down, lying half on the ground, pouted her buttocks, and looked into the dark cave.

At this time, Zhu Youxiao rolled up the big sleeves of his toga, and stretched half of his arm in. Zhang Yan saw a layer of hot sweat on his forehead at the end of the cold weather.

Zhu Youxiao searched inside for a while, and finally smiled:

"Yes, you come."

Zhang Yan hurriedly probed over, and immediately opened her eyes wide.

I saw a small pot made of clay, which Zhu Youxiao took out from the cave. The mouth of the pot was covered with a layer of sparsely woven bamboo curtains, covered with a layer of gauze, and tied with hemp rope.

Zhang Yan squatted there, tilted her head, looked at the jar, then at Emperor Tianqi, feeling a little disappointed, and said:

"How can this broken can be called a treasure? There are many storerooms in the palace, and they are all thrown away."

Zhu Youxiao curled his lips, he was used to dealing with courtiers, he had already practiced this ability of not being moved by words, so he didn't take it seriously.

Besides, he also felt in his heart that Zhang Yan, a girl, must like this thing very much, and he will give her a surprise later.

Zhu Youxiao put down the jar and sat cross-legged, staring at the jar like this, no matter how much Zhang Yan asked or wanted to go back, he just didn't say a word.

She had just recovered from the cold, and was forced out by the emperor to suffer from the cold, leaving the warm bedding and the Kunning Palace. Such a scene made Zhang Yan feel more and more that it was not worth it to come out.

It was a cold day, and the emperor sat on the ground looking at the pot, and did not answer the questions, and did not know what he was waiting for, which gradually exhausted Zhang Yan's patience.

With a small temper, he jumped to leave without asking Zhu Youxiao's permission.

"Stop!" Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the ground, suddenly changed his face, as if he couldn't feel the freezing weather around him, his tone was slightly sullen, and said:

"Wait, in the future you will thank me for bringing you here today."

Long Yan was slightly excited, even if she was the queen of the court, the flower branches trembled in fright, and she just stepped up, but she couldn't step down no matter what.

This time, Zhang Yan stood aside honestly and stopped complaining.

The cold window hangs down, the winter day when everything is resting, there has been no movement, but the clay pot like a dead thing made a clear insect cry without warning.

Then came the second, third, continuous calls, from weak to strong, piercing through the air.

Zhang Yan was stunned for a moment.

The Forbidden City is bustling outside and inside, even the hustle and bustle of the inner city, and the north wind hunting through the city, are not as good as the chirping of this insect at this moment, which makes people feel pleasant and pleasant.

Zhu Youxiao turned his head, and seeing her moving face, his eyes gradually became interested, so he got up and patted his buttocks, and smiled triumphantly:

"The eggs collected by the supervisor of ceremonies in autumn last year were said to be stored outside the Jiaotai Hall, and kept for the prince and grandchildren to play with. Empress, I am thinking of you, so I will take you to get a jar first."

"Winter will be longer every year in the future, and it's rare to hear summer insects calling in winter, let alone this is still in the palace, even I have to secretly bring you here."

"How about it, this thing is in the palace, is it considered a treasure?"

At this moment, Zhang Yan completely forgot the previous little emotions, and cheered happily:

"It's rare that His Majesty is so busy with state affairs, and still miss me so much, and it's even rarer to be able to hear the insects singing this time in the Forbidden City in winter, which is indeed a treasure."

"Your Majesty, teach the eunuchs in my palace how the Supervisor of Rituals works."

"This..." Zhu Youxiao was troubled and said:

"I haven't inquired about this. You are the empress, so you can't ask too much. Just ask that female official in your palace called Ai Shi to ask the supervisor of ceremonies. Those veterans are all proficient in various professions."

"At that time, you will do it every season in your palace, so that it can relieve your boredom when you can't go out in winter."

"Nowadays disasters are happening all over Daming, and the people can't live longer. I would like to have this kind of opportunity with you in the future, but it will be rare."

Speaking of this, the light in Zhu Youxiao's eyes dimmed.

Turning back to state affairs, the joy in Zhang Yan's eyes also faded. Holding the jar given by the emperor in her hand, she took a few steps forward, faintly:

"Your majesty, the inner city can't stop..."

Zhu Youxiao paused for a long time, then sighed:

"I know."

"This kind of thing, I have my own difficulties. You are the empress of the Ming Dynasty. Except when we are together at night, you usually have to know the etiquette and general principles."

"The decision I made is for you to coordinate with the harem, don't ask too much."

"Now is not the past. Things like Concubine Zheng and Li Xuan's servants will happen again in the future. I can't help you all the time."

"Slowly, it's time for Concubine Liu to let you go. You are the empress, so you have to take the lead and let me take care of the harem."

"I'm worried about things before the court."

Saying that, Zhu Youxiao sighed again, hesitated to speak, but let go of the exhortation on his lips, and just walked forward with his hands behind his back.

Zhang Yan's feet that were raised in mid-air fell awkwardly, pouted her lips, and asked after a while:

"Then... will Your Majesty stay at Kunning Palace tonight?"

"No accommodation."

Hearing the reply, Zhang Yan asked again:

"Stay in another palace?"

"Never sleep." After Zhu Youxiao returned, he stopped at the fork in the road, chuckled lightly, and said:

"In this short period of time, those ministers may be writing there again, eloquently, wanting to criticize me for being playful and lustful, and neglecting state affairs."

After finishing speaking, he put on a sneer again:

"There are some things that should be done."

……

Zhang Yan stood on the spot, holding the clay pot tightly in her hand, watching the back of the weather emperor going away, and even forgot the cold for a while.

At this time, there was a sound of light footsteps in the side corridor.

"who is it!"

"Your Majesty, it's me..." It was Concubine Yu Tong Jing'er who came out from the corridor without a maid.

When the emperor left, Zhang Yan also hid the weakness she showed her beloved, and put on indifference: "How long have you been hiding there, peeping?"

"I didn't peek!"

Concubine Yu was so frightened that she caressed her chest exaggeratedly: