Rebirth of the Ming Dynasty: Sixth Generation of Glory, I don't want it

March, the 29th year of the Hongwu reign of the Ming Dynasty.

Yeondeok Palace.

"Ah - it hurts, it hurts, it hurts - ah, I'm going to die -"

No part of Zhu Gaochi's body was idle.

His legs were shaking like leaves in the wind!

His hands were reaching down desperately, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't reach his toes.

He was still screaming.

Zhang Xin, who was standing by, couldn't bear to watch it anymore, so he walked up and grabbed Zhu Gaochi's arm and pulled hard.

However, this did not do much.

It just brought Zhu Gaochi's fingertips a little closer to his toes.

Zhu Gaochi's big round belly was stuck in the middle, making the whole movement extremely difficult and causing him so much pain that his face was almost deformed.

"Your Highness is already nineteen years old. It will definitely hurt when you stretch your muscles at first. Just bear with it."

Zhang Xin was laughing in her heart and couldn't hide it on her face at all. The smile in her tone made Zhu Gaochi so angry that he rolled his eyes.

“I can’t stand it anymore——┗|｀O′|┛ Aa ...

Zhu Gaochi held on for a few breaths before he could no longer hold on and fell to the ground.

"Get up. You've moved too much. You can't lie down. Just stand up and walk around."

Zhang Xin motioned Qian'er to go forward and help Zhu Gaochi to stand up. He did not let go and considerately leaned to the side to let Zhu Gaochi catch his breath.

As long as it starts, this is the greatest victory——

Her heart was almost blossoming with joy.

In a blink of an eye, she had been in the palace for more than half a year. Although her relationship with Zhu Gaochi was much better than in her previous life, the development outside was the same.

At the beginning of the year, my father-in-law Zhu Di was sent out to fight by my grandfather.

This was the last northern expedition arranged during the reign of my grandfather.

Zhu Gaochi stayed behind as per convention.

Although Zhu Gaochi no longer lingered in the backyard except for official business like in his previous life, his health seemed to be not very good. Whether it was cold or hot, he would feel uncomfortable for several days.

She no longer had the same expectations for the current Zhu Gaochi as she had for her husband, but she also didn't want Zhu Gaochi to suffer from all kinds of illnesses.

The fairy from the Merit Department said that the life span of the children depends on both parents. If one of them is not healthy, it will inevitably affect the children.

Therefore, it is possible that the short lives of the three children were related to Zhu Gaochi.

Zhang Xin just wanted to rule out every possibility of causing her children to die early.

So after the spring, she persuaded Zhu Gaochi to practice Ba Duan Jin with her.

The result was naturally failure.

Last month, his father-in-law went to the war and all the affairs in the mansion fell on Zhu Gaochi. He was sick for another half a month.

Unable to bear it any longer, Zhang Xin invited Xu to take over as a banner and forced Zhu Gaochi to practice with her every day.

According to her feeling, Ba Duan Jin is the most comfortable way to move.

Every time Zhu Gaochi practiced, the Yande Palace was like a slaughterhouse.

Zhang Xin has a very happy life every day.

"Qian'er, take this with you and practice it every day. If the prince goes to the army, you must also watch him practice."

Zhang Xin handed Qian Er the Eight-Section Brocade picture album which had been written, drawn and bound into a book in advance.

"Lift your hands to the sky to regulate your three burners, draw your bows left and right like shooting an eagle, regulate your spleen and stomach by raising one arm, look back to relieve the five kinds of fatigue and seven kinds of injuries. Shake your head and tail to relieve the heart fire, climb your feet with both hands to strengthen the kidneys and waist, clench your fists and glare to increase your strength, shake your back seven times to eliminate all diseases. Princess, can I practice this?"

Qian'er followed Zhu Gaochi, studied, and practiced martial arts. He was not as good at studying as the eldest son of his family, but his martial arts skills were much better.

I was excited as soon as I saw the contents of the album.

"Well, you can practice whenever you want."

Zhang Xin simply agreed.

"My wife started practicing so early! It looks simple, but I can't stand this posture! I admire you so much!"

After catching his breath, Zhu Gaochi drank a sip of the water given by Qianer and asked.

"Seven or eight years old? I can't remember."

I really can't remember this Zhang Xin, it was too long ago.

"Where did it come from?"

Zhu Gaochi continued to ask questions.

"A monk gave it to me. My mother was not feeling well at the time, and she felt better after practicing. So I started practicing too."

This is a habit that has lasted throughout Zhang Xin's two lives. Apart from anything else, compared to women who live in the backyard, she gets sick very rarely.

“Did your family go to the temple?”

Zhu Gaochi suddenly looked a little serious.

"No, they don't allow us to do that. My mother said that the emperor's grandfather issued a decree that women in the harem are not allowed to enter the temple to burn incense."

Zhang Xin responded in surprise, "Is it a big deal whether to go to the temple or not? How could Zhu Gaochi have such an expression?"

"It's good that you didn't go. Why did the monk give this to your mother?"

Zhu Gaochi breathed a sigh of relief before continuing to ask.

"My father is a generous man. The poor monk was so hungry that he couldn't walk, so my father treated him to a meal. He said he had no way to repay me, so he gave him this Eight-Section Brocade, saying it is especially suitable for women. For men who are active, it will be more beneficial. What's wrong? Is there anything wrong with it?"

Zhang Xin answered and asked again.

"You guys go down."

Zhu Gaochi raised his hand to wave away the servants in the room, then pulled Zhang Xin to sit down, and stealthily leaned close to Zhang Xin's ear and told him a shocking secret history.

"In the previous dynasty, some temples in Dadu were not clean. There were all kinds of monks in the temples. They were called monks, but they were actually ruffians with shaved heads. In order to make money and for women, they used the name of treating illnesses to harm many women who went to the temples to burn incense. There were also many unmarried women.

At that time, they taught physical skills. My wife could perform the Eight Section Brocade by herself, while they taught her by lying down, pressing down, and close proximity.

The matter was exposed by the temple because of the uneven distribution of the spoils and was reported to the government.

The people in the government couldn't make a decision, so they handed it to the emperor's grandfather.

At that time, the Empress Dowager felt that this matter could not be told.

There are only a few temples that are not well-behaved, and the women who have been harmed are desperate and are seeking medical help from all sources. There are also many innocent women who just go to the temples to burn incense. If the punishment is announced to the world, even the innocent ones will no longer be innocent, and many innocent women will be forced to death.

Another thing is, my great-grandfather was a monk for a while, but later returned to secular life, so why leave room for gossip?

So my grandfather closed those temples and killed a group of monks to cover up the incident. Later, he issued a decree prohibiting women from entering temples to worship Buddha and burn incense to prevent future troubles.

Zhang Xin opened her mouth wide, not knowing how to react for a moment.

I didn’t expect that there would be so many things behind a ban.

And she suddenly realized that even though she had been the Empress Dowager for so many years and had handled so many important state affairs, it seemed that what she knew was still limited.

Her old ministers would never tell her about things like this, and they couldn't tell her.

Her father didn't say that back then either. Now she understood what her father would have said:

"Ah, no wonder, after my father sent that monk away, he kept complaining that a bad apple spoils the whole barrel."

"That would be a mess. There's more than just one rat shit."

Zhu Gaochi curled his lips.