[Qing] Empress Xiao Chengren Reborn

Two months later, the pain caused by Zhujin's childbirth has completely recovered, and the second elder brother has also been two months old. He has successfully won the love of everyone in the palace, especially Xiaozhuang, because of his powder-carved jade appearance. , She likes the second elder brother very much, and she has to visit Kunning Palace several times a month, not to mention Xuan Ye, who spends more than an hour in Kunning Palace every day than usual.

Apart from teasing the second elder brother every day, Zhujin's most important thing is to continue to take care of her body and reshape her figure, because she has not been out of Kunning Palace for almost two months during confinement, and Xuan Ye Although I met her every day, I almost never stayed in Kunning Palace, and I never did that kind of thing when I stayed overnight. He didn't want it, and Zhujin naturally didn't ask for it. I just wanted to go with him again in the best state The matter of fish.

After the lights were turned on this day, the nurse retreated with the sleeping second elder brother in her arms, and Zhu Jin lay on the couch, asking Ru Qing Ru Miao to hammer her legs. She had been running circles in Kunning Palace for two consecutive months, I have to run for an hour every time, the effect is there, and my body is much better, but I am a little tired. I just want to close my eyes and enjoy it, but the corner of my eye seems to see a figure entering Dongnuang Pavilion. Open your eyes and take a look. After seeing the person coming, he smiled and said: "Didn't the emperor say that he won't come to Kunning Palace today? Why did he call you over again? Just send a little eunuch to pass the message, so why call you here?"

Xuan Ye is busy today, and lunch is served in the inner three courtyards. When he was practicing calligraphy in the Hall of Preserving Harmony, he asked Mrs. Zhang to wait on Momo, and asked Xiao Lizi to tell her that he would not come to Kunning today. It's time for her to go to bed, and let her rest earlier, but this man's words don't count, she is ready to be resettled here, but he sent Liang Jiugong over, and he didn't know what he wanted to say.

Liang Jiugong smiled and said: "How can this be done? The little eunuch is afraid that the words will not be good, and the servant is not at ease. It is better that the servant came in person. After all, the emperor himself said this to the servant."

"The emperor was going to review the inscriptions at night, but he entered the study at the beginning of Youshi and didn't come out again. He didn't ask anyone to serve him for more than half an hour. He just called the servants in and sent the servants to pass the message to the empress. , the emperor said to ask the empress to go to the Palace of Preserving Harmony, he is waiting for the empress in the study."

What did you ask her to do in the study?

Zhu Jin didn't get up, but asked: "Did the people in the respect room go to the emperor? Who is the emperor calling to sleep with tonight?"

Liang Jiugong replied: "Go back to your mother, the people in the respect room went there when the emperor saw the slave, the emperor didn't turn over the sign, and didn't ask anyone to serve him, he just asked the servant to come and invite your mother."

After Zhu Jin heard this, she lowered her eyes and curled her lips into a smile, stood up and smiled at Ruqing Rumao: "Okay, prepare the clothes for me to change, just... the new one made last month."

This is not the first time she has come back to the study room of the Palace of Preserving Harmony, she is very familiar with it, and she did not want Liang Jiugong to lead the way, she walked in by herself, Liang Jiugong did not follow in, but stopped outside the door, and only after the pearl brocade entered, he opened the door gently covered up.

Xuan Ye was sitting behind a pile of books, when he heard footsteps, he leaned forward and looked up, and said with a smile, "Come here, come to me."

Zhujin stood over with a smile. She didn't wear flowerpot bottoms. After giving birth to her second elder brother, she has been confinement in Kunning Palace to lose weight and not have to go out of the palace. She was lazy to wear that, and she hadn't worn it for several months before she was pregnant. No one reminded her, so they just let her go. She came here now wearing embroidered shoes, her figure was light, her footsteps were as light as a butterfly, and she flew to Xuan Ye's side in no time.

"What did the emperor ask his concubine to do?"

Xuan Ye saw the smile on her face and the face that looked very tender without makeup, stretched out his hand to pinch her cheek, and took the opportunity to touch it again, then raised the book in his hand, squinted and said with a smile: "Do you remember this book?"

Zhu Jin didn't understand what she meant, she stretched her head to look at the book in Xuan Ye's hand, and saw that it was full of complaints written by herself half a year ago, her cheeks were slightly hot, she snatched the book from Xuan Ye's hand, she I really didn't expect, didn't Liang Jiugong say that he was going to review the inscriptions at night?

Who would have thought that instead of doing his job, he hid in the study to pass the time, but actually read the books she had read!

Thinking of Xuan Ye laughing at her slander while reading, Zhu Jin felt more and more embarrassed, she curled her lips and said: "Is the reason why the emperor called the concubine to ask this? If the emperor wants to make fun of the concubine, the concubine will leave .”

She felt sorry for Xuanye when she heard that Xuan Ye was not looking for anyone else tonight, so she dressed up carefully with a heart full of love, but a certain person didn't understand the style, and even pulled her to tell a story, and even wanted to make fun of her, what a waste of such a good time Beautiful scenery, might as well go back to the palace to sleep.

"Hey, why are you leaving? It's boring to leave!"

Xuan Ye glanced at her, smiled and pulled her sleeves, and with all his strength, he pulled her into his arms and sat down. After imprisoning her in his arms, he asked with a smile, "How is the second elder brother? Today, I am still in trouble." okay?"

"Second Elder Brother is very well, and now I have asked my wet nurse to take me to sleep, otherwise, does the Emperor think that the concubine can come?"

The second elder brother is good at everything else, but he is a little sticky to Zhujin. After Zhujin leaves for a while, he can cry heart-piercingly. The second elder brother stayed in front of her, that is to say, the second elder brother fell asleep, so she could come out to see Xuan Ye alone. Zhu Jin was still clutching the book Xuan Ye gave her just now, she looked at Xuan Ye as if something was wrong, So he also accepted the joke, turned the book to the cover, and couldn't help being taken aback, ""The Eunuch of the Three Treasures"? Your Majesty, I would like to ask, are you free tonight?"

I actually spent a lot of time looking at this in the study. Are you going to continue to pile up the piles of inscriptions outside?

"Idle is not idle, it's just that there is one thing that can't be decided for a long time, and I can't figure it out, that's all."

Xuan Ye said, "Oboi is busy with his military and state affairs, some things he has to handle personally, you also know that he will not allow me to disagree with him, for the sake of long-term plan, I will do nothing this year I didn't provoke him any more, but he relaxed a little, and left some things he thought were irrelevant to me to deal with, and I made up my own mind, and he let go of it."

"A trifle that doesn't matter?"

Zhu Jin asked curiously, "What kind of trivial matter can make such an emperor puzzled?"

"It's about overseas trade,"

Xuan Ye said, "In the fifth year of Kangxi, the imperial court issued a ban. Since that year, no foreign country is allowed to trade in China unless it is a tribute dynasty. Otherwise, it will be illegal."

Xuan Ye pointed to the two stacks of memorial papers on the case, and said, "Have you seen it? Although there are many papers, the one on the left is all asking the imperial court to lift the ban and allow the coastal areas to open up overseas trade and treaty ports. The one on the right One stack is all requesting the imperial court to reiterate the prohibition against the opening of overseas trade, and it also stipulates that any violation will be severely punished."

"Then what is it that the emperor can't figure out? Why can't he make up his mind?"

Xuan Ye looked at her and said: "I tend not to open up overseas trade, but if it is open, troubles will inevitably happen, no matter how strict the law is, it is the same, and our Qing Dynasty is rich all over the world, so why do we need to trade with foreign countries? Even if you want to exchange goods with foreign countries, why do you need to conduct any trade? In my eyes, I still don’t like the idea of ​​money. If you really want to exchange goods, barter is enough. Why do you need money from those small overseas countries? Wouldn't it be embarrassing for the imperial court to act?"

Zhu Jin blinked, she didn't quite agree with Xuan Ye's words, but she was very obedient and didn't refute.

"Since the emperor has thought so maturely, why hesitate?"

When Zhu Jin heard Xuan Ye say this, she already understood Xuan Ye's intention to call her here, she immediately shook the book in her hand, and said with a smile, "It's because the emperor saw that the concubine is in this book. What to write?"

"Every book you have read, I will read it again after you return it. This "Sanbao Eunuch Western Records" was read when you were pregnant with your second elder brother. After you return it, I will read it again as usual. I didn’t care about it at the time, and put it away after I finished reading it.”

Xuan Ye smiled and said, "When I saw those notebooks tonight, I suddenly remembered the words you wrote in the book, so I came over and searched, and found these books by the way, some mentioned overseas trade, some You have read it, and some of it you haven’t, but I found that whatever you have read, your criticisms of overseas trade seem to have unique opinions, and they are very different from the people at the time, and they are not quite in line with my ideas. Same, so I invite you to come here, I want to hear your opinion on this matter."

Zhu Jin lowered her eyes, raised her eyes after a while and said with a smile: "Okay, my concubine is very willing to talk to the emperor, if the emperor has any questions, just ask."

If she was reborn after only experiencing Hesheli's life, she would definitely not have the so-called opinions and ideas that Xuan Ye said were very different from those of the time. If she hadn't experienced the decades of modern times and modern education , she may only stay in the harem peacefully, make up for the regrets of her previous life with peace of mind, and only care about managing the small life around her, instead of thinking about changing things with her small but not meager power.

When she studied the historical materials of the Qing Dynasty in modern times, after a rough look at the history after the Kangxi Dynasty, she only focused on the detailed history of the Kangxi period. Some historical issues led to the final demise and tragic fate of the Qing Dynasty. She hopes to be able to To change these, this includes the issue of overseas trade.

She felt that during the Kangxi period, the ban on overseas trade was indeed too strict, but even if she had thoughts in her heart, she couldn't tell Xuan Ye directly that she was not a bachelor, nor a minister of the king, she was just his wife. Although his queen, such an identity is the closest to Xuan Ye's identity, it restricts her from being involved in politics, let alone meddling in politics.

Therefore, she could only think of such a roundabout way, pick a few insightful words of her own opinion that will attract Xuan Ye's attention, and write them in the books she has read, because she knows that the books she has read will not be criticized if they are criticized. Xuanye will read it again, and she likes to read and complain, so it is not difficult to do it, so when she reads "Sanbao Eunuch Western Records" in her spare time, she writes down her thoughts in the above.

But after she wrote it, she forgot it. Later, she was busy giving birth to her second elder brother, so she completely left this matter behind, but she didn't expect that after half a year, Xuan Ye would take the initiative to find her.