Your Majesty, she doesn't want to flip the brand

With such hesitation and uncertainty, Ye Ningxuan lay on the bed, and after feeling the hand on her waist, she also turned around and leaned into Zhou Xingzhi's arms.

Speaking of which, the two have slept together for a long time, why didn't Zhou Xingzhi do anything to her?Smelling the familiar smell, such a question popped into Ye Ningxuan's mind.

"Xingzhi, you..." Ye Ningxuan hesitated for a while. This question has actually troubled her for a while, but she was embarrassed to say the words that were too straightforward. After hesitating again and again, she could only go around in a circle, " Do you like your son or your daughter?"

"Huh?" After hearing Ye Ningxuan's question, Zhou Xingzhi's scalp tightened, and the drowsiness that had been brewing disappeared instantly.

"Ning Xuan, do you like children?" Zhou Xingzhi asked in deliberation. She did not deny that she had some unexpected feelings for Ye Ningxuan, but there was still a big problem unresolved between the two, that is, her Even if she is the emperor, it still cannot change the fact that she is a woman.

Then the question came, if Ye Ningxuan knew that she was a woman, would she still treat her like this?

"Hmm... I don't know very well." Ye Ningxuan couldn't tell, "I haven't had much contact with children."

"Then I'm similar to you, and I haven't had much contact with children, so I don't know." Zhou Xingzhi said, "But I remember Elder Sister told me that giving birth to a woman is a happy and painful thing."

"What does this mean?" Ye Ningxuan followed her father and brother most of the time. Compared with ordinary ladies, she was more inclined to be raised as an heir.

Zhou Xingzhi recalled his pitiful memories, and pieced together an answer, "Probably, I can be happy to have a child for my love, but the process of pregnancy and childbirth is more painful."

"Is that so?" Ye Ningxuan couldn't imagine what it would be like to hold a child in her stomach.

"But this matter is a bit early for you, Ning Xuan." Zhou Xingzhi said thoughtfully, "I remember the imperial doctor said that generally speaking, it is better for women to have children after the age of 20, which will reduce the risk of dystocia."

Ye Ningxuan nodded. If Zhou Xingzhi thought so, then he meant that he had to be 20 years old to touch himself?Now, it will take two years for me to turn [-], and Zhou Xingzhi will still be like this...

After thinking about it, Ye Ningxuan fell asleep.But Zhou Xingzhi slowly opened his eyes, stretched out his hand and stroked Ye Ningxuan's hair slowly, wondering what he was thinking.

"Xiaoguang, are you sure there is no hope of going back?" Zhou Xingzhi asked again.

[Yes master, the energy I can collect is limited, not enough for the master to jump in time and space. ] Zhinao quickly gave an answer, 【But master, don't worry, I can still help you in other aspects. 】

"Well, I know." Zhou Xingzhi slowed down his hand movements, finally sighed softly, and fell asleep with Ye Ningxuan in his arms.

The next day, Zhou Xingzhi got up very early, and after breakfast, he set off for the Xuanzheng Hall to attend court.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live." The civil and military courtiers below knelt on the ground.

"Excuse me." Zhou Xingzhi sat on the dragon chair, with a more serious expression on his face than before.

"Your Majesty, I have a book to play." The Minister of the Ministry of Officials stood up, "The results of the assessment of local officials in Nanjing Province last year have come out, please have a look at it, Your Majesty."

Zhou Xingzhi nodded, opened the memorial that Wei Zhong had handed over, and looked at it at a glance.The evaluation rankings of officials are arranged from high to low according to their grades. After reading the following part, Zhou Xingzhi found a familiar official position in the memorial.

"The general judge of the Suzhou government is going to be transferred to the capital?" Zhou Xingzhi asked, "Does the other party have any special achievements?"

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials recalled, "This Zheng Tongpan, he is particularly good at identifying traces. According to the description of the local governor, he has participated in the investigation and cracked many cases."

Zhou Xingzhi nodded, then asked several other officials who had been transferred, and finally agreed to the order, "Then follow the above first."

"Your Majesty, did the Huns invade the border recently? According to the urgent military report, the Huns raided a village outside the city half a month ago, and then..." Minister of the Ministry of War said a little bit in disbelief, "Then the cruel massacre of the village , a total of 180 six people in the village, old and weak, women and children, none of them survived..."

"Where are the defenders on the border?" Zhou Xingzhi's face turned black immediately, "Don't they respond to the Xiongnu's attack?"

"Your Majesty does not know that the border guards are stationed in the main city, and they cannot protect some small villages outside the city." The Minister of the Ministry of War stood up and said, "And as far as I know, all the people living in that village They are some people who intermarried with the Huns, strictly speaking, they are not the people of my Zhou Dynasty."

"Not the people of my Zhou Dynasty?" Zhou Xingzhi squinted slightly at the Minister of War, "Where did you come to this conclusion?"

"Your Majesty, forgive me for speaking bluntly. Your Majesty's kindness may take pity on them, but they don't obey the taxes of my Zhou Dynasty, so they are naturally not the people of my Zhou Dynasty." At some point, I will give some money to these mixed-race people, let them pretend to surrender, and then go to the city to make trouble, resulting in the death of countless good sons of my Zhou Dynasty on the spot, it is extremely abominable!"

"It's nonsense, those who sneaked in are obviously Huns, and only a few are the people who were bought." The Minister of the Ministry of War objected, "Since you mentioned this, why didn't you say that they also acted as guides when our army was fighting? , lead the way for us?"

"I don't deny Master Shang Shu's words, but when I was in the army, 27 brothers under my command were killed by them, so I will not forgive them, and I am not qualified to forgive them on behalf of my brothers who died!" Minister of the Ministry of War Said, his attitude is still very firm.

Zhou Xingzhi frowned slightly. Although the Minister of the Ministry of War was also stationed at the border before, when he led the army, the Zhou Dynasty and the Xiongnu were relatively peaceful, and the scale and number of battles between the two sides were relatively small.

The Minister of the Ministry of War, although he was picked up by Prince Jia, he has actually been on the battlefield, and he was the one who cut off the head of the Hun General.Although his words were extreme, they also represented the attitude of some generals.

"Prime Minister Ye, what do you think of this matter?" Zhou Xingzhi had limited knowledge of the border situation, so he could only seek other people's opinions.

"Your Majesty, what the two lords said is reasonable. According to my opinion, Your Majesty can bring these people who live in the cracks into the scope of our court's protection. They are familiar with the local terrain and the style of the Huns. If we train them If you become a soldier, it will be of great help to us." Prime Minister Ye said.

"These people have the blood of the Huns, and they are very likely to be rebellious. I feel that the prime minister's proposal is inappropriate." The Minister of the Ministry of War immediately objected.

"If the relatives and family members of the other party live in my Zhou dynasty, does the servant think they will be instigated?" Zhou Xingzhi asked.

The Minister of the Ministry of War hesitated after hearing this, "I still think it is possible, but the possibility is smaller."

Zhou Xingzhi nodded, and then continued to ask, "Then what if the other party's relatives live well in my Zhou Dynasty, have food and clothing, and have no worries about food and clothing?"

"This..." The Minister of the Ministry of War hesitated again, "Your Majesty, if this is the case, the possibility of their rebellion is indeed very small, but it will cost a lot of money. With the same money, we can feed twice or even three times as much. It’s not worth it for the local soldiers of the Zhou Dynasty.”

"You have misunderstood me, Minister. I don't want to protect everyone's family members." Zhou Xingzhi's expression softened a bit, "The Zhou Dynasty is the one that can kill foreign enemies for my Zhou Dynasty, and it is the object of my protection. The Xiongnu always They will be repelled by my Zhou dynasty's iron cavalry, and there will be no mixed race or rebellion at that time."

"Minister, do you think what I said is right?" Zhou Xingzhi looked at the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the two looked at each other for a moment.

When their gazes collided, the Minister of the Ministry of War saw wild hope from the young emperor's eyes, and it was wild hope full of confidence, as if as long as he gave an order, the Zhou Dynasty could smash the Xiongnu court.

"Your Majesty is holy." The Minister of the Ministry of War quickly bowed his head and made a long bow.

When the first emperor first ascended the throne, he also promised to conquer the Xiongnu, but in the end, he chose to give up silently in terms of huge military expenditure and loss of personnel.I don't know how long the new emperor can stick to this idea?

Today's memorials were more than usual, and it took more than an hour before Zhou Xingzhi left the Xuanzheng Hall.

"What is the queen doing now, are you busy?" Zhou Xingzhi couldn't help asking after reviewing several memorials.

"Your Majesty, wait for a moment, this servant will send someone to take a look." Wei Zhong said.

"Well, tell the queen by the way, I will have lunch with her later." Zhou Xingzhi said, "Let the imperial dining room cook some dishes that the queen likes, and then cook a pot of bird's nest soup."

"Yes, the servant will do it now." Wei Zhong replied, but he didn't move.

"No, you want the imperial dining room to prepare the bird's nest soup, and I will take it later." Zhou Xingzhi said, and added, "Let's prepare it according to the time the queen used to finish her afternoon nap, and deliver it first when the time comes." Where I am."

"Observe the order." Wei Zhong responded, and began to back away with his back bowed.

Zhou Xingzhi rested his chin on one hand, flipping through the memorials on the table.Because of her own negligence yesterday, Ye Ningxuan's good intentions were in vain, and now she apologizes with a pot of bird's nest soup, which should be able to make up for that bowl, small mistake, right?