Great Zhou Empress

Bianjing City, Royal Garden.

Two horses were running on the fields of the Royal Garden, as if they were in a race. Two women on horseback, one red and one black, used their horse whips to speed up violently from time to time, and looked at each other from time to time.

However, the distance between them has never been widened. Even if one horse runs ahead occasionally, the other horse must soon catch up.

Finally, the two stopped beside a large lake full of primitive atmosphere in the Royal Garden.

Xiao Liege got off his horse and said bitterly, "I have left the Liao Kingdom, and I have practiced less, otherwise you will never be able to beat me."

Xue Zhijing also turned over and got off the horse, and let the horse graze on its own. She said with a smile, "So, this is our Fire Princess who refuses to admit defeat?"

"Who lost? I let you."

"Oh? Didn't you just say that I can never win you, why is it now that you let me?"

"Hey, Zhijing Xue!"

Xue Zhijing smiled and took out a small cloth towel from his arms to help Xiao Liege wipe off his sweat, "I see you are in a hurry, but you are just playing, why are you in such a hurry?"

"What are you playing for?" Xiao Liege snatched the cloth from her hand, and wiped the sweat from his neck indiscriminately, "This is a competition, of course I have to work hard, when I was in Liao Kingdom, I wanted to win since I was a child .”

"I have already sent envoys to various countries," Xue Zhijing said with a smile, "Inviting all countries, Yu Shengping came to Bianjing three years ago to participate in the Ten Thousand Nations Conference."

"Congress of Nations?" Xiao Liege thought for a while, "Is it what you said before, that you want to invite emperors and nobles from various countries to compete in horse riding and wrestling?"

"More than that," Xue Zhijing walked towards the lake, stood in the grass by the lake, looked at the calm lake, but his thoughts drifted to the farther distance, "This Universal Congress not only invites the emperor and nobles, but also invites Each country selects its own masters to come together, and the competition is not just about wrestling on horseback, it can also have richer content, maybe these masters are not necessarily civilians."

"Difficult!" Xiao Liege walked to her side and stood side by side with her, "It's the same in every country. The emperor and the nobles eat well and wear well, and they also have good physical fitness since they were young. The nobles are strong. Even for a nation like us Khitan who grew up on horseback, ordinary herdsmen are far behind the nobles in archery."

Xue Zhijing was a little disappointed, "Well, it depends on the wishes of the countries, as long as they can come. And I plan to conduct selections in our country, and any civilian can participate."

"Select what? Horseback riding and archery?" Xiao Liege looked at her.

"More than that, I will let the ministers discuss it again. There must be horseback riding and archery, as well as polo and cuju. Others can be invented, such as short-distance running and long-distance running, as well as high jump, stone lock weightlifting and so on." Xue Zhijingbian As she spoke, she was still gesturing with her hands, as if she was holding a stone lock.

Xiao Liege asked with a strange face, "Why does it sound like a kind of military competition?"

"It's similar, but the goal of military competitions is to kill. The goal of this competition is to find out who is faster and who is stronger."

Xiao Liege nodded, she understood better, they played this kind of game almost every year in the court of Liao King.

Xue Zhijing turned around and led the horse to go elsewhere, Xiao Liege also followed her, leading the horse.

Not far ahead there are some houses that are no longer in use.

Xue Zhijing pointed there and said, "That was built by me many years ago, when I was 13 years old?"

"What are those houses for?"

"At that time, the polo team was formed," Xue Zhijing said with a smile, "In a blink of an eye, it has been almost ten years. At that time, the empress was still a noble concubine."

Xue Zhijing is also interesting, she still likes to call Yuan Hanzhang Empress.

"Don't be unhappy when you say it. At that time, Liu Yan, the former emperor of Jiazhi, was 15 years old and was the son of the empress. He was in poor health since he was a child. It is said that many women were arranged for him early on, but none of them failed. I was pregnant, and my mother found out that Liu Yan was very interested in me, so she asked me if I wanted to go to Liu Yan's side."

"Liu Yan is very interested in you?" Xiao Liege's eyes widened immediately, why didn't she know?Although this Liu Yan has been dead for several years, but Xue Zhijing has been in the palace for so many years, and she is very clear about the depth of his relationship with Liu Yan and Yuan Hanzhang, so why is there another interest in this.

"Don't worry, baby," Xue Zhijing hugged Xiao Liege's shoulders, but Xiao Liege shrugged her shoulders and pushed her away. Xue Zhijing didn't care, and said with a smile, "I just said that he is interested in me." , didn’t say I was interested in him.”

Xiao Liege gave her a hateful look, "You still want to be interested in him?"

Xue Zhijing leaned over, rubbed against her, and kissed her on the cheek, "I'm only interested in you."

Xiao Liege: "..."

Xiao Liege finally became quiet and blushed.

Xue Zhijing continued, "Actually, I think Liu Yan was just a child at that time, and the so-called interest was mostly because a child met a different person, and the affection he felt had nothing to do with love. But in order to dispel the empress's I thought, I said that she should do something that Liu Yan is interested in, and the relationship between their mother and son can be enhanced through this matter. The empress then mentioned that Liu Yan likes polo."

"Isn't Liu Yan in poor health? As a foreigner, I know that his body is notoriously weak."

"Weakness is weak, but it doesn't mean he doesn't like intense sports." Xue Zhijing smiled, "Sometimes, people like what they are good at, but sometimes people think more about what they lack in their lives. Liu Yan is like this. His greatest wish is to have a healthy body, able to run and jump, and to be able to fight fiercely with others, but his body restricts him, so he can only watch polo with envy and anticipation. "

"So, I got a chance to form a polo team. Yuan Jin, Li Jing, and Chen Tang were friends who formed the polo team with me at that time. Our friendship started from that boyhood. "

When Xue Zhijing said it, he was full of nostalgia.

"Did you know? When I was working on the polo team, I almost did a national polo match. Just during the [-] days from the Spring Festival to the Lantern Festival, I mobilized the resources of the entire Bianjing city to carry out a polo match together. Join the party."

"Oh?" Xiao Liege asked curiously.

Xue Zhijing originally intended to whet her appetite, so he was naturally happy to see her in the trap, and said with a smile, "At that time, I asked all the polo teams from all over the country to sign up for the competition, but they had to pay the registration fee for the competition. Wear specific clothes, these clothes are provided by the sponsors with advertisements. At the same time, the entire stadium of the game is surrounded by various advertisements, and the outside of the stadium is also full of business sheds of various businesses selling things.”

Xiao Liege: "..."

miser! ! !

Xue Zhijing himself sighed in admiration, "At that time, people who wanted to watch the polo game, I also charged tickets, seat fees, tea fees and explanation fees, and they could also buy various polo player themes made of clay sculptures and wood carvings. products, and that’s a lot of money.”

Xiao Liege: "..."

miser! ! !

"This time, I am planning to make a similar appearance for the Universal Congress. All the funds invested in it will be earned back. This will not only make this Universal Congress a platform for the competition of national power among the nations, but also a huge trade platform." Platform."

Xiao Liege: "..."

miser! ! !

Finally reached the area of ​​the house, Xue Zhijing pushed open a door, the room was fairly tidy, there were no messy items, only the thick dust that had accumulated in the house that had been left for a long time.

"This is the room I lived in at the time, with Yuan Jin, Li Jing, and Chen Tang. At that time, the entire polo team consisted of four girls, but we played against other members at that time, and we often won, which is enough to show that, A sport like polo doesn't depend on whoever is strong." Xue Zhijing said with a smile, seeing the dust in the room, but he didn't go in.

Xiao Liege remembered that Xue Zhijing also played polo with a group of aristocratic girls in the Liao Kingdom. At that time, because he wanted to compete with her, Xue Zhijing was too busy to pay attention to her all day long, and he was still angry.

"At that time, I had already thought that if it was possible, a conference of nations should be held, even if it was just for nations to come and play a polo match," Xue Zhijing said.

"Why?"

Xue Zhijing closed the door, walked out, and said to Xiao Liege on the grass-covered square, "If a country is compared to human beings, what is the most important thing between people is communication, exchange, It's cooperation."

"I hope that through such a regular conference of all nations, all countries can have a platform for communication and exchange. The cultural development levels of each country are different, and exchanges with each other can allow countries with weaker cultural development to get more nutrients. , develop together.”

Xiao Liege really felt that Xue Zhijing was refreshing her understanding of the emperor every day.

The two returned to the palace, and after taking a bath, Xue Zhijing asked her to come and see something.

"It was just delivered to me."

Xiao Liege washed her hair today, and just let the maids dry it on the stove. It was still loose, hanging down to her waist, and her whole body looked softer than when her hair was tied up. After taking a bath, she With pink skin, she looks even more lovely.

It probably smelled delicious, so Xue Zhijing hugged her waist and kissed the back of her neck, and said, "It smells so good!"

Xiao Liege pushed her away in disgust, "I hate it!"

But Xue Zhijing took her into his arms again, kissed her again, and whispered in her ear, "Do you really hate it? Every time I hug you, I tell the truth, and I hate the truth too." ?”

Xiao Liege pressed her face, "Oh, didn't you say you have something to show me? Why did you play again?"

Xue Zhijing simply put his arms around her, and just took two steps back to see the chair.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Liege was suddenly hugged and sat down by Xue Zhijing, and subconsciously put his arms around her neck, looking at her in surprise.

"Hold you and watch!"

"..."

Xiao Liege felt that he was used to being hugged by her, and his character became weaker and weaker.

"Take it!"

Xiao Liege looked sideways, and there was a stack of papers on the table, which seemed to be drawing on something, took it over and looked, Xue Zhijing unfolded one of the papers in her hand, "This is just sent by the Ministry of Industry, from the capital design."

"Accompanying capital?"

"Have you forgotten? Didn't I tell you before that we will build a new capital on the border between Dazhou and Liao, and we will live there, and you can go back anytime when you feel homesick."

"I haven't forgotten." Xiao Liege said, unfolding the design draft together.

The craftsman of this design draft seems to have been trained by Ayla before, and the drawing is very careful, in a data style, and the length and width are clearly written.

"I just didn't expect that you would build it so soon."

"I seem to be in a hurry. I have to do whatever I think of, and I don't like to procrastinate."

Xiao Liege gave her a blank look, "I haven't even thought about building a city in the Liao Kingdom yet. In comparison, don't I like to procrastinate?"

Xue Zhijing hugged her waist and shook twice, raised his head and kissed Xiao Liege's chin, Xiao Liege lowered his head slightly, and their lips touched together.

After kissing softly for a while, Xue Zhijing said, "It's okay, you will spend more time living with me then."

"Jing," Xiao Liege called her softly, "Why have you never mentioned that I should become a native of the Great Zhou Kingdom?"

"?"

Looking at Xue Zhijing's suspicious gaze, Xiao Liege tried to speak his words, "You seem to be trying hard to maintain my identity as a Liao native."

Xue Zhijing tentatively asked, "Do you want to be a native of Dazhou?"

"No, that's not what I meant."

Xue Zhijing smiled, "I see, you want to say, we have such a relationship now, why, when I do things, I always treat us as people from two countries, even building a city requires Consider your thoughts as a Liao native, right?"

"Yes, that's what it means."

Xue Zhijing took Xiao Liege into his arms, and hugged him even tighter, "Because, I hope that the relationship between us is equal, we are independent and love each other, no one is an appendage of another."

This is a conclusion that Xue Zhijing came to after thinking. She knew that in later generations of European countries, when the royal families of various countries marry, one party must give up his own country's identity, title, and title, become a citizen of another country, and obtain a new title, but she and Xiao Liege, no one should be able to give up their identity.

Accessory?

Xiao Liege seemed to understand this level for the first time today. She is also too accustomed to the concept of identity in this era. It has never been a matter of two people to be together, but a matter of two families. One of them must be to another person's house.

Ninety-nine out of ten women go to a man's home, and in a very small number of same-sex relationships, one person goes to another person's home and becomes the other's family member.

Xiao Liege couldn't tell how he felt right now.

When the two were in the Liao Kingdom, she properly regarded Xue Zhijing as a person under her protection. First, she was a slave, and later she wanted to give her the status of a nobleman, but she failed. Xue Zhijing was worried about Dacheng's domestic turmoil And left.

When Xue Zhijing said this, Xiao Liege actually felt a little bit of displeasure in his heart, as if he felt that Xue Zhijing didn't love her enough.But from a rational point of view, Xue Zhijing's behavior is enough to show that he loves her enough.

If Xue Zhijing really proposed something, asking her to leave the Liao Kingdom, give up her status as a princess of the Liao Kingdom, and become her wife, and become the queen of the Great Zhou Dynasty, she might still be very contradictory.

No, not a contradiction, she would refuse.

Thinking of this, Xiao Liege leaned forward and kissed Xue Zhijing's forehead, expressing a kind of soft affection, Xue Zhijing's heart was also softened by her kiss, he pulled her face down, and had another kiss with her Kiss up.

……

Xue Zhijing's time to go out is not fixed, or in other words, except for going to court, she almost never does anything according to the plan. Since she became the emperor, no one can make her match the time.

But once in a while, there are things that are pre-set, such as the end-of-year performance at the Royal Comprehensive University.

Yes, it's a show.

This was something that Xue Zhijing mentioned at the Royal Comprehensive University a few years ago, saying that since it is a school, there will always be a party at the end of the year, so that the students will show off their specialties, and it will be lively .

No, this day was booked, and the students kindly invited Xue Zhijing to watch it.

It is said that there will be an exhibition of Qushui Liushang poetry from the School of Economics and History, a self-propelled wooden horse performance from the School of Engineering, and an instrumental ensemble from the School of Music.

It feels quite rich, Xue Zhijing is quite looking forward to it.

It's just that she didn't expect that someone would assassinate her on Suzaku Street.

Is this the audacity of a high-tech artist to choose the widest main road in Bianjing City to act?