After becoming the king of the subjugated country

Today is December [-], New Year's Eve.

On this day, Ji Chen suddenly felt that the passage of time seemed to be extremely fast.

The relationship between Ji Pei and Bi Xuan suddenly developed by leaps and bounds. The two seemed to have chatted for a long time. Finally, Ji Pei happily came to tell him that they would get married when the canal was built next year and the school's preliminary plans were finalized, which would be next fall.

It just so happens that he is an official and Bi Xuan is a female official, and the two complement each other well, and they can also create a precedent for female official marriages.

Listening to Ji Pei talking about their future plans with a smile in his eyes, Ji Chen's expression gradually softened.

Bi Xuan also sat next to Ji Pei generously, occasionally adding a few words, telling her and Ji Pei's common ideals, the same pursuit, and looking at each other from time to time, showing their intimacy without concealing it.

I don't know when, Ji Pei gradually let go of his deep indifference and sharpness, Bi Xuan also seemed to get out of the predicament in the past, and began to respond to the people around him, they were no longer the thin images recorded in the book.

The warm rain, the clear wind and the first break of the frost, willow eyes and plum cheeks, already feel the heartbeat of spring. [1]

Ji Chen chatted with them for a long time, and finally thought of something, took out two red envelopes from the cabinet and handed them over, "It's a New Year's gift, I gave it in advance."

The two red envelopes were wrapped in special paper, with a word of blessing written on them, plus a seal, which could be exchanged for a small box of gold and silver melon seeds at the Ministry of Industry, specially given to them to reward those around them.

When Ji Pei went out, he opened the red envelope, only to find that there were eight characters written on it: good health and mutual support.

And Bi Xuan's content is: flourishing and growing old together.

Ji Pei raised the red seal, "This is the blessing of the emperor."

"It's also my wish." Bi Xuan continued.

After seeing off the two of them and promising to attend their wedding at that time, Ji Chen lazily leaned on the chair, holding the pigeon in his arms and meditating, combing the pigeon's feathers one after another, "Should I hurry up?"

The pigeon squatted lazily in Ji Chen's arms, letting Ji Chen hug it to keep warm, and occasionally responded, "Goo?"

"It doesn't seem very good to let my younger brother get ahead of the wedding," Ji Chen became a little worried. It's not difficult to hold a wedding, but the difficulty lies in the aftermath. He wants to protect Bai Qi, not push him out as a target .

Ji Chen hugged the pigeon, looked at it seriously, and said, "Raise a pigeon for a thousand days, and use it for a while. It's up to you, don't change it!"

Just do what you said, Ji Chen called You Han for the reason of daily pulse diagnosis.

You Han was chosen, on the one hand, because the two barely had a friendship; second, because You Han said that he would not be exposed easily;

Before the New Year's Eve, Ji Chen also specially sent a reward.

Neither of them have the character to play around, so Ji Chen asked bluntly: "I want to know, how is the progress of that medicine?"

"It's in production, and it's almost ready for another 45 days." You Han said accurately.

Ji Chen said casually: "It's pretty fast, how can the date be so accurate? It seems that Imperial Physician You has improved a lot in his medical skills."

You Han expressionless: "Because I check Bai Qi's pulse every three days."

Every three days, Bai Qi would take a pulse check.

Thanks to this reminder, You Han took a look at it every two days, and made a variety of fragrances in his spare time. He made more than 30 bottles at one time, which should be enough for two people to hustle for the time being...

Ji Chen was stunned, and then laughed.

It turned out that he was not the only one who was concerned about it.

You Han couldn't understand these love affairs, so she looked at Ji Chen calmly, and when he finished laughing, she asked him seriously: "When will I bring the medicine?"

Ji Chen calculated, 45 days, almost the middle of February.

Ji Chen waved his hand leisurely, "Don't worry, you can just give the medicine to Bai Qi when the time comes, don't mention me in the middle, and don't tell him that I know."

You Han nodded.

Ji Chen thought of something, and added: "Tell him, if you get this medicine, it's best to use it within two months, it's not good if you keep it for a long time."

You Han emphasized: "What I make can be stored for more than a year."

Ji Chen stuffed her a red envelope and made up a problem, "Yes, it's usually like this, but this time the pigeons didn't pay attention when playing and knocked over the box, so this time the plaster can only be used for two hours." months."

Hearing that he was being called, Pigeon raised his head from the dim sum in a daze, and stared at them with mung bean eyes wide, "Googoo?"

Who is calling it?

You Han and Ji Chen looked at each other, and they were finally defeated.

Before leaving, she gently touched the pigeon, and the pigeon immediately rubbed against her and approached her.

You Han said, "Eat more."

I won't be able to eat it later.

On New Year's Eve, one person, one pigeon really picked up again.

In front of the pigeon, Bai Qi ate all the snacks, leaving nothing for it, and even "give slander" to Ji Chen face to face, saying that flying in winter is good for the pigeon's exercise, so it's better to let him go out for a walk.

It was also rare for Ji Chen to live up to his reputation as a faint king, and completely fell for Bai Qi, so angry that the pigeon pointed his butt at him and refused to be hugged by him.

In the study, Ji Chen picked up a pen and was writing a red letter to someone he knew, which was considered a rare festive occasion in the New Year, except for the courtiers he was familiar with, Ji Chen naturally also wrote a letter to Bai Qi.

There were not many words, and he finished the work quickly, and then he began to look up where is Tantao Mountain, thinking that he would take Bai Qi there in the future, and he must not only go to this place, but also to have a look around.

After flipping through the atlas, Ji Chen wrote two plans and saved him in the top grid. After he finished his work, he saw Bai Qi sitting on the other side, frowning in thought, his ears were red again, and his eyes were fixed on him. Writing, seems to be stuck in a problem.

"Bai Qi," Ji Chen called out.

Bai Qi got up in a panic, shook off the memorial beside her, covered the book she was reading, and looked at Ji Chen, "Ah? What's wrong?"

Ji Chen's eyes were a little strange. He looked at Bai Qi and said, "What are you looking at? I wrote you a red envelope."

Bai Qi breathed a sigh of relief, deliberately did not answer the previous question, "Okay."

Bai Qi came over and wanted to take away the red seal, but Ji Chen didn't let go.

He knocked on the table, "Don't worry, the red envelope was supposed to be delivered on the first day of the new year. If you want to see it now, why don't we exchange it?"

Bai Qi was at a loss for words for a moment, he reluctantly glanced at the red seal, "Then I will wait another day."

Ji Chen's eyes were full of smiles, "You have to keep it from me, is that "Jin X Mei"?"

Bai Qi's ears turned redder, but he didn't make any excuses.

It's not that book, but a more explicit one, with a love affair with broken sleeves and peaches, and bold and unrestrained descriptions. He is reading it carefully with a learning attitude.After all, he doesn't have much time, so he has to learn some theory quickly before he can practice it formally.

After teasing people, Ji Chen still handed the red seal to Bai Qi.

Opening the red seal with slender fingers, Bai Qi saw a line of words on it: Seeing a gentleman, Yunhu doesn't like it? [2]

Outside the house, the snow did not know when it stopped, and the sun cast light from the clouds and scattered to the earth.

Inside the house, the two stood silently, looking at each other silently.

All the emotions are mixed and gathered in the eyes.

With a gentle pull, Ji Chen held Bai Qi in his arms and kissed her.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Ji Chen didn't do any pilgrimage, kept everything simple, and just had a lively meal with his own people.

Since it is a family banquet, the number of people is naturally the least.

Ji Chen, Bai Qi, Ji Pei, Bi Xuan, Ji Shao, plus one pigeon, are gone.

Seeing that Bi Xuan officially appeared at the family banquet, Ji Shao secretly gave Ji Pei a thumbs up.

Ji Pei smiled back.

When eating, Ji Shao ate dishes casually, and couldn't help but focus on Bai Qi.

She couldn't hold back, and glanced at Bi Xuan again.

Bi Xuan used lip balm to make her lips look rosy, but Bai Qi's lips seemed to be no less red than Bi Xuan's.

Bai Qi let her look at it, and did not forget to hand over a brocade box, "New Year's gift."

Ji Shao glanced at him and then at Ji Chen, naturally he understood everything, and happily continued.

As long as the second brother is happy, she can accept it.

Before the red envelopes had time to be sent out, Ji Chen asked people to send them out one by one, and various small rewards were also sent out continuously.

Ji Chen's New Year's Eve was particularly comfortable, and he also seriously gave himself a holiday, he really didn't read the memorial if he said he didn't read it, and walked around with Bai Qi every day, doing pigeons in his spare time.

But obviously, the courtiers' New Year is far from being so comfortable.

First, there is a cabinet candidate hanging in front of him unhurriedly, and then there is the matter of a show girl.

Everyone took turns to inquire, insisting on knowing some unique news.

But the sealing work inside the palace is obviously very good. Eunuch Xin used to make the cold palace airtight, but now he is in charge of all the affairs of the palace with great care, so no word of it came out.

On January [-]th, the Great Court Meeting.

The courtiers couldn't wait to go to court, and the first thing they did was to ransack the Sun family's house.

Like a basin of ice water poured face to face, the warm atmosphere in the court suddenly cooled down, and the whispers disappeared immediately.

Ji Chen obviously didn't care about the label, "Young Master Sun has evil thoughts and is disrespectful to me. It's the first time I read it, just ransacked the house and that's all. Since Mr. Sun is incompetent in managing the family, let's go back and manage the family first. There is no shortage of people."

The courtiers who wanted to make a fuss were sweating coldly, but they finally remembered that the current emperor is not the easy-talking and foolish emperor of the late emperor, but the one who killed decisively, cut down the clan, killed courtiers, exiled countless people and exiled Xia. The emperor who was driven away by the countrymen.

They haven't seen much blood in Beijing for so long, and they have almost forgotten Ji Chen's great achievements. Now that they recall it again, one or two feel quite good.

It's just, what His Majesty said, "Have evil thoughts and disrespect me"?

The courtiers look at me and I look at you, and decided to immediately go to find out how the Sun family kicked the iron plate and hit His Majesty's hand, and let His Majesty be the first family to deal with in the New Year. learn from.

After talking about the treatment of the Sun family, Ji Chen also remembered the cabinet matter he had promised, and said seriously: "I have read many memorials before, but I have some ideas about the cabinet's primary election. In a few days, take a serious look at the notebooks of the last few days, and make a decree in a few days."

The courtiers naturally shouted long live three times.

After a slap, I had to give a jujube. Ji Chen announced that the preparations for the re-election of the show girl can also start. At the beginning of February, the show girl will officially enter the palace to participate in the re-election.

After the imperial court, Jiang Zilin, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, had just had two sips of tea, and within a quarter of an hour of rest, someone came to visit.

The person who came was Zheng Sangxi, the supervisor of Qintian Supervisor.

Jiang Zilin was taken aback, why did this guy come here?

Out of a little respect for his colleagues, Jiang Zilin still seriously invited him to sit down for tea and asked him what he wanted to do.

Sang Xi took a sip of tea and put down the teacup, "Your Majesty asked me to circle a good day in March. I did divination for a long time, and after three days of picking, I presented it to Your Majesty. Your Majesty has already approved it."

An ominous premonition suddenly rose in Jiang Zilin's heart, "What date?"

Sang Xi squeezed out a smile, "Of course it's the day of the emperor's wedding!"

Jiang Zilin: "..."

He rolled his eyes and passed out on the spot.

"Master! Master!" The butler rushed over immediately, and the servants rushed forward, asking for a doctor, and pinching someone.

Jiang Zilin soon regained consciousness. He took a deep breath, grabbed Sang Xi's collar, and asked repeatedly, "March? Is it really March?!"

The last time he prepared for the grand ceremony of the late emperor's establishment, he had been preparing for half a year, but now it's good, he can cut it when the time comes.And this time you have to join the process of getting married, it may not be available for half a year.

Sang Xi showed sympathy, "If you want to open up, there are still 72 days left. Working overtime and staying up late is actually not that difficult. Besides, there are so many new students this year, and some of them can always be allocated to the Rites Department to help."

Although I'm a little bit tired and a little bit painful, but if I try my best to hold on, it may not be impossible.

Sooner or later, people have to die. From this point of view, dying from exhaustion is not so terrible.

Jiang Zilin showed an extremely weak smile, "Your Majesty told me to prepare all the official uniforms and hats for female officials before mid-April."

Sang Xi was stunned for a moment, "But Your Majesty also said that Lord Ji Pei is going to get married in June or July! Although Lord Ji Pei said that he is not a clan member on the surface, he is actually a member of the royal family, so his wedding will naturally happen." Hand it over to the Ministry of Rituals. Moreover, His Majesty also said that this big wedding cannot be carried out according to the previous procedures, and some changes must be made according to his opinions. Your Majesty asked me to come and urge you to sort out the previous ritual system. It’s a good time to change.”

Jiang Zilin: "..."

When he first entered the imperial court, he still remembered that many people told him that the Ministry of Rites was just a Qingshui yamen, most of the time he was very idle.

It's a pity that since His Majesty came to power, he doesn't seem to be at leisure.

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Notes:

[1] The warm rain, the clear wind, the first break of the frost, willow eyes and plum cheeks, already feel the heartbeat of spring. ——Li Qingzhao's "Butterfly Love Flower·Warm Rain, Sunshine and Wind First Break Freeze"

[2] Seeing a gentleman, Yunhu doesn't like it? —— "Book of Songs Zheng Feng Wind and Rain"