Xie Xiang

Liu Zao's mother passed away when she was three years old, so she didn't have time to leave the palace with her.For the next ten years, my grandmother took care of her with all her heart.When she was ten years old, a teacher was hired for her to teach her knowledge.Although the teacher is not a person of great learning, she only taught her one copy of "The Book of Songs", but it also made her know a lot of characters.

When she was 12 years old, her grandmother saw her growing up, and told her things that women should know, including menarche.

Liu Zao stared blankly at the mass of blood on the bed, not knowing what to do.

"Your Majesty, take the role." Chun He pressed against the palace door and called out again.

Only then did Liu Zao show the jerkyness of a young boy.Although she knew that it was common for Yue Xin to see blood, she didn't know who to turn to for help.The blood on the bed needs to be dealt with, and the silk pants are also stained, so they need to be replaced.No one in the palace knew her well, so it was difficult to speak.

"Your Majesty, it's time, it's time to get up." Chun He said with some anxiety.

There is still a great dynasty today, so we can't delay it.Liu Zao was in a hurry, her stomach was in pain, she was at a loss, she thought of Xie Yi, and said to the outside of the hall, "Thank you for coming."

Although Chun He wondered why His Majesty summoned the Prime Minister at this time, he didn't dare to delay, and hastily sent a young eunuch with quick hands and feet to Dongque to meet and thank the Prime Minister.The East Tower is the two towers outside the main gate on the east side of Weiyang Palace. Xie Xiangfu's residence is in Shangguanli, and Shangguanli is in the east of Weiyang Palace.Xiang Xie must pass through Dongque when he enters the palace, and if he waits there, he will be able to stop Xie Xiang.

There was a noise outside the hall, Liu Zao knew that someone was going to ask for thank you, she pursed her lips, hoping that thank you would come and relieve her embarrassment.

"Your Majesty, let your ministers enter the palace to change your majesty's clothes." Chunhe dispatched a little eunuch to make noise again.

"I suddenly felt unwell and couldn't get up." Liu Zao said stiffly.

Chunhe was in a hurry, His Majesty just arrived at Weiyang yesterday, but he felt unwell, his words trembled: "I, I will call the medical officer here."

Liu Zao hurriedly said: "No need, just thank you for coming." She was afraid that Chunhe would really invite a medical officer to make everyone aware of her menarche, and she emphasized: "Don't worry about Huang Menling, thank you for knowing me." disease."

She held out her thank you, and Chun He hesitated and said, "No."

Liu Zao raised his ears and listened carefully. There was no sound of footsteps outside the hall.Knowing that Chunhe didn't ask for a medical officer, Liu Zaofang heaved a sigh of relief and stood where he was.The sticky feeling in her legs became more and more obvious. When she moved, she felt uncomfortable and tight. The bed was dirty and she couldn't lie down, so she had to stand there blankly, waiting for the thank you.

In today's great dynasty, Prime Minister Xie must enter the palace.Liu Zao calculated the time, if luck is good, at most half an hour, Xie Xiang will be able to arrive at Chengming Hall.She waited like this for a long time, when there was a sound of footsteps outside the hall, Chun He's voice came from near to far, and went out to greet her: "I have seen the prime minister."

Liu Zao bit her lower lip, her palms were wet with cold sweat.

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister has an audience."

Liu Zao took a deep breath, stabilized his tone, and said, "The prime minister, please enter alone, and the rest wait outside the hall."

"No." This was Xie Yi's voice, calm and calm.

Liu Zao suddenly calmed down, but when Xie Yi pushed open the palace door and walked up to her, she panicked again.

The reason why she thought of asking Xie Yi for help was because she remembered that Xie Yi was her aunt.For such a matter, she should ask her elders to forgive her, but when Xie Yi came in front of her, she remembered that although she was an elder, she was not familiar with them, and they had only met a few times.

Liu Zao clenched his fists, and his breathing sank.

Xie Yi greeted her as usual, then raised her head and asked, "I heard that His Majesty is not feeling well in the Eucharist, so I need to call a medical officer."

Liu Zao didn't speak.

Xie Yi felt puzzled, His Majesty was more serious, but he was not an awkward child, and said, "Your Majesty summoned the ministers, but did you have a secret order?"

Liu Zao shook her head, she turned slightly sideways, revealing the bed behind her.The clump of blood was quite conspicuous, and Xie Yi saw it with a glance. There was a smile in her eyes, and fearing that the little emperor would be annoyed, she quickly restrained her smile, and her tone was even and steady: "It's okay, it's not Serious illness, Your Majesty don't need to panic."

Seeing that she didn't laugh at her, Liu Zao nodded and said, "I know. It's just..." Her cheeks were slightly red, and she tried to look calm, "It's just that my body is dirty, and I don't know how to deal with it."

As soon as Xie Yi heard it, she knew that the little emperor was thin-skinned, and she was too embarrassed to talk to outsiders. She shook her head and said, "The palace will take care of it, Your Majesty just needs to take a bath as soon as possible."

After she finished speaking, she wanted to go outside the palace to call the palace servants in, but when she took a step, her sleeves were pulled.

The little emperor's eyes showed a little nervousness, and he pleaded, "Can we not let others know?"

Xie Yi couldn't help smiling, "This happens every month..." Seeing the tension in Liu Zao's eyes, she slowed down and said with relief, "It's unavoidable for all women, it's natural and common sense, Your Majesty don't need to be shy. People don’t talk too much about it.”

Listening to her saying that there is no need to be shy, Liu Zao's cheeks turned even redder. After thinking about it, he thought that what Prime Minister Xie said was reasonable. The emperor's food, clothing, housing and transportation were all served by people, and it was very difficult to avoid people.She forced herself to be calm, and said to Xie Xiang: "So, there is Lao Qing."

At the end of the trouble, we still have to let the palace people know.Liu Zao was quite annoyed. If she had known this, she would have summoned the palace servants to tidy up the house, so there was no need for Prime Minister Xie to come.

The palace people came in one after another, all of them were maids, and there were no eunuchs.Liu Zao glanced at their expressions and saw that their expressions were natural, no different from usual, so he felt better.

When Xie Xiang came into the hall, he saw that she was still standing where she was, with no socks on, and she was stepping on the floor barefoot, so he walked over and bent over to touch her toes.

Liu Zao was shocked, took a breath, and was about to back away when Xie Xiang's fingertips touched her feet.She was low in front of her, showing her slender neck, Liu Zao inadvertently recalled the dream from last night, her eyes widened slightly, and she didn't dare to move at once.

Xie Yi straightened up and said, "Your Majesty has caught a cold." She knew that the little emperor was thin-skinned, so she didn't specifically point out Yue Xin, she just said: "When you step on the ground with bare feet, the ground air is cold, soak it from the soles of your feet, and feel the same with Your Majesty. The body is damaged, so it must not be like this next time."

Liu Zao didn't dare to look at her, and said: "Remember it." He tried hard to drive the scene in the dream out of his mind.

Xie Yi didn't know why she suddenly became shy, she only thought that she was still ashamed because of menarche, so she didn't say much.

The palace people moved very quickly, and within a short while, the warm soup was ready.Liu Zao felt embarrassed and hurried to take a bath.After showering, change into clean robes.Back in the hall, the bed was also tidy.

The palace people are really as Xie Xiang said, there is no difference.Liu Zao was relieved, but at the same time very ashamed and annoyed, she could have let the matter go quietly, but unexpectedly she invited Mrs. Xie to come, which seemed to be a big fanfare.

Girls' thoughts are always regretted afterwards, and Liu Zao can't avoid it.

Xie Yi was waiting for her outside the hall.The two happened to go to court together.

The Great Dynasty is in the front hall.The front hall is the main hall of Weiyang Palace. It is not named, so it is called the front hall.Xie Yi came in time, and the palace people were agile, even after some delay, they did not miss the court.

It was the first time for the new king to go to court, and no one reported any important matters, except to see the ministers.I don't know if it was because I was tired yesterday, or because I stood barefoot on the ground for a long time, and got cold, Liu Zao felt a dull pain in his abdomen, and the pain became stronger and stronger.

Taichang was reading a memorandum endlessly, praising the new emperor for having the virtues of Yao and Shun, his virtuous benevolence comparable to Shang Tang Xia Yu, and praying for great order in the world and peace in the world.

Liu Zao sits high on the throne and listens intently, but she often uses allusions and diction so often that she can't understand most of them. The pain in her abdomen is getting worse, as if a heavy hammer can't stop hitting her lower abdomen.Liu Zao was in so much pain that he had to divert his attention to make the pain less severe.She looked into the palace, and when she looked, she really found something that surprised her.

General Sun Ciqing was still in the hall.

Liu Zao was a little puzzled, the King of Changyi was supported by a general, and he lost the world, why the general was still in the palace.Yesterday, the Huangmen Order said that it is a crime for the king of Changyi not to keep the world.Isn't it a crime that the general, as a close minister, cannot persuade the king of Changyi to be benevolent and good?

Taichang was still chattering, while Liu Zao began to examine Sun Ciqing's appearance and behavior.But before she could look at it a few more times in the future, the pain in her abdomen became more and more difficult to ignore.

Sun Ciqing, like other ministers, bowed his head and listened quietly.Suddenly noticing that a gaze fell on him, he raised his eyes slightly and glanced at the throne.This glance made him slightly startled, he saw Xinjun's complexion turned pale, even his lips were white.

Sun Ciqing leaned forward calmly, and poked Xie Yi who was in front of him with the wat board.Xie Yi was poked, and looked back at him, Sun Ciqing gestured for his superiors with his eyes.

Xie Yi looked at the throne, frowned, turned sideways, covered it with wide sleeves, pointed at Taichang with the jade wat.

Tai Chang was behind the general, the general understood, stepped back a little, poked Tai Chang, Tai Chang was interrupted, and finally realized that His Majesty's face was not right.

None of the three made a sound.It was the first court meeting for the new monarch, and there was no room for mistakes. He quickly skipped the remaining paragraphs and read the ending.

The ministers all bowed their heads and listened respectfully, and did not notice anything unusual about the three of them.Liu Zao was in a trance, and the pain was hard to ignore, so she could only bear with it, and secretly prayed that the court would pass safely.

Tai Chang paused, Liu Zao heard what Xie Xiang said, and then all the officials bowed down to worship.

Liu Zao's eyes went dark for a while, and she tried her best to distinguish the word "resignation", and stood up while supporting the throne.

The palace people panicked and hurriedly sent the emperor back to the Chengming Hall and put him on the bed.

Liu Zao was lying on the bed, drowsily thinking of his grandmother, who said that when the month came, she might have abdominal pain, but she didn't expect it to be such a pain.It would be too bad to suffer like this every month.

Liu Zao has always been reticent, and now he is hurting in his abdomen, and he can't even say a word, so he huddles on the bed, trying to endure it.After an unknown amount of time, maybe a moment, or maybe a long time, someone came up and touched her forehead.

Liu Zao opened her eyes and saw Xie Yi beside her bed.

Seeing her open her eyes, Xie Yi didn't say a word, she put her hand under the quilt, covered her belly, and rubbed it gently.

For some reason, Liu Zao remembered the phrase "It is a sin for the king of Changyi not to keep the world." She looked at Xie Yi and asked, "Can I secure the world?"