The Prosperity of Jingdi Chronicle

"Ke'er is just at an age where she can't bear to be stubborn. Concubine Zhou not only needs to manage the affairs of the harem, but also takes care of Ying'er and Yuhua. How can I have the heart to make her work so hard?"

Jingying is the third son of the emperor, and Princess Yuhua is the second daughter of the emperor, both born of Concubine Zhou and raised by her personally, that's why Jing Li said so.

It’s not the first day that Jing Ke has no one to love and teach. Concubine Zhou has turned a blind eye and let it go for many years. Now she suddenly discovered this problem and volunteered to ask for trouble. Jing Li didn’t believe that she would have such a good heart. The drunken man's intention is not to drink.

Of course, everyone can speak beautifully about what is said on the official side. As for the various activities in private, it is enough to know it well, there is no need to speak too transparently.

Anyway, in the palace, everyone is familiar with all kinds of work, such as hiding swords in words and laughing in laughter. Since Concubine Zhou can pity Jing Ke for being lonely and helpless, Jing Li can also pity her for working too hard and can't bear her to be busier.

"Your Majesty's words are very reasonable. Concubine Zhou has worked so hard, and Ai's family can't bear to see it." The queen mother nodded and agreed with the emperor's words. Jing Li just breathed a sigh of relief in her heart when she heard the queen mother suddenly speak Turning around, "However, it is a fact that Ke'er is lonely, and Ai's family can't bear to look at it. Since His Majesty thinks that Concubine Zhou is inappropriate, which concubine does His Majesty prefer?"

Obviously, the Empress Dowager refused to let the emperor go easily, and she must come up with a regulation to resolve this matter.

As a woman in the harem, from the empress down to the court ladies, the single most important thing in their lives is to fight for favor and keep favor. Although the queen mother has been out of this rank for many years, she has experienced such things a lot before the first emperor At least, how could she not understand Concubine Zhou's little thoughts, and the emperor's refusal was also within her expectation.

When she came to find the emperor today, besides being annoyed by those who came to pay her respects, she was also a little curious why the emperor's attitude towards Jing Ke had undergone earth-shaking changes in such a short period of time. Her indifference suddenly became her favorite in every possible way.

"This..." Jing Li fell silent for a while.

It is a common practice in the palace for princes and princesses whose biological mother died early to be raised by other concubines. The real reason why Jing Ke has not been raised for many years is of course Jing Li's own negligence and the indifference of others.

The most noble woman in the harem—the Empress Dowager, she was not so kind before that she couldn’t bear to see Jing Ke without anyone to take care of her. The de facto No.1 among the concubines—Concubine Zhou, was never virtuous enough to take pity on her loneliness and raise her for her. , now all of them are kind and virtuous, not because they saw the emperor keeping Jing Ke in the palace every day, and wanted to find something to do.

Let Concubine Zhou educate Jing Ke, Jing Li will not think about it at all, as long as Concubine Zhou can take good care of her own prince and daughter, Jing Li will be thankful; letting other concubines with children to educate Jing Ke is not within the scope of Jing Li's consideration After all, there is a difference between closeness and closeness. When Jing Ke is wronged and cries in front of Wei Yan, Wei Yan is very likely to give him a face, so he shouldn't ask for trouble.

If Jing Ke is really handed over to a concubine who has no heirs and likes children, Jing Ke can indeed be taken care of very well, but if he has a mother-child relationship with that concubine, it will be effective when Jing Li needs it in the future. It will definitely get worse.

Although Jing Li is often jealous towards Jing Ke, she also understands that Jing Ke's childish nostalgia has tied Wei Yan's heart to a certain extent, leaving him with less time to think about Wei Minwen who traveled far away. With some woman whose name he didn't want to mention.

It's just that this kind of helpless situation where the wolf is the pioneer and the tiger is the tiger, hurt his lofty self-esteem, and it inevitably made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Why must Jing Ke be brought up by a concubine? In fact, it would be a good way to let Jing Ke stay in his bedroom and let Wei Yan take care of him.Jing Li had an idea, and this idea suddenly popped up in his mind.

To be honest, for Jing Li, the best way is to bring Jing Ke over and use him when he needs it, and throw him back to the harem when he doesn't need it.The harder Jing Ke lived in the harem, the more he would like to pester Wei Yan to act like a baby to Wei Yan when he finally saw Wei Yan, the more he could achieve his goal.

And letting Jing Ke stay in the bedroom and get tired of being with Wei Yan every day is actually the worst policy of the worst, but after weighing it up and down, he found that he has no choice, compared to handing Jing Ke over to a certain woman and messing up his life. Arrangement, it is better to choose this last move.

"If, I mean, if Ke'er is raised by me personally, what does the queen mother think?" After a long time, Jing Li finally opened his mouth tentatively.Of course, he would never say that Wei Yan raised Jing Ke on the face of it, and it naturally became him to raise him himself.

"Your Majesty, there are no such rules in the palace. Besides, is it true that Your Majesty intends to teach him himself, or who do you plan to hand over to him?" Although the queen mother is old, she still can't bear the sand in her eyes.

Over the years, she has been able to treat someone as non-existent, which is based on the stable foundation of the emperor's power, and it is based on the fact that the emperor's state affairs are handled properly. If the emperor intends to break the rules of the ancestors for someone, it is up to Even if she displeased the emperor with her own temper, she would not tolerate the emperor's nonsense.

"The queen mother is worrying too much. It is really up to me to raise her. I promise not to let other people intervene." Jing Li vowed there.His guarantees were always very cheap, but he believed that the Queen Mother did not know this.

"Sometimes Aijia wonders if there will always be a day when His Majesty will spend everything in the world to please him? Today His Majesty intends to use a prince to please him, but in the future, will His Majesty use thousands of miles of land to please him?" Does he like it?" For many years, the queen mother has always regarded that certain person as non-existent, but that person is always a thorn in her heart, which is always aching.

At this moment, when she had the opportunity, she immediately had an attack.

"My mother is worrying too much. I am not that kind of person, and he is not that kind of person." Jing Li likes to stand on a high place and overlook the feeling of being in control of the world, and he has not tired of it so far.

As for Wei Yan, Wei Yan cares more about the safety of the country and the country than he does. If one day he really does something that is harmful to the country, Wei Yan will be the first person to trouble him, so There will never be such a situation that the Queen Mother worries about.

"After the death of Aijia, His Majesty can do whatever he wants. However, Aijia finally reminded His Majesty that the king's likes and dislikes are closely related to the world, especially when dealing with princes. Hope for some people who should not be given is the source of future disputes, and it is not a blessing for the community." The queen mother closed her eyes, silently counted the beads, and did not want to talk to the emperor anymore.

The Empress Dowager's words were so serious that Jing Li, even as the emperor, would not dare to bear it lightly.

Loyalty, righteousness and filial piety are the foundation of a country, and filial piety comes first in all things. Even in the royal family, no one would really take it seriously when they were caught in a brutal fight, but no emperor would be willing to bear the charge of unfilial piety.Besides, there is still a mother-child relationship between Jing Li and the Queen Mother, and after the Queen Mother came back from Wei Yan, she did not force Wei Yan to go too far with Wei Yan, except for saying a few unpleasant words verbally. Jing Li also remembered that heart.

That being the case, it is his unfilial son who makes the Queen Mother feel so uncomfortable.

"Actually, the queen mother is really worrying too much. The reason why I have to raise Ke'er myself, I'm afraid the queen's thinking is wrong. It is indeed a reason that Ke'er is cute and cute, and there is another very important reason. It is human nature to prefer the youngest son who inherits the responsibility of the family business."

"Your Majesty means..." The Queen Mother heard the emperor say this, she opened her eyes and looked at him, trying to figure out whether the meaning of the emperor's words was what she thought.

"What I mean, the queen mother understands." Jing Li nodded and smiled, and looked at the queen mother calmly.

"Since Your Majesty said so, I don't care about this matter. However, everything should not be rushed, Your Majesty should take it slowly." The emperor promised such a promise, and of course the Empress Dowager had to show some sincerity.

"I understand, the queen mother can rest assured." Jing Li was also very satisfied with this result.This kind of emperor's family affairs, as long as the queen mother doesn't speak, even if other people want to talk, it will be nonsense, and it will disappear when the wind blows, Jing Li will not take it to heart at all.

"That's very good." The queen mother nodded and said no more.

That day, in the Empress Dowager's palace, the Empress Dowager and the emperor started with a dispute and ended with a happy conversation, and they had a tacit understanding on certain things.However, the future results are beyond their control.Because by that time, the queen mother would have been powerless for a long time, and the emperor would have more than enough energy because his children were debts.

Even though the queen mother had promised not to intervene that day, Jing Li was not in a hurry to do this matter. The reason was of course because he thought Jing Ke, a brat, was very displeasing to the eye, very displeasing to the eye, so displeasing to the eye that he wanted to He just disappeared.

The position next to Wei Yan is his, his.Brat, how dare you lie here carelessly, who gave you the guts to climb my dragon couch?

Jing Li stood there with a sullen face, staring at the two sleeping figures, one big and one small, on the dragon couch.Today Wei Yan rested, he managed to steal half a day off from Fusheng, and wanted to take a nap with Wei Yan, how could he know that someone had already taken his place.

Maybe, Jing Li's gaze was too sharp, maybe, the resentment in Jing Li's heart had already soared into the sky, because Wei Yan suddenly opened his eyes at this moment.

"Your Majesty?" The moment Wei Yan opened his eyes, Wei Yan seemed to see the emperor's dark face. There was a gentle smile on his face.

"It's okay, you rest, I have something to do with Ke'er." Jing Li said with a smile on his face, and dug Jing Ke out of the bed.

Hmph, dare to take my seat, but I won't let you sleep.

After hearing his words, Wei Yan didn't suspect him, and didn't smell the resentment in the air. He let out a soft "oh" and closed his eyes again, so he didn't see the smile on the emperor's face. After closing his eyes, he immediately became very evil, let alone think of the poor little prince, who has already fallen into the tiger's mouth at this time, whether he can come out intact is really a big problem.

"Father... I know I was wrong... My hands are sore..." The imperial case was so high that Jing Ke had to stand on a stool to reach it.He stood tremblingly on a tall round stool. He had been rubbing ink for half an hour, but his father was still dissatisfied, and still wanted to find fault with him.

Although he didn't know what he did wrong that made his father so angry, anyway, it must be right to admit his mistakes first.

Jing Li snorted a few times and ignored him.Isn't it just to grind ink, do you need this crying look?If people who don't know hear it, they will think that he is abusing him.

"Father..." Jing Ke sobbed while grinding the ink.

"Okay, that's it for today, let's not be an example." Seeing Jing Ke's sobs turned into tears, Jing Li finally realized his conscience, reached out and hugged his son from the stool, and ordered someone to help him wash his hands and face.

As for the non-example in his mouth, what is the example, he didn't elaborate, Jing Ke just kept crying and didn't ask, obviously it was still a muddled account.

After being hugged and coaxed by the emperor for a while, Jing Ke quickly stopped crying, only occasionally sobbing softly.Even though he still felt wronged, he didn't dare to cry anymore.He had been in front of the emperor for a while, and he knew that his father's patience was only a little bit. If he didn't look at his face and continued to cry, his father might turn his back on him soon.

Jing Li probably also felt that it was too much to punish his son to stand on such a high place and grind the ink for such a long time. This time, his patience was much more than usual. Seeing that he was still sobbing softly, he carried him for a walk in the hall After a few laps, when he saw something he was interested in, he stopped and explained a few words.

"Father, what is that?"

On a certain wall in the inner room of Zhaoren Hall, Jing Ke saw a large silk painting. The painting on it was neither landscapes nor figures of flowers and birds, but a strange painting drawn with countless lines and circles. , the whole painting is dominated by black lines, occasionally marked with countless irregular dots with cinnabar.

Jing Li glanced in the direction his son pointed, his expression became serious:

"This is the birthday present for the Longevity Festival presented by the Department of Public Proposals this morning—a map of the mountains and rivers of our dynasty."

The Department of Public Proposals has devoted ten years of effort and spent countless manpower and material resources to successfully draw up this territory map, which definitely wins Jingli's favor.In the past, although the imperial court also had maps, at most they drew a vague general position.The territorial map presented by the Department of Public Proposals this time is marked in great detail, with state capitals, counties, mountains, rivers and lakes all displayed on it.

Jing Li stood in front of the map with his son in his arms, and began to talk to him slowly about the fertile land of thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.These names and these things, he saw them in his eyes and kept them in his heart every day, and worked hard to plan for them all the time, so of course they are very precious at this time.Every state capital, every mountain and river, humanities and customs, and product resources are all covered by him.

It can be said that thousands of miles of rivers and mountains were written into the picture, and the prosperity of the world was written in one stroke.

Jing Ke's eyes widened, and his gaze was always following the emperor's fingers. He tried to remember every word the emperor said, although there were many things that he couldn't understand at all.

The mountains and rivers are picturesque, attracting many heroes to bow down.

At that time, when he was young, he didn't have the emotion of the descendants, and he didn't have the fiery ambition. On that day, the young him only had an intuitive feeling for the first time. The piece of land is really big, so big that he can't imagine it.