Chapter 34 Fragrance
The lights quietly emitted a soft light, and the play on the stage had been finished. Xue Chongxun came out of Chengxiang Hall and was about to take the bus back, he heard a sharp voice beside him whispering: "Your Majesty, today Mrs. Cheng met the Minister of War Cheng Xianggong in the Greenhouse Hall at Youth hour."
Xue Chongxun turned around and looked at the person who was talking in his voice. He was a eunuch. Although he buried his head, Xue Chongxun had already seen that he was a strange eunuch, because Xue Chongxun, who usually walked around, was familiar with the great eunuchs. Not to mention seeing the front, he could recognize him when he saw the back.
"Who asked you to say it?" Xue Chongxun subconsciously asked this sentence without much thought.
The eunuch said, "No one called me. I happened to be on a job there in the afternoon and saw it."
Xue Chongxun thought to himself that if no one instructed him, a eunuch, to come to me to say what this matter is, what is the benefit? But after a brief thought, he did not intend to break the matter and ask the whole story. Piaotianwen.com said: "Concubine Shu (Cheng Ting)'s father is gone, and Cheng Qianli is like her father. What is there to make a fuss about when meeting relatives?"
"Yes, it's all my fault that I'm talking too much. I deserve to die." The eunuch hurriedly knelt down on the ground. Xue Chongxun waved his sleeves, got in the car and left.
There are street lights on both sides of the road, but the candlelight inside still looks weak in the night. Originally, Xue Chongxun liked the cool breeze in the night, but at this time he felt a faint feeling of invisible pressure in the night sky.
There was a group of eunuchs guarding the palace around the imperial chariot. Among them, the eunuch Zhang Xiao was in charge of Yu Liben's men, but he had defected to Xue Chongxun a long time ago. Zhang Xiao took the opportunity to ask: "Where is Your Majesty's imperial chariot going?"
It was already late, so when I went back, of course it was time to go to bed. Xue Chongxun also understood that this sentence was asking which concubine to be happy for. He originally wanted to go to Cheng Ting to be quiet, because Cheng Ting gave him a feeling of being indifferent. But perhaps the words of the strange eunuch just now affected his emotions. At this time, he thought about it and changed his mind temporarily: "Go to Mrs. De Fei Yuwen."
"Yes, go to Defei Palace." Zhang Xiao raised his voice and responded. Another eunuch knew that he was about to leave the team and report the news, but was stopped by Xue Chongxun.
After Xue Chongxun ascended the throne, he was granted all his famous wives and concubines, including Li Yan'er, the main wife, and the others were first-rank wives: Shufei Cheng Ting, Defei Yuwen Ji, and Xianfei Du Xinmei. Murong Yan, who were still in Fuqicheng and Turkic princess Ashinazhuo were granted the title of second-rank ninth concubines because they were not Han people.
The place where Yuwen Ji and others lived was also next to Penglai Hall to the south of Taiye Pool, which was convenient for sleeping, but Xue Chongxun had not been there for a while. As soon as he walked to the entrance of the courtyard, he suddenly heard the eunuch guarding him shouting: "The emperor is here!" Xue Chongxun suddenly felt something strange and thought to himself: It turns out that people in the palace would really shout like this.
When he walked into the yard, he smelled a strange fragrance. He saw that the yard was full of grass. Xue Chongxun knew that he must have planted some yào materials. Yuwen Ji and his father were somewhat similar in this regard. One likes to grow vegetables and the other likes to grow yào. After a while, Yuwen Ji and several yào welcomed him. She was wearing a dark gray lapel robe. She was not as beautiful as the palace nobles, but she was still wearing a men's clothing.
Yuwen Ji bowed and said, "I don't know that Your Majesty will come, so I have not put down my clothes and asked Your Majesty to surrender."
Xue Chongxun smiled and said, "Forget it, there are opera singers in Chengxiang Palace tonight, why didn't you go?" He looked at her while saying that. Although the Yuwen family calls themselves descendants of Yanhuang, this surname may have the blood of Xianbei people: Yuwen Ji's skin is white with the Gong NV next to her, and it does not look like the light yellow luster of ordinary people. She is tall and may be taller than Yao Wan, who is tall. She also likes to wear tight and narrow men's lapel robe. This robe itself is a style that absorbs Hu people's clothing in the Central Plains. She looks slender and slim when worn on Yuwen Ji. Her face also has a charming temperament, which is different from the temperament of the virtuous and solemn people admired by the Han people. She has a thick mouth but a bright red feel.
"I was rushing to ask the people below to catch them. I will send them to Tai Chi Palace tomorrow. There is no big intention to watch the show, so I didn't go." Yuwen Ji said, "Your Majesty, you should be better with the old palace people who left the palace. There are very few doctors there, and those who are sick don't even have to wait for death. They are even more miserable than the old people in the market!"
After hearing this, Xue Chongxun suddenly remembered what happened before. Yuwen Ji often went to the City God Temple to take the pulse of the beggars... Because Yuwen Xiao was too ruthless in his work, Xue Chongxun felt that Yuwen Ji's kindness was very strange and intuition was very contradictory. Obviously, she had moved to the palace now and found the Xuanqiu who was overwhelmed with sympathy, which were the abandoned and forgotten old palace nv and the concubines and officials of the previous dynasty.
"Okay... I'm not bad for them. I can't care about everything I have to do every day. Tomorrow, I will wait for the people from the Tai Chi Palace to take care of the people in Tai Chi Palace." Xue Chongxun said casually, pretending to be serious and important. In this world, whether it is in the luàn world or the prosperous world, there are always some people with bad life suffering. He feels that he is not Guanyin. Does it mean that he will not eat well when he sees someone suffering?
He asked inadvertently, "By the way, you used to live in your parents' home. Have you been going back to see your father recently?" Yuwen Ji said, "When you go back, my father will scold me. Besides, I've been busy recently and haven't seen him for a while."
Xue Chongxun said, "Chou Kong should ask more about his well-being." Yuwen Ji said differently, "Why did you remember today? Didn't my father meet you often?" Xue Chongxun took the opportunity to find a reasonable excuse for himself: "I will summon him tomorrow and say hello to you."
Because of the Northeast military use, Xue Chongxun has been thinking about the most about the people around him. Sometimes he wonders: what kind of people are these ministers who hold heavy power and what they are doing below can only be judged by meeting and memorials. However, Li Guinian, a man, can also become a vivid person, and sometimes what he sees is not reliable.
But he also reflected on whether he was suspicious. The Tang Dynasty had no spy agency for a century, so it still maintained its operation?
Should the "internal factory" established by the King of Jin's mansion expand its power and become a spy agency? The Ming Dynasty's factory and guard system was criticized in history, and it was a synonym for counter-action, darkness and cruelty. However, history books and comments were written by Shilin people. Whether it is beneficial? Xue Chongxun cannot only recall its reputation, but also has to judge it for himself.
The impact of the prison in the Neichang was not great. In the past, it was just a tool for Xue Chongxun to ignore the law and domineering in Chang'an. He did not pay much attention to it after he ascended the throne. Now Yuwen Xiao's office is set up an inconspicuous study on the east side of the Zichen Hall complex, and there are no officials. The only thing that has been preserved is the prison in the Prince of Jin's Mansion, and some of the official clerks inside were incorporated into the Neichang, and their main tasks were to monitor the princes of the Li family who lived in Yuanfang.
The Li family lost their country and was monitored and controlled by others. No one said anything at all. But what consequences would happen if the internal factory monitored the minister?
"What are you thinking about?" Yuwen Ji reminded him. Xue Chongxun immediately smiled badly, stepped forward and moved closer and whispered: "I'm thinking about what method should I use to make you yù|Stop..."
Yuwen Ji's face turned red suddenly, and she glared at him: "There are many rules in the palace, I have to be more serious."
"Hasn't Mrs. Yuwen always been very dignified and virtuous?" Xue Chongxun smiled. After hearing this, Yuwen Ji felt that she was laughing at her and was a little angry: "If you remember, just come here. Usually you can't even see a figure. What's the difference between me and widows? Don't mess with me!"
When she first met, she was considerate and respectful. She became more and more gentle without saying a few words. Only Xue Chongxun's "old people" dared to let her do this, but he didn't care about it and still smiled and talked to her with kind words.
When Xue Chongxun came here at night, he naturally had to sleep here for the night. The two of them walked from the corridor to the bedroom while talking. When they entered the bedroom, Xue Chongxun saw several wooden boxes on the table with words on it, so he walked over curiously and saw one of the boxes saying: Princess Taiping. He asked, "My mother is not feeling well, should she use yào?"
Yuwen Ji smiled and said, "This is not a treatment for diseases, it is a skin-bearing." Xue Chongxun said, "So that's it. No wonder you have such good skin and are using this kind of skin-bearing thing?"
"I dare not use it." Yu Wen Ji looked mysterious on her face and said in a low voice, "This is to strengthen the vitality and nourish the palace, but there will be side effects after taking it. Oh, you want such a simple medical treatment... You often don't come. Wouldn't you feel uncomfortable if I take this product?"
After she said that, a hint of blush appeared on her face: "Wait first, I'll go take a shower and take a shower... I'll take you."
Xue Chongxun suddenly realized and understood eighty-pointedly, thinking that Chengxiang Palace has no men, but the Taoist priest would be a little tragic. After thinking about it, he couldn't help but feel amused.
Yuwen Ji left the bedroom to take a shower, Xue Chongxun sat and waited. After a while, Gongnv sent two sweet soups and said, "It's time to rest, Your Majesty will drink the sweet soup as tea."
Xue Chongxun nodded. At this time, he felt a little bored, so he opened the wooden box and saw some black meatballs inside. He picked up one and took it to his nose to smell it, which had a very light fragrance. This thing was taken by NV people, so it must not be eaten as aphrodisiac. When he was about to put it back, he suddenly thought of an idea, so he put the meatballs in his hand into Yuwen Ji's bowl of sweet soup. After thinking about it, he picked up another one and threw it into the bowl. After doing something bad, he couldn't help but smile on his face, so he picked up the spoon and stirred it for a while, so that the balls would melt in it, and the soup gradually became darker.
Chapter completed!