On the corridor in the Xiang Palace in Changde, the solid wood floor is spotless, and a woman can be seen kneeling on the ground with a rag and rubbing the wood on the ground hard. Therefore, when Yao Ji walked on it, even if the purple skirt was on the hem, the silk
She swept over the floor without getting dirty. Her close servant Xiaoyue lowered her head and followed her not far or near. The master walked slowly and leisurely without saying anything, and Xiaoyue didn't dare to make any of it.
sound.
Yao Ji stopped and turned to look at a plum tree outside the railing. The flowers on the branches were completely blooming.
At this moment, a slight but rapid footsteps sounded on the corridor. A white-clothed guard with a sword walked over and stopped behind Yao Ji. Although behind her, the white-clothed man still bent down and said softly:
"Madam, Xia Changshi is back."
The so-called Xia Changshi is one of the four major apologists in the previous sect. Of course, she does not have the surname Xia, but is just Xia Yu named after the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter. No one knows what their surname is, spring, summer, autumn and winter are their identities.
.Xia Yu's origin is not very similar to other sects. She was originally a family of officials who were in trouble and entered the ward off the cult at the age of fifteen or sixteen. Others have been ward off the cult since childhood, or were originally a palace ladies.
Yao Ji said softly: "I just saw the plum blossoms blooming, and I thought it was a hint to see Chunmei, but unexpectedly it was Xia Yu."
The man in white asked carefully, "Do you summon the attendant Xia to meet?" Seeing Yao Ji nodding, she took a small step back.
After a while, a woman wearing a green robe and a square scarf walked to the corridor. She was tall, big eyes, and had a calm and calm expression. Her temperament was very different from that of Chunmei and other girls. Although Yao Ji cultivated her,
But she doesn't like Xia Yu very much; this woman's knowledge and heart are much bigger than Chunmei... Yao Jiqing knows that women are very jealous, so she is not very satisfied with this woman who has not been completely tamed in her bones.
But even a bad woman like Dongxue, Yao Ji, could tolerate her. She also needed someone like Xia Yu. When she saw the tall woman in her thirties approaching, she murmured, as if to the little girl next to her
Yue said, as if she was talking to herself: "If the people who went back to Wuchang this time were still Chunmei, I'm afraid they would have to ask a question."
Xia Yu approached and knelt down on the spotless corridor and bowed: "I will return and report to my wife." The woman looked beautiful, but her voice was a little sandy.
Yao Ji seemed to have not heard it, and without looking at it, she turned around and walked into the room. Xia Yu originally wanted to get up and follow in, because the white-clothed servant had already clarified Mrs. Yao's willingness to summon her; but she thought about it for a moment,
Still kneeling on the ground and not getting up, he respectfully rested his upper body on the floor... Did he do something wrong?
After a while, Xiaoyue walked to the door and said, "Why is Xia Changshi still kneeling outside? Come in and talk."
"Yes." Xia Yu then hurriedly got up. Because of the previous section, she couldn't help but feel a little worried.
She carefully followed into the room and saw Yao Ji sitting in front of the dressing table to make up her makeup, carefully observing her lips in front of the bronze mirror. Xiaoyue opened the exquisite small round box on the table and said, "Madam, this
It is made of pearls picked from Dongting Lake. The pearls in Jianghu are coreless and crystal clear, and even the powder is not as good as the pearls of sea."
Yao Ji then dredged a little rouge made of pearl powder and applied it gently to her lips. When she looked in the bronze mirror, she saw that it was very beautiful and she showed a pleasant smile on her lips. Then she said, "Xia."
Rain, let’s talk first.”
"Yes." Xia Yu bowed and stood beside him, saying clearly, "I was ordered to go to Wuchang and report to three things. The first thing is that my subordinates have found out. After the emperor arrived in Wuchang City,
There is indeed no Queen Ma in the accompanying family. Judging from the subordinates, Queen Ma should still be hiding in the mountains, so she has no place to accommodate her. We cannot find the exact place for the time being, only the few ministers around the emperor know it.
, but they won't be so easy to say it."
Yao Ji sighed softly, "What a pity. She must be self-aware, so she has to continue hiding, but she can't stay by Jianwenjun's side... If she has no place to live and dies like this, I
I will definitely be very disappointed."
Xia Yu whispered, "There is a way for me to say or not." After getting Yao Ji's approval, she said, "General Zhou and Mrs. Zhou know where that place is..."
Yao Ji didn't comment.
Xia Changshi continued: "The second thing is that war may start in the north. More than 20,000 people from the imperial court went to Jingzhou, and tens of thousands of Sichuan troops from Sichuan were also reinforced in Xiangyang and other places. The prince allowed
I entered the official office and listened to several military discussions behind the scenes. Our navy in Yuezhou and most of the Changde camp were transferred to the west coast, and the next big battle may be fought near Jingzhou..."
"The prince allowed me to participate in military affairs, not for other private reasons. My subordinates mean that they would never dare to lure the prince without the permission of his wife, like Qiuye... The reason is that the Sichuan army is advancing eastward, but we have some news.
There was no one. The prince thought that the eunuch province did not understand the general strategy of military affairs, so he neglected the Sichuan area. He hoped that the eunuch province would have trustworthy people to participate in the military aircraft."
Yao Ji smiled and said, "Taizu has a ancestral teaching, and the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, alas..."
Xia Changshi said: "The prince is very filial to his wife and trusts her very much."
She paused for a moment and continued, "The third thing is that my subordinates raised the meaning of his wife, and wanted to move the royal palace to Wuchang Mansion in the near future. The prince did not refuse, but he seemed unwilling to do so. He first said that Wuchang was too close to the front,
Too stable. But the emperor was also in the Wuchang Palace and was not in a state of unstable condition. Later, the prince finally agreed to his wife's request and ordered another residence in the city because he had promised the emperor not to change the emperor's palace without authorization.
Officials and guards, if the wife lives in the palace, it will cause inconvenience."
After hearing this, Yao Ji observed the situation behind her from the bronze mirror. Unfortunately, the scene in the bronze mirror could not be seen clearly after a little distance. Her face smiled at the mirror... Zhang Ning's little thoughts were still hidden.
, Can you hide it from me? He is jealous.
She was originally equivalent to a concubine of Zhu Yunwen, and even if she lived in the palace, she would be upright and open. Even if she didn't live in the palace, if she was in Wuchang City, it would be okay to see Emperor Jianwen at any time. Zhang Ning must also understand this.
But he had no reason to object. He must be very entangled and uncomfortable in his heart?
The war is about to go to the west, which is related to the lives of tens of thousands of people and the general trend of the entire Ming Dynasty's billions of creatures. But Zhang Ning will still be disturbed by such a little thing. This makes Yao Ji very happy... She
I was thinking: But I can't make him a foolish lord who is obsessed with women. He can have three thousand beauties, but his heart can only be with me, because everything he has given me.
Men can build magnificent buildings like the Forbidden City in the capital and design strict rules and regulations for the Yangyang Empire. They have broad minds as broad as the world, but their minds are sometimes as simple as a big boy... Zhang Ning doesn't understand this.
A simple truth.
Yao Ji thought to herself that she had fought with Empress Ma for Emperor Jianwen, and she didn't care about her life. But now what is Emperor Jianwen and what is worth fighting for? Only Empress Ma cares... Yao Ji's smile showed a little madness: He is now
It's just a puppet, and he is still merciless. Being able to be called emperor is just the power behind him, and he has value in using it.
But it's just a useless old man. It's okay if he sees him getting old every day. Anyway, he's used to seeing him. But suddenly he wants to get close to an old man? And I have to take the initiative to throw myself into my arms, why?
Haha... Just because he let himself have a son? This reason is really ridiculous!
"There is another private matter." Xia Changshi behind him walked carefully to the dressing table, gently put down a wooden box he carried in his arms, and took out another post, "The prince asked me to bring it when he returned to Changde Mansion.
The gift to the lady.”
Yao Ji said: "Open it and see what it is."
Xia Changshi opened the wooden box as he spoke. Although she had already known what the list of gifts was, a bunch of colorful pearls and gems appeared in front of her eyes. She almost exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly exaggeratedly.
Cover your mouth tightly with your hands to make a sound without making rude.
Jewelry, enough to be precious enough, almost no woman can resist their light. Unfortunately, these things are from Xia Changshi. She saw Yao Ji's beautiful eyes and red lips with pearl powder shining next to a pile of treasures.
When I shine, I finally realized that these things had nothing to do with me, so I calmed down a little.
"This is a list of everything, please check it out," said Xia Changshi, "I heard that I had collected several wealthy families, and they all secretly communicated with the enemy, but refused to submit a memorial to congratulate the emperor on his re-asserting of the throne."
"Terror..." Yao Ji said calmly, "This kind of thing is really tacky." She put her finger into the box, grabbed it, and gradually let it go, and the things were still coming from her fingers like sand.
Slide back into the box.
"Nothing is what suits my wishes. Ning'er is a scholar after all. Now she is becoming more and more vulgar. She knows how to use this kind of thing to please me... I don't need them, I give it to you." Yao Jiyi
He looked calm and said, "Take it."
"This...this..." Xia Changshi's fingers trembled again, "This is what the prince personally gave to his wife. How dare he take it..."
Yao Ji said: "It's mine to give it to me. Now I'll give it to you. No need to say more, take it away."
"Yes, yes!" Xia Changshi's hand trembled and stretched out again with great difficulty. She was finally not completely washed away, so she hurriedly asked, "Who do we mean, madam?"
"What do you think? I don't want to see you as powerful as water and fire. Too much internal friction will give outsiders an opportunity to take advantage of it. Do you understand?" Yao Ji looked at her with a smile. She still didn't say a word, that's it.
:I don’t want to see one of your nostrils venting. She said again, “This is for the sake of Xia Changshi, but you can be the first to choose the part you like and reward you. Are I okay with you?”
Xia Yu hurriedly knelt down on the ground: "Madam is the best person in the world to his subordinates. I only have a wife in this life."
Only then did she realize that the neglect outside the door might be knocking on herself, like giving her a stick, but now she is rewarded with a date for eating... Of course, a very good date, a date.
When Xia Yu walked out of Yao Ji's room, she couldn't help but look back and sighed: The woman still has to rely on a powerful man, and Mrs. Yao simply gave birth to a powerful man herself, and that's all her life.