Ji Heng turned his head to look, and saw the emperor walking towards him. There were only a few bodyguards and palace attendants behind him, and he stopped far away, only the emperor walked up to Ji Heng and Zhao Zhili.

Zhao Zhili saluted him more respectfully, the emperor looked gentle, but his eyes were deep, and said, "Ji Yong, don't be too polite, let's be flat."

Only then did Zhao Zhili thank En and stood up. The emperor looked at Ji Heng again. Ji Heng did not kneel down to salute, but bowed to the emperor. Then he asked Ji Heng, "Queen, what are you talking to Ji Yong?"

Ji Heng was about to pat Zhao Zhili's shoulder just now, it was a conditioned reflex behavior, he turned his hand in the middle of the reaction, and hearing what the emperor said at this time, maybe he just saw the action of the two of them.

And the emperor called him empress instead of Junqing, which shows that the emperor may still be angry. Ji Heng said, "Talking about moving some of the firearms craftsmen to Beijing, the Gyeonggi Firearms Factory was built in the south of the capital, and 200 craftsmen were transferred from Yuhang , Some of these people have family members in Yuhang, and they will also be arranged by the imperial court to the suburbs of Beijing."

The emperor stretched out his hand to hold Ji Heng's hand. Although it was covered by a sleeve, Zhao Zhili lowered his head respectfully, just in time to see the movement of the sleeve, and couldn't help wondering what the emperor was doing.

The emperor said, "Standing here to talk about this matter, the wind is strong, don't blow your head. Besides, you can enjoy the spring today, so don't talk about these political affairs anymore. And Ji Yong will leave Beijing in half a month. Let him have a good rest today. .”

Ji Heng said, "Exactly, it's the minister who made things difficult for Mr. Zhao."

Zhao Zhili hurriedly said, "I dare not."

The emperor had already dragged Ji Heng towards the front of the building, Zhao Zhili hesitated for a moment, and then followed behind, but it seemed like five or six steps away.

At three or four o'clock, after Ji Heng hosted an afternoon tea, all the courtiers left with their families. Yang Qier and Zhao Xiaomao chased each other in Chunyang all afternoon. Zhao Xiaomao was older than him. A lot, let him do everything, and even carried him behind his back, let him pick flowers, which won Yang Qier's joy, both of them were sweating from playing, Yang Qier was so tired that he fell asleep in the arms of the female officer, the female officer Holding him, wiped his body and changed his clothes, then took him back to Lan Zhi Tower in a sedan chair and put him to sleep. When he woke up, it was dark outside and it was already dusk.

He got up, looked around, and was surprised to find that this was his bedroom, because he remembered that he had slept in the garden.

The female officer came over and waited on him to get dressed, washed his face and tidied his hair, and then fed him honey water. Only then did he regain his senses and asked, "Where's Brother Yunxiao?"

The female officer smiled and said, "Zhao Xiaoshi went home with Lord Hou."

Yang Qi'er was taken aback, "Did Sister Yaya go back too?"

The female officer should be, and he asked again, "Cousin Zhu, too?"

The female officer should be again.

Yang Qi'er was lost. After going downstairs, he heard his father talking to someone in the small hall, so he ran in. There was a screen in the middle of the small hall, and three women were sitting on one side of the screen. Father sat on the other side of the screen.

Now that Yang Qi'er is so old, he naturally knows those three women, they are his father's emperor's harem concubines, but he has almost no contact with them, and he doesn't like them very much.

The three women also saw him, and they greeted him with smiles, but he didn't reply, they went around the screen, rushed to his father, and threw themselves into Ji Heng's arms.

Ji Heng touched his face, lowered his head and whispered to him, "Why are you so rude. Huh?"

Yang Qi'er was stunned for a moment, then straightened up again, turned around the screen and greeted the three concubines, "Hi, ladies."

The three concubines stood up and saluted him again, and he said solemnly, "Don't be too polite, three empresses, please sit down."

After finishing speaking, seeing them sit down, he ran back to Ji Heng's side again, and said his grievance to Ji Heng with a little loss, "Father, Brother Yunxiao is gone?"

Ji Heng said, "His parents have gone home, so he will follow them."

Yang Qi'er asked again, "Then when will he come again?"

Ji Heng smiled and said, "You study with Taifu Song obediently, and when Taifu Song says yes, he will come to study with you every day."

Yang Qi'er hurriedly said, "I'm very good."

Seeing that Ji Heng was going to talk to the three ladies, Yang Qi'er hurried out, found his younger brother, and went to play with him. Although Yang Xiner loved to sleep, she slept for a whole afternoon, and now she was refreshed and was nursing her mother. Sitting on the mat with the care of the maids and playing with themselves.

Huarong said that other children who are four or five years old may not be able to play, but he is only over one year old, and he can find a way to take out the wooden blocks inside.

Yang Qi'er also went to play with him, and seeing his younger brother move a chess piece to the right, he hurriedly said, "That's not the case, let's get this up."

Yang Xin'er glanced at him, and continued to move that piece to the right, Yang Qi'er quickly clutched the piece, "This is not right."

The two began to argue. Although Yang Xin'er didn't speak, she had a very domineering personality. In the end, Yang Qi'er had nothing to do with him, so she had to say, "It's up to you, I'm really disobedient."

Yang Xin'er said, "Brother hates it, get out of the way."

Yang Qi'er looked at him in shock, was beaten to pieces, her confidence as an older brother was almost gone, and she said sadly, "You say I hate it, but I don't hate it."

Yang Xin'er ignored him and let him yell.

Ji Heng and the three concubines talked about homework for a while through the screen. In fact, he really didn't know how to talk about homework. He just asked them if there was any dissatisfaction in the palace and what plans they had for this year, just like a Superior care for subordinates.

What can the three concubines think in their hearts, and if they are dissatisfied, it is that the emperor never pampers them. If they have any plan, they are to be favored by the emperor and give birth to a prince.

But the three of them couldn't talk, so they said everything was fine, fine, fine.

Ji Heng didn't know how to talk to women, and he became silent after a while. Even Xu Guiren, who was always talking stupidly, had nothing to say. When facing Ji Heng, she became nervous, for fear that she would be stupid.

Then Ji Heng said that after the emperor's political affairs were dealt with, at dinner time, the whole family would have dinner together, and then let the other two concubines go down to rest, leaving only Concubine Shao in the room.

Only then did Ji Heng say, "King Shunping whose fiefdom is in Heze, I don't know the imperial concubine or empress."

Concubine Shao was stunned for a moment, and she already understood in her heart that a while ago, she was favored by the emperor and met her family again. This family was not the female relatives as seen today, but her elder brother, who is now the Marquis of Xining. Shao Gui, the most eloquent son of the Shao family and the most valued by the emperor.

Shao Guiben was not qualified to inherit the position of the eldest son, but the original eldest son died of illness, and it was his turn to take this position. Now he is in his 30s, and he did not rely on his ancestors to become an official, but he himself took the Jinshi examination a few years ago. He is only the top three, but he is different after all, he won the position of son of the eldest son, and he is very good at being a man. The emperor thought of Concubine Shao's hard work in the palace, so he promoted him.

When Concubine Shao met her elder brother, she heard him talk about King Shunping.

King Shunping is the title of the late emperor's uncle. At that time, he had only one son. If there was no son, the son could inherit the throne. But now, the emperor has appointed the descendants of the vassal princes to inherit the throne. The new regulations of the new regulations, that is, concubines cannot inherit the original title and inherit the fief. If they perform well, the concubine can get another fief, but the fief will definitely be reduced, and all kinds of benefits will also be reduced. The kings are naturally not happy, but the emperor has been preparing for this matter a few years ago, not to mention that there are already a lot of protons detained in Beijing, but it is also a matter of promoting a part of the royal family to have real power to work for him. Many royal families have been attracted. After this decree, even if there are vassals who want to rebel, there are not many people who are willing to go along with it first. Moreover, the world is peaceful now, and the power in the hands of the emperor has almost reached its peak. Under the emperor's surveillance, it was impossible to make trouble.

The matter of King Shunping is also related to the emperor's decree.

The second generation of King Shunping is just a concubine, and his concubine did not have a son, only one daughter, and she is an old woman, who is only four years old now, and he has two concubine sons, both in their teens. Years old, just a while ago, he died suddenly. He said it was a sudden death, but in fact it was the concubine who couldn't be saved immediately. After all, it didn't sound good, so he just said it was a sudden death.It's fine if he dies, and the princess is in charge of the overall situation. I didn't expect that the princess was in a hurry and passed away.

So the question arose, whether Prince Shunping's mansion should go directly to enfeoff the land or see that he was on the verge of issuing a government order and let his concubine become the noble.

That's all Concubine Shao knew, and she didn't hide it, she said to Ji Heng, "Queen, I heard about it from a few ladies today."

Ji Heng said casually, "King Shunping is gone, the emperor decided to take his daughter-in-law into the palace and make her a princess, go to King Shunping for the title, and take back the fiefdom."

Concubine Shao was not shocked, the emperor was always decisive, and the matter of King Shunping was sent directly to him to implement the decree this time.

It's just that the princess who is going to enter the palace, the queen said to her like this, could it be...

Ji Heng had already said, "The emperor is grateful for the hard work of the imperial concubine and empress, and he has no children under his knees, so he is going to put this princess by her side to raise him."

Concubine Shao was already flushed with excitement, she immediately got up, knelt down and saluted Ji Heng, "My concubine thanks the emperor and queen for her kindness."

Ji Heng sighed in his heart, and said, "It is said that this princess is cute and well-behaved, I only hope that she can relieve her loneliness."

Concubine Shao quickly thanked her again.

One month later, this little girl named Princess Ninghe went to Beijing and became the adopted daughter of Concubine Shao in the palace.

As for the Shunping Palace, the emperor did not go too far. Although he took away the prince's title and land, he still granted his eldest son a county king, but he did not have a land, and only gave some exemplars. The other son was even more miserable. , only the general royal family enjoys a monthly quota, and his grandchildren will not even have this quota, and only retain a royal status.

Just like Uncle Liu Huang used to sell straw sandals, if these royal children don't make a good living, they will also sell straw sandals.

Although the Shunping Palace looks so miserable, after all, the Shunping Palace still has decades of accumulation. It has houses, land and money. Gong became a princess, which made people feel the emperor's human touch, especially the Yue family of King Shunping, who was very grateful to the emperor.

Ji Heng personally inspected the firearms factory in the suburbs of Beijing this day, because Ji Heng had already attended and handled government affairs for the emperor, and when he went to inspect the firearms factory like this, the officials only talked in private and would not go to the emperor to write a letter Disgusting.

The expansion of the Henglan Palace even specially expanded the shooting range. Both the emperor and Ji Heng are lovers of firearms, and sometimes they would go to practice. Ji Heng's shooting skills have always been good. When he was trying out new products in the firearms factory, he even personally Get started, and hit very accurately.

Shao Gui, who was the inspector of the firearms factory, stayed by Ji Heng's side all the time. Later, when he entertained Ji Heng for tea, the two talked about the firearms factory for a while. It didn't take long, but he has his own obsession with firearms. He knows every firearm very well and has a lot of opinions on improvement. Ji Heng is very satisfied with him and praises him a few words. When sending Ji Heng away, Shao Gui Bian whispered his gratitude to Ji Heng for putting Ning and Princess Ning under Concubine Shao's lap to raise him.

Ji Heng was stunned for a moment and said, "This is the emperor's intention. The emperor will not treat you badly when he sees your family's loyalty and progress."

Shao Gui still saluted and thanked him again. If Ji Heng hadn't agreed, with the emperor's love for the empress, he probably wouldn't have brought this little girl who was originally a princess to his sister.

Ji Heng got into the carriage and returned to the city under the escort of hundreds of Phoenix Feather Guards.

A group of officials from the firearms factory knelt down to send them off. Shao Gui couldn't help but lose his mind as he watched the phoenix chariot drift away. He still remembered the first time he met Ji Heng. Ji Heng was only ten years old, and he was still a child. Now, He is already under one person and above ten thousand people, and he has done a lot of practical things, which is admirable.

Looking at him, Shao Gui felt that his life was frail, and he became determined to make a career out of it.

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