〖Emperor〗 Don't lose prosperity

After pouring a cup of tea, Ye Shuangxiao asked, "Miss An Yao is getting used to living these few days?"

An Yao took a sip and said with a smile: "The imperial palace is well-clothed and well-fed, and you don't need to do everything yourself, how can you not get used to it?"

"That's good. If the person serving you is not considerate, the girl can tell me, and you don't need to hide it."

Ye Shuang was sweating madly in his heart, he really didn't like to use such polite words to communicate with others, if his brother hadn't told him, he would not have come here.His intuition told him that it must not be easy for his master to call her into the palace.She looks exactly the same as the Crown Princess back then. If you want to say that she is different, it means that An Yao is more demure than the Crown Princess, and there is no difference in other things.This gave him a strange feeling of talking to a soul, and it was a bit chilly to think about it.

The maid put out several plates of exquisite pastries, Ye Shuang instinctively reached out and took a piece, stuffed it in his mouth and chewed it before realizing something was wrong. Fortunately, An Yao didn't mind, so Ye Shuang didn't plan to be reserved anymore, and didn't eat it just now full.

"That's right." An Yao suddenly asked: "This Xiyuan should be the place where the harem concubines live, but why didn't I even see a single concubine?"

Although An Yao had learned from other people that the Qing Emperor would no longer have a concubine after the death of Princess Kurma, An Yao never believed it was true.After all, how could a man who ruled the world not even have a concubine to serve him?But she also walked all over Xiyuan in the past two days, but she didn't see anyone other than herself. Could it be that she was arranged to live in another place?

Ye Shuang shook his head, "The master has no concubine, and the West Garden has been empty for several years. But the garden is clean, and the maids come to clean it every day."

An Yao covered her mouth and smiled, "Master, are you joking? Since ancient times, there is no reason for emperors not to have concubines?"

Ye Shuang curled her lips: "How can the emperor's jokes be played indiscriminately? If you don't believe it, you can ask the whole court."

Seeing his serious expression, An Yao couldn't help frowning!What should I do if the Qing Emperor is not close to women?

Ye Shuang felt that there was nothing to talk about, so she planned to get up and leave. Before leaving, she still told her: "Before the emperor comes to see the girl, I hope you can stay here and don't walk around casually. Just be a quiet beauty. That should be fine, right?"

An Yao nodded, "An Yao dare not disobey the Holy Majesty's will."

"Okay, then I'll go first. If you need anything, you can call someone. I'll be there whenever you call."

An Yao also got up to send him out.

……

As the night fell, Su Jiulian thought it was the best time, because he could sleep with his prime minister in his arms, and the person concerned did not object.

Xiao Zixian moved, and Su Jiu, who was holding his waist behind him, asked repeatedly: "What's wrong?"

"No, it's just an itchy back."

Su Jiulian withdrew her hand and rubbed his back, "How strong is it?"

"Yeah." Xiao Zixian remembered something, and asked, "When will Ye Yi come over and take us back?"

Su Jiulian rested her chin on his shoulder, "Why do you ask such a question suddenly?"

"What's there is a contact bullet, right? I should have thought that you had already prepared it."

What Xiao Zixian was referring to was a small cloth bag on the table, which was untied from Su Jiulian's waist and not shown to him.But as smart as he is, he guessed what Su Jiulian was thinking after a little thought.

Su Jiulian said in a regretful tone, "I thought my acting was pretty good."

Xiao Zixian pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Actually, I believed it at first, but since you didn't let me see that bag, I began to doubt it."

Su Jiulian didn't answer, Xiao Zixian said again: "You can't stay here for too long, Ye'er will be worried."

"This should be considered part of the southern tour. We'll go back when your injury heals. Otherwise, Ye'er will be worried if we go back like this." Su Jiulian himself was really reluctant to part with these intimate days, and didn't look forward to going back sooner. .

Xiao Zixian nodded and stopped talking.

A quiet night.

Daoxiang Village was already very lively at the fifth watch, and every household brought their own millet and offerings to the village temple.

Su Jiulian helped Xiao Zixian put on his coat, and said: "The wound on the shoulder needs to be changed. I'll get it from Mr. Liu later. Sit down and don't move around."

"Let's talk about it when we come back, it's not good to delay the master's holiday."

Su Jiulian carefully opened his inner garment and took a closer look at the wound before giving up.

Xiao Zixian also tried to walk a few steps to show him, although he was still a little trembling, but it was really much better than before.

Su Jiulian hurried over to help him, a little worried that his old illness would be left behind.

Bai Bao ran over and said with a smile, "Are you ready? It's time to go to the village temple."

After finishing speaking, he knelt down and poked Xiao Zixian's calf, asking, "Does it still hurt?"

"No pain."

"Hey? You are recovering so quickly! It takes about ten days for ordinary people. If there is no pain, the scars will be formed soon. It will be healed in less than a hundred days."

Xiao Zixian nodded. In fact, that was just an exaggeration, and he was not seriously injured, so it is not difficult to recover.It seems that his ability to heal from childhood to adulthood is really better than ordinary people.

Bai Bao walked to Liu Nianbai's side first, and took the things in his hands.

Seeing that Liu Nianbai was holding two rolled up red papers in his hands, Xiao Zixian asked, "Do I still need to attach the couplet?"

Liu Nianbai nodded with a smile, "This is an old rule in the village. Spring Festival couplets are not posted in the village temples of our ancestors. We have to stick them today. The couplets are also inherited from our ancestors and have not changed for a hundred years. However, I just wrote a copy of it."

Xiao Zixian took it over and unfolded it, and Bai Bao read: "The weather is favorable to protect the rice seedlings, and every household celebrates a good harvest. We are very good at memorizing these two sentences."

Xiao Zixian appreciates the characters written with brush and ink even more. It is really beautiful. It is written in Xingkai. It is like the characters. Even the words are the same as Liu Nianbai himself, with an air of indifference to fame and wealth.

Not long after the four of them left, they heard Xiao Yezi yelling not far away, "Bai Bao, come quickly."

He said to let Bai Bao go, but he came by himself.He even stuffed a piece of peanut candy into Bai Bao's mouth, "Is it sweet?"

Bai Bao chewed, "Not bad."

Xiaoyezi leaned into his ear and whispered, "Don't tell my father, I stole it out."

Standing behind Onoko was a tall man with a simple but handsome face, about 30 years old.It was the man Su Xiao and Xiao Yezi scolded Xiao Yezi at the top of their voices when they entered Daoxiang Village on the first day.

He went up to say hello to Liu Nianbai.

"Master Liu, my Xiao Yezi didn't cause any trouble in school, right? If he is disobedient, you don't have to be polite, just give me a good discipline!"

Liu Nianbai smiled, and patted Xiaoyezi's head, "No, brother Qiao, don't worry, Xiaoyezi is quite obedient."

Onoko grimaced triumphantly, Qiao Erpai held him by the collar, "Let's go, don't get in the way of Master."

"Hey! I'm such an adult, and you're still carrying me. You're not ashamed, I'm ashamed! Put me down, let me down! Bai Bao, grab me quickly."

After thinking about it, Bai Bao stretched out his hand.

Seeing Bai Baoqing's handsome and good-natured appearance, Qiao Er's father is very attractive, and he can't help but secretly sigh that if his own child is half as good as him, he will surely live a long life.

Xiao Yezi tightened Bai Bao's hand, struggled to get down, and refused to let go.

The second father of the bridge had no choice but to go wild with him.

Walking all the way to the village temple, it was already crowded with people.

The scale of the village temple can be regarded as the largest building in Daoxiang Village. There is a big stone carved into the shape of a mountain peak inside. There are many white clouds dotted on the mountain peak. From a distance, it seems fake and real, lifelike, and the craftsmanship is very exquisite. .

There is also a huge bowl in front of the mountain, which is a simple maroon.There are more than a dozen oil-wood tables on both sides of the bowl, and the tables are already filled with many offerings, with a wide variety of almost everything.The village names don't mind how precious the offerings are, anyway, as long as they are brought over, they will arrange them one by one.

The village names did not go in immediately, but stood outside the village temple and talked.

Su Jiulian looked at the village temple, and said, "It should be hundreds of years old."

Xiao Zixian said: "I like the mountain in the middle, it is vividly portrayed, and I think the ancestor who came to Daoxiang Village was also an excellent craftsman."

Xiao Yezi was very proud when he heard this, "That's right, our Daoxiang Village is very spiritual."

Liu Nianbai also said: "This village temple has a long history, and it has been repaired many times during the period. The mountain also has a meaning, representing the mountain god, the god of rain and the god of wind. The millet in our hands will be put in later In the big bowl, the offerings are also placed on the table for the gods to eat and pray for blessings. After the whole village has worshiped, they will pour some water into the bowl and cover the bowl. After three days, the millet will germinate. At that time, it will be distributed to the name of the village, and the villagers will plant it in their own fields. It is said that it will have the effect of a bumper harvest of millet, which represents the solidarity of the whole village.”

Xiao Zixian nodded, "This episode is really strange."

"Well, it can be regarded as one of the characteristics of Daoxiang Village. I have studied it, and the location of this land is very superior, surrounded by mountains and rivers, compared with other villages hundreds of miles away."

Onoko interrupted at this moment, "Hey, the scholar is back."

I thought Liu Nianbai was the only scholar in Daoxiang Village, but I didn't expect there to be another one.Moreover, this person was wearing a Confucian uniform, with a handsome face, compared to Liu Nianbai's chicness, he was more of a scholarly air.

Onoko seemed to have a good relationship with him, so he ran over and said nothing.

"Scholar, how is your father? Is he still lying in bed and unable to get up?"

"Tsk, Onoko, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Father Qiao hurried forward to stop him, Xiao Yezi dodged, and still shouted: "I'm telling the truth, so beat me up! Inhumane!"

"Also!" He gave the little bastard a hard look, and smiled apologetically at the scholar: "Xiao Yezi is not sensible, so don't take it to heart."

The scholar said with a good temper that he was fine.

Liu Nianbai introduced them to them: "This is Chen Shusheng from a neighboring village. He has just moved here for a month, and Xiao Yezi usually makes a fuss about him."

Bai Bao nodded, "That's right, Xiaoyezi will make trouble whenever he sees him."

Onoko protested from the side: "I obviously like to fight with Bai Bao the most."

Bai Bao ignored him.

The elderly village chief also walked slowly into the village temple with the support of his children and grandchildren. The villagers lined up in two rows consciously, and the lively atmosphere instantly quieted down.

The village chief did not sit down after entering, but continued to stand, and he said in a weak voice: "Fengtian, respect the earth!"

Su Xiao and other family members stood aside, and Liu Nian stepped into the temple with red paper in his hands, and pasted them on both sides of the rockery.

The villagers who are ranked first in the two rows enter the temple and kneel to worship, and they rise up five times, implying a good harvest.Millet into the bowl, looking forward to prosperity in the coming year.

During the following kneeling ceremony, there was silence inside and outside the village temple, even Xiao Yezi, who had always been noisy, watched quietly.Only when he saw his father and Chen Shusheng kneeling at the same time, he couldn't help but whispered: "Look, it's like worshiping heaven and earth."

Bai Bao stepped on him, "Don't make noise."

Onoko stuck out her tongue at Su Jiu, but stopped talking.

Su Jiulian looked at this group of devout villagers, and couldn't help feeling a little emotional.

When returning, Su Jiu asked Xiao Zixian repeatedly, "Although I am the lord of the Qing Dynasty, I have given the people stability, but I cannot give them prosperity. All they can do is pray to God. Then what I can do for them is What?"

Seeing the seriousness in his eyes, Xiao Zixian knew that he must have been affected by the solemn festival just now. After thinking about it, he said: "Isn't it enough for you to give them stability?"

Su Jiu remained silent.

"The common people regard the heaven and the earth as gods because of their faith and a kind of reverence for the heaven and the earth. If there is no reverence, many things will be chaotic and the world will be in danger. You are their king, you protect Their land is peaceful and their country is stable. As for whether they are poor or rich, this is up to individuals to fight for. Moreover, after Daoxiang Village said that the villagers have a very indifferent concept of money, it doesn’t matter whether they are rich or not. After autumn, the millet turns golden yellow, so I think it should be comparable to gold in their eyes."

Su Jiulian looked at the rice fields that had been taken care of, and said, "In late autumn, why don't you come and see it with me?"

Xiao Zixian hesitated for a moment, but still nodded with a smile.

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