Force a good concubine

Once the trivial arrangements were discussed and discussed, it was the third watch before I knew it.All the people in the imperial court were sieved through a sieve, and several eunuchs and maids who were suspicious on weekdays were sent to the Department of Punishment along with Li Wanniang.The emperor personally sent the empress dowager back to Ningshou Palace to be resettled, and then returned to Qinghe Hall, and just stepped on the platform, he heard the sound of the cloud board of the fourth watch coming from the aisle separated by a wall.

At this time, the Beijing officials who live farther away from the Forbidden City have already got up and prepared to go to court. The emperor has been going to the court for several years, but now he is clearly in good health, but suddenly he is empty. I am afraid that the next day the cabinet ministers and censors will compete. Advised.In such a day where there is nothing wrong with getting up early and being greedy late every day, several elderly uncles and brothers are all staring at him like a tiger. The emperor can't help but laugh and laugh. She has also heard that some clans secretly laugh at her that the emperor is stingy and has a diet. It's not as good as a prince. Is it true that the honor of being kowtowed by hundreds of officials in the early court is really worth fighting for?

There is a flash of fire in the direction of the Meridian Gate. From the Meridian Gate to the north, it goes straight along the exhibition hall. It is the lantern on the pole of the guard on duty.There are absolutely no lights in the Forbidden City except for the court hall and the gates, so all the ministers are guided by the lanterns when they enter the court, and in half an hour, when the two poles are erected inside the Chengtian Gate, the ministers will enter and stand. .In the past, at this time, the emperor was also getting up and busy, and never paid attention to these things, but now standing on the platform and looking into the distance, it is a different kind of sneaking away from his busy schedule.

Cui Chengxiu stepped forward cautiously, shook her waist and shook off the cloak, and wanted to put it on the emperor. The emperor waved his hands to signal no, and turned and entered the hall.In the past, after passing through the hall, there is a row of five back halls, the far left is the Longxi Hall, the hall is already filled with the fragrance of rest, Cheng Siniang stands by the window with her hands down, seeing the emperor stepping forward to change her clothes, the emperor glanced down The curtain was hanging down, and his face blushed involuntarily: "Is she—inside?"

"According to the old lady's order, Hu Nushi is waiting in the tent according to the rules, do you want the servant to greet her?"

Since they live together, it is inevitable to sleep in the same bed.The curtain was drooping, and only a rough outline could be vaguely seen inside. The emperor took a deep breath, ordered Cheng Siniang to step back, and lifted the curtain to enter the tent.When the two layers of curtains are lowered, the inside of the tent becomes a small closed world.Gu Yan was only wearing his middle clothes, and he was kneeling upright on a corner of the brocade mattress, bowing down and kowtowing to the emperor: "Your Majesty is being rude, your servant."

You always have to put on a full set of costumes. The emperor's previous license to "not be called a slave" was canceled by the queen mother without any leeway. When these two words were uttered from Gu Yuan's mouth, the emperor's heart ached, and the little thought just now disappeared instantly. Zing: "It is I who should say such things."

The dragon bed was wide enough to accommodate more than five or six people. The emperor didn't even look at Gu Yuan. He got on the bed from the other end with his eyes downcast, lay down against the wall, closed his eyes and wrapped the brocade quilt around his body, and said to his back, " You should rest too."

After a while, the emperor looked calm, but his heart was flustered. After waiting for a while, he realized that something was wrong. He glanced behind him and sat up immediately: "Why are you sleeping on the pedal?"

"The status of a servant girl is not enough to sleep with His Majesty." Gu Yan spread a felt blanket on the pedal, knelt on the felt blanket and saluted the emperor, "According to the rules, you should rest here for the night. If your Majesty is thirsty or—"

The emperor cut off her words immediately: "You just knelt on this for so long, don't you know what it's like?" Seeing that Gu Yan didn't intend to move, the emperor was furious, and blurted out, "You dare to resist the order? Come up here! "

The emperor has always been gentle and gentle, and he is very cautious towards Gu Yuan. He has never used such a tone. Gu Yuan was stunned and wanted to refuse. The emperor had already grabbed her hand, and she tried her best in a panic. Without being on guard, he involuntarily rose up following the strength and fell down in front of the emperor.

Gu Yan raised his eyes, and the emperor sat cross-legged in front of him, staring at her with frowns. It was obviously extremely embarrassing, but when Gu Yan saw the old-fashioned look on the emperor's childish face, he felt inexplicably With a bit of amused expression, he raised his arms and knelt down towards the emperor: "Your servant is out of manner, but if your servant is resting here, if an outsider asks you, how should your servant explain it?"

The emperor didn't seem to have thought about such a question before, he was stunned and said: "Just say, just say that I am not used to others sleeping on the pedals."

"If that's the case, shouldn't Your Majesty order the servants to return to the enclosure?"

The emperor frowned even tighter: "I'm afraid of the dark, so I want someone to sleep with me, isn't it okay?"

Her tone was stern, and it was clearly meant to be angry. Gu Yuan was surprised that the emperor had already lay down again, and threw another sentence at Gu Yuan: "You are the secretary, and you only follow my will. There is no need to be verbose—— Won't you rest soon?"

Whether it was intentional or unintentional, the emperor's unscrupulous behavior made the relationship between the two less embarrassing.She lay down on the other side of the dragon bed, and saw that although the emperor was lying on his side facing the wall in a regular manner, his body was stiff and upright. After waiting for a while, she whispered: "Your Majesty is not used to sleeping with people?"

The voice behind him was low and gentle, which made the emperor's face even hotter and his body stiffer: "According to the rules in the palace, you should call me 'Master'."

There was a trace of curiosity in Gu Yuan's voice: "Your maidservant is presumptuous. I read the notes of the predecessors back then, and it was said that all the princesses in the Taoist palace used 'His Royal Highness', the same as the kings, and those who are more recent, privately called 'Little Lady' according to their rankings. ’, which is the same as the folk rules, why does His Majesty only call him ‘Little Master’?”

The emperor thought for a while: "The outsiders said that I followed the example of Emperor Taizu and changed the female to male on the jade document, so the name is different from other people."

"What about the inside statement?"

"The first emperor sent my name to be raised under the name of the god of Mount Tai. At that time, there was a word from the gods that only a boy should be raised to grow up. Therefore, the first emperor specially ordered the people in the palace to call him that." The emperor turned to face Gu Yuan, There was a hint of worry in the brows, "Only a few people around the late emperor knew about this matter. The late emperor was only worried about me, and he didn't believe in ghosts and gods—"

The Confucian ministers of all dynasties strongly opposed the emperor's visit to Buddhist temples. The emperor was obviously restricted in this, and worried that Gu Yuan had the same idea.Gu Yuan nodded towards the emperor: "The servant knows. My mother also sent her name to the Buddha for the servant. This is a folk practice, not a rash act."

"Then," the emperor became curious this time, and changed his posture, bending his arms and resting his head on the pillow, as if he were having a long pillow conversation, "then, what name do you use?"

"Avalokitesvara." Gu Yan smiled slightly, "It is said that the humbler the nickname, the more blessed you will be in the future. It's just that the grandfather said that the Gu family did not allow such a name, so only the mother and the godmother called it this way in private for a while, until now The slaves will no longer be used after the age of three. What about Your Majesty?"

"Didn't I tell you when we first met?"

Gu Yan thought for a while, and suddenly realized: "It turns out that the late emperor used numbers? It's ingenious."

"It's not ingenious." The emperor raised his eyebrows and smiled, "The same is true for King Sui. She is born on Chongyang, so she calls herself Ah Jiu."

The doubts of the day were finally resolved, and Gu Yan smiled bitterly: "It turns out that the one is indeed His Royal Highness Sui Wang."

The emperor's voice was a little more sad: "In the nearby clan, she is the only one who takes care of my studies, and she is the closest to me."

The candle outside the tent had not been replaced for a long time, and it went out.It was just before dawn, and the tent suddenly went dark, and the originally open and frank chatting with candles suddenly became a bit ambiguous and embarrassing.The two faced each other for a moment, and the emperor suddenly turned over and sat up: "I'm going to call someone to serve me."

"Why should it be the young master?" Gu Yan stood up, rolled up her long hair, and opened the curtain, but the emperor called her again.

"What's your order, master?"

"A Yuan," the emperor hesitated to speak, with a hint of hesitation in his voice, "My name is Yuan Jia."

Gu Yan nodded, his voice was calm and waveless: "The servant knows the royal name."

Because one must avoid taboos during the exam, scholars all over the world know the names of several generations of emperors, this is common sense, how could I suddenly say such a thing?The emperor was extremely embarrassed for a moment, his face was hot, but fortunately no one saw it in the dark, so he just nodded to Gu Yan: "Go."

There are rules for passing messages inside and outside the bed when serving the bed. Gu Yan followed Cheng Siniang's order to pass the candles by high-fiving at the gate of the hall. After a while, a maid on duty brought them in through the curtain. She cleaned up the residual candles carefully, replaced them with new ones, and After hesitating for a while, he arrived in front of the dragon bed. The sound of even breathing came from inside. The emperor supported his head with one hand, leaning on the big pillow, and was already fast asleep.

Gu Yan carefully pulled out the emperor's arm and put it in place. Looking at the emperor's quiet sleeping face, he covered his chest and smiled wryly: calling each other by first name is a common etiquette for peers, but the emperor's tone of voice was so serious that she didn't know it. I felt a jump.