I heard my brother is a tyrant

Chapter 24 Sheep Noodle Soup

After the Double Ninth Festival, Xie Dan didn't dare to let Ye Chu step out of the courtyard.

It is really the lesson of these years that she is too prone to get sick in autumn and winter, and she dare not even blow the cool wind to her.Xie Dan told his servants that Ye Chu can no longer be allowed to go out for a walk in the garden at will. If the weather is good, you can go for a walk and wear more clothes. If the weather is bad, let her walk and play in the yard for a while.

For this reason, I added more things to play in the yard, such as flower and tree bonsai, bird swings, various gadgets, and two large blue and white tanks for raising goldfish, which are so big that Ye Hui wants to lie in it and play in the water, and keep koi Duckweed is planted.In the future, if you want to feed the fish, don't go to the garden, just feed them in the yard.

However, the imperial physician Xu also told her to keep moving for at least a moment every day, so Ye Hui hung a target on the wall, made a small carved bow for children, and taught her how to shoot arrows, Ye Chu played with great interest.

The atmosphere of the draft in Beijing is also gradually getting stronger. Local officials of the fifth rank and above are sending women to Beijing one after another, and the Ministry of Rites is also going through the process step by step.

But in fact, as the palace election is approaching and more specific news comes out, each family in the court also knows that the emperor only chooses three or five people, but the empress dowager presides over the arrangements. Who can be selected is actually a guess. I almost guessed it.

It can be said that most of the candidates are just accompanying them through the process.

However, this matter does not matter whether it is fair or not. The draft is not a fair thing, and not everyone wants to enter the palace.The rest of the people have nothing to lose, they don't have the chance to enter the palace but they also have other opportunities.For example, the local dignitaries who sent their daughters to Beijing from thousands of miles took the opportunity to make friends with each other, and if there were children in the family, they took the opportunity to meet each other and get married. Respectable.

For a while, the capital was visibly busier than usual.

This morning after the court, Xie Dan had just returned to the Zichen Palace, when the servants informed King Zhong to see him.

Xie Dan gave a hum to show he understood, then went into the side hall, changed into his clothes and asked someone to pass on the meal.

He got up early this morning and only ate half a bowl of white porridge and two steamed buns. He was a little hungry. Now he was looking at the rouge rice porridge, shrimp egg custard, and a dozen kinds of assorted pastries and side dishes brought by the waiter. But he had nothing to eat, so he sat down and had a sip of tea first, and ordered the waiter: "Ask the kitchen for a bowl of lamb noodle soup, with some pickled radishes and pickles."

The servant ran out quickly, thinking about it while running, why do you think His Majesty always likes to call the imperial dining room the kitchen.

In fact, Xie Dan just lived in Ye Zhai usually, and he said he was used to it.

In fact, there are more than one or two kitchens in the palace. As far as the moment is concerned, apart from the imperial dining room and the small kitchen in the empress dowager's palace, there is also a food bureau.Originally, the meals in the palace were prepared by the Shangshi Bureau. The emperor and his favored concubines could set up a small kitchen. The imperial dining room was just the emperor's small kitchen in Zichen Palace, in case of emergencies.

After Xie Dan ascended the throne, he decreed that the harem would not be allowed to come without an edict. Once the gate of the harem was locked, the imperial front and harem were almost divided into two worlds. Meals are handed over to the Imperial Dining Room to take care of.

The Imperial Dining Room quickly brought out a bowl of mutton soup noodles. The thin and flexible noodles were soaked in the hot mutton soup. On top, there was a layer of garlic sprouts and mutton slices, and a few drops of chili oil. Xie Dan picked up the spoon and sprinkled it Bright red color, finely chopped dried pickled radish looks very appetizing.

Eunuch Chen looked at the emperor's way of eating in a leisurely manner, and wondered why His Majesty didn't like to see King Zhong very much.

But if you want to say that His Majesty does not want to see a loyal king, Guo Yu is not the only courtier who has contributed to Conglong, but His Majesty made Guo Yu king.

Emperor Yanshi came to the throne incorrectly, and there was chaos under his rule. Sejong was also a benevolent king. Many of Sejong's former officials felt deeply for Sejong. When Xie Dan, the heir apparent of Sejong, came back to seize the throne, they were willing to follow him openly and secretly. support him.

After Xie Dan came to the throne, these courtiers who made great contributions to the dragon were naturally rewarded, whether they sought fame and fortune or power and wealth, each got what he deserved, while Guo Yu was named king with a different surname, and the title was still the word "loyalty". attention.

Although some people say that King Zhong actually doesn’t have much real power apart from his title and title, especially when people gradually lose control of military power in the capital, but this prince is enough to be used by King Zhong’s mansion for several generations.

Chen Lianjiang took another look. The emperor picked up a few noodles with his chopsticks and put them into his mouth. He ate a piece of mutton and drank the soup with a spoon. He seemed to enjoy the deliciousness of the bowl of mutton noodle soup.

Chen Lianjiang clicked his tongue secretly, and said that since the girl came, His Majesty has also become good at eating. This lamb noodle soup looks really delicious, and I will ask someone to bring us a bowl of it later.

Chen Lianjiang signaled the servant who served the meal to take good care of him, quietly walked out of the door of the Zichen Hall, walked down the high steps, and smiled at Guo Yu who was waiting in front of the hall: "Oh, please greet the Zhong Wangye. Your Majesty, Your Majesty It's been a busy morning, and I just had breakfast, so I ask you to wait first."

"No rush, no rush."

However, Xie Dan had eaten this breakfast for less than half an hour, and Guo Yu was also anxious waiting outside the hall, but he couldn't leave privately anymore, so he finally waited for a servant to come out and pass him in.

After the court came, Guo Yuzhen had nothing serious to do, he just came to test the emperor's meaning for the draft.Entering the main hall, met the ceremony, and found something not important to report, then he raised the topic and said with a smile: "I haven't congratulated Your Majesty on the selection, congratulations to Your Majesty."

Xie Dan nodded slightly to show that he understood, and said lightly: "It's a routine matter. There are just a bunch of He Xuanxiu's papers these days. I really don't know what to remind and what to like, why each of them is more anxious than me. .”

What Guo Yu was going to say was blocked immediately, he thought for a while and said with a smile: "The courtiers just want His Majesty to fill the harem, establish a queen and concubine, and give birth to an heir as soon as possible. After all, this is a major matter related to the country. "

Xie Dan snorted, threw down the zipzi and frowned, "I am the king of a country, and I am so busy with political affairs all day long. Why do they think that I am an emperor, and the most useful thing is to have children? Help the old man, why didn't they find a boar to sit on the throne!"

His swearing tone was also cold and calm, without a hint of anger, but there was a certain coldness in his eyes.Guo Yu couldn't help but feel a little annoyed. Didn't the emperor just scold him in a roundabout way?

Guo Yu wondered what happened again to make the emperor say such things.On the one hand, he was also secretly annoyed that he didn't look at the almanac when he went out, so why did he come here and touch the emperor's bad luck.

Xie Tan finished cursing and looked up and asked, "Guo Qing's family thinks so too? By the way, Guo Qing has only one daughter, right?"

"Yes, for most of my life, I have only one daughter under my knees, and she is 13 years old."

"13 years old, still a child." Xie Tan pondered, and suddenly asked, "Do you want me to give you some beauties, and Guo Qing also go home and concentrate on having children?"

"Your Majesty was joking, you were joking." Guo Yu suddenly didn't know how to continue, and couldn't help crying inwardly, so he quickly found an excuse to leave.

When Guo Yu went back, he called Guo Heng and told him that he decided not to let Guo Zijin participate in this draft.

Guo Heng smiled and said: "Father, I don't think my younger sister doesn't want to enter the palace. When I asked her why, she only said that she was reluctant to leave her father. The younger daughter's family is always ashamed to mention life-long events. It's just an excuse to be shy. She looks quite the same as before, and the Ninth Five-Year Lord, the harem is also quiet. Even if there is something unclean in the harem, my sister is still supported by our Zhongwang Palace behind her."

Guo Yu waved his hand and said, "Let's not talk about this, let's ignore her. Now that your sister is still young, what can she understand?"

The emperor even said that he was a child, so he might forcefully send the child into the palace.Besides, what he heard with his own ears today, the emperor's attitude towards the draft is very intriguing.

Guo Yu said: "No one in the government and the public knows about this draft. The Empress Dowager is definitely going to push the daughter of the Chu family to the top, but the emperor is not a fool. I'm afraid there will be excitement watching this. Let's not go to this mess. Shui, wait and see what happens, your sister is only 13 years old, let's talk about it in a few years."

The next day, Guo Yu used the excuse that Jiayi County Lord was ill, and offered to be sympathetic, and the emperor quickly agreed, exempting Guo Zijin from running for the election.

The move of Prince Zhong's Mansion was like a signal in the capital, and soon several families expressed their feelings and no longer participated in the election, and the emperor agreed.

In this way, the situation of the draft will become clearer, but even so, there are too many places for up to five people, and there are many people who want to climb the dragon and become the phoenix. On the surface, there is not much turmoil in Beijing, but in fact there are undercurrents.

Just a few days before the palace election, at the tea party at the Princess Changle's mansion, the noble ladies participating in the election bid farewell to each other. Throwing it in the garden and being humiliated by it, the girl hanged herself as soon as she returned.

These women from aristocratic families are expensive and well-clothed, but they always have too much involuntary control.

When the matter came to the imperial court, the emperor was sullen and ordered the Iron Armored Guards to investigate thoroughly.Just the day before the palace election, the daughter of the Marquis of Xiangyang who was in charge of this matter was ordered to die, and her family was reprimanded. The daughter of the fourth-rank servant was also given to death, and the servant was dismissed from office.

The Xiangyang Hou Mansion and the Chu family were related by marriage, and the Empress Dowager was so angry that she dropped a whole set of teacups, but Chu Liu was secretly happy for a long time.

For no other reason, the prostitute of the Marquis of Xiangyang died, and she lost a strong opponent.

In the Zichen Palace, Xie Dan took the time to ask about the leathers in his warehouse, and asked Eunuch Chen to pick out the ones and send them to Ye's house to make winter clothes for Ye Chu.While Chen Lianjiang brought people to pick it, he couldn't help but slander and tease him. He had to pick it carefully, there might be some bad ones in the emperor's warehouse!

As for the slander, Eunuch Chen was not idle. He took people to the storeroom to pick out the best leathers, without any blemishes. Fox fur, purple lamb, and squirrel were packed into several large boxes. They plan to send them to Ye Zhai together.He also sent someone to the office of the secretary to bring back the few big woolen clothes he had given him earlier.

When Chen Lianjiang returned to the Zichen Palace, the sun had already set. In order to rush home to have dinner with his sister, Xie Dan hurriedly finished his work and was about to leave.

"Your Majesty, this servant picked these skins, and I will ask someone to send them to the girl tomorrow." Chen Lianjiang opened another box, and smiled as if offering a treasure, "Your Majesty, you see, this servant has been thinking a while ago about trying to steal the limelight, so call Si The factory made some clothes to keep out the cold, look at the cloak of the snow fox, how smooth the fur is, and this, this coat."

Chen Lianjiang shook off a piece of cinnabar red brocade and the wind in the velvet, and said happily: "This coat is just right for you to wear in the morning and evening at this time of year. The servant girl is thinking, this look and this color are beautiful, my little daughter's home It must look good in clothes, so I asked Si Zhifang to make two of them, and this one—”

He picked up another one, squinted his eyes with a smile and said, "This one belongs to a girl. The two pieces are almost identical, but the girl's one is smaller in size, and there are a few plum blossoms embroidered on the collar and tie. Maid Thinking about it, the girl sees that you wear the same one, she must like it. It's cold in late autumn, so it's just right to wear it now."

This Eunuch Chen is even more talented.

Xie Dan smiled heartily, and the corners of his mouth curled up. He picked up the jacket and looked at it with a smile: "Chen Lianjiang, I should really praise you, the girl should like this color. I remember where I bought it last time." A sapphire walnut, if you find it later, I will give it to you as a reward."

"Hey, my servant, thank you for your reward, thank you for your reward." Chen Lianjiang laughed so hard that he lost his eyes.

Xie Dan confessed that he was about to leave, and Chen Lianjiang smiled and said, "Your Majesty, why don't you wear this back tonight? Just take this girl with you."

Xie Tan agreed, and the servant hurriedly put it on him.Chen Lianjiang was busy asking someone to wrap the piece for Ye Chu and hand it over to the accompanying servant.

While fastening his belt, Xie Dan walked out of the main hall, waiting for the guards to bring the horse over.As a result, as soon as he walked out of the main hall, under the dusk light, he saw Chu Liu leading a group of maids to this side. The maids were carrying food boxes in their hands, and they saw that they were bringing tonic soup again.

"Your Majesty, Sheng'an." Seeing the emperor coming out, Chu Liu couldn't help showing joy, hurriedly walked a few steps, and prostrated gracefully.

"Flat body."

"The Empress Dowager was worried that His Majesty would be tired from state affairs, so she ordered the courtiers to come and deliver a cup of tonic soup to His Majesty."

"Thank you, Empress Dowager." Xie Dan stood with his hands behind his back, motioning to the servant behind him, "Take it in."

The little servant reached out to take it, thinking about taking it in and throwing it away. The emperor never eats anything sent by others.

Chu Liu quietly looked at the emperor, and saw the cinnabar-colored coat on his body. Such a strong color made him more handsome and tall, with a long and phoenix appearance, but at first glance, he looked like an outfit for going out.

Chu Liu's heart sank, and he boldly asked, "Your Majesty, where are you going?"

Xie Dan looked at her, and said in a low voice: "Miss Chu, matters in front of the emperor are state affairs, and it is inconvenient for the empress dowager to intervene."

Chu Liu's face paled immediately, and he hastily defended: "Your Majesty, forgive me... my daughter has no such intentions, but, it's just that the empress dowager asked me to ask, when will your majesty come to the palace election tomorrow, the empress dowager and the Ministry of Rites It’s better to get people ready.”

"I will ask someone to report this matter to the Empress Dowager."

Xie Dan walked away as soon as he said that, Chu Liuyi was in a hurry, and even grabbed his lapel: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager said..."

Xie Dan's eyes flicked across the wind that was being pulled, and looked at her with a gloomy expression, Chu Liu trembled instinctively, and hurriedly let go.

Xie Dan paused and asked: "You are the daughter of Chu's family, Chu Congchan, right?"

"Yes," Chu Liu's expression brightened immediately, and he said with a coquettish smile, "Your Majesty remembers me after all."

"Your name is in the selection list." Xie Dan commanded in a flat tone with no expression of joy or anger on his face, "Chen Lianjiang, ask someone to send Sixth Miss Chu back to Chuxiu Palace."

Chu Liu was a little embarrassed, and wanted to say that she had always lived in the Empress Dowager's Compassionate Palace.

All the noble ladies who entered the palace to participate in the election lived in Chuxiu Palace, but Chuxiu Palace was small and full of people, so she didn't actually move in at all.But she is the only one who is special among so many noble girls who participated in the election. If it is said... Chu Liu hesitated for a while, and Eunuch Chen had already pointed out two servants, and bowed to ask her to leave.

As soon as Chu Liu left, Xie Dan stood up in the twilight, and suddenly raised his hand to untie the tie of the jacket, tore off the jacket and put it in Chen Lianjiang's arms, saying in a cold voice, "Burn it."

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