Since yesterday afternoon, Yao Ji has stayed with Zhu Gaoxu in the Dongnuan Pavilion, and has been in the Xianfei Palace the next night. When she woke up the next morning, she found that Zhu Gaoxu was no longer around, and after asking the palace maid, she found out that he was still in the Xianfei Palace, and he was running outside after getting up.

Yao Ji got up and cleaned up a little, put on a light silk robe over the dirty clothes, and walked outside the dormitory, and sure enough, she heard footsteps and panting.

It was not yet dawn, and there were still lights in the stone carved lampstand next to the masonry road. Under the faint light, I saw a burly body running undulatingly, and that person was of course Zhu Gaoxu. He panted as he ran, but his breath was very even and powerful.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu ran over. He was dressed in a short gray cotton coat with loose trousers underneath, which seemed to be very hot, and his face was covered with sweat, and his clothes were also wet with sweat and stuck to his arms, and his collar was open, revealing his strong chest.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Yao Ji, stopped and said, "It's still early, Concubine Xian will sleep for a while." ”

Yao Ji said: "What is the Holy One doing? ”

Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile: "I have stayed in Jingshi for too long, and I don't often take time to move, my body will definitely gain weight and fat." To stay in shape is to stay in shape. ”

Yao Ji looked at it at a glance and felt that Zhu Gaoxu's figure was indeed very good, tall was not the point, but the body proportions looked very energetic, with long legs and a relatively tall person. He smiled, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.

Yao Ji also smelled his sweat, and there was a nice smell, but she couldn't tell what it was.

She bit her lip lightly and looked at him with a smile.

Zhu Gaoxu's gaze swept over the light robe on her body, and she swallowed a mouthful of saliva and shook her head, and then lay on the ground, using her hands and feet to keep her body undulating, making strange movements.

Yao Ji leaned against the door, watching him "move" there with great interest, and after watching it for a long time, she did not feel bored at all, but had a very comfortable and happy feeling.

At this time, Zhu Gaoxu's legs were retracted forward, and the person jumped up and stood up straight, and then took a long breath: "It's almost over today." I don't think I'll be able to move around at night in the future, so I don't have to get up so early. ”

Yao Ji picked up a wet towel from the wooden plate in the palace maid's hand, and stepped forward to gently wipe Zhu Gaoxu's sweat. Her movements were gentle and delicate, as if she was not waiting for him, but caressing his skin.

From time to time, she raised her head, glanced at Zhu Gaoxu with those beautiful eyes, and said softly: "Isn't it enough for the saint to be active at night?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu laughed: "I still have to go to the early court in a while." ”

Yao Ji looked innocent, pursed her lips and said, "What does the Holy Lord's answer mean?" ”

"That's what it means." Zhu Gaoxu said.

"Whew!" Yao Ji covered her mouth with a towel and laughed, taking advantage of the situation to smell the vague smell on the towel.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "No need to wipe it, I'll go wash it off and change my clothes to get down to business." The hour is almost up. ”

Yao Ji took the towel, put it in the hand of the palace maid, and said, "The concubine loves to see the ambitious appearance of the saint. ”

Zhu Gaoxu was stunned for a moment, made a slightly thoughtful appearance, and then said, "Concubine Xian understands me." ”

Yao Ji said: "The concubines serve the saint to bathe and change clothes. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "There's no need to do it this morning, I'll wash my sweat casually and hurry up." ”

Sure enough, after a while, he took a quick bath, changed his clothes, and went out after breakfast. After Yao Ji sent him away, he went back to the dormitory to bathe. She usually doesn't bathe in the morning, unless Zhu Gaoxu goes to bed in the Xianfei Palace.

However, Yao Ji's bathing is more complicated, and after she bathes, eats, and dresses up, she will definitely be able to reach the hour of the sun.

The powder carefully prepared by the hospital is placed in a wooden barrel and mixed with warm water, and the smell is a little pungent; Sprinkle some spring pick-dried petals and slightly temper the smell of water with a light aroma. She soaked in it comfortably, let the female palace maids wait and wash it slowly, and then ate a bite of the beehive soup fed by the palace maids from time to time, listening to the compliments of the slaves and maids, she was not panicked at all, anyway, there was nothing missing in the Xianfei Palace.

Not only will the palace internal affairs allocate all kinds of materials, but her brother Yao Fang is also rich now, and from time to time he will ask someone to send some expensive small gifts into the palace.

"I love this soup the most, but I can't eat too much, otherwise my chest will swell and hurt." Yao Ji waved her hand slightly.

"Yes." The maid who fed her took the things and took them away.

The female officer next to her gently pinched her shaved shoulder, and flattered her with envy: "The concubine is five years younger than Concubine Xian, but next to Concubine Xian, she seems to be ten years older!" Look at your white-skinned and slippery, just like the body of a fairy, where can you see it in the world? ”

Yao Ji's chest rose and fell with laughter, and the water surface of the barrel also rippled with turbulent water, she turned her head slightly and said, "Then should I call you sister?" ”

"The concubine doesn't dare, the virtuous concubine is really joking." The female official said.

Another slightly older female official said: "Niangniang is the identity of heaven, and she is also like sisters to the queen." Li Meiren still dares to compare with Niangniang? ”

Yao Ji was in a good mood, so she took over and said, "I didn't come from a wealthy family, but fortunately, I grew up well. ”

"That's that, that's." Li Meiren hurriedly echoed.

Yao Ji said again: "What's even more fortunate is that I met the saint. The saint is eloquent, from the king of the county all the way to the emperor, I didn't suffer anything, so I waited to be the imperial concubine; If I hadn't met the saint, would someone like me be able to attract the likes of my father and queen mother? Can you be a princess? ”

Li Meidao: "That's a mother who was born with a rich life." ”

Yao Ji disapplauded, and let out a soft voice from the tip of her tongue, "When I was a teenager, I looked good, and I relied on my mother's womb, but if my brain was confused at that time and I squandered my good appearance, I would live a hard life in the wind and sun, and the fairy would not be able to cover the toss." When I look back at my age, I look in the mirror and wake up, and I can't go back. ”

The older palace woman said: "What Niangniang said is that the concubines and others can do something light because of Niangniang's love." ”

After Yao Ji took a bath, she went to dress up. Sure enough, by the time she finished her morning's work, the sun was already over the treetops. Seeing that the hour was not early, she decided not to leave the Xianfei Palace in the morning; Then she came to the study, she asked someone to make a cup of Yang Huaihua tea, and then read the book and write.

She had suffered a lot before, and she had been tortured physically and mentally, but she never told the palace people; But now that I look at it, there are benefits. On an ordinary good day, Yao Ji is quite patient, and her mood can be kept very calm. Even if she copies an elegant article and looks at her beautiful words, she can find satisfactory happiness.

After lunch, Yao Ji planned to recuperate for half an hour, and then went to Kunning Palace to find the queen. Today, the concubines don't have to visit the queen, but the queen likes to talk to Yao Ji, and Yao Ji often keeps moving around and maintains a close relationship.

As for the eunuch who quietly told the female official of the Xianfei Palace, that the concubine went to the Rouyi Palace again this afternoon; Although these things made Yao Ji faintly unhappy, they didn't affect her mood too much. Yao Ji was still doing her own thing, and when she was ready, she went to Kunning Palace.

…… In the Rouyi Palace, Zhu Gaoxu did not speak to Miaojin at this time, he was listening to Wang Jinghong's performance, and walked around on the ground, seemingly a little annoyed.

Wang Jinghong and the civil and military officials who went to the West all wrote a piece of music and sent it to him, but Zhu Gaoxu still summoned the eunuch and listened to him more carefully.

"The slaves and maids have just let off a little noise, and it is far from the time of taxation, and the country of Manraka (Malacca) is behind the scenes." Wang Jinghong said, "The king of Manraka is called Bairi Missoula, and he was originally the prince of Srivijaya Kingdom. The kingdom of Srivijaya was destroyed by the Majapahit kingdom (territory in southern Malay, Sumatra, etc.), and its prince Bairi Missula was restored in Malacca. ”

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he said: "I have read many files in the past, isn't the relationship between the Three Buddhas and the Ming Dynasty very good? ”

Wang Jinghong bowed down and said, "As the emperor said, it was originally very good. After the fall of the Three Buddhas, the Han Shi Jinqing established himself in the Old Port and was canonized by the imperial court as the Old Port Propaganda Envoy, sheltering many people who fled from the Three Buddhas. After Bairi Missoula returned to the country in Malacca, the court officials during the Yongle period seemed to be ordered to canonize a woman named Han Baoli as a princess and marry Bairi Missula; There is no record of this incident in the Imperial Palace, or what the Ming fleet did in the Western Ocean.

But most of the noble ministers under Bairi Missoula converted to Islam, and sooner or later the king would also convert. This led to a growing ambition in the Manchurian kingdom to convert Muslims to the neighboring countries. In the past, countries such as Manchuria, Canada and Java have often had incidents. Now they found that the power of the Ming court was going to expand to Malacca, so they tried to persuade the countries to form an alliance against the Ming official army. ”

Wang Jinghong remembered something, and suddenly said: "By the way, the slaves and maids went to Java to collect the gold for compensation, but because the envoys of the Manchurian Kingdom (Malacca) were separated from it, they almost didn't receive the money. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I know. ”

After a while, Wang Jinghong said cautiously: "Emperor, Malacca is too far away, if we really want to set up officials to collect taxes, the court whip is out of reach, and it is not very easy to do." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said simply: "The tax system." ”

He walked to the large table, looked at the map for a while, and with the impression from his memory, found on the map the general location of the new Gapo; The capital of Manchurian Canada was not there, but in Malacca. Should we make a territorial claim to the Manchurian state, build a castle and harbor on that piece of land in Singapore, or simply destroy the country so that there will be no long nights?

However, Japan's affairs are not over yet, and it is estimated that there will be many voices in the DPRK and China opposing the launching of a war of annihilation in the south.

Zhu Gaoxu was silent for a long time, and said: "It takes time to go back and forth in that place, so don't panic for the time being." Wait a while. ”

Wang Jinghong hugged his fists and said: "The emperor is wise." ”