Zhu Youzhen laughed with Zhou Yufeng for a few words, and found that there was a stack of other things on his table, in addition to the sweet soup, he looked at it curiously, and asked casually: "When did you embroider so many handkerchiefs for me, and there are portrait paintings, these are all sent by you?" ”

Seeing Chongzhen suddenly turn out those things, Zhou Yufeng's mood suddenly deteriorated, and she said a little sullenly: "A few days ago, the palace held a Thousand Autumn Festival, and the concubines invited the families of some noble officials to the palace to enjoy the flowers and gardens.

These things were made by several of the ladies as holiday gifts for their concubines. The concubines selected a few outstanding paintings, and also gave them to His Majesty to appreciate.

Speaking of this Qianqiu Festival, the unmarried daughters of these families who have entered the palace have quite a few outstanding personalities, even if the concubines see it, they are a little embarrassed. ”

Zhou Yufeng said as he quietly looked at Chongzhen's face, wanting to see how he reacted to his words. However, Chongzhen obviously didn't understand what the true meaning of these things was sent by the queen, he just looked at these embroideries and calligraphy and paintings with an appreciative gaze, and commented from time to time.

Seeing such an ignorant emperor, Zhou Yufeng was relieved and complained. She actually hoped that after her own hints, the emperor would be better able to take the initiative to refuse.

But now Chongzhen didn't seem to understand what he meant at all, so Zhou Yufeng had to walk to Chongzhen's table, pointed to a portrait that Chongzhen was holding in his hand and said: "This is the second daughter of Ye Bianxiu, whose name is Xiaoxuan, who is 16 years old, and whose name is Hui Silk." can be good at poetry and writing, has a good appearance, and has a very gentle temperament, and the concubine loves this woman very much. ”

Zhu Youzhen looked at the portrait in his hand and said, "This portrait is somewhat interesting, did she draw it herself?" However, it is quite similar to the Western technique that Tian Fei learned, using light and shadow to create a three-dimensional effect. Hey, I don't know when Concubine Tian's portrait of me will be completed. ”

Hearing Chongzhen mention Concubine Tian at such a time, Zhou Yufeng suddenly changed the topic unhappily and said: "This is painted by Xiao Luan's sister Xiao Luan, Xiao Luan is smart and cute, has a noble character, and is good at poetry and painting. It's a pity that I'm a little younger, and I'm only 13 years old this year. Her Western technique was self-taught by herself by reading Western painting books translated from the palace. ”

Zhu Youzhen thought about something at this time, and echoed: "Ao, I remembered." is the little daughter that Ye Bianxiu likes to boast about the most. At the age of four, he can recite "Lisao". Ten years old can be right: Feng cold and red wither, the one. This girl is too smart, I'm afraid it's not necessarily a good thing. ”

"Why did Your Majesty say that? Could it be that only men can be smart in this world? Zhou Yufeng suddenly objected with some dissatisfaction.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said, "I didn't mean that, but now the world still revolves around men after all." The wiser a woman is, the more painful she becomes.

Especially a woman like Xiaoluan, her talent is not weaker than that of men, but she is confined in the boudoir and cannot go out to travel the world, to watch the magnificence of mountains and rivers, and to read the world conditions, and finally can only write some sad poems about spring and autumn. In the long run, under the depression of the mood, you can live a long life. ”

After hearing this, Zhou Yufeng thought for a moment before he said: "That's why Your Majesty asked me and my two sisters to go out of the palace to handle the affairs of the almshouse and the Huimin Medical Bureau, does Your Majesty want us to see more of the sky outside?" ”

Zhu Youzhen looked up at her and said with a smile: "I always hope that you can not be confined within this high palace wall, and you can go out and see the real world outside." The world is very big, and the human heart is very complicated, and isolating yourself within a high wall does not bring a sense of security, but just self-deception. ”

Zhou Yufeng was silent for a while, then changed the topic and said: "Ye Bianxiu is gentle and elegant, and he treats his wife and daughter very much. The concubine thought that with such a father to take care of, Xiaoluan might not be what His Majesty said. ”

Zhu Youzhen rolled up the portrait in his hand, put it aside, nodded and said: "I hope so, but Ye Bianxiu is a person who has a temper that is too gentle, and he cares a little more about other people's opinions, and may not let his daughter play her nature freely."

Perhaps, for the sake of this portrait, I also gave her a little benefit. Tomorrow, in the name of the two of us, you can enjoy a set of Western books by Ye Xiaojun and Ye Xiaoluan.

The Tongwenguan turned out the first volume of Shakespeare's anthology, plus a collection of sailing stories of Westerners, as well as the history of the rise and fall of the great powers written by Mr. Qian - the history of the rise and fall of the Kingdom of Portugal, so that they could also open their eyes to the magnificent scenery overseas, and stop burying their heads in the self-pity boudoir poems. ”

Although she understood that the emperor sent the book, it was not what she and several ministers outside the palace thought, but Zhou Yufeng knew that once the book was sent, I am afraid that it would change its taste. Whether it is the British Duke or Huang Shoufu, he will definitely do something in this matter.

However, compared to the few candidates who came to the palace to visit her a few days ago, Zhou Yufeng would rather choose the Ye sisters, at least these two sisters did not have the foxy aura that made her uncomfortable.

Zhou Yufeng agreed, and intentionally or unintentionally pointed to a few embroideries on the side and said: "These embroideries, but there are also some origins, the owner of this flower cat fluttering butterfly, it is said that he once made a special trip to Luxiangyuan to Gu's house, and learned embroidery skills for a few months." ”

Zhu Youzhen glanced at it, then shook his head and said, "It looks very exquisite, but I don't know whether it's good or bad." I think the more exquisite ones are better for you to use first, maybe you can still learn to learn, and those that are a little rough are left for me.

I'm going to take a bath first, and you can stay here and continue to choose the books you want to read. When I'm done showering, we'll have dinner together tonight. ”

Seeing Chongzhen get up and walk out after speaking, Zhou Yufeng breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she had secretly made a decision in her heart, except for Ye Xiaojun's portrait, she had to bring back all the other items, so as not to make other mistakes.

When Zhou Yufeng was sorting out her belongings, Zhu Youzhen, who had walked to the door, suddenly stopped and turned around again, and said to her: "I almost forgot, there is one more thing I want to tell you." ”

Zhou Yufeng hurriedly turned around and said to the emperor: "What else does Your Majesty have to say, the concubine is listening respectfully." ”

Zhu Youzhen waved his hand and said, "Now that there are no outsiders here, why do you want to see outsiders like this." I'll make a long story short, just now you said that many of the female dependents of the lords and officials who entered the palace during the Qianqiu Festival were unmarried women of the right age but had not yet been married.

It just so happens that among the graduates of the first and second phases of our army and navy officers, there are also many men who are still single in their 30s. Many of these men are still good, but they have been delayed in the past because of other things.

Once they graduate, they will be assigned to various places to manage the formation of the new army or the reorganization of the old army. In that case, I'm afraid it will be a long time coming.

The ancients said: Start a family and start a business. I wonder if it is up to you to arrange a connection for these unmarried men and women, so as to solve the worries of these young officers and let them feel at ease in state affairs. ”

Among the words Chongzhen said today, this is the sentence that is most in line with Zhou Yufeng's mind. Being able to push those women who want to enter the palace to those officers like this really makes her want to laugh a little.

But she soon reacted, and said to the emperor quite worriedly: "Your Majesty, these unmarried women who can enter the palace are all good daughters with innocent families, and some women's fathers and brothers are even more famous.

The concubines so rashly betrothed them to those soldiers... Officer, will there be uncontrollable trouble? The current boudoir daughter likes a talented man with literary style, but she is not a martial artist. ”

Zhu Youzhen pursed his lips and said: "Da Ming has come to this point, what kind of literary style do you want to play, she is really a stupid woman who doesn't know the world." Sooner or later, I'll break their jars. Let them see clearly that the things they are proud of are nothing more than a pile of scum.

Today's Ming Dynasty needs to turn the tide and destroy the edge in Zhengrui. of the patriotic ministers, not those who wear women's clothes and are weak and talented.

However, there is some truth in what you just said, if you force the cow to drink water, these people will play some tricks if they don't do it, and give me a trick of crying, making trouble, and hanging yourself.

In this way, in a few days, it will be the Buddha Bathing Festival. In the past, on this day, the people of the capital had to go out of the city to release their lives and eat beans. I heard that the Wanshou Temple outside the Xizhi Gate is the most lively, and during the temple fair for half a month, there are tens of thousands of incense believers.

You discuss with Yuan and Tian to do an incense activity. I chose some unmarried women to accompany me, no more than 30 people, and I asked the two military schools to also select 30 people as escorts. The women you choose don't want those who are demented women, and you don't want women who are too powerful. ”

"Demented woman?" Zhou Yufeng blinked, a little unsure of what this word meant.

Zhu Youzhen smiled and said: "Ye Sheng has clouds in "Shuidong Diary", and northerners like to talk about a lot of things such as stepmother Daxian. Farmers and traders copied paintings and had their own savings. Dementia literati, especially cool. However, I think that this person who likes the story of talented and beautiful women can also be called: a demented literary woman. ”

The corners of Zhou Yufeng's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but say, "Your Majesty, you are really..."

When Chongzhen left the upper study, Ying Ying bowed down to congratulate the emperor's empress Zhou Yufeng, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly, obviously her mood now is much better than before she came to the study.

With the emperor's will, Zhou Yufeng naturally didn't need to be afraid of the pressure exerted by the British Duke and Huang Liji.

She has already made up her mind, first of all, she will marry off those women with large breasts, thin waists, and delicate feet.

As the eldest daughter who has been in charge of housework since she was a child, one of the things that Zhou Yufeng regrets the most is that she couldn't wrap her feet when she was a child, which made her feet a little bigger.

And Tian Xiuying has been bound since she was a child, and her pair of jade feet look delicate and small, very cute. On weekdays, he shows off in front of her.

Fortunately, Chongzhen didn't know why, and he especially hated the custom of foot binding, so Tian Xiuying stopped a little. Obviously, the emperor did not know that the foot binding of a large family did not make the foot so deformed that it was impossible to walk.

Instead, the way the feet are wrapped and tightened to ensure that the shape of the woman's feet does not become flat or crooked. After all, there are no close-fitting socks and soft soles to protect your feet.

Zhou Yufeng naturally would not explain this misunderstanding to Chongzhen, she was happy to see Chongzhen continue to maintain this misunderstanding. But for those noble ladies who show off their little feet in front of her, she doesn't have such a good temperament to tolerate them.