Chapter 8
"Third sister." When Jia Sanniang was thinking about some questions, a voice interrupted her meditation. When she raised her head, she saw her sixth sister running towards her.
"Sixth sister, please slow down, don't rush, be careful of falling." Jia Sanniang quickly advised. It's okay if she didn't persuade her. After she persuaded her, Jia Liu Niang, who was approaching her, didn't stop for a moment.
Then Jia Liu Niang stumbled and fell down beautifully.
At this moment, Jia Liu Niang's small body suddenly fell to the ground paved with bluestone slabs.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" The little girl suddenly started crying, and big tears fell from her eyes.
Jia Sanniang, who was holding the dog in her arms, was helpless. She wanted to support her sixth sister, but she had to have a chance. Mainly because after Jia Sanniang put Fu Bao on the ground, she wanted to catch the sixth sister who fell over. At this moment, the sixth sister had already fallen in front of her.
"Don't cry." Jia Erniang stepped forward, and she and Jia Sanniang helped the sixth sister up.
"Hua Xue, Hua Yue, how can you two take care of the girl and dare to let her fall?" Aunt Quan, who was taking care of Jia Liu Niang, walked out of the west wing. When she saw Jia Liu Niang who had fallen down, Grandma Quan's face was full of anger.
"Both of them will be fined half a month's salary each." At this time, a voice came out giving punishment.
Everyone turned back to look at the owner of the voice. Jia Sanniang saw her eldest sister Yuanniang leading her maid to Tingyu Pavilion.
"This slave has done something wrong and must accept the punishment."
"This slave did not take good care of the girl. Please accept the punishment." Hua Xue and Hua Yue responded respectfully.
Jia Yuanniang's eyes were not on the two maids. She approached Jia Liumei and asked, "Sixth sister is hurt from the fall?"
"Yes." Jia Liu Niang stopped crying now. She looked at her elder sister who was carefully checking her injuries after the fall. She said: "It's not the fault of Hua Xue and Hua Yue, I fell because I didn't pay attention."
"You are the master, and they are servants. It is their duty to take good care of the master. If they fail to do a good job, they should be punished." After Jia Yuanniang looked carefully, she found that the sixth sister's body was only stained with dust. After patting it, she was really No injuries were found. Jia Yuanniang's expression finally relaxed.
"..." Jia Liu Niang opened her small mouth, as if she still wanted to ask for words.
"This is the rule." Jia Yuanniang simply said four words, which dispelled Jia Liuniang's small thoughts of continuing to plead.
Once the word "rules" comes up, the master Jia Liu Niang must also abide by it. After all, she is young and still learning the rules from her nanny.
With her status as a master, Jia Liu Niang had time to slowly integrate the so-called rules under the guidance of her upbringing mother. Of course that refers to the future, not today.
At present, Jia Liu Niang, who has a little bit of water in her head, can only listen to her eldest sister Yuan Niang's instructions.
At this time, Jia Yuanniang told Nanny Quan to wait for the sixth girl to go back to the west wing to change into new and clean clothes.
After Jia Liu Niang changed her clothes, Jia Yuanniang said to her three sisters, "You can't delay your studies today. You three sisters, please come with me to the Snow Pavilion."
Jia Sanniang lamented in her heart. Unexpectedly, as soon as her eldest sister returned home, she would pay attention to his studies.
For Jia Sanniang, who just wants to lie down and live a simple life of eating and drinking, she really doesn't want to work hard to make progress. Effort means putting all your efforts into learning, improving yourself to earn performance, and striving for the top.
"Okay, I happened to encounter some problems in my shop, and I just wanted to ask my eldest sister for advice." Jia Erniang is different from her third cousin Sanniang. She only wants to get good grades in her studies. At this time, Jia Erniang gathered around the eldest sister and wanted to show off. She wanted the eldest sister to see that she was a diligent and studious sister.
Princess Long'an enjoys honor in Ning'an Hall and raises her four granddaughters. The four granddaughters spend most of their time learning the precautions for dealing with various families in this world, as well as the rules of daily speech and behavior. They must not let outsiders see that they have lost the honor of being a daughter of the royal family.
In their spare time, several girls also learned some chess, calligraphy and painting that their daughters used for entertainment, just to pass the time or as an elegant hobby. The most important thing, of course, is for the girls in Sui Guogong's Mansion to learn housekeeping and accounting skills before they get married, which they can use after they get married.
Jia Yuanniang and her sisters lived like this since they were young. But after the family received news that Jia Yuanniang was going to participate in the royal election, two more nuns appeared in front of Jia Yuanniang to teach the rules of the palace.
The three younger sisters were also in attendance and treated as additional students. In the eyes of the elders, if a girl learns more skills in the boudoir, she will always be blessed, and her blessings will be more lasting in the future.
As for Jia Liu Niang's young age, she said it was because she learned the rules, rather than because the mothers took pleasure in teaching her. Among the sisters, Jia Liu Niang is the most relaxed student.
Jia Erniang and Jia Sanniang are older. They will hold a haircut ceremony this year, which means that they have reached adulthood in this era and should start talking about marriage.
For the study of Jia Erniang and Jia Sanniang, Princess Longan took out two shops in Kyoto from her dowry and used them as training for her two granddaughters. In the future, these two shops will naturally help Jia Erniang and Jia Sanniang to make wedding gifts.
So whether the business of the shop is good or bad all depends on the abilities of Jia Erniang and Jia Sanniang.
In the morning, Jia Sanniang and her sisters learned the rules. Jia Sanniang and her second cousin focused on learning how to manage their own shops.
By noon, Jia Sanniang had a chance to take a nap. She returned to her dormitory in Tingyu Pavilion, and now had some free time to hide away and laze around.
After taking a nap and waking up, Jia Sanniang drank another bowl of milk and ate two small snacks to cushion her stomach.
After that, after a brief cleansing of her face and mouth, Jia Sanniang left the house. She followed her second and sixth cousins to go to Tingxue Pavilion.
In the small garden of Tingxue Pavilion, Jia Yuanniang was walking and admiring the scenery.
When the three Jia Sanniang sisters arrived, Jia Yuanniang smiled and said: "The three sisters are here." Apparently Jia Yuanniang had been waiting for her three sisters. As soon as they arrived, Jia Yuanniang smiled and called her three sisters to go to the school grounds of Sui Guogong's mansion.
Sui Guogong's Mansion was born in martial arts. There is a school ground in Guogong's Mansion, which can be used as a venue for practicing martial arts and equestrian skills.
The ones who are practicing martial arts in the school are the young masters from Sui Guogong's palace. They are proficient in weapons, riding, and archery, not to mention eighteen kinds of martial arts. The martial arts master Shi Ke Shi Lu is about to gain fame and risk his life to fight for it. , you must have some real skills to do it.
As for Jia Sanniang and the other four sisters, they just practice martial arts casually. Their more joyful mood was because they were happy that all the brothers had finished practicing their martial arts. Eight brothers and sisters can play polo on the school field.
The Great Xia Dynasty controlled all the grasslands in Hedong, Guannei, Longyou, Hexi and the southern foot of Yinshan Mountain. Daxia Jingzhao Palace was the center of the dynasty, and the Imperial City Taihe Palace was the heart and head of the dynasty.
In the Imperial City, Taihe Palace.
When Emperor Hongwu finished reviewing a memorial, Wei Jin, the personal eunuch beside him, bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I would like to see you on behalf of the King."
Emperor Hongwu put down the imperial pen in his hand, raised his head and replied with one word: "Xuan."
After a while, another person appeared in the imperial study room, and this person was the king. The current third emperor brother of Emperor Hongwu, the third son of the late emperor Li Fang.
"My brother, I respectfully send you your Majesty's greetings." Li Fang entered the palace and saluted and said hello.
"I pay my respects. No courtesy, please stay safe." After Emperor Hongwu replied, he said, "I will give you a seat."
Wei Jin, the personal eunuch in front of the emperor, personally brought a chair to the king.
After Li Lang thanked him, he sat down. He said: "My brother wants to ask for leave from the emperor. I want to stop my studies temporarily. I want to go to the Daxiangguo Temple."
"Going to visit my aunt." Emperor Hongwu replied. His tone was certain.
"I knew I couldn't hide it from the imperial brother. I want to visit my mother and concubine, and I also want to pray for the royal family with my mother and concubine." I stopped by to have some fun. This is a real reason. The acting king will not tell it.
"Yes." Emperor Hongwu looked at the Third Emperor's younger brother who was not making progress in his studies. After a moment of silence, he agreed to his younger brother's request.
Daxiangguo Temple is a royal temple. The Queen Mother of Song Dynasty agreed to worship Buddha and pray for blessings there. It was reported to Emperor Hongwu at the beginning, but the emperor had no intention of refuting his mother and naturally agreed.
Now that the emperor's younger brother wanted to visit his biological mother, since mother and son were closely related, Emperor Hongwu would certainly not stop him.
"My dear brother, thank you, my dear brother." Li Fang stood up and saluted repeatedly. He was very happy at this moment.
"You can go, keep a low profile and don't show off." Emperor Hongwu ordered. In the eyes of the emperor, it was always an eyesore that temples and temples such as Buddhism and Taoism occupied land, robbed people of their power, and did not pay taxes.
However, Li Shu was ignorant, and the emperor also knew that the people needed some spiritual sustenance. It is completely impossible to kill these divine beings with one shot. However, adding some restrictions and allowing the court to gain some benefits from it is a feasible way.
The imperial court ate meat and the locals drank soup. As long as things are done properly, there will always be a good opportunity when the government wants to slaughter the fat pigs.
Emperor Hongwu suppressed his thoughts and said, "Don't be anxious, the future will be long."
Regarding the emperor's thoughts, Dai Wang had no idea at all. The Dai Wang was particularly happy to be able to visit his mother and concubine and go out to play in the palace at the same time. Naturally, whatever the imperial brother ordered at this moment, he agreed to everything.
Li Fang is the King of Leisure, and he can live a leisurely life, with someone taking care of everything. The royal family will keep these rice-boring insects like princes and royal families.
Emperors are different. Emperor Hongwu enjoys the worship of the people of the world, while the emperor controls the world and holds supreme power. If the emperor wants to hold on to the imperial power and protect the country inherited from his ancestors, he will inevitably have to work hard.
Authority has always existed since the emergence of classes. In the feudal era of imperial power, the emperor could not grasp the imperial power, and the authority would not disappear, but would be transferred to the hands of powerful ministers.
Everyone in the world behaves in different ways.
Lord, king, minister, father, father, son.
When Emperor Hongwu looked at the splendid mountains and rivers, what he saw was the universe and the country, which were as beautiful as heavenly beings and fascinated people's hearts. As for the concubines in the harem, they may be beauties in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of the emperor, they are far inferior to Jiangshan Sheji.
How can beauty be more intoxicating than country and country? After Emperor Hongwu left, he opened the map and gently drew a circle on the map.
Emperor Hongwu's eyes fell on the position of Yan State. Yan State completely controlled Hebei and Huaibei. To the west was the Daxia Dynasty and to the south was the Kingdom of Wu.
Daxia and the state of Wu had a good relationship with the Qin and Jin Dynasties. The biological mother of Emperor Hongwu's eldest son Li Maoding, Concubine Qian Shu, was the daughter of the clan of the state of Wu.
In Emperor Hongwu's mind, he wanted to unite Wu and attack Yan. Or as long as the Wu State does not support the Yan State, the Daxia Dynasty's army can go from Hedong and pass through the Taihang Mountains to directly take the Yan State's Hebei land.
The Great Xia Dynasty has already occupied a strategic position and has an innate advantage over the Yan State. Once the entire Northern Central Plains is annexed, the Great Xia Dynasty will be able to overlook the Shu, Wu, and Southern Han Kingdoms in the south from the north.
The Central Plains has always been unified from north to south. In the history books that Emperor Hongwu had read, there was no precedent for the south to defeat the north. Once these psychological advantages are put aside, it is very easy to turn into a consensus among the people of the world.
Once the Great Xia Dynasty's general trend of unifying the Central Plains becomes unstoppable, the result will inevitably be that those who follow it will prosper, and those who go against it will perish.
"..." With all kinds of imagination in his heart, Emperor Hongwu wanted to clarify the world and unify the Central Plains. At this moment, Emperor Hongwu was in a state of confusion.
"Your Majesty." Wei Jin, the personal eunuch, carefully supported the emperor and asked, "Slave, please send the imperial doctor here."
Emperor Hongwu waved his hand, indicating that there was no need to teach the imperial doctor. He said: "With all the turmoil, the queen has to worry again. I am fine." Of course Emperor Hongwu valued his own health.
It's just that this situation that is just a flower in front of me will play tricks on me from time to time after this year's Lantern Festival. Emperor Hongwu was used to it.
The Imperial Hospital also consulted together, and the result was that the emperor was fine. So after careful consideration by the doctors at the Taiyuan Hospital, the result of the consultation was to prescribe Taishangzi to the emperor and slowly nurse him back to health with medicated food.
The effect, in the eyes of Emperor Hongwu, was better than nothing.
