But as for Yang Ji and Queen Xiao, they left Anren Hall and walked along the Chaoshou Corridor towards the dining hall of Ganlu Hall while talking.
Although the two were uncles and sisters-in-law, the ethics of the Sui Dynasty were not as strict as those of the Song and Ming Dynasties. Second, Yang Ji had been hanging out with Yang Guang's family since he was a child, so there was no need to avoid anything. When passing by a majestic palace, Queen Xiao suddenly stopped, and Yang Ji had no choice but to stop.
"Vajra slave, I have a few words to ask you." Queen Xiao turned her beautiful face to look at Yang Ji.
At this moment, it was dusk after the rain, and the magnificent rays of light broke through the clouds. Empress Xiao's graceful and majestic cloud bun and a crested gold hairpin seemed to shine against the light, and her jade-like face seemed to be caged. There is a layer of dreamy rays of light, a slight smile between the eyebrows, and the vast mist of the beautiful eyes, which makes people want to turn into a small boat and ripple in the soft waves. A strand of hair is caged in the ear, and the light and shadow are mottled, and the beaded flower earrings on the earlobe are swaying gently, like the sound of a piano swaying in the heart. And under the beautiful neck, the light and shadow fall along the collarbone into the chiffon skirt...
At this moment, her whole body seemed to be integrated into the sunset and evening scenery, which looked very beautiful.
When Yang Ji raised his eyes, he happened to see the beauty who was so beautiful that it was reflected by the golden sunset. He couldn't help but feel distracted for a moment. Fortunately, Yang Ji was not an ordinary person who had never seen a beauty. In just a moment, he was already After calming down, he said, "Sister-in-law, please make it clear."
"Vajra slave, you have done a very good job in dealing with the children of the royal family and the children of your relatives." Women's perception is inherently strong, and Queen Xiao was staring at Yang Ji, so although Yang Ji reacted quickly, she would still The brother-in-law captured the moment when he was stunned and lost his mind, and a hint of shame flashed through his heart:
Just now, the vajra slave was stunned and lost his mind. His eyes seemed to be looking downwards. Could it be that he was looking at himself the way a man looks at a woman?
No, definitely not, she has already become old and yellow, so the look the Vajra slave just looked at must have nothing to do with that.
Queen Xiao quickly dispelled the annoyance in her heart.
In fact, she really wronged Yang Ji. In that instant, Yang Ji was stunned by the sudden beautiful scenery. It was an appreciation of beauty, and his absence had nothing to do with lust or the man's desire to possess her.
He didn't understand what Empress Xiao meant when she asked, so he could only say: "I was just entrusted by others to do something loyal. I don't deserve the praise of my sister-in-law."
Empress Xiao frowned in silence for a moment and said softly: "Vajra slave, Xiao Huaijing has been serving under you for a long time. Is his behavior in line with the rules?"
The Xiao family is a scholarly family and has always placed great emphasis on literature and education, resulting in almost no outstanding generals. When Xiao Cong was the head of the family, he felt that the Sui Dynasty emphasized military merit, and even ministers and prime ministers had to have military merit, so he Let some disciples who are talented in learning martial arts abandon literature and martial arts.
Xiao Cong does not require his disciples to become independent generals or commanders; but at least, everyone must adapt to the current situation, learn some skills in leading troops, and understand some common sense in marching and fighting. Otherwise, even if the Xiao family uses their connections to arrange important positions for them in the future, they will not be qualified. This will not only be detrimental to the country and the people, but will also put the Xiao family into a very passive and embarrassing dilemma.
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When the children grew up and became successful in their studies, Xiao Cong asked them to go to Liangzhou to practice with Yang Ji and Xiao Yu. When Xiao Yu entered the court, these people gathered around Yang Ji and helped Yang Ji. Take care of some less important things.
Now, Empress Xiao was entrusted by her brother to ask Yang Ji about their situation. Xiao Huaijing, whom she asked the key question about, was the most promising person in the Xiao family at this stage. Not only was this person the oldest, but he also had the potential and talent to become a general.
"What about Xiao Huaijing?" Yang Ji thought about it for a long time and said thoughtfully: "He made some contributions in the battle to recover the Xihai Province. At the end of the battle, he was mainly responsible for escorting and guarding the prisoners, and he was rewarded based on his merits. , was promoted to a Zhonglang General due to his meritorious service. Now, he serves in the official office of Xihai Province and learns the skills of leading troops from Zhang Xutuo."
Worried that Empress Xiao would think that she had thrown away the burden, Yang Ji paused and explained emphatically: "Sister-in-law, you can rest assured that Zhang Xutuo is an unparalleled national with outstanding talents and good moral character.
Scholar, as long as Xiao Huaijing studies hard, he will definitely learn his true skills from him. After two or three more years of training in battle, Xiao Huaijing will be able to lead troops alone to fight some small-scale battles. "
"I know all this." Queen Xiao looked at Yang Ji with her beautiful eyes, pursed her lips and smiled softly: "Thanks to you for this matter. If you hadn't tempered it with actual combat, I'm afraid Xiao Huaijing would still be in the capital. A stupid young man."
Yang Ji knew that she was secretly saying that he was also a "silly young man" in the past, and he felt quite embarrassed. He pretended not to know and ignored the matter directly, saying: "I promote talents for the imperial court and do not use pearls left in the ocean. This is out of public interest; secondly, it is due to one’s own responsibilities.”
After Empress Xiao got the answer she wanted, she changed the topic and said with some worry: "King Kong slave, your brother is so busy with government affairs that he forgets to eat and sleep every day, and he doesn't know how to cherish himself. It's okay to be young now. I'm worried that he's overworked now and won't be able to bear it in the future. I've tried to persuade him from time to time, but he always excuses himself by saying that "state affairs are the most important thing." But one word of yours can be used as hundreds of sentences, and your reasoning is reasonable and reasonable, which convinced him. I'll have to persuade him more someday. Advise him to combine work and rest, so that he will not be tired of writing official documents now and become ill from overwork in the future."
In fact, Yang Ji also advised him countless times, but Yang Guang listened at the time, but still went his own way afterwards; of course, there was nothing Yang Guang could do about it. Who made him the emperor?
In Yang Guang's own words, "Since he is the emperor, he deserves to be so tired!"
But he couldn't say that at this time. Yang Ji could only follow Empress Xiao's words and said: "I will, but I don't stay in the capital all the time. I mainly rely on my sister-in-law's persuasion."
"If he had obeyed, I wouldn't be so worried!" Queen Xiao raised her eyes to look at the sunset in the west sky, sighed, and said worriedly: "He is not only the lord of the world, but also the pillar of our family. He is ours." People hold up a magnificent and beautiful sky, and nothing can happen to it."
Yang Ji felt that these words were not easy to answer. In silence, he suddenly thought of something and reminded: "Brother is the master of the world. He has many opportunities. He does his best for the big family composed of thousands of small families. , I have inevitably neglected the Yang family; as the head of the harem, my sister-in-law should also fulfill her responsibilities."
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In Yang Ji's opinion, Queen Xiao was good at everything and very smart, making it impossible for anyone to find fault. However, due to her strong belief in Buddhism, her temperament has become very indifferent and indifferent. Now, except for necessary occasions, she basically lives in the palace and rarely even asks about palace affairs, let alone Nothing else.
At best, she is gentle and virtuous, without any utilitarianism or ambition; at worst, she is irresponsible and has failed to fulfill her duties as a queen and the mistress of the family. As long as she shows Empress Dugu's determination, skills, and sense of responsibility, she will not be deprived of the power of the palace by the palace order Wei in "history".
Regarding this Wei family, history says that she was a female official in the Jin palace when Yang Guang was the king of Jin. After Yang Guang became emperor, he saw that she was very shrewd, capable, loyal and reliable, so he promoted her to the palace order step by step.
The position of palace order is a first-class female official in the palace. The person who holds this position is mainly responsible for taking care of the trivial affairs of the harem and holding the phoenix seal for the queen. In the harem, it is not said that she is inferior to two people or superior to ten thousand people. Too much. However, although Yang Guang believed in the Wei family and was very loyal at first, he did not realize that people's hearts would change with the times and status. When the Wei family became the palace order, she was no longer the loyal female official in the Jin Palace. .
As soon as the Wei family gained power, they had great ambitions, and step by step they sidelined the Buddhist Empress Xiao. As a result, even Empress Xiao had to listen to her in many things later; and the reason why Yang Guang was defeated in Jiangdu Palace He died so quickly and miserably, this Wei family can be called the "number one hero".
Just before the "historical" Jiangdu coup occurred, Yang Guang selected more than a thousand brave, strong, and martial arts slaves as "envoys" to be responsible for the security of the palace in order to prepare for unexpected events. However, the powerful Wei family has long colluded with Yu Wenhua and others, becoming Yu Wenhua's biggest insider "deployment" in the palace. On the day of the incident, the Wei family first ordered all the "envoys" to leave the palace and replaced them with Yu Wenhuaji's people to be on duty. As a result, when the incident occurred, no one in the palace died.
A scholar-like "giver". She and Yu Wenhuaji's people opened the palace door, allowing the rebels to easily enter the palace, and quickly captured Yang Guang.
By the time the generals such as Lai Huer, Dugu Sheng, and Shen Guang, who had been sent away, sent their troops to help, Yu Wenhua and the major events had been decided. Yu Wenhua "conquered" Jiangdu Palace early, not only captured Yang Guang, but also had plenty of time to deploy troops for him. In the end, he was able to easily and calmly attack the reinforcements halfway and defeat them one by one.
In this coup, in addition to the Wei family, many palace generals were directly involved. Therefore, Yang Ji believes that although this was caused by the falling of trees and the dispersion of hozens and the collapse of walls, the tall and majestic Jiangdu Palace fell so quickly, and Empress Xiao, who was in charge of the empress/gong, also had an unshirkable responsibility; if she "fulfilled her duties", How could Yu Wenhua have so many internal agents to fulfill her responsibilities as the mistress of the palace? How does Wei have the right to switch defenses?
It is true that history has changed beyond recognition because of the arrival of Yang Ji; and the Jiangdu Palace coup and similar major events will probably not happen. But if Empress Xiao continues to do nothing, the palace will sooner or later turn into a concentration camp for spies from all walks of life, without any secrets at all. As for the seemingly airtight palace, it will actually become a dilapidated thatched house that leaks "wind" everywhere.
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If this is true, even if there is no major turmoil in the Sui Dynasty, it will probably cause a lot of turmoil.
Based on the above considerations, Yang Ji had no choice but to embark on the path of training his wife.
Empress Xiao was extremely enlightened. After hearing Yang Ji's words, she immediately "knew the elegant meaning of the string song after listening to it." She was secretly surprised and asked with some suspicion: "Vajra slave, is there any rumor against me outside?"
Yang Ji shook his head: "That's not true."
Empress Xiao felt a little more at ease. After she calmed down, she asked Yang Ji again: "Then why...why did you suddenly persuade me like this?"
Yang Ji glanced at the dazzling Empress Xiao, then turned to look at the magnificent palace complex under the sunset, and said: "The imperial palace is the center of power of the Sui Dynasty, and it has countless powers that are worthy of people's yearning and envy; For some people, once they enter the imperial city and serve as officials, they can become a master who controls the lives of countless people. However, the decision-making power lies in the hands of the emperor. In order to learn the emperor's wishes and preferences as soon as possible, they can understand the emperor's politics. Intentions often place agents in the palace, and the most common method is to bribe chamberlains and maids."
"If everyone has this intention and everyone is like this, there will be no secrets in the palace, and the secret orders will be known to the world before they leave the palace. This is just fine, in case someone attempts to murder the emperor, and uses the hands of chamberlains and maids to assassinate , poisoning, that would be bad."
At this point, Yang Ji stared at the boot knife and swore to death again, and said with a knife-edge voice: "Even if it fails, as the master of the harem and the mother of the world, how will the queen deal with and face this incident after it happens?" Emperor? What do the royal family and the people of the world think? And what will the empress’s natal family’s political enemies and the forces eyeing the empress’ position do?”
Empress Xiao's beautiful eyebrows were deeply knitted, and her beautiful face changed slightly. Yang Ji's last words were like a sharp knife that penetrated deep into her heart, almost suffocating her.
He raised his eyes and glanced at Yang Ji, then looked at the magnificent sky.
She seemed to be silent and reflecting, or it seemed like there was nothing at all; but because she turned her face to him, Yang Ji couldn't guess whether she could hear it, but he believed in the power of these words, and The shock and impact caused to Queen Xiao.
This is enough!
After a while, Queen Xiao walked forward without saying a word.
Yang Ji had no choice but to follow up.
After passing the outer wall of the Anren Hall and about to enter the Ganlu Hall area, at the entrance of the Chaoshou Veranda that is directly connected to the Northern Caisi Courtyard, a female official and several palace maids walked in front of them, followed by a girl who had removed her palace clothes.
This woman has a slender figure and graceful appearance. She is wearing a blue linen dress and a hand-width belt that hugs her waist. She walked among the maids in gorgeous palace clothes, looking out of place and different.
Yang Ji had excellent eyesight and saw this special existence at a glance.
This young girl is as beautiful as a picture, with charming eyes and a mole hidden in the corner of her eyes. Her face is as white as a pear and as white as jade.
, smooth and flawless, and the rhombus lips under the straight nose are beautifully shaped and plump; but her whole person is filled with a sad and sad temperament, which makes people can't help but feel a vow to protect her.
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She was carrying a large bundle on her shoulders and a small bundle in her hand, while the two older and less beautiful palace maids next to her were each carrying a bundle, which seemed to belong to her as well.
Upon seeing this, Yang Ji knew that she was a dismissed maid, but he didn't care. This was not because he was indifferent, but because the palace had regulations for dismissing maids.
This is because 70% to 80% of the palace ladies are girls from good families. They are not selected into the palace for the emperor to play/have fun as shown in film and television works, but to work and do odd jobs in the palace. The imperial court was also very humane in dealing with the large number of palace maids who were doing chores, which would inevitably delay their marriages. Therefore, it was stipulated that as soon as the palace maids reached their age, the agency in charge of palace affairs would send them home and give them a certain salary.
For the palace maids who are homeless or whose family has been destroyed, they can continue to stay; if they do well, they can also move up one level at a time. If they want to go out and start a family, the "Ice Man" of the imperial court will help them find matchmakers, and the husbands they find for them are mainly soldiers. When Queen Dugu was still alive, she held many wedding ceremonies for such maids, bachelor guards, and bachelor soldiers. Had a mass wedding (historical records).
As for the theory of "three thousand beauties in the harem/harem" used to exaggerate the stupidity of the foolish king, it is actually an infinite exaggeration. There are indeed many beauties in the palace, but they are far from reaching the terrifying level of "three thousand". In fact, there were not many maids that the emperor really enjoyed.
Of course, some of the fainter kings among the fainter kings are exceptions and can be ignored.
Dismissal was a normal resignation and dismissal. Yang Ji was not surprised. What surprised him was that this girl was not only young and very beautiful, but she also looked like she was carrying a baggage. She didn't look like she had done anything wrong. How could she be dismissed like this? Dismissed?
If we really want to be dismissed, it should be those other few! Is it because she is too beautiful?
Just as his mind was spinning, a group of people knelt down and saluted Queen Xiao from a distance, calling out sweetly: "I have seen the Queen."
"No gift!" Queen Xiao walked closer and spotted the special girl. She was as strange as Yang Ji and asked the female official: "How old is this girl? Where does she come from?"
"Queen, this is a sixteen-year-old girl named Hou Qiaowen." The female official said: "The Hou family's ancestral home is Wu'an County. Her elders later moved to Guanzhong to settle down. However, due to the decline of her family, the absence of her parents, and the harsh treatment of her brothers and sister-in-law, she really could not survive. Then, when the palace advertised for maids, she left home to apply; after entering the palace, she became Mrs. Huarong's mistress."
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