Nangong Zhen neither answered Huang Qiong's words nor went back to rest. Instead, he held the sword in his arms and still leaned against the tree. Seeing Nangong Zhen's performance, Huang Qiong laughed it off without thinking. If I were the same as a woman, it would be too cheap. Even if he doesn't look at the monk face of Nangong Zhen, he still has to look at the Buddha face of Nangong Mei and his son, right?
This woman and Nangong Mei are biological sisters. Nangong Mei has a stubborn temper, so this woman must have a similar temper. What's more, this woman seems to have always been estranged from him. Thinking of Nangong Mei, Huang Qiong thought of his letter that had never received a reply. Huang Qiong sighed inwardly, feeling somewhat sad. He, who was already irritable in his heart, became even more irritated at this moment.
He even lost interest in continuing the conversation with Nangong Zhen. However, he was a little upset at this time, so he did not go back to the harem directly. Instead, he turned around and walked towards the imperial garden, thinking of relaxing. Nangong Zhen saw Huang Qiong leaving, but the direction was not the direction of the harem. Then he followed several eunuchs who saw Huang Qiong leaving Wende Hall and hurriedly followed him with lanterns, and followed him slowly.
Arriving at the Royal Garden, Huang Qiong walked to a pavilion on the rockery. He waved his hand to stop several eunuchs from hurriedly laying mats on the stone benches. He waved his hand again, indicating that they should leave, and then looked at the greenery in the imperial garden with his hands behind his back. Listen to the chirping of dozens of cranes roaming free in the imperial garden from time to time. The originally dull mood suddenly dissipated a lot.
Huang Qiong even felt refreshed by the cool breeze blowing from time to time. Huang Qiong, who was just enjoying the evening breeze, turned around and saw the Imperial Library on the side of the Imperial Garden, and found a trace of candlelight inside. It was customized according to the palace, because it was worried that the imperial library, which contained a large number of books, would catch fire. It contained a large number of unique and unique books, which would be destroyed by the fire.
In particular, the living notes of past emperors inside will be lost due to fire. Therefore, the palace clearly ordered that there should not be any open fire in the royal library to avoid fire. And when it comes to Youshi, the imperial library will be locked and no one will be allowed to enter. I'm just afraid that when it gets dark, people going in with candlelight will cause a fire. After Huang Qiong came to the throne, because Huang Qiong was originally a person who liked books very much.
Therefore, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has been specially informed about this matter, and the customization of the royal library must be strictly implemented. If something happens to someone on duty, the entire chamberlain department will be involved. Because Huang Qiong knew that among the emperors of the Da Qi Dynasty, the most unorganized harem was the Royal Library. Since the founding of the Qi Dynasty for more than a hundred years, except for Emperor Taizong who loved reading. The imperial library is the place where most fires occur in the harem.
Compared with other palaces that have existed for hundreds of years, and even were left behind by the Sui Dynasty, this imperial library is the most renovated palace in the palace. On average, it needs to be rebuilt once every five years due to fire. When Taizong moved eastward, he brought with him Chang'an, the ancient capital of the Tang Dynasty, and a large number of books that Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty had painstakingly collected, but almost none of them survived. Among them, human factors almost account for the main part.
During Lizong's reign, there were incidents where eunuchs in charge stole original copies from the imperial library, and famous paintings and calligraphy were stolen and sold out of the palace. After the incident, in order to cover up the crime, the entire imperial library was set on fire, almost all of which were missing. Compared with when Taizong moved eastward, the quantity and quality of the books stored in the Imperial Library today are far incomparable. There are very few rare and unique books left.
At that time, Emperor Taizu robbed the tombs of the emperors of the former Tang Dynasty, and the whereabouts of the paintings and calligraphy he obtained were completely unknown. Just like this, a large part of them were collected from all over the world by an imperial edict after the old man gained power. How could the emperors of the Qi Dynasty, who had been free-spirited in educating their princes, know the value of these paintings and calligraphy? Therefore, after Huang Qiong came to the throne, he had the strictest requirements for this imperial library.
Especially a few days ago, a large number of unique and unique copies of the books stored in the Guilin County Prince's Palace, as well as a large number of famous calligraphy and paintings that were escorted to Beijing together with the princes of the Guilin County Prince's Palace, have now entered the imperial library. under. Huang Qiong was afraid that the old story of Lizong Dynasty would happen again here. He also specially sent several general managers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Wende Hall to emphasize it again.
In his spare time, he often commented on books, recited poems and composed lyrics with Fu Yuanshan and Lu Mengzheng. Lu Mengzheng knew that this young emperor loved reading very much. As soon as they arrived at Jingjiang Mansion, their belongings had not yet been searched. First, all the books in the Guilin County King's library were packed up and shipped north. The princes of Guilin in the past dynasties mainly focused on business education for their children.
Knowledge is not valued very much. Although for the sake of a false reputation, he also relied on his strong financial resources to collect a large number of books. These books are also well kept. But it is obvious that it has not been turned over since arriving at the Guilin County Prince's Mansion. And among the books collected, there are all kinds of books. From the Four Books and Five Classics to the classics of all dynasties. From books about a certain palace to secret books on martial arts.
But the high-quality books in it are much richer than the original Royal Library, which has been experiencing constant catastrophes for more than a hundred years. Huang Qiong attaches great importance to this batch of books. After the books arrived, not only were they immediately sorted and stored, but some of the orphan copies were also copied. There was already a woodblock printed book, but Huang Qiong was afraid that the original book would be damaged. So first let people copy it, and then print it in official manuscripts.
The candlelight in the royal library at this moment made Huang Qiong frown. The rules he had set with his own hands were obviously not taken seriously. This made Huang Qiong, who was almost a book lover in this life, the anger that had dissipated rise again. Huang Qiong walked down the rockery and came directly to the door of the Imperial Library. The eunuch following him hurriedly opened the library door and walked directly into the library.
Only when he saw the two Mrs. Wen in the library did Huang Qiong remember that he had been soft-hearted and sent these two women to the Imperial Library to engage in sorting and cleaning duties. But Huang Qiong didn't expect that these two women had not rested yet and were still staying in the library at this time. The situation in the library clearly showed that the two women were reading before he came in.
Ignoring the two women kneeling on the ground, Huang Qiong walked to the desk used to organize books in the library, picked up the books the two women were reading, and took a quick look. Mrs. Wen, who was in a relatively stable mood compared to her trembling sister who was kneeling on the ground, saw Huang Qiong picking up the book she was reading and hurriedly explained: "If you go back to the emperor, there are too many books in this library that are unseen in the world. Books arrived.”
"My maid, although I was married to a military officer, I still came from a family of civil servants. Although my father was somewhat frustrated in his official career, he was a second-ranked scholar after all. My father likes reading, and my sisters have been influenced by it since they were young, so they also like reading. During the day, I want to We have to work hard, but the father-in-law in charge doesn’t allow us to study. Therefore, we can only take advantage of the night when the father-in-law on duty comes to secretly read for a while. "
After hearing the woman's explanation, Huang Qiong put down the book in his hand, waved his hand to signal them to get up, and then said: "Reading will make people wise. It's a good thing to like reading. I won't blame you. It's just that. Fire prevention is the top priority in this library, and a candle like this is too much for your eyesight. Although I can’t read during the day, can I take it back to my bedroom to read if I’m not ready?”
But after Huang Qiong finished speaking, the two women couldn't help but smile bitterly. Since this Lord came to the throne, all the eunuchs in charge of the palace have known that this Lord is a man of good books. Therefore, we attach great importance to this library. In particular, because of the fire prevention of the library, this person specially issued an imperial edict to the chamberlain, and also formulated regulations for sitting together. There is also the eunuch in charge of this palace who dares to lend himself books from the library.
What's more, he is now a criminal and a family member of a prisoner who was confiscated into the palace. His status is not as good as even the lowest palace maids and eunuchs. Those eunuchs in charge would not even lend themselves books. Besides, even if you borrow it, where will you go to study? In the house I live in now, more than ten people are crowded into one room, and the lights must be turned off at Haishi. Candles were only given out every half a month.
The candle end in my hand was obtained by myself after a long time of begging the eunuch who was in charge of those sinful women. Under this situation, the two girls went there again to look for a place to read. And in this library, there are a large number of books that cannot be seen in the world, which are really attractive to the two girls. That’s why I knew that if something was discovered, I would be severely punished, so I took the risk to do it.
When I saw the two women, they had wry smiles and helplessness on their faces. Then he thought of it, where could the two girls, who were now punished as slaves and confiscated from the harem, have a place to study? Among the eunuchs and maids in the palace, the two girls would be pretty good without Zuojian, and there would be room for them to study. Thinking of these two women, they fell from being high in the clouds to being slaves and maids, doing cleaning work all day long.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong felt a little pity for the two girls as he lifted up their obviously rough hands. It was just that despite the dim candlelight, the two girls were much thinner than when they first met, but their appearance was even more beautiful. Although I don't know, the clothes on her body were discarded by the palace maid. They obviously don't fit well, but they make the figure look plumper.
Huang Qiong, who was already a little anxious today, couldn't help but feel even more angry. However, he looked at the large number of books piled up on the surrounding bookshelves and the images of saints in the library. Although Huang Qiong was full of anger, she finally suppressed it. However, when Huang Qiong turned to leave, the two women naturally did not dare to stay here. He hurriedly carried the candle that had burned down to the last trace of tears and followed him out.
Seeing the two girls carefully following him out, Huang Qiong lowered his head and gave instructions to the eunuch beside him, then went to Mrs. Hu's place. When Mrs. Hu saw Huang Qiong coming in, she couldn't help but reveal a hint of surprise on her face. He hurriedly served Huang Qiong to wash and undress with Liao and Wu. Looking at the busy people under the lamp, they had already gone to bed and had not yet changed their clothes when Huang Qiong arrived. Under their thin clothes, the three women could not hide their plump figures.
Huang Qiong was already very angry because of the two Madam Wen. He held Madam Hu in his arms and pressed down the heads of Madam Liao and Madam Wu. Among the three girls, Hu is the oldest, but she has an extremely gentle temperament. She also has the plumpest figure. Although she is over forty, her appearance is still quite gorgeous, so she is Huang Qiong's favorite.
While Huang Qiong was enjoying the service of the three women, two women had already bathed and were forced to put on gauze clothes with nothing to cover them. Rather than being brought in by a few women, it would be better to say that he was forcibly escorted in. And after seeing the absurd scene in front of them, the two girls, who knew what they might encounter on the way they were brought, couldn't help but fall to their knees.
Mrs. Wen, who had long known the emperor's preferences from her ex-husband, kept kowtowing and said: "Your Majesty, the guilty woman is the dependent of the guilty official, and she is so old, she is really not qualified to serve the emperor. This palace There are so many beauties in China. The beauty of a sinful woman is really not worth mentioning. I beg the emperor, just let us two go."
