Xiangshan, see Xinzhai Courtyard.
Since the construction of the White Jade Building at the foot of the mountain was completed, Gao Pragmatic has rarely been to the main body of Jianxinzhai on the mountain.
Over the years, the scope of the "Jianxinzhai Courtyard" has become larger and larger, and it has become hundreds of times larger than the Jianxinzhai given to him by the late Emperor Longqing. After all, the previous Jianxinzhai was just a courtyard. They kept buying and exchanging land around them - some places had been bought by nobles, and since Gao Pragmatic wanted it, they were willing to do the exchange - so now Jianxinzhai has been mainly used as this super large villa. The "title" is actually rarely used.
However, when Gao Pragmatic arrived here today, he was quite satisfied. The entire Jian Xin Zhai is well preserved, as if someone has been using it. Although there are traces of sweeping and dusting everywhere in the courtyard, they are just ordinary cleaning. It can be seen that these tasks are usually taken care of by dedicated personnel, so that Jian Xin Zhai is always maintained at all times. A look that could welcome him as he came.
Money is indeed money. Isn't it because Jian Xinzhai is in such a state because he is not short of money?
The only flaw is probably that there are very few young maids in Xinzhai, most of them are married slaves.
Gao Jingshi asked Gao Mo casually, and then he realized that this was actually his own idea: Gao Jingshi had requested to reduce the overall proportion of young maids in Jianxinzhai Villa, so that more young maids could marry the people they should marry. Don't let him turn you into an old girl. When the time comes, you will have to marry someone with worse conditions.
This request was of course implemented, but the proportion of young maids in the White Jade Building where Gao Jingshi lived was not reduced, while in other parts of Xiangshan Mountain, whether in the host area or the guest area, the number of young maids was greatly reduced.
This situation did not improve until Huang Zhiting married into the Gao family. Because Huang Zhiting is from a chieftain family, all the maids and maids in the family have been real "slaves" for more than 600 years - I don't know how many generations of ancestors have had this status. Compared with the Ming and Han people, The so-called "family-born children" are much more powerful. The maids she was marrying had been destined to have this day since they were born, so they immediately added nearly 300 teenage girls to the Gao pragmatic courtyard. As for the young men, the number was similar, and they also stayed in the house. here.
Such is the case in a hierarchical society. These little girls enjoy treatment that is unusual in this era, and they also have a life trajectory that they must follow.
For their lives, the best outcome is to be favored by Gao Pragmatic. Regardless of whether they take the house or not, Huang Zhiting, as the mistress, will treat them better - because their slave contract will not change, so they Being favored is equivalent to Huang Zhiting being favored. Huang Zhiting still has the power to deal with them at will, so there will be no jealousy. This kind of rules or customs are common among chieftains.
It's a pity that Gao Pragmatic has not shown any interest in this until now, which has disappointed many girls who hoped to fly to the branches and become a phoenix.
Of course, there are benefits. At least Gao Pragmatic has clearly established a family rule that maids who are twenty years old and have not been taken in will be allowed to marry. Of course, the premise is "internal intermarriage" - this includes the Gao and Huang families. Servants, servants, and later even extended to long-term employees of the entire Beijing.
Don't underestimate this last point. The experience of working as a maid next to Gao Pingshi is not only not a stain for them, but a huge bonus. Because it is impossible for a girl with poor conditions to be selected to work in Jian Xin Zhai Villa in the core of Beijing. Being able to enter Jian Xin Zhai means that the girl is not only young and beautiful, but also has very good conditions in other aspects, and some even have Having read books and knowing some technical skills such as playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, and tea art, etc., if you marry her, you will really be able to work in the hall and in the kitchen.
As for the issue of chastity that people of this era are most worried about, it is actually not a problem. The truth is even simpler: no one would believe that a girl would be released to marry after being treated by Gao Shutai - your face is as valuable as Gao Shutai's face?
This truth is cruel, but also very realistic.
Therefore, the maids of the Jian Shinsai Villa now have a new "function", which is to marry various outstanding servants of the Jinghua Department, making the loyal ones even more loyal.
Gao Pingshi came to see Xinzhai certainly not out of boredom. He had two reasons: First, the Zhuangyuan Palace in Jinggongfang (now the Palace of the Imperial Palace) was not far from the north gate of the palace, and there were too many officials coming and going. Many people tried their best to meet Gao Wushi, but it was not convenient for Gao Wushi to meet them now, so they simply hid out of the capital and went to a courtyard in the suburbs of Beijing to thank guests behind closed doors.
Secondly, he had to meet with Princess Yongning today. Not to mention that it was inconvenient for the Vice Minister's Mansion to receive her secretly. Even the White Jade Tower was a bit too inviting, so he could go directly to Xiangshan to be more hidden.
Liu Xin, the newly appointed personal staff of Gao Jingshi, did not come with him. Although Gao Jingshi specially invited him, Liu Xin refused the invitation because "the new staff needs to consult many documents and files" and stayed in the Baiyu Tower at the foot of the mountain.
After the last Zhang Jing incident, Princess Yongning's Changchun Palace was once again "taken care of" by Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju, and all the maids and eunuchs there were replaced by trustworthy people. With the restructuring of the Beijing camp and the promotion of Wang Zhizhen and Gao Wuben's status in the Jinyi Guards, Gao Pragmatism also penetrated deeper into the palace guards.
If arranging people to enter the palace is still relatively sensitive and it is best not to try it lightly, then arranging one or two "palace maids" to leave the palace is simply too easy and not a problem at all.
Gao Jingzhi was waiting in the main building of Xinzhai. He also made some comments on the requests and reports sent from various departments in Beijing. He didn't wait too long before a maid led Princess Yongning, who had changed into a common dress for ladies, to the front. Come.
Princess Yongning was wearing a rouge red jacket and a grape purple coat and skirt. Her overall look was a bit calm. I don’t know whose idea it was. Of course, it may be that she wants to remind herself that she is a "widowed" woman through her dress. Although many people even among the people think that she is not worthy of it - after all, she has never had a bridal chamber with Liang Bangrui. After the incident, it was proved that the Liang family deliberately deceived the emperor and deserved their death.
Of course, the more mainstream view among the people is still "a pity". After all, everyone knows that the Tian family wants to save face. When things got to that point, since the emperor and the queen mother didn't say much, and Princess Yongning herself refused to remarry, the consequences of this matter would be Her Royal Highness can only bear it by herself.
Unfair? Of course, everyone in the world knows the injustice.
Should I regret the marriage or declare it invalid? It's hard to say. Maybe most people still think that "it's okay to regret the marriage, but it's better not to regret it."
Etiquette cannibalism is indeed a tradition.
When Princess Yongning appeared at the door, Gao Jingshi had already stood up, walked quickly to the front, and bowed slightly: "I have met Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, Gao Jingshi."
The happy look on Princess Yongning's face suddenly froze, she fell silent for a moment, forced a smile, and whispered: "Young Sima, there is no need to be polite."
Gao pragmatic glanced at Gao Mo and said to Princess Yongning with a calm expression: "Elder Princess, please take a seat."
Princess Yongning did not move, but Gao Mo moved quickly. At the same time, he waved and took out all the maids waiting at her side. The vigorous pace was definitely not what an old man of this age should be.
Gao Jingshi looked at Princess Yongning, and was about to ask her to sit down again. Unexpectedly, Princess Yongning suddenly pounced forward, and the baby bird threw herself into Gao Jingshi's arms like a swallow in the forest.
"How dare you lead only 30,000 people to fight against 150,000 to 150,000 Mongolians? I was so anxious in the palace that I didn't dare to sleep all night, for fear that I would suddenly get news that you... something had happened to you. Do you know? You Why...wuwu..."
After saying this in a hurry, Her Royal Highness the Princess could no longer speak. She buried her head in Gao Jingshi's arms, her body was trembling slightly, her hands tightly hugged Gao Jingshi's waist, and her two small hands were still holding the clothes on Gao Jingshi's lower back, as if she was afraid that he would suddenly fly away. Bashan Ai
"Your Highness..." Gao Pingshi didn't expect that today's meeting would start like this. Even though he has always been "a god at predicting things", he was a little at a loss for a moment. He didn't know whether he should follow the princess's wishes and hug her instead, or he should quickly stretch his hands to show that he was not taking the opportunity to be indecent. .
"I don't want you to call me Your Highness!" Princess Yongning's voice clearly contained a hint of resentment and anger, which made Gao Pragmatic smile bitterly.
"Miss Zhu..."
"That's not what it's called!"
Well, this time the meaning of coquettishness is even stronger.
"Well..." Gao Pingshi smiled dryly and said, "If I call you Yao, I'm afraid it would be a bit disrespectful."
"It's not like you've never been 'disrespectful' before, so what if you're disrespectful again?" Princess Yongning finally raised her head, seemingly pouting a little, and looked directly into Gao Pragmatic's eyes with the courage she didn't know where she came from, and said: "Last time in Baiyulou, you not only hugged me, but also kissed me. You even...even took off my shirt. How can you be disrespectful?"
Gao Pragmatic's eyes widened and he thought to himself: You can't blame me for what happened last time. It was you who brought aphrodisiac drugs with you. You were playing with fire. How can you blame me for being disrespectful?
"No matter how wide your eyes are, it's useless. You've already been disrespectful anyway... Why don't you dare this time?" Although Princess Yongning's courage doesn't know where it comes from, her shyness cannot cover it up. Although she was "reasonable" when she said these words, her cheeks were already flying, and her delicate little face was as red as fire.
While smelling the fragrance of her body at close range, Gao Pragmatic listened to her bold words and thought to himself: Damn it, this girl is bored in the palace every day. She probably doesn't bother to think about anything else except me. Almost crazy. If I still reject her now, judging from the blows she has suffered before, I am afraid that the world will collapse, and something big may happen.
Gao Pingshi smiled bitterly and said: "Well, if the Fourth Princess is right, I will naturally dare to do it."
This time, Princess Yongning was really different from before. When Gao Pragmatic said this, she did not flinch or hesitate because of shyness. Instead, she immediately said: "Okay, I'm sure." Then she raised her little face and closed her eyes. On the eyes.
Gao Jingshi originally wanted to enlist her in his army. After all, even the last time he was in Baiyu Tower, Princess Yongning even came with aphrodisiac drugs, but in fact she was extremely shy when alone. Who knew that Princess Yongning would take the initiative to ask for a kiss this time?
According to Gao's pragmatic habit, when a person's mentality changes drastically, he must carefully think about the reasons, but it is definitely too late now...
Gao Jingshi took a deep breath, lowered his head, and lightly touched Princess Yongning's red lips with his lips. Just as he was about to take it back, who knew that Princess Yongning's hands that were originally holding his waist had moved to the back of his head, and at this time, she pressed him on her lips with a strong force.
This wasn't over yet. Her Royal Highness didn't know if she had done any "homework" in advance this time, but she clumsily started to extend her lilac uvula forward.
Gao pragmatic was shocked, thinking, is this thing really self-taught?
He was in shock for a moment, so he naturally didn't "open the door", but Princess Yongning on the other side seemed to have made up her mind. Not only did she refuse to stop, but she also pressed harder, showing that she would not return the favor if she could not break Loulan.
Gao Pragmatic saw that the situation was not good, and said to herself that she was not planning to do that bad thing here today. After talking to her later, she would go to see Liu Xin to discuss business. If Liu Xin saw something, she would As Huang Zhiting is like a best friend, how can I explain it to Zhiting then?
Gao pragmatic quickly tilted his head back and said immediately: "Wait a minute, I have something to ask!"
Princess Yongning was in a state of emotion when she was suddenly interrupted by Gao Jingshi. She raised her little lips to Lao Gao in dissatisfaction, looked at him resentfully, and said reluctantly: "Can't you ask me again later?"
Damn it, wait a minute? Something big will happen if you wait a little longer!
Gao Jingshi quickly shook his head and said: "Fourth Princess, have you been stimulated by anything recently?"
"Yes!" Princess Yongning still pouted: "I was almost scared to death by you, isn't that considered exciting?"
Gao Pragmatic didn't believe it: "That's it?"
"That's it? How else do you want to stimulate me?" Princess Yongning said reluctantly: "You already... me last time, and I have figured it out. Even... even... I won't give up."
Um?
No, I didn't do anything last time either? A hug, a kiss...well, just a touch. It's not a big deal. You're still perfect. Why do you say it as if you've already done that?
Perhaps because Gao Pragmatic's expression was too weird, Princess Yongning's face turned redder, and her shyness finally got the upper hand. However, after she lowered her head, she still said: "Didn't you use 'Zhi Jing Martial King' last time? Is Wu Jing Wei Lie's Zhu Zhu here to persuade me? [Note: Zhu Zhu's comment says: King Yan Wu held on to his determination to constantly strive for self-improvement, so his achievements were so great that no one in the world could compete with him.]
You said: In the final analysis, this means not to feel sorry for yourself due to the difficulties you are currently facing, but to always stick to your heart, work tirelessly, and strive towards what you want - is this what you said? "
Gao pragmatic swallowed and laughed dryly: "I'm right, but what I mean is..."
"What I want is you, and only you." Princess Yongning suddenly raised her head, her eyes full of determination: "This year is the fifteenth year of Wanli, and I will be twenty years old soon. I...I'm afraid that I will If you wait any longer, you won’t want me anymore.”
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