[R18] The stars are brilliant, so lucky even (The stars are brilliant, the moon rises over the sea) – Chapter 78 of “The Stars Are Brilliant, Even Lucky (The Stars Are Brilliant·The Moon Rising Over the Sea)” [English]

Chapter 78

Many years ago, the current emperor was just a small prince among a group of heroes. His territory was not the largest, his troops were not the largest, and he did not even debut in the C position.But he made extraordinary moves. He proclaimed himself the emperor in the second year of his official solo career. At the end of the same year, he captured the current city, then established the capital, perfected the laws, and organized the court… He quickly established a grassroots team. Over the years, he managed carefully, focusing on both construction and war, and gradually developed into a scale that is now close to unifying the world.

Shaoshang couldn’t help but express his admiration.

For example, the current capital city was originally just the fiefdom of a certain vassal king in the previous dynasty. After the emperor occupied this place, in order to save money, he directly used the old palace as a palace city – which is today’s Nangong.Anyway, the royal family does not have a large population, and the South Palace Palace is quite spacious, so they can live at home and listen to the government together.It was not until the year when the Wan Cheng brothers came to seek refuge that the emperor saw that the treasury was gradually filling up, so he began to build the slightly larger Beigong complex.

Overlooking the entire rectangular and huge palace city, the North Palace is at the top, and the South Palace is at the bottom. The upper, larger and lower palaces are divided into two square palaces, just like an inverted “LV”. The North and South Palaces are connected by multiple roads. Surrounding this “LV”, there are many scattered single palaces. In addition, there are high towers, gardens, shrines and temples, administrative agencies, etc.

Changqiu Palace, where the Queen lives, is located southwest of Beigong.

The first generation of royal families were generally relatively simple.

First of all, the emperor’s parents died young, so there are no such things as the queen mother and concubines. The highest elder in the royal family is the half-cultivating King Ruyang.Secondly, one of the emperor’s brothers died in the battle, and the younger brother even had no heirs when he passed away. He had to give one of the two sons left by the elder brother to the younger brother to inherit the incense.Thirdly, the emperor’s only sister was the eldest princess, who was nearly sixty years old. She had a young son with a mean mouth, Huang Yang, who told Ling Buyi’s house that day that Shao Shang and Yuan Shen had a private meeting in the blacksmith shop.

Finally, the emperor currently only has one concubine and two concubines, namely Empress Xuan, Concubine Yue, and Xu Meiren, over.

“That’s all?” I still remember Shao Shang’s surprise when he first heard about the harem establishment. “Uncle Wan has more concubines than this.”

Ling Buyi asked in return: “How many heirs will Master Wan have?”

Shaoshang sighed, this is the eternal pain of Wanjia.

“Your Majesty, you only have one person in your family, and you don’t have many heirs.”

It doesn’t matter how much land you have, it all depends on farming – Shaoshang had no choice but to change the subject: “How many princes does your Majesty have?”

The emperor had a total of eleven sons and five daughters. Except for the fifth prince who was unexpectedly acquired by Xu Meiren, Empress Xuan and Concubine Yue gave birth to five sons. However, because one of Concubine Yue’s sons died before his birth, Concubine Yue gave birth to another princess.Conclusion: Empress Xuan has five sons and two daughters, and Concubine Yue has four sons and three daughters, seven each.

Shaoshang: …This emperor must be a Libra.

“Is the Yue Empress very favored by His Majesty? Wouldn’t that be very detrimental to the Empress.” Even girls who have never watched any Gong Dou Wen Gong Dou dramas can relate to this.

Ling Buyi showed an indescribable expression: “…You will know this later.”

However, Shaoshang didn’t have time to pay attention to the emperor’s concubine relationship. She now needs to readjust her biological clock.

Every morning, Shaoshang must get up and wash himself with the energy to study early. Then he must take a carriage to the west and north gate of the palace city with the patience to catch the city’s subway. Enter the palace, walk south through the royal garden, and then reach the Changqiu Palace. In summary, get up before five o’clock, wash up and eat for half an hour, arrive at the palace city in more than an hour, and walk briskly for thirty or forty minutes to arrive at work.

In just two days, the queen found out clearly how many drops of ink he had in Shao Shang’s belly.From the third day, the queen began to teach Shaoshang various classics.Instead of asking the girl to recite volumes one by one like Mrs. Xiao, she systematically told Shao Shang how many volumes she should read in total, including Confucian and Taoist classics, laws and customs, family pedigrees, and even obscure taboos.

The empress likes to be quiet and quiet. When Shao Shang arrives at the Changqiu Palace about ten minutes before nine o’clock every day, she has often finished taking care of the palace affairs. She is either reading a book or practicing calligraphy.She asked the palace maid to place the writing desk and pen and ink for Shao Shang beside her, and from time to time she would point out to Shao Shang what the meaning of this passage in the classics was, or point out Shao Shang’s calligraphy, and then the whole morning passed like this.

The queen also set up a room for the young merchant in a side hall of her palace. She allowed the little girl to take a rest after lunch every day. In the afternoon, she began to educate ladies and popularize etiquette.The first is sacrifice, including prayers to ancestors, gods, and even mountains and rivers. The queen even summoned two ceremonial officers to explain in detail to Shao Shang the sacrifices from the palace to the families of princes and noble families, from the differences in sacrifices to the meaning of prayers and kneeling – Shao Shang’s eyes were filled with mosquito repellent incense coils as he listened.

Secondly are the various bridal arts.For example, weaving is specifically divided into making hemp, curing silk cocoons, weaving, weaving, and even cutting clothes; you also need to learn basic cooking, making soybean paste, brewing fermented glutinous rice, collecting wine pulp, etc.

“…I thought I wouldn’t have to work with my hands in the future.” Shao Shangxue was in so much pain that he endured it for two days before he finally had the courage to speak out.

The queen smiled and said, “You don’t need to work with your hands, but if you learn to be proficient in these, people will say that you are virtuous and kind.” When she said this, her dignified face like a model showed a bit of sarcasm.

Shaoshang nodded numbly.Xianhui, very good, very good.

Next is gaming, currently the most popular games are Liubo, chess gambling, pot throwing, and less popular Go and chess… At this time, the queen will ask Luo Jitong to lead the maids to play with the young businessman.

Then Shaoshang was defeated repeatedly and lost every bet.Even if she guesses five out of six dice, she can accurately avoid all the correct answers and pick the wrong one.

Luo Jitong staggered with laughter, pointed at her and said, “All your luck has probably been spent on your marriage!”

Shao Shang almost vomited blood – with your mother’s size, my eighteen generations of ancestors have been buried in the soil without any good deeds, and I still use a coffin board to throw discus to trouble the traffic police and waste national resources!

“It’s good of you.” Luo Jitong looked sad, “I’m going to marry far away and go to the northwest. Then you can spend more time with the queen.”

Shaoshang grimaced.The Queen was a typical lady brought up in the upper class. Even if she was pruning flowers and leaves, she could do it slowly for most of the day. However, she was a little girl who was ready to take revenge. She said she would smash beer bottles but not soy sauce dishes. Now she was really going to die.

“Don’t I need to learn how to be a housekeeper?” she asked the queen in a low voice.

Unexpectedly, the queen smiled meaningfully and said: “You are a girl with big ideas. You never bring unnecessary things into the palace for a few days, and you never take out any needle or thread in the palace. Carefully consider every word you speak to me, no matter how maidservant you are,No matter how they greeted you, they would never wander into the palace.After taking a nap, the quilt was folded more squarely than the white jade steps in front of the palace.She has found out how many people there are in her hometown, whether they are married or not, and what they do for a living.There is nothing to worry about such trivial matters as housekeeping and management.”

No more discussion.She didn’t expect that the queen looked at Qing Qing Leng and didn’t care about anything, but she saw everything.

“Concubine, I, I…”

“There is no need to say more. It is a good thing that the little girl has success in her heart, rather than being clueless and babbling like Ah Shu.” The Queen smiled lightly, “This way I can trust you and leave Zi Sheng to you.”

“Ms. Wang, she she…” Shaoshang felt that he had almost nowhere to hide.

“After she has been punished, she still needs to go to the palace to thank her. I have to save some face for her mother, but you don’t have to. Just say what you want. It would be a good thing if Ayao can learn more from you.”

Shaoshang:……

As time went by, Shaoshang gradually learned more about the affairs of the palace.

The empress is an icy beauty. She usually keeps a serious smile but is actually a kind-hearted person. Occasionally, she pretends to be dignified when a maid in the palace makes a mistake, but she always lets it go. The closest person to her is Fu’s mother, whom she has served since she was a child. People in the palace call her “Zhai Yu”.

Luo Jitong was named the companion of the fifth princess, but he stayed in the Changqiu Palace to accompany the queen all year round. Since the fifth princess arranged their marriage two years ago, the princess mansion was completed a few months ago, and now they have lived in the princess mansion for a long time and are content and happy.

Although everyone in the Changqiu Palace treated him very politely, and even the fifth princess who was “expected” to find trouble did not appear, Shao Shang still felt that his delicate life was hurt.

For more than ten years, she has been a pragmatist under the education of the new society. In addition, she later chose the direction of science and engineering. From the way of thinking to the rhythm of life, she has been trained to be quick and lively, and everything is within reach.Even if I recently learned to play the transverse flute and was able to move down to forty-five degrees and wander in my thoughts facing the courtyard for a while, it was only an occasional thing.

But she is no longer the same as when she first arrived. She knows that these seemingly boring studies are necessary, but she suddenly adapts to this slow life, sitting and watching the shadows cast by the sunlight outside on the corridor slowly changing shapes and angles, she is almost depressed.

It is said that the deep palace is lonely, as if time has delayed its pace, the sun and the moon have scattered its luster, and the emperor has his own endless affairs. Even if the emperor often comes to see the queen, the deep palace is still lonely.Shaoshang began to understand where Ling Buyi’s cold and stern demeanor came from. Staying in such a place since childhood was indeed prone to mental illness.

“…When can we get married?” Shao Shang sat on the carriage that was open to all sides, resting his chin on his elbow. The evening breeze was refreshing and refreshing, but it could not blow away the irritability in her heart.

Ling Buyi rode quietly beside the car, looking inside the car from time to time: “It’s either the end of the year or the beginning of the year.”

“Your Majesty, are you so worried about me marrying you?” Shao Shang felt that he was speaking too slowly now.

Ling Buyi looked at the girl’s confused eyes and whispered: “Husband, heaven and earth are furnaces, all things are copper; Yin and Yang are charcoal, and creation is work…”

“I know this.” Shao Shang’s eyes lit up, as if he raised his hand to be answered by the teacher, “It’s Jia Yi’s “Ode to the Pengniao”. This is the Queen’s favorite article, and she reads two sentences every day.” Sure enough, the torture of cutting flesh with a slow knife was not in vain. Look at her, she was transferred to the Department of Physiology.

Ling Busuo said: “I was unwell in the palace when I was young, so my wife read this article to me. Shao Shang, I have learned most of what you have learned. I did not become His Majesty’s “eleventh son” as soon as I entered the palace. I must have talents that are recognized by the world to be worthy of the reputation of His Majesty’s adopted son.”

Shaoshang said faintly: “…Aren’t you going to say something to comfort me?” She has been hearing stories about Ling Buyi from the maids these days.

Ling Buyi looked at her tenderly: “Even if you marry Lou Yao, you still have to pass this test. If you marry into the Lou family without learning anything, won’t you be troubled? When will you get rid of the habit of escaping? As long as you face up to anything in the world, there are few things that are really difficult.”

Shaoshang sighed: “Master Ling, you are my future husband-in-law, not my wife.”

Ling Busuo couldn’t help laughing: “Just bear with it for a few more months, and you can do whatever you want when you come to my house. There are no aunts and sisters in the house waiting for you to deal with. This is better than the Lou family.”

Shaoshang stared blankly at the tall young man riding on the horse. The breeze was blowing, and his plain straight train was blowing, looking cold and straight.

She looked around, and when she saw that she had reached the deserted alleyway of her home, she reached out to pull the hem of the young man’s robe. When Ling Buyu leaned over, she leaned into his ear and whispered, “Don’t you want to kiss me?”

Ling Buyi paused for a moment, seeing the girl’s red lips and young and delicate cheeks, his heart moved, and he immediately wanted to kiss her. Unexpectedly, Shao Shang suddenly leaned in the car, sat upright and said, “I suddenly remembered the Queen’s teachings, women should be dignified and self-possessed, and should not be frivolous.” But it was clearly written on his face, “I will not make it easy for you if I am not happy.”

Seeing her naughty look, Ling Buyi smiled softly and didn’t care about her. When the carriage arrived at the gate of Cheng’s house, he personally took the girl out of the car and suddenly said, “Can I stay at your house tonight?”

Shaoshang staggered and almost fell down in front of his house. He blushed and shouted: “What nonsense are you talking about!”

Ling Busu smiled and said, “I mean, rest at your brother’s place.”

“This is inappropriate.” Shao Shang’s expression was serious, “Even if you stay at my brother’s place, you can’t prevent people outside from gossiping.”

Ling Buyi raised his eyebrows and said, “We are engaged, so it doesn’t matter if we sleep together.”

This time, Shao Shang did not blush. Instead, he asked in surprise: “Really? Is it really okay? I don’t quite understand, can unmarried couples do this nowadays?” She was more open-minded than she was at that time, and she was actually a little excited.

“Fake.” Ling Busu suddenly turned his face serious, but his always cold eyes were full of smiles.

Shaoshang suddenly lost interest and said calmly: “In that case, Master Ling, please go back. The sky is getting dark now.”

Ling Busuo looked at her pretentious look and wanted to laugh, but suddenly he sighed: “In the final analysis, you have been too busy in the palace these days. Don’t you think there is anything wrong with it?”

Shaoshang said nervously: “Is there something wrong with me? I think I am very careful in the palace.” She wished she could count the steps she took in this terrible palace. She would have made a mistake!?

Ling Buyi touched her forehead with compassion: “It’s nothing important. Your Majesty will probably scold you a few times, but it’s not necessarily a bad thing.”