Wife's Observation Log

"His Royal Highness Jing Yun, don't run away, wait for this old slave!"

Hearing such a voice behind him, Princess Jingyun ran even faster, making a sharp turn and rushing towards the nearest hall while laughing. stopped.

"Is the father in there?"

Li Song nodded: "Your Highness Jing Yun, the Emperor and Young Master are discussing matters inside."

As soon as the words fell, Emperor Changning's voice came from inside: "Jing Yun? Let her in."

The little firecracker immediately ignited happily, and rushed all the way into the arms of the emperor. Emperor Changning rubbed her head, and then blamed: "I don't know the etiquette, have you greeted your imperial sister yet?"

Jing Yun jumped down from his father's arms, ran down two more steps and stood in front of Huang Jie, saluted respectfully, then raised his head and stared at Second Huang Jie.Among the elder sisters, Jing Yun likes the second elder sister the most. Although she pays the most attention to rules and always restrains her younger siblings, she can't help but grow a warm heart and a good-looking face.

In the past, when the second sister received her gift, she softened and rubbed her head like her father, but today, somehow, Jing Yun didn't wait, and the second sister's expression was still serious, until the father called Jing Yun back , Second Sister Huang turned her gaze back to her father's table and remained silent.

"Xie Zhen, is this your attitude?" The father called the second sister by name, and there was anger in the question. Jing Yun had heard his father scold his brothers and sisters many times, but maybe it was because the second sister was The princess, the father and the emperor always seem to have more trust in the second emperor sister and are more prone to anger.

Before the question was answered, the paperweight on the table fell on the shoulder of the second emperor. She swayed to the right inertially, but fell to her knees on the ground with a "bang" in the next second: "Father, please calm down."

The imperial study room is only twelve feet square, and Jing Yun could clearly see it from the steps. She was already sweating coldly on her forehead, probably from pain rather than fear. Jing Yun also hurriedly advised her father not to be angry, and his father glanced at her. Chang took a breath and calmed down a bit: "I have already decided on this matter, you just follow the instructions."

Xie Zhen was silent for a moment, then took two steps forward: "Father..."

"You don't need to ask any more. As an official of my Yan Dynasty, I can't let them take advantage of their words and deeds. All the officials involved in the case will be exiled and executed by the Lord."

"...The matter of the empty seal was originally a last resort for our court officials. It is not easy to come and go from Bianyu to Beijing...Father also promised not to pursue it before the reform."

"Since it's something I promised, it's up to me to go back on it. Do you have an opinion?"

Although Xie Zhen didn't speak, but she raised her head this time, with a look of anger and resignation of "how dare you have an opinion".The same polite one, Jing Yun guessed that if his sister Lu Wang Xie Li was here, there must be only invisible "politeness" in her eyes, never like the second sister in front of her father. Fresh.

But for Emperor Changning, fresh emotions are equivalent to disobedience, he took two deep breaths, and said in a solemn voice, "I saw that Jing Yun didn't want to get angry with you, it seems that you don't want this face, pass the stick!"

Jing Yun was taken aback, he didn't know whether to hide or keep it, so he tugged on his father's sleeve, but Emperor Changning didn't feel it at all, and stopped Li Song, who came up holding the cane but still wanted to persuade the emperor , went down the steps, snatched the cane with his hands, and slapped it on Xie Zhen's back. The strip gradually became a protrusion.When the vines returned to the first protrusion after a round of strong wind and rain, the protrusion first rose even higher, and then suddenly burst with blood.

Jing Yun supported Emperor Changning's chair, and was so frightened that he couldn't speak. She had indeed heard that Emperor Changning had a violent personality and often punished his subordinates, but it was the first time she saw him doing it himself, and seeing Li Song's reaction, This is definitely not the first time it has fallen on Xie Zhen.

A total of about twenty strokes, ten parallel and slightly slanted bloodstains spread from the shoulder blades to the buttocks, Xie Zhen's forehead was almost like a green eaves in the rainy season, letting drips of cold sweat flow through, but he didn't say a word.

Emperor Changning stopped, and tapped the scar on her shoulder blade with a cane. The pain caused Xie Zhen to tremble: "The country is initially determined, and a heavy code is needed."

Xie Zhen paused, and leaned on the ground: "My daughter has been taught."

"Okay, you all go out." Emperor Changning glanced at Li Song from the corner of his eye, and he knowingly put on Xie Zhen's long blue cloak to cover the blood stains behind him, and buttoned it up for her.

Jing Yun followed Xie Zhen to leave, and then Xie Zhen beckoned her to lead her out of the palace gate, Xie Zhen said: "I will take you back to Jingren Palace first."

"No, Sister Huang treats the injury first." Jing Yun recovered from the shock just now, only thought that Sister Huang's injury must be extremely painful, and insisted not to go back first.

Xie Zhen was about to put on a straight face, but his eyes turned in a daze and he said: "There is nothing I can do about you."

Qingning Palace is the dormitory of the princess. Xie Zhen asked his eldest maid Yishui to take care of Jing Yun, and then announced the doctor girl.Today's father's punishment is neither light nor heavy, but Xie Zhen has been very helpless because he has to finish the fight every time before talking about the key point.

The ten scars were still hot just now, and after applying the cool wound medicine, there was still a feeling of coolness in the scorching heat. Xie Zhen had been working hard for another half a month for the empty printing case. Once she fell asleep, when she opened her eyes again, Jing Yun had already been sent away, but there was another person staring at her.

"Won't Lan Lan feel bored sitting here?" Xie Zhen teased Lan Wei, who came uninvited, and didn't shy away from it. She got up from under the thin quilt. Without proper underwear, her left shoulder and even her collarbone are not as tightly wrapped as she is in front of people. This contrast is even more arousing.

Lan Wei couldn't hold her breath, her face was full of blunt displeasure, she almost didn't say it directly.Xie Zhen chuckled, and waved away the maid who was guarding the washbasin hanger. He picked out his robe and put it on without wearing a belt. He sat opposite her and poured himself a cup of tea.

"Lan Lan is angry with me?" Xie Zhen propped his chin aggrievedly. This is a specimen of etiquette in front of him and a shameless empress dowager. Lan Wei's silence is always broken by her shamelessness, "No Lanlan, I'm in so much pain."

"Now that it hurts, why did you go?" Lan Wei couldn't help but ask, "You clearly know His Majesty's thoughts, why do you want to fight with him? Isn't it just asking for a fight?"

Xie Zhen narrowed his expression slightly, then pulled Lan Wei's sleeve with a playful smile: "I know I was wrong, Lan Lan..."

Although Lan Wei complained that she was too stubborn to offend Emperor Changning, she also knew in her heart that Xie Zhen's punishment was a two-way thing, and Emperor Changning was almost harsh on her.A long time ago, Xie Zhen didn't have his own ideas about governance, and Emperor Changning thought she was growing too slowly, so he wanted to use rattan to teach her to use her brain.Although he settled the East Palace early and made the other four older children kings and vassals, and although he deliberately gathered Lan Wei and Li Jingxian, the children of the general family, into Xie Zhen's hands, relatively speaking, it was because of his love for the eldest daughter. Having expectations is more like fulfilling a promise to your wife.

Lan Wei even conjectured disrespectfully that when Emperor Changning saw Xie Zhen, whose facial features resembled his wife's, what probably aroused in his heart was his disgust for the daughter who caused his wife to die in battle.

Otherwise, which father would want to beat his daughter until she was injured all year round?Because of this, Xie Zhen's health has never been good. Although he has similar features to his mother, he has lost the resolute and free and easy heroism that was born out of a gold and iron horse.

If Xie Zhen is a literati, it will be a matter of time before she loses her heroic spirit, but she should belong to the militant school.When I was young, the civil servants and military generals of the Yan Dynasty who were in high positions and honors were all rebels who dug wild vegetables for military rations and melted farm tools for weapons, and the children were purely free-range. Lan Wei said that her dream is to follow her parents to fight the enemy and become a general.

"Lanlan?" Xie Zhen got impatient after waiting for Lanwei's reaction, and shook her sleeves again. Lanwei couldn't bear to recall any more, so she put it in a perfunctory way: "It's fine, it's fine, I won't be angry with you anymore."

Xie Zhen just let go of two fingers, slipped away from Lan Wei's sleeve corner, lay on the table with her head on her head, and there were three scars on her buttocks. Although she could bear it, it was not wrong to sit upright and press on the wounds. It was a beautiful thing, while adjusting his posture, Xie Zhen was running his mind: "After summer, we will start preparing for the spring. This year's examiners will probably be selected from among the younger ones."

"The empty seal case involves quite a lot, and there is a shortage of officials in the township and county. There will be a lot of people in the spring next year, right?"

When it came to the empty seal case, Xie Zhen's expression twisted again, but he quickly let go of it helplessly, and only said: "Yes, but most of them should be made up by former imperial examiners. You don't have to worry, I will talk to my father Read it carefully...it will follow Father's will."

"That's good. In a few days, Cao Guogong will return to Beijing, and Jing Xian will follow him. There should be a banquet at that time, so you can relax when you come out." Lan Wei's worries were slightly relieved, knowing that she couldn't understand Xie Zhen's daily plan For the matter, I changed the new news that I know to talk about.

"Cao Guogong is back in Beijing, what about Elder Sister?" It is not a meaningful thing for Cao Guogong to return to Beijing to report on his work and leave. Li Jingxian's letter also arrived at Xie Zhen first. The one who was also sealed in Longnan.

Lan Wei's impression of the King of Qin is almost limited to the title itself. The four titles of "Qin, Jin, Qi, and Chu" are generally the most honorable titles for one-word princes, because the countries represented by these four titles were the most powerful in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods. It is "Lu, Zhao, Wei, Wu" and so on, and the next level is the names of dynasties after "Han, Shu, Tang, Song".

Emperor Changning did not confer titles indiscriminately, only ten of his fifteen children had titles, and eight were crowned kings, but five of them were county kings with the title of land; the title of the third son of the emperor was "Kang", Even the dynasty is not on the wheel, but they just took advantage of their age; the fifth daughter of the emperor is the most favored concubine of Emperor Changning, and she is also Jing Yun's same mother and sister, because her name is "Li" and her name is "Li". As the name suggests, Emperor Changning will make her King of Lu in Feidi, Shandong.

Only Xie Qi, the King of Qin, was awarded the title of Zunwang, and he was the most respected "Qin". The reason was not only that she was the first child of Emperor Changning.Lan Wei really couldn't understand why Xie Zhen was so unguarded against the elder sister.

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Additional political and historical background:

Cao Guogong: Li Wenzhong (1339-1384), nephew of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, came to prominence when he fought against Xu Shouhui (another anti-Yuan force), and his main contribution was to fight against the remnants of the Yuan army.In history, it was Li Jinglong who inherited his title. This gentleman is not very good at talking on paper.According to the names of Li Wenzhong's other sons, it is inferred that his family does not have a Chinese character, but in order to be easy to recognize (after all, there are many famous officials surnamed Li in this era), Li Jinglong's younger sister was named Jingxian.

Empty seal case: A customary practice in the Yuan Dynasty. Local officials far away from the capital and with less developed transportation will bring some blank account books with stamps first when they go to Beijing to report accounts. Drop, this method of using the official seal that does not comply with the law... It is indeed a bit of a loophole of fraud and corruption, but it is definitely not reasonable to directly kill and punish the crime.