Han Shizu

Chapter 953 Household Affairs

According to Liu Chengyou's past practice, the first thing he did when he returned to the palace was to go to the Hall of Ciming to meet the Empress Dowager. This has not changed for many years.Wherever the emperor went, it was always lively, especially in the palace, so when he set foot in the Ciming Hall, it was already full of Yingyingyanyanyan.

From the departure from Tokyo in August last year to the current return in May, Liu Chengyou left Beijing for nine months for this Northern Expedition. Such a long time is enough for the concubines and noble ladies staying in the court to wait and see.

Headed by Empress Fu, all the famous concubines and beauties in the Han Palace gathered in the Hall of Compassion. At the same time, they all brought their children, including concubines Xu and Li Ershu who were only favored by Liu Chengyou once.

Usually in the palace, between the halls, they basically have their own affairs. Except for grand ceremonies or special festivals, they rarely gather together.Basically, every time, Liu Chengyou has a different feeling.

More than a dozen children were present together. Liu Chengyou was quite proud of himself as a big family. With prosperous children and a prosperous family, anyone would have a sense of satisfaction.

"My son has lost weight. It's been so long in Beijing, and he's on the battlefield again. It's a concern. The king of a country and the head of a family should be more cautious!" Looking at Liu Chengyou, the empress dowager Li's kindness remained the same.

As for Liu Chengyou, compared to before he left Beijing, he has indeed lost a lot of weight, and even his belly has disappeared a lot. With more north winds, his skin has become rougher, but it is hard to hide his spirit.Liu Chengyou's energy has always been good, otherwise he would not be able to undertake the heavy military affairs all year round.

Hearing what the Empress Dowager said, Concubine Gao took the initiative to say: "It's because the concubine failed to take good care of the official family, so I ask the empress to punish me!"

Of course, no one would take her words seriously, and Liu Chengyou said to the queen mother: "My mother is worried. It is my fault. After this battle, I will have a general to do the conquest. The world!"

Liu Chengyou's words were not only to comfort the Queen Mother and his women, but also to express his attitude. From then on, he would not easily accept the conquest lightly.In fact, up to now, looking at the world, there is no force worthy of his personal conquest, including the Khitan and Liao Kingdom, which has been hit hard.

"While you were away, there was another baby in the palace. I haven't seen your father yet!" Li said again.

Liu Chengyou naturally found the two children who were being held in the arms of the empress talisman and the concubine Zhe. He immediately smiled, looked at them one by one, and hugged them. They were the ten sons born to the empress and the eleven sons born to the concubine Zhe.

Of course, these two sons are not yet in the sequence.In these years, one after another, Liu Chengyou also had several children who died young, which made him suffer from the pain of bereavement several times, which can only be seen in the clan genealogy.

The two children, born to Zhe Niangzi, were a little quiet, but probably affected by Liu Chengyou's dragon power or the hostility brought by the battle, they cried loudly as soon as they were in their arms. As a result, Liu Chengyou was laughing when the child cried.

The Empress Dowager and Empress Fu took Concubine Guo Ning to talk, asking her how she was, paying special attention to her swollen belly.After all, Concubine Ning is the first child, and she has been accompanied on the journey. Although she has been cared for carefully, she still has to travel unavoidably. Even though she is always healthy, she still needs special attention.

Among the older princes, Liu Fang was the most lively. He shouted that he had a younger brother and wanted to hug him, but he was not serious, so how dare he hand over the fragile baby to him.

There were children, and the atmosphere in the hall was very lively. The younger brothers and sisters gathered around the returning brothers, wanting to hear their stories about the outside world.That's right, the little princes and princesses are a little unfamiliar with Liu Chengyou's real father.

However, even so, the noisy atmosphere made Liu Chengyou feel warm, and the fatigue of the journey and the vigor of his body dissipated a lot.

"Come here, bring the things up!" Liu Chengyou ordered.

Soon, several palace attendants carried two boxes into the room, Liu Chengyou pointed at them, and said: "These are all my confiscations in the north and local tributes, pick the essence and make gifts for you, choose your own! "

Among the tributes, there are everything, jewelry, jewelry, feather clothes, jade, auspicious objects, and even weapons.It has attracted the attention of a lot of people. Although the life in the palace has improved a lot in recent years, the concubines still dare not dress too gorgeously and do not dress themselves up with jewels.

Therefore, he was still very interested in the gift Liu Chengyou brought back this time, and his eyes were all attracted.However, they all looked reserved and looked at the queen mother.

When Mrs. Li saw her, she smiled and said, "I'm old, I don't need these clothes, daughters-in-law can pick them up themselves!"

The empress dowager spoke first, and the empress also expressed her modesty. In this way, no matter how tempted she is, the beauty dares to step forward to pick her.Seeing this, Liu Chengyou lost his mind. It is not a good way to pick and choose each other, so he looked at the talisman and said: "Big talisman, you are the queen, so you can distribute it!"

With the emperor's order, the queen of the amulet no longer refused, and ordered people to spread out the gifts one by one, ready to distribute.Liu Chengyou couldn't stop, and ordered: "Order someone to prepare a dinner party in the Long Live Hall, tonight, hold a family dinner!"

Saying that, Liu Chengyou left first, but took away the crown prince Liu Yang.

On the side of Empress Fu, the distribution of gifts was carried out calmly. With her eyesight, of course she could distinguish the quality of things. First, she handed over the most precious string of jade beads to the Queen Mother. She knew that the Queen Mother still believed in it. Buddha's, it has been many years. Without huge wealth, the imperial court did not continue to deliberately suppress it, and the Shi family has recovered. I have to say that the vitality is really tenacious.

Next, the Empress Fu ordered someone to wrap it up and give it to Yongwangfu and Weiwangfu.Again, according to their grades, they were distributed to concubines, concubines, beauties, princes, and princesses one by one. As for the queen herself, she only took a box of rouge.

What she did was full of a lady's demeanor.

On Liu Chengyou's side, he brought Crown Prince Liu Yang back to the Chongzheng Hall.Nearly a year's career as a crown prince has obviously made this kid grow up a lot, and the expression on his face is not as rich as before, and he seems to be worried.

In the hall, looking at Liu Yang who was standing in front of him in an orderly manner, Liu Chengyou couldn't help thinking of the secret report he had received before, probably when he was sitting in such an orderly manner in front of the prime ministers.

"Sit!" Liu Chengyou ordered.

"Yes!" Liu Yang obediently responded, and then sat upright.

"During the time I was away, I am very satisfied with your supervisor's performance!" Liu Chengyou said softly with a softer expression.

For the prince he chose, Liu Chengyou still mainly encourages him.Sure enough, seeing his father's kind face, Liu Yang also subconsciously let out a sigh of relief, and replied: "Your ministers are responsible for the management of major government affairs, and you only need to watch from the sidelines, and dare not receive awards!"

Hearing this, Liu Chengyou couldn't help laughing, and said: "Military and state affairs should be handled by the ministers and workers, how can you give them to you, a child! Letting you accompany you to work in the Zhengshitang is to watch the government. Listening more and watching more is not good. Already. Tell me, what do you think?"

At this time, Liu Yang was like a primary school student, answering the teacher's homework, or temporarily assigning and answering temporarily.Feelings, it is not easy to give an answer.

With a wrinkled face, he thought hard for a long time, and took a careful look at Liu Chengyou. Liu Yang decided to tell the truth: "I don't have any other thoughts. I just feel that there are so many things. After one thing, there is another thing. After the big thing, there are small things. It’s exhausting. Also, the husbands often have disputes, but as soon as the father’s edict arrives, they immediately reach a consensus and cooperate with each other.”

Liu Chengyou was obviously satisfied with Liu Yang's answer. He looked at him and said, "Remember, in addition to listening and watching more, you also need to think more. You must have your own thoughts and opinions, understand?"

Liu Yang was dull for a moment, and there was a hint of thought in his cool eyes, then he nodded and said, "I see!"

"Have you ever let go of your homework?" Liu Chengyou asked again.

"Go to the Wenhua Palace in one day, and have the Taifu Jiaozheng in two days!" Liu Yang said.

"Wei Gong is also my teacher, a pillar of the country, and has a lot of work. I feel resigned to let him teach you!" Liu Chengyou said: "Don't neglect him!"

"Yes! I understand!"

He didn't directly examine Liu Yang's government affairs. As the emperor, he cared for the prince, and as a father, he taught the children, that's all.

"You go to the Political Affairs Hall, pass on my oral order, and let the princes settle down to their posts, and I will meet you tomorrow. In addition, let the Xuanhui Academy prepare a celebration banquet. Confer a reward, come up with a statement!" Liu Chengyou ordered to Liu Yang.

Hearing Liu Chengyou's words, Liu Yang quickly took out a pen, recorded it, and then confirmed it to Liu Chengyou, then took the note and left.Although it is oral instruction, word of mouth is the easiest way to make mistakes. Liu Yang's style is very suitable for Liu Chengyou.

(End of this chapter)