Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1473 Absorbing Storage (Part [-]) Shocked
When Gao Wushi finished talking with Zhu Yijun about this issue, Chen Ju had already sent someone to inform that the empress had finished her medical consultation and was now listening to an opera on the third floor with Her Royal Highness Princess Yongning.

Zhu Yijun was very happy and asked how the result of the consultation was.The little eunuch said that he couldn’t remember those medical terminology, but he generally said that cold and evil hurt the body. Mr. Binhu prescribed the medicine, saying that he had to take it for three months in a row, and then he would prescribe warming and tonic recipes according to the situation. The class will slowly raise.

In addition, Mr. Binhu also said that the empress should take a short rest after dinner every day, and then take a walk for half an hour. If the weather is inconvenient, it can also be done in the palace.In short, if everything is done according to what he said, it will be half a year at the earliest, or a year later, and the empress's body should be fine.

Zhu Yijun was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said: "If it can be done like this, I will reward you a lot!" Then he glanced at Gao Yushi on one side, and asked: "This Rixin building of yours is really big, why is there a theater in this building?" ?”

The Rixin Building must be big. The style of this building is a bit like the Royal Palace of Amsterdam (Note: However, the palace was built in 1655. It was originally the Amsterdam City Hall, and it has not yet appeared), but the colors are somewhat different. For the sake of convenience, the Rixin Building is still dominated by white marble, and it can be regarded as the second "white jade building" overall.

Although the shape is similar, the Nissin Building has a higher floor and a wider width. Therefore, all the facilities in the building are complete. It is not surprising that a "music hall" is prepared, and this music hall can also be used as a "theater garden". to use.

In fact, the development of drama in the early years of Wanli was relatively mediocre, and as one of the leaders of Shilin, Gao Yushi couldn't always sing some lower Liba people here, so the music hall had to perform Kunqu opera.

I am ashamed to say that although Gao Yushi has the reputation of being the number one scholar of the six poems, and he was born in the sect of real learning, he is also known as a great Confucian in the world, but in fact he has very little understanding of opera, and he is not used to the popular "water mill" of Kunqu opera. cavity", he never thought of going to that music hall on weekdays.

However, Zhu Yijun seemed very interested, and after getting a high-practical affirmative answer, he asked enthusiastically, "What are you singing today?"

However, Gao Wushi didn't know at all, so he could only look towards Gao Mo.Gao Mo quickly replied: "Your Majesty, today we are singing "The Story of Huansha"."

Zhu Yijun smiled and said: "Wuyue Chunqiu? It's very good. I've heard of this book a long time ago, but it's a pity that it's inconvenient in the palace. Today I just learned a lot." He waved to Gao Wushi: "Seek the truth, let's go, take me to have a look. "

Naturally, Gao Yushi couldn't say it was bad, so he took the emperor there, and when he arrived at the entrance of the music hall, he saw several young eunuchs who were in charge of rituals waiting outside.

Gao Wushi then said to Zhu Yijun, "Please come in, Your Majesty, I am waiting here."

Zhu Yijun was taken aback for a moment, stopped and said in surprise, "What are you waiting for, let's go and see together."

Gao Wushi coughed lightly: "The Empress and His Royal Highness the Eldest Princess are in the hall, and it seems that it is inconvenient for foreign ministers to enter."

"What should I do?" Zhu Yijun waved his hand: "You are a foreign minister, but you are not an outsider. Just come in." He said this very naturally, without thinking at all.The little eunuchs next to him listened, and looked at Gao Yushi with three points of fear and seven points of envy.

Gao Yushi groaned secretly in his heart. He was standing outside the hall at the moment, and he could already hear the sound of "babbling" inside.This world's largest fake literati seems to have been thrown out of his old background, he doesn't feel any elegance and poetry at all, he just feels that he has a faint headache.

But he couldn't refuse such a great favor from the emperor, so he obediently followed Zhu Yijun in.

As soon as the two entered the high red sandalwood door of the hall, four eyes immediately greeted them.The Queen and Princess Yongning, who were dressed in the usual costumes of the female family members of the official family, immediately stood up, took a few steps towards Zhu Yijun, and gave each other a blessing.

The queen said: "I have met Your Majesty." Then Princess Yongning said again: "I have seen the emperor."

Gao Wushi thought to himself: Let me just say, the queen really didn't call herself a "concubine" when she saw the emperor, and the TV series really misled me.

It turned out that he often saw costume dramas before traveling, whether it was Qin, Han, Tang and Song, or Yuan and Qing aliens, as long as they were emperors, there would always be a group of bejeweled and heavily made-up women calling themselves concubines in front of them.Especially after "The Legend of Zhen Huan", many people have learned the phrase "Concubines can't do it!" But he also read ancient books after time travel, and found that according to the system, in this "ancient" palace, the harem beauties It seems that one should not call oneself a concubine in front of the emperor.

What does concubine mean?It is the title of slaves in the Western Zhou Dynasty and Spring and Autumn Period.A male slave is called a minister, and a female slave is called a concubine. "Book Fei Oath" said: "If you go over the wall, steal horses and cattle, and lure your ministers and concubines, you will have constant punishment." It is also used as the title of your subordinates.

"Zuo Zhuan Xigong 17th Year" wrote: "Men are ministers, women are concubines." It also refers to "the wives and concubines of ministers", which is the name used by the lower class to talk about their wives and concubines to the higher class.

Concubine, as a noun, was used to refer to those with low status in ancient times. For example, "Shang Shu Zhuan" said: "Servants who are lowly, men are called ministers and women are called concubines." "Warring States Policy·Qin Si": "The common people live in dire straits, the races are separated, and exiled are ministers and concubines." Note cloud: "Men are ministers, women are concubines."Therefore, "Chenqie" refers to the subject and the ruled.

"Chen" is a vertical eye in oracle bone inscriptions. Guo Moruo said in "Research on Oracle Bone Inscriptions": "When a person bows his head, his eyes are vertical, so it looks like a person who submits." "Shuowen Jiezi" said: "Chen, like The form of submission." "Book of Rites · Shaoyi": "The minister is left." Zheng Xuan's commentary said: "The minister is the prisoner." It means that the "subject" is the captured prisoner of war.

The above is the original meaning of "Chen". If the captured prisoners of war are not killed, they will become slaves of the winner. Therefore, the word "Chen" refers to male slaves in the early days.

Later, the word began to change. For example, "Shuowen Jiezi" also said: "The minister is the one who serves the emperor."

This use of "Chen" is a man's self-proclaimed monarch. "Zuo Zhuan Xigong Five Years": "I heard that ghosts and gods are not real relatives, but virtue is the only one to rely on." This is Gong Zhiqi's opinion of Yu Gong Zhiqi called himself a "subject" in front of Duke Yu.

What about concubines?The word "concubine" in oracle bone inscriptions has the character "female" underneath and the character "Xin" above, and "Xin" is a "flat-headed shovel".Guo Moruo said in "Research on Oracle Bone Inscriptions": "'Xin' is a knife and chisel used for punishment of criminals or alien prisoners. Tattoo punishment cannot be expressed in simple characters, so it is borrowed. tools to express."

"Shuowen Jiezi" says: "Concubine, guilty woman." As we all know, in ancient times, "guilty" could be taken as a slave, so the original meaning of "concubine" is "female slave".Sometimes it is also used to mean "a woman who a man marries other than his wife".Of course, the most used name is "female modesty".

Therefore, "Chen" and "Concubine" can only be used to refer to oneself as a man or a woman, and cannot be mixed or used indiscriminately, let alone the two words are used to refer to oneself-otherwise, whether you are a man or a woman ?

Liu Changqing, Xue Feng, Yin Wengui and other poets of the Tang Dynasty all have the saying "ten thousand courtiers and concubines"; the great poet Lu You of the Song Dynasty has the sentence "ten thousand kingdoms are courtiers and concubines"; There is a famous saying that "the emperor and the Ming Dynasty mixed with Haiyu, surpassed the three generations and followed the Han and Tang Dynasties, and reached the sky and the poles, and neither court nor concubine".

The above-mentioned "chenqie" are used together, and they all refer to people in certain places who "serve my king as ministers or concubines", that is, people in that place are just lowly men and women in front of my king.

In fact, in addition to the emperor, people can also use the word "concubine" to the empress. Severe." Obviously, the "concubine" here is also a collective term, referring to all the men and women who are subjects, and it is inappropriate to be called "concubine" for a specific man or a woman.

In addition, "Chenqie" can also be used as a verb, and it is often used by many people. For example, Cai Yong in the Eastern Han Dynasty said in "Shangshijiayuanfu and the Shouzhang of the Officials": "The ministers and concubines are all nations." Li Qiao of the Tang Dynasty " "The Monument of Chanting in the Great Zhou Dynasty" said: "The four poles of ministers and concubines." Therefore, queens and concubines can call themselves "concubines" or "bad concubines" and "little concubines" to the emperor, but they should not be called "concubines". ".

Anyone who has read any book about concubines in "Book of the Later Han", "Book of Jin", "Book of Tang", "Song History" and "History of Ming Dynasty" can know how the concubines called themselves when they talked with the emperor.If you read any book in "History of Jin", "History of Yuan Dynasty" or "Drafts of Qing History", you will also see women from ethnic minorities who are concubines, and they also know that they call themselves "concubines" rather than "concubines".

Gao Wushi's daydreams only lasted for a moment, and when Princess Yongning finished speaking, he bowed slightly and said, "Chen Gao Wushi has seen the queen and the eldest princess."

It’s also interesting to say that this is the first time for Gao Yushi to see the queen at close range—and he has only seen a few times before. The first time was at the empress ceremony, and the next few times he accompanied the emperor to the Longevity Hill to pay homage to the imperial mausoleum. No matter which time, he only saw the queen from a distance, and never got close.

Surprisingly, Queen Wang seemed to be very interested in him. After a careful look, she nodded and said, "You don't need to be polite, Da Sinong." Then she looked at the emperor and asked, "Why is the emperor here?"

Zhu Yijun smiled and said, "I'm here to listen to the play." Then he pointed to the stage and asked, "Where did the song go?"

Queen Wang said: "Now it's the ninth outing, hold your heart."

As soon as Zhu Yijun heard it, it was true that he was singing on the stage: "Just because of the sudden promise, I was full of sorrow, and my heart ached all night, and I had a spring disease. It was just a thousand strands of hatred, and two eyebrows. It's so desolate, chirping, chirping, this incident is so painful."

His heart moved, he looked at Princess Yongning, and saw that although his poor sister obediently lowered her head, she only glanced at Gao Yushi from the corner of her eye.

"Cough!" Zhu Yijun coughed lightly, scaring Princess Yongning away quickly.But he ignored it, turned his head to Gao Yu and said pragmatically: "Let's not delay, sit down and listen to the music."

Gao Wushi didn't know the emperor's intention for a while, so he just nodded slightly.Unexpectedly, the emperor walked forward and directly took the seat where Princess Yongning was sitting before, and the queen naturally sat beside him.

Naturally, Gao Yushi couldn't sit side by side with the emperor, so he went to the back row. At this time, he found a problem. Princess Yongning hesitated next to him, as if he didn't know where to sit.

It stands to reason that she can choose to continue to sit on the other side of the queen, or she can choose to sit next to the emperor - she is a member of the Tian family, the emperor's younger sister, and according to Zhu Yuanzhang's customization, she is also a "jun" in front of Gao Yushi , so you can also sit next to the emperor's brother.As long as the emperor himself doesn't mind, others can't say anything.

But she always felt that the behavior of the emperor's brother just now was wrong-there are not only two seats in the first row, but a long row. The emperor could sit on the other side of the queen just now, but he chose to give his seat to the queen. accounted for.

Why is that?Just didn't notice, coincidence?
However, Princess Yongning immediately realized that it was not a coincidence, because at the moment when she was hesitating, Zhu Yijun suddenly winked at her.

This look made it very straightforward, Princess Yongning knew at a glance that she was asked to sit in the row of high pragmatism.Although she knew that brother Huang was very clear about the matter between her and Gao Yushi, she still blushed at this moment.

It just so happened that Queen Wang also noticed this small gesture between their brothers and sisters, and couldn't help but smiled at Princess Yongning, and said intentionally, "What are you waiting for, Fourth Sister, you're blocking me."

Princess Yongning hid in the back row as if she had fled, and sat side by side with Gao Yushi.As soon as he sat down, he realized from the corner of his eye that Gao Yushi was not watching the stage at all, but was looking at himself openly.

She first took a peek at the emperor and empress who were sitting side by side in front of her, and seeing that neither of them had any intention of turning their heads, she then looked at Gao Wushi and whispered, "Aren't you going to watch a play?"

Gao Wushi blinked, and said in a low voice, "Which drama is better than yours?"

Princess Yongning spat lightly: "Poor mouth." But as she said so, the smiles in the corners of her eyes were already rippling.

Gao Pragmatism whispered again: "After the completion of the Rixin Building, I can live in the city for a long time, and it will be more convenient to walk around occasionally."

Princess Yongning couldn't help showing a smile, but said deliberately: "Where are you going?"

Gao Wushi said: "Naturally, it's on the sycamore tree."

Princess Yongning almost laughed out loud when she heard his pun, but said in her mouth: "I didn't expect Da Si Nong to have such a childlike interest. Do you want to dig out a bird's nest from a tree?"

Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "It's not about digging out the bird's nest, I want to sleep in the phoenix's nest."

How can Princess Yongning be as thick-skinned as Gao Yushi, Xia Fei's cheeks fluttered when she heard this, and she said coquettishly: "What a court minister, why is he not in good shape?"

"If the princess wants to punish me, she will never refuse to be pragmatic, but..."

"But what?"

"It can only be punished in the Phoenix Nest."

Princess Yongning couldn't help but reached out and gave him a light thump, and said in disbelief, "Don't say any more." Then she glanced at the emperor and his wife in the front row with a guilty conscience, and said in a low voice, "Both the emperor's brother and the emperor's wife are here. Being heard by them, I was ashamed to death."

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "Then let me tell you something serious?"

Princess Yongning was startled: "What's the matter?"

Gao Wushi said: "When the empress is pregnant in the future, the government and the public will pay less attention to the princess mansion. At that time, do you want to..."

Princess Yongning was taken aback: "How do you know that I want your child?"

Gao Wushi's smile froze immediately, and his eyes straightened instantly.
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PS: Since I will go back to my hometown to worship the ancestors tomorrow, it is estimated that I will have to catch up with another chapter later, and it may be updated in the early morning.Then Sunday's chapter is estimated to be relatively late, because according to experience, there will probably be traffic jams when you come back on Sunday.

(End of this chapter)