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After entering the house, because there was a screen window, I lit mugwort incense and a mosquito repellent match mixed with mugwort, wormwood, and realgar. I also swatted the mosquitoes to death manually. There were much fewer mosquitoes than outside.

After Li Beichen sat down, he picked up Barter and sat on his lap, looking very fond of it.

"Bartelle, have you taken a shower?"

Barter scratched his neck and shook his head.

"The medicine should be used after taking a bath."

Bart's face suddenly wrinkled into a bitter ball, and he scratched his arm, "It's itchy."

"I know you are itchy. But the medicine can only be applied after taking a bath with mugwort leaves."

Battle's face was full of struggle. After struggling for a moment, he finally nodded solemnly.

Mo Yu led Battle to take a moxa leaf bath in the next room.

Six small plates of exquisite cold dishes with meat and vegetables, two hot dishes, one meat and one vegetarian, together with barley and mung bean soup, pea yellow and rose ice powder, is today's dinner.

The concubine smiled gently and said, "It's hot today, so I made some cold dishes as usual. If the emperor wants to eat anything else, I asked the kitchen to make it right now."

Li Beichen glanced at them and saw that they were all his favorite cold dishes in summer.

"You are still considerate. I am really hungry."

Li Beichen originally had no appetite due to the heat, so he took a few chopsticks to eat the cold jellyfish head, the baby cabbage with the secret sauce, and then drank the mung bean soup with a little rock sugar. He felt much better and relaxed all over.

He couldn't help but praise, "You are really a top-notch cook in a small kitchen."

The concubine put down the rose ice powder in her hand and said, "These are the three masters that the emperor rewarded to my concubine."

Li Beichen smiled softly and said, "Not bad."

The concubine gently stirred the ice powder and ate happily by herself. I thought to myself that Concubine Jianing might also like to eat this rose ice powder, so I will send some to her later.

There is a faint burning aroma of mugwort in the air.

The atmosphere was very harmonious.

Li Beichen really came here for the newcomers. He informed the concubines and the concubines of the day when they would enter the palace, and arranged the residence of the concubines on the spot with a roster.

After Li Beichen finished eating, Battle was carried out by Mo Yu.

When I brought him to me, Battelle was already asleep.

"Take the prince to the couch." Concubine He ordered Mo Yu in a low voice, for fear of waking up Battle.

When she turned around and wanted to plead guilty and leave, before she could even kneel down and salute, Li Beichen waved his finger and said, "I'll go take a look with you."

When they arrived at the bedroom, He Fei deliberately walked lightly and slowly. But Li Beichen pushed Battle hard and shook him awake.

Barter was feeling very sleepy, rubbing his eyes and about to cry.

"Battle, I have made a promise for you. After you take a bath, you will apply medicine."

Li Beichen's tone was very serious.

Barter instantly woke up with his eyes wide open, got up from the bed, knelt on the ground and saluted Li Beichen.

Li Beichen nodded slightly and sat on the couch.

Just as the concubine was about to hug him, Battelle quickly crawled back, sat cross-legged, and stretched out his arms full of red envelopes to Li Beichen.

The concubine quickly pulled Battelle's arm towards her and opened the cork of the medicine bottle.

But Battelle stubbornly stretched his arm towards Li Beichen, his eyes sparkling black.

It means, the emperor, you just promised me.

Li Beichen calmly took Battle's arm and directed He Fei to apply the ointment without applying it himself.

The ointment was light green and was smeared almost all over Bart's body. Both buttocks were bitten by mosquitoes, which was really tragic.

After applying the ointment, Li Beichen took his arm and placed him naked on the ground, and ordered him to stand upright for a quarter of an hour while the ointment dried.

He took off a sachet from his clothes and put it in Bart's hand. "Tomorrow is the Dragon Boat Festival. According to Han Chinese custom, you must wear a sachet to ward off mosquitoes, flies, and venomous snakes. This is the sachet I give you to ward off mosquitoes. Keep it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Battelle raised his head and smiled brightly at Li Beichen.

After finishing speaking, he lowered his head and looked at the sachet curiously, picked it up, put it to his nose, smelled it, and played with it over and over. I even wanted to open it and see what was inside.

Li Beichen calmly looked at Battelle's strong physique, which was a head taller than an average Han three-year-old child. It seems that more Mongolian cavalry can be recruited and trained in the future. If there were more intermarriages between the Mongolian and Han people, we might be able to get stronger and taller soldiers in the future. Li Beichen patted Battelle's round head and said, "Go to bed early with your mother and concubine."

Early the next morning, news came that Shu Wanyi had another febrile convulsion in the middle of the night, but the serving maid did not notice it, and by the time she was discovered, she was already dead.

Following this news was the date when the three newcomers entered the palace, as well as the imperial edict for palace adjustments.

After the Qintian Supervisor, based on the birth dates of the three women, three auspicious days were selected this month.

The first was Meng Zhao, the daughter of Prime Minister Meng, on the tenth day of the fifth lunar month.

Next is Xie Zhili, the daughter of Xie Yizhong, the eldest son of Xie, on May 19th. Finally, there is Li Changan, the daughter of the Queen Mother, on May 20th.

Xie Zhili was granted the title of concubine for the first time and was granted residence in Yongshou Palace.

Li Changan and Meng Zhao were both concubines, and were given residences in Chengfu Palace and Changchun Palace respectively. They all live in the main hall of each palace.

Concubine Ning also moved to Ning'an Palace on the eighth day of May.

Jiang Yuebai and Xie Zhili's concubine ceremony was held on the tenth day of the sixth lunar month.

Following the adjustment, Xie Guiren of Jiangzixuan on the east side of Chengfu Palace moved into Jingyang Palace where concubine Shun Ye Suhua lived, and was granted a residence in Wutong Palace on the east side of the palace.

Su Changzai, who originally lived temporarily in Guanyueju on the west side of Chengfu Palace, moved out to Mingyuexuan, an independent courtyard.

Wei promised to move to Jiangzixuan, the east side of the palace where Xie Guiren lived.

Gu Xuanshi, who originally lived in Yongshou Palace, moved to Yuxiu Hall, the west side hall of Zhongyu Palace where Xia Concubine lived.

Murong Changzai, who originally lived in the Chenxi Hall on the east side of Xining Palace, moved to Ningcui Residence in the independent courtyard.

Yang, who was originally the main hall of Changchun Palace, moved to the east side hall, Jiang, who was in the east side of the palace, moved to the Chenxi Hall of Xining Palace, and Xiao, who was in the west side of the palace, moved to the west side of Jingyang Palace.

Fang Xuanshi, who originally lived in Shufang Palace, moved to the west side of Changchun Palace.

Li Beichen specially delivered the oral order, so Jiang Yuebai did not need to lead everyone to the courtyard to kneel down to listen to the order. The eunuch who delivered the order came to the room to announce the order. The rest of the people can just kneel outside the door.

Jiang Yuebai calmly listened to the eunuch reciting the imperial edict one by one.

This arrangement saves the dignity of each of the three newcomers.

Yongshou Palace, the Xie family's daughter's office, is where Concubine Jing used to live. It is closest to the Yangxin Palace and Qinzheng Palace among the Sixth Palace in the East and West. The emperor even moved out the attendant Gu Xuan who lived there. Let Xie live alone in a palace.

He and the concubine lived alone in the same palace because they were raising the Tatar prince, and she was pregnant. As soon as the daughter of the Xie family entered the palace, she had an independent office, which shows the emperor's love for the Xie family.

Li Changan's office is next door to Concubine He. It is convenient for two cousins ​​​​to communicate with each other. The person who arranged to live together was Wei Yaosheng, the most responsible person in the palace. He also thoughtfully moved everyone else out of the palace.

The Changchun Palace where Meng Zhao lived was the palace where the Queen Mother lived after Li Beihong was promoted to concubine after giving birth to Li Beihong. It was also very close to the Yangxin Palace. He lived with Meng Zhao's cousin Yang Xu, and had an attendant named Fang Xuan. The charming, bold and independent Fang Xuanshi was also brought here. I couldn't understand the purpose behind the emperor's arrangement, but it was very interesting.

It turned out that there was another Xiao Yao in the Changchun Palace. She was so low-key that people couldn't figure out her temperament. All she remembered was that she was good-looking, had a straight nose, and had cool and majestic facial features. Now he is transferred to live with Concubine Shun and Xie Cairen.

The Shufang Palace and Taorui Palace in the northwest corner became empty after Shu Wanyi died, and she and Fang Xuan moved to the palace. It is estimated that it will be used to accommodate the next batch of new people later.

Concubine Shun lives in the same palace as Guiren Xie, probably to facilitate collaboration in recording the morning meeting.

Jiang promised to occupy a Xining Palace with two low-ranking concubines, Lin Xuanshi, which could only be the main palace reserved for An Jieyu, Ye Sizha's sister.

Su Changzai and Murong Changzai both moved to small courtyards where they lived alone. It must be related to the previous dynasty.

Fan Cairen, who had a higher status than the two of them, did not move. It seemed that the emperor thought as she did, that it would be safest to stay where he was and stay with Zhen Jieyu.

Jiang Yuebai could tell that Su Chang was the legitimate daughter of a high-ranking official from a well-known family in her conversation and etiquette, which was completely different from Ye Suhua.

Murong Changzai is the legitimate daughter of Murong Hong, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, and the cousin of Murong Chi, a confidant who was promoted and promoted by Li Beichen. Her position is a bit awkward.

Murong Hong took refuge with the King of Liuyang because of his in-law relationship with his wife's family. He had "died of serious illness" on his way to the south of the Yangtze River for inspection and disaster relief.

This arrangement is probably to give the Murong family reassurance. After all, the Murong family has a long history of scholarship and has worked in the Hanlin Academy for generations. It is a well-known family among civil servants. Many civilian officials were his students or fellow students and had close relationships with him.

Based on Murong Chang Zaixin's arrogant, emotional and selfish character, Jiang Yuebai judged that it would be difficult for her to reflect on the last Durex incident, and that she would instead become more and more jealous of her.

The emperor allowed Murong to live alone in the palace, which probably meant both to praise her and to knock her down.

As for the rumors, the emperor loved the Tatar prince Bater very much. Not only did he hold it in his arms, but he also kept it in the concubine's palace. Last night, he specially bathed it to repel insects and relieve itching. In response, Jiang Yuebai just smiled slightly.

If you only see the emperor trying to win over Ye Siza on this level, you might as well think simple.

The emperor also likes to kill multiple birds with one stone.