Daming: The most ruthless tyrant in history

Chapter 696 Sisters

In the Forbidden City on a snowy night, there is no other sound except the sound of the wind. As New Year's Day approaches, the Forbidden City becomes more festive.

No matter how many worries we have, we have to live our lives.

If one wants to be free from worries, the only way is to have a long sleep.

Otherwise, if you live, there will always be troubles of one kind or another, waiting for you at an unknown time. Perhaps this is life, and no one can escape it.

"Giggle~"

The sudden sound of silvery laughter broke the tranquility. Zhu Youxiao, who was concentrating on reading the memorials, was disturbed by the laughter. He frowned slightly and subconsciously wanted to call Liu Ruoyu, but then he remembered that he was in Kunning Palace.

Zhu Youxiao put down the memorial in his hand and walked towards the phoenix couch in the hall. The first thing he saw was Zhang Yan sleeping soundly. Her naive look made Zhu Youxiao smile.

Originally, I returned to Kunning Palace from Qianqing Palace with the intention of spending more time with Zhang Yan and finalizing some trivial matters for the New Year in the harem. Unexpectedly, Zhang Yan felt sleepy before they had been together for long.

In the previous period of time, there were too many things to do, so Zhu Youxiao returned to the harem less often than before, but he spent the longest time in Kunning Palace.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, there are some things that must be taken into consideration. Zhang Yan, as the empress of the Ming Dynasty, is in charge of the harem. If Zhu Youxiao really did something like favoring concubines and neglecting the empress, the harem of the Tianqi Dynasty would never have peace.

In order to make the harem stable and to avoid as many dirty things as possible, Zhu Youxiao revised the palace rules. The concubines of the previous emperor had to move to Nanyuan to spend their remaining years in retirement, and the palace maids who had stayed in the palace for a certain age would be selected by the Forbidden City to marry after they had developed a skill!
Those who can marry palace maids are, without exception, all good men who have made military achievements for the Ming Dynasty. This can not only solve the problem of whether the older palace maids in the palace stay or go, but also further win over the good men of the Ming Dynasty.

Even though there were some private discussions and doubts about the above matters among the court and the public, Zhu Youxiao did not care at all. The majesty of imperial power should not be demonstrated in such a simple and crude way.

Personal will cannot suppress demand for a long time. The harder the suppression, the greater the backlash. Therefore, rules are dead, but people are alive.

Nothing stays the same.

The same goes for feelings!
There were too many old customs and habits of cannibalism in the Ming Dynasty under the imperial autocracy. What Zhu Youxiao had to do was to gradually change these old customs and habits.

“It’s really grown.”

Zhu Youxiao bent over to cover the sleeping Zhang Yan with the quilt, and his smile became even wider. Thinking about it carefully, Zhang Yan has been in the palace for more than two years. Compared with the immature and reserved when they first met, she is now confident and able to let go when necessary.

After staying in the hall for a while, Zhu Youxiao went outside to get some fresh air. The days of hard work made him very tired. The emperor is also a human being and he also needs time to relax.

"What time is it?"

Zhu Youxiao walked out of the hall, looked up at the falling snowflakes, and gently rubbed his shoulders with his hand.

"Your Majesty, it's five quarters past midnight."

Liu Ruoyu, holding the cloak, put it on Zhu Youxiao's shoulders while reporting to his master, "The ones who disturbed the master and the queen just now were the two who came to Kunning Palace for training."

"Is it them?"

Zhu Youxiao thought of something and said, "Go and take a look."

"Here."

Liu Ruoyu hurriedly lowered his head and said.

Zhu Youxiao walked in front, and Liu Ruoyu and others followed behind. Kunning Palace was very big, and walking in the snowy night was a special experience. "Sister, the Han people are really troublesome. Why do we need to prepare so many things for a New Year's Day?" In a corner of Kunning Palace, a girl holding a wooden bucket frowned slightly, blinking her big, lively eyes, and said to another girl who was pasting window paper-cuts.

"Sister, can I speak to you in my hometown dialect? The Han language is so difficult and awkward to speak..."

"hard to pronounce!"

The girl who had pasted the paper-cuts on the window turned around and reached out to touch her sister's forehead. "No, we have to speak the Han language here. On the first day we entered Kunning Palace, the people here emphasized to us that if we dare to speak the language of our hometown, we will be beaten with a stick. Do you want to be beaten with a stick?"

"Do not want to."

The girl holding the knife shook her head.

There was even a hint of fear in her brow.

"Sister, I miss home, my father, and my mother."

As if frightened, the girl with the shovel had tears in her eyes. She looked up at her family and asked, "Can we go back to Korqin in the future?"

"I…"

The other girl choked up a little. She didn’t know if she could return to Korqin in the future.
Even now, everything she had experienced before seemed like a dream to her. It was just that the dream was too long and she has not woken up yet.

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That day, she and her sister were playing on the grassland, but suddenly some cavalry came and killed many people in the tribe. In the turmoil, not only they were abducted, but many others were also abducted.

From that day on, they began to live a life of displacement, living in fear all day long, and in this state, many of the abducted women were taken away by those people.

Until one day, this fate befell them. Although they lived on the grassland and had heard of such situations to some extent, they were still very scared when it really happened.

For this reason, she revealed her identity. It was also from that night that she and her sister met the officers of this team, and they lived much better than before.

But the state of displacement has not changed.

Along the way, they passed through Korchin, Huifa City, Nadan City... and finally crossed a very cold river and went to a completely unfamiliar place. According to the Mingqi's chat, they had arrived in North Korea!
They are completely unfamiliar with North Korea.

Ok.

As they traveled along the way, they learned the true identity of the people who robbed Korchin. Those who robbed Korchin were not people from the grassland, but Ming people in disguise.

It was also by chance that they unexpectedly learned that there were people from the Eight Banners fighting in Korea, which gave them hope. Khorchin and the Eight Banners were related by marriage, so they fled.

However, in the completely unfamiliar North Korea, without being able to speak the language and with no idea of ​​the direction, they were soon found and sent away, along with many other women.

They didn't know where they were going, but they walked a long way and then took a long boat ride. The rocking on the boat made them vomit for a long time.

Until their boat reached the shore...

"This will be our home from now on."

Thinking of this, the girl reached out and gently stroked her sister's forehead, "Korqin is no longer our home."

(End of this chapter)