Emperor of the Red Chamber

Chapter 52 What is life?
It is already winter, and there were two heavy snowfalls the day before yesterday and the day before yesterday. Today, the spring garden is still covered with snow, and the weather is cold.

However, at this time, the warm pavilion where Yuan Qingbai lived was as warm as spring.

Hot steam was rising in Nuo Da's bathtub, and there were some flower petals floating in the tub, which Lingxue had specially sprinkled.

Although Yuan Qingbai was not a girl, but a heroic man, he was used to Lingxue scattering flower petals in his bathtub.

Although even now, he sometimes still thinks of the scenes of beauties in ancient costumes bathing in those movies and TV series in his previous life.

At this moment, Yuan Qingbai was sitting in the bathtub, with his eyes closed, unable to see the rising water vapor, nor Youshi standing next to the bathtub.

His mind was replaying the previous fighting scenes.

In total, it has been more than three years since he came to this world.

He has a golden finger of strong physical fitness, and he has been practicing martial arts diligently for more than three years. It is no exaggeration to say that his martial arts skills are extraordinary now. He has even passed the martial arts examination, although he has not obtained the status of martial arts champion.

In terms of personal martial arts, he is indeed strong.

Although it is not worth mentioning compared with those masters in Xianxia and Martial Arts.

He also hunted in the Chengde paddock and killed countless animals and birds.

However, he has never experienced fighting with others in more than three years, and today is the first time.

But today, for the first time, it was so intense and bloody.

Although he was nervous at the time, he did not flinch and showed enough power and courage.

He feels that he has integrated into this world relatively deeply.

He also felt that Emperor Jing'an was right in reprimanding him today. In this life, he was the son and grandson of a noble family in Tianhuang, and he was probably the emperor chosen by Emperor Jing'an for the next generation.

Without any major accidents, his cold-faced father will succeed to the throne, and it will be his turn to take the throne in a few years.

Although he should be brave, he should also pay attention to his own personal safety. If he can avoid taking personal risks, he should try to avoid it.

What a pity it would be if he died young in this life. Is it worthy of him traveling through this time?

And when he thought that it would be his turn to be the emperor in the future, his imperial grandfather and his cold-faced father would have already passed away by that time!
At that time, the world no longer had the imperial grandfather who raised, taught and loved him.

At that time, there was no longer a cold-faced father in this world.

At that time, the world will be without his grandmother Yi Fei.

At that time, the world would not even have his ninth uncle.

Although he has many relatives in this life, the only elders he feels close to and can rely on are his grandfather, his father, the cold-faced king, his grandmother, Concubine Yi, and his ninth uncle.

At that time, maybe he already had many concubines and even many children, but what kind of loneliness would he feel in his heart at that time?
Confucius said: "The deceased is like a man who never gives up day and night."

Throughout the ages, immortality has been only a dream in the human world.

Since ancient times, it has been rare for people to live to be a hundred years old, so how can one live to be a thousand years old?

Long live my emperor, this is just a slogan.

Which emperor can live to be a hundred years old?

In his previous life, the longest-lived emperor was Mr. Zhang, who did not live to be ninety years old.

And if he becomes the emperor in the future, how hard will he, the emperor after the emperor's grandfather and the cold-faced king's father, work for the great Zhou Dynasty?

Emperor Jing'an was diligent in government affairs in his youth and even in his youth.

But he became tired of politics in his later years. Even so, Yuan Qingbai has witnessed with his own eyes the fatigue of the old emperor in the past three years. Even in his later years when he was tired of politics, he was tired, not to mention the old emperor's youth?
Being a good emperor is impossible without being tiring!
Yuan Qingbai had already predicted that when Emperor Jing'an abdicated and the Cold-faced King succeeded to the throne, the Cold-faced King would be a very tired emperor.

And if he really becomes the emperor in the future, he should also be a good emperor, and he will inevitably be affected by this, not just ordinary burdens.

Thinking of this, Yuan Qingbai hoped that he would not become emperor when he was still young. He hoped that his grandfather could live a few more years and that his father, the cold-faced king, could live a few more years.

What is youth? Although the average life span of people in this era and this world is not high, in Yuan Qingbai's view, for him, he can be considered young before the age of thirty.

He felt that unless he was murdered, based on his status and living conditions in this life, plus his golden fingers, and his insistence on practicing martial arts, his life span should not be short.

Mr. Zhang in his previous life lived to be eighty-nine, how could he not live to be ninety or older in this life?
Before the age of thirty, be a good grandson and a good prince. While enjoying your youth, you should be loyal and filial to your imperial grandfather and father. These two will also bear the burden of the emperor. Wouldn't it be nice for him to take over the burden of the emperor when he is about thirty years old?

This is what he is thinking now. What will happen in the future? Whether he can successfully become emperor and at what age he will become emperor are of course unknown now.

At this time, a touching voice came from my ears: "Third Master, are you asleep?"

Yuan Qingbai woke up from his meditation, opened his eyes, looked through the rising water vapor, glanced at Youshi who had been scrubbing himself, and said softly: "I'm not asleep."

Youshi smiled sweetly and said softly: "Since the third master is not asleep, he is thinking about something? It seems like he is asleep. Can you tell me what you are thinking about?"

Yuan Qingbai said: "Do you really want to know?"

Youshi nodded and said "Yes": "I'm quite curious."

Yuan Qingbai smiled slightly: "I am thinking about what life is."

Once when he said this to Lingxue, Lingxue was stunned and didn't know how to answer the question.

However, Youshi is different from Lingxue.

At this moment, Youshi heard this and asked with a smile: "So, what does Third Master think of life?"

Yuan Qingbai smiled and said: "The so-called life means giving birth to people, that is, giving birth to children, passing on the family line, and living from generation to generation. When I give you a face, you can experience life with me."

It was as if peach blossoms had melted into Youshi's cheeks. Although she was ashamed, she lowered her head and said "hmm".

In the Nuan Pavilion, there is not only hot water vapor rising, but also a strange warm current rising up. It is getting warmer and spring-like, and it is like two different worlds from the cold winter outside the Nuan Pavilion.

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Opening the face is a custom in China since ancient times, and this custom was also popular in the Zhou Dynasty.

"The left thread will give birth to a precious son, the right thread will give birth to a handsome boy, and the three threads on one side will be flicked steadily, and the lady will give birth to a unicorn. Her eyebrows will be stretched like a crescent moon, and the number one pick will be the handsome man."

When a woman gets married, she will remove the hair on her face and neck, trim her temples, and change her grooming style.

I only show my face once in my life.

A woman whose face is opened will become whiter, her appearance will improve, and she will no longer be a girl.

In the original work, Jia Lian said: "Unexpectedly, the little girl who came to Beijing to buy, named Xiangling, actually became a roommate with Xue Da, and they got in love with each other, and her hair became more and more beautiful. That Xue Da The fool really insulted her."

Because his father had just suffered an assassination, Yuan Qingbai proposed to postpone the favor of the You family out of filial piety, but Emperor Jing'an disagreed.

So on this day, Youshi showed his face.

　When this book was first conceived, I wanted to write about the lives of three generations of emperors with different personalities and the sense of the times that the emperors inherited. I couldn't help but click on this chapter first, and I will write about it in depth later.

　　
　
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