"The father is in charge of the people of the world, and the mother and the imperial concubines will definitely understand the father." He raised his head and looked at his father with excitement. "The son minister will definitely take his father as an example, be diligent and thrifty at all times, and share his worries as soon as possible!"

"This kid is not in vain to hire a master. He is so good at speaking!" The emperor laughed and then patted his shoulder.

The next evening, the emperor took the prince and drove into the city and entered the palace. At this time, there were only two days before the New Year.

Although it is an imperial palace, the areas in the Donghuamen and Huijimen in the Forbidden City have been given to the cabinet by the emperor as an office place for important government agencies, so the area occupied by the royal family is much smaller and narrower than before.

After a large number of imperial guards entered, the palace was already martial law, with three steps, one post and five steps, and a stern inside and outside. However, in the midst of the murder, the guards and servants who were patrolling everywhere also brought some long-lost anger to the palace.

As we all know, the emperor was simple and never wanted to move into the palace of the former Ming Dynasty after he decided to dominate the world. However, the emperor said this that the royal family naturally could not pass on it, so the royal family members generally did not live in the palace, but lived in the residential courtyards not far from the military camp. However, during major festivals or gatherings, because the residential areas were small after all, the royal family members would gather in the Forbidden City, while living and living, while preparing to accept worship from the inside and outside dynasties.

The emperor is not particularly close to women. Although he is the king of a country, his wife and concubines are not many, and his title is very simple. After the founding of the new dynasty, the emperor's wife Xu Zhenzhen was naturally named the queen. Her eldest son Zhao Long was named the crown prince, her second son Zhao Hu was named the king of Qi, and her eldest daughter Zhao Feng was named the princess Xinping. These three people are the legitimate children born by their wife, and their treatment is different from other princes.

Mu Shulan was named the Imperial Concubine, and she was not distinguished from the Empress. Xuan Zi, the son Zhao Qi, she gave birth to was named King of Liang, Zhao Rui was named King of Zheng, and her daughter Zhao Yan was named Princess Xiping, and her status was also very high. This special treatment was not only because the emperor and her were childhood sweethearts and deep feelings, but also because the Imperial Concubine had extremely high influence.

In order to unify the thoughts of the people and hold religious weapons in their own hands, when they started their career in Xuzhou, the emperor carried out religious reforms, incorporated the system of the incense smelling scent into the religious reforms, and vigorously promoted them to the army. After years of hard work, the military's news incense has now established a complete set of theoretical and political systems, which greatly helped the emperor's ideological rule and command of the army. As the saint before the incense smelling scent, Mu Shulan has always had a very high status in the hearts of religious officials in the Han court, so the emperor appointed Mu Shulan as the only imperial concubine in the harem, and was treated very highly, and he also had some thoughts to appease this group of people.

The emperor often stayed in the military camp to deal with military and national affairs, so the main things inside the royal family were to take care of the queen and the imperial concubine. The queen was from a giant family. The Muhuang Concubine also learned a lot in her early years, so they were very skilled in handling the affairs inside the family. In addition, they both had a very modest temper, so the royal family of the Han Dynasty was calm under the management of the two of them.

Below the queen and the imperial concubine, there are several concubines. Among them, Meng Ziqi has a relatively high status. Her title is Concubine Hui, and she has a son, Zhao Sheng and a daughter. Now Zhao Sheng has been named King of Yue. However, although she has been named King of Yue, her status and treatment are still a little worse than the previous two sons. Her daughter has not yet received the title of Princess because she is too young.

Concubine Meng Hui's brother was Meng Zhiqi, the artillery general. He has now been named Handan Bo by the court and is one of the nobles whom the court relied heavily on. Therefore, Concubine Meng Hui is also the highest-ranking concubine among the concubines.

The other three concubines were all married by the emperor in the process of starting a family and establishing the tripod. They entered the Zhao royal court relatively late, so the children they gave birth to have not yet been given titles, and their status and treatment are incomparable to those princes and daughters before.

The palace emperors of the former Ming Dynasty had many concubines and various titles were mixed. The emperor was not particularly interested in this kind of thing after establishing the new dynasty, so there were only these six wives and concubines in the palace, and there were not many people who needed to serve them. Compared with the former Ming Dynasty, the scale of the palace eunuchs was greatly reduced.

Although such a small harem size seems to be somewhat in line with the royal tradition and specifications, the ministers thought it was the emperor's family matter, and the other hand they felt that it was a good thing that the emperor did not like to indulge in the pleasures of the harem. In addition, the emperor's children are already many without worrying about the risk of not having an heir. Therefore, the prime minister and other ministers just casually advised him and stopped interfering in such matters.

The winter night came very early. When the emperor finished Tangmu, it was already dark. At this time, the palace had already lit up red lanterns everywhere, and together with the red palace walls, dyeing the palace like a red world. The palace had been painted before the emperor arrived, and there were fake flowers made of silk everywhere. The men and women were wearing brand new uniforms that were sent not long ago and laughed.

Because the Yunshan Tour and the imperial houses of the former Ming Dynasty had been transferred to the cabinet, although the income of the Han royal family could not be compared with the palace of the former Ming Dynasty, it was also a huge amount. In the usual frugal situation, the queen and the imperial concubine discussed and decided to spend a little more during the New Year, so that everyone could have a good New Year.

When the emperor came to the Qianqing Palace surrounded by his servants, the concubines in the harem led by the empress and the imperial concubine, as well as the children of the Tian family headed by the crown prince, had already been dressed in a clean dress and were all waiting here.

In addition to these royal people, the current queen's younger brother, Duke Wei of Industry, Xu Housheng, his wife and eldest son, Xu Hecheng, who has been appointed as the crown prince, is also in the palace today. Their family was specially summoned by the emperor and the queen to accompany the banquet. Because of their relationship with the queen, the Duke Wei of the family has extraordinary relationship with the royal family, and is closer to the prime minister.

According to the royal system, the prince's attendants were young people selected from the nobles of various families. While accompanying the prince to study, they could also communicate with the prince well, so that the next generation of the nobles could be used by the prince. As the prince of the current Duke, Xu Hecheng was naturally one of the prince's close attendants. He often accompanied the prince to study and had a very close relationship with the prince.

When they saw the emperor coming in, they all saluted the emperor happily.

Amid the greetings of "The Emperor is blessed! The Emperor is blessed! Long live my Emperor!", the emperor walked to the dining table with a smile. At this time, he was a husband and a father, not like an emperor who ruled a vast empire.

After the ceremony was completed, the concubines, Duke Wei's family and the prince and the prince and the princes all came to the dining table, and then sat down one by one in the order set in advance, preparing to start tonight's dinner.

In the former Ming Dynasty, banquets were rarely held in the Ganqing Palace, and private banquets between the emperor and the concubines were rarely eaten together. Moreover, princes and royal staff from the royal family could not have dinner with the concubines in the harem, even on New Year's Day or the emperor's birthday.

After the establishment of the New Dynasty, the emperor simplified the scale of the palace organs on the one hand, and reduced the red tape rules in the palace. Whether it was the private houses where he lived on weekdays or the palace in the Forbidden City, he always allowed his wives, concubines and children to have dinner together, and there were no particularly many rules. He felt that this was like a family.

Moreover, because part of the palace was assigned to the cabinet for office work, in the Forbidden City, the royal members of the palace were mainly concentrated in the three halls of the Houting Court, so eating together in the Ganqing Palace became a natural meaning in the topic.

However, compared with the extravagant royal banquets in the previous dynasty, the royal family of the New dynasty did not pay much attention to the food. They did not offer any delicacies. Generally, they only served some meat dishes such as chicken, duck, fish, and meat, with some finely prepared vegetables, and pursued fineness and simplicity.

After the emperor sat down, in order not to let his wife and children wait for a long time, he picked up the chopsticks and picked up the dishes in the bowl in front of him, "Eat everyone, don't be hungry!"

After the emperor started eating, the concubines and the princes and daughters moved their chopsticks. After the royal family started eating, the Duke of Wei and his family also started to move their chopsticks.

The royal family banquet was originally serious, but the emperor was not so particular. He often chatted and laughed at the family banquet and joked with his wives, concubines and children, and today was no exception.

"Today is a good day. During the meeting, I told the ministers that the New Year will be in a few days. I will give them a holiday in the entire court. Those who can rest can rest well. Hey, they are so happy." The emperor said and laughed, which made several children laugh, "Hey, I can also take advantage of this time to rest well. I really hope that the world will be peaceful and give me a rest."

"The emperor is so hardworking." The queen looked at the emperor with some pains. "I am busy every day, but I am busy at this time. It's only once a year. Let's have a good rest. The ministers are all working hard. If most of them are pacified today, they can have a good rest." Mobile phone users please visit http://m.piaotian.net
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