69novels Chapter 16 Sleep a Pure Sleep
Chapter 16 Sleep a Pure Sleep
"So this is how you act as a confidante?" Li Yuanke pinched Shen Shixi's chin and pushed her far away.
Shen Shixi was still holding his other hand when she raised her foot to kick him. Li Yuanke tried to dodge, but he was still kicked.
It didn't hurt, but he got angry, pulled her back, and bit her on the lips.
Shen Shixi hugged him and started kissing him.
The large group of palace servants following behind quickly turned their backs to the two, not daring to look, nor able to bear to look.
"You're acting like a dog every day!" Li Yuanke pushed her away, not wanting to have his face washed by the kitten.
"This plot is planted with corn. When it's harvest season, Your Majesty can have a taste. It's so sweet and delicious!" Shen Shixi pointed and said, "This crop was imported from overseas. I only managed to get a few seeds by chance. After planting one crop and harvesting some more, I planted this plot."
"Can you eat it?" Li Yuanke understood what she meant.
"It's very filling, has a high yield, and is highly adaptable; it can be grown in mountainous areas, hilly regions, and loess soil. Your Majesty will find out soon enough."
"What about this side?" Li Yuanke asked, pointing to the area around the East Annex Hall.
"One type is called potato, and another is called sweet potato. The fruit grows in the ground, and both are high-yielding, filling, and easy-to-grow crops. None of these three crops are picky about the land. When Your Majesty promotes their cultivation in the future, you can simply have people clear land to plant them, so as not to occupy fertile fields."
Nowadays, people rely on the weather for their livelihood. If a crop fails in one season, a large number of people will starve to death. Promoting new crops is very difficult, which is why Shen Shixi brought crops into the palace.
She wrapped her arms around Li Yuanke's waist and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. These seeds were all found by Your Majesty. As long as the people can have enough to eat, Your Majesty is a wise ruler. With the support of the people, Your Majesty will always be invincible, and no one can hinder Your Majesty's grand ambitions."
[It must be that old bastard Pei Wuji bullying people again. Does that old geezer still want to be emperor? The old emperor wasn't a good person either; he didn't even take that old codger with him when he died, leaving him to cause trouble!]
Li Yuanke was speechless. This bastard would even curse the late emperor when he got angry!
But he wasn't exactly a filial son either. He had fought hard for this throne. Stroking her hair, he said, "This afternoon, Prime Minister Pei came. Wang Shenzhi rebelled, captured Tingzhou and Zhangzhou, and established the Min Kingdom. I just don't understand, is Wang Shenzhi made of bronze and iron, indestructible?"
[This is outrageous! Wasn't Wang Shenzhi already dead? I saw him die with my own eyes in Minzhou. How many times has he come back to life? Someone must be deceiving the emperor again!]
Upon hearing her thoughts, Li Yuanke's face turned ashen!
The palace servants were so frightened that they trembled and knelt down.
Shen Shixi patted his back. "Your Majesty, Wang Shenzhi is quite a famous figure in Jiangnan East Road. When I was traveling there, I heard that Wang Shenzhi had abducted a widow and insisted on having sex with her. That widow was also quite formidable; she took hold of his manhood and wouldn't let go, eventually dragging Wang Shenzhi to his death..."
Li Yuanke's expression was priceless. "Speak properly!"
Shen Shixi glared at him. "Take it or leave it!"
"You went to watch the excitement?" Li Yuanke was so angry he was almost speechless. This young woman, a virgin, went to watch every little spectacle.
"Back then, I was still a 'man.' What's wrong with a man watching this? How could you not go see such a great show?"
Li Yuanke was furious. He glared at her, utterly speechless.
"I saw him breathe his last. He died. I even dug up his grave, mainly because I was afraid that the thief leader would fake his death and escape."
Therefore, the current rebel leader may not actually be Wang Shenzhi; someone else might be using his reputation. This reveals some issues.
I won't go into details; they might accuse me of interfering in politics with my harem. Oh well, I'll say a few more words anyway… Even if I exhaust him, I won't benefit from it!
"What's the problem?" Li Yuanke asked, quite perceptive.
Shen Shixi said, "I guess the Marquis of Jiaqing is having trouble managing things over there. After all, it's such a vast territory, and he has to manage the military, the people, and the judiciary. People's energy is limited. If he tries to do everything at once, he will inevitably fail to do things meticulously. In the end, he will exhaust himself, and the court will misunderstand his loyalty."
As the saying goes, everyone has their own expertise. Some people are good at governing the people, so let them govern the people; some people are good at fighting, so let them govern the army; some people are good at criminal law, so let them govern the judiciary. This way, the work can be done more meticulously, which benefits both the people and the court. Being in the same place, they can help each other, and the court will feel at ease.
[The Jiaqing Emperor is clearly a powerful figure who relies on the enemy for support, and his long-term concentration of power could easily lead to regional separatism. It's difficult to change things now; this scoundrel is impatient, and a drastic crackdown might turn him into a ruler who brings about the downfall of his kingdom. But this can't continue either; it's truly a worrying situation!]
The current Great Zhou Dynasty is the Tang Dynasty in history that Shen Shixi studied. The governors are in charge of the military, the people, and the law. The centralization of power is strong. It was okay during the reign of Emperor Taizong of Tang, but Wu Zetian was an even more formidable figure.
During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, the An Lushan Rebellion broke out. Don't blame Yang Guifei; she was just a woman in the imperial harem. The real root of the chaos was the system.
The rulers of the Song Dynasty learned from the lessons of the Tang Dynasty and tried to avoid such chaos, but their measures were not well implemented. They suppressed military generals indiscriminately, and the final outcome was predictable. The Jingkang Incident was even more humiliating!
Zhao Kuangyin must be turning in his grave!
The Ming Dynasty truly and effectively solved the problem of preventing local centralization of power with the Three Offices system, in which civil affairs, justice, and military affairs were not subordinate to each other and were directly responsible to the emperor.
Zhu Yuanzhang was simply a genius, a born emperor.
It was this system that ensured that the Ming Dynasty produced so many outstanding emperors, as well as those who played with crickets, worked as carpenters, and so on.
But it doesn't affect the fact that their dynasty lasted 276 years, which is quite long according to fortune tellers.
"This is just my humble opinion. Your Majesty should take it as a joke, but please don't laugh at it. I'm just chatting, and Your Majesty must not accuse me of interfering in politics."
[You bastard, are you trying to set me up with a sting operation? You're trying to trick me into doing something wrong, and if you find fault with me again, I'll chop my head off!]
Li Yuanke burst into laughter, picked her up, and carried her into the inner palace.
They slept soundly in Li Yuanke's arms without saying a word all night. After so many passionate encounters, the two were finally able to lie peacefully in bed and have a pure sleep.
It's just tough on the Wangxian Pavilion side.
Li Yuanke did not choose a concubine tonight, and the Imperial Household Department did not know who he wanted to sleep with. They could only inform the concubines in the harem that they could go to sleep after he fell asleep.
Because he saw that it was Zhaoyang Palace, what if he suddenly got the urge to say that he wanted to sleep with so-and-so? If that person slept with him, wouldn't that be a great disrespect?
If Li Yuanke did not come to the inner palace, the concubines could usually rest at 9 PM. Even if the emperor suddenly came to a certain place after this time, the concubines would not be punished if they were too late to greet him.
Jin Meiren waited and waited, from being full of confidence at the beginning to being heartbroken later.
"My beauty, His Majesty has already retired for the night. You should also go to sleep. It's good to rest today so that when His Majesty summons you tomorrow, you can serve him even more attentively," Yunluo advised.
With tears streaming down her face, Consort Jin asked, "Is His Majesty staying at Zhaoyang Palace again today?"
Yunluo said, "Since Consort Shen is injured, it is only right that His Majesty goes to visit her."
"You vixen, you seductress! She's injured and can't serve the Emperor anymore, yet she still clings to him. My father and brother are risking their lives for His Majesty in the Northwest, and he won't even come to see me! Waaah!"