Chapter nine hundred and sixty seventh mirror
Zhu Gaoxu stood behind the railings and stopped for a long time in the attic where you could see Yanque Lake.
He lingers here, neither has any emotion nor any perception, but only an unspeakable mood flows in his heart, roughly including inexplicable comfort, but not so relaxed.
Such a scene and atmosphere. The beautiful and open scenery comes into view, with water, mountains, pavilions, towers, but it is not as ethereal as in the mountains. "Crash..." The faint sound of waves on the lake has been shrouded in the air, and there are even waves of guns and cannons in the distance from time to time. Whether Taoism or Buddhism, this situation is not a good artistic conception, but it is more popular.
Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked at Enhui beside him, and saw that she was staring at him. Enhui touched Zhu Gaoxu's gaze, looked at him and chuckled, and then turned around to see the scenery.
But he continued to look at the eunuch. There was wind in the attic. Her dress was pressed against her body, and the belt behind the skirt was fluttering in the wind. The plump and smooth outline of her body made Zhu Gaoxu feel a little more impetuous. When he recalled that when she was about to hang her, he accidentally saw her. No wonder he was still amazed in that nervous mood.
Enhui's expression was a little unnatural. She seemed to notice Zhu Gaoxu's eyes in the afterglow. She raised her hand gently and hugged her arms. She has always been like this, and she usually seems a little resistant, but she will not refuse Zhu Gaoxu. Such a half-suggestion and no pretentiousness is indeed her inner expression.
For Zhu Gaoxu, a woman that is almost impossible for ordinary people to come into contact with is completely hostile to the other side. But her heart is constantly changing and gradually becomes a subtle relationship today. In the past two times, Zhu Gaoxu saw her and felt that she was different from the past. After experiencing guilt and entanglement with the past, she had been entrusted with Buddhism for a while to escape from the world. Now she seems to be gradually seeing it.
When talking before, she hinted at the old story of Jianwen Dynasty, and she avoided talking about it. Instead, she said she was a little worried about Zhu Gaoxu. Zhu Gaoxu probably felt her change from such a relationship.
"I can't care like Gao Xu, nor can I do that." Enhui's voice came from the wind. She didn't turn her head and still looked ahead.
Zhu Gaoxu casually said: "Does Enhui mean fame?"
She nodded slightly.
Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while and said, "Our perspectives are different. What I care about is the real rule-government order, so I can give up some things. What you care about is very complicated and there is no need to make a choice."
Enhui probably thought his words were interesting, so she turned to look at him.
Zhu Gaoxu said again: "Most people in the world do not care about the grudges of the royal family. They only care about whether they can live and work in peace, live safely, and whether they can live better. Of course, there are also people who want to seize this kind of doubt, and most of them have other intentions, but now looking around inside and outside, people with strength and random thoughts have almost been eliminated."
Enhui turned to face Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Sometimes I think Gaoxu's thoughts are indeed different."
Zhu Gaoxu explained: "I have a wide range of knowledge and see everyone, but it is not just the one taught by Confucian scholars."
Enhui was quiet for a while and sighed: "Yes, when she looked back, Gao Xu had already lived all over the world and became the last winner."
Zhu Gaoxu immediately said: "People cannot fully grasp their destiny, and I have many chances of luck. If I hadn't helped Enhui, I would have died in the palace when the late emperor passed away."
Enhui's beautiful eyes glared at him and complained: "You don't have to always mention that matter. Even if I didn't tell you the secret passage, my future will be over, and my end will be even worse than it is now. When you say it, it seems like I'm very disgusting, you're just trying to repay your kindness."
"Of course not, I won't say it." Zhu Gaoxu smiled.
Enhui didn't smile, and she whispered: "My life is destined and should have been destroyed long ago. Gao Xu treated my heart from the beginning and made me survive until now, but I never wanted to admit these things that shouldn't be done."
"Don't think too much." He glanced at the direction of the sun and said, "I have to go back to the palace before the latest hour of You today. Let's go into the house and talk."
Enhui followed him into the room next to the corridor without saying a word. She then gently closed the door. Zhu Gaoxu heard a "creaking" sound and looked back at her, the two of them looked at each other silently. They had a smooth conversation with each other before, but suddenly they became silent.
The weather is great today and the sun is bright outside. The room located in the attic is very bright. Even if the door is covered, the room is bright...
When Zhu Gaoxu left Yanque Lake and returned to the imperial city, it was already past the time for the time being, so he went straight to Shufei's Palace.
Zhu Gaoxu was relatively relaxed at Du Qianrui. Du Qianrui never asked who he was close to again. Because she didn't say it, he didn't know whether Du Qianrui could detect his affairs, just as smart as Miao Jin's nose.
Du Qianrui personally cooked and prepared four dishes and one soup according to the emperor's daily dietary specifications. Among them, there was a plate of braised salted fish. The dried sea fish was not fresh and usually not delicious. However, Du Qianrui's cooking skills were so sophisticated that she was still very delicious.
Zhu Gaoxu got on the table, had a good appetite, and ate with a big head. After a while, he saw Du Qianrui looking at him in a daze, so he looked up and said, "Look at what I'm doing, you have to eat enough."
Du Qianrui picked up the bowls and chopsticks and asked, "How are the dishes I cook?"
Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "It's very delicious. The fish has a strong seasoning, but after eating it, it's a bit sweet and refreshing, which is amazing."
Du Qianrui said softly: "The emperor is very good at eating. I have put some candy."
Zhu Gaoxu often slept in the military stroke. Unless he deliberately paid attention to etiquette at the banquet, he would regain his nature when he was relaxed. He would eat a little rudely and soon he would be full.
He sat on the chair with satisfaction, looking at Du Qianrui's delicate appearance, he felt that her skin was particularly white and delicate, her soft red lips were beautiful and shiny under the light, and her figure was petite, but delicate. Zhu Gaoxu looked at it for a while, thinking that no matter how the world changes, what people want was nothing more than the words of food and color mentioned by the ancients.
After dinner, the palace maids came in to clean up the table and brought tea. Zhu Gaoxu excitedly asked Du Qianrui to teach him the music. Du Qianrui asked the female official to take the things to the dining room as he said.
In recent years, he has been learning this intermittently. In addition to Du Qianrui, he also taught him, and the music scores of various rhythms are different. Zhu Gaoxu's teachers are all women, and they learn the pipa score.
Many officials are proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but most of the current royal families do not know how to play and sing. Zhu Gaoxu is no exception. His calligraphy is good, but he does not understand music. This is also the reason for Taizu. Taizu does not like the nobles of the royal family to play and sing, and thinks that this thing is not a good job, but no one cares about those rules now.
After Zhu Gaoxu came into contact with him, he found that he seemed to have some talent in this area. He had no chance to try various knowledge before, so he didn't know what he was good at.
The two were talking and laughing, and were in high spirits. The female officials and palace maids in Shufei's palace were watching from the side, and everyone was in a good mood. The women did not want to compete for favor regardless of the occasion, but the people in Shufei's palace were quite willing to see Du Qianrui favored.
Du Qianrui taught for a while, and then sang a song for Zhu Gaoxu to entertain him. She is a professional from the Jiaofangsi. Her bright eyes and beautiful and accurate postures all made Zhu Gaoxu obsessed with beautiful feelings.
On a clear and quiet night, the relaxed atmosphere seemed to be floating in the night with the melody of the pipa.
As the night became darker, Du Qianrui collected the pipa and music score. Zhu Gaoxu and she walked out of the dining room with her and headed towards the bedroom from the corridor.
Tonight, the sky was covered with stars. Zhu Gaoxu looked up at the sky and suddenly remembered something he wanted to do, and almost completely forgot. He thought about letting go of strict astronomy laws in order to develop navigation; because of star-locking positioning and sextant navigation techniques, mostly relying on astronomy, and the imperial court had strictly prohibited people from learning astronomical phenomena.
Confucian philosophical interpretation of imperial power is becoming more and more perfect, and it corresponds to the emperor with the sky. Therefore, later dynasties are very sensitive to celestial phenomena, fearing that people will use celestial phenomena to interfere in the government affairs and even make plans.
Zhu Gaoxu thought that the three courts and local censors could relax their convictions in this regard and investigate only those who had to combine the celestial phenomena with power. The government could turn a blind eye to the pure stargazing activities.
At the same time, Zhu Gaoxu also thought about making glass and developing telescopes, but later it was delayed to the present due to other things. Whether it is telescope star-watching or developing microscopes, it can improve people's observation ability and is of great benefit to scientific development.
People have high-temperature technology for burning paper ceramics. Glass is nothing more than quartz, which doesn’t seem to be a great technology. However, Zhu Gaoxu was a vassal king at first. At first, he had no need to make glass soap and other things, so he didn’t take any time to arrange them. However, in terms of vessels, people prefer translucent glass or delicate ceramics aesthetically, and no one specializes in thinking about this thing. Zhu Gaoxu felt that he should guide him.
"Are there any businessmen who make bronze mirrors famous?" Zhu Gaoxu asked Du Qianrui beside him.
Du Qianrui immediately replied, "Yes, the Xue family in Huzhou has been famous all over the world since the Song Dynasty. Women who are high-ranking officials and nobles all like to use mirrors made by the Xue family."
"It turns out that women know these things." Zhu Gaoxu smiled casually.
Du Qianrui chuckled and said, "Many men also pay attention to this thing."
Zhu Gaoxu said: "When Concubine Shu saw Du Erlang, she asked him to do something for me, contact the people of the Xue family to cooperate with the court, and make something."
Du Qianrui nodded and said, "I remember it."
Chapter completed!