At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

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Now Emperor Guo is the same, but in addition to bathing, Emperor Guo will also let people open up land around to grow vegetables and fruits, and supply them to the palace in winter. Those fruits and vegetables can also grow in winter, but there are not many of them.

So the emperor kept melons and fruits all year round.

In addition to melons and fruits, the emperor also liked to eat walnuts.

This is something that came from the Western Regions. It is a fruit with a hard shell but a crispy taste. Because the emperor likes to eat it, it has also attracted many people's pursuit, so it can be widely planted.

In addition to eating very different from ordinary people, the emperor also liked to do some strange movements.

Sometimes the eunuchs watched the emperor squat down and stand up holding a thing made of stone that resembles a stone lock, squat down and stand up again, and repeat this cycle more than 100 times.

Then I saw the emperor lying on the cushion in unlined clothes, and kept raising his legs, five or six hundred at a time, until he was out of breath.

Or the emperor propped himself up on the cushion in a strange posture, and asked the eunuch Su Yuan to hold a few sticks of incense to time the emperor, also until he was out of breath.

Then, on those iron rods, the emperor would also do some strange movements, such as grabbing the iron rods with both hands, and pulling his body up vigorously, as if the firm lumps on his body were about to burst.

Su Yuan counted, the emperor pulled up fifty at most at a time.

In addition to these strange body exercises, Su Yuan also saw that the emperor would find time to practice sword skills and spears. It is said that the emperor was also a fierce general who charged into battle in his early years. The soul is scattered, and the reputation is illustrious.

In this way, Su Yuan could clearly see that the emperor's body was getting taller and stronger, and his body was getting stronger and stronger. He walked like flying, his voice was like a bell, and he was full of energy.

It looks like a long life.

Anyway, they don't know how the emperor thought of using these methods to exercise, but as long as the emperor is in good health, the eunuchs are very happy.

Guo Peng not only made strict demands on himself, but also made strict demands on Guo Jin. After becoming the emperor, Guo Jin would basically do what he would do.

Guo Jin was sent to Pingyin County in the north of Luoyang to be the county magistrate. In addition to work, Guo Peng sent special personnel to guide him, asking him to learn to exercise, eat a high-protein diet, and prohibit eating heavy oil and meat. Allowing him to drink alcohol made Guo Jin very hard, but he dared not refuse to do so.

Guo Jin has worked so hard, and the friends around him who work with him are not spared.

Although they are not required to eat the same delicious food as Guo Jin, they can't eat and play, but seeing the boss doing so many exercises every day, in order to show the intimacy between themselves and the boss, they will naturally follow suit.

As a result, a group of muscular men gradually took shape in the county government.

It is conceivable that as long as Guo Peng is alive, he will not give up his strict requirements on Guo Jin.

In addition to daily sports, there is also a lot of concern for wives and concubines. Although there is a bit of a show element, it is very important for him and for the harmony of the harem.

At the current stage, the family power represented by the concubines is an important force that he needs to unite. He must spare a certain amount of time to appease his wives and concubines, at least not to make them feel too lonely. As their husband, he always do something.

So sometimes, he really felt very tired.

At noon on December [-], Guo Peng held a grand banquet in Fengtian Hall, and invited all officials to have dinner in Fengtian Hall. The scene was unprecedentedly grand.

And that night, Guo Peng held a family banquet in Fengtian Hall, where the entire Guo clan and family of wives and concubines were invited.

The Tian family, the Xiahou family, the Cao family, the Cai family, and the Qiao family.

So Tian Feng, Guo Jia, Guo Hong and the others had another meal in Fengtian Hall. They ate from noon to night, and they didn't waste at all, taking advantage of it.

Guo Peng is still at this time

After this dinner, it was a pleasant five-day holiday.

The emperor also needs a vacation.

In the past five days, Guo Peng had a rare moment of relaxation, and it happened that there was a heavy snowfall in Luoyang, so Guo Peng took his wife and children to the Guangcheng Garden of the Hot Spring Palace to enjoy the snow and soak in the hot springs.

Knowing that Guo Peng likes to bathe in hot springs, officials from the Ministry of Industry deliberately renovated Guangcheng Garden in order to please Guo Peng.

They built a beautiful hot spring palace around the hot spring, surrounded the most beautiful and comfortable hot spring pool, and built a royal courtyard for someone Guo to enjoy.

Mr. Guo likes to soak his whole body in hot spring water to enjoy the relaxing feeling, which will make him feel the relaxation that he can never feel on weekdays.

I usually fight a lot every day, I am so tired, I am intriguing in my dreams, only lying in the hot spring can I feel truly relaxed.

At the same time, there was a tray floating on the water. On the tray were various drinks and exquisite side dishes that Mr. Guo liked but rarely ate.

There are freshly squeezed juices with ice cubes, flavored drinks made with honey, and brewed sweet rice wine.

Several side dishes with chicken and mutton as the main ingredients, or fish, or seafood urgently shipped from the seaside, one counts as one, and they are all full of flavor.

Chapter 824, 830 Three Occasionally, Someone Guo Wants to Be a Faint Lord

Serving Mr. Guo's meals is the Shangshan Supervisor he personally ordered to establish.

After the Shangshan Supervisor was established, someone from Guo ordered that cooks who entered the Shangshan Supervisor to cook for Mr. Guo could not be recruited casually from the people, they had to be veterans in the army.

Therefore, the imperial court screened from the old fire heads with more than five years of experience in the army, and selected fifty senior old fire heads with excellent craftsmanship to enter the Shangshan Supervisor, who specialized in cooking for the royal family, and were named imperial chefs.

These veterans have been professional cooks in the army for many years, and some of them have been wandering with someone from Youzhou since Youzhou, and they are also the first batch of masters of cooking techniques. Make someone Guo's favorite stir-fry.

I was born in the army and was trustworthy, so my cooking style was rough, but Mr. Guo was trustworthy, and he was used to the military career and the food cooked by the old Huotou, so he called the old Huotou into the palace to be the imperial cook. It can also be regarded as a reward for their years of cooking for the soldiers.

The stir-fried mutton or stir-fried beef made by some of the old fire heads is what Guo can't stop, just for the sake of his figure and health. He doesn't eat it often, and what he eats every day is very simple.

Therefore, most of the time, the Shangshan Supervisor only cooks for the Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Empress, as well as the women and children in the harem, but the emperor doesn't eat much.

Later, someone from Guo looked at the daily list of ingredients consumed by Shangshanjian, and felt that the concubines and children might not be able to finish all the food they cook every day. 30 royals is a bit of a waste.

Therefore, someone Guo simply included the cabinet and staff desks that also work in Miyagi into the service scope of Shangshanjian, allowing Shangshanjian to provide meals to cabinet members and staff at the staff desk, while other officials can only be served in other large cafeterias. dinner.

When the news came out, the officials of Shangshutai and Yushitai were envious of the cabinet and the staff desk.

Be good, eat a pot of rice with the emperor, where did you get such good luck?

Therefore, Shangshutai and Yushitai felt that they had the same hatred in this regard. They were extremely jealous of the cabinet and the staff desk, often complained to them, and privately called them the rice buckets in Miyagi.

On the other hand, the officials of the cabinet and the staff desk spontaneously felt a sense of superiority, especially when they went to the Shangshutai to do business, their heads were raised high, and they looked down on the officials of the Shangshutai.

Mr. Guo didn't care about this, and let the officials fight each other.

It's really interesting to go back and forth, it makes him very happy to watch, and it is usually a rare seasoning agent.

But now, he only cares about whether the side dishes in front of him are delicious or not.

After the old fire heads entered the palace, they gradually changed their extensive style in the army and began to become more refined. There are more and more dishes, and the taste is getting better and better.

Just like the mutton in the small dish in front of me.

Guo Peng stretched out his chopsticks to pick up a piece of mutton and put it in his mouth to chew. The delicious taste saturated every taste bud of him with the chewing action, and he took another sip of cold juice, which made him almost cry out.

Enjoy drinks and side dishes while soaking your body in the hot springs.

At the same time, there are musicians playing elegant and quiet music in the room outside the hot spring pool.

Chime bells, chime chime, zither, qin, yu, sheng, and zi, the gorgeous movement performed by these musical instruments that Mr. Guo has never heard of, really has a different feeling.

During the marching period, Guo Peng didn't like these music and dance music very much, so he didn't set up musicians and dancers.

After proclaiming the emperor, there is a need for this, and a group must be raised.

Now that you are raising them, you can't just let them come out when holding a banquet, and you have to enjoy it yourself, or is it a waste of money?

Just like now, Mr. Guo was taking a bath while listening to music. Not only was he full of food and drink, but he also seemed to dissolve the exhaustion of the whole year into the hot spring water and music.

After eating and drinking enough to enjoy, it's not over yet, and someone like Guo especially likes to massage his body next to the hot spring.

Of course, this is not something that eunuchs can do, nor is it something that court ladies can do. Only concubines can go into battle in person.

The concubines who have mastered massage skills in the hot spring together will give him a full body massage.

Mr. Guo's concubines are not many, only six, but one counts as one, and they are all of national beauty. At least they are in line with Mr. Guo's aesthetics, and they each have their own specialties.

But when it comes to massage skills, of course, sisters Xiaoqiao mastered the best. This aspect should be learned from his family, so the massage techniques of the two sisters are the most comfortable and pleasant for him.

Lying on the edge of the hot spring and letting them massage his body, he always feels very comfortable and relaxed.

Of course, their clothes and techniques are naturally targeted, so at this time, pressing and pressing, it is easy to massage out some bad mood.

Naturally, for the emperor, this kind of thing is even related to the overall situation of the country, and it is an obligation.

If you fail to fulfill this obligation, no matter how good your political performance is, you will be criticized, and people will be scolded in the history books, saying that your life is absurd and you don’t work hard, resulting in no successors for the country and political turmoil.

So it is Guo's duty as the emperor to do this kind of thing.

In order to help the emperor fulfill their obligations, the Daqiao sisters will naturally use various methods to make the emperor feel happy, and have the idea of ​​wanting to fulfill their obligations. The massage techniques learned from experienced people are themselves targeted.

A fierce man like Guo can't handle this kind of thing at all.

So when the interest came, Guo became lustful, and directly pulled the big and small bridge sisters, regardless of their shyness, rolled into the hot spring to do business together, or the two sisters did it together.

At times like this, the eunuchs would naturally retreat consciously and leave quickly, leaving a perfect confined space for the emperor and his concubines, leaving only a few maids to prepare for the aftermath.

Then when the emperor is satisfied and the concubines are weak and weak, the maids will come to deal with the aftermath with blushing faces and lowered heads, cleaning the bodies of the emperor and concubines, and changing into comfortable clothes.

Naturally, Mr. Guo doesn't need to worry about the next thing, someone will help him deal with it.

After becoming an emperor, there is no such word as self-help in his life.

Unless he is willing to do it himself, no one can replace anything he doesn't want to waste time except eating, drinking and going to the toilet.

This kind of imperial duty related to the inheritance of the country will also have the considerate help of court ladies.

According to the rules, if the emperor is lazy and doesn't want to move, he can rely on manpower to move, and he can feel comfortable without exerting himself.

Of course, Mr. Guo's body is not so fragile and lazy, and he doesn't need a maid to help behind him when doing things.

But it seems that none of the maids are unwilling...

If the emperor's interest comes, and the maids are involved, wouldn't it be a skyrocket for these little maids?

Moreover, the number of empresses and concubines of His Majesty the current emperor is not many, plus the empress only has six, if he becomes the seventh with European air, no matter what, he will not be forgotten by the emperor, right?

Even so, none of them have had such an opportunity so far, but the emperor is not yet forty, and he has only been on the throne for only one year. In the future, there will be many opportunities.

Some court ladies with flexible minds are secretly looking forward to that day.

Mr. Guo didn't know that he was being missed by many people. After becoming the big and small bridge sisters, Mr. Guo, who pays attention to the rain and dew, would definitely not neglect other concubines.

Apart from being married to Cao Lan for many years, the other concubines still don't have that long to spend alone with Guo, so they need to be with them more during these times.

He deeply understands that as an emperor, even being a lucky concubine is a political task.

The front and back palaces were originally one, and the emperor's life was politics, and a bowl of water was very important.

I can't easily reveal who I like and who I don't like, otherwise the woman's wild thoughts will spread to her mother's family, and her mother's family will not be able to avoid her wild thoughts. Her mother's family is an official in the court and holds power. Once her wild thoughts will cause trouble.

An emperor who shows his emotions easily is not a qualified emperor.

So it is really tiring to be a qualified emperor.

At present, Guo's physical condition is enough to support such a relatively absurd and extravagant lifestyle once or twice, so once in a while, Guo doesn't mind indulging in sex.

One counts as one, and the concubines can enjoy the two or three-person hot spring time with Guo, enjoy the strong muscles that Guo eats high-protein food every day, and the rough roar of a macho.

Mi Zhen, Tian Rou, Xia Houlin, the big and small bridge sisters, were all exposed to rain and dew, and no one was left behind.

Because Guo is busy with government affairs and neglects to take care of them on weekdays, Guo will also make up for it at this time.

Of course, it's very refreshing, very ecstasy, and it's an ecstasy that other people can't understand.

Life is inseparable from these things.

After finishing work and changing a set of clothes, Mr. Guo likes to rest and sleep in the hot spring palace, lying on a soft couch, listening to elegant music, while falling asleep, sleeping for an hour or two, and then getting up and talking to the child We gathered together.

Eating, drinking, having fun, Guo indulged himself for five days and five nights.

It is indeed a comfortable and enjoyable time during this period of vacation. It is rare for someone Guo to enjoy the life of a foolish emperor, which makes him feel that this is the emperor.

It's really cool to be a fool.

This cannot be questioned.

In contrast, to be a Mingjun in normal times, you have to deal with government affairs every day, hold the noon court every day, and sometimes work overtime to hold the evening court to discuss state affairs with important ministers.

Ming Jun is much more tired than Hun Jun, really.

And doing such things for decades will cause psychological problems for everyone, so proper rest is really important.

It's a pity that such days are very short, so short that Guo himself is a little bit reluctant.

Having said that, Mr. Guo's vacation is enough to ecstasy.

Compared with Guo's happy and ecstasy, Liu Zhang's new year is like walking on thin ice, trembling.