She bit her lip as if she couldn't speak, and seemed shy. She didn't speak for a long time, but looked at Emperor Jingcheng lovingly.

"Let me get ready tonight, I will go." There seemed to be a chuckle coming from the crown, "You just have to wait."

The snow beauty raised her charming eyes slightly, raised her sleeves to cover her face, and said in a voice like a mosquito: "I, my concubine... I obey."

The snow beauty was supported by the palace maid and retreated.

Emperor Jingcheng sat alone in the pavilion without saying a word. The vast and boundless Milky Way surrounded the pavilion. The bright sun cast a shadow on the curtain. He lived alone in the shadow, as silent as a statue.

He lowered his head and looked at the white jade wine jute in front of the desk. He raised his fingers to play with it and felt the jade texture that was like skin. He stared at the delicate touch, and then looked at the food tripod placed in front of the desk.

The food jars contain a variety of dishes, including delicacies from mountains and seas, light wild vegetables, and rare animal meats.

The aroma of the dishes filled his mouth and nose. His eyes glanced back and forth between the nine jars and tripods, and he suddenly smiled softly. Then he picked up the dishes with his chopsticks, put them down after a moment, and let out a long sigh.

A breeze blew from the long mountains in the distance, ripples appeared on the lake, and the beaded curtain under the crown swung to reveal his face.

Emperor Jingcheng's face was like a real dragon, with long and thick eyebrows, piercing eyes, a high nose bridge, and rosy cheeks.

It is said that in his early years, he had the talent of an immortal, free and uninhibited. However, when he reached the age of forty, he gradually showed the signs of his destiny as a royal family. He walked like a mountain, stood like a pine tree, and sounded like thunder. His royal aura covered up the past.

His shadow made him what he is today.

Lingtai Shizhao once divined hexagrams for him and said that he would inherit the fortune from heaven and be the God of Nine Provinces.

Emperor Jingcheng stared at one of the food cauldrons, looking at the green wild vegetables, the corners of his eyes suddenly twitched slightly, and said in his mouth: "What a song of praise for all people, it makes my heart split with fear and the pain is unbearable!"

The words were unbearably heavy and flowed out of his mouth.

He stood up, walked down the steps with the food cauldron in his arms, and said in his mouth: "I cherish you, just as the late emperor cherished his talents, and wanted you to control the land. But what about now? Now all the people praise you and call you

God. Haha..."

He stopped and stood in front of the steps, and the waves of the lake at his feet were rippling towards him. He raised the food cauldron and looked at it, and continued with a dumb bitter laugh: "Then what am I? If you are a god, then

What about me? What am I...?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he let go of his hands, and the dining cauldron suddenly fell, knocked on the jade steps, and rolled into the lake.

A large splash of water.

The wave became more violent, soaking Emperor Jingcheng's boots. Millions of carps in the lake rushed to the cauldron, vying for food.

He watched this scene indifferently and said indifferently: "Those who are not fed will never be fed. The world is too hungry."

With a dance of his long sleeves, which were as heavy as a thousand pendants, Emperor Jingcheng turned around and walked up the jade steps towards the long bank without looking back.

The lake is dotted with waves, the waves are rolling, and thousands of carps are plundering wild vegetables, leaving only the stumps floating on the surface of the lake.

But before the cauldron sank, a group of carps crowded around and pushed the cauldron above the lake.

During the shaking, a big character appeared on the belly of the tripod.

cigarette.

…

Swing sleeves, swing sleeves.

Emperor Jingcheng liked to swing his long sleeves when walking, and the five-clawed golden dragon embroidered on the sleeves seemed to be flying. He walked slowly with his sleeves swaying like this, and did not stop until he reached the palace door of the Imperial Study Room.

The back curtain of the dragon robe was trailing behind, and the eunuch who had been following the pace suddenly paused. According to the rules, he could never raise his head to look at the emperor, even for a glance. But the air was inexplicably quiet at this moment, so he couldn't help but quickly raise his eyes and glance like lightning.

He glanced at it and took it back.

The bright midday sun did not shine into the hall, and a swallow's nest was built under the eaves. The young swallows stretched out their necks and chirped, causing Emperor Jingcheng to look up.

He watched for a long time without making any movement, and the remaining eunuchs all hunched over and waited.

Emperor Jingcheng raised his head and said in a slow tone: "Here comes someone."

A eunuch serving behind him immediately bowed his body a little more and said in response: "My slave is here."

"This swallow is a new swallow. Don't ask anyone to carry the nest." Emperor Jingcheng raised his chin slightly and looked up at the nest. "It's rare that the swallow in front of the hall can still visit here."

The eunuch bowed his head solemnly and replied softly, holding his voice: "Your Majesty, I have recorded your words and will give you your instructions later."

Emperor Jingcheng looked at it for a moment, then flicked his sleeves and robe and stepped into the imperial study.

At this moment, an old man with white beard and hair was standing in the imperial study. When he saw Emperor Jing Cheng coming in, he immediately knelt down, kowtowed, and shouted: "I see you, Your Majesty."

"Well..." Emperor Jingcheng nodded and walked around the desk. After sitting down, he waved his sleeves and robe and said calmly, "Tang Situ, sit down. Don't be reserved when you arrive at my home."

This person is none other than Situ Gong, Tang Jiankai, one of the three princes of the Zheng Kingdom.

Tang Jiankai was in his sixties, but he was very strong. As one of the three princes, he rarely participated in political affairs. He usually liked to recite poems and compose poems, grow flowers and grass, or play with strange things.

This went well with Emperor Jingcheng's fun-loving temperament, so every day he would go into the palace to accompany Emperor Jingcheng and talk about interesting things about the Three Rivers and Five Mountains to make Long Yan happy.

"I don't dare, the emperor and his ministers are different." Tang Jiankai held his knees and couldn't stand up. The discerning eunuch stepped forward to help him. As he stood up, he said, "Your Majesty loves me and gives me a seat. I am so grateful that I shed tears."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty." Emperor Jingcheng groaned, put his hands on his knees, leaned back a little, raised his eyes, and said, "This is not a main hall, and I don't go to court on weekdays. How can there be so many rules? Haha,

Look outside, I didn’t see the new bird when I went to bed yesterday, but today it seems like it was drawn by someone, and it came suddenly. Haha, I am old too. In the blink of an eye, I can’t remember who came or who came.

…You still remember me.”

Emperor Jingcheng said this with a smile. After hearing this, Tang Jiankai stiffened when he sat down. His buttocks had not yet sat on the chair, and the muscles in his forehead twitched while maintaining an old smile.

Tang Jiankai slowly sat down, straightened up, and said with a smile: "I memorize your majesty's music every day, and today I am here to inquire about your majesty."

"The composition of the music is good, very good, very good." Emperor Jingcheng calmly held the dragon chair with his hands, "Pray to God for blessings and bless me, the great Zheng, with health for thousands of years. This is also my wish."

Tang Jiankai laughed and continued: "In recent years, the floods in Yanzhou have recurred as in previous years, and the dams have been built higher and higher. This is all because of His Majesty's wisdom, so that the people are not displaced."

While the two were talking, the eunuch serving inside was kneeling in front of the table, lighting incense in a gold-plated incense burner. The smoke was rising out along the carved openings, like clouds, dyeing the ground.

open.

"It's not my credit, it's God's credit." Emperor Jingcheng glanced at the fumigator, "Heaven has mercy on me and doesn't let my people of Zheng suffer. Haha. We all have wine to eat and meat to fill our bellies. How can we call it that?"

The best is eternal well-being and eternal peace.”

The eunuch covered the stove lid, silently stepped back and stood under the gauze curtain, his head lowered.

"Today's drama reminds me." Emperor Jingcheng raised his sleeves and said, "Tang Situ, listen to me."

"Old minister, listen." Tang Jiankai looked forward to it and said, "Your Majesty, please give me some advice."

"Send people to Yanmen and Liangzhou to cut down some wood." Emperor Jingcheng rolled his eyes and said slowly, "I want to build a building. The building should be taller, higher than the mountains. The lining should be good and the best. I want to build it.

This is the best building in the world. Climb high and look far away, pray to the gods and worship. I will leave this matter to you."

Tang Jiankai nodded after listening to the words, and when he raised his head, his eyes glanced at the eunuchs standing around him, and then said: "Your Majesty cares about the world, and it is really a blessing to me, the great Zheng. I will go and do it immediately -"

Tang Jiankai said that he was about to retreat, but Emperor Jingcheng suddenly shouted.

"slow."

Tang Jiankai stood still and bowed, looking at Emperor Jingcheng waiting for the next words.

"It's not urgent. Let's take care of it tomorrow." Emperor Jingcheng shook his sleeves and stretched out his fingers, pointing to the Tianhe outside. "It's not too late to stay and watch the evening show with me before we leave."

Tang Jiankai immediately knelt down and said: "Old minister, I obey the order."

At this moment, a eunuch's high-pitched shout suddenly came from outside the imperial study room.

"Queen Jiao is here~"

Both of them raised their eyebrows when they heard this, and then returned to normal in an instant.

Queen Jiao wears a real phoenix crown on her head, her hair is combed high into a phoenix crown bun, and she wears a silky and luxurious phoenix robe. She has a slight red makeup, and her eyebrows are like stars. She smiles without showing her teeth, walks dignifiedly and elegantly.

The hands exposed outside the sleeves looked like they were made of water, and they were supported by the palace maid across the threshold. The tassels hanging from the earrings fell down like curtains, singing clear string sounds as they swayed.

She lightly opened her red lips and said in a soft voice: "Your Majesty has a kindhearted heart and thinks about the people of the world. I am a humble concubine, and I also want to do something for your Majesty."

She knelt down and knelt down. Emperor Jingcheng stretched out his long finger and nodded, looked at Tang Jiankai and said, "My queen, with such a heart, what do you want from me? Haha, queen, tell me, what are your ideas?"

"

Empress Jiao smiled and said: "I just heard outside that Your Majesty was going to send people to cut down trees from Yanmen and the two states. My brother is now guarding the western border. Last month, I sent incense made of black wood to my concubine. Isn't this——

"

Queen Jiao twirled the orchids and pointed at the golden incense burner, and continued: "Yesterday, I ordered someone to send some over. Your Majesty, the material of this black wood is very good. The foreign vassals in the west use black wood to make beams. It will not be damaged by water for many years.

It is burned by fire and contains fragrance. It is used as the first building in the world for Your Majesty. It is a perfect match given by God."

Emperor Jingcheng raised his hand to support the dragon chair, and gradually exerted force on the dragon head on the armrest with his hand hidden in his sleeve.

There was still a warm smile on his face, but it was obscured by the bead curtain hanging down from his crown.

"I smell it, it calms my mind. It's very good. Tang Situ." Emperor Jingcheng looked at Tang Jiankai and said, "As the queen said, I'll leave it to you."

Tang Jian saluted and said: "Old minister, I obey the order."

"The two states of the Western Territory and Yanmen are far apart." Empress Jiao glanced at Tang Jiankai, then turned her head to look at Emperor Jingcheng and said, "I am old and have worked hard, so I can recommend one person to handle the matter of logging in the Western Territory.

"

Emperor Jingcheng stared at Empress Jiao, and his distant voice echoed from the dragon chair: "Who?"

Empress Jiao showed her lovely tiger teeth, smiled sweetly and said, "My concubine's brother, Jiao Hongxue."

Emperor Jingcheng paused when he heard the words, and Tang Jiankai lowered his head and took a breath.

There was silence in the hall, and you could hear a pin drop.

Jiao Hongxue is in charge of the Western Territory, and he cannot enter the capital without the king's summons. Now Queen Jiao suddenly asked him to come back by talking about logging. Why?

Emperor Jingcheng examined Empress Jiao in a long silence, and the doubts in his heart became more and more curious and itchy.
Chapter completed!