Jinbi attic, white jade lamp.

Carved with red sandalwood and dipped in agarwood.

Red jade corals stand horizontally, and the three-color porcelain ornaments seem to be lifelike, making people dazzled in the buildings.

The palace maids in tulle silks and satins shuttled non-stop, and the prostitutes who sang and danced endlessly provided beautiful movements for the characters in front of them.

A woman with enchanting appearance and charming eyes was drinking from a jade cup while singing loudly, her voice was tactful and high-pitched, yet still ethereal.

"Niannu's singing seems to have improved again."

Next to a man and a woman sitting in a high position, there is a tall, round-faced, middle-aged man with a gentle smile and squinted eyes who seems to be always paying attention to the surrounding situation. He has a white face and no beard. He is obviously a chamberlain.

Hearing the man in a high position speak like this, he naturally replied flatteringly.

"Thanks to the saint's good music theory, he can always give suggestions to this woman."

"Without appreciators, there is no room for progress, right?"

The woman next to the man is equally charming, even with a bit of soft charm between her eyebrows, and her figure is also extremely plump, like a plump and juicy peach, which makes people want to take a bite just by looking at it.

,Taste her juiciness.

"Uncle Gao, with your mouth, I really don't know where you are going to praise His Majesty."

After hearing what the woman said, the middle-aged chamberlain just smiled and spoke contentedly.

"Your Majesty, you are wrong. Only a saint can make this old slave do this. No matter how others act, they are just a foil to the saint."

The woman who was called empress touched her lips and smiled softly.

It was at this time that she suddenly remembered something and said softly to the man beside her, the current sage of Li Tang, Emperor Li Longji of the Tang Dynasty.

"I heard that the left prime minister Li Linfu is also very fond of singing and dancing. I wonder if your majesty has ever heard of his singing and dancing?"

Hearing the questions from his beloved concubine, Emperor Tang's face seemed to be just forty, which was the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period. At first glance, he looked no more than thirty, and he also showed a funny look.

"That guy is ignorant and has no skills. He only knows how to cure people. He can only listen to songs and dances. If you let him sing a few songs, it will cost the lives of others."

The first time she heard such a secret, even the concubine couldn't help laughing.

"Is that really true?"

Before he finished speaking, he seemed to be thinking of the scene described by Tang Huang, and he couldn't help laughing.

Everyone laughed for a moment, but only Li Longji had a thought echoing under his smiling eyes.

‘After this matter is done, it’s time to push this guy to the top...’

The current situation within the imperial court is that although Li Longji has gradually become lazy in political affairs, in fact, the family is clean.

In the past few decades since he took office, despite his frequent changes of positions, the people he appointed were all selected from the group of old people who followed his Shenlong coup.

You can’t say no, but you still need to exercise restraint.

But now that the Guanlong Group is so powerful, it has to find a capable person to suppress the world. When the reforms he envisioned are completed, there will be no more checks and balances in the world, and the world will be truly safe and sound.

‘If I really create an unprecedented prosperous age, then...’

‘You may not be able to compete for the longevity of a holy king!’

‘Five hundred days!!’

When he thought about his future possibilities, Li Longji's eyes shone brightly, and his smile was even more heroic.

...

Everything has a price. Since Li Linfu wants to ascend to a high position below one person and above ten thousand people, he must use up his energy to deal with government affairs.

The more powerful you are, the more your life will be damaged.

Of course, Li Linfu today is just one of the prime ministers, and he is far from monopolizing the power of the prime minister.

His only opponent, Zhang Jiuling, who is now famous all over the world, was also the reason why he tested Shangguan Wan'er's tomb before.

Now he has gotten a glimpse of the saint's intention from the information gathered from all aspects. This test is just a reassurance for him.

Now that this can be done, Liquan can start preparations.

The key to the fight with Zhang Jiuling will definitely not be this trivial matter, but this trivial matter can be the beginning of criticizing Zhang Jiuling.

Who knows that the county magistrate in Liquan happens to be from Zhang Jiuling's lineage?

‘It starts with one party causing chaos...’

‘Zhang Jiuling, the gift of resignation that I have prepared for you is still...kind?!’

Li Linfu's eyes narrowed slightly, and his outstanding demeanor and smile would never make people think that he was thinking of something sinister, but... that's exactly what happened!

...

"Damn..."

"I am getting more and more angry the more I think about it!"

The black cat was beside Zhou Qingdu, its claws erecting sharp cold light.

He threatened Zhou Qingdu.

"If you don't explain clearly, I will make your face bloom!"

I don’t know if she stayed in the mysterious treasure of Xuan Mao Heling for too long. Princess Taiping is almost very calm, a hero-like figure among women, and now she has a bit of a little girl’s mentality.

She didn't notice it herself, but this influence was already very obvious as Zhou Qingdu watched.

‘It seems we can’t delay it any longer, we have to find another place for her to stay, and the way of ghosts and immortals has to be put on the agenda...’

Princess Taiping naturally didn't know Zhou Qingdu's psychological activities. When she saw that he had no reaction, she really wanted to scratch his face. However, Zhou Qingdu's quick eyesight and quick hands directly grabbed the neck behind his head and let him swing his claws.

It can only stay in the air.

Hear the 'whoosh' sound that tears through the air.

Zhou Qingdu couldn't help but show a look of surprise.

"You really want to take action!"

But she received a cold snort from Princess Taiping.

Zhou Qing, who had no intention of hiding anything, was not angry. After putting the black cat away again, he walked towards Zhongnan Mountain while explaining to her how he prepared for this trip.

However, he did not elaborate on the meaning of his actions. Instead, he analyzed the current situation of Li and Tang.

"Your Highness Taiping, do you know what is the biggest problem in the Tang Dynasty today?"

Without waiting for Princess Taiping's answer, Zhou Qing asked and answered his own questions.

"It's not in the border troubles, it's not in those county families, it's in Chang'an City, among those noble Guanlong families!"

"They are so greedy!"

With just one sentence, Princess Taiping fell into complete silence.

"Gyeonggi-do has been unable to collect taxes for many years."

"But those sharecroppers and farmers have to pay taxes every year, and their living pressure has not been reduced by half. Where have these taxes gone?"

"Except Gyeonggi Province, Hebei Province, Shandong and other places, with one-tenth of the country's population, have to pay one-third of the country's taxes, every year!!"

"Do you know what the concept is?"

Under the prosperous age, what is hidden is an abyss of fear that no one can uncover. It can be said that all the prime ministers during the Kaiyuan period were powerful people, but many of them were just puppets of Li Longji's policy assumptions.

Kaiyuan is very prosperous, but this prosperity is based on the situation that the finance and funds have been overdrawn for the next few decades.
Chapter completed!