"The young minister of Guanglu Temple, Zhou Da, is reporting that the warehouse is damp..."
"Li Guangbi, the commander of the Nancheng Army and Horse Department, would like to report that the swords and guns are rusty..."
Li Qian flipped through it casually and found that these documents were all memorials from ministers.
He raised his head and frowned at Wei Zhongxian: "Are these all what I want to review?"
"These are all, Your Majesty."
Wei Zhongxian bowed his head and returned: "The late emperor used to review memorials in the front hall of Qianyuan, so the servants moved here."
Did the late emperor still review memorials?
Li Qian rolled his eyes and moved the memorial to the front hall of Qianyuan. It was just a fig leaf!
If he was really diligent in reviewing memorials, how could all the emperor's power be taken away by those ministers?
However, compared to the late emperor, Li Qian was different.
He rubbed the yellow silk cover of the memorial, and a trace of fantasy could not help but appear in his heart.
How about... give it a try?
What if I have the talent to be an emperor and can inspire Chao Gang and become a wise king...
At least you don't have to be covered in lice like you are now.
As soon as he thought of it, Li Qian picked up a pen and paper and opened a memorial.
Zhou Dajin, the young minister of Guanglu Temple, reported that the warehouse was damaged...
After reading it carefully, Li Qian’s eyes lit up!
Be the first to do it!
Guanglu Temple is the department responsible for the meals in the palace and the meals for various sacrificial banquets.
The warehouse is damaged, then fix it!
After Li Qian read it in general, he wrote his approval with a red pen.
"Order the Ministry of Works to repair it."
Then, he opened the next memorial.
I would like to remonstrate with the high official Ouyang Bijin that the Jingzhao Mansion has neglected its duties...
This is a memorial to impeach the Jingzhao Prefecture. It says that there was a robbery case in Beijing some time ago. The Jingzhao Prefecture judged the case at will and wronged good people.
Li Qian knew nothing about judging cases and could not tell anything from the few words in the memorial.
He read attentively for a long time, frowning and hanging the pen, a few drops of red ink fell on the plain bamboo paper of the memorial, and it was difficult for a long time to finish writing.
"Oh~ forget it, let's read the next one first..."
"I don't quite understand this letter... or is it the next one?"
What Li Qian didn't expect was that the next letter would come after the next, and it wouldn't be finished until the whole afternoon passed.
The orange-red sunset was projected from the door, and Li Qian, who was dizzy, suddenly came back to his senses and took a look at the "results" of his hard work all afternoon.
A memorial.
He has begun to doubt life.
'No, I can't understand... How about... just ignore it? Anyway, those ministers may not implement it... Anyway, even if I don't review the memorial, the officials below will handle it on their own.'
Li Qian's eyes were blank, looking out the window at the flaming clouds.
For a moment, he couldn't accept that he, a "noble person of later generations", could not understand the memorial. He originally thought that the "advanced knowledge" in his mind was of no use at this time.
The slanting light shone on the red and gold coiled dragon pillars, and on Li Qian's face, reflecting a touch of orange-red in his eyes.
'I wonder if the show girls' accommodation has been arranged...'
Wei Zhongxian had been standing by the side. Seeing that the light in the palace was getting dark, he wanted to come up and light a lamp for Li Qian.
"No need, I have always been thrifty!"
Wei Zhongxian was stunned for a moment. When he was the crown prince, His Majesty was quite a playboy.
Did he change his temper after becoming emperor?
He was filled with joy and immediately flattered him.
"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"
Li Qian stood up, crossed the desk, took a few steps forward with his hands behind his hands, and sighed softly.
His figure was bathed in the sunset and looked extremely tall.
"Memorial... It's just a trivial matter that ordinary civil servants can handle. I should do something more important to the generals."
With a flattering smile on his face, Wei Zhongxian consciously played the role of a loyal eunuch and acted as a flatterer:
"Your Majesty, what is considered a great path and is more important to Da Qian?"
Li Qian looked at the sunset and said without looking back: "A country cannot lose its roots in a day."
What is the foundation of the country? It is the heir to the throne.
Wei Zhongxian immediately understood and advised: "Your Majesty, it is getting late, and a beautiful girl has entered the palace today. Do you want to turn over the sign?"
Li Qian turned his head and glanced at Wei Zhongxian, but he didn't expect that this guy was quite good.
"Ahem~"
He cleared his throat: "In that case... let's turn it over."
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
Wei Zhongxian hurried away and ran back after a while.
Behind him were a row of young eunuchs, holding wooden trays with signs indicating today's fifty beautiful women.
The red sunset slanted down the wooden sign, reflecting shadows.
Li Qian walked forward slowly, looking at the wooden signs one by one, and suddenly felt an exciting feeling in his heart, like opening a blind box.
Each wooden sign represents a concubine.
"The first night...who is it...'
'Get a softer girl... I don't like to be too passive... Yang Yuhuan seems to be good... Xi Shi seems to be OK... Don't be cruel...'
He gripped the dragon robe on his body and wiped the sweat from his palms.
'That's it!'
Li Qian directly turned over the sign closest to him!
"Talented person, Wu Meiniang."
Li Qian:???
"this……"
I don’t want to be down there!
But then I thought about it, Wu Meiniang has just entered the palace, she is not the empress with the sun and moon in the sky, she should not be that strong yet, right?
After figuring this out, Li Qian breathed a sigh of relief, with only three words left in his mind:
I can!
Li Qian looked at Wei Zhongxian: "Sir, in which palace will the martial artist be accommodated? Let's get started!"
This time, Wei Zhongxian hesitated and cautiously suggested: "Your Majesty, you should pay attention to the dragon body. After all, you haven't had dinner yet, so why not eat first..."
Hearing this, Li Qian blushed.
It's really a bit impatient to go to bed without eating.
"What do you think?"
Li Qian glared at him: "I'm hungry, and what I just said was that I was going to eat!"
Wei Zhongxian hurriedly bowed and said: "I have understood it wrongly. I will die..."
"okay!"
Li Qian waved his hand: "There's no need to go to the dining room, just send it here!"
"According to the decree."
The sun sets and the night gets darker.
Following Wei Zhongxian's order, the young eunuchs lined up to enter the Qianyuan front hall, lit candles, and served the emperor's meals one by one.
A double-dragon bead-embellished plate with gold patterns, a pure white jade soup bowl, and gold-inlaid jade chopsticks... What was inside was not the delicacies Li Qian had imagined, but rather simple meals.
There are two staple foods, five dishes and one soup, which is too much for one person to finish.
But Li Qian frowned.
It's not that he is greedy, but when he was the prince, the food was better than this.
Why is it that after becoming emperor, he is no longer as good as before?
"Your Majesty, let this slave come and test the poison for Your Majesty."
Wei Zhongxian leaned over with a flattering smile, took out a few silver needles from the brocade box he carried with him, and carefully inserted them into each meal. When he pulled them out, the color of the silver needles remained as usual.
That wasn't the end yet, he took out another piece of tableware and took a bite of each piece of food.
After a while, Wei Zhongxian felt that he was fine, so he stepped away from the desk.
Li Qian then picked up his chopsticks and after just a few bites, his face turned dark and he spat out a few pieces of fish.
"Guanglu Temple just makes this stuff for me to eat?"
In fact, it’s not that the food is unpalatable, but that Li Qian was used to eating it better in later generations.
If these meals were given to ordinary people, they would be even happier than during the Chinese New Year.
Of course, in terms of the quality of the food, it is indeed not as good as when I was a prince in the East Palace.
The strange thing is that the late emperor liked to pretend!
We pay attention to being thrifty and having fun with the people, so the meals are relatively simple.
Wei Zhongxian's expression changed on the side and he was about to explain.
At this moment, there was a young eunuch in green clothes carrying a food box and running into the hall in a hurry, winking at Wei Zhongxian.
Wei Zhongxian was immediately overjoyed and explained to Li Qian: "Your Majesty, it may be that the assassins below were negligent and forgot to take this box of food."
Li Qian frowned, how can I take less?
He frowned and looked at the little eunuch: "What you are carrying is also my food?"
The young eunuch hurriedly stepped forward, bowed and presented the food box: "Your Majesty, these are the snacks made by the eldest grandson for your Majesty. I specially sent a slave to deliver them."