The back house of Prince Yong's Mansion is a large area of gardens and villa buildings. At this moment, in the Baihua Hall in the garden, the melodious sound of orchestral music and harps is being heard.
On the small pavilion on the water side of Baihua Hall, thirty musicians were using various musical instruments and playing melodies under the direction of a middle-aged woman.
The music is gentle and lively, which makes people feel happy. It makes this small world completely different from the outside world.
In the Baihua Hall, seven or eight eunuchs and maids were standing in front of them. Sitting on the main seat in the hall was a pretty girl, who was the concubine Huang Rongrong.
She was seen wearing a goose yellow straight-collared short coat and a light green horse-faced skirt on the lower body. The whole outfit made her look particularly pretty.
Among the three princesses in the palace, Huang Rongrong is the easiest to get along with because she doesn't seem to think too much.
Xue Baojun is too majestic, and Lin Jingyu is too aloof, and they are both difficult people to get along with.
After the song was played, Huang Rongrong stood up from the soft couch with a smile, and then said: "Yes, it sounds really good. You guys put your heart into it!"
Upon hearing the compliment, the middle-aged woman in charge of the command quickly turned around, knelt outside the threshold and kowtowed: "Thank you for the compliment!"
Huang Rongrong nodded, and then warned emphatically: "I will invite the prince to come over later, so you should all cheer up and make sure you don't make any mistakes during the performance...especially the song that the prince often sings!
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"Please remember this, slave!" the middle-aged woman solemnly replied.
"Okay, get up...you guys should rest first!" Huang Rongrong smiled again.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" the middle-aged woman responded.
After dismissing the musicians, Huang Rongrong sat back on the soft couch, and then sent her chamberlain to invite Zhao Yanxun.
In the school grounds on the west side of the palace, Zhao Yanxun was sitting on a high platform. At this moment, a drill was going on in the school grounds.
One hundred guards, each holding a weapon, formed a formation and practiced their encirclement and killing techniques.
The formation currently being practiced is when three people face a lone zombie, and they work together to kill it with one strike.
Half an hour ago, Zhao Yanxun had already observed the formation used by the guards to push down zombies.
Generally speaking, the effect is still satisfactory to Zhao Yanxun.
When the training effect reaches a higher level and the armor and soldiers are fully stocked, he can lead his guards to explore the wilderness.
Of course, the most urgent task now is to ensure that the situation in Yuanyang City is controllable.
At this moment, a delicate balance was reached between the government offices, the Yuanyang dignitaries and the Yongwang Palace.
Although the palace has hundreds of guards, the dignitaries and officials are not weak at all. They can use at least 2,000 people.
If Dusi's soldiers are included, this group of people can directly recruit more than 3,000 young and strong men, and their strength must not be underestimated.
"System, system, your first stage function is self-improvement, what is the second stage function?"
Zhao Yanxun thought silently in his heart, but unfortunately the system did not respond.
The current system is still too weak. Even if he has the ability to defeat ten people, his strength is still not strong enough to lift a table.
The exercise was coming to an end, and Zhao Yanxun had seen almost everything, so he asked Xu Hong to take charge of the follow-up matters.
Zhao Yanxun himself stood up and walked towards the master of the palace.
But as soon as he arrived at the Jinshen Palace and sat down, a young eunuch came outside the door asking to see him.
After Huo An went out to ask questions, he then returned to the main hall.
"Your Majesty, Empress Rong invites you to listen to music at Baihua Hall!" Huo An bowed and reported.
At this time, Zhao Yanxun had no intention of listening to this. He would go to the workshop later to see the first batch of self-made maces.
The Gongzheng Institute also made some simple shields, and Zhao Yanxun needed to observe and finalize them.
In addition, Zhao Yanxun had to inspect the palace's warehouses and peripheral defenses. There were a lot of things going on.
"Tell Concubine Rong that the king is busy and let her have fun by herself!" Zhao Yanxun said calmly, without any fluctuation in his heart.
Huo An turned around to deliver the order, while Zhao Yanxun lowered his head and looked through several reports on major cases.
All departments in the palace were busy and would send some affairs reports every day, similar to giving memorials to the emperor, so that Zhao Yanxun could know various situations in the palace.
But before he had finished reading a few pages, another eunuch hurriedly came outside, and it was Lin Quan, one of the chief eunuchs of the palace.
Huo An was mainly responsible for Zhao Yanxun's food and daily life, while Lin Quan was smarter, so the errands assigned to him were all external.
The most important task is to arrange for people to inquire about news from all over the city, which is quite similar to Dongchang.
"Your Majesty, something big has happened..."
Lin Quan's first words when he came in made Zhao Yanxun's heart skip a beat.
Putting down the document in his hand, Zhao Yanxun raised his head and asked, "What happened?"
"I just heard from the inquiry that the Yongning Gate in Nancheng has been opened. The government informed the people that there is a serious epidemic in the city and asked them to go out of the city to avoid disaster!"
Is the government asking people to leave the city to avoid disaster?
As soon as these scholar-bureaucrats and dignitaries stuck their butts out, Zhao Yanxun knew what they wanted to do.
There was insufficient food in the city, so these people finally attacked the people and asked them to leave the city to die in order to avoid causing trouble in the city.
This is tens of thousands of lives. Nine out of ten people will die at the hands of zombies when they leave the city. The government officials are quite ruthless.
Only a few days have passed since they were convinced of the zombie outbreak, and this group of people can make such a decision.
Compared with these professional politicians, Zhao Yanxun, who had values from his previous life, found that he was not as good as these "ancients" in many aspects.
At this moment, Zhao Yanxun knew very well that it was the best choice to let some people out of the city. Otherwise, if one hundred thousand people were locked up in the city without food or water, big trouble would inevitably occur.
So his attitude at the moment was acquiescing, anyway, these things were done by the rich and powerful in Yuanyang.
But he was afraid that someone in the palace would be dissatisfied with the government's actions after learning the news, and then begged Zhao Yanxun to stop it.
After all, Zhao Yanxun's external image has always been that of a protector, which is the main component of the palace's cohesion.
Maybe he should hide... Zhao Yanxun thought.
It would be troublesome if officials came to visit me.
"Continue to send people to keep an eye on them and roughly estimate the number of people leaving the city!" Zhao Yanxun said in a deep voice.
"As you command!"
After Lin Quan left, Zhao Yanxun said to Huo An who was standing aside: "Immediately send someone to Baihua Hall and tell Concubine Rong... I will be there immediately. I was joking with her just now!"
At this moment, listening to music as a cover was a good choice for Zhao Yanxun.
In Baihua Hall, Huang Rongrong felt deeply disappointed when she learned that Zhao Yanxun was not coming, so she ordered people to dismiss the musicians.
Before the cola workers had time to leave, another eunuch hurriedly came to Baihua Hall.
"Ms. Rong, the prince said he was joking with you just now. He will come to Baihua Hall in a moment!"
Upon hearing this, the dark clouds on Huang Rongrong's face immediately dissipated, and her injured heart immediately recovered.
"The prince knows how to play tricks on others!" Huang Rongrong curled her lips and said.
Later, the musicians were called back, and their originally relaxed mood became tense again.