Led by the eunuchs beside the queen, the carriage moved slowly.

After Zimu got off the carriage, he was followed by Nanny Kong on his right and the queen's trusted eunuch on his left.

The gatekeeper saw Eunuch Wang and trotted over to ask, "I am honored to meet you, angel. Do you have any further instructions from the emperor and the queen?"

Eunuch Wang glanced at the boy unhappily and said, "What are you still looking at? Your master, Princess Jinyang, is here, and you are still asking about the emperor and the queen."

The servant was also smart and agile. He felt that Zimu, who was dressed as a man, looked familiar, as if he had seen him in the military camp.

Without much hesitation, he called out to everyone in the Princess's Mansion, and everyone knelt down to pay their respects.

"I greet the princess. May the princess always be happy and safe."

Those who work in the Jinyang Princess's Mansion have all served in the military camp for a few years, and some have even been on the battlefield.

The soldiers do not look at your status but only at your strength. As long as you have the ability, it doesn’t matter if you come from a humble background.

Therefore, although these people did not pass the assessment of the Yulin Guard, they were very willing to have the opportunity to work in the Princess's Mansion.

Zi Mu smiled and waved his hand at them: "Everyone, get up. Today, the Queen told me that the Princess's Mansion has been built. I saw the picture drawn by the painter and liked it so I came to see it specially."

After everyone stood up, Zimu looked at Wang Neijian and said, "Thank you, eunuch, for leading the way. It will also help me get familiar with this place."

Wang Neijian smiled and replied, "This is my duty. The Queen and the Emperor asked me to watch over the construction of the Princess's Mansion from the beginning. To put it in a reward, I watched over every blade of grass and every tree in the Princess's Mansion."

Zimu took Madam Kong and the servants on a tour of the princess's mansion. Only then did Zimu realize how huge the princess's mansion was.

The pavilions, towers, strange rocks and rockery, small bridges and flowing water looked beautiful just from the picture scroll. After seeing the real scene with his own eyes, Zimu felt that the garden was indeed beautiful.

As Zimu walked and looked, he felt that the garden was too big, which was not good: "Isn't the eunuch's mansion a little too big and a little against the rules?"

"Don't worry, Princess. The Emperor and the Empress originally wanted to build the two gardens together. After hearing this, Concubine Rong specially sent the deeds to the two gardens."

"It seems that I will have to thank Concubine Rong after I return to the palace."

Wang Neijian didn't want to reveal the trivialities of the palace to the child, so he diverted Zimu's attention: "This pharmacy was built according to the specifications of the imperial pharmacy in the palace, and the books in the study on the other side of the lake are also purchased according to the princess's preferences."

Zi Mu followed Eunuch Wang to the main courtyard. He was very satisfied with the layout of the courtyard. Even the Queen had prepared various musical instruments for him.

In the bedroom, Zimu touched the exquisite carved bed and said, "This bed is really big and exquisite."

Zimu resisted the urge to jump onto the bed and roll around several times.

"As long as the princess likes it, this bed is a tribute from the south. It is presented once every five years and there are three beds this year. The emperor specifically specified that one should be given to the princess." Eunuch Wang said with a smile.

"Your Majesty and the Queen treat me very well indeed. They get angry quickly and then go away quickly. The worst that can happen is that I should refrain from making Your Majesty angry in the future."

"Oh, my princess, please forgive me. If anyone else were to say this, they wouldn't even dare to think about it."

"Okay, okay, I'll pay attention next time."

"It's getting late, Princess, we should go back. There are only servants in the Princess's mansion, but no maids or servants, so we can't stay here for the time being." Eunuch Wang looked at the time and reminded Zimu in a low voice.

"Okay, let's go back. I still have to thank His Majesty and the Queen."

Accompanied by Eunuch Wang and Nanny Kong, he got in the carriage and returned to the palace.

Along the way, Zimu was secretly thinking about the matters at the Princess's Mansion.

After hearing Rongtuan's reminder, she realized that her princess's mansion was located near the imperial city and very close to the residences of the royal relatives.

Zimu knew that the weapons he invented were certainly worthy of a mansion as a reward.

But I am just the daughter of a minor official and not a member of the royal family, so I have to think twice about the location and size of the mansion His Majesty has bestowed on me.

As far as she knew, even Princess Pingning, the adopted daughter of the Queen, had never been rewarded with a mansion by His Majesty.

However, Zimu soon figured it out. At worst, he would just grow up quickly, win a few more battles for the court, and expand the territory as much as possible to repay the emperor.

After returning to the palace, Zimu first went to pay a visit to the emperor and the empress, expressing his love and gratitude for the Princess Mansion they had specially built for him.

In the end, she flattered the emperor subtly. It didn't matter whether the empress noticed it or not, but the emperor felt refreshed by the flattery.

"Zi Mu, come and take a look." At the emperor's nod, the queen pushed a locked box to Zi Mu.

Mu had seen this kind of box before in TV dramas. The box that Gu Tingye used when he explained his family's assets on the night of his wedding was not much bigger than the one in front of him.

"Your Majesty?"

The emperor and the empress liked Zimu more and more. The emperor was even happy for a long time after the empress said today that they looked like father and son and daughter.

"This is my dowry and the betrothal gift from Your Majesty when I married him. I have no children in my life, and I don't even have anyone to entrust my dowry to. Fortunately, you have your own mansion. Such a big house also needs to support a lot of people. It's just right, I will give these to you to support your own family."

"But, but this is too much, and I'm still young and can't handle this."

Empress Cao smiled and poked the little chirp on Zimu's head and said, "Zimu, you are very smart. I believe in you. If you don't know something, you can learn it slowly. Don't you want to be a female general? If you can't even manage your family's property, how can you manage an army of thousands of soldiers?"

"Your Majesty?" Zimu looked at the emperor and repeated three words over and over again: Save me! Save me! Save me!

The emperor touched his nose and looked away: "Don't worry, girl. The imperial estates given as rewards to meritorious officials are not in there. Those imperial estates are complicated and it is really difficult for you to manage them at such a young age."

[Gu Tingye in the original drama: So I am old, and the few places awarded to me by the new emperor are all for the troublemakers in the imperial farm? I deserve it because I am old? ]

"Girl, remember, when you have an army, it is even more important to have money, land, and food. This way, your soldiers will feel at ease when they go out to fight, because at least they know their superiors won't let them go hungry."

"Your Majesty, the Queen..."

Zimu thought that the emperor might have his own considerations in handing these things over to her. After all, she was a woman and had no blood relationship with the royal family. The current emperor had no children, so both power and money were safer in her hands.

Just take Zimu’s pile of hot weapons as an example. Wouldn’t it be easy to destroy a city as long as he prepared them in advance?

The emperor had nothing to understand when he saw Zimu gave him all the weapons without hesitation. At least Zimu had never thought of overthrowing the court.

Another thing is that Empress Wu Zetian of the Zhou Dynasty was scolded many times by scholars all over the world as a hen that crows at dawn. If she had not returned power to the Tang Dynasty, she would have left behind the decree of Qianling Mausoleum where she would be buried together with Emperor Gaozong.

Then I wonder how many times her grave will be dug up.

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