there is a king in the palace

When the sky was getting dark, the red lanterns on several streets in Chang'an were lit up until morning.

Ever since Zhao Xian'ao came to the throne, there was no curfew in Chang'an City, there were as many people on the streets as in the daytime, and it was bustling until midnight.

His Majesty finds everything new. The small handkerchiefs, dolls, rattles, and golden hydrangeas sold on the street are all he wants to buy to see. Manager Li can't take it down. Zhao Xian is the emperor, so he can't help When he was carrying things, he tore a piece of cloth and tied it into a pocket, and put all the small bits and pieces that the king wanted to buy into the pockets and hung them around his neck.

The king's neck was hurting, but he still didn't let go of those strange gadgets. No, when he saw a paper lantern seller, he went over to buy one.

The paper lanterns are exquisitely made, pasted with paper, and then painted with bright colors with colorful paints. His Majesty took a fancy to the beautiful lotus lantern at a glance. The small candles in the wicks made the delicate pink petals come alive at night.

"Ow."

Zhao Xianao felt sorry for the money, he spent a lot of money for the king today, and the lamp is too big, it is not convenient to buy it, so he discussed with the king, "Don't buy it, go back today, I will accompany you another day Come out and play."

Although the king liked the lotus lantern very much, he chose to listen to Zhao Xianao's words.

After all, the dog emperor is the boss now, so he has to please him.

After secretly returning to the palace from the side door, Zhao Xianao learned from the eunuch that Concubine Hui and Concubine De had a quarrel in the Imperial Garden today, and now the two concubines didn't even have dinner, and they were just waiting for him to comment.

Zhao Xian'ao walked with the king for a long time, his legs were sore, and he was so restless just after returning, Zhao Xian'ao was annoyed in his heart, but he had to go to court for them.

After he ordered people to send all the things he bought for the king back to Tiger Pavilion, he took the king to the Yihexuan where Concubine De lived.

The king didn't know why he wanted him to follow, so Zhao Xianao just said Yuan Huan to follow, and there was no further text.

When they arrived at Yihexuan, Zhao Xianao took the main seat, Concubine Hui asked the court lady to move a big chair to Zhao Xianao's left hand side for the king to sit on, and then began to complain coquettishly.

"Your Majesty, the courtiers and concubines just took a walk in the imperial garden today. I saw De Concubine's sister picking a strange flower from the garden and pinning it on her head. It was very heartbreaking. After all, it is the emperor's favorite thing. How can De Concubine sister pick it at will? Well, Chen Qie stepped forward to persuade a few words, unexpectedly De Concubine's sister actually taunted Chen Qie, making Chen Qie very sad..."

Concubine De is the daughter of a general, with a straightforward temper. When she heard Concubine Hui confounding black and white, her hands were trembling with anger, "You are talking nonsense, Your Majesty, that is just an ordinary wild flower. superior!"

"Sister De Concubine, how can you say that? It's clearly a rare flower that the emperor spent a lot of time looking for. The name of the flower is known to all the courtiers and concubines. It's called Wang Donglai. This season is the most beautiful time to bloom."

When she said this, Concubine De was not sure if the one she had picked was Wang Dong. Concubine De had never liked these flowers and plants, and today she was very interested, so she came on a whim, "Even if it is a famous flower, you and I are on the same level. , you shouldn't have talked to me like that!"

Zhao Xianao had a headache when he heard it, turned his head, and saw that the king's eyes were wide open, and he was reading with great interest, as if he was listening to a storytelling book.

"Okay, it's just a flower, you guys are so out of control, Concubine De concubine picked flowers in the imperial garden, violated the palace rules, during this period of time I was introspecting in the palace, Concubine Hui provoked trouble, and I also had to reflect on it, you two copied it ten times The Meditation Sutra, after you finish writing it, bring it here, and I will check it myself, and don't ask the maid to write it for you."

Upon hearing this, Concubine Hui was dissatisfied at first, "Your Majesty, how could the concubine provoke her! Why don't you trust the concubine!"

Zhao Xianao glanced over her and landed on the rough-looking Concubine De's face, "I know in my heart whether you have one or not. Also, you look really old-fashioned in your clothes today."

The most important thing for a woman is her appearance, followed by her clothes. Concubine Hui was on the verge of tears when she was told she was old-fashioned by the emperor.

Besides, her dress today is the most popular color in Chang'an this year. It looks like black tea, and the maids say it looks good!

Zhao Xianao only saw that they were expensive. When he looked at these concubines, his eyes were full of silver. More than a dozen women were kept in the harem with delicious food and drink. How much money was spent all year round, and so many court ladies The eunuchs are serving, how much money is this, so Zhao Xianao wants them to find something to do if there is nothing to do.

This is the case with Zhiyuan, and the same is true of the Meditation Sutra. If you know that you want to show it to him, Concubine De and Concubine Hui will definitely write it very neatly, but they will be compiled into a book and sold outside the palace, which is another sum of money.

Sometimes Zhao Xianao really felt that he was not suitable to be an emperor, but more suitable to be a businessman. If he was a businessman, he would definitely be the richest man.

Coming out of Yihexuan, Zhao Xianao couldn't help sighing, and Director Li also sighed.

Mr. Li is worried. The emperor has been on the throne for eight years. First, he kept his filial piety for the late emperor for three years. Just after the three-year filial piety period, the empress dowager also passed away, and he had to keep his filial piety for another three years. It was hard to survive the three years of filial piety for the queen mother , caught up with the Nanshuiling earthquake, there were countless casualties, and the emperor had to cultivate himself for a year to pray for the refugees in Nanshuiling. During this period, there were only a handful of normal days. The emperor's age outside the palace had two or three sons, the emperor Not yet.

In the eighth year, the empress finally became pregnant with an heir, and the emperor was imprisoned in the ritual hall for some unknown reason.

Now that Concubine De and Hui are also locked up, sometimes Li Qiu really wonders if the emperor did this to save money.

Manager Li thought about it for countless days and nights, and came to a very unreliable but very possible conclusion.

Doting on my concubine has delayed the emperor's time for fun.

No, it's almost time for bedtime, and the emperor has to follow the beast king to Tiger Pavilion.

"Your Majesty, it's already late..."

Zhao Xianao didn't care, he made up his mind on the way back to the palace, tonight he would have a long talk with the king all night.

"I will be staying in Tiger Pavilion tonight, order someone to prepare."

"..."

When we arrived at the Tiger Pavilion, the water for the king's bath has been prepared, and there is nothing else to do, so Zhao Xianao decided to bathe him himself, which is also a kind of pleasure.

"Is the water too cold?" Zhao Xianao tentatively put his hand in the clear water of the bath, felt it was only gentle, and couldn't help frowning.

Pan Qi who was on the side hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, this water temperature is just right for the Beastmaster, if it is too hot, he will inevitably feel uncomfortable."

That's it.

"Go down first"

Pan Qi and Zhang Su looked at each other, and then exited the main hall of Tiger Pavilion.

As soon as they left, the king was finally able to speak, he was almost suffocated, "Next time I go out of the palace, I have to buy a lotus lantern."

"Buy, you go into the water first."

The king jumped into the pool with a splash, and the water splashed Zhao Xianao all over.

Thinking that this pool is for the king to bathe, Zhao Xianao, who always loves cleanliness, can't help feeling disgusted, "Can you slow down?"

"Fierce, what is fierce, won't you stay away?"

He always paused and spoke slowly, and he sounded naive. Zhao Xianao stopped being angry when he heard him speak, "I'm not fierce, I just said it casually. Also, didn't I ask you to call me the emperor?" ?"

The king didn't ignore him this time, and he held back his words to tell Zhao Xianao, "Why did the emperor punish that, um, the two concubines, shouldn't you be nice to them?"

The king really doesn't understand, if there is a tigress who can take a fancy to him, he will definitely eat all the silly rabbits he catches.

"Are you complaining?"

The king swam to the edge of the pool, clawed at the agate-studded rim with his two wet paws, stared at Zhao Xianao with watery green eyes, moved his mouth slightly, and spit out two words, "Curiosity."

Zhao Xianao couldn't tell him about the twists and turns here, and he wouldn't tell him, "Don't be curious about my affairs, I'll give you a brush."

The king likes to brush his hair, comfortable, he turned around, leaning his back against the pool, with his front legs resting on the rim, his movements were just like anyone else's, "Then brush."

Zhao Xianao felt that he was serving an old man, he laughed angrily, "How did you learn this posture?"

"Is there still a need to learn?" Of course, it's because of how comfortable it is. Sure enough, people are fools.

Zhao Xianao didn't hear the contempt in his words, the main reason is that the king hid it too well, he is a very scheming tiger.

Zhao Xianao raised his hand, dropped the brush onto the King's lap, and carefully cleaned his fur, "By the way, are you stuttering?"

The king didn't know what stuttering was, so he asked Zhao Xianao.

"That's how you talk, are you stuttering?"

Only then did the king understand, he raised his paw and patted the water forcefully, "Who is stuttering? It's also the first time I'm speaking. I can't get used to it. Are you getting used to it?"

Zhao Xianao immediately respected the king, "Then you are quite powerful."

"My lord has always been powerful." The lord couldn't help boasting, Zhao Xian'ao just boasted, and let him regain his prestige in Hutou Mountain. I have talked about all the prestige and prestige, such as beating the fox on the next mountain to the head and robbing half of the mountain, such as leading the people on Hutou Mountain to hold a selection meeting, electing officials and establishing rules, for example, Orion ran all over the mountain after him, so scared that he peed his pants.

Zhao Xianao was fascinated, "Then why didn't you kill that Orion?"

How can the king say that he doesn't bite because human flesh is sour and unpalatable, "I don't eat people, people are my good friends."

Zhao Xianao couldn't hear it, he patted the king's head lightly, and said with a smile, "I want to listen to the truth."

It didn't hurt, the king didn't feel anything, he answered Zhao Xianao, his voice was full of sincerity, "It's true, you see, you are my good friend, I won't eat you, and naturally I won't eat you." Will eat other people, when I was in Hutou Mountain, there was a forest guarding squirrel who was my good friend, so I don’t eat other squirrels.”

Your Majesty spoke too slowly, halfway through his speech, Zhao Xianao was moved by himself.

It turned out that Little Panghu regarded him as a friend, so he couldn't treat Little Panghu like a pet.

The king didn't know, he said a lot of random things, so he got the first friend in Hu's life.