Chapter Seventy-Two: Thinking in the Long Term
But at this time, forcing the emperor to compromise will definitely expose himself, so he has to think long-term.
I came back at the beginning of the moon on this day, and after a few days, the little milk bun seemed to have rested, and began to jump happily again.
"Master, Master!" Hearing the call in front of the long steps, Yue Qinghuan looked down softly.
The mountain breeze is warm and the sun is warm, and the one hundred and eight long steps of white marble stretch to the foot of the mountain, like a river formed by milk milk.
A "little red bean" on the top is bouncing briskly towards the top of the mountain.
The bright morning light sprinkled on the body at the beginning of the moon, and the white and pink face could be blown and broken.
The embroidered shirt is covered with a carmine cloak, and the wrap skirt is printed with patches of smudged mountain peach blossoms.
Big head and small body, I can't find my waist.
From top to bottom, it's like a cheerful flame.
So brilliant.
This time, however...... Why did the little princess come up alone? One hundred and eight steps seem to be many, but in fact, the higher you go, the lower each step becomes, and when you reach the top, it is not difficult to step over four or five steps with a fast step.
It was built in order to make a respite for the noble offerings of incense and worship to the gods, so that they could gracefully slow down, arrange their clothes, and make the pilgrimage to the tower in the best possible form.
In the evening of the early moon, the small person, the steps below have to be raised to step up, and it is much easier to reach the top.
However, his legs are still short, and he has to continue to walk two steps on the steps when he comes up to the next step.
It took a long time, the sun shifted its position, and the "little red bean" finally bounced in front of him.
Yue Qinghuan's face was calm as usual, and in his heart, he missed the little grandfather Yun who was always against him.
Sure enough, it's better to let people hug it up faster.
"Your Royal Highness the princess beware."
Yue Qinghuan beckoned to her as she spoke, turned her head and ordered the ceremonial officer, "Tomorrow, arrange some people below to do the work for the princess." ”
"Master!" At the end of the first moon, he stood up with a smile and saluted.
Yue Qinghuan stretched out his hand, but the little guy didn't take the initiative to take it.
Yue Qinghuan was puzzled, but saw that she hadn't noticed Master's invitation at all, and was bowing her head respectfully and respectfully, her hands obediently shrunk in her sleeves.
So be it.
The ceremonial officials on both sides rang the bells, and the master and apprentice moved into the tower.
…… was supposed to go upstairs to change clothes as usual, but was stopped by the master on the evening of the first moon.
"No more stairs today."
Yue Qinghuan said, leading her towards the statue of the "Emperor Yingtian".
This colossus occupies almost nine tenths of the space on the first floor, and people can only walk around it.
Chu Yuewan followed the master to the north, and the other attendants were withdrawn, leaving only her and Yue Qinghuan.
"Master?" The first moon night has never been here.
She realized that she had thought she knew how big the tower was, but in fact, there was more space than she had imagined.
Yue Qinghuan asked her to follow her, walked into a compartment covered with curtains, and then lifted the thick curtains and walked into it.
The curtain is very thin, and you can still see the figure behind the curtain through it, and Chu Yuewan followed her every step at the beginning, but her steps were too small after all, and she couldn't catch up with the big country teacher with a long body.
After a few more steps, she could no longer find a trace of her master.
The breeze blew the curtains, and there was no one around, but it seemed that countless people who could not see it stood quietly.
"Master......" The early moon was a little scared.
The surrounding scene seems to have been seen, and even after walking for a long time, I still feel that I have returned to the same place.
It's very similar to the story told by my father, where the ghosts encountered by those scholars hit the wall.
"Master! Where is Master? Chu Yuewan called out in a panic, stopped and didn't dare to continue walking.
"Your Royal Highness, please come here."
At the beginning of the moon, he hurriedly searched for the sound, but Yue Qinghuan's voice was ethereal and he couldn't find the direction.
"Master...... Why can't I see you? She looked at the fluttering curtains around her.
"Don't be afraid, come."
Chu Yuewan finally heard the reason, and hurriedly turned around, and saw the shadow emerging behind the curtain.
A slender hand peeked out through the gap between the curtains, palms facing her.
Chu Yuewan grabbed the life-saving straw and grabbed that hand, and suddenly all the light curtains were rolled up high by the wind, and the other party's heavy wide sleeves covered the top of her head.
In her astonishment, she felt herself held up by a pair of arms, tightly embraced.
"Division...... Master ......" she froze.
"Didn't you say you had to keep up with it?"
Yue Qinghuan hugged her with one hand and lifted the curtain that blew down on her shoulder.
Chu Yuewan whispered his thanks, and before he could ask to go to the ground, Yue Qinghuan pointed ahead and said, "Your Royal Highness Princess, let's take this upstairs today." ”
"Huh? That's ......" The attention of the early moon evening was immediately attracted by what was in front of him.
It was a narrow room like a shrine, and it looked like a wooden bed with a tightly sealed wooden frame on three sides.
"It's an elevator."
Yue Qinghuan said and led her in.
There was only one bench inside, and the space was really small, only enough for two or three people at most.
And adults like Yue Qinghuan can only sit, and they can't stand up straight.
He put the early moon evening by his side, pulled the joystick, and this "shrine" actually rose slowly towards the height by itself.
However, this is not an uncommon thing, there are also the same elevators in some of the higher buildings in the palace, which I have seen in the previous life of the first moon.
It's just this one of the skyscrapers, which is too tall in comparison.
Through the carved guardrail, you can see the side and rear of the statue of "Emperor Yingtian", with the slow suspension of the climb, gradually higher than the head of the statue, the people walking below are getting smaller and smaller, and the ceremonial officials holding the lantern walk around, like a stream of fireflies.
"It's so high......" sighed in the evening of the early moon.
"Isn't Her Royal Highness the Princess afraid of height?" Yue Qinghuan raised his arm to protect her.
Chu Yuewan shook her head: "Yuning likes high places. ”
Yue Qinghuan smiled: "I thought that Her Royal Highness the princess would be embarrassed to 'climb' the stairs." ”
Chu Yuewan remembered that she had arched up the stairs every day before, and she was a little embarrassed.
"On weekdays, most of the people in this seat use this to save a lot of time."
Yue Qinghuan said, "I was worried that Her Royal Highness the Princess was young and others would not take good care of her, so it was inconvenient for Her Royal Highness the Princess to ride. ”
Saying that, he looked down at Chu Yuewan: "If Her Royal Highness the Princess can adapt to this generational thing, when going up and down the stairs in the future, this seat will not mind going back and forth twice." ”
"Thank you, Master."
The early moon answered obediently, still looking down at the scenery in the tower.
Yue Qinghuan didn't wait for the response he was expecting, and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.
Still keeping a distance, isn't it enough to trust yourself? Do you want to test it a few more times? No, it can't be too often, and the number of times she is afraid and helpless and she shows up to solve the crisis must be strictly controlled.
Yue Qinghuan gently rolled his sleeves, and smiled faintly on his warm and jade-like face.
"Master and apprentice, Her Royal Highness the princess doesn't have to be too polite."
…… With a means of transportation, going up and down the stairs every day is no longer an unbearable pain in the early moon.
It's just that the hours of daily practice seem to have become inexplicably longer.
"'Egret Exploring the Water'."
Yue Qinghuan commanded.
Chu Yuewan stood on tiptoe and slowly leaned over to reach out her arms, and her young little hands stretched out with her posture and slipped out of her long sleeves.
On the back of the white hand, there is a big "left" written on it.
Yue Qinghuan recognized this action and continued: "'The wild goose falls on the Pingjiang River'. ”
Chu Yuewan turned around, grabbed the other arm and put it behind his back, and had a big "right" in his palm.
When the surrounding ceremonial officials saw it, they held back their laughter so much that their hands holding the candlesticks were shaking.
The little princess's problem of not distinguishing between left and right has finally been cured.
However, there is still no way to cure the matter of stepping on Master's feet.
After leading her through the thirty-eighth time, Yue Qinghuan stopped and secretly twisted his sore instep under the robe that was mopping the floor.
"Master......" Chu Yuewan looked pitiful again, pulling his sleeve, "I'm sorry......"
"Your Royal Highness, how old are you this year?" Yue Qinghuan slightly hated that iron could not become steel.
"Four."
The early moon night is serious and aggrieved.
Yue Qinghuan's heartfelt words: Say it again??? Would it be good to please multiply this number by five? But looking at the milk bun in front of him who was still hugging his thigh, there was no doubt that he was four years old.
Yue Qinghuan couldn't figure out now whether she was pretending to be too good or thinking too much.
"It's fine."
Yue Qinghuan rubbed her little head, "The princess is still so young, it would be good to practice more." ”
When Chu Yuewan heard this, she immediately looked at him hopefully.
…… After the day of returning to school, Chu Yuewan didn't wait for his uncle to pick him up.