Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Emperor Serves His Son
In deep sleep, the night always passes quickly. The sun appeared again and again in the sky above Dahua according to the fixed law, and the people living in this land began a new day's work and life in the face of the rising sun.
In the early morning palace, there are busy figures everywhere, the palace people are busy serving their masters, dressing and washing, the guards of the forbidden army are busy changing their posts, and the concubines and princesses are thinking of doing something to pass the boring time.
"Ah~~~" Jing Zetian habitually got up and stretched a long lazy waist, Qiu Xiang on the side had already prepared his clothes, waiting for Jing Zetian to get up.
After Jing Zetian went through the basic early morning events of eating and morning exercises, he also thought about what to do today to pass such a boring ancient life.
"Qiu Xiang, is Xiao Zhuozi in the palace?" Jing Zetian yawned and asked Qiu Xiang beside him.
"Yes."
"Call him here."
"Hmm."
It's really comfortable to have someone do things with your mouth, Jing Zetian thought comfortably.
Soon, Xiao Zhuozi trotted all the way over.
"Your Highness." Xiao Zhuozi bowed respectfully towards Jing Zetian.
"How's things going in the workshop?" Jing Zetian said in a straight voice, saying that the right thing should have the appearance of the right thing.
"In the past few days, the slave maid has gone to the workshop every day to check the progress of things, and the yellow shopkeeper will also go over every day to see the progress, through the drawings of His Royal Highness and the samples we sent over, now those carpenters will soon be able to easily make it, these days, the workshop has been stepping up the production of chairs, and the yellow shopkeeper means that according to what was said before, first stock, in the store to sell." Xiao Zhuozi replied seriously.
Jing Zetian kept his hands behind his back, listening to the work reports of his employees like a small boss.
"Well, has the workshop of the shopkeeper in Qingquan County started?"
"Not yet, now there is not enough manpower, Huang Shopkeeper has just recruited a group of carpenters, and now he is studying in the workshop in Huangjia Village, and the workshop in Qingquan County will start soon."
"Okay, let's leave the palace today, I haven't been to Qingquan County yet, I just went to see the workshop today, and then I will call the shopkeeper Huang together."
"Whoa!" In the question and answer between the two, they happily decided on today's itinerary.
Now Jing Zetian is no longer used to staying in this dull palace every day, and he wants to go out and enjoy the scenery of this era when he has nothing to do.
After making his plans, Jing Zetian said hello to his mother again, and under the reluctant gaze of Concubine Zhen, he flew away from the palace with Qiu Xiang, Ruhua, and Xiao Zhuozi. Xiao Deng Zi is still busy with the matter of Qu Yuan plow.
The sound of "chirping" comes and goes, the birds on the trees seem to be more crisp and pleasant than the call of seeing who, the butterflies on both sides of the road are dancing in the flowers and plants, chasing each other, Jing Zetian and others are riding horses on the dirt and galloping towards Huangjia Village.
Because they still have to feel Qingquan County recently, they chose to ride a horse, and it took an hour, stopping and stopping in the middle, and they arrived outside Huangjia Village again.
Because he just came a few days ago, the villagers who came and went at the entrance of the village greeted Jing Zetian with a smile, and Jing Zetian naturally responded one by one.
"Xiao Zhuozi, you go to Huangjiazhuang and ask the shopkeeper Huang to come out, let's go directly to Qingquan County." Jing Zetian commanded to Xiao Zhuozi beside him.
Xiao Zhuozi agreed to beat the horse and ran towards Huangjiazhuang, the horse galloped happily, in this kind of dirt soil, soft, the horse ran very comfortably.
At this moment, far away in the palace of Hua'an City, in the Changle Palace, there is no early dynasty today, so Jing Kaige has been staying in the Changle Hall since he got up, dealing with the government as in the past, and Huang Wencheng is still serving as usual.
"Wen Cheng, do you think Li Shangshu will agree to marry his daughter to Zetian?" Jing Kaige chatted with Huang Wencheng easily.
"Hehe, this slave is not easy to say, if you want to come to the ability of the six princes, Li Shangshu should not refuse." Huang Wencheng praised Jing Zetian euphemistically.
"Your Majesty, Li Shangshu has arrived." The eunuch guarding the door spoke.
"Yo, it's here so soon, let Aiqing come in." Jing Kaige said in a brisk tone, he had ordered the eunuch to announce Li Yuanshang's entry into the palace, talk about Jing Zetian's desire to marry his daughter, and see what Li Yuanshang's attitude was, he actually enjoyed this feeling of being a father very much, and managing the marriage of his children was a rare opportunity for a king like him on weekdays.
Li Yuanshang strode into the palace, and on the way here, he kept thinking about what the emperor had sent him to the palace for, but after thinking about it, everything was going well recently, and he had no clue.
"Your Majesty." Li Yuanshang bowed and saluted Jing Kaige.
"Aiqing is exempt from courtesy, and the seat is given." Jing Kaige personally stepped forward, helped up Li Yuanshang, who was saluting, with his hands, and ordered the palace people to move out the chairs and let Li Yuanshang sit down.
"I don't know what Your Majesty is doing today?" Li Yuanshang asked suspiciously after sitting down.
"Hehe, it's not a big deal, I just want to be at home with Aiqing." Jing Kaige said casually, as an emperor, he was embarrassed to say directly that he wanted your daughter to marry my son, which was too hasty.
"Oh?" Li Yuanshang became more and more confused. I don't know what the emperor means today.
"I don't know if Aiqing's beloved daughter can be married." Jing Kaige thought about it, and it was better to understand the situation first.
When Li Yuanshang heard Jing Kaige's question, his mind became active, and his head carefully analyzed the emperor's meaning, could it be that Your Majesty wants to marry my daughter?
"Back to Your Majesty, the minister's daughter is young and has not yet been married." Li Yuanshang couldn't figure out what the emperor was thinking, so he could only answer honestly.
"Hehe, that's the case, yesterday my prince said that he wanted to marry Aiqing's daughter as a princess, so I asked Aiqing what he meant." After Jing Kaige confirmed that Li Shishi was unmarried, he asked straight to the point, he felt that as the emperor, this kind of thing was better to order directly.
"Huh? I don't know which prince it is? Li Yuanshang was shocked by Jing Kaige's words. According to his original intention, as long as his daughter likes it, he can marry anyone, he is not a member of the family, and he does not need to rely on marriage to stabilize his position, he just needs to follow the emperor, but he didn't expect that now there is a prince who has taken a fancy to his daughter, which makes him a little worried, afraid that the emperor will force his daughter to marry, then he will be a little difficult.
"Aiqing doesn't have to be nervous, I like Ling Ai's six sons, that is, the six princes who went to negotiate with you a few days ago, he fell in love with Ling Ai at first sight, he ran to me last night to ask me to help him, originally I thought it might be a child's whim, unwilling to get involved in this matter, but think about it carefully, Ling Ai and Zetian are also the same age, and it can indeed be set in advance, Zetian will be crowned king in two years, Ling Ai is naturally the princess, I just mentioned this matter to Aiqing here, If Aiqing is unwilling, I will not blame me, Aiqing can rest assured. Jing Kaige explained in detail, reflecting his respect for his courtiers as a monarch.
"The minister is terrified." Li Yuanshang hurriedly got up and saluted Jing Kaige, and then continued respectfully: "The minister's daughter is going to marry sooner or later, although the minister is reluctant, but this is a human relationship, and the minister can't stop it, but the minister has promised his daughter earlier, and the marriage will not be forced with her, as long as she likes it, so the minister needs to see his daughter's attitude in this matter." ”
"Haha, that's fine, as long as Aiqing is okay here, the rest depends on Zetian's own ability, okay, even if this matter is booked like this, Wen Cheng, you arrange for someone to set up the prime minister, as well as the imperial historian Yan Wei, and Zhao Chongde, the secretary of the ministry, invited to discuss the matter, Li Aiqing will chat with me for a while, waiting for the arrival of several other ministers, we have something to continue to discuss." Jing Kaige arranged.