Zhongli had just stepped in, only to hear the door behind him squeak shut.

"Grass people Zhongli knocks on the emperor!"

Zhongli lifted his placket, knelt on the cold marble floor with his legs bent, and hung his head respectfully, trying to suppress the rather uneasy mood in his heart and calm himself down.

The emperor, who was sitting on the dragon chair and correcting the recitals, heard the sound from below, and he didn't raise his eyes.

"Flat."

The deep voice revealed majesty, but Zhongli didn't look up, so he couldn't see the emperor's appearance, so he could only secretly guess.

"Emperor Xie!"

He stood up respectfully, thanked him again, and then stood beside him with his eyes and nose.

Zhongli knew that he couldn't look directly at the emperor, so he could only raise his eyes to secretly see what the emperor looked like, and with just one glance, Zhongli quickly lowered his head.

Although it is not as miraculous as it is said in books and on TV, but under the cover of the bright yellow clothes, there is a touch of momentum more than the ordinary old man, these momentum may be his own original, or maybe it is the clothes, or this palace, his identity, Zhong Li is unknown.

But no matter what you do, you can't hide your nervousness at this time.

He lowered his head and waited for the emperor's question, but he waited left and right, and did not see the emperor speak, and the entire imperial study was quiet, except for the sound of the flipping of the fold, there was no sound at all.

The king let the minister die, and the minister had to die.

Besides, they just asked him to stand, Zhongli took a deep breath and then slowly exhaled, standing calmly in place, waiting for the hair to fall.

Quan Fu, the chief steward who served by the emperor's side, also observed Zhongli's reaction.

He had been standing quietly below, and there was no movement except for a sneaky glance just now.

For Zhongli, Quan Fu was strange and puzzled in his heart, after all, Zhongli did not show the slightest impatience for such a long time. You have to know how old this boy is this year? And as a commoner, I met the emperor for the first time.

It is enough to see his bearing, but it is ......

He glanced at the emperor cautiously and sighed silently in his heart.

Originally, even if it was because the Border City Academy might have a good future, now because of the matter of the Seventh Princess, it is in suspense!

After the emperor finished correcting all the folds, he put down the brush in his hand, and then moved his shoulder, and Quanfu on the side immediately stood behind the emperor to help him carefully massage his shoulder.

Looking at the emperor's expression of enjoyment, he bowed slightly and whispered in the emperor's ear.

"Your Majesty, Zhong Gongzi is still waiting for you!"

The Emperor stiffened his eyes, as if he had suddenly spotted Zhongli, looking at him in surprise and disbelief.

"When did you come?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around sharply and glared at Quan Fu, snorting coldly.

"Why didn't you remind me, look at my confused appearance, I have neglected you for so long!"

Having said that, Zhong Li didn't dare to take it seriously, especially the more guilty the other party said, the more Zhong Li sighed inside, his face changed suddenly when he heard this, and he knelt down directly on the ground, and kowtowed a few times.

"Your Majesty is busy with government affairs, and there are many opportunities every day, and the grass people are just a small people, and they dare not disturb the emperor. If it is wrong, it must be that the grass people came in at the wrong time, disturbing His Majesty's mood. ”

Although he knew that the emperor was just saying that, Zhongli still took all the responsibility for the matter on himself.

"Hehe, it's good not to be angry, look at the seats!"

The Emperor smiled as if he was talkative, and nodded to Quan Fu, who was also kneeling next to him.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Long."

Zhongli had just stood up, and hurriedly knelt down to thank him, but in just an hour, he had already knelt several times in a row.

Even if he didn't want Shane in his heart, Zhongli didn't dare to refuse, because he didn't want to be beheaded more than Shane.

"I heard, you are very influential over there in the border city? Raise your head and let me see? ”

Hearing the emperor's words, Zhongli raised his head to look at the emperor, but quickly lowered his head again, looking respectful.

His Majesty laughed, the grass people were just grateful to the people of the border city and did a little more. However, the border city has the grace of our lives, and no matter how much we do, we should do more. ”

When the emperor heard this, he raised his eyebrows slightly, and there was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

The person in front of him is relatively short and thin, and even in winter, he still looks a little thin in heavy cotton clothes.

This is nothing, that face is white and clean, and it is as good as those rootless people in the palace, the emperor doesn't understand, why does Shan'er have a good impression of such a person?

Hearing that this person is very literary and has a lot of means in business, he is by no means like his appearance, and the emperor is even more reluctant to Zhongli in his heart.

He doesn't like smart people, and the smarter he is, the more dangerous he is.

"Zhongli is really a talent, and he is kind-hearted, no wonder my prince looks at you differently, even the king of Qingyang is very courteous to you, I heard that you are still his brother-in-law?"

What is heard, this is clearly known for a long time.

Zhongli knew who the emperor was talking about, who else would there be besides the four princes? He pulled out a smile and shook his head.

"Your Majesty has won the award, and the grass people are just getting an axe, which is far worse than the prince."

Zhongli had only sat a quarter of his ass in the chair, but he hurriedly stepped forward and bent himself even lower.

"Zhongli is really modest, although I am far away in the capital, but I have not left a single thing in the border city, your glaze factory and the border city academy really make the entire Apocalypse full of praise!"

The emperor looked at Zhongli, who was leaning over below, and said with admiration on his face, but the dark light in his eyes was a little dim.

Now that the glass square is in his own hands, don't others know about him?

In three years, how much silver that glazed recipe created for him, just thinking about it made him jealous.

When Zhongli founded the glass factory, he didn't have a crown, right?

"The emperor really praises the grass people too much, everyone in the border city academy knows that it was built by His Majesty, and the grass people only contribute a small amount of heart. Now the people of the entire border city are all grateful for Your Majesty's grace, so that we, the students from poor families, can have the opportunity to study, and have the opportunity to serve the court in the future! For me, I just feel that more people are reading books and listening to the words of the saints. ”

Of course, Zhongli would not think that all the words that the emperor said to him were compliments to himself, if he accepted it, then he would not be able to think of how he would die next.

She must now put all these credits on the emperor, and even let the emperor know that the people of the Apocalypse are most grateful to him as the emperor, so that she can still protect herself.

"Good! Good! What a service to the court! I am very optimistic about the Border City Academy, and I hope that Zhongli will not disappoint my hopes and provide more talents for the imperial court! The emperor was very happy to hear Zhongli's words, and said yes in a loud voice.

"This, the grass people will ensure that all the materials of the academy are sufficient, ensure that all the students do not worry about life, and still need the support of the emperor and all the masters of the academy in terms of academics, all these things that the grass people do are insignificant."

Zhongli picked up nice words and said them as long as they could make the emperor happy.

Sure enough, the emperor was in a better mood.

After this time, Zhongli felt that his back was covered with a layer of cold sweat, chatting with the emperor really killed too many brain cells, and he was really worried that he would accidentally say the wrong thing, and every sentence was said after careful consideration.

"I heard that the border city before is far from the current border city, and now the annual grain and silver offered to the imperial court are many times that of five years ago, it seems that there are merchants like you in the border city in the past few years, and the development is good under the leadership of Zhao Yiyan!" The Emperor looked at Zhongli with a smile on his face, and seemed very happy about the current prosperity of the border city.

"It's all because of your good governance, Your Majesty! Arrange for General Zhao to be stationed in the border city, so that we, the people, can avoid the chaos of war, so that we can have more energy to develop commerce and agriculture! Now the people of the border city all praise the emperor, you have found good talents and made good use of good talents! ”

"Oh? The people of the border city say so about me, it seems that I was right to temporarily decide to let General Zhao garrison the border city! The Emperor stroked his beard and said with deep meaning.

"Every decision of the emperor has been carefully considered, and every arrangement has been implemented after several deliberations, so we all understand that the current life is all because of the emperor's care!"

The emperor now listens to Zhongli and speaks more and more happily, and every sentence says in his heart, which makes his heart rise with a great sense of satisfaction.

However, the emperor did not lose his mind.

The more Zhongli said this, the more the emperor felt that this Zhongli was not as simple as it seemed.

"Zhongli understands my thoughts very well, and even my thoughts are clearly guessed."

The emperor's seemingly unintentional words made Zhongli kneel directly on the ground in fright: "The grass people don't dare to speculate on the holy will, the grass people just thank the emperor, if it weren't for the emperor's apocalypse for giving us stability, we wouldn't have such a good life now." ”

Zhongli's body was almost on the ground, his forehead was even tighter on the ground, and his body trembled slightly, for fear that the emperor would not be able to leave this palace today if he was unhappy.

The emperor looked at Zhongli's appearance below from a high position, and only then did a slight disdainful smile appear in his eyes.

No matter how smart you are, in front of yourself, you are not lying on the ground and hoping that you will spare your life!

"Okay, let's not talk about that. Let's talk about the border city! I only heard that the border city is developing very well now, and I don't know what it is, so why don't you tell me about it, Zhongli. The emperor took a sip of the tea brought by Quan Fu and said.

"I don't know much about the grass people in the border city, the grass people are just a businessman, running their own farms, ensuring that they can eat enough, and by the way, helping the poor people in the border city, although the grass people have the heart to make people worry about food and clothing, but they are really powerless, and now they just want to help the emperor to make some contributions to the border city academy." Zhongli didn't answer the emperor's words, after all, he was just a businessman, how could he know so much.