Li Longji thought about it carefully, and decided to build the Four Kings' Mansion in the adjacent square outside the Xingqing Palace, and choose the best place to build the Four Kings' Mansion, and when he moved into the Xingqing Palace in the future, the brothers could live together as before.

Before the construction of Xingqing Palace, the Ministry of Industry submitted a sketch to Li Longji. Li Longji first reversed the inherent pattern of the inner court facing the north from the south to the outside, and then ordered the construction of two high-rise buildings in the southwest corner of Xingqing Palace, one of which was the "Diligent Government Affairs Building" for daily office use in the future, and the other high-rise building was named "Calyx Xianghui Building", which was intended to compare the five brothers to complement each other like calyxes.

Seeing that the Son of Heaven had a plan, the squire of the Ministry of Works threw all his designs out of the clouds, and while waving his brush and writing down the requirements of the Son of Heaven one by one, he humbly asked: "May I ask the saint, how high is this second floor?" ”

Li Longji does have a lot of his own ideas about the construction of Xingqing Palace, but he is not a professional in architecture after all, so he can't think of many specific things, and the height of this building is one of them. The diligent government building is not enough, this calyx Xianghui building does contain a special purpose for him, and he doesn't know how high to achieve such a purpose, so he said: "When I can climb high and overlook, I can see the scenery of at least four squares around, and it is almost there." ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Works paused and said a little vaguely: "Minister...... I should do my best to ......"

Li Longji's mind has always been exquisite, and he said gently: "This request makes you embarrassed? ”

In recent months, the Ministry of Labor has only been transferred back to Chang'an from the local government because of his outstanding political achievements, and when he went to the local office, he was still in the reign of Emperor Zhongzong, and he was not very familiar with today's son. He couldn't grasp the temperament of the Son of Heaven, and he didn't know whether to answer "yes" or "no" for a while, and when he heard that the great inner eunuch beside the Son of Heaven was a kind and loyal person, he looked at Xiao Jiangyuan for help.

When Li Longji was talking to his courtiers, even if the palace attendants stood with their heads bowed respectfully, they would look back and forth, meticulously capturing all the information that could be captured, Xiao Jiangyuan was the most deaf and clear-sighted among them, and naturally he would not miss the eyes of the servants of the Ministry of Works. This kind of effort can help Li Longji communicate with his courtiers, Xiao Jiangyuan has never refused, but this time she did not speak immediately, but first turned her eyes to look at Li Longji.

I saw Li Longji staring at her with a smile, obviously seeing the waiter of the Ministry of Works giving her a look. Li Longji's expression always has a shocking meaning, although it is full of suspicion and defensiveness between monarchs and ministers, but it can't deter Xiao Jiangyuan, and it can only make her feel more at ease. She even likes to see Li Longji show such a look, which is the same as Li Longji's expression when he seriously handles state affairs, which makes her can't help but be obsessed.

Only at this time did she feel that she was safe, and Li Longji was still a competent Ming Jun, walking steadily on the road of the male lord who was determined to open up the prosperous world.

- Even if he built a new palace and erected two tall buildings, it all revealed his king's careful thinking.

Xiao Jiangyuan smiled mildly and said, "If the squire has any problems, tell the truth, and let the saint understand it clearly." ”

Only then did the squire strengthen his courage: "The sage's request is indeed a little difficult, I don't know where the sage wants to see the most, but you can draw a range on the map, so the minister knows it." ”

At this time, not only Li Longji, but also Xiao Jiangyuan's usual smile on his face stiffened a little. If she knew that she still had to answer such a question, then why didn't her Ah Lang say the purpose directly, but spent more time talking about it. This squire has been in the place for a long time, and he is too insensitive. Xiao Jiangyuan just sighed secretly in his heart, and then received Li Longji's eyes.

She thought for a moment and said, "Forgive the slave for talking too much." The meaning of the saint is that when you climb the highest place of the Calyx Xianghui Building and look down on it in your spare time, if you can see how the people around the four squares live, you can probably know the mood of the whole Chang'an. Of course, if the building is too high, not only is it difficult to build, but it is also inconvenient for the saint to climb high in the future, how to choose, naturally by the waiter, etc., according to the actual situation to decide, but there is one point, the saint loves the brother, the mansion of the four kings is also around the Xingqing Palace, if the saint can often get the feeling of missing the brother, then it is the best, and it does not live up to the name of this calyx. ”

Only then did the Ministry of Servants realize what a superfluous thing he had just said. After thinking about it carefully, the true purpose of the Son of Heaven was revealed, and his hand holding the brush not only trembled, but also hurriedly said to Li Longji: "The minister understands, and he will live up to the expectations of the saint." ”

Xingqing Palace and the Four Kings' Mansion started construction successively. Before the mansion was completed, Li Longji invited the four brothers to live together in the Daming Palace, and the long pillow quilt made in the early years came in handy again. From the hundreds of officials in the imperial court to the common people, they all admired the filial piety of Emperor Kaiyuan Shenwu, and even Emperor Li Dan was much more gentle and considerate to Li Longji because of this.

In mid-September, Li Longji held his first banquet since he ascended the throne in the Hanyuan Hall of the main hall of Daming Palace. The eighty or ninety-year-old virtuous old men of Chang'an were all present, some of them were still in good spirits, some were already gray-haired and faltering, some were husband and wife who helped each other, and some were brothers. After they sat down one after another under the guidance of the chamberlain, Li Longji supported Li Dan and came belatedly.

Li Dan had to admit that the days after delegating power were indeed much more comfortable than when he was in power, but after a long time, he always felt bored. Hearing that the emperor was going to hold a banquet, he wanted to join in the excitement, if not for anything else, because there was no one of similar ages to talk to in this palace except for Princess Xue. He couldn't pull his face down on Li Longji's son, but it was Princess Xue who saw the signs and handed Xiao Jiangyuan a mouthful.

Xiao Jiangyuan was in the Penglai Pavilion of the Queen Wang at that time, and this wind was entrusted to Jingzhong to hand it over.

Xiao Jiangyuan has handed over all the affairs of the harem to the six bureaus and twenty-four divisions to take care of, and she has gradually changed from being in charge of the queen to being an adviser to the queen, so in recent months, she has rarely come to the queen. This time, she came with Li Longji, but caught up with a rather embarrassing scene.

At that time, just a few days after the queen's menstrual affair, because she had not been pregnant for a long time, and the harem concubines were pregnant one after another, she didn't feel a little disheartened. In order to make the queen happy, the palace that served the most powerful around him was designed to remind the queen of the fun of the boudoir before she got married, and let the queen practice.

Anyway, she didn't get pregnant this time, so Queen Wang didn't have any worries, and practiced marksmanship by the Penglai Pond outside Penglai Pavilion. Autumn is already in season, and the leaves of the trees are turning from green to red, and the colors are falling with the wind. The queen was dressed in a red beard and held a spear, dancing in the red. The melancholy in the center of her eyebrows has quietly disappeared at some point, and the heroic spirit of the past has burst out from her clear eyes, and her mood is really much more relaxed, and her movements are becoming more and more open.

She was too immersed in it, she didn't see that Li Longji, who came to visit her, was walking around from behind the bushes, and the spear had already stabbed past, she was surprised and hurriedly grabbed the spear, and reined in her strength, but she couldn't stop the attack of the spear, and watched it stab Li Longji in the throat!

"San Lang!" While exclaiming, she saw Xiao Jiangyuan standing tall in front of Li Longji, but was stopped by Li Longji and thrown behind her.

Li Longji's flick just dodged Ling Feng of the spear, but when the spear stopped, its blade was still just in front of Li Longji's throat, but it was only a millimeter.

Queen Wang hurriedly put away her gun and threw it aside, rushed to Li Longji, and saw that Li Longji was unscathed, so she breathed a sigh of relief, and was annoyed and worried, so she wanted to kneel. At this time, the queen's attendants in the palace had already knelt down, and the palace was kneeling a few steps in front of Li Longji, bowing and saying: "This is the fault of the slave and maid, it has nothing to do with the queen, and I hope that the saint will be guilty!" ”

Li Longji's expression was faint, and he couldn't see joy or anger. Queen Wang hung her head, and couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at her husband's face, feeling that her husband's hand that didn't let her kneel be as warm as ever, but she felt a slight cold in her heart. She saw that her husband was holding Xiao Jiangyuan's hand with one hand while holding her with the other, and he did not let go at the same time, but still tightened it, and there was a faint trembling.

She knew that Li Longji was very fond of Xiao Jiangyuan, but she never thought that they would be ...... That kind of relationship?!

Even the moon-shaped jade pendant of Li Longji's mother's relics had been hanging on Xiao Jiangyuan's waist for many years, and she should have thought of it a long time ago. The fact that the emperor has a male pet is not uncommon for the former Han Dynasty, so the queen didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but it was a little tasteful.

Now is not the time to eat, she is just about to kill the king, if the crime is really not big, not only the serious one, but also the family, there was already a childless queen who was deposed decades ago, and she didn't want to be the second.

"Saburo...... Saint, concubine is guilty! Thinking that her husband had personally helped her and prevented her from kneeling, she should not be angry, and Queen Wang felt a little more confident in her heart, but her attitude became more and more respectful.

Xiao Jiangyuan stared down at Li Longji's hand in front of his abdomen, stunned for a while, until Queen Wang opened her mouth before she came back to her senses, hurriedly broke free, lowered her head and crossed her hands to the side, and it took a long time to calm down the turbulent breathing.

Li Longji glanced at Xiao Jiangyuan, and his gaze fell on his knotted wife again, and he didn't feel a little in a trance. How long had it been since he had seen her so heroic, cheerful and happy? It seems that since the seal, she has deliberately restrained her past look, and has been asking herself to be a competent and good queen all the time.

He could feel her feelings of self-esteem and inferiority, so how could he blame her? Then he smiled and said, "Isn't it nothing, and you didn't mean it." Ah Jun, let your people get up. ”

…… How long has it been since you heard your husband call her name?

The queen looked up flattered, and saw that her husband was looking at her gently, and any infertile melancholy and belated taste were immediately thrown away by her. She suddenly wanted to cry, and she wanted to confide all the grievances in her stomach to her husband one by one. As soon as the idea came to her, her tears fell.