Time, always time.

Liu Xuan was embarrassed to find that the most important thing he lacked was time, but what he needed most at the moment was time.

If there is time, there will be cultivation, and there will be an army and a stable territory.

It's just that time doesn't change the speed of his flow by someone's will, even if Liu Xuan is unhappy, he can only wait quietly, do it step by step, and then wait for the moment when the time is ripe.

After embarking on the road back, the speed was much faster than when they came, although the way they took on the return trip was still from Longxi to Guangwei, then to Tianshui County after Anding, and then back to Jingzhao through Fufeng.

However, Liu Xuan did not delay much except for the necessary meeting with Guangwei and the county guard of Anding-the scenery in the northwest has already been seen, and the scenery in this area is almost the same, so there is no need to look at them all so carefully.

As for the vast grasslands further north, he felt that he did not need to be in a hurry, and that in the future, there would be an opportunity to command thousands of troops to go north and uproot the Xiongnu who had disturbed the Han Dynasty for an unknown amount of time.

Just want to do that......

"It's still time!"

Looking at Liu Xuan's bored look, Cai Yan also found it interesting, and sat quietly on the side without saying a word, just looking at Liu Xuan with a smile.

She suddenly felt that Liu Xuan was very interesting and kind, and he didn't have the usual imperial majesty, only at this time could she remember that Liu Xuan's age was not much older than her, and now he was only a young man in his early twenties, and he was just an adult in this era.

On the return trip, Liu Xuan spent most of his time sitting in the car, mainly to get close to Cai Yan and Diao Chan, especially after he had already made up his mind. When I returned to Chang'an, I would eat the Diao Chan on this premise.

Cai Yan already knew that Liu Xuan was going to make Diao Chan a noble person after he went back, so she naturally had no objection to this. Even after being married for so long, Liu Xuan, as the emperor, is the only one who is the queen, which makes her very happy.

Now it is a matter of course to make Diao Chan a nobleman, otherwise there will be some gossip outside the palace - those people dare not say anything to the emperor in person, but they can say anything in the middle.

For example, the current emperor has never accepted concubines, some people say that it is because the current queen Cai Yan is the jealous fu of the first number in Tianzi, and the Son of Heaven is not allowed to accept concubines again, so the Son of Heaven has been on the throne for several years, and there is only one queen in the inner palace.

There is also a Diao Chan who has been in the palace for a while. Now she is still just a shinu, just because of her beauty that pleases the emperor, and she can't be treated by the queen, so she has never had a name.

In short, all kinds of things were said. For Cai Yan, it is the best of the choreography. The gossip has made Cai Yong, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, unbearable, and deliberately found a few opportunities to talk to his daughter to ask what the specific situation is about.

Although Cai Yan lives in the deep palace, these words will eventually reach her ears. In addition, her father was also tormented by this incident, and as a human daughter, she had to think about her father even if she didn't care.

Diao Chan, a nobleman, will have less gossip anyway, and she is really happy for Diao Chan - the girl's family was called into the palace by the emperor with a word, and there is no other way out except to become a concubine. If Liu Xuan never gives Diao Chan a name, then Diao Chan's life will be over.

Now the identity has finally been confirmed. Diao Chan is also one of the hostesses of the inner courtyard of the palace, so she naturally doesn't have to worry about it in the future. At the same time, there is no restriction on identity, Cai Yan and Diao Chan can better chat and relieve boredom, otherwise she is still just a little palace maid in name for the queen Diao Chan, which is somewhat of a constraint.

After being stunned for a while, Liu Xuan turned his head and saw Cai Yan looking at him with a smile, and he knew that he was in the right mood at a glance, and he couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "Why is Wen Ji so happy?"

"It's nothing, it's just that I came out to relax this time, and my mood has become much more comfortable. And I really want to go back after coming out for so long, just in time to go back to the palace for the New Year. ”

The Chinese New Year has a special meaning for the people of this land, if you can't go back before the year, you will feel some regrets, and it is always a good thing to be able to return to the palace before the year.

For Liu Xuan, he didn't pay so much attention to it. In the era he lived in before, the atmosphere of the New Year was not as good as the year after year, and as the years gradually got older, the elders passed away one by one, and the New Year became the most dreary thing.

Later, when I went to the world of cultivation, a retreat is tens of hundreds of years, and I don't care about the New Year, although I have been in this world for more than twenty years, I have always maintained my previous habits, and after I ascended the throne in these two years, I have a little New Year's atmosphere - not that the family gathers together for Chinese New Year's Eve, but as an emperor, he has to worship heaven and earth every New Year's Festival, and a lot of etiquette is not an easy job.

Originally, according to Liu Xuan's intentions, these habits and etiquette could be omitted, but he couldn't stand the advice of all the princes of the court, so he had no choice but to deal with it.

At the same time, I also made up my mind in my heart: "After the court has changed all the people in the court in the past few years, this broken ceremony will definitely be abolished!"

Because of these reasons, he didn't look very happy when he heard the sè on his face after the Chinese New Year, but the depressed sè was even stronger, which made Cai Yan feel strange for a while.

Only then did I suddenly remember that every time I celebrate the New Year, Liu Xuan's face is not so good-looking, could it be that His Majesty doesn't like the New Year? But why is this?

After all, he is a smart person, plus Liu Xuan has lived with her for several years and has a general understanding of some of Liu Xuan's small habits, Cai Yan quickly guessed the reason.

"Does Your Majesty think those etiquettes are too cumbersome?"

"Yes!"

When Liu Xuan said this, his face was even more bitter, as if the sacrifice to the ancestors of heaven and earth and so on gave him a headache than letting him drive the expedition in person. In fact, it is also the case, he would rather lead the army to sweep the entire country around than be tossed around like a marionette.

Diao Chan blinked her eyes a few times, she didn't have any concept of those things, after all, she was just a palace maid, and she was still a palace maid with a special status.

Some emperors, empresses and important ministers have nothing to do with her, and some of the more tiring work is not her turn to do, so although the time to enter the palace is not short, I don't know what to worry about the many ceremonies during the New Year every year.

Cai Yan knows a little, but for her, she is only busy once a year, and she can toss it, and she can even treat it as a pastime.

"After all, it is an ancestral system, and Your Majesty can't help but do it. Since it must be done, it is better to think in a good direction. ”

"Oh?" Liu Xuan asked curiously, "What are the good directions?"

Cai Yan thought about it, and finally stuck out his tongue: "The concubine can't think of it!"

"Naughty!" gently patted Cai Yan's forehead, knowing that she was deliberately amusing herself, Liu Xuan no longer put on a bitter face to worry her woman.

"But after you go back this time, you have to step up your practice, otherwise you will be thrown away too much by the cicadas. ”

Diao Chan can already participate in actual combat, and his strength is not bad. With Diao Chan's current strength, even if she is a tent general, she is afraid that no one will be able to beat her.

In comparison, Cai Yan's progress was much slower - even if the power of the phoenix was not intended to be an exercise created to fight with people, the power should not be weak to this extent. In the final analysis, it is Cai Yan's own problem.

Living in the deep palace, without any pressure, Cai Yan really can't improve quickly, Liu Xuan hopes to be able to let Diao Chan stab her, but Diao Chan and Cai Yan have been together for a long time, and the relationship between the two is too good to play the role of stabbing Ji.

In desperation, Liu Xuan had no choice but to say: "If Wen Ji doesn't work hard, when the time comes, Shouyuan will run out, so why don't you have to go before me?"

Although Cai Yan is not a person with huge ambitions and hopes for immortality, he would not want to die early, so Liu Xuan stabbed him with this.

Seeing that Cai Yan was just smiling and silent, Liu Xuan had no choice but to say again: "Wen Ji is not afraid that Rong Hua will pass away because of his lack of cultivation?"

Speaking of which, women care more about it than any illusory immortality - women can not care about life and death, but they definitely care about their appearance, especially the more beautiful women are.

Unconsciously raised his hand and gently rubbed his cheek, Cai Yan was stunned for a moment and asked, "The set of exercises passed on by His Majesty can also nourish the face and maintain the appearance?" She always thought that the exercises taught by Liu Xuan only made them better and could prevent illness and the like, but she didn't expect that there would be these effects.

After all, Cai Yan is only eighteen years old this year, and he has not yet reached the age where he needs to worry about the passing of his youth, and his body is still in the development stage, so he naturally can't feel the effect of the exercises on his appearance and other aspects.

If she had known earlier, it is estimated that she would not have regarded that exercise as a thing to relieve boredom in her spare time, looking at the appearance of Diao Chan beside her as a sign of falling and falling, and her figure gradually became better than herself, I don't know if there is a credit for that method?

After thinking about it secretly, he whispered to Diao Chan while Liu Xuan was not paying attention: "Talk to me about that trick at night, I still don't understand a lot of things." ”

Diao Chan knew why Cai Yan suddenly came to cultivate because of this, and pointed at Liu Xuan, who was sitting there, with a forced smile: "Niangniang's words have been listened to by Your Majesty!"

"Yikes!"

Cai Yan knew that Liu Xuan was not an ordinary person, but he didn't know what the specific extent was, and he didn't usually speak in such a low voice, so he naturally didn't know that with Liu Xuan's hearing, no matter how close she was, it would be useless for her to whisper.

As soon as Diao Chan reminded Cai Yan that he had gotten this, his face instantly turned red, but fortunately, Liu Xuan didn't take the opportunity to turn around and laugh, otherwise he would really be ashamed to find a crack in the ground and not get out.

Liu Xuan felt very satisfied at this time, after all, the higher Cai Yan's cultivation, whether it was for her or for Liu Xuan, only two people who worked hard together could they really improve quickly, otherwise it was just a one-sided effort, no matter how magical the exercises were, sooner or later one side would fall behind, and at that time, the one side that fell behind would become a burden, Liu Xuan didn't want Cai Yan to become like that.