The magnificent palace was magnificent, with bricks and tiles neatly arranged in rows and columns, and the rising sun shone on the glazed tiles, emitting a dazzling light. The golden dragons wrapped around the beams were lifelike, as if they could soar into the sky in the next moment, and the supremacy of the imperial power was demonstrated everywhere.

"Retreat——court——" "Long live the emperor..."

Below were the kneeling ministers, and the emperor on the throne left from the back surrounded by the crowd. The pairs of eyes in the back looked at the departing bright yellow figure with different expressions, and looking up at the chair above, the eldest prince's eyes were hidden with deep desire.

When the emperor left, the ministers got up from the ground one by one, gathered in groups of three or two to whisper. The court was divided into several factions. The left and right prime ministers had never been at odds with each other. The two prime ministers each performed their duties, and several older princes entered the court to participate in political affairs.

The ministers in the court had the highest voice in supporting the eldest prince born to the late Lu Houjun as the crown prince to inherit the orthodoxy. The Sun Guogong faction naturally wanted to establish the fifth prince born to the current Sun Houjun as the crown prince. The two factions had been arguing about this issue.

Since the son of Prime Minister Liang married the fourth prince, the two families became in-laws, and Prime Minister Liang stood on the side of the fourth prince. This marriage was approved by His Majesty himself, so no one knew what His Majesty was thinking. The ministers only dared to guess in their hearts and did not dare to express it openly.

Prince Yi Feng Lingxiao was a low-key person who did more work and talked less. He was a practical man, and there were people in the court who supported him. He has been deeply loved by His Majesty since he returned to the court, and this is also his reliance.

As for the other princes, although they seem to be harmonious on the surface, they also have their own plans.

Sitting on the imperial carriage, the old emperor waved his hand, and the attendants understood and ordered the team to go to Shen Guijun. The imperial carriage went smoothly to Shen Guijun, and the emperor sitting inside closed his eyes.

Along the way, the palace attendants who saw His Majesty's carriage coming knelt down and kowtowed from a distance, shouting long live the emperor.

The old men who served in the palace had long been accustomed to His Majesty going to Shen Guijun as soon as His Majesty came to court. Everyone in the palace knew that Shen Guijun was the most favored by His Majesty in the harem. His Majesty went to Shen Guijun more often than to Sun Houjun. It was a pity that Shen Guijun had no children, so what could he do with more favors? So this was one of the reasons why Sun Houjun tolerated Shen Guijun's favor.

The carriage passed through the palace wall, and behind the inner court was the inner palace backyard, with flying eaves of houses, pavilions and terraces in the middle, ingeniously constructed, exquisite and delicate. In the back garden, there were evergreen pines and cypresses, exquisite rockery made of stacked stones, and gurgling water under the small bridge, beautiful and tranquil.

Cuixiu Garden, where Shen Guijun lived, was the best among the six palaces, after Sun Houjun. It was obvious that Shen Guijun was favored by His Majesty.

The imperial carriage came out of Zhengde Hall and soon arrived at Cuixiu Garden. The imperial carriage stopped in front of the gate of Cuixiu Garden, but His Majesty did not get off the carriage immediately.

"Your Majesty, we're here." The attendant reminded quietly outside, and then a low "hmm" was heard from inside.

The palace attendant pulled up the curtain of the carriage, and the attendant held His Majesty's hand and carefully helped His Majesty down. When the palace maids in Cuixiu Garden saw His Majesty coming, they all knelt down and shouted "Long live His Majesty, long live His Majesty..."

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty." The palace maids in Cuixiu Garden ran inside and heard a scolding voice. The old man who was serving inside saw that the young palace maid was impatient and said something. He didn't seem to be really angry, but just told the young palace maid to do things steadily.

Incense was burning in the room, and there was a pleasant smell as soon as you entered.

Youjun Shen was seen half leaning on the soft couch, with curved eyebrows and a smile on his face. In front of him was a boy with bright eyes and white teeth and a good-looking appearance. It was Young Master Shen Zhengyang who came to visit his uncle.

Every year, Shen Zhengyang would go to the palace several times to see his uncle, and according to his grandmother and mother's wishes, bring some delicious and fun things to his uncle. Even though she knew that there was no shortage of anything in the palace, Old Lady Shen was still thinking about her brother who was in the deep palace, and asked her grandson to send good things there.

This time, Shen Zhengyang came to Fengdu to send things to his uncle according to his grandmother's order, including some fun things from the store he opened with Cao Xiangnan, which he also brought.

There was no shortage of food and clothing in the palace, but what was lacking was such a sincere care and love.

If she were in the deep palace, Shen Meiyue would have something to look forward to, that is, looking forward to her little nephew coming to the palace to talk with her for a while and tell her interesting things outside the palace. For the old mother in Nanyang, this is her happiest moment.

Her elder brother passed away early, and she only had this one child. She herself had no children, so she treated her little nephew as her own. This child has grown up so much now. Time flies so fast. In a blink of an eye, he has been in the deep palace for so many years, and he doesn't know how he has spent so much time.

"...Uncle, let's go outside and I'll show you how fun this thing is." Shen Zhengyang was telling his uncle about a unicycle, which was originally made for children to play with. Later, he asked someone to make it bigger, and he also learned how to play with it.

He came here to open a branch in Fengdu.

Their shop in Nanyang is now doing a booming business, with a constant stream of customers every day. The craftsmen are working hard every day, and some popular items cannot keep up with the speed of production. Their shop in Nanyang is doing so well, wouldn't it be more profitable if they opened this shop in Fengdu? Shen Zhengyang had this idea for this trip, and he had talked to Cao Xiangnan before, and both of them had this idea.

At this moment, the old palace servant who was serving came in and whispered in Shen Guijun's ear, "Your Majesty, His Majesty is here." "His Majesty is here?" There was no surprise in his words.

With the help of his attendants, Lord Shen sat up from the couch. An attendant put on his shoes, straightened his clothes, and straightened his hairpins. His movements were well-trained and there was no panic at all.

Shen Zhengyang also stood up from his seat. He had met the emperor several times in the palace in the past few years. Every time he knew he was going to see the emperor, he would be nervous. Shen Meiyue noticed the movements of her nephew and couldn't help but smile. She said, "Let's go and welcome the emperor with your uncle."

"Yes." Shen Zhengyang said seriously.

A group of people headed by Shen Guijun walked out of the house. Shen Zhengyang accompanied his uncle, followed by a group of palace servants. They lowered their expressions and followed Shen Guijun respectfully, not daring to overstep the line.

The voices shouting "Long live the emperor" outside were getting closer and closer, and the footsteps were getting closer and closer, and people were about to come.

The emperor, who had just come out of court, did not even change his court clothes. The bright yellow robe was embroidered with eight-clawed golden dragons, each of which was lifelike. In the entire Feng Dynasty, only the emperor could wear a yellow robe with eight-clawed golden dragons, and he was the most noble person in the world.

"Knock on the door, Your Majesty..." Seeing His Majesty approaching, Shen Guijun looked at His Majesty with a hint of tenderness in his eyes, a smile on his face, and was about to kneel. When the emperor saw his beloved prince about to kneel, he quickly reached out to hold him back, and said with a reproachful look in his eyes, "My beloved prince, please don't be polite. Didn't I tell you that you don't have to perform these formalities when you see me in the future?"

"I, Shen Zhengyang, the humble servant, kowtow to the emperor. Long live the emperor..." Shen Zhengyang knelt down and kowtowed in a formal manner. The palace ladies knelt down behind him and followed him in saluting.

Shen Guijun was favored by the emperor, so he did not need to perform salute. People like them did not have such an honor.

"Your Majesty, etiquette cannot be abolished." Shen Guijun said with a smile.

He knew that those old ministers outside would make reports to your majesty from time to time, but what if they made reports? It was Shen Meiyue's ability to gain the favor of your majesty. No matter who among you had the ability, Shen Meiyue would not be afraid.

Hearing the words of his beloved emperor, the old emperor laughed out loud and was in a good mood.

Seeing the boy kneeling on the ground, the emperor recognized that this was the nephew of his beloved lord's mother's family, who was the most favored by his beloved lord. The emperor also loved the boy and showed some favor to him. Seeing people kneeling on the ground to salute him, the emperor was in a good mood.

He said, "Everyone, stand up." Then he took his beloved lord inside.

Shen Meiyue gave a look, and the old palace servant wisely helped Young Master Shen to stand up.

Shen Zhengyang followed behind, not as carefree as before, but a little more restrained, and the whole person was a lot more honest. This is the person with the highest status in the world. Even if he is usually very brave, he can't help but be nervous at this moment.

Seeing how restrained his nephew was, Shen Meiyue really wanted to ask His Majesty not to come over at this time to scare his nephew, but he couldn't say that. Seeing his nephew nervous, he felt a little distressed.

"Your Majesty, have you had breakfast? I thought you might come to my place after the morning court, so I prepared breakfast for you. Would you like to have some?" Knowing that His Majesty would often come to him right after the court, Shen Guijun would ask the kitchen to prepare some food for him according to His Majesty's taste, which came in handy at this moment.

So it was not unreasonable that the emperor liked to come to Shen Guijun's place. He always put him first, thought about him, and served him properly and comfortably.

"Send it." The emperor nodded. His stomach was empty and he was really hungry.

Every day, he didn't even have time to eat breakfast, but had to attend the morning court. He worked so hard for the country and the people that his body developed many problems early on. Shen Guijun smiled, waved his hand, and asked someone to serve the meal.

If it were another servant, he would wish that his nephew would show up in front of the emperor more often and get the emperor's favor, so that he could get a good position in Fengdu and have a bright future. But in Shen Guijun's case, he was afraid that the emperor would take a fancy to his nephew, so he found an excuse to send him away.

Didn't the emperor know what he was thinking? He let him go as he wished.

After Young Master Shen Zhengyang knelt down and got permission, he wanted to run away in just a few steps. He walked out of the gate in an orderly manner and walked with big steps behind him, as if something was chasing him from behind.

"You, you are the only one who is afraid that I will look at your little nephew more than once, and you are also afraid that I am a man-eating tiger?" Even the emperor was helpless with this beloved monarch, but it was this point that made him like this beloved monarch even more. He

was not greedy, was polite, considerate, and stayed by his side peacefully, so he gave all the favors he could to this beloved monarch.

Shen Guijun smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are a true dragon emperor, how can that tiger compare to you?"

These words were very pleasing to the emperor, causing him to laugh. He ate much more in this meal than he ate elsewhere.