Chapter 179 I'm Not Going to Court Just Because I'm Tired
Yuan Ruan burped, tugged at the emperor's arm, and said, "Father, let's go to the Imperial Master's mansion."
The emperor said, "Hmm? Good."
The emperor, the crown prince and Yuan Ruan walked into the Imperial Master's Mansion together.
Yuan Ruan pulled the emperor to a Bagua diagram in a side hall, where statues of the Three Pure Ones and some props for performing rituals were placed.
Yuan Ruan offered incense solemnly, then pinched his fingers towards the northwest, and said to the emperor: "Brother, going to war and offering sacrifices requires the ritual of my hair."
Suddenly he made a heart shape with his hands upwards.
Soon, a crackling sound of thunder was heard from the northwest.
The palace maids and eunuchs who were sweeping nearby were startled and then knelt down devoutly.
The emperor cooperated and asked seriously, "What did the Imperial Master figure out?"
Yuan Ruan pinched his fingers seriously and said, "Going to war is difficult, but bring a lucky bag and you will win."
System: [Wow. Ah Ruan, when did you learn the Taoist method? ]
Yuan Ruan: [No. But my brother and nephew don’t know how to read it either, so it’s okay. They can’t understand it.]
The emperor and the prince who had studied the culture of gods and Buddhas and had heard countless Taoist priests and national masters seriously pinch their fingers:
To be honest, a second before Yuanruan personally admitted to the chaos, they still believed that Yuanruan's hand gestures, which were almost knotted into a ball, were the orthodox Taoist style.
The emperor was angry but also amused. He pinched Yuan's chubby face and said lovingly, "Okay. I will listen to the Imperial Master on major matters. How do you want to prepare the lucky bag? I have approved it."
Yuan Ruan was stunned.
System: [You listen to Ah Ruan on all important matters?! I don’t believe it, unless you give the throne to Ah Ruan and let me see your strength.]
Yuan Ruan's mouth twitched: [Pfft, Tong'er, luckily my brothers can't hear your thoughts.]
emperor:……
Prince: ...
Yuan Ruan pulled the emperor: "Father, brother, let's make a lucky bag together! Write on it!" He stretched out his finger, "Write two, ten thousand, bounce back!"
The Emperor and the Crown Prince: ...
Okay, okay, I'm ready.
Ah Ruan has already given so much, it is reasonable for them to be a little tired.
…
A few days later.
The spies from various countries who were caught again and again did not dare to contact the top leaders of Daxia at will. They hid in teahouses and restaurants, hoping to obtain some intelligence.
They did learn a piece of news: in a few days, Daxia would hold a sacrificial ceremony for the army to go to war.
Because of this matter, the Emperor of Daxia did not attend court for several days.
Various countries were excited.
The workaholic emperor of Daxia actually didn’t attend court?
Why do you say it's for sacrificial ceremonies? Is that possible?! The Emperor of Daxia never took a holiday during the New Year ceremonies.
However, since they could not find out the specific details, the staff of each country could only speculate freely about the matter.
Chen Guoxizuo immediately sent a message back: The Emperor of Daxia was not attending court, and might be preparing to lead the army to personally conquer the Xiongnu. He told the main force to stop focusing on the encirclement and suppression of General Li, and to send some troops out to try to capture the Emperor of Daxia alive.
The Shu Kingdom spy also sent a message home: The Great Xia Emperor did not attend the court. Could he be ill in bed? Or was he trapped in love?
The Chu spy also sent a piece of intelligence to Chu: The Emperor of Daxia has not been attending court recently. It is possible that the incident of King Huainan has not been handled. You can try to contact King Huainan in the north of Daxia.
…
These spies could never have imagined that the reason why the Emperor of Daxia did not attend court was simply because he was tired.
Palace of Heavenly Purity
The emperor, Qi Yue, the third prince, the fourth prince, and even the sixth prince who couldn't even hold a brush, held the brush and began to write the word "rebound" in sweat.
When they had filled another basket, the chief eunuch came in on tiptoe and gently carried out the basket of cloth rolls filled with the words "rebound". Soon, the chief eunuch came in again with an empty basket.
The queen yawned and fanned the third prince.
After the eunuch left, the empress rubbed the third prince's wrist and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, how many are left?"
The fourth prince and other children looked over expectantly.
The emperor said calmly, "Not much."
The Queen asked, "Your Majesty, I said these two words two days ago. I know this is a big deal, I just ask Your Majesty to give me a definite answer."
Seeing that the empress was very persistent, the emperor pinched his brows and said, "There should be about a hundred more baskets."
Many little princes and princesses were on the verge of tears, and someone just wanted to say that he would not write anymore.
Qi Yue looked over with a calm look.
The little prince instantly became quiet as a chicken.
Qi Yue retracted his gaze and started writing again, while slowly saying, "Compared to Ninth Sister's efforts, your son is nothing."
The emperor also said: "Every extra piece written can save the life of one more soldier. This is accumulating merit."
The blood relatives with lifeless eyes picked up their pens again and continued to write quickly.
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It's not just the Qianqing Palace that's like this, the scenes in the Jinluan Palace are even more jaw-dropping.
The court officials of the sixth rank and above came to court on time, but did not attend.
Because what they brought were not memorials or documents, but handmade tools used to make lucky bags.
The stalls inside the temple are filled with tools for making lucky bags.
The court officials all had gauze bandages wrapped around their hands, their faces expressionless, but they were skillfully making lucky bags.
After tearing the lucky bag to pieces once again, the Minister of War could not help but let out a long sigh and whispered to the Minister of Works, "Is there such a shortage of craftsmen?! Do we really have to make it ourselves?"
The Minister of Works sewed skillfully without even looking at him: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, and the princes are all busy writing, and you still want to hide away?"
"No. But there's no need to set a minimum number of completions. I still need three hundred." The Minister of War looked at his ten fingers covered with bandages speechlessly, "A real man should kill the enemy with his bare hands, not hold an embroidery needle..."
"Bah! Look at General Wu. He's paid twice as much as the guaranteed minimum." The Minister of Works bit off the tangled threads and answered while replacing the cloth with new one.
As the Minister of War watched General Wu Yi embroider a cat paw on the lucky bag, his mouth twitched: "He, he is different."
"You can go." The Minister of War glanced at him and said calmly, "But you have to remember that if the quantity does not reach the minimum, your army will not get a lucky bag. As for the quantity exceeding the minimum, you will give it to yourselves."
Assistant Minister of the Ministry of War: !!!
Why didn’t you tell me such an important thing earlier?
He quickly picked up the needle and started working hard.
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Two days later, in the early morning, the Great Xia army set out for a military parade.
The emperor and his entourage put down their work, washed up together, took a nap, and then changed their clothes in a refreshed manner.
The prince looked at Yuanruan who was wearing a scarf on her head and picked her up with some heartache: "Aruan, you have worked hard."
Yuan Ruan also reached out and hugged the prince: "It's not hard, it's bitter. My brother, it's hard."
System: [The prince is indeed very hard-working. He has been writing day and night for the past few days. He has written at least 7,000 to 8,000 of the 20,000 copies. Your brother has only written 5,000. Your brother's physical strength is so bad...]
Yuan Ruan: [Don't say that. Brother is already over 50 years old. He is old and has less energy. It is normal that he can't do it for long. I feel sorry for him.]
System: [……]
emperor:……
The court officials looked up at the sky and down at the earth, but they dared not look at the emperor.
The prince held back his laughter, hugged Yuan Ruan, and followed the emperor outside. Soon, the group mounted their horses and galloped away.
With the sound of "thump thump" of horse hooves, they were the first to leave the gate of Kyoto and head straight for the endless mountains in front. After running for half an hour, the cavalry approached a long river that flowed endlessly. When Yuan Ruan thought they were going to take a boat to cross the river, he didn't expect the emperor to suddenly pull the horse's head, and the horse galloped to the left for about a quarter of an hour.
They entered a canyon, and soon, an endless plain and a large, silent army array with banners hunting appeared before everyone's eyes.