"It's unreasonable." The Empress Dowager rejected Zhao Shu's suggestion without any politeness.
"How about having the families of the imperial concubines come to visit them?" As long as the Wang and Yang families come to Biyou Palace, she'll make them lose face completely. Humph!
The Empress Dowager realized that the monkey's key point was the last sentence, but since it wasn't unacceptable, she nodded.
"Grandmother is truly kind-hearted. I'm so moved for the Empress Dowagers." Zhao Shu nestled obediently beside the Empress Dowager, sometimes massaging her legs, sometimes fanning her with her palms.
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chu hurriedly went to draft the imperial edict.
Jingzhao Prefecture is not far from Prince Yong's Mansion. Behind Prince Yong's Mansion, across a dark alley, lies the abandoned former imperial palace, 'Biyou Palace'.
However, abandonment does not mean that the palace is dilapidated. On the contrary, the imperial court would allocate a sum of money every year to repair Biyou Palace, simply because the concubines of the Han emperor who had no children lived there.
When the Dayong Kingdom was founded, the national treasury was not abundant and there was no capacity for large-scale construction. Therefore, the founding emperor ordered the reconstruction of two courtyards of Biyou Palace as the offices of the Jingzhao Prefecture.
The emperor of the previous dynasty was quite similar to King Zhou of Shang. According to unofficial history, Biyou Palace was built because the Daoist master of the previous dynasty dreamed that the Tongtian Sect Master arrived on auspicious clouds and bestowed upon him the secret of immortality. So he built Biyou Palace so that he could see the immortal master and learn the art of immortality at any time.
Daozong was the emperor of the previous dynasty who lost his country. His temple name was Daozong. When Emperor Taizu established the country, Daozong hanged himself in Biyou Palace. At that time, the ministers requested that the emperor of the previous dynasty be given a posthumous title and temple name. Emperor Taizu looked in the direction of Biyou Palace and wrote the character "Dao".
"Princess, we've arrived." Xiao Guozi's voice came from outside the carriage, bringing Zhao Shu back from her wandering thoughts.
Green Ivy lifted the carriage curtain, and Little Guozi had already taken a ladder and placed it in front of the carriage.
After getting off the carriage, the first thing you see when you look up is the four large characters "Biyou Palace," with a couplet left by the Daoist sect on both sides.
First line: The Daoist tradition and the merits of all heavens inspired the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors.
The second line reads: "The Dharma pervades all realms, and the heart cherishes all sentient beings."
Horizontal scroll: Long live the Emperor!
After reading the horizontal inscription, Zhao Shu chuckled. Xiao Guozi said, "The previous emperor was quite a believer in Taoism, and I heard that he spent his days practicing the art of immortality at the Biyou Palace..."
"Emperor Dao was quite a remarkable person." Zhao Shu interrupted him. "Emperor Qin Shi Huang once sent 100,000 troops to the immortal Penglai Mountain to search for the elixir of immortality, but in the end, he turned into a pile of yellow dust. Yet he unified the six kingdoms, established laws and regulations, and was the only one in the country to achieve such a feat. His achievements are as immeasurable as mountains, and his name will be remembered for generations. The founding emperor of the new dynasty even said that Emperor Qin Shi Huang's achievements surpassed those of all ages. It can be seen that some people are dead even when they are alive, while others are dead but live on forever, like Emperor Qin Shi Huang. Ha, why am I telling you all this? Go inside."
Green Ivy didn't know what her princess meant by that, but seeing that there was no one guarding the gate of Biyou Palace, she said, "This place is where the imperial concubines practice their cultivation. Why is it unguarded? Under the emperor's nose, do those people dare to disobey?"
Zhao Shu remained silent and said to Xiao Guozi, "Go knock on the door." The people living here had no power or influence. Although they lived under the emperor's nose and in the imperial city, they seemed to be forgotten. Almost no one passed by them on weekdays, and the gates of Biyou Palace were never opened unless an imperial decree was issued.
Xiao Guozi knocked on the door for quite a while before the heavy vermilion door finally opened with a 'creak,' and a head peeked out from the crackâit was a eunuch with an extremely fierce face.
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