Luoyang, Ziwei City.
This majestic and towering palace was first built in the second year of Emperor Yang's reign in the Sui Dynasty. It was called Taichu Palace during the Wu and Zhou Dynasties. It was built and expanded by the wisdom of several generations of craftsmen.
Even the Houliang Palace in Bianzhou is mostly a replica of this large-scale palace.
At this moment, this majestic palace shrouded in the night was just a guard post every ten steps, a sentry post every five steps, and countless butter torches held high were crackling.
This was Zhu Youzhen's first time staying in the palace of the Sui and Tang dynasties. During the Zhaozong period of the Tang Dynasty, he was sent elsewhere by Zhu Wen, so he did not have the opportunity to visit here.
Therefore, within a few days, he wanted to take a tour of Ziwei Palace, which contained the dragon spirit of Tang Dynasty generations ago. Even at night, he lay on a couch, being held up by several beautiful palace maids, and took a good look around.
Now, I don’t know where I am.
Under the palace corridor where guards stood densely, a tall figure in purple slowly walked forward.
There may be guards, eunuchs, and maids on both sides. They all lower their heads and dare not look directly at this person. Nowadays, apart from Zhu Youzhen, this woman has the highest status in Daliang's palace.
Even sometimes, Zhu Youzhen would listen to this woman's words without thinking.
In addition to wearing a purple dress, this woman had long hair that was also light purple and spread over her shoulders. The lining, skirt, wristbands, etc. all match the clothes, either light purple or deep purple.
Moreover, the clothes on the chest and waist are equipped with metal ornaments, which make a soft sound as the waist twists slightly.
There were no attendants behind her, but just walking like this in the corridor was enough to make the people around her feel oppressed.
In fact, Zhu Youzhen was too fond of this woman named Shi Yao.
At this moment, the steps on the bun behind Shi Yao's head slowly swayed with her waist, and she walked into the main hall, passed through the palace tents, and walked to a couch.
Although it was almost late at night, there were still only the sounds of musical instruments and harp playing slowly in the hall, and some dancing girls wearing only silk stockings were also dancing to the music.
Sitting on the couch at the head of the hall was a young man with a slender chin and somewhat sunken cheeks.
This young man was wearing a bright yellow robe and looked at the dancers of His Highness without blinking an eye. An unpredictable smile appeared on his slightly pale and over-indulgent face.
It wasn't until he saw Shi Yao walking in that the young man suddenly clapped his hands and seemed to make a sound of surprise.
"Shi Yao? Why haven't you rested yet... You all are so tired, I don't need you to relieve your fatigue. Shi Yao, come to me."
The person sitting on the couch behind the long eucalyptus table was naturally the current Emperor of Liang Dynasty, Zhu Youzhen. After visiting the palace, he could not find Shi Yao's figure, so he ordered people to prepare a dance class to relieve the pain. My own fatigue.
Unexpectedly, Shi Yao would appear again.
As for the dancers and the piano players in the palace, they were all busy stepping through the palace tents and retreating quickly, not daring to disturb their emperor's upcoming tryst.
"Your Majesty, it's late at night now. Why don't you go to bed early? You must know that the tens of thousands of troops in Luoyang City are all relying on Your Majesty..."
The steps behind Shi Yao's head were swaying slightly, and he walked to Zhu Youzhen's side smoothly, then sat beside him, casually took off the fruit from the long eucalyptus table, and handed it to Zhu Youzhen's mouth.
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Zhu Youzhen naturally enjoyed Shi Yao's service. At this moment, she half-closed her eyes happily and reached out her hand to touch Shi Yao's cheek. She didn't cry out happily until she touched the skin that could be broken by a blow.
"I asked Xiaokui to go outside the city to get me a gift. After seeing this gift, it won't be too late for me to go to bed."
As she spoke, Zhu Youzhen seemed to be very interested in Zhong Xiaokui's mission this time, so she casually placed her right hand on Shi Yao's thigh wearing purple gradient white pantyhose, feeling the touch between her hands and making a proud sound.
"Wang Yanzhang said that there are as many as 60,000 to 70,000 rebels outside, and how powerful the attack on the city is. But I want to show him today that even the forward general's head is just something I can easily capture!"
Shi Yao just rolled his eyes slightly and guessed what Zhu Youzhen asked Zhong Xiaokui to do.
She covered her mouth and giggled, then calmly pushed Zhu Youzhen's hand away and stood up.
"Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and naturally you are not afraid of external enemies. But I heard that the army of the Tang Dynasty outside is very powerful, so your Majesty should not underestimate it..."
Shi Yao naturally knew whose troops were under the banner of the Tang Dynasty outside Luoyang City. As a member of the Xuanming Sect under undercover Zhu Wen for decades, this was the best time to end it, but the commander came. Order.
We must help Zhu Youzhen and stop Li Jingdong from going east.
At the very least, Li Jing should be stopped outside Luoyang City.
Although she didn't know if the commander-in-chief had any plans, she knew that Zhu Youzhen's rise to the top was purely due to luck.
If Li Xingyun had agreed to proclaim himself emperor that day, Zhu Youzhen might have been a corpse, but it was really a luck to be able to sit in this position safely until now.
Although this man is not as cruel as his father Zhu Wen, he is not inferior to Zhu Wen in terms of ability. He has no great ambitions and is only interested in the temporary happiness in front of him.
If Wang Yanzhang hadn't stopped him, Liang Jun would have lost a large number of troops just by relying on his stupid moves.
And although Shi Yao didn't know what the fake person he had seen many years ago was really capable of, but to be able to reach this point in the hands of the commander, he must not be someone to compare with.
If Zhong Xiaokui can succeed, it will be a ghost.
But when Zhu Youzhen heard Shi Yao's words, her expression changed slightly and became depressed.
He actually didn't pay much attention to what Wang Yanzhang said about how powerful the Tang army was. It was just that the former Qi people had changed their banners. How powerful could they be. And it was his first battle as he ascended the throne. He wanted to show everyone that he was no worse than his father and his brother who was neither human nor ghost.
"Only believe Wang Yanzhang's words. For so many days, the Tang army has been willing to spend so much food and grass all day long without daring to attack the city. Isn't that showing cowardice? Just watch, Xiaokui will take it later If I want to kill the head of the Tang army's forward, I will definitely ask Wang Yanzhang to send troops to fight and show my majesty as the main beam!"
After thinking about it, Zhu Youzhen stood up, but did not get angry at Shi Yao. After taking two steps, he heard some movement outside.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Zhong is back..."
Zhu Youzhen's eyes flashed with joy, and she strode forward to greet Zhong Xiaokui in person.
