Ying Zheng mentioned Sima Jie's marriage again, as if he was eager to marry off his clan sister.
Sima Jie smiled and said: "I dare not neglect the King's kindness. I have already prepared what needs to be prepared, and I am just waiting for the King to set a date."
"Haha, that's good." Ying Zheng thought for a while and said, "As for this time, let's set it in a month."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Sima Jie said with cupped hands.
"Okay, in this case, I have settled my worries." Ying Zheng turned to say, "By the way, how is the compilation of those classics?"
Sima Jie said: "'Historical Records' is still in the stage of compiling historical materials, while 'Sou Shen Ji' has been compiled by several dedicated people."
"Yes." Ying Zheng nodded and said, "The section about the end of the Shang Dynasty and the beginning of the Zhou Dynasty, that is, the story about King Wu's defeat of Zhou, needs to be compiled separately and renamed "The List of Gods."
""The List of Gods"?" Sima Jie muttered, and then he understood Ying Zheng's intention, "Haha, the king must want to show some respect to his predecessor."
"Well, indeed." Ying Zheng said, "When I have free time, I will collect some character materials from that time and hand them over to you."
"Weichen must have done it with all his heart." Sima Jie said.
While chatting, the two of them arrived at the door of the Treasure Pavilion.
Sima Jie ordered the guard to open the door, then walked in front and entered the Treasure Pavilion.
When I came to the secret room, I saw the nine cauldrons still standing safely in the open space in the middle, as if they had been sleeping.
Ying Zheng walked to the big cauldron at the front, caressed the cauldron lightly, his eyes gleaming slightly.
The Jiuding in front of him is a symbol of Chinese royal power, and it is also a tool that he will definitely use in the future, but he doesn't know when and what month it will be used.
Perhaps, the safety of the entire Jiuxiao depends on this Jiuding.
But it seems that Ji Fa doesn't want to tell him the secret of Jiuding right away.
Is there any other hidden secret?
While he was thinking about it, Ying Zheng felt that the hand on Ding's body felt faintly warm.
Ying Zheng was startled and hurriedly pulled back his arm and looked at his palm.
You know, Jiuding has a constant temperature all year round. When Ying Zheng touched Jiuding in the past, there was no similar situation.
However, there was no change in the palm. Ying Zheng raised his head again and looked at the place where his palm had been pressed, and couldn't help but froze.
I saw a faint hint of red in the palm-sized area, which gradually merged with the color on Ding's body, becoming lighter and lighter.
Ying Zheng curiously tapped that place again with his finger. Although the temperature was not as hot as before, it was still warm.
How is this going?
Did he accidentally touch something?
No, Ying Zheng had never touched anything except this small area on Ding's body.
At this time, Sima Jie came over and asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
"Something strange happened." Ying Zheng said, still staring at the hot spot, "This Jiuding suddenly became hot and almost scalded me."
"Ah?" Sima Jie opened his mouth wide, "Could this Jiuding still generate heat on its own?"
After saying that, Sima Jie curiously placed his palm on another place on the tripod's body.
"It's not hot." Sima Jie said.
"Leave it alone for a while." Ying Zheng looked at Sima Jie and said.
"Yes." After Sima Jie responded, he added some strength to his palm and pressed it closer to the cauldron.
After a while, no changes were seen. Sima Jie put down his arm and looked at the area again. There was no sign of redness or heat.
"It's weird," Ying Zheng muttered, "Does this big cauldron still depend on who chooses the dishes?"
After saying that, Ying Zheng curiously placed his hands on other parts of the tripod body again.
But this time, like Sima Jie, there was no change in Ding.
Is it an illusion?
of course not
, Ying Zheng has now lifted the restriction and will not easily have any illusions.
etc……
Lift the ban?
Could it be related to this, or to the awakening of his own bloodline?
It seems
, this question can only be asked to Ji Fa.
However, Ying Zheng still curiously tried on the other eight cauldrons one by one, but there was no response.
It seems that this heating phenomenon only occurs after the first touch.
After carefully examining each cauldron, he found nothing unusual. Ying Zheng moved another ladder and checked the inside of each cauldron, but still found no changes.
"If I'm not in Xianyang in the future, you should come and see this Jiuding from time to time." Ying Zheng looked at Xiang Sima Jie and warned him.
"As ordered." Sima Jie nodded.
Ying Zheng glanced at the Nine Cauldrons again, and then said, "Let's go, it's time to go back."
Sima Jie responded and walked out of the secret room with Ying Zheng.
When he was about to walk out of the Treasure Pavilion, Ying Zheng suddenly asked: "When will your father come back?"
"It should be soon." Sima Jie replied, "He sent a letter a while ago saying that there are still two batches of grain seeds left. Judging from the time, he may be back in the next few days."
"Yes." Ying Zheng said calmly, "I plan to go to Lishan Mountain in three days. If he comes back after I leave, then you should tell him that I have ordered to purchase goods from other countries. From now on, your father will be a trader. Chief."
"Okay, Wei Chen has taken note of it." Sima Jie cupped his hands.
"It's getting late, I'm going back to the palace."
The two of them left the Treasure Pavilion. Ying Zheng, accompanied by Sima Jie, walked out of the gate of the inner palace, mounted his horse, and returned to the palace alone.
This time, Ying Zheng did not ride out on a maple leaf because the maple leaf was too eye-catching. If he rode out, everyone would recognize him as King Qin.
After bringing Maple Leaf back to the palace yesterday, Ying Zheng ordered Zhao Gao to find a separate stable and sent two careful grooms to take care of it. Now he has not seen it all day.
Thinking of this, Ying Zheng quickened his pace and hurried back to the palace.
The day length in late autumn has become much shorter, the sky is gradually getting darker, and a gust of wind blows, bringing with it a chill.
After entering the palace gate, Zhao Gao greeted him.
Ying Zheng handed the reins to Zhao Gao and said, "Let's go see the maple leaves with you."
Zhao Gao smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid you miss Maple Leaf's master."
"..." Ying Zheng squinted at Zhao Gao, "You have learned how to amuse others."
"Hey, slave, aren't you afraid that the king will miss someone else after seeing things?" Zhao Gao said with a silly smile on his face.
"Come on, it will be dark soon." Ying Zheng urged.
"Hey!" Zhao Gao responded.
When the two of them came to the Maple Leaf stable, they saw the two grooms whispering outside. They didn't know what they were muttering.
Zhao Gao coughed lightly, and the two grooms realized that King Qin was coming and quickly kowtowed to the ground.
"What are you muttering about?" Zhao Gao asked sharply.
"Go back to the steward, the boys are talking about Madam, she..." One of the grooms hesitated mid-sentence.
"Madam?" Ying Zheng asked, "Which madam?"
Before the two grooms could say anything, they heard a voice coming from the stable: "It's me, Your Majesty."
Following the words, a figure appeared at the door of the stable, and the first thing to come out turned out to be a belly.
It’s not who Hu Yu is.
In fact, Hu Yu's belly is not very big. I don't know if she pushes it out intentionally or if she is used to walking like this on weekdays.
"Why are you here?" Ying Zheng looked at Hu Yu and said, "I want to find you soon."
Hu Yu curled his lips and said, "Okay, Your Majesty, you actually put me behind the horse."
Ying Zheng: "..."
Seeing this, Zhao Gao waved to the two grooms, and the three of them walked away quickly.
"My lord, tell me, which one is more important, me and the child, or your trophy?" Hu Yu said angrily.
Trophies?
"This maple leaf is a national gift exchanged between Jingjue and us, not a trophy." Ying Zheng said.
Hu Yu snorted coldly and said, "I heard that this generation of Jingjue Kingdom is a queen."
"Uh..." Ying Zheng looked slightly flustered, "Then what?
how? "
"Since she is a queen, what is this horse if not a trophy?" Hu Yu turned his head to one side.
Ying Zheng knew Hu Yu's temper, and she was definitely not really angry, so she smiled and said, "Okay, okay, whatever you say is what you say. Now you can tell me, you have a big belly, what are you doing here? Is it possible that you came to steal a horse?"
"Exactly." Hu Yu said disdainfully, "I came here just to take a look. Legend has it that the king is interested. I have only been back for a day, are you going to lose your temper with me?"
Facing Ying Zheng's soft words, Hu Yu's expression finally relaxed, he lowered his head and said softly: "Actually, I... I just want to stay with this Dawanma for a while."
"Haha, it's over now." Ying Zheng said, "I know that you came all the way here because you must be curious about what this bloody horse looks like."
Hu Yu has been fond of practicing martial arts since he was a child. In addition to dancing with knives and guns, and playing with various weapons, he also has a very happy smile, "Let's take it out and take a closer look, okay?"
"Isn't it already dark outside?" Ying Zheng said.
"Then just light the torch." Hu Yu said.
Ying Zheng knew that Hu Yu would not give up until he achieved his goal, and he just wanted to use Maple Leaf to please Hu Yu, so he already had a plan in mind, but on the surface he said with a slight embarrassment: "Okay."
Entering the stable, Ying Zheng personally untied Maple Leaf's reins and led him outside.
Hu Yu also found a spare lantern, lit it and came over.
Caressing Maple Leaf's horse mane and feeling Maple Leaf's breathing, Hu Yu's mind couldn't help but fluctuate.
Even a literati would not be able to help but praise a few words when seeing such a fine horse, not to mention that Hu Yu, who was already particularly precious, really worked, so he felt happy: "It seems that you like Maple Leaf very much."
Hu Yu nodded vigorously and said, "Maple Leaf... such an apt name. I was still wondering why the owner of this horse gave it this name. It seems to make sense."
At this moment, Hu Yu no longer bothered about the purpose of Queen Jingjue who sent the horse.
"Your Majesty, let's ride out of the palace and take a look around." Hu Yu said with a smile.
Ying Zheng looked slightly embarrassed: "You are pregnant, so forget it."
Hu Yu pouted his little mouth and said, "When I was pregnant with Hu Hai last year, my concubine accompanied the king back to the Kingdom of Zhao. The journey in front of me is nothing."
"Okay." Ying Zheng agreed with some reluctance, "But let's just walk along the palace wall. We can't go too far. If you feel uncomfortable, come back right away."
"Hey, I got it, let's go." Hu Yumei beamed, holding Maple Leaf and walking out.
Ying Zheng sighed softly in his heart. He didn't know if it would work to please her and make her happy.
Is there a boy or a girl in Hu Yu's belly?
This problem is really a bit of a headache.
