Zhengyang Palace.
Almost all the officials have left.
However, Xu Hu was still exchanging cups with some military generals, and the drinking was very lively.
"Come on, do it!"
His face was red and his neck was thick. He was holding the wine bowl and was about to drink it all in one gulp when Shangguan Wenruo grabbed his arm and asked urgently: "Where is the king?"
"Ah?" Xu Hu was stunned for a moment, and then said, "It seems like he went to the Qingyu Palace."
"What!?" Shangguan Wenruo was shocked when he heard this: "Why didn't you stop it!?"
Xu Hu looked confused and confused.
"Oh! General! Do you know where that place is!" Shangguan Wenruo said hastily, and then walked away quickly if he dared to delay.
Looking at his back, Xu Hu scratched his head and muttered: "Is this Lord Shangguan crazy?"
"Huh? The civil servants have many things to do, so don't worry about him. Come on, let's keep drinking!"
The palace of the beloved concubine.
Xiao Yuan had sexual intercourse after drinking, and had already torn the ribbon from the waist of his beloved concubine.
Move your palms forward and feel the beauty of your figure.
The concubine's eyes were blurred, as if there was a layer of mist, and her hands were hooked around Xiao Yuan's neck, showing her charming look.
But he still said: "I, I am the imperial concubine, you, how could you do this..."
"Oh? Don't you want to?" Xiao Yuan chuckled.
"me……"
Before she finished speaking, she put her red lips together and asked for a kiss.
But at this moment, a shout suddenly came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty!!"
Xiao Yuan paused, while the concubine hooked her arms around his neck and pressed her body closer, exhaling like blue, charmingly and enchantingly: "Your Highness, don't pay attention..."
Outside the hall, two imperial guards were pulling Shangguan Wenruo.
The latter raised his arms to throw him away, and shouted again at the top of his lungs: "Your Majesty! You are the monarch of my Qin country! You must be in the world! How can you be addicted to beauty!!"
After shouting, he also knelt on the ground and continued to scream: "My lord! That is the emperor's concubine! That is the demon concubine! It will definitely bring trouble to the palace!!"
"My King! You are the monarch who founded the country! All the officers and soldiers of our three armies are watching you——"
"Your Majesty——"
These shouts were heartbreaking. Xiao Yuan in the room couldn't think of anything, and he was half awake from the wine.
Looking at the beauty under him, he took a deep breath and was about to stand up.
The concubine was almost in a state of confusion and infatuation after the lingering moment. When she saw that he was about to leave, she couldn't bear to let him go.
"Your Highness, don't leave..." She sat up halfway and gently grabbed the corner of Xiao Yuan's clothes. She looked aggrieved and resentful, which was touching.
Xiao Yuan really wanted to kill her, but outside the hall, the shouts of the pedantic scholar continued.
He also calmed down at this time. After shaking his head to signal his concubine, he began to arrange his ribbons and walked out.
The concubine had no choice but to put down her hands, sighed quietly, and started to sort out her clothes.
Not long after, Xiao Yuan opened the palace door and walked towards Shangguan Wenruo dressed neatly.
When the latter saw him, he suddenly showed joy and knelt on the ground and said repeatedly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you can't be like this. If word spreads about his affair with the imperial concubine, how will the world's scholars view it..."
"Okay!" Xiao Yuan was naturally not in a good mood after being interrupted, but he also understood that Shangguan Wenruo was right.
When he reached his side, he also pulled Shangguan Wenruo up with one hand and said with a cold face: "Go back to the palace."
"Yes, yes." The latter responded repeatedly, and did not forget to ask cautiously: "Just now, the king was in the palace of his beloved concubine..."
"Nothing happened." Xiao Yuan directly targeted him.
"That's good, that's good..." Shangguan Wenruo secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Xiao Yuan glanced at him and said angrily: "Even if something happened between me and my concubine today, so what! Who knows! Why did Lord Shangguan do this!"
"This! This! How could the king have such an idea! That is the emperor's noble concubine. If something happens, the king, as a prince, will be written as a filthy and chaotic imperial harem!" Shangguan Wenruo argued with reason.
"You!" Xiao Yuan was furious. After giving him a fierce look, he also flicked his sleeves.
Shangguan Wenruo quickly followed up: "I know that the king is angry, but even so, I still want to say that the king is the monarch of our Qin country, and it is his duty to quell the war and rectify the world. He should not make such a mistake. If he steals Lying on the emperor's bed, and the emperor's concubines sitting in filth and chaos will lose the heart of the world's scholars."
"Although the empire is in decline now, the scholars and people in the world still believe in the royal family's orthodoxy. What the king has to do is to bring the world back to its heart..."
"Okay! I understand! You have said these words many times!" Xiao Yuan was somewhat impatient.
"Yes, yes, I am aware of my guilt..."
After this minor incident, Xiao Yuan also went out in casual clothes the next day. Accompanied by Qinzhou officer Gong Wenchang, he arrived near Chenghe. At the same time, he ordered the county guards from various places who had completed their duty reports to return to their jurisdiction as soon as possible.
At this time, after more than ten days of construction, the dirty water in the city river had long been drained away, and some stolen goods and messy things inside had almost been cleaned up. However, there were still some civilians on the scene, busy with something.
Xiao Yuan walked around, doing some inspection, while Gong Wenchang followed respectfully behind him and kept saying:
"According to the instructions of the king, the ministers mobilized the civilians. After more than ten days of hard work, the city and river have been almost completed."
"However, under the current circumstances, Weichen is also prepared to carry out certain environmental improvements on both sides of the river embankment."
As he spoke, he also pointed to the opposite side and said: "Please see, Your Majesty, the embankment of the city river is very wide, and there are usually many people coming and going. I think we can plant some weeping willows at intervals along the river to improve the environment in the city."
Xiao Yuan followed what he expected, imagined the scene of weeping willows by the river, and then nodded and said: "Well, your idea is good. It seems that Lord Gong is serious about it."
"No, I'm just following the king's will. The king said that things should be done well and properly. Therefore, I don't dare to slack off." Gong Wenchang is very good at talking.
Xiao Yuan also looked at him with a smile and said, "Let's go, and then accompany me to see other places."
"Yes, Your Majesty, please come this way." Gong Wenchang quickly bent down and stretched out his hand.
During the walk, Xiao Yuan naturally had another chat about the Chenghe matter, "Master Gong, the Chenghe matter was done beautifully, but the work was in such a hurry, so you didn't whip the people, right?"
"How is this possible? Your Majesty Mingjian, the salary paid by the humble minister Yu Minfu is very high, and there is no bullying behavior." Gong Wenchang said quickly.
"That's good, our government should not build up public resentment in anything we do." Xiao Yuan said, and then said: "In addition, has the Wuwei Mansion coordinated the workshops on both sides of the city and river that pollute the river water? "
"Everything is almost done. Once it's finished here, we just have to wait for the injection of clean water."
