485 Weird Change in the Buddhist Temple (1/2)
”Musician Xuan? Xuan Yunlan? I have heard about her. She was a musician in Qingyun Pavillion in the past. Not only were her music skills top in Shili Ling Xiangding, but I also heard that she was extremely beautiful--extremely enchanting, a crowning beauty.”
”I heard about her! I heard about her! 2 years ago, when the ruler just inherited the throne, he was interested in her beauty. Hence there was a preposterous government decree to lock down Shili Ling Xiangding only for her. Only after she went on the mountain to request an audience with him, did he create a satellite city--to give those poor girls a place to live at. Sigh, sigh!”
Li Zhile's brows rose, thinking that he was truly an immoral ruler. So at the start of his reign, he had already done the same thing. So this was the reason why Shili Ling Xiangding was abandoned.
Speaking of which, wasn't the monster king just 14 2 years ago? What an animal!
His ears rose as he listened closely. He heard one of them speak, ”The ruler is truly lustful! I heard that beside his side, there is a girl known as Zhao Yanran who follows him every moment. I heard that she is a female beauty exceeding that of the natural world, ice muscles jade bones. Her skin was like that of lamb fat. Her beauty is even better than that of musician Xuan. Who knows where ruler snatched her from…”
”...Si! There is such a matter? Creamy skin, how snow white and smooth must that be. The ruler is fortunate and blessed!”
Li Zhile was also really envious and jealous, filling furious whilst thinking to himself why wasn't he so lucky too.
”The ruler is so lustful at such a young age. In this year, he has not dealt with administrative matters, this isn't a blessing for the country.”
”However, after all, she is a governor commander of the central dynasty. Is it appropriate to forcefully take her as a concubine?”
”The heavens are high, and the emperor is so far away. What are you afraid of?”
”No wonder, recently on the market some resources are on low supply. Is the ruler preparing the gift for the concubine?”
”Hehe! I heard about this matter. However, there is another explanation of the matter. It isn't the ruler forcefully wanted to take her as his concubine, but that she was impressed by his talents. That day on the mountain, she failed to snatch him, which was why she now willingly gave herself to him…”
Li Zhile's eyes turned red, and he couldn't take it anymore, strongly hitting the table with a palm.
True qi brimming, instantly there was a loud ”hong” sound and the wooden table was smashed into pieces.
It caused the entire restaurant to turn silent. The gazes all-around all focused on him, filled with a weird expression.
Li Zhile coldly swept around. He wanted to rage against these people, but he knew that most of them were ignorant commoners.
He scoffed coldly, throwing down a gold piece as compensation before he strolled out of the place.
The silver armored cavalry followed directly behind him, persuading anxiously, ”Capital commander, I think we should plan for this matter. We can't be rash! I think we should first inform the capital, ministry of war and the various generals to come up with a plan. The governor commander is someone in the heart of the emperor. He would not let Gantian Mountain off…”
Li Zhile didn't speak, taking several deep breaths before he managed to calm down his emotions.
In the next instant, he looked towards the sky in shock. He saw snowflakes drifting downwards.
Was it snowing? Snow in the 6th month, how was that possible?
Li Zhile's expression turned dim, filled with a sad feeling.
He thought to himself, did the heavens also know of his sadness? His heart realm was tragic and cold like snow.
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It was also snowing in the Great Shang capital city. The ground and the roofs were all covered in 2 inches of snow, dyeing the entire city white.
WIthin the Fenghua Palace State Affairs Hall, the yellow-robed old man wasn't dealing with administrative matters. What a rare sight. Instead, he walked out of the building, standing under the walkway of the roof and looking at the snow scenery. He saw that the entire imperial garden was white. Those various flowers which were in full bloom seem to be like flowers carved from ice, giving off a different feeling.
”Snow in June…”
The old man didn't have the mind to admire it. Instead, his brows furrowed tightly, ”Did my rule have loads of grievances which the heavens sensed?”
Beside him stood the internal affairs junior supervisor Gao Ruo. When he heard that, he was instinctively shocked. Then he smiled, ”How is that possible? Your majesty has spent all your effort on your rule, giving rise to so many great men who are in your court. In terms of purity of the rule, apart from Taizong and Taizu, there aren't many rules on your level. The internal affairs department, censorate, and ministry of justices' ministers are all famous for being clean and honest. How can there be any grievances? Didn't imperial teacher already sent a message to say that this is a sign from the heavens and have nothing to do with our Great Shang. It seems like the source of our cloud world was interfered with which caused the heavens to change. As for what the specifics are, he is still investigating…”
The emperor robed old man's face was dark and sunken, not feeling at ease even after hearing Gao Ruo's consolation.
”2 inches of snow. If it continues, it might become a snow calamity. I am afraid people of the dynasty might not be able to harvest anything this year.”
Gao Ruo was startled, and his entire face was filled with a touching expression.
”Your majesty, after your majesty took over we have surpluses every year. Our granary is filled and has 3 years of amassed grain, billions of gold. Even if there is a calamity, we will be able to face it easily, we will also have enough to provide disaster relief. Your majesty always thinks for the people, what a kind and moral ruler. If those people find out, they would worship you.”