Chapter 1175: Missing those bygone days (2/2)

Han Yunxi suddenly remembered the secret she uncovered in his gloomy cold study. [2]

“Alright! We’ll always live there!” she agreed without hesitation. Her forehead was softly touching his lips as she murmured, “Long Feiye, can you tell me...tell me…”

“What?” Long Feiye asked.

“Can you tell me when you started liking me?”

She was already pregnant with his child, but she still felt bashful and blushed when asking him the question. Han Yunxi didn’t even dare to meet his eyes.

His answer was very straightforward. “I won’t tell you.”

She immediately looked up with a glare, but he simply gave her a soft kiss, afraid that something more passionate would cause him to lose control. Han Yunxi was truly disappointed. She wasn’t burning to know his answer, but being rejected after she asked really left her itching for more.

Unresigned, she asked, “Long Feiye, then do you know when I started liking you?”

She wanted to whet his appetite, but he only said, “I do!”

“When?” she pressed quickly.

“I’ll tell you in the future,” he couldn’t help laughing.

“Long Feiye!” Han Yunxi got mad.

Long Feiye had probably steeled his heart to keep it secret, because he immediately changed the topic. “Tomorrow I’ll issue orders to have the Tang Clan take care of building the palace. That’ll be enough to keep Tang Zijin busy, so you don’t have to worry about Tang Li.”

His words immediately caught Han Yunxi’s attention as she looked at him speechlessly. She never thought he’d hand over the palace project to the Tang Clan at a time like this. As far as she knew, plenty of people wanted to establish the capital city at Tianan Country, Baili Yuanlong and the south central region amongst them.

But actually building it up was a thousand times more troublesome than choosing a location!

Long Feiye could just pick a spot with a clap of his hands, but that easygoing attitude wouldn’t work for construction. The supervisor would have to consider the fengshui of the area, then draw up blueprints and carefully discuss every single brick used to construct the imperial palace. Moreover, it would take more than a few months to build up the palace and the city around it. At the very least, they were looking at one to two years of work.

Meanwhile, all of the major and minor issues along the way would face countless opinions and discussions. By handing the task over to Tang Zijin, Long Feiye could ensure the security of the palace and its capital city so that none of the blueprints leaked. Currently, no other clan could compare to the Tang Clan’s knowledge and design of switches and traps.

Secondly, the Tang Clan had been a faction of East Qin from the very start, and Tang Zijin was Long Feiye’s uncle by blood. If he was dealing with Baili Yuanlong, the other side would naturally restrain themselves.

Thirdly, Tang Zijin wouldn’t be able to manage the construction single-handedly. He would need to concentrate the Tang Clan’s forces to complete the designs in the shortest time possible. In that case, Tang Li’s matters would fall into Lady Tang’s hands. Leaving aside the future, it would reduce the pressure on Ning Jing in the present.

While Long Feiye took care of the construction issue, he summarily helped Han Yunxi wrap up Ning Jing’s troubles along the way. Han Yunxi stared at him and didn’t know what to say.

“I’ll issue orders later. If you have any requirements for the palace, you can simply bring them up with Tang Zijin,” Long Feiye added.

At last, Han Yunxi broke into a smile. “Alright, I definitely will!”

Since the construction will take one to two years, I won’t be polite to Tang Zijin if he dares to cause trouble for Ning Jing. I don’t usually have requirements for places, but when it gets down to that, I can drive Tang Zijin crazy just with a single drainage ditch or wall!

Now that the Tang Clan was taken care of, Han Yunxi didn’t dare to disturb Long Feiye any longer. He was truly extremely busy. Before the new capital was built, Yunning would be their temporary replacement. Construction had already begun on palace halls here.

Long Feiye couldn’t possibly shoulder the duties of establishing a kingdom alone, either. While keeping an eye on the battles in the west, he discussed military affairs with his military and civic ministers, matters of politics, and did various other tasks.

The military was concerned with the distribution of garrisons, appointment of officers, deployment of troops, and consideration for both the overall situation and specific matters in different locales. Politics had more troublesome, trivial matters such as the appointment of officials at all levels, division of administrative regions, and unification of currency, taxes, and laws. Although there was no rush to finish everything before he took the throne, Long Feiye needed to discuss with his people to gain an understanding of all aspects and views so he had a better grasp on the bigger picture.

Han Yunxi turned to glance at Long Feiye as she left the meeting tent and felt a strong pang in her heart!

1. To clarify: the “Tianan City” they’re talking about is the original capital of Tianning. After Long Tianmo rebelled, he took over that place and renamed it “Tianan” while Emperor Tianhui and co. fled west into present day Yunning. It’s just confusing because Emperor Tianhui continued to call his region “Tianning” when the original capital city was still with Long Tianmo under the “Tianan Country” name.

2. It’s vague, but I believe the “secret” she discovered way back then was that Long Feiye’s window had a perfect view of her rooms at Leisurely Cloud Pavilion, so whenever he had his lights on in the study, he was likely staring at her just as she was staring at him. The revelation came in one of the very early chapters of PGC and made HYX realize that LFY might have feelings for her after all. Feel free to correct me if this is wrong, or if something else comes to mind!