The next morning, the golden chicken crowed, and the sun rose at dawn. Ten thousand miles of multicolored light gradually spread out from the distant eastern sky, filling the entire horizon.
Bright Moon City, brilliant and resplendent. Within the imperial palace of the Nine Palace.
Just as the sun rose, in the warm room of the Hall of Supreme Harmony that was decorated elegantly, due to the beauty of the night in bed, the happiness of fish and water was enough to make the world happy.
As a result, Baili Lan was still wrapped up in his bed, hugging the beautiful girl and didn't want to get up. If it wasn't for the continuous shouts from the eunuchs guarding the Warm Pavilion, Baili Lan would have then lazily lifted the bed cover and slowly woke up.
"Your Majesty …" The beauty in his embrace seemed to have noticed that Baili Lan was showing signs of waking up. He squinted his eyes, and shouted with a soft and sweet voice. "Your Majesty, you should sleep a bit more …"
As she spoke, her entire jade arm rested on Baili Lan's bare chest. She leaned on Baili Lan's chest with a smile on her face, and was like a little kitten bathing in the spring sun, unable to get close to Baili Lan.
"My beloved concubine, I should get up now. It's already too late for that. Those court officials are probably already waiting in the Town Hall."
Baili Lan opened his eyes and saw that the golden sunlight had already passed through the warm window and shone through the white gauze, shining in hazily. It was already morning, so Baili Lan whispered to the beauty in his arms, trying to comfort her as he pulled her arm away.
"Your Majesty, is the previous dynasty that important? "I was staying with him for a while, he didn't sleep well at all." The beauty had 3000 strands of hair and a soft and delicate appearance with a touch of flirtatiousness mixed within. She pinched her voice and flirted coquettishly with Baili Lan.
"If you do not sleep well after I leave, you can continue to fall asleep. The court will be in a very serious situation as well. If we do not deal with the matters of this country, how can I stabilize my position and allow all of you to prosper?" Baili Lan was in high spirits and was in a good mood to tease.
"Your Majesty, you're so kind. You said you want to get up and go to court, and you're still acting like this …" The beauty immediately let out an ambiguous moan, and while her mouth said those forced words, she raised her slender jade hand and lightly tapped on Baili Lan's palm, helping Baili Lan to stroke his soft skin.
As she fiddled with Baili Lan, the beauty tilted her head and winked innocently, saying in a low voice, "Your concubine feels so much pain here, the Emperor has to pinch her and massage her a bit, maybe your concubine won't feel pain anymore."
"Oh? "Since that's the case, then I can help my beloved concubine knead and massage a bit more, lest my beloved concubine endures the torment of illness." Baili Lan was once again intrigued by the beauty in front of him. He no longer had any thoughts of standing up and putting on his clothes.
Just as Baili Lan's eyes lit up, the head eunuch outside the Warm Pavilion spoke out once again, "Your majesty, it's getting late, all the ministers of the Town Hall are already there, they are all waiting for your majesty to go to the Emperor."
"The previous dynasty's meeting every day wasn't too short of a time! Besides, what is the purpose of giving those officials a salary? Isn't it just giving me advice, putting me first in everything? "Since I've raised them, I should do as I've been told. If I don't attend to the court, I should just stay there and wait patiently!" Baili Lan was about to lower his head and kiss the lips of the beauty when he was interrupted by the eunuch standing outside. He was obviously in a bad mood, so he raised his head in annoyance and looked towards the door of the Warm Pavilion, as he said unhappily.
"But …"
The eunuch at the door hesitated for a long time before speaking, "Your Majesty, it would be best for you to get up quickly. Those ministers have already stood outside the hall for another three-quarters of an hour. The eunuch's voice passed through the window of the Warm Pavilion once again.
Baili Lan was even more unhappy, he glared at the person outside the door and bellowed: Let's just say that we are not feeling well today, and will not go to court. Those ministers are willing to wait!
"Yes, your servant obeys." When the head eunuch at the door saw that the emperor was enraged, he immediately bowed and left quickly through the door of the Warm Pavilion. He then headed towards the direction of the Town Hall to pass on his decree.
Seeing that the silhouette of the person at the entrance of the Warm Pavilion had finally disappeared, Baili Lan's embarrassed face finally recovered the slightest bit of normal temperature that he should have.
He was even defying the heavens!
He was the true emperor of the Bright Moon Kingdom, the master of the entire imperial palace.
Since when did Bright Moon Kingdom rise up, for those ministers to be in charge?
Originally, Baili Lan wanted to ascend to the throne, but after hearing that damned eunuch repeatedly mention the waiting official, he felt extremely displeased.
As the saying goes, the south of the world respects an official. An official is always an official, no different from a servant.
When did it become the official's turn to climb to the top of the emperor's head?
Didn't that mean there was no exalted rule of law!
When he thought about how those ministers always liked to use the rules set down by Emperor Taizu to restrain him, he got frustrated. Emperor Taizu had already been dead for so many years, why should he still follow the rules set by Emperor Taizu after a few hundred years?
He was the current emperor, but everything was bound by the rules of his ancestors. It was like he was living in a structured house, where there was a bit of domineering authority and power that the Son of Heaven should have.
So, sooner or later, he would have to expand his Bright Moon Kingdom's territory and swallow the other two nations and whatever Kang City they had into his pocket one day, so that they could become his land.
At that time, he would be the greatest emperor in all of Bright Moon Kingdom, with the largest territory and the most people.
At that time, he would be Wen Cheng and Wu De, the emperor of the new and prosperous world. With his fame and status as king, he would be able to abolish all the ancestral rules left behind by Emperor Taizu.
Only at that time would he, as an emperor, be able to live a carefree and comfortable life!
As Baili Lan thought about this, his brows furrowed with a biting cold ruthlessness. He leaned on the beauty's soft body and felt extremely comfortable.
Just as Baili Lan was in a good mood and was preparing to kiss the woman in his arms again, outside the door, the shadow that had disappeared earlier suddenly returned to the door.
But this time, the voice was no longer the eerie voice of a eunuch, but that of a mellow male. His clear voice reported, "Your majesty, it's bad! This humble subject has an urgent report for the Emperor! "
"How dare you!" If you have an important matter to begin, don't wait in line outside the Town Hall. If you dare to barge into the palace, what punishment do you have?! " Baili Lan who was lying on the dragon bed was immediately enraged, he turned his head to look at the figure at the entrance of the Warm Pavilion, and his eyes instantly became fierce.
"This humble subject does not dare disturb the Emperor's rest unless it is something urgent! But this matter is of great importance. When the fifth fragment of the night came to court, this humble subject had already been waiting bitterly at the musician's office. He had heard from the emperor's personal eunuch that the emperor was ill today, so there was no need to attend to the court. This humble subject is afraid that if we delay it too long, something big will happen! "
Outside the pavilion, the State Supervisor Temple's Shaoqing was wearing a profound colored official uniform. His voice was trembling and urgent, as if he really had something important to do.
"What do you want? Hurry up and report!" If it's any trivial matter, then we will cause a ruckus in the imperial harem. Let's see if I won't take off the black muslin hat on your head! " Baili Lan endured the anger in his heart and crawled up from the beautiful woman's bed. He sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed and looked at the figure outside the door with his fierce eyes.
Seeing Baili Lan's gloomy face, and hearing the officials outside saying that he had urgent matters to report, the beauty lying on the bed knew that she would not be able to carry on with her 'favor' this morning. Thus, she could only resentfully crawl up, put on her apricot-yellow muslin robe, and walked over to the rack beside the bed to retrieve Baili Lan's dragon robe. She obediently returned to Baili Lan's side to help him put on the clothes.
"Your Majesty …" This humble subject still hasn't woken up yet this morning. The guard in charge of patrolling in the Sherry Tower found out in the fourth fragment of the night. He said that … " Even if he did not see Baili Lan's face, a layer of sweat had already seeped out of his nervous palms. He bent down and maintained his reporting posture as he continued in a low voice, "Saying that … that person who was originally imprisoned in the third floor of the sariras … Princess Great Chu Kingdom is gone … "
"What?" What did you say?
Baili Lan who was sitting on the dragon bed and wearing the moon-white undergarment suddenly opened his eyes wide in surprise upon hearing this.
"Yes …" Indeed, it had disappeared. According to the time taken, the guard said that it was about … it disappeared around the time of the third fragment of the night. " Once State Supervisor Temple Young Master heard Baili Lan's voice, he was so frightened that his waist bent even lower, and his voice became more nervous. "And … Another person also … "He's gone …"
"What?! There's another person that's gone?" Baili Lan was so angry that his face turned green, if the officials outside did not finish their words, he would have gotten angry, "Who else is there!?"
He knew that Chu Yunge was not an easy target!
He didn't dare to imprison her in the Imperial Palace because he was afraid that she would run away, so he ordered people to imprison her in the State Supervisor Temple. He thought that the State Supervisor Temple was like steel walls and tight security, and she didn't have any extreme lightness skills, so she shouldn't have the ability to leave the tightly guarded sarira tower, but she didn't think that she would still disappear!
Furthermore, he brought someone with him!
Damn it! This damned Chu Yunge!
"The princess of Great Chu Kingdom also took it with her … This humble subject is about to say, when the guard discovered that the Great Chu Kingdom princess of the third floor had disappeared, he swiftly sent people to rummage through the entire sarira tower, and discovered … "The other missing person is … is …"
The State Supervisor Temple young master stuttered, and wanted to say something.
Inside the pavilion, Baili Lan who was sitting on the bed was so anxious that he almost died from anxiety.
"Yes — —" With steeled heart, he closed his eyes and said. "It's the crippled crown prince who's being imprisoned on the seventh floor, Baili Cang!"
"What!?" Baili Cang actually ran away from the sariras! " Hearing this, Baili Lan who was sitting on the dragon bed trembled, then he stood up from the dragon bed, pushed away the beauty who was still dressing him, walked to the door with large strides, extended his arm, and pulled open the exquisite wooden door. He roared at the person outside, "You said Baili Cang ran away from the State Supervisor Temple! How did you end up as the State Supervisor Temple's young master! "
Seeing Baili Lan walking out while wearing his undergarments, not even paying attention to his dragon robe, and not even paying attention to his attire, and even angrily pulling open the double doors, the State Supervisor Temple's Young Master knew that something was wrong. His Majesty was furious today!