Chapter 248 Never treat people badly
As soon as he entered the imperial city, the noise from the outside world was immediately blocked, and he felt a sense of loneliness.
Li Xuan couldn't help but look back at the heavy Tongming Gate.
"Is this how people outside the palace feel when they are sent in?"
At this moment, Li Xuan also understood why some people are willing to give up wealth and honor and choose to live freely in the world.
Although this palace looks magnificent, it lacks many worldly pleasures.
But fortunately, Li Xuan still has Princess Ankang and Yu'er here.
If it were the other way around, Princess Ankang and Yu'er would be outside the imperial city, and Li Xuan would have to stay inside the imperial city...
"No wonder there are so many unhappy talents in Yanqu Palace."
Thinking of those teenage girls, who were frowning all day long and dealing with unwilling training one by one, even if they could be favored and named concubines in the future, they would never experience many joys again.
Li Xuan was fine. No matter where he was, the most important thing was to be with Princess Ankang and Yu'er.
At this time, Shang, the steward who was driving the carriage, reached back and touched Li Xuan, who was staring at the Tongming Gate in a daze.
"Ah Xuan, you will feel the same way, right?"
"Even though I have been in and out of the palace countless times, every time I feel like I am separated by two worlds."
"It's as if the palace and the outside world are two different worlds."
Li Xuan also meowed, and he did feel the same way.
After entering the palace, the convoy drove all the way to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and then delivered the purchased items.
These items will be temporarily stored in the warehouse of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then the corresponding items will be sent to various places in the palace according to the registered information.
When Li Xuan came back, he asked Shang, the steward, to buy some things as gifts for Princess Ankang and Yu'er, which were now stored in his Dihong bone ring.
It's just that he was a little rushed on the way because of the mission, and he didn't have time to choose gifts for them, so the gifts he brought were a little casual.
"Ah Xuan, this is a serious matter."
"Let's go to Ganlu Hall to meet His Majesty first."
Shang Zongguan handed over the task of purchasing materials and storing them in the warehouse to someone else, and then let Li Xuan step on his shoulders and rush to Ganlu Hall.
Li Xuan also knew that it would be better to hand over the account book to Emperor Yongyuan as soon as possible.
They took so much effort last night not to disturb the people in the Siyun Grain Shop, wasn't it just to buy more time for Emperor Yongyuan to make arrangements for the next step?
The two rushed all the way to Ganlu Hall, and after being passed on by someone, they were summoned by Emperor Yongyuan.
When Li Xuan and Shang Zongguan came in together, Emperor Yongyuan had just finished the morning court and was changing clothes.
The dragon robe he wore when he went to court was more formal, mainly red, supplemented by gold, and embellished with various rare gems, embellishing a red dragon shadow.
This dragon robe was obviously more cumbersome than the one Emperor Yongyuan wore in Ganlu Hall on weekdays, so the first thing Emperor Yongyuan did after the morning court was to change clothes.
After Shang Zongguan led Li Xuan into Ganlu Hall, he stood silently in front of the table.
Emperor Yongyuan immediately winked, and the trusted eunuchs who served him to change clothes immediately accelerated their actions, and did not bother to fold the dragon robe and put it away. After hurriedly taking it off from Emperor Yongyuan, they put on the red dragon robe he usually wore and hurriedly left.
"How is the matter going?" Emperor Yongyuan asked before he sat down.
Although his expression and tone were still calm, it was still possible to see how much he cared about this matter.
"Your Majesty, Ah Xuan has fulfilled his mission."
"Without alerting the other party, we got all the account books." Shang Zongguan winked at Li Xuan.
Li Xuan immediately understood, jumped onto Emperor Yongyuan's table, and with a flick of his tail, he took out the ten thick account books from the Emperor Hong bone ring and neatly arranged them on the table.
When Li Xuan jumped onto Emperor Yongyuan's desk for the first time, both Shang Zongguan and Zhao Feng were panicked.
But when he jumped onto it the second time, Shang Zongguan was no longer surprised and had no worries.
The same was true for Emperor Yongyuan, or it should be said that his attention was all on the ten account books.
"Is this the real account book of the Siyun Grain Store?"
Emperor Yongyuan picked up one and flipped through it.
"Your Majesty, the account book is recorded in code. I'm afraid it needs to be deciphered to see the real content." Shang Zongguan reported in time.
"Is that so?"
"Send the account book to Lijing Gate immediately and let Tang Nu decipher it as soon as possible." Emperor Yongyuan then flipped through a few pages of the account book and gave the order.
At this time, someone suddenly agreed:
"I obey the order."
This abrupt voice scared Li Xuan, and he found that it was Wang Xi, the eunuch in charge of the lamp of Emperor Yongyuan, who walked up, picked up all the account books on the desk, and then hurried out of Ganlu Hall.
Wang Xi's sudden appearance made Li Xuan a little confused.
"Was he here just now?"
Li Xuan blinked his eyes and recalled carefully, and found that he didn't notice Wang Xi's existence at all.
He didn't even judge it by smell.
"Even his own smell is blocked?"
"What a terrifying breath-retaining method!"
Li Xuan sighed as he looked at the short and strong figure that disappeared outside the door.
He found that the eunuchs who could live to old age in the palace were all masters of unique skills.
After Wang Xi left, Emperor Yongyuan continued to say to Shang Zongguan:
"Tell us everything in detail."
Emperor Yongyuan stretched out his finger and rubbed Li Xuan's forehead, with a smile on his face.
It seems that he is still very satisfied with the current results.
Then Mr. Shang talked about what happened yesterday in detail.
He later mentioned the details of Li Xuan's infiltration into the Siyun Grain Store to Manager Shang, so Manager Shang was able to tell them from beginning to end.
And when Emperor Yongyuan heard that the shopkeeper and the clerk of Siyun Grain Shop escaped from the golden cicada in the fire, his eyes narrowed.
He also understood at this time that if there was an error last night, those account books would probably be burned to ashes.
"This is a good trick to catch mice. Please prepare more in the future."
Emperor Yongyuan looked at Li Xuan and affirmed.
Speaking of this, Li Xuan quickly took a pen and paper, wrote down a few lines, and asked Emperor Yongyuan about the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.
Li Xuan hadn't had time to catch mice for experiments yet, but at this moment someone who knew more about the Emperor Hong Bone Ring was in front of him, so he thought of asking Emperor Yongyuan directly.
Seeing the contents on the paper, Emperor Yongyuan did not hide anything and explained directly to him:
"What you are holding now is a single feather ring. If you store a living object in it, you will die in a short time."
"The same is true for people with strong cultivation."
Hearing this, Li Xuan's eyes lit up and he thought to himself:
"Isn't it a dead end to lock up a first-class person? Then wouldn't this be used as a trump card?"
Emperor Yongyuan knew what Li Xuan was thinking when he saw his expression.
"Don't take it for granted. A single feather ring can't absorb the master at all."
"You must have felt it when you caught mice before, right?"
"Resistance creatures are particularly difficult to absorb."
"A single feather ring can absorb at most one kitten or puppy without any resistance, and it can't even fit a child into it."
Emperor Yongyuan explained patiently.
He knows more about the Emperor Hong Bone Ring, and these are just common sense to him.
"If a living creature is absorbed into the Emperor's Bone Ring, it will definitely die within a quarter of an hour. Moreover, the moment it is absorbed, the living creature will lose consciousness and fall into a coma."
But then, Emperor Yongyuan changed his tone.
"But this is only for living things. If it is a corpse, as long as there is enough space, it can be stuffed in, and it is very easy."
"As for the principle behind this, I'm afraid it has something to do with life."
At this point, Emperor Yongyuan's answer became uncertain.
But his words had already given Li Xuan sufficient information.
But after hearing this explanation, Li Xuan couldn't help but have more questions.
He then wrote a sentence on the paper.
"After the Emperor Hong Bone Ring is fused, can it absorb living creatures and keep them alive?"
When Emperor Yongyuan saw this question, his eyes flashed. Unexpectedly, Li Xuan's thinking was so sensitive and he immediately caught the key to his words.
After a moment of silence, Emperor Yongyuan nodded.
"Of course it's possible."
"According to legend, there is a kingdom within Di Hong's body, and many lives exist within it."
"Even in ancient times, some people speculated that the world we live in now may also be in the body of an emperor."
Hearing this, Li Xuan couldn't help but froze.
He didn't expect Di Hong to be so powerful.
If this legend is true, then the level of Di Hong is not as terrifying as that of the Creation Beast.
"There is a small world hidden inside the body..."
Li Xuan couldn't imagine what that would be like.
It just made him understand more clearly that Dihong's inheritance might make people crazy even more than he expected.
"Who wouldn't want such power?"
"Of the ten Emperor's Bone Rings, Daxing has three. Who has the remaining seven?"
Li Xuan couldn't help but make a sound, swallowed, and became more and more interested in the Emperor Hong Bone Ring.
"If I can obtain Dihong's inheritance, I'm afraid it won't be a problem to take two little girls around the world."
Emperor Yongyuan looked at Li Xuan, whose eyes were shining, and smiled secretly in his heart, but his face remained calm.
Manager Shang below shook his head secretly, thinking that His Majesty was trying to manipulate the kitten again.
This was also Emperor Yongyuan's habit. He would always subconsciously guide the other person's desires in his behavior.
Manager Shang coughed dryly at this time, and then asked for instructions:
"Your Majesty, the old slave has sent people to keep an eye on the shopkeeper and clerk of Siyun Grain Store. Is there any further action required?"
On these issues, Manager Shang will not be confused, and his actions can be said to be watertight.
Even Li Xuan, who had been with him all the time, didn't know when Manager Shang ordered people to follow these two people.
Emperor Yongyuan smiled disdainfully at this.
"Just a person of no importance."
"Take the people back, there's no need to alert others."
Emperor Yongyuan was determined to send these two people away directly.
Manager Shang immediately accepted the order without any questioning.
"Axuan, you did a good job this time."
"I will never treat my own people badly..."
Halfway through the words, Emperor Yongyuan saw Li Xuan looking at him expectantly, and finally added the second half of the sentence by mistake.
"...and cats."
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