Immediately, she threw down the roster and quickly ran towards the gate outside the Chen Palace courtyard. [ _ ]
In front of the threshold of the palace gate, she stopped, not daring to continue her rampage, because...she remembered the end when she was almost bruised and swollen by the invisible barrier at the holy pool when she crossed over for the first time.
Swallowing her throat, she lifted her breath with a weak heartbeat, and then cautiously reached forward to feel for the air in front of her.
Her fingertips had just crossed the threshold, and the air that had been invisible to you immediately showed traces of turmoil, making a "chichi" sound.
"Smelly man, you are really under the enchantment!"
Ke'er couldn't help but jump to her feet and scream.
"Come here, is there anyone?" She had no choice but to raise her voice and shout.
After a moment, Cui'er's figure appeared in front of the door: "Miss, my servant is here."
"Where is Ao Chenye? I want to see him!" Ke'er's tone was a bit uncontrollable and crazy.
"The king is currently in the royal study room discussing political affairs with the ministers. I will go and inform Miss Wang that you have woken up." As soon as Cui'er finished speaking, she immediately bowed and ran away again, leaving Ke Ke
She opened her mouth and tried to stop her but it was too late.
Ke'er closed her open mouth sullenly, but Cui'er still couldn't let go that she was a mortal.
If one day, everyone here knows that she is just a mortal, will she be punished by everyone?
When she thought about this problem, she felt uncontrollably depressed.
Shaking his head: "Forget it, don't think about it anymore, it's useless even if you think about it, let the boat straighten out naturally when it reaches the bridge."
She murmured to herself optimistically, then walked back to the table, found a stool and sat down, slowly waiting for Ao Chenye to come back.
He glanced at the roster on the table with the corner of his eye, and his mind began to spin——
How can she prevent these young girls on the roster from entering the palace?
…
In the quiet imperial study room, several ministers were silent with solemn expressions, listening to the elder's words——
"King, in addition to the plum forest in the palace being shaken by the barrier, the foot of Tianxue Mountain outside the palace was also shaken. The snow mountain collapsed, the village at the foot of the mountain suffered serious losses, and many victims were displaced. The details are recorded in the memorial to the Lord.
Already."
Ao Chenye closed the urgent report in his hand and spoke with calm eyes: "As for the emotions of the victims of the snow flood, the memorial said that the victims had very intense emotional reactions. What is going on? Didn't you settle the victims well?
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Urging the minister to take a few steps forward: "The king, ministers and others are already doing their best to build new homes for the victims. However, the victims have lost their original homes. In addition, many victims have also lost their loved ones while losing their homes. Some even lost their loved ones.
The victims lost everything overnight and were left alone in the world. Under the pressure of many factors, the emotions of the victims would inevitably become unstable for a while."
Ao Chenye frowned and continued to ask: "So, has the construction of the new residence started now? How is the progress of the project?"
Another minister in charge of supervising the construction stood up and replied: "Wang, the progress of the construction project is not going well because the weather is very cold now and the ground easily freezes, making the construction more difficult, but I am already stepping up my supervision."
"Wait a minute, what do you mean by intensifying supervision? Do you want the workers to rush to work day and night?" Gu Yuhan's eyebrows darkened, his tone was very stern, and his face was a little stiff.
The minister overseeing the work didn't understand why Wang's expression suddenly changed. He shook for a moment and then answered thoughtfully: "Yes... yes, I followed the workers to work day and night."
Finally, he also emphasized that he worked all night with the workers and was not lazy at all.
"Do you want the workers to work day and night in this weather because you want them to be exhausted? Stop working day and night immediately." Ao Chenye immediately ordered.
The Minister of Work Supervisory hesitated for a moment, then bravely said: "But..."
"There is no but, workers are human beings too." Ao Chenye interrupted the supervisor, and his mind began to think of other possible methods.
"Yes." The minister of supervision accepted the order.
Then other ministers came forward one by one to report on the matters they were responsible for.
After a long time, the royal study became quiet again.
"Okay, please step back first, elder, you stay." Ao Chenye waved away the other ministers and his eyes fell on the elder.
The elder stepped forward, his expression unable to hide his confusion: "King, the shock to the dimensional world has begun to spread. If it is not dealt with in time, I am afraid that the palace will soon be unable to hide this secret, and it will inevitably cause panic among the people.
Yes, there has been a traitor in the palace recently. The old minister and others are ashamed that they have not come up with a countermeasure. Did the king find out the whereabouts of the Fuxi Divine Sword when he went to the Holy Pond last time?"
The elder's tone was full of worry. Alas, there has been a lot of instability in the palace recently, and it's worrying.
"...No." Ao Chenye frowned, worried, and answered in a low voice after a long while.
The elder pondered for a moment, and then carefully looked up at Ao Chenye: "King, do you really not consider marrying Fulong Kingdom and entering Fulong Kingdom to find the whereabouts of the Fuxi Divine Sword?"
"Never!" Ao Chenye stood up and walked back and forth in place with his hands behind his back for several times. His brows were furrowed into a small mountain shape, and he couldn't help feeling irritable.
For some reason, he had a vague feeling recently that Ke'er was the one who would be related to the Fuxi Divine Sword. Although he often felt that this feeling was ridiculous, but... that kind of inexplicable premonition came with the discovery.
Ke'er's strangeness began to gradually deepen.
Seeing his thoughtful and doubtful expression, the elder couldn't help but asked with concern: "King, are you...have something on your mind?"
"No." Ao Chenye subconsciously didn't want to mention this feeling about Ke'er, as if he said that some things would lose their original purity.
"Then..." The elder still wanted to speak, but Ao Chenye waved his hand to stop him with some annoyance.
"Elder, please step aside first. The Tenglong Kingdom's festival will be held in two days. Shouldn't you go to the temple to prepare?" Ao Chenye deliberately changed the subject.
"Yes, I was just about to mention this matter to you. Because of the festival, I may not be able to get away to track down the spies for the time being, so I kindly ask the king to allow me to let Leng Yun come and help with the investigation."
"Okay, you can decide who you need." Ao Chenye waved his hand and motioned for the elder to step back, indicating that the topic was over.
…
It wasn't until after dinner, until nightfall, until her biological clock came and she started to fall asleep, that she finally waited for Ao Chen to return at night.
As soon as Ao Chen entered the dormitory at night, he saw her half-lying on the imperial concubine's couch, holding the concubine selection list in her hand. However, her eyes were squinted due to sleepiness, and her head was pounding. She was obviously tired.
He apologized and walked forward and called her softly: "My dear, go to bed when you are tired."
Hearing the familiar voice, Ke'er immediately opened her eyes.
"You're back, why are you so late?" She yawned and looked at the bright moon that had already hung high outside the window.
It's so late! He is so busy, the problem must be very difficult.
Thinking of his hard work, the anger that she had been waiting for for so long suddenly disappeared, and she could not even remember the resentment of being imprisoned by him. What was left was only the tenderness in her heart... she felt sorry that he was so tired.
"Have you had dinner?" She looked like a virtuous wife, caring about her husband softly.
Ao Chenye smiled tenderly, picked her up from the soft couch, and walked towards the dragon bed.
"I've already eaten. If I come back late in the future, you should go to bed first and don't wait for me." He felt bad for letting her stay up late.
"Yeah." She agreed casually and perfunctorily.
Then, she couldn't help but asked with concern: "How is it? Is there a problem that needs to be dealt with? Is it serious?"
Ao Chen put her on the bed at night and lay down on her with her clothes on.
Without deliberately hiding anything from her, he answered her naturally: "There was a sudden situation outside the palace. A snow mountain collapsed somewhere, causing people to be displaced. The people's livelihood issues must be dealt with as soon as possible."
He is also a kind and good king.
Ke'er couldn't help but start to have a different view of him, thinking that ancient kings would only be aloof and exclusive.
"Then have you thought of how to solve it?" She took the initiative to lean into his arms, wrapping her little hands around his waist, trying to give him some support through the hug.
"...It's getting late, let's go to bed first." He pondered for a moment, but finally did not continue the topic because he saw the tiredness on her face.
It was so dark at night, she must be tired of waiting.
Regarding his thoughtfulness, Ke'er was also thinking that he must be tired after working so late, so she would wait until he had a good rest and talk about it tomorrow.
…
The moonlight was dim, and the snow began to fall. The thin, crystal clear snow decorated the glazed tiles on the palace like a palace in the sky, free from dust.
Ao Chen stood under a big pine tree at night, his handsome eyebrows furrowed, his jade-like face looking cold and cold under the light of the snow, and his whole body exuding a desolate temperament.
In the bedroom, Ke'er felt a little restless in her sleep. In the middle of the night, she woke up faintly and reached out to touch her side out of habit, only to find that there was no one there, and the empty space was still vaguely warm.
Where was Ao Chenye? Why was he not sleeping at this time?
She lifted the quilt and stood up. Suddenly she was no longer so afraid of the cold air, and all she wanted to do was find the man who didn't know where to go without sleeping in the middle of the night.
She put on her big trench coat, put on thick shoes, and then walked out.
Finally, she saw the man standing in the snow outside the corridor like an immortal,
The weak moonlight fell on Xuezi, reflecting countless pure lights, which fell on him. The noble lavender clothes made him look like an immortal who had strayed into the mortal world.
Looking at his side face, it was cold and cold, but also seemed like a dream, making it difficult to grasp or get close to him.
She held her breath and concentrated, and found that she was so fascinated by him that she couldn't even lift her steps, let alone say a word to call him.
Perhaps, the familiar half-smile between his eyebrows had faded, causing her to stop moving forward...
Soon, Ao Chenye seemed to feel her arrival. He turned his head and looked over, and a bright and gentle smile appeared on his handsome face.