The folds were presented by Bai Shan. They came to the palace one day in advance, not only to check the location of their office for the next two months, but also to divide the folds sent, approve the notes and hand them over to the emperor.
The emperor put down the tea cup and picked up the top fold. When he opened it, Yin Li reported on the drought and heat conditions in the Gyeonggi region.
The emperor felt that he was still thirsty, so he put down the book, picked up the tea cup, took a sip and looked outside, "How are you guys cleaning up?"
Seeing that the emperor couldn't sit still, Gu Zhong smiled and said: "It's busy right now. Would your Majesty want to go and have a look?"
The emperor hesitated. He fiddled with the paper for a while and found that he still couldn't calm down. So he dropped the paper and said, "Let's go out and see how everyone is cleaning up. It's hot today, and my dear friends braved the scorching sun to move here.
Don’t tire yourself out.”
Gu Zhong smiled and waited for the emperor to get up and go out.
The Yongzhou Palace is not in Yongzhou City, but outside the city, in several continuous mountains. The mountains are densely forested, and the palace is built along the mountains, winding up.
The Emperor's Longevity Hall is located near the top of the mountain, halfway up the mountain, and is very cool.
As soon as he went out, the emperor felt a cool breeze. He couldn't help but squint his eyes in pleasure. This was so rare.
In the Tai Chi Palace, no matter whether you are inside or outside the house, you will sweat when you don't move, and when you move, the sweat will be like rain.
It was stuffy, hot, and unbearably uncomfortable.
The emperor felt refreshed, and leisurely went to the back to find the queen, holding his hands behind his back. When he reached the door of the palace, he looked around and saw the maids and maids coming and going. After thinking about it, he thought it was too troublesome, so he said: "It's better not to do it.
Sorry to bother the Queen, let’s go look elsewhere.”
So he strolled away again.
The emperor walked half a circle around his Longevity Hall and saw the way down the mountain. It was already dusk, the clouds on the horizon were gorgeous, the sun had set for a little while, and among them there were orange-red clouds that seemed to be among the treetops at the foot of the mountain.
So he pointed down and asked, "Wei Qing and the others live down there?"
Gu Zhong bent down and said, "Yes, the adults all live down there, and below that is where the six departments of the palace are, and at the bottom is where the imperial army is camped."
The emperor nodded and walked down, "Let's go take a look at Wei Qing and the others."
Mr. Wei is not there, he is working hard on the papers approved yesterday.
Bai Shan handed over his errands, and after leaving the Palace of Longevity, he quickly walked towards the palace below...
Seeing the commotion in the yard, Han Shangshu felt his back was sore after riding a horse for another day, so he turned around and walked out irritably. When he reached the door, he saw Bai Shan's clothes flying past him quickly.
Han Shangshu opened his mouth, but Bai Shan was already running forward with his clothes in hand. After running through two yards, he happily opened the door and jumped in, "Man Bao——"
Han Shangshu didn't expect that Bai Sheren, who always followed the emperor with a cold face, had such a side, and couldn't help but twitched his face.
Man Bao had already washed her face with cold water and wiped her neck and hands under the service of the cake. Before she could change out of her official uniform, she heard Bai Shan's voice. She poked her head out of the window in surprise and happily
Said: "Are you back?"
Man Bao threw down the towel and ran out. He ran to Bai Shan and couldn't help complaining, "It's so hot today."
Bai Shan held her hand and smiled and said: "I had expected it. Qin Tianjian said early in the morning that the sun will be scorching these days and the heat will be heavy, so people should not go out. You are following so many carriages, so your speed will definitely be slow."
He said: "I made cheese yesterday and bought a bucket of it to keep on ice. Now is the most delicious time. I will take you to eat it."
Man Bao's eyes widened, and he immediately left his chores in the yard, pulled him along and said, "Let's go, where are we going to eat?"
"I'll take you to take it out."
Daji was about to put down the broom in his hand and follow, but Bai Shan waved his hand and said: "Daji, you don't have to follow. This is in the palace, there will be no danger."
Daji stopped and watched the two of them run out hand in hand.
Han Shangshu stood at the entrance of the courtyard and stretched his waist. He had only turned halfway when he saw Bai Shan and Zhou Man both going out. He stiffened and raised a smile to say hello. In the end, the two of them did not go this way at all, but walked directly to the other side.
Of course, I didn’t see him either.
Han Shangshu:......
He narrowed his eyes and watched the two people walking side by side. The courtyard door behind him was opened, and a young man came out and said, "Father, can I go find Lu Yue and the others?"
Han Shangshu turned around and glared at him, "Why are you looking for Lu Yue? You are not young anymore. Do you know something? People younger than you can now stand alone and become a fifth-rank and fourth-rank official. Look what you have now
Achievement?"
Bai Shan took Man Bao and turned into a small road, then walked up the road.
Man Bao couldn't help but stop and look back, and saw that the courtyard where they lived was below, but it happened to be hidden by rocks, blocking his view.
She was amazed, "So there is a path out here? Isn't it the Palace of Longevity where His Majesty lives?"
"No," Bai Shan said: "This way around, it's right behind the longevity hall. I saw it when I came up yesterday. This place is very hidden, but the road is well built and the scenery is good."
He went up a step first, reached out to Manbao, pulled her up, and said with a smile: "There is a cold spring up there, so I hid the ice bucket there."
There is no way. The only way to slow down the ice melting at this time is either a cold spring or a cellar.
But Bai Shan felt that putting it in the cellar would give off a bad smell, so he didn't want to.
There are several cold springs on the mountain where Yongzhou Palace is located. The one Bai Shan found is not very big. People usually don't get water from here, so few people come here.
Bai Shan pulled Man Bao and finally walked up when the sunset completely set.
A wooden barrel was soaked in the cold spring and tied to a tree nearby with a rope.
Bai Shan took out the bucket and opened the lid. Inside was a large sealed bamboo tube.
He opened the bamboo tube, took down a basket from the tree, and sat on the stone with Manbao. He opened the lid of the basket. There were not only bowls and spoons, but also the plums and osmanthus honey he had prepared.
Bai Shan dug out half a bowl of cheese, sprinkled some prunes and osmanthus honey on her, and handed it to her with eyes as bright as stars, "Try it."
Man Bao was stunned for a moment, then reached out to take it, "How come you are so well prepared?"
Bai Shan pursed his lips and smiled: "Didn't you say that you have been busy with business in the past two years, and you only dream of having a moment of leisure? I think this can be regarded as leisure, right?"
Man Bao held the cheese and nodded with water in his eyes, "Forget it, forget it."
Bai Shan said: "You don't want to be too cold in the summer, so you can just eat half a bowl. I'll save the rest for you and put it here at Lengquan. You can still eat it tomorrow."
Man Bao stirred the cheese, mixed it well, and then fed him a spoonful. Bai Shan looked at her and smiled, opened his mouth, took a mouthful, nodded and said, "It's really good, please try it quickly."