"I'm here to see my father!" Princess Xinping said directly regardless of the rules.
The eunuch smiled and bowed when he heard this: "Princess, please wait a moment while I let you go and report to Your Majesty."
With that said, he turned around and hurried inside.
Imperial Study Room
In the room where there is bright light at all times, a man with gray hair and a yellow robe is reading a memorial with his eyebrows furrowed.
"Nonsense, Guangling Province found auspiciousness? There was a flood, and auspiciousness was discovered?"
After throwing open this memorial, the emperor opened the backlog of memorials one by one. Some of them were concise and concise, and they really talked about important matters. The emperor held his breath and reviewed them with concentration.
Some half of the articles are words of praise, but the emperor can only scold a few words, and has to approve them. As long as the business is done well, and some auspicious words are added, the emperor will not be angry.
Only the one who was obviously not doing anything and only cared about auspiciousness was severely criticized.
After finishing reviewing these, the emperor felt sore in his waist and back. He sighed and said to the outside: "Here comes someone."
A bent eunuch came in quietly: "Your Majesty."
"Why is it you?" The emperor rubbed his eyebrows: "I'm not letting you rest for a few days before coming back? Why, you old guy can't take your time anymore?"
The eunuch raised his head and showed a smile: "The only thing I can do is to serve you, the emperor, and let me go back to rest. I am still thinking about you, the emperor, all the time. I can't sleep at night and can't eat. No,
Just Ma Liuer came running."
"You, when you go out, your mouth becomes sweeter and smoother. You should be beaten!" The emperor laughed and cursed. Seeing that the eunuch was very cooperative, he lightly twitched his mouth and immediately waved his hand: "Okay, you can go out and get it for me."
Here comes a mirror."
"Old slave, I obey." The eunuch bowed, facing the emperor, and slowly retreated. He didn't turn around until he walked out of the imperial study, and straightened his waist slightly.
"Eunuch Zhao, I haven't seen you for a long time." A eunuch came over to please him and said.
It turns out that this is Inspector Zhao who has just returned from Guangling Province. He is one of the chief eunuchs. He has been serving the emperor since he was a child. He is considered a confidant and can't keep up with the flattery of other eunuchs.
At this moment, he smiled and said a few casual words, then quickly went to the small warehouse to get a mirror.
Although this is a trivial matter, it can be left to these eunuchs to get it, but Eunuch Zhao is used to being cautious. All matters assigned by the emperor can be done in person before he can rest assured.
Others also knew this person's habits, shook their heads, and stepped aside.
After a while, Eunuch Zhao came over holding a tray covered with silk.
Everyone glanced over and found that it was a mirror.
"Your Majesty, I have brought the mirror." In the royal study, the emperor was sitting when he heard a gentle call and looked over with a hum.
"Bring it here." the emperor said.
Eunuch Zhao carefully handed a glazed bronze mirror to the emperor's hand.
The surface of the bronze mirror was extremely smooth, and the image of the person in the mirror was clearly reflected. The emperor's hand holding the bronze mirror suddenly started to tremble slightly.
A sigh sounded.
"I'm old." The emperor's voice was very low, so low that it was inaudible: "Ah, Ji Zhen, will this day happen to you too?"
Is the person with gray hair and old face in the mirror really me?
The high-spirited scene when he ascended the throne seems like yesterday. How come he has become so old in the blink of an eye?
Although the emperor does not believe that the emperor can live forever, he is as noble as himself, rich in the world, and owns the whole world. He is the real emperor.
With a single edict, you can seize demons and immortals with long lifespans and magical powers, making them bow their heads and obey orders. How can an emperor like himself, who has supreme power, age like ordinary people?
"You shouldn't!" Such things became increasingly difficult for the emperor to accept, especially since he had to sacrifice too much to obtain the throne.
"Fu'er...Oh, put it away." The emperor threw the mirror directly into Eunuch Zhao's arms, not looking at his hidden worried eyes, and his face was three points uglier than before.
"Your Majesty, Princess Xinping is asking for an audience outside the palace gate." At this time, a voice came from outside the door of the imperial study.
"Xinping?" The emperor was in a bad mood. When he heard that his favorite daughter was coming, he couldn't be happy. He refused without thinking: "Just say that I am busy and have no time to play with her."
"Your Majesty, it's better to let this old slave speak." Eunuch Zhao thought for a moment and said.
The Emperor loves Princess Xinping very much. Even if he is angry for a moment and says something, he will often regret it the next day. In a situation like this, tomorrow, the Emperor will regret it again.
It is better to go out by yourself and let the princess be more considerate to the emperor, so that the father and daughter will not be angry again someday.
"Forget it, let her in." As a result, the emperor's attitude changed faster this time. He didn't even wait until tomorrow before he changed his tune.
Eunuch Zhao, who was not surprised by this, stopped going out. He walked to the door and whispered a few words to the eunuch who reported it, asking him to go out immediately.
"This girl Xinping has become more and more wild recently. With the princess palace, she has forgotten her father..." The emperor couldn't help but sigh.
I looked in the mirror and felt sad about the passing of my years, but now my emotions are much more sensitive.
The reason why he changed his mind and let Princess Xinping in is because the emperor now desperately needs the care of his family to calm his mood and make him feel that he is not a real loner.
Among all the children, he really likes Xinping's daughter's innocence and cuteness the most, but this does not prevent him from feeling that this daughter is a bit unreliable.
Thinking of the recent rumors that this daughter was going her own way and still associating with the monks, the emperor decided to take the opportunity to educate her.
Just as he was thinking, a burst of light footsteps came from far away, and soon the door was opened again, and the visitor ran directly to the emperor, smiling and saluting: "Xinping has met my father!"
The salute was very perfunctory.
The next moment, she stood up on her own, grabbed the emperor's arm, and said coquettishly: "Father, I miss you so much! Do you miss me?"
Because the emperor was worried about flooding some time ago, he did not even enter the harem. Princess Xinping was restrained by Concubine Wu and did not dare to run to the imperial study. Concubine Wu was afraid that her unscrupulous words and deeds would offend the emperor.
Indeed, as Princess Xinping said, father and daughter have not seen each other for a while.
The emperor sighed, but did not push her away. He said helplessly: "Girl, do you really miss your father, or do you have something to ask your father for?"
"Hehe! Of course I really miss my father!" Princess Xinping saw that the emperor's shoulder seemed a little uncomfortable, and immediately ran behind him and tapped him.
"Father, you have been tired for a long day. Take a rest and let your daughter rub your shoulders to relax!"
"You!" The emperor knew clearly that something must have happened to this girl.
However, he, as a father, was also satisfied with her attentiveness, so he allowed her to pat his shoulder attentively for a while.
"By the way, father, my daughter has a new poem, can I read it to you?" Princess Xinping was smarter this time and did not make a request immediately, but tentatively said it first.
The emperor closed his eyes and said slowly: "Well, just read it."