The Moon in the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 457 Let’s see who is in a hurry

The Moon Goddess chanted softly:

I look at the sun and the moon, shining on the curtains of my room. My heart is sad because you are not here. I miss you like the green mountains and the flowing water.

I look up to the stars, their light is so bright. The gentleman is far away, my heart longs for him. My thoughts of you are like the flowing water in the east, endless.

Ying Zheng felt warm in his heart and wrote a poem:

Look at the gentle breeze, it is floating slowly. You are far away, my heart is wandering. Looking at you like a willow branch, I tell you my heart.

"Look at the bright moon, its beauty is so bright. My heart is worried about you. I hope you will give birth to flying catkins, floating all over the courtyard."

Ying Zheng said in a gentle voice: "How could I not know Wu'er's friendship? Even if you want to leave today, I will not allow you. Go to Lanchi Palace and wait for me."

"The Queen Mother will also come in the evening, and you will accompany her for dinner."

The Moon Goddess was very excited and nodded repeatedly.

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Go quickly and prepare yourself."

The Moon Goddess nodded again and again, but did not move, and just looked at Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng laughed and leaned over to press it.

After another long struggle, the Moon Goddess replenished Ying Zheng's energy, and then he recovered and retreated obediently.

Ying Zheng also felt that it was a bit too much. The girl was still young and had no experience. It would be terrible if he continued teasing her like this. After all, she was not a woman from later generations. To be able to do this, she had already given up everything.

Even for a good girl in later generations, if she could take the initiative to do this, it would have reached her limit.

No matter how precocious, intelligent, tough, and thoughtful the Moon Goddess is, she is just an innocent girl after all, and she should be given some love. It would be bad if she was spoiled.

The Moon Goddess was led by a maid to the Lanchi Palace and was very careful in the palace. This was Ying Zheng's residence and it was her first time there.

The palace was decorated in a simple and elegant manner, neat and tidy, and the various objects were not luxurious or eye-catching, but mostly exquisite and majestic. However, a closer look revealed that they were all priceless, and the regulations were for the exclusive use of the royal family, no, for the emperor.

After all, although Ying Zheng is not a person who likes luxury, he is definitely not someone who would compromise himself.

As a king, his frugality in life is really not worth mentioning. He just needs to avoid large-scale construction and extravagance and waste.

In Ying Zheng's bedroom, the most common things are books. An entire wall is covered with bookshelves filled with various classics, policy essays, and legal provisions.

Although Ying Zheng had a photographic memory, many classics were new and helpful to read from time to time. Moreover, even if one had a good memory, one's momentary insights would be forgotten in a flash, so they also needed to be written down.

This wall of books is not just for display. All the books I have read are densely packed with my thoughts and comments.

Ying Zheng had a good habit. Every day after getting up early and washing up, before going to court, he would set aside two quarters of an hour to read and calm his mind. This was also a good way to wake up faster and get into a thinking state. He would then spend half a cup of tea thinking about and sorting out the things he had planned for the day before going to court.

At this time, paper and books were already quite popular. Qin Shi Huang had already considered the future cultural development of the Qin Dynasty, and built a library in the Xianyang Academy, which is considered to be the largest and most comprehensive library in the world today.

Moreover, many classics were carefully copied and stored in paper form, which greatly saved space. Of course, the characters used were all Qin Dynasty's small seal script.

Anyone with a title can enter this library. All they have to do is pay a small fee, which is not very expensive. After all, people often don't cherish free things.

However, books are not available for loan, but you can come in to read and copy.

Of course, the security and management of the entire library are also extremely strict, and all books are backed up elsewhere.

Civil governance and military achievements. Military achievements mean conquering the world, and civil governance means ruling the country. To rule the country, the most important thing is education. The ideological and cultural development of the empire must be carried out under the guidance of the empire.

After all, human thoughts can be tamed. How can we maintain our rule without occupying the high ground of public opinion?
The future Xianyang Academy will inevitably shoulder heavy responsibilities, being both the highest institution of learning and the highest academic center for ideological guidance.

When Ying Zheng first ascended the throne, he was already preparing for the future.

Forewarned is forearmed, without prejudging the waste.

Governing a country is done step by step.

The Moon Goddess was in this palace, looking at Ying Zheng's bedroom with her eyes sparkling. Although she didn't dare to move anything, she felt a sense of emotion in her heart.

There are many people with good backgrounds and many people with good talents, but there are not many people who can work hard, strictly control their behavior and never slack off after having everything.

Everything around the king is neat and organized, and he is eager to learn. It is not difficult to keep up the good work for one day, but it is very difficult to keep up the good work every day.

Persistence itself is an invincible force.

The Moon Goddess circled the bedroom several times and finally sat on Ying Zheng's dragon bed.

Because Ying Zheng was too big and he occasionally had to do some strenuous activities, his bed was very big. After all, he had to leave enough space for the strenuous activities.

The Moon Goddess sat on the bed. The soft velvet made her feel indescribably comfortable. The silk brocade on the surface was the most famous gold brocade in Chu.

This is woven with gold, silver, copper, silk, and various bird and animal feathers, most of which are peacocks and golden pheasants. Even without mentioning the materials, it is extremely difficult to make. It requires four weavers to work at the same time, and they can only weave a two-inch long piece in a whole day.

If calculated by weight, the value of gold brocade is about two hundred times that of gold.

And it is extremely troublesome to clean, it is too delicate.

The gold brocade used on Ying Zheng's bed was embroidered with the Twelve Chapter Pattern and the black bird pattern, which was extremely beautiful.

Although Ying Zheng did not deliberately seek extravagance, he would not compromise himself. People spend one-third of their lives in bed, so how could they not make it comfortable?

Yue Shen stroked the bedding. The feel of the golden brocade was indescribable. Yue Shen felt emotional. She had never used such a good thing in her life. This kind of thing was not originally used on bedding. No matter how she thought about it, it was too luxurious.

My father once gave my mother a handkerchief made of gold brocade, but my mother kept it carefully and was reluctant to use it.

This is the King of Qin. He can have whatever he wants in the world.

However, Yueshen's news was out of date. This golden brocade could now be made in Daqin, and because of the improvement in weaving technology, it no longer required four people to operate it at the same time. Two people were enough, and more than two inches could be produced a day, almost four inches.

Although the cost of materials remains the same, there has been a lot of progress in terms of manpower and efficiency, although it is still the highest level of luxury.

The Moon Goddess was lost in thought, but the anger in her chest was growing more and more intense. She noticed that there was a set of dark red and black dragon nightgown belonging to Ying Zheng hanging on the side of the bed. Somehow, she walked forward, hugged Ying Zheng's nightgown, and took a deep breath.

Suddenly she came to her senses, nervously let go of her nightgown, and sat back on the couch, covering her face with her hands in embarrassment.

Her cheeks were burning and she felt shy and sad in her heart. She didn't know what happened just now, but ever since she met the king today, she had become unresponsive.

No, ever since I met the king, I have become a completely different person. The calm and resilient character I have cultivated over the years is completely gone in front of the king. Just now, I even did such a shameless thing. How could I...
It’s really not the Moon God’s fault. After all, if someone is exposed to fire for several months, his mind will become unclear.

Ying Zheng's methods were so sophisticated, and he had the initiative, which made Yue Shen very worried for the past few months.

Originally, the Moon Goddess wanted to take some initiative and hoped that distance would create beauty, but she never expected this.

There are too many women around Ying Zheng, and he is not in a hurry at all. On the contrary, he wants to train the Moon Goddess and make the goddess fall from grace.

The problem is that the Moon Goddess has no choice. She has no selection or initiative at all. Ying Zheng deliberately trains her, so naturally the Moon Goddess has to bear the bitter consequences.

The Moon Goddess was proud and arrogant, but she was still a girl, how could she stand being held in such a state? No wonder she was unbalanced, resentful and sad, and even her original decisiveness and intelligence had turned into sentimentality.

The last two times she met Ying Zheng, Yue Shen took the initiative to find reasons to enter the palace. If she didn't replenish Ying Zheng's energy, he would burn to death.

During the short hour or so of waiting for Ying Zheng, the Moon Goddess felt that time was particularly long.

When night fell, he heard a crowd of people outside. He hurried out and found that it was Queen Dowager Zhao who arrived.

During this period, Yue Shen often went to see Mi Yan, and knew a lot about the affairs of the king's harem. After asking around, she naturally knew everything clearly.

The Queen Mother Zhao is the one you cannot offend the most. Not to mention offending her, even making her unhappy in the slightest is not acceptable.

If nothing unexpected happened, Queen Dowager Zhao would come to Lanchi Palace every day to have dinner with the king.

Seeing Zhao Ji arriving, the Moon Goddess hurried out to greet her, not forgetting to take off her veil.

My relationship with the king is private, but I must not be disrespectful in front of Queen Dowager Zhao.

It’s the details!
"Your Highness, I pay my respects to you, Queen Mother. May you be well and safe."

As soon as Zhao Ji got off the phoenix chariot, she saw the Moon Goddess and fell in love with her at first sight. The unfilial son’s taste has always been impeccable. This girl is really beautiful.

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Please stand up. You are Feiyan's sister, right?"

The Moon Goddess smiled sweetly and said, "Your Majesty, it is me. My name is Mi Wu."

Zhao Ji smiled and said, "What a good girl."

As he said this, he walked forward, took the Moon Goddess's hand and walked into the hall together.

Anyway, my rebellious son will not be back for a while, so it would be nice to have a little beauty to chat with and relieve my boredom.

The Moon Goddess was naturally even more willing. The opportunity to come into contact with Queen Mother Zhao was something she had been longing for.

When Ying Zheng came back, he found that the two had become quite familiar with each other. Ying Zheng walked up to them and said with a smile: "What are you talking about? Why are you so happy?"

Zhao Ji rolled her eyes at Ying Zheng and said, "We are talking about women, why are you butting in?"

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "Okay, okay, it's my fault. How about we eat first?"

The Moon Goddess felt quite honored that Ying Zheng and Zhao Ji did not have separate tables for dinner that night, but a small round table, which was just enough for three or four people to sit around. There was no need for any extravagance, and there were only a dozen or so dishes and soups.

(End of this chapter)