Wu Zetian said: "How long will it take for 40,000 thread-bound books to be good?"

Pei Shaoqing said: "The left and right are not slower than the scroll."

Wu Zetian said: "Okay, I will give you three months."

Pei Shaoqing calculated that three months were more than enough.

Pei Shaoqing said now: "The Queen, as the saying goes, the army has not moved, food and grass will come first. For such a big project, I don't have so much money to advance, so the court may have to pay half of the money in advance. In addition, I also need craftsmen and wood, and I am afraid I need the Shaofu Supervisor and General to assist me."

Wu Zetian wrote a handwritten order.

"At the afternoon, the bridge is full of strength, and everything is prosperous!"

Suddenly, Hu Lang's voice heard the sound of the time in the Zichen Palace.

"Is it time to noon?" Wu Zetian nodded and ordered Gao Lingsong, "Eunuch Gao, pass on the meal."

Pei Shaoqing had another lunch in Zichen Hall. The specifications of this lunch were not comparable to those of yesterday's pavilion. Not only did there be more than a dozen exquisite pastries, but there were also two hard dishes.

One dish is steamed pork, which is actually cut into white meat and dipped in sauce.

The other dish was roasted whole lamb, sprinkled with cumin and pepper.

Of course, the cumin at this time is not called cumin, but called silence fennel.

In addition, there is a pot of wine made by the imperial court for each person.

Wu Zetian also rarely stayed in Zichen Hall and had a meal with her most trusted bachelor of the North Gate.

Facing Wu Zetian, not to mention Liu Yizhi, Du Shenyan and others, even Wu Chengsi was inevitably a little restrained, only Pei Shaoqing did not feel any restraint.

Pei Shaoqing asked while eating, "Queen, why didn't you see His Highness the Princess?"

Gao Lingsong, who was kneeling on the side of Wu Zetian's imperial case, quickly winked at Pei Shaoqing.

It’s a pity that Pei Shaoqing only looked down and cut the mutton, but didn’t see it at all. While cutting the meat, he said, “Although I haven’t seen it for a day, I still miss her.”

Wu Zetian paused when he heard this.

The atmosphere in Zichen Hall immediately became cold.

Ministers such as Wu Chengsi, Liu Yizhi stopped one after another.

"What's wrong?" Pei Shaoqing looked up and asked in surprise, "Why don't you eat?"

"Do you miss her very much?" Wu Zetian swept over coldly, "Or why would you go to Lingqi Palace to serve her?"

Pei Shaoqing felt a chill under his crotch at once, and quickly shook his hand and said, "Empress, I just said casually, just said casually."

"It's not okay to say it." Wu Zetian said, "I don't care what happened between you and Taiping on the night of the Lantern Festival, but she will get married in March, so you shouldn't meet again in the future."

Pei Shaoqing was furious, I just can't catch your Wu Zetian's eyes?

You said you won’t meet, but you won’t meet? I still have to meet.

Not only do you have to meet, but you also have to push your daughter down, grass!

Pei Shaoqing stood up and said, "Empress, I am full, I will take my leave first."

Wu Zetian said without raising her head: "Don't forget to go to Hongwenguan to study in the afternoon."

"I haven't forgotten, I'm going to Hongwenguan." Pei Shaoqing bowed to the ground and said respectfully.

As soon as he finished speaking, Liu Yizhi also stood up and said, "Report to the Queen of Heaven, Weichen will also go to Hongwenguan to teach in the afternoon."

Wu Zetian nodded and said, "Liu Qing, you are the leader of all the scholars in Hongwenguan. You must understand the painstaking efforts of the orphans and teach Pei Sicheng carefully."

"Here." Liu Yizhi responded respectfully.

"Go." Wu Zetian waved his hand.

Liu Yizhi and Pei Shaoqing bowed and quit.

When I arrived outside Zichen Hall, I met with Qingxuan again.

Qingxuan actually took advantage of this gap to change into men's clothing and a sword.

After leaving the Ming Palace, Pei Shaoqing asked Liu Yizhi in a bad tone: "Liu Zhangyuan, you won't really listen to the queen. When you go to Hongwenguan, you force me to study, right?"

"How can it be?" Liu Yizhi smiled and said, "If the queen really intends to let you study, she should arrange for you to go to the Imperial College or the Imperial College instead of the Hongwenguan."

Pei Shaoqing said: "What's wrong with Hongwenguan?"

Liu Yizhidao: "The Sixth School and Two Schools under the Imperial College are under the Imperial College, and the Hongwen Pavilion has the most relaxed academic style and the lightest academic workload, but after completing the study, it is the most promising."

Is the most relaxed academic style? The lightest coursework? The most promising?

Pei Shaoqing smiled and said, "This is exactly the school I want."

Qingxuan, who was following behind, couldn't help rolling his eyes again.

Liu Yizhi smiled and said, "But your classmates are not easy to meet."

"It's not easy to meet each other?" Pei Shaoqing smiled slightly and said, "Why is it not easy to meet each other?"

Liu Yizhi said: "The main reason is that he has a noble status, either the sons of honors in the court or the princes of the vassal kings. They all have a higher eye than their top and no more children."

"It is common for classmates to be dissatisfied."

"No one dares to take care of the Imperial College."

"It's interesting." Pei Shaoqing smiled.

Liu Yizhi said again: "However, Pei Sicheng, you will probably be very popular in Hongwenguan."

Speaking of this, Liu Yizhi said again: "Although these young men and grandsons in Hongwenguan are ignorant, they are all very proud of their faces. In the past, the Hongwenguan held literary meetings at the Imperial College 6th and Second Schools, Hongwenguan must be the one at the bottom, but after you come, Hongwenguan will probably be the first to go back and win the first place."

Pei Shaoqing was stunned: "What do you say about Liu Zhangyuan? You know I am not a cultural person."

"Isn't a cultural person?" Liu Yizhi smiled and said, "If I guess correctly, Wenqu Xingjun taught you more than 1,024 poems and essays in his dream. You must have stock, right?"

Pei Shaoqing scratched his head, could he guess this?

They are all human spirits.

...

Daming Palace, Qingsi Palace.

Yu Maochun held the thread-bound book in both hands and handed it to Li Zhi respectfully.

Li Zhi took it and flipped through a few pages casually, and was moved.

"Maochun." Li Zhi said with a serious face, "What is this?"

"This thing is called a thread-bound book." Yu Maochun said, "This morning, Pei Shaoqing and the Queen of Heaven are said to be extremely cheap, and the cost is even less than 11 years compared to the Huang Ling scroll!"

"The queen has decided to change the scroll to a thread-bound book,"

"Pei Shaoqing copied forty thousand volumes and spread them all over the prefectures and counties of the Tang Dynasty!"

"It's this Pei Shaoqing again!" Li Zhi's face suddenly darkened, "This guy is really unexpected."

"Yes." Yu Maochun said sinisterly, "I originally thought that this son was just brave and strategy, but I didn't expect that he also had economic talents."

Li Zhidao: "It's really a talent for the magistrate!"

Yu Maochun was so proud that this was a very high evaluation.

After a while of silence, Li Zhi said quietly again: "It seems that Xiangrui cannot be stopped."

"I'm afraid yes." Yu Maochun said with his head down, "Originally, he could have started with Huang Ling to delay or even prevent the queen from spreading this auspiciousness throughout the ten paths of the Tang Dynasty, but..."

After a moment of silence, Yu Maochun suddenly brought up the old words again.

"Emperor, I think it's better to eradicate Pei Shaoqing as soon as possible to avoid raising tigers."
Chapter completed!