Chapter 11 Deep in the Palace

Renshou Palace has been built for more than half a year, and Yang Jian spent more than one month in Renshou Palace. However, every time he came here, he had to return to the palace to deal with the government affairs. He has not even finished visiting the entire Renshou Palace palace.

There are too many things to deal with every day. The prince was building Luoyang and could not share government affairs for him. Although the old ministers such as Gao Ying, Su Wei, and Yu Qingze tried their best, Yang Jian could not feel at ease to delegate power for too long. In addition, the palace was built on the mountain, and many palaces had steps to go up and down, and the ups and downs were too big. Every time he came, Dugu was worried that the emperor was too tired and advised him not to go to the farthest palaces.

Yang Jian of course advised Dugu's advice. He knew that there were a group of concubines used as decorations in the farthest palaces, noble concubines and talented people. Dugu was jealous, but he did not want to leave a handle for the ministers to attack him. There were still various concubines with titles in the harem, but under her strict control, these concubines could not be close to the emperor, which was really inconsistent with the name.

As she grew older, Dugu was worried that she would not be able to bear to see the emperor. After the Renshou Palace was built, Dugu simply sent most of the young and beautiful concubines to the deepest palaces in Renshou Palace, so as not to let the emperor remember them all day long. Anyway, she would come with her every time she came to Renshou Palace. She would send these people to Renshou Palace, and the emperor's chance of cheating was much smaller.

The first time it was not for Dugu that followed him, Yang Jian felt that he was much more relaxed. He did whatever he wanted and went wherever he wanted. The people around him were eager to please the emperor, so naturally no one would go against his face and advise him.

It was the Spring Festival. The warm temperature in the mountains made many flowers bloom. It was the most beautiful season in the mountains. Yang Jian quickly became impatient and felt a sense of itchyness in his heart, trying hard to catch something, and the beautiful scenery in front of him was also tasteless.

This time, when he came to Renshou Palace, Yang Jian did not bring many people except the guards brought by Yuan Min, the general of the Zuowu Guard (Note 1), the highest-ranking official was Feng Deyi, the Neishishe. At this time, Feng Deyi was by the emperor's side. Seeing that the emperor's face was inappropriate, his eyes turned, and he suddenly realized in his heart and said to Yang Jian: "The emperor feels tired of this place, so it's better to go to the next few palaces."

"This..." Although Yang Jian was moved, Dugu's face subconsciously flashed through his heart and hesitated.

Feng Deyi knew that the emperor was determined and persuaded even harder: "Emperor, the Shufang Palace, Linfang Palace, and Mingxiu Palace behind are the essence of Renshou Palace. The emperor is rich in all over the world, and the whole world is owned by the emperor. Let's go and see what's wrong?"

Feng Deyi was once the civil engineering supervisor of Renshou Palace, so he naturally knew the quality of Renshou Palace. Yang Jian nodded slowly when he heard this. Yes, the whole world belongs to me. I went to see what was wrong and called Yuan Min, the guard, over: "I want to go ahead and have no need to follow me."

"This... Emperor, the queen once ordered the ministers to stay with the emperor when they arrived at the Li Palace." Yuan Min said hesitantly.

Yang Jian's face suddenly darkened, and he couldn't help but get angry, "Okay, I invite you, you pretend not to come, but secretly remind others to guard against me. What trust does the couple have? Dugu Jialuo, you don't let me go to the palace behind. I always listen to you, but today I insist on going to the last show. My eyes suddenly glared and said, "Yuanmin, you must listen to the Queen's orders. Could it be that you dare not to listen to my orders?"

"Emperor, I am... I am..." Yuan Min was shocked and a cold sweat broke out on his head. If he obeyed the emperor today, the queen would know that he would blame him in the future. If he did not obey, the emperor in front of him would make him lose his good results. He secretly complained in his heart, but he was stuck between the emperor, but the queen was in a dilemma.

Feng Deyi approached Yuan Min and whispered: "General, this is the interior of Li Palace, and there are high walls outside. The emperor is safe and sound. Since the emperor has issued an order, why not turn a blind eye? The queen is far away in the capital. As long as the general does not report it on his own initiative, how can he know what happened to Li Palace?"

Yuanmin quietly looked at the emperor's face. The emperor's face was still angry, but he nodded helplessly.

Yang Jian's face was just a little calm, and he only took Feng Deyi and several eunuchs along the winding bluestone road to the deepest part of Renshou Palace. The palace behind was not built on the mountains, with stone steps sometimes up and sometimes down, with winding paths that were secluded, and there were indeed different beautiful scenery on both sides.

You can often see beautiful palace maids playing on the road. These palace maids are eleven or twelve years younger, and the older ones are only fifteen or sixteen years older. They are innocent and beautiful. They are much happier than the lifelessness of the palace. When they see Yang Jian and his party, these palace maids stood curiously and looked at them. Many of them were sent here as soon as they were selected into the palace, but they had never seen the emperor. Although they could roughly guess from the emperor's clothes, they could not be sure and did not know how to greet them. They could only avoid them far away.

Seeing these girls screaming and avoiding, Yang Jian was not dissatisfied. Instead, he seemed to be ten years younger and full of energy.

"Your Majesty, there is Lin Fang Hall in front of you." Feng Deyi pointed to the golden eaves exposed in front of him and said with a smile.

"Okay, okay." Yang Jian nodded. The Linfang Hall in front of him was hidden among countless tall bridges, as if it was a girl who was raised in the deep boudoir and never looked down on people. The only thing exposed was that the eaves were full of flaws.

When he came closer, Yang Jian looked up and saw a plaque hanging under the eaves, there was indeed three Han-style gold characters written on Linfang Hall. Although this palace is not as good as the dignity and majesty of the imperial palace in the capital, it is better than people feel warm and joyful.

A row of women in brocade costumes walked out of the hall and saw Yang Jian and his party, Yingying immediately knelt down: "See the Emperor."

Yang Jian looked at them one by one. The women in front of him were all beautiful and youthful, as if all the beauties in the world were gathered here. Yang Jian was dazzled for a moment. These women were obviously older than those who played outside the palace. They were eighteen or nineteen years old, and they were in the same ten years old. The oldest was over thirty years old. They stayed in the palace for five or six years. After more than ten years of being sent here, they could not see any outsider. They were desperate in their hearts and naturally would not play outside like those girls who had just entered the palace. But they didn't expect that the emperor would actually come, and many people were surprised and happy.

"No gift!" Even though Yang Jian was the emperor, he was staring at these women's hot eyes, and his heart was a little scared. Although they were all very gorgeous, they were not as attractive to Yang Jian as the 15 or 16-year-old women outside. After all, he was old and even with iron-clad bodies, he would not dare to take it seriously in this beautiful array.

"Thank you, the emperor." There was a sound of orioles and swallows singing in front of the hall.

"Where is your manager?" Feng Deyi interrupted. He could see from the emperor's face that the emperor did not care about the women in front of him.

As soon as Feng Deyi finished speaking, a figure stumbled out of it and rushed towards the emperor directly. The two eunuchs behind Yang Jian were shocked and hurriedly stopped in front of the emperor. Fortunately, the figure stopped when he was a few steps away from the emperor, and fell to the ground and burst into tears: "Emperor, yourselves, I finally saw you."

Yang Jian was also shocked and shouted: "Who are you? Look up!"

The visitor slowly raised his head, with tears on his face everywhere. Yang Jian finally saw the visitor's face clearly and frowned slightly: "Are you Yang Yue?"

"It's just me. I thought the emperor had forgotten me. I didn't expect that the emperor could still remember my name. I would be willing to die."

"Okay, get up."

"Yes!" Yang Yue heard the emperor's impatient expression and dared not cry anymore. He wiped his tears before getting up.

"Are you the manager of Linfang Palace?"

"Go back to the emperor, you are the slave!"

"I want to walk around Linfang Palace. You can lead the way, and the rest of them will go down."

"Yes, I obey the order!" Yang Yue waved to the palace maids standing on both sides. The palace maids looked at the emperor reluctantly, each with resentment in their eyes, and turned around one step at a time, but seeing that the emperor had no intention of leaving anyone, he had to go down.

"Your Majesty, please come here!" Yang Yue carefully guided the way. Linfang Palace really lived up to Linfang's name. He carved beams and painted roads everywhere, singing and dancing in the rockery, and the palace maids everywhere were even more affectionate.

When Yang Jian saw Yang Yue, he suddenly remembered Yang Sulai. When the prince sent a message to him, Yang Su committed suicide due to rebellion, he was shocked. One was a minister he trusted and the other was a prince he appointed. He really didn't know who he should believe. However, it was a fact that Yang Su died, and he died after the prince was imprisoned. Yang Jian could not help but doubt the prince.

However, the prince had conclusive evidence of Yang Su's rebellion, and had just made great contributions. As a father, Yang Jian could not punish the prince. Although Yang Su was his beloved general, he was still a little worse than the prince. After the prince returned to the capital, Yang Jian had to abide by the matter. Those involved in this matter were executed by those who were exiled. Originally, Yang Su's crimes, Yang Yue, Yang Xuangan, Yang Xuanzong, Yang Wanshi and others were all going to be executed, but Yang Jian still wanted to hide his side and deprived them of all their official positions and titles, and exiled them to the frontier.

However, Yang Yue was unwilling to be in power, but cried and asked to enter the palace to serve the emperor to redeem his brother. Yang Jian nodded and responded. In this way, after the prosperous Qinghe Gong Yang Su family unified the world in the Sui Dynasty, they suddenly died, and the army was exiled. The Yang family of Hongnong was severely injured in the palace.

"Yang Yue, I remember you entered the palace in the eighth year of Kaihuang?"

"That's right, the emperor has a good memory. I still remember the days when I entered the palace. Even if I die..."

"Okay, okay, say less so many numb words. That year was the time when the Sui Dynasty unified the world. How could I forget it? Unfortunately, your brother didn't know how to love himself. Otherwise, why would the Yang family in Hongnong be like this now?" Yang Jian sighed deeply.

Yang Jian saw the decline of the Hongnong Yang family and was anxious. After all, he recognized the Hongnong Yang family as a relative. If the Hongnong Yang family was too declining, the Yu Huang family would not have any face. Unfortunately, the Hongnong Yang family had no other talented people except Yang Su and Yang Yue.

"Thank you for your concern, the Yang family has caused trouble for the emperor." Yang Yue whined again.

"Okay, I can't write two characters Yang in one stroke. If that weren't the case, I wouldn't keep your life with what you did in the palace." Yang Jian said sadly.

"Yes, I am guilty. Thank you for being polite. I can't repay the emperor's kindness even if I have ten lives."

After Yang Yue entered the palace, he quickly climbed to the position of deputy general manager of the study with his own knowledge and flattery. However, in the 11th year of Kaihuang, he suddenly found lost items in the palace, especially several of Yang Jian’s favorite calligraphy and paintings. Yang Jian was furious and ordered a thorough investigation. After investigation, all these calligraphy and paintings were found in Yang Yue’s room. Although Yang Yue shouted for injustice, he was lost as the position of deputy general manager and directly entered the bottom floor and became the lowest eunuch to wash toilets. Over the years, Yang Yue had endured so much pain that he climbed to the position of the head of Linfang Palace again.

"Okay, I know that this is not what you did. Otherwise, with your cleverness, how can these calligraphy and paintings be hidden in your bedroom? It's just that this matter is as proof as a mountain, and I can't help punishing you. Also, don't guess the prince randomly. If the prince wants to deal with you, you will have died in the past few years."

"The emperor is wise, and it is hard to repay the emperor's kindness even if he dies. Don't worry, the prince is the crown prince. If he wants to pinch his servant to death, it is like pinching an ant. Even if he has the courage to doubt the prince." Yang Yue's tears were about to flow out again, but he was secretly surprised in his heart. No wonder before he was transferred to Renshou Palace, he always felt that there were surveillance gazes around him. He had thought it was the crown prince before, but now he heard what he said, but it was probably sent by the emperor. He suddenly felt that he was just a servant. Why did the emperor send someone to monitor him? Is the emperor suspicious of the crown prince?

"That's good!" Yang Jian ignored Yang Yue and continued to walk forward. Not far away, a woman was standing on the railing. The woman was dressed in white, spotless, with black hair hanging down her shoulders, slender waist and long legs. She was just a figure, but she was better than all the women facing Fanggong in front of her.
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