Chapter IX The Palace
The four maids pondered for a while, and nodded and smiled: "As for orders, Mr. Lie!"
"Then...what should I call you?" Jiang Luo entered the door, grinned, exposed the few yellow teeth left, and pointed at himself with his fingers.
The four maids turned their heads at the same time and glanced at Jiang Luo with a look of contempt, not knowing what to say. After all, according to the instructions they received, there was only one master, Jiang Lie, but Jiang Luo was also in this mansion and sometimes served him by the way, but in fact, he didn't take this old man seriously. Moreover, the old man could sleep for most of the day, which was really not very pleasing.
Jiang Luo was bored and sat on a round chair with a drooping face.
Jiang Lie grinned: "Just call him the old turtle!"
Yin Feng knew that the master had a good temper and laughed: "I think the old senior looks a bit like a turtle, so why not just call him "Uncle Turtle."
The remaining three maids even claimed to be good.
Jiang Luo pouted: "You can do whatever you want, I'll go back to my room." As he said that, he looked like he was tantrum, but he wasn't angry at all.
Seeing that Jiang Luo had left, Jiang Lie began to unbutton his clothes: "Girl, close the door."
"Yes." As he spoke, Zhaixing quickly bolted the door.
After taking off his shirt, Jiang Lie swung his legs and leaned down on the bed, yawning lazily: "You divide the work and cooperate, scratch my back! Massage! Clean your ears!"
Yin Fengren smiled and said, "Young Master Lie, if this is the case, I will have to go to your bed."
Jiang Lie simply closed his eyes: "What? Can't you go? Or is the bed too high? You're ready. Once you take off your shoes, you can get up? Could it be that I have to teach you how to climb into the bed?"
All four maids tried to hold back their smiles: "Yes."
After a while, the four maids lifted up their sleeves and gently climbed onto Jiang Lie's bed. Yao Yue spread a piece of white cloth flat against Jiang Lie's ear, and then pulled out a wooden ear-drawing spoon. The four maids knelt beside Jiang Lie, everything was ready.
With a command, the work begins!
Yin Feng Tingyu gently kneaded Jiang Lie's legs muscles. Picking Xing used his flat nails to scratch Jiang Lie's greasy back. Yao Yue put the ear-drawing spoon into Jiang Lie's ears and gently dug out the hidden elixir.
They are all simple movements, but under the care of the delicate techniques of four young maids and the lingering fragrance of their quiet body, Jiang Lie felt endlessly happy. When he was a child, he enjoyed the most was lying on the bed, his mother scratching his back or digging his ears. Now these two tasks are being carried out at the same time, and his legs are still being massaged. Isn’t this the "most pleasant thing in the world"?
Jiang Lie only felt that the cells in his body were alive, as if they were bathed in spring breeze than the high-end club. I really wanted to be immersed in it all my life.
At this time, Yao Yue was about to dig another ear, so he gently patted Jiang Lie's head. Jiang Lie turned his direction and happened to face Yao Yue. Because Yao Yue bent down, Jiang Lie seemed to have seen something he shouldn't have seen, and he couldn't help but blushed and quickly closed his eyes.
After about one stick of incense, Jiang Lie felt an indescribable soreness all over his body, so he turned over and let out a long sigh of relief from his feet.
The four maids were tired of doing things, so they all got up and stretched their muscles.
"This service should be praised by five stars!" Jiang Lie said with a smile.
The four maids didn't understand the meaning, but they all laughed.
After having nothing to say for a day, Jiang Lie probably got familiar with the mansion. After dinner, a eunuch who was passing the message came and asked Jiang Lie to come to the palace to meet the emperor. So the maids hurriedly waited for Jiang Lie to change his clothes. Jiang Lie stood in front of the mirror, full of confidence and showing a heroic appearance.
As soon as he wore the Pingxue Sword, Jiang Lie was about to ask someone to lead the horse. Although he hadn't ridden a horse for a long time, he had learned it and still remembered the basic driving skills. However, the eunuch said, "Let's go", and it turned out that he had specially prepared a carriage this time. Jiang Lie didn't understand why he always had such a big name.
Jiang Lie lifted the curtain and watched the night view along the way. He inadvertently entered the northern gate of the Divine Lion Kingdom Palace. Compared with the streets outside the palace, the red bricks and golden roofs were particularly dazzling. In Jiang Lie's view, the Divine Lion Kingdom Palace is 80% similar to the Forbidden City in his impression.
After getting off the carriage, Jiang Lie followed the eunuch who led the way and found that the palace had a characteristic, and the words "the people are the best" can be seen everywhere, either as a stone tablet or as a wall. It can be seen that what Yuan Nan'er said before was a fact, and it seems that Emperor Yi Zhong puts the people first and should be considered a wise ruler, but why the Youlings were determined to rebel, actually made Jiang Lie confused.
After all, it was the palace. After walking around for a long time, the group finally walked to the emperor's bedroom.
"Hanmo Palace." Jiang Lie looked at the golden plaque on the gate and chanted the three big words engraved on it.
"Young Master Jiang, please." The eunuch respectfully led Jiang Lie to the side, then walked to the door in a small step, knocked on the door, and said loudly, "Your Majesty, Young Master Jiang has arrived."
"Come in." The familiar voice of the king came out.
The eunuch took the lead in entering the door and bowed deeply: "Long live the servant."
Jiang Lie also bowed and didn't know what to call himself, so he said straight: "See Your Majesty."
"Flat."
After raising his head, Jiang Lie saw Yuan Liaochen wearing a golden casual dress, sitting upright on a sandalwood chair, as if he was reviewing memorials on the table. Yuan Liaochen's eyes were still so sharp.
Jiang Lie knew that this occasion should not be careless, so he only dared to stand up and wait for Yuan Liaochen to say the next sentence.
"Give it a seat." Yuan Liaochen said lightly and winked at the eunuch.
As soon as he finished speaking, the eunuch quickly pulled a seat behind Jiang Lie. After knowing his intention, Jiang Lie took his seat gently rather than obeying his orders.
Then Yuan Liaochen used any gesture, so the eunuch respectfully took a small step and then withdrew from the bedroom and brought the door with him.
After the air was silent for a while, Yuan Liaochen smiled and said, "Young Master Jiang doesn't have to be too reserved. Although I am the king of this Divine Lion Kingdom, I am not a strange existence and just a mortal. This is not the first time we have met. Last time I told Liao Hong that you are the benefactor of the entire Divine Lion Royal Family, so I have a sense of awe for you."
Before Jiang Lie could react, Yuan Liaochen continued: "The so-called 'awe' is to respect you on the one hand, be kind and chivalrous. As for the 'awe' on the other hand, I will say bluntly that because of your fire control ability, I have to be afraid of you."
Jiang Lie hurriedly became polite: "I really don't dare to take advantage of the tricks of the devil."
Yuan Liaochen smiled and said, "I'm going to invite you to come this time. It's mainly to take you around the palace and have a general idea of what this great god lion palace looks like."
After talking less, Yuan Liaochen took Jiang Lie out of Hanmo Palace and followed several palace maids and eunuchs behind him, he slowly walked on the main road of the palace.
The palace at night is quite quiet. Under the soft moonlight, the surroundings are even more elegant, and the stone roads are as clear as water. After walking for a while, Jiang Lie found that although the buildings in the palace are only familiar Forbidden style, the names engraved on the plaques of each building are unique and intriguing.
Not to mention the emperor's bedroom called "Hanmo Palace". The so-called Golden Palace is not called "Taihe Palace" or the like, but is called "Zhongyan Hall", which probably means opening up the road of speech to avoid the emperor's dictatorship. Some are not landmark attractions of buildings, and they also have special stones to carve the names of attractions.
The names of these attractions are even more unique, such as "Liu Banyan Plate", "Liu Waves Far Shadow", "Liu Yun Han Hui"... There are countless lists.
The rich poetry of all this amazed Jiang Lie, but what attracted Jiang Lie the most was one of the pavilions - a pavilion called "Boxian Pavilion". Although this building looks ordinary among the buildings, as far as Jiang Lie knew (Jiang Luo informed), this "Boxian Pavilion" is the location of this palace that is similar to a library.
In other words, if Jiang Luo’s news is true, the “Fire Control Book” is in Boxian Pavilion.
After looking around, he remembered a few references. Jiang Liesheng was familiar with the position of Boxian Pavilion. As for how to obtain this "Fire Control Book", he probably has to discuss it with Jiang Luo again.
I don’t know when I will go, and although I haven’t left the entire palace yet, Yuan Liaochen is already tired and has to stop here first.
"Tomorrow, I will come to Hanmo Palace to wait again. It's too late, so you can go back to the mansion to rest first." Yuan Liaochen said to Jiang Lie, and then turned to an eunuch behind him, "Let the people who sent Jiang's guards to send him back, and take the clothes there."
Chapter completed!