klisemfg Chapter 945 Climbing High and Gazing Far Opens Up One's Eyes and Broadens One's Mind
Chapter 945 Climbing High and Gazing Far Opens Up One's Eyes and Broadens One's Mind
With Madam Xue, First Madam Huo Chanyu, and Second Madam Zheng Suyao present, along with Duke Anguo Fu Peng and his family, including Xiao Jingyu, no one dared to mention Leng Rongyue and Xiao Jingyu's outing that evening.
The three women present, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were all very clever and naturally did not press the matter. Instead, they all started talking about other lighthearted topics, including the hot pot that would be served later and the fresh fruit that would follow.
In the palace.
After arranging the tasks for the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial Guards, Emperor Hongde reviewed the memorials for a while.
All the urgent ones have been reviewed, and the ones that are still pending... well, let them remain pending!
As for those memorials that were full of nonsense and empty words, Emperor Hongde only glanced at them before throwing them on the ground next to his desk.
Standing up, stretching his limbs and waist, Emperor Hongde stepped out of the imperial study and returned to the inner palace.
Inside the Phoenix Palace.
Empress Luan Xiying was no longer content with simply sitting on the soft couch fiddling with the telescope!
Look at the carvings on the bed nearby, look at the golden phoenix on the throne in the central hall, and then look at the furnishings in the east hall opposite...
These were no longer enough to satisfy Empress Luan Xiying's pursuit of "looking far into the distance"!
Empress Luan Xiying was standing outside the Fengyi Palace's sleeping quarters, looking at the distant palace gate through binoculars.
Emperor Hongde entered the Phoenix Palace, and as soon as he turned past the glazed screen wall, he immediately came into the view of the telescope.
Empress Luan Xiying smiled at first, then adjusted the focus and aimed at Emperor Hongde's face...
No, the Emperor's mood is off right now!
What...who...made him unhappy?
Empress Luan Xiying kept pointing the telescope at Emperor Hongde as he approached, adjusting the focus by rotating the knob...
By the time the focus was fully adjusted, Emperor Hongde had already walked up close, and even the dragon eyes on his dragon robe had taken up the entire frame!
Emperor Hongde reached out and took the binoculars from Empress Luan Xiying's hand.
"Ah Ying is still playing!"
Emperor Hong De said with a smile.
"Your Majesty doesn't know, this telescope is so much fun!"
The farther away it is, the more interesting it looks!
Empress Luan Xiying said with a smile.
"is it?"
Emperor Hongde also raised his telescope and looked towards the phoenix screen wall inside the Fengyi Palace gate...
Indeed, as the focus was adjusted and the distance gradually decreased, every detail on the glass screen wall could be seen clearly.
"Your Majesty...were you...not very happy just now?"
Standing beside her, Luan Xiying tentatively asked a question.
Emperor Hongde slowly lowered the binoculars, took a deep breath, turned to look at Empress Luan Xiying, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.
"It's nothing, Ah Ying, don't worry about me!"
Seeing that Empress Luan Xiying still looked worried, Emperor Hongde took her hand and asked, "Aying, are you hungry now?"
"How could I possibly be hungry?"
Empress Luan Xiying lowered her voice and said, "Rongyue's cooking skills are simply superb!"
I ate more for lunch today than I usually do!
I doubt I'll even be hungry by dinnertime!
After saying that, she secretly made a cute little face.
Upon hearing this, Emperor Hongde whispered, "I feel the same way!"
I ate until I was completely stuffed before I stopped!
After they finished speaking, the emperor and empress looked at each other and smiled.
"There's still some time before dinner, so how about... we go for a walk on the palace walls together?"
Let's go see the scenery of the capital city surrounding this palace!
As he spoke, Emperor Hongde shook the binoculars in his hand.
"Okay! Let's go quickly!"
Empress Luan Xiying responded enthusiastically immediately.
"Isn't it said that the farther away you are, the more you can appreciate the telescope's 'long-range' capabilities?"
"Shall we go and experience it properly?"
Emperor Hongde nodded with a smile.
He then ordered, "Send word to the Imperial Kitchen that tonight's dinner be postponed by half an hour!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, this servant will go and deliver the decree immediately!"
A young eunuch immediately responded and ran away quickly.
The Emperor and Empress walked hand in hand out of the Phoenix Palace, letting their horses roam freely, stopping and starting as they followed the palace corridors toward the high palace walls that enclosed the area.
As the emperor and empress walked, they looked through their binoculars at the magnificent and solemn palace that symbolized supreme power and glory, and which had stood for hundreds of years despite the vicissitudes of time!
A royal palace is essentially a golden city.
Within this golden walled city, from the supreme emperor and the empress who rule the world, down to the eunuchs and palace maids, how many people outside the city can truly understand their joys and sorrows?
You can climb the high palace walls by following the horse path along the edge of the city.
The closer one gets to the palace with its red walls and golden tiles, the more spacious and magnificent mansions belonging to princes, nobles, and high-ranking officials.
The true essence of everyday life, the ordinary people and their daily routines, lies in those places far removed from the imperial palace.
Once you leave the larger city of Sifang, you will find towering mountains, mighty rivers, and an even wider, boundless world!
Standing on the southeast corner of the palace wall and looking into the distance, the streets that crisscross from east to west and north to south look like a giant chessboard.
The people moving about, whether quickly or slowly, are like chess pieces on a board, each consciously or unconsciously searching for their corresponding place to land.