"that's all?"
"that's all."
Zhu Ying spoke in a low voice, and the emperor listened carefully. After these six words, their conversation finally came to an end. The place where the two talked moved from the main hall of the Qianqing Palace to the east warm room of the Qianqing Palace. Seeing that the emperor had begun to pace back and forth in thought, Zhu Ying did not disturb him, but turned to the large bookshelf against the wall on one side and then rummaged through the books.
When the emperor suddenly came to his senses and wanted to stop her, he found that Zhu Ying was already holding a book and flipping through it with interest. Looking at the position where she was holding the book and the cover of the book, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Sure enough, the next moment, Zhu Ying noticed his gaze and looked up at him.
"Your Majesty, you are a little too idle, aren't you? You also read this kind of book? Aren't you afraid of being laughed to death if others find out?" Zhu Ying shook the book in her hand and said with a half-smile, "I was wondering before, how could Lu Sanlang have the courage to write about the private affairs between me and A Shou? Is it because you, Your Majesty, are backing him up? If no one told him, how could he have named the book "Dielianhua"? "
The emperor suddenly looked a little embarrassed. Fortunately, no one else was around at the moment. Even the eunuchs and palace maids who were his confidants had left far away. He could only laugh dryly and said, "What support? I heard from Chu Kuan that this book, like the book "The Blue is Better than the Blue", was almost sold out and had to be reprinted several times, so I asked him to bring two copies for me to read."
"Your Majesty, if you put the blame on Liu Feng, maybe I would believe it. As for Eunuch Chu, he is the head of the Imperial Household Department, how could he be so idle?"
Zhu Ying chuckled, but put the book back as if nothing had happened. "Although this book is full of nonsense, Zhu Qing is at least straightforward and frank, and Zhang Tao is also a gentleman. Otherwise, if that damn fat guy distorts our story, I will definitely punish him!"
She raised her chin slightly: "Okay, it's getting late, I should go back, otherwise my grandmother and parents will be worried. Your Majesty, you are very busy, don't read these legends, they are for people who are bored."
Before Zhu Ying could take two steps outside, the emperor suddenly called out, "Yingying, Silang told me two days ago that Ah Liu told him a story about a knight from the Tang Dynasty, but he only listened to a little bit and didn't hear the rest. He only knew that the story was told to Ah Liu by Zhang Shou. He has been scratching his head these past two days, regretting that he didn't pass the exam to enter the Jiuzhang Hall and couldn't follow Zhang Shou to hear the rest."
"You might as well tell Zhang Shou that those guys under Lu Sanlang who couldn't read books and made a living by writing books are fine if they are asked to write stories about talented men and beautiful women, or stories about chivalry. They can barely write short stories with meaning, but they can only write clichés for long stories and can't produce good works. Since Zhang Shou has a story in his mind but doesn't have time, why not dictate the general idea to them and let them write it?"
Zhu Ying turned around immediately, staring at the emperor in disbelief, then burst out laughing and said, "Your Majesty, are you doing this for the Fourth Prince or for yourself? You are just like Grandpa Taizu in every way. Grandpa Taizu also likes reading. When he wrote Romance of the Three Kingdoms and Water Margin, he treated Luo Guanzhong and Shi Naian with courtesy, which left a great story!"