Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 881 The first day of seclusion

Standing in Zhu Xianfen's office, Shangluo looked out the window - a white trail cloud flew north against the five-color morning glow.

He left right away and didn't stay for more than half a day. After explaining to Shangluo that night, he got in the car with the queen and left with his luggage bag. In less than two hours, Shangluo saw the White Star flying over from the sky taking off and landing at the campus.

The final place he chose for "retreat" was his palace in the North Pole. He said he was going to meditate on the aurora, but now the sky was full of aurora, and Shangluo didn't know why he went all the way to the North Pole to see it. Anyway, he is the emperor and he has the final say.

Shangluo only knew that his retreat plan was probably "premeditated for a long time." Because not only had his luggage been packed, while he was sitting in Zhu Xianxian's office waiting, he also noticed that the two of them walked downstairs much more briskly. When passing by the door, the two of them waved to him and said hello, carrying huge ski bags behind them.

After the White Star took off, Han Xingzhi passed out in the lounge and didn't even wake up. Shangluo estimated that it would take a long time for him to recover from the mental shock. His uncle Han "Wutong" also came over to check, but just let him continue to sleep here.

Shangluo looked at Zhu Xianfen's desk, and there were even half of the memorials unopened. Lian Yuxi's ink pad lid is still open.

According to yesterday's arrangement, this table now belongs to him. This is Zhu Xianfen's private office. Shangluo will handle the affairs of the Heavenly Court here. This will also make it easier for the previous yamen to continue working according to the original procedures - after all, people from the General Affairs Department cannot always go to the basement of the imperial kitchen. Those who didn’t know better thought they were stealing canned food.

"Ah, so you finish your work before leaving. Why do you want me to clean it up for you?"

He will not read the memorial, and he has no need for the jade seal. But he has been here many times, and he knows how Zhu Xianwen wants to tidy up the table.

In principle, this is not the emperor's official office, just a private office - but the principle is just a principle. If you look through the history books, you will know that few emperors of this dynasty worked in formal places.

Zhu Xianfen actually goes to Jinshen Palace to sit and work every day. This is already very responsible. Although Zhu Xianfen worked from home on most matters like previous emperors, he did work at home, not in a monastery or a zoo.

The good thing about working at home is that you can set your own rules. Theoretically, there is an extremely cumbersome set of procedures for collecting and storing memorials and seals, but most of the time he is the only one in Zhu Xianfen's office, so he can touch everything with his own hands. Wherever you go, all processes are simplified.

Shangluo sorted the processed and unprocessed memorials into categories. The jade seal was stored in a wooden box and then wrapped in an ocher yellow baggage. Then he put the memorial into the suitcase and the jade seal into the cabinet.

It's done.

"Then let me see what else needs to be done. Good guy, there's still half a pot of tea left in the teapot."

He usually doesn't drink tea from the teapot, so this teapot needs to be put away. He couldn't ask Jin Yiwei to handle such a small matter, so he had no choice but to take the teapot to the tea room to handle it.

Next to the right side of the office is the tea room. Hanging above it is the sign of "Pantry Room". In addition to making tea, he is also responsible for delivering dishes and preparing snacks to the dining room on this floor.

"Brush, brush, where is it?"

He planned to ask Apollonia to help him find it. But Apollonia was already asleep, and the faint snoring in her ears started ringing an hour ago.

"Found it." He took out the sponge brush and began to brush the teapot. Different from the previous ones, this one is a porcelain pot. Zhu Xianchen usually uses porcelain pots to brew highly fragrant tea. Because it is made of porcelain, it must be cleaned inside and out every time to prevent odor transfer.

While brushing, he looked at the snack cabinet next to him. During the time when Zhu Xianfen was out, the snacks here also belonged to him.

Today is his first day as a replacement for Zhu Xianwen. In fact, he did not have to work in Zhu Xianxian's office, but this was the result of Zhu Xianxian's strong request. Adhering to the principle of taking things as they come, he planned to eat more of Zhu Xianfen's snacks.

After disposing of the teapot, he took a box of sesame oil mung bean cakes that seemed not to be stored for too long, then returned to the room and took a can of grape soda from Zhu Xianwen's refrigerator. He looked at the colorful morning glow outside the window and started to eat today's breakfast - "Brother, what are you having for breakfast today?"

The door opened, and Zhu Ling, who was wearing pajamas and had just woken up, appeared staggeringly at the door. However, the person standing in front of the window was not the "eldest brother, His Majesty the Emperor" she was familiar with, but Shangluo, who had white hair and red eyes.

"You" she looked at Shangluo, but hesitated to speak.

"Me?" Shangluo ate mung bean cake and tilted his head to look at her.

"Did you rebel?"

While wiping the right half of the glass that had been sprayed with soda, Shangluo thought about Zhu Ling's words.

Zhu Ling is cleaning the left half of the glass.

"I'm sorry. I thought you rebelled."

"Why did I rebel when I just had breakfast?!"

"Because since I was a child, my brother has always been in this room. If he is not here, it can only be because he can't come. When I saw it was you, maybe you rebelled."

"If I want to rebel, can you sleep until you wake up naturally?"

"That's right. It seems that I didn't have breakfast this morning, so I have some low blood sugar. Don't worry about it."

"I said, I still don't understand why you thought I was going to rebel in the first place."

"Because in Wang Lingguan's episode, there was an evil swordsman who just beat Master Sa to the bottom of the cliff!"

"Huh? Wasn't Master Sa Tianshi beaten into the Huangpu River last time?"

"It was the last time. After Master Sa was resurrected last time, he was defeated again this time! And this time it was Wang Lingguan's unprecedented enemy, the Evil Sword Immortal!"

"Please stop for a moment." Shangluo put the rag aside. "First of all, I personally think that Master Sa arranged his 'death' because he had no time to perform in the future, so he escaped. Secondly, look at how I look like the Evil Sword Immortal. Already? I'm just filling in for your brother, he's gone into seclusion."

"Ah!" Zhu Ling understood after hearing this, "I was shocked. You had told me earlier. He finally went into retreat, right? I remember that he had been talking about when he would have time to go into retreat almost three years ago. Then I'd like to thank you for him. If you weren't here, he would never have time to do his own thing."

Zhu Ling suddenly became serious——

"You're welcome, it's my duty."

"So please help me get a movie ticket!"

(End of this chapter)