Don’t be too poisonous to the concubine of the Wu family who was born in Wu

Chapter 3939 65. Morality and Education Make the Country Prosperous (Shangguan Kunyang was forced to ascend the throne, but he complained bitterly)

"Cao Yunfei pays respect to His Majesty the Dragon King. I wonder why His Majesty the Dragon King has asked me to come here today?"

On this day, Shan Lingyao was summoned into the palace by Shangguan Kunyang as Cao Yunfei, but he only saw that the other party was wearing a dragon robe and sitting on a high hall. The crown had nine tassels with nine beads hanging low. Each tassel was strung with twelve pieces of colorful jade, in red, white, blue, yellow, and black. It was very solemn and gorgeous, and made Shangguan Kunyang look more dignified.

Then he was wearing a green dragon robe with nine dragons embroidered on it, interspersed with colorful clouds. There was one dragon on the front and back of the collar, one dragon on the left, right, front, back and at the intersection of the knees, and one dragon on the sleeves. The hem of the dragon robe was lined with many curved lines, called water feet. Above the water feet, there were many rolling waves, and above the waves, there were mountains and rocks, commonly known as "sea water and river bank". In addition to expressing the auspicious meaning of continuous extension, it also had the meaning of "unifying the mountains and rivers" and "eternal peace".

Looking at Shangguan Kunyang in the main hall, Shan Lingyao couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It's true that clothes make the man, and saddles make the horse. The former dandy boy put on the domineering dragon robe, which really added a bit of domineering and solemnity. I know the person in the dragon robe for a few years, and I know what kind of character the person in the dragon robe is. If you don't know the person, you will be fooled by this outfit for a while.

Even if Shan Lingyao had a lot of thoughts in his mind, he still had to control his temper and behave respectfully in front of the upright Dragon King.

However, Shangguan Kunyang could not pretend any longer when he saw Shan Lingyao coming here, so he waved his hand and dismissed the servants around him. After seeing the servants turned around and left and closed the door, Shangguan Kunyang breathed a sigh of relief. He held up his heavy and expensive hat on his head with both hands, took it off and placed it on the table. He still didn't feel relaxed enough, so he began to pull at his hair, tearing most of the heavy dragon robe open. While fanning himself with his hands, he quickly walked down the hall to meet Shan Lingyao.

"Please stop insulting me. I was forced to become the Dragon King. I finally understand your pain. I was pushed to this position without any time to prepare. I am so exhausted. Do you know what I have been going through these days?"

"What happened?"

Shangguan Kunyang really didn't put on airs in front of Shan Lingyao. He even pulled her to the study room of the cabinet, invited her to the tea table, and poured tea for her in a very serious manner.

Although Shan Lingyao's face was cold when she saw this, her shocked eyes had betrayed her inner feelings. It seemed that she was saying, "You are good, but you don't pretend with me, right?" Well, you have a conscience and don't treat me as an outsider. This touched me deeply.

"At the hour of Yin, before the night sky breaks, I am forced to get up. After a simple wash, the eunuch tells me to meditate for an hour. He says that all Dragon Kings of all generations have done so, because this is the most peaceful time of the day, suitable for thinking and decision-making. That's not all. I don't know what I'm thinking about, my mind is still dizzy and swaying, and I'm about to be caught. What I'm about to do is a simple court meeting, which is what people call the morning court. During this time, I will also have to deal with some urgent or important state affairs. I don't even know what the important state affairs are, but I'm forced to work... Since I became the Dragon King, I can no longer sleep in. Do you know how painful this is?"

Shangguan Kunyang complained bitterly, but Dan Lingyao couldn't help laughing. What's the connection between this and that? Shangguan Kunyang's emotions were like a flood, and he couldn't stop himself.

"What are you laughing at? Do you think I'm kidding you? This is just the beginning, okay? After the morning court is over, I will be arranged to return to the inner palace to wash and change clothes, and then have breakfast. But it is worth mentioning that the emperor's meals are prepared by the special imperial kitchen. The dishes are rich and the cooking is exquisite. It is indeed more expensive and rare than what I usually eat, but you can't be greedy. You are required to have no more than two bites of each dish. The eunuch said that since ancient times, the king must know how to be moderate, and everything should be within three times. Even if you like a dish, you can only eat two bites at most... Tell me, what do you like, but you are still restricted, isn't it ridiculous? It's so inhumane?"

After complaining to this point, Shangguan Kunyang could no longer control his emotions and began to swear, not hiding his disgust in front of Shan Lingyao at all.

Upon hearing this, Shan Lingyao couldn't help but chuckle. This was probably the lovable part of Shangguan Kunyang. He would put everything on the table and would not play too many tricks on his own people, even if some things were beyond the rules of etiquette. In front of his own people, Shangguan Kunyang would express his true feelings without any concealment.

Because he knew clearly what he really cared about, so beneath the cumbersome etiquette and the distorted appearance of power, he valued the people he cared about more...

"Don't laugh yet, let me finish scolding you and then you can talk! After breakfast, I am forced to read memorials, meet with ministers, and handle government affairs. During this time in the morning, I don't know what I am busy with. I just wander around various meetings and deliberations, annoyed, fragmented, listening to those pedantic and boring ministers talking endlessly, I feel very headache! I finally made it to noon, and after lunch, I always thought I could rest and play for a while, but before I could take a short rest, it was already noon, and I was still groggy and didn't get enough sleep, and I had my period again... Either this court official had a private meeting with the emperor, or that harem had something wrong, anyway, there were endless things going on, it was really annoying!"

Hearing this, Shan Lingyao didn't feel sorry for Shangguan Kunyang who was having trouble speaking out his heart. After all, this kind of thing was very common in the Wu Clan. To be honest, the workload of the Wu Clan far exceeded that of the Quan Clan. He, Shangguan Kunyang, was just like an important wedge that had just been pushed onto the track. He was just extremely uncomfortable, but there was nothing wrong with it.

"I've been listening to you for so long. It's a bit hard. Isn't there any activity to adjust your life?"

In order to comfort Shangguan Kunyang, Shan Lingyao gave him a kind reminder, but this ended up causing him to complain in dissatisfaction.

"Yes, there are some cultural activities, such as calligraphy, painting, listening to music, etc. But these activities are too formal and boring. There is no fun in eating, drinking and having fun with our brothers. It's really boring to be an emperor. It's better not to be one!"