Li Shishi followed King Duan into King Duan's Mansion. King Duan's Mansion was really a big mansion. In the middle of the courtyard was a two-story building, which was almost as big as Jade Tower. There was a plaque on the top of the building, which read King Duan's Mansion. The front yard of the building was relatively spacious.
This was where King Duan played Cuju. On the left side of the building, there were some martial arts tools. It seemed that King Duan also liked to play with guns and sticks. On the right side of the courtyard, there was a rockery. Behind it, there were some bonsais, about 200 of them. Behind the courtyard, there should be some birds and animals that King Duan mentioned.
They walked into the building together. Li Shishi was carrying five cultivation books, while King Duan was holding the Solitary Secrets for her. The two of them entered the building and placed the things in their hands on the table in the entrance hall.
"Let me think, where are you going to sleep at night?”King Duan said.
"Yes." Li Shishi said.
"Come with me, you can sleep in this 'Virtue Hall' on the first floor!”King Duan said.
Then, Li Shishi and King Duan picked up the five books and a zither and walked into the Hall of Virtue on the first floor.
Yide Hall was really big, almost twice the size of Li Shishi's Shuxiang Room.
This "Yide Hall" was the name that Empress Dowager Xiang had given. She wanted to let King Duan marry in the future and let Princess Duan live in this "Yide Hall". The two words "Yide" also indicated that Empress Dowager Xiang hoped that the future Princess Duan would abide by the virtues of a woman and have beautiful virtues.
However, because he hadn't married Consort Duan yet, this 'Yide Hall' had never been occupied, so there was no blanket on the bed.
King Duan ordered a servant,"Lai Fu, go to the market and buy a blanket for the 'Yi De Hall'."”
"Yes, sir!" Lafu replied and got up to leave King Duan's mansion.
"Let's go pay our respects to the Empress Dowager!”King Duan said.
Li Shishi followed King Duan to the Empress Dowager Palace.
"My son Zhao Ji pays his respects to Empress Dowager Xiang. I wish Empress Dowager Xiang a long life!”King Duan saw the Empress Dowager and knelt down.
Li Shishi also knelt down.
"Who is this beautiful girl, Ji 'er?”He asked the empress dowager.
"This is the new maid that Chen 'er hired. Her name is Li Shishi!”King Duan replied.
"Hmm, Shishi is a good name. Shishi, since you're serving our Ji 'er, you must serve him well!”Empress Dowager Xiang said to Teacher Li.
"Shishi will do her best to serve King Duan!”Li Shishi replied.
"The two of you can rise!" He said to the empress dowager.
King Duan and Master Li both stood up and sat on the chairs diagonally opposite the Empress Dowager.
"The emperor has been very busy recently. Did Ji 'er go to visit your emperor brother?”He asked the empress dowager.
"I went yesterday and showed the painting I drew the day before to the emperor, but he didn't seem to be satisfied.”King Duan replied.
"The Emperor has been very busy recently. The weather is dry this summer, and many places have been dry for a long time without rain. To fight the drought and provide disaster relief, there are a lot of memorials from various places every day. He usually reads them until midnight before he finishes reading them. The Liao Dynasty often comes to invade our Central Plains.”He said to the empress dowager.
"Yes, the emperor is really busy. Ji 'er doesn't want to be the emperor. He's busy with state affairs every day. In such a big Song Dynasty, there are endless matters in various places. He's too busy. Ji' er likes to be an ordinary king. He just writes, draws, plays Cuju, waters flowers, and feeds birds and animals every day.”King Duan said.
" If you can be an emperor, you must be an emperor. But the emperor is still young now. It won't be a problem for him to be an emperor for another few decades, but it'd be best if it's ten thousand years. Everyone calls him 'long live!'”said the Empress Dowager with a smile.
"I also hope that brother emperor can be the emperor for ten thousand years!”King Duan replied.
"Aijia still has some things to do, you can go back with this girl!”He said to the empress dowager.
"Mm, okay. Take care of Empress Dowager Xiang!”After King Duan finished speaking, he led Li Shishi back to King Duan's mansion.
When they returned to King Duan's mansion, Lai Fu had already bought a blanket from the market and laid it on the bed in the 'Virtue Hall.'
"I have to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager every day!”King Duan said.
"Yes, just now, I told the Empress Dowager that the Great Liao often invaded our Central Plains. Last year, I went to Xiongzhou City with Brother Qiao Feng. At that time, the Great Liao was going to gather 50,000 troops to attack Xiongzhou City in a month and a half, so Brother Qiao trained the soldiers there and later participated in the fight against the Great Liao. At that time, the casualties were very heavy.”Li Shishi said.
"That's right. The only thing that matters is war. It's an ominous weapon. Things may hate it, so those who have the Way don't live in it. When a gentleman is in office, he values the left side, and when he is in war, he values the right side. War is an inauspicious weapon, not a gentleman's weapon. It is best to use it as a last resort and to be calm. He who wins but does not praise himself, but praises himself, is happy to kill. Those who like to kill people cannot achieve their ambition in the world. This war is indeed not a good thing!" King Duan replied.
Then, she knelt down and said,""King Duan, Shishi likes to kneel and serve you. In the future, let Shishi kneel and serve you!”
"Well, everyone is equal, so there's no need to kneel before me. However, if Younger Sister likes to kneel, then kneel. If you're tired from kneeling, then quickly get up!”
"Yes!" Li Shishi replied.
When it was lunchtime, Li Shishi got up to have lunch with King Duan.
"Go and rest for a while. We're going to play Cuju later. Get up and watch us play Cuju!”King Duan said.
Then, she walked into the Hall of Virtue and began to take a nap.
After a while, Li Shishi got out of bed and went to the front yard of King Duan's residence.
King Duan and the others had already started to play Cuju. King Duan's footwork was indeed good. The Cuju ball bounced back and forth between his feet. After a few kicks, he passed the Cuju ball to Gao Qiu.
Gao Qiu took the Cuju ball and used all his strength to spin it around his toes. Then, he kicked the Cuju ball upwards. Gao Qiu bent down and caught the Cuju ball with his back. Then, he straightened his body and let the Cuju ball roll down from his back. Just as the Cuju ball was about to fall to the ground, Gao Qiu stretched out his right foot to catch it and kicked it at another person.
It turned out that this Gao Qiu really had a good kick. No wonder he was called "Gao Qiu".
After playing for more than two hours, they finally finished playing Cuju. King Duan was so tired that he sat on a chair and panted heavily.
Li Shishi quickly walked over and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off King Duan's forehead.
King Duan rested for a while and said,""Let's go water the potted plants and feed my birds.”
Then, the two of them each carried a bucket of water and started to boil the bonsai. Each bucket of water was about to water three bonsai. After watering one bucket, they went back to get another bucket of water. The two of them kept watering the bonsai. After more than an hour, they finished watering all the bonsai.
Then, he began to feed King Duan's birds and animals. There was a tiger and a leopard. These two animals were fed with large pieces of meat. The meat was bought by servants from the market. King Duan fed these pieces of meat into their cages. There were also rabbits, deer, pigeons, parrots, and other animals. They were all fed the corresponding food.
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