one

Father wants me to enter the palace for my sister, because my sister eloped with a scholar named Sima Xiangru the other day.

At that time, I advised her that the most ungrateful person in the world is a scholar, and running with him is not as good as your juice.

Sister said she didn't eat juice, she just wanted coke, and being with Sima was a coke thing.

Naive, your name is woman.

Of course I don't want to go to the palace, because it is said that the emperor today is a dissolute man. Rumor has it that he had seven women in one night, which tired the eunuch in charge of recording in the respectful room and cost him several brushes. It is said that later the record sold better than Jin Ping Mei.

However, more than 300 lives of the Zhang family are tied to me. My father didn't live up to expectations. He won't give me a sister or something, or I'll elope. Then let her ask a question in a room: what should I do if my father wants me to enter the palace for my sister?

So, before I entered the palace, I started my fattening plan in order to feel better in the future. In this age where thinness is the beauty, if I want to be fatter, maybe the emperor will despise me.

I haven't changed my weight since I entered the palace. On the contrary, outsiders began to spread that the daughter of the Zhang family had been overeating for 30 days, which was crazy.

People send nicknames, Zhang Sanfeng.

So I Zhang Sanfeng, bah, is Zhang Yuefeng, and was sent to the palace in advance by my father on the grounds that "the Zhang family lost face and folded".

Before I entered the palace, my father gave me a kit, saying that it was dangerous and could save lives.

He also gave me a sincere message: I have attended the memorial service with your majesty, and I will never return. You should take care of yourself in the palace.

Ruthless, your name is human.

two

I am different from other girls, because I entered the palace through the back door, and naturally I don't have to go through those "war and beauty" draft plots. But directly seal me as a noble.

On the day of the memorial, after the leading father-in-law declared the imperial edict, I gave him some gratuities as usual and asked him one thing.

The emperor has never seen me once. How can he be honored? There is no py transaction here.

Father-in-law smiled and answered me: Your Majesty heard that Feng Guiren has a big appetite, so you can give a noble person a few more months' money so as not to have enough to eat in the palace. What's more, your father Zhang Shangshu is your majesty's confidant, and your majesty certainly can't mistreat Zhang's daughter.

Shit! It turned out that the food in the palace was so bad that I still didn't have enough to eat. It turns out that my reputation has spread to the palace.

Then my father-in-law told me: during this time, the emperor had better not run around without announcing my bedtime, just stay quietly, in a word, wait!

I am eighteen years old, and I can certainly wait for my youth. But I'm afraid that the sexy emperor will grind the iron column into a needle before I wait for him to sleep. From then on, I became a passerby and a passerby without Xiao.

But this seems good, too. You got a noble status for nothing, and you don't have to sell it.

But my maid, Potato, thinks the rank of the noble is too low. There are wives, concubines, concubines, empresses and queens on it. I'm afraid it will take 30 years to get promoted.

I'm curious, how is the potato calculated in 30 years? Besides, I didn't say anything about upgrading.

Potato explained to me: thirty years in the east and thirty years in the west, that's not thirty years. And miss, why don't you want to upgrade? Do you know how horrible it is to be promoted to queen?

After listening to the potato, I gasped. Comfort her: I'll take you to the hospital when you are free.

However, as far as I know, there is no queen at home today. As for the reason, there is no way to guess.

three

Waiting for the emperor's favor, I can only stay in Palace of Gathered Elegance, but my maid potato is a master who can't stop for a moment. She did get a lot of news when I was bored.

It is said that the emperor didn't turn over my plate and take care of the new female monk, because he slipped out of the palace.

This matter has to start with the fact that Shuntian prefect went to brothel to eliminate pornography. On that day, the magistrate of Shuntian paid a routine visit to the largest brothel in Beijing, which claimed to be a street performer, but was not a prostitute and wore casual clothes. It never occurred to me that the person in charge of the brothel is not on duty.

At that time, the Shuntian magistrate frowned and found that things were not as simple as he imagined. So, with his familiarity with this brothel, he easily found the biggest box here. Cut to the chase, from then on, my career is bleak, and I may even retire early.

Afterwards, it was spread. The storyteller under the overpass made a fortune.

It was because of this that ministers felt that the emperor's behavior was detrimental to the state system. The emperor did something disgraceful because he didn't appoint a virtuous queen to assist him. So ministers wrote in succession to persuade the emperor to use this draft to give the queen a candidate.

So the originally lifeless harem began to surge.

four

That day, when I was sitting in the yard basking in the sun and eating melon seeds as usual, my maid, Potato, went out to gossip and hurried back. After a short rest, she told me that she brought me two pieces of news, one good news and the other bad news.

I thought in the harem, I was just a salted fish without dreams. I muddle along, there will be no good news and no bad news.

Potatoes tell me the good news first: heartless dad cleaned everything up. At least give me a noble lady to be an official at this ceremony, and if it works well, it may be a noble lady.

When potato talked about the news, he looked full of energy and kept saying, miss, you don't know that imperial concubine is rare. As soon as you raise your hand, countless heads fall to the ground.

I interrupted her: What's the bad news?

Speaking of bad news, potatoes are starting to hurt a little. It was a long time before she said, the bad news is that the owner was caught by the people of the household department because he used too much money to dredge up and down, and he participated in one. So your majesty demoted his master to an official position and became a Shuntian magistrate.

Me: What about the original Shuntian prefect?

Potatoes: It is said that I went to a place called Siberia to dig potatoes.

It's nothing to be reduced from Shangshu to Shuntian Magistrate. With my father's grace, it is estimated that I will be reinstated soon.

However, because of this, I became famous in the harem. The number one seed who is expected to be the queen thinks that I am too perverse and will definitely be difficult to manage in the future.

The second seed who has the opportunity to be a imperial concubine regards me as the number one enemy. It is said that she wrote a "harem upper manual" overnight for internal reading.

Seeing that my good days are coming to an end, I started to join Lian Heng at the suggestion of Tudou.

five

The first object I pursued was Li Fei. Born in poverty, she stayed in the palace for many years before being awarded the position of princess. And it is said that my personality is a little strange, but I believe that with my golden mouth and jade words, no one licks it.

I took this opportunity to greet Princess Xiang Li and finally met her. To tell the truth, I'm still a little nervous about doing such a desperate thing for the first time.

At first, I wanted to ask Li Fei if she would marry me. As a result, I asked: Do you want to marry me?

The atmosphere was a little awkward. What is even more embarrassing, however, is that Li Fei is still a little shy after listening to my words. She said wryly, I don't want it!

I didn't care about etiquette, so I took the potatoes and ran away. This union is yellow.

Afterwards, the potato has been puzzled and repeatedly asked me: Why don't you persuade me anymore? Obviously, Li Fei is a little proud. This kind of harem copy generally has an indispensable role, that is arrogance.

I explained to the potato that my novel is pure love, and even if the male host hasn't appeared yet, I won't meet the same sex, let alone the same sex.

But potatoes always think: give it and it's over.

The first union failure didn't hurt my confidence. Since the alliance failed, I will go to Lian Heng.

So, I pointed the finger at the imperial concubine Xi.

The reason for choosing Xi Guifei is simple, because among all the top seed players, she has the best chance to win.

Her father is a great scholar and there are countless students. And our hero, the emperor who never played, worshipped Xi Guifei's father as a teacher when he was a prince. As far as this relationship is concerned, I am also quite optimistic that Xi Guifei will eventually win.

When I met Xi Guifei, she was practicing calligraphy under the pavilion.

I learned to be smart this time. After greeting Xi Guifei, I didn't go straight to the point, but talked about my family first.

Me: How's the imperial concubine recently?

Hi, imperial concubine: ......

Me: The imperial concubine is so elegant. What font are you practicing?

Hi, imperial concubine: ......

Me: The handwriting written by the imperial concubine is really beautiful. Even the book sage Wang Xizhi will feel ashamed after reading it!

Xi Guifei: I wrote regular script.

Me: ......

The atmosphere was a bit awkward. I believe that if I don't speak, then silence is today's terrace.

When I was thinking about this topic, I accidentally found that the word written by Xi Guifei was actually a poem called Phoenix Begging for Phoenix.

I looked at the name and felt vaguely familiar, but I couldn't remember where I had seen it.

Driven by curiosity, I asked: Is this "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" written by your imperial concubine?

Xi Guifei's expression changed slightly after hearing this, as if she remembered something sad.

She explained to me slowly: this was written by a student under his father before entering the palace.

I finally remembered something and quickly asked, what's the student's name?

Xi Guifei: Sima Xiangru.

Me: Sima what?

Xi Guifei: Sima Xiangru.

Me: What's the similarity?

Xi Guifei seemed a little angry and stopped talking.

And I'm already very angry, shivering and cold. What's wrong with the world? Could it be better?

I remember this song "Phoenix Begging for Phoenix", which was written by that scholar to my sister as a promise. More importantly, he is writing two articles for a manuscript. Sure enough, cheating is the most scholar.

Such a thought, you can't help but feel that Xi Guifei is a little pitiful.

Xi Guifei seemed to notice something wrong with the way I looked at her. Suddenly, she said, You are the fifth person to look for me these days. I'll tell you the answer I told them again, and I'll write, I'm not interested in being queen.

The sudden refusal made me a little disappointed and I had to leave angrily.

six

Continuous failures make me a little depressed.

Potato comforted me and said, miss, don't lose heart. Waste logistics will be suppressed first and then promoted, and it will be better in the future.

Finally, after reflection, it is better to deal with the emperor directly than to unite with Lian Heng.

I decided to seduce the emperor and be the most beautiful woman in the harem.

However, I have been in the palace for more than a month, and I have never even seen the shadow of the emperor. As the saying goes, a clever woman can't cook without rice, even a man has no temptation.

But I never thought anyone would be trapped.

That day, I took a shower and changed clothes, ready to have a rest. Suddenly, the potato pushed the door and came in, and said to me in a panic: An assassin in the palace was found by the guards, and now he is fleeing from the harem.

As soon as the voice fell, I heard the sound of turning the window from the hall outside the dormitory.

The assassin fled to Palace of Gathered Elegance.

But I'm not flustered at all. With the potato master here, the assassin came for nothing.

Sure enough, the assassin was subdued by potatoes before he realized what was going on.

Potato tried to call the guard, but I stopped him. Because assassination in the palace is rare, I have to interview him well.

I pulled open the mask on the assassin's face and found that he was still a little handsome. Who knows the assassin, like that face, covered his hands like crazy.

I asked curiously, Mr. assassin, who are you going to assassinate when you enter the palace?

The assassin obviously paused and immediately answered, me? ......

Me: Me?

I suddenly realized: are you talking about the emperor? Are you here to assassinate the emperor?

Me: Boy, your name is not Chen Jinnan, is it?

The assassin paused again, then straightened his chest inexplicably, stopped covering his face and began to say solemnly, yes, I am.

The sentence "I never knew Chen Jinnan, it's useless to call a hero", heaven and earth will meet Chen Jinnan.

Potato was startled at his words. Obviously, with her IQ, she has believed it.

Me: You said that you are a heaven and earth society, so do you have the word "Qingming Chongyang" under your feet?

The assassin thought for a moment: no, I still have the privilege of being the boss of the heaven and earth society.

Me: Then why did you assassinate the emperor? The emperor is a good emperor besides lewd and dissolute.

The assassin was a little anxious after listening to my question: where is the emperor lustful? Where is the dissoluteness? What evidence do you have?

This is the first time I met an assassin. I will speak for the goal.

So I explained to him that he gave birth to seven daughters in one night and went to a brothel. ......

Potato went on to say: I was also caught sweeping pornography.

Hearing these words, the assassin looked a little pale and excited: one night, the imperial concubine in the harem was so bored that she said she was going to perform some stage play. In order to play the gourd doll to save grandpa, he made a guest appearance. Brothel that time, he just went to listen to music, but it was Shuntian prefect who engaged in pornography.

Hearing his explanation, I couldn't help wondering: How do you know so clearly? What do you mean by the assassin protecting the target?

He adjusted his clothes and began to say that as a professional assassin, of course, he should know his goal, so I know that his affairs are completely reasonable. I speak for him because killing a lecherous and dissolute emperor is nothing. And killing an upright and handsome emperor can better reflect my professionalism.

After listening to his speech, I feel that his assassination failed for no reason tonight.

I motioned for the potato to let him go. After all, this IQ is estimated to bid farewell to the assassination industry in the future.

He looked a little surprised and asked me why I let him go.

Still looking at me suspiciously: you can't be attracted by my beauty.

I admit that he is a little handsome, but I don't like him. I just think it's everyone's responsibility to care for the mentally retarded.

So, wearing a mask, he turned and left.

Before he left, he promised to repay me today.

seven

The day after the assassination, the more I think about it, the more wrong it is. I have a bold guess in my heart.

So I asked potato, a gossip expert, if I could get a portrait of the emperor.

Potatoes really lived up to my expectations. It was done in less than half a day.

I spread the portrait out on the table and studied it for hours.

I asked Potato where she got this portrait.

She said she wanted it from other maids. There were several versions, and this one looked better, so I took it back.

Even if the real person can't see it, there is not even a portrait. As a noble person, I am a bit of a failure.

eight

Just when I was worried about how to confirm my guess, I was in trouble.

Another No.1 seed, De Guifei and No.2 seed, Yun Fei, asked me to go to the party.

I came to Changchun Palace of De Guifei as promised, and before I could warm my chair after greeting Ann, they began to talk cross talk.

De Guifei: I heard that there were assassins in the palace the other day.

Yun Fei: I know.

De Guifei: It is said that the assassin came to see the concubine in the palace.

Yun Fei: Oh, there is such a thing. Tell me about it.

According to the guards, he was last seen in Palace of Gathered Elegance.

Yun Fei: Hey, he didn't come for Palace of Gathered Elegance.

De Guifei: I'll ask Feng Guiren about this.

Shit! They can also make such low-end rumors. I can't help but let out a sigh of contempt in my heart.

But such low-end rumors spread throughout the harem in less than two days.

Send it back to me. There are no fewer than ten versions here. In the days when rumors are flying all over the sky, potatoes have been comforting me: miss, the waste flow is like this, hold on!

But before the rumor ended, De Guifei and Yun Fei made another move.

They came to Palace of Gathered Elegance with a group of guards and said that someone reported that I was tired of winning in Palace of Gathered Elegance.

The guards came to Palace of Gathered Elegance. Under their command, they soon found a villain who was stabbed by a needle, and the name of the emperor was written on his body.

The whole process is done in one go. I didn't even have a chance to refute it, so I was taken to the queen mother and said that I wanted the queen mother to uphold justice.

I quietly confessed to the potato: Remember to take me out of the palace if something happens in the future.

Potatoes are very reliable, and everyone replied to me: Miss will be against it, and the waste will flow like this.

I let out a cry and said I must take her to Yuntai Hospital next time.

nine

Actually, I don't panic at all. It's not that I don't think this despicable trick is threatening, but that I have the toolkit my father gave me.

I quietly opened the toolbox, only to find a note inside. On the front of the note was written a line: in fact, it's just for your psychological comfort. Dad doesn't have any tricks up his sleeve.

I decided that if I had the chance to leave the palace, I would sever my father-daughter relationship with him.

I turned the note over and found a line on the back: Haha, you have been cheated. In fact, you still have some tricks up your sleeve-find the queen mother if you need anything.

Ha ha! As the potato said, I am the chosen one. Even the queen mother has a nepotism with me. I'm not a waste logistics here. I should pretend to be fluent.

When I met the Queen Mother, De Guifei and Yun Fei began to tell me about my crimes.

The queen mother is obviously impatient. I want to go too. She has become the queen mother, and this kind of story has been seen many times.

The queen mother interrupted their cross talk and asked me, Are you the youngest daughter of the Zhang family? Are you eighteen years old this year?

My clever answer: Yes.

The queen mother looked a little happy and grabbed my hand. Two crosstalk performers said that it was really nice. I told the emperor to choose you for the palace, not your sister. Ai Jia hugged you when you were born.

After listening to the queen mother, everyone present was a little confused.

Although I had my father's spoiler, I didn't expect this to happen.

The queen mother went on to say, it's a pity that your mother died soon after giving birth to you.

I'm a little curious and ask, does the queen mother know my mother?

Empress Dowager Cixi: Of course. I promised to marry your mother to your father. She was my maid and bodyguard before she got married. We had a good relationship at that time.

Ha ha! If I had known there were such thighs to hug, I wouldn't have tied Lian Heng's ass.

The crosstalk duo still insisted, holding the villain in their hands and saying, "Empress Dowager, she used the invincible skill in the palace, and you should uphold justice." .

Alas, just a supporting actor with no IQ, I'm beginning to feel a little sorry for them.

The queen mother took the villain, looked at it and said, this is not like the emperor. You can't say it's the emperor just because you wrote his name, Feng Er, can you?

Feng's voice is really nice, sweeping away my troubles since I entered the palace.

I immediately nodded and shed tears, although I was faking it.

In order to show notarization, the queen mother decided to call the emperor and let him personally judge whether this villain is him.

The development of the plot is a bit unexpected, but finally we can see the true face of the emperor.

ten

The emperor soon came to Cining Palace. As soon as he entered the door, Potato shouted: Chen Jinnan!

I was a little embarrassed to see the emperor's expression. But he quickly recovered his composure, and then looked at me, even more embarrassed.

Naturally, there is nothing to see. I am still an assassin, just a sex embryo.

At first, he probably lied to me about the gourd doll and listening to music.

The emperor understood the whole thing and studied it for a while with this little man. He looked at me and said, obviously, this little man is not me. I am much more handsome than him.

Shit! And a narcissist.

But even if the villain is not the emperor, it is also a taboo to display the skill of winning in the palace.

Finally, I fell from a noble person to a promising person. This should be the best result for me.

But at this point, I'm a little angry. Face flushed with suppress. Everyone else thinks I don't agree with the result.

At this time, the emperor didn't even dare to look at me. I think he should feel a little guilty.

The queen mother left me behind, and everyone else left. She comforted me and said, Nothing. In a few days, I will find a reason for the emperor to make you your wife.

Hearing this, the potato is more excited than me. I think it's this kind of thing, and she has been promoted several times in a row, which makes her feel very rare

eleven

Soon after, the emperor turned my cards.

Potato was very excited after learning the news. Although she didn't fully understand why Chen Jinnan was the emperor, she thought it was a good opportunity from the bottom of her heart.

For me, this is certainly a good opportunity. I must ask that Chen Jinnan why he lied to me.

Luckily, I thought he was an assassin with mental retardation, but I didn't expect that I was also mentally retarded.

On the day I went to bed, I dressed up specially. Frankly speaking, 18 years old is good enough without heavy makeup. I put on light makeup, looked at myself in the mirror and fell in love with myself.

I came to the emperor's bedroom, and before I could speak, he began to show off: I said so. Did you report it immediately when you said you wanted to repay the kindness that day?

I listened to him, and he still took credit?

Regardless of etiquette, I grabbed his collar and asked, why did you lie to me?

My face was only 0.0 1cm away from him. The atmosphere suddenly became ambiguous.

I quickly let him go, my mind is a little confused.

The emperor was much calmer than me, but he replied shamelessly: You said I was from Chen Jinnan first, but I just followed the crowd.

I humbly asked: Is it your gratitude to drop me from a noble person to a promising person?

The emperor obviously didn't expect me to ask this question, but the momentum weakened and he began to show weakness: What do you want?

I began to relax when I saw it. This relaxation makes me feel a little hungry. Because of these stupid things, I am not in the mood to eat these days.

So I said: I want to eat the cake in Jingtai Building.

Emperor: Tomorrow, I will send someone from Jingtai Building to make it for you.

Me: I want to go to Jingtai Building for dinner.

Actually, I played a trick It is fake to want to eat cake. I just want to go out for a walk, because staying in the palace all the time is boring.

Emperor: Then tomorrow, I'll have the Jingtai Building moved here.

I looked at him and said angrily, I'm going out of the palace to eat cakes in Jingtai Building!

Hearing this, the emperor was relieved: I thought I really wanted to move Jingtai Building back and leave the palace. I will take you there tomorrow.

I was very happy when I got his promise. Frankly speaking, this is the first good thing that has happened since I entered the palace.

I almost forgot that I came to make the bed today.

It seems that we both thought about it at the same time, and the atmosphere is a bit awkward.

I asked weakly, I'll hire a maid another day.

The emperor sighed and seemed disappointed: another day then.

Before I left my bedroom, I asked the emperor a question: Did you lie to me about the gourd doll and listening to music that day?

The emperor immediately replied: Of course I didn't cheat you, and I won't cheat you in the future.

I was in a good mood that night. After returning to Palace of Gathered Elegance, I have been looking forward to leaving the palace tomorrow.

Seeing that I came back so soon, Potato was a little disappointed and asked, Did the Emperor come so soon?

twelve

The next day, the emperor and I took my father-in-law out of the palace, and his father-in-law wore eunuch clothes to buy things outside.

The whole camouflage process went smoothly. Obviously, the emperor is a recidivist.

When I arrived at Jingtai Building, I ordered all the cakes.

The emperor stopped just after eating a few pieces and watched me keep stuffing cakes into my mouth.

He asked: I heard some rumors about Zhang Sanfeng before you entered the palace. Is it true?/You don't say.

I immediately put down Osmanthus Jelly in my left hand, and my outstretched right hand shrank back.

I looked at the half of the cake left on the table and said sadly, of course it's fake.

After eating the cake, the emperor suggested climbing the mountain.

At first, I wanted to refuse. I want to sleep when I am full. But thinking about cannibalism, I agreed.

However, this climb is a big event.

We met Xi Guifei's father, that is, Fang Xiaoru, a great scholar and former teacher of the emperor.

At the top of the mountain, Fang Xiaoru's expression changed from doubt to consternation, and then to disappointment. This great scholar is obviously an unruly master.

So the emperor, who was still in high spirits, casually asked, Dr. Fang, do I still have a chance to explain?

Fang Xiaoru began to preach to the emperor. The four books and the five classics were completely said again.

The emperor stood in the audience with his hands down. He stole a look at me and gave a wry smile.

For the monarch, I can't control myself sometimes. I have some sympathy for him.

After reading the Four Books and Five Classics, Fang Xiaoru turned to me and began to talk about three obedience and four virtues.

It didn't end until evening. According to the emperor's recollection afterwards, this sermon was the shortest. When he was a prince, he tried to be taught a lesson by Fang Taifu Fu Shuo for three days and three nights. After listening to Fang Taifu's sermon, he left a legacy.

On the way back to the palace, the emperor said flatly: Next time you leave the palace, you must send someone to ask where Mrs. Fang is.

I'm a little happy. I thought he would blame me. Not only not, but also the next time I leave the palace.

thirteen

With the last experience, I slipped out of the palace with the emperor and never had an accident again.

Life in the palace began to get better because of some expectations.

But then the ministers began to put pressure on the emperor. We can't postpone the appointment of the queen any longer.

So the ministers of the dynasty were divided into two factions. Xi Guifei and De Guifei were recommended respectively. It is said that in the early morning of that day, the two sides had a bitter quarrel and rolled up their sleeves to prepare for the use of force.

Somehow, I'm a little lost. Besides, because of the appointment of the queen, the emperor was too busy recently to come to Palace of Gathered Elegance to see me.

I think I'll catch a cold next time he comes to Palace of Gathered Elegance anyway. I can't be as happy as before. I can't hide.

Speak of the devil.

As soon as I saw the emperor, I forgot my decision just now and asked, why didn't you come to me recently?

The emperor quickly explained: I have been too busy recently, and I am too busy to be in two places at once.

I snorted and teased: busy picking a wife?

The emperor looked a little fooled and quickly changed the subject: Fenger, let's go to Jingtai Building to eat cake.

I turned my back on him and said, no.

Emperor: Going out to visit the lake? We went there. I thought you said the scenery was beautiful.

I continued to turn my back on him and said, no.

The emperor seemed a little disappointed: forget it then. So he decided to leave.

I turned to him and shouted, haven't you heard that there are only three things? You won't ask again, will you?

After listening to this, the emperor became happy and said with a smile, then let's go and listen to music.

On the same day, the emperor and I went out to listen to songs, listening to "Phoenix Begging for Phoenix".

The emperor kept asking me if I liked it. Actually, I'm a little disgusted with this song. But because I listened to it with him, I felt quite good.

fourteen

According to the potato, tomorrow is the ceremony of conferring the Queen.

I feel a little uncomfortable after listening to it.

Potato and I analyzed who had the best chance of winning. She thinks that Xi Guifei should be elected. After all, she has a good father.

On the day of the ceremony, I stood among the concubines, waiting for the result.

The emperor kept winking at me, and I pretended not to see it.

Well, I will never go out with you again.

But when I heard my father-in-law say the word queen, my heart tightened, and then I heard my name.

I looked at the emperor stupefied and felt a little unreal. The emperor looked at me thoughtfully, and his smile seemed to say, Is it unexpected? Surprised or not?

I walked slowly towards him and towards my emperor with great joy.

~ over ~