The little princess was torn, and the demon emperor patched her up

Chapter 74: Trying to Swallow the Giant Bronze Sun

Xiao Baojing wandered on the street with Yaoyao.

When she was in Xiangshui County, she participated in the parade and received five taels of silver. She spent three taels along the way and had two taels left.

She and Yaoyao sat in front of the wonton shop, ordered two bowls of wontons, and thought: "We have to stay in the inn for the next two days. When the Xiangshui County parade team arrives in Yejing, I can follow them to attend the Wanshou Terrace's opening ceremony and the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, and get another ten taels of silver."

But things are expensive in Yejing.

An ordinary inn would ask for two taels of silver per night!
Xiao Baojing, holding the money, and Yaoyao stood shivering in the autumn wind.

I can’t afford to live here!

If I stay at the inn, I won’t have money to buy food tomorrow!
Yaoyao said weakly: "Why don't we go find the owner? He will definitely not let us sleep on the streets."

Xiao Baojing: "But how are we going to explain why we ran away secretly?"

Yaoyao was afraid: "Yes, if the master finds out that we are running away, he will definitely be angry..."

As the two were worrying, a family of strange-looking monsters passed by on the street.

They were dressed in red and smelled of saltpeter.

It's probably firecrackers that have become spirits.

The pigtailed child held her mother's hand tightly and said in a baby voice, "Mom, can we have enough food if we go to Wanshoutai?"

"Yes! I heard that the fourth princess offers a very high salary, and also provides food and accommodation!"

"Great!"

The long line of children in red clothes and pigtails following behind clapped their hands in surprise, and for a moment the whole street was filled with crackling sounds.

Yaoyao watched them go away and exchanged glances with Xiao Baojing.

She said crisply, "Your Highness, let's go to Manshoutai to work, right? Food and lodging are provided!"

Xiao Baojing originally thought that she and Yaoyao had little strength and means, and it would be difficult for them to be selected to work in Wanshoutai.

But unexpectedly, the officials in charge of recruiting craftsmen let them in easily.

Wanshou Terrace is a hundred feet high with uneven floors. Xiao Baojing and Yaoyao followed the nanny and climbed up the stairs breathlessly, only to see the carved and gilded wooden ladder next to them automatically rotate and rise up, carrying several young men and women standing on it, and easily reached the high palace.

elevator!

Xiao Baojing was shocked!
I didn’t expect there are elevators in this world!
Xiao Baojing knew that people in ancient times also invented and used machines, such as the Mohist school during the Qin Dynasty.

But I don't know what fuel is used to power the machinery in Mansudae...

They arrived at a magnificent palace, and the nanny gave them the task of sweeping the floor.

"What's so difficult about this?" Yaoyao said disdainfully, "What I'm best at is sweeping the floor! I've been sweeping the floor for decades!"

She wielded the broom very quickly, but as she swept she was attracted by the pearl and jade ornaments in the palace and gathered around to watch curiously.

On the elegant agarwood display cabinet is a complete set of white jade statues of the twelve zodiac animals, as well as various exquisite and small antique artifacts.

Yaoyao exclaimed: "These things are so beautiful. It turns out that the emperor is so rich! Doesn't that mean he can have two bowls of braised pork for every meal? My God, braised pork with white rice, he is living a life like a god!"

Xiao Baojing stood at the door holding a broom, occasionally glancing at the palace maids passing by.

She remembered that the granddaughter adopted by Grandma Zhao was also working at Wanshoutai, and she didn't know if she could run into her...

Just as he was looking up, a voice suddenly came from the end of the winding corridor: "Greetings to the Fourth Princess!"

There are beautiful figures in the distance.

Xiao Nanjia approached from afar, followed by several officials.

Seeing Xiao Nanjia approaching, Xiao Baojing bent down like others did.

She clearly felt Xiao Nanjia's gaze passing over her head.

Creepy...

Xiao Nanjia did not stop, but walked to the front while talking to the official: "Have the jade stones brought from Jiange been inlaid on the Wanshou Terrace?"

"Reporting to the princess, the jade craftsman has finished polishing and inlaying the jade on the wall. Now only the top 49th floor of the Wanshou Terrace has not been decorated. In another half a month, it will be completely completed!"

"Hurry up. It has to be completed before the Mid-Autumn Festival."

"Yes!"

Xiao Baojing is holding a broom.

It turns out that Wanshoutai was built under the personal supervision of Xiao Nanjia.

Xiao Nanjia hated demons so much that she actually invited so many spirits to come and work, and even provided them with food and lodging... She was just thinking about it when a clear and gentle voice suddenly came: "Miss Xiao, long time no see."

Xiao Baojing looked over and said, "Mr. Lu."

Lu Yu'an asked with concern: "Isn't Miss Xiao with the magician Shang? Why did you enter the Wanshou Terrace alone?"

"Ah..." Xiao Baojing touched his braid and made up an excuse, "We got separated halfway. Yaoyao and I heard that the salary here is high and food and accommodation are provided, so we came here. We just came in today and didn't expect to run into Master Lu as soon as we arrived."

Lu Yu'an glanced at Yaoyao who was looking around in the hall.

After a long pause, he said gently, "Wanshoutai is not a place for you to stay. You should leave quickly since you have just arrived."

It seemed inconvenient for him to say too much, and his figure turned into a shadow and caught up with Xiao Nanjia's back again.

Xiao Baojing held the broom tightly.

Mr. Lu said it lightly, but things in Yejing are expensive. It costs two taels of silver to stay overnight, which is no different from robbery!

If she and Yaoyao leave Mansudae, they will have to sleep on the streets!
"Your Highness," Yaoyao suddenly called her, "Come and see what this is."

Xiao Baojing walked over and saw Yaoyao pointing at a shrine.

She replied: "This is a small pavilion used to worship gods or ancestral tablets. Look -"

She reached out to lift the pearl and jade curtain of the shrine, and paused.

The statue enshrined inside has a bald head, small eyes, and a hooked nose, and is quite ugly.

Yaoyao pouted: "Whose deity looks like this? Princess, are you lying to me?"

Xiao Baojing scratched his head.

Yaoyao was a clean-loving girl. She reached out to clean the inside of the shrine, but suddenly pulled something out.

It was a short, thin, dry piece of finger bone.

"How disgusting!" Yaoyao immediately threw it out of the stained glass window and wiped her hands on her skirt in disgust. "These people are so immoral that they hid the bones so deep that I almost didn't clean it up!"

Xiao Baojing scratched his head again.

She remembered that there was also a finger bone in Madam Xiang's Temple.

...

Inside Wanshou Terrace, there is a large bunk bed for the spirits to rest and sleep.

There was a lot of noise in the dormitory. If it weren't for the demon hunter, Xiao Baojing suspected that they would soon start fighting each other.

Fortunately, the food here is very good, with meat, vegetables, and white rice.

The cook put some very fragrant green leaves into the rice and steamed them together. The steamed rice was fragrant, soft and sticky. Xiao Baojing and Yaoyao ate two full bowls of it in the evening.

Late at night, snoring sounds could be heard from the large bunk bed.

Xiao Baojing couldn't sleep because of the noise, so he covered Yaoyao's belly with a blanket and left the bunk bed carrying his pillow.

The dangerous building is a hundred feet high.

Looking down from the palace and pavilion, you can almost have a panoramic view of the entire Yejing.

She raised her head.

The bronze sun, moon and stars are still slowly rotating.

They are as huge as mountains and seas, covered with ancient and mysterious patterns, arranged in complex combinations according to the order of the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, and floating quietly in the air above the entire Wanshou Terrace. They have almost become a symbol of Yejing and royal power and wealth, and are revered and worshipped by the people of Southern Tang.

She rubbed her eyes.

I vaguely saw a person standing on the bronze sun.

The Taoist robe, golden hairpin, and dark wide sleeves swayed in the night wind.

He gazed at the bright moon in the sky, and the sound coming from behind the fox mask sounded like half laughing and half crying.

National Division?

Xiao Baojing was curious.

He's not sleeping in the middle of the night and comes here to cry at the grave?
She climbed up one flight of stairs after another, and after a lot of effort she finally reached the forty-ninth floor.

Just as I was about to call him, I saw his shadow quietly change and grow a pair of pointed ears, like some kind of dog beast.

The dog beast opened its bloody mouth and tried to swallow the huge bronze sun into its stomach.

Is the national teacher using props to practice in advance? !
Xiao Baojing: No!
(End of this chapter)