"Your Majesty, such spectacles bring ruin to the state!"
The ministers wailed and wept in the great hall, denouncing the waste of manpower and wealth as unbefitting a benevolent ruler. Ta Su was a hero of unparalleled talent and vision; he should never have made such an absurd decision.
Every last one of them flew out.
After seeing the Three-legged Golden Crow's palace, Ta Su found his own Monster Emperor Palace increasingly displeasing. Without consulting anyone, he sketched up some new designs and ordered the Eight Kings to begin construction and break ground as soon as possible.
The blueprints were hand-drawn by Ta Su. His belief was that bigger was better, bigger was justice, and on that foundation one should pursue heights that pierced the heavens—in short, it had to be both tall and huge.
His inspiration was the bird's nest he had recently acquired: the Gravekeeper's old lair, the Thirty-six Heavens Palace.
The Eight Kings resisted to the death. They would rather be punched out of the hall by Ta Su than waste manpower and wealth building a spectacle.
The reason was simple. The Monster Emperor was building the spectacle, while the Eight Kings were paying for it. Who could stand that?
Even if they couldn't stand it, they had to endure it!
Ta Su did not care in the slightest. It was an order, not a discussion. After tossing out a single "Court dismissed," he left the Eight Kings to deal with it themselves.
Because the morning court session was held during the hour of the Rooster, when the sun was setting, Ta Su immediately entered a state of "vibrant life, with ten thousand things striving to flourish" after court was dismissed.
The monarch's diligence in the harem far exceeded his diligence in court, directly resulting in a