Yang Ning has never entered the palace, but she has seen a lot in the media in her previous life.
However, after following Eunuch Fan into the imperial city, I discovered that there are some things that can only be felt by seeing them with one's own eyes and being in them. There is no doubt that this city within a city is indeed the brightest pearl of the Great Chu Empire. .
Looking around, the palaces are numerous and resplendent. The glazed and yellow tiles scorch the eyes under the sun. It is difficult to see the full picture of the numerous palaces. The red walls, yellow tiles, painted pillars and carved beams, the palaces and towers are scattered at different heights and layer upon layer. Countless.
The roads within the Imperial City are extremely smooth and extremely wide. According to Yang Ning's visual inspection, the widest road is more than ten meters wide, and the smallest is several meters wide. The roads within the Imperial City are also square and square, majestic and majestic. The imperial palace complex lies south of the center of the capital.
The Imperial City of Dachu is divided into three major building groups: the Main Palace, the East Palace, and the West Palace.
The main palace is divided into three major building groups: the outer court, the inner court, and the rear hall. These three major building groups form a straight line and are located in the center of the palace.
In the center of the outer dynasty is the magnificent Fengtian Hall, which is where the emperor convened all officials to meet. There are two main halls on the left and right, namely the Taihe Hall and the Houde Hall. There are other small palaces around the two halls, the Taihe Hall and the Houde Hall. Houde Hall is like a guard surrounding Chengtian Hall. The three main halls are all spectacular and stunning.
Passing through the outer palace is the inner court, with the Qinghe Hall in the middle and the Wude and Wende Halls on the left and right. The Qinghe Hall is usually where the emperor gives banquets, while the Wende Hall is where the emperor handles government affairs after he retires. The place where the emperor summoned important ministers to discuss matters was called the emperor's imperial library.
The harem is dominated by Fengyi Hall, which is the residence of the queen. Other halls in the harem surround Fengyi Hall, like stars holding the moon, which also shows the honor of the queen in the main palace.
The east and west palaces are separated on the left and right. There are hundreds of large and small palaces in the imperial city. Each palace has hundreds to dozens of rooms depending on its size. Many palaces have special small gardens.
But near the East Palace, there is a huge royal garden, in which there are all kinds of exotic flowers, plants, birds and animals, including countless pavilions, rockeries and champagne.
The arrangement of bricks, tiles, flowers, grass, stones and trees in the imperial city all followed absolute standards, and brought together carpenters, plasterers, stonemasons, painters, plasterers, sculptors, mountain builders, painters, etc. The wisdom and hard work of all craftsmen fully demonstrate the talents of mankind, which contains the profound culture accumulated in the Central Plains, which is broad and profound.
All palaces are mainly made of wood, with yellow glazed tile roofs and blue and white stone bases. They are decorated with magnificent paintings and exquisite sculptures, making them solemn and majestic.
Yang Ning followed Eunuch Fan into the palace, looking at the splendid palace along the way. Every few roads there were majestic and unsmiling royal warriors. Like sculptures, they seemed to have become part of the building complex.
Yang Ning knew that these guards were warriors from the Royal Yulin Camp, and their duty was to guard the palace.
At the beginning, Yang Ning found it novel. After walking for a long time and passing through many palaces, it seemed that there was no end. However, this greatly reduced Yang Ning's interest. She thought that when she arrived outside the imperial city by car, after entering the palace, she actually After walking for a long time, wouldn't it be very troublesome every time the emperor summons me
The most disgusting thing is that in order to seize the time to enter the palace, Yang Ning set out at the right time to eat, and did not have time to eat. Although it was not a big deal for Yang Ning to be hungry for a few meals, the delay in arriving still made Yang Ning a little worried. The excitement gradually subsided a lot.
"Master Hou, this is your first time entering the palace. The previous two generations of Jinyi Hous have walked this road countless times." Eunuch Fan saw that Yang Ning seemed a little anxious and said with a smile: "The Za family led General Qi through it. This road has been walked countless times, and from now on, the Marquis will also walk on this road countless times."
Yang Ning smiled and walked for a while. After passing through a moon cave door, he saw a vermilion house on the left. Eunuch Fan led Yang Ning to the door and said, "Master Hou, please rest here first. Go and report to the Emperor, he will summon you if he is free."
Yang Ning wondered if it was possible that the new emperor was not free yet? If you don't have time, why would you summon me to the palace
But he still smiled and said: "Thank you, father-in-law."
After Eunuch Fan left, Yang Ning scanned around and found a young eunuch standing outside the door, hunched over. When Yang Ning reached the door, the young eunuch respectfully said: "Master Hou, please wait a moment!"
Yang Ning pretended to be serious and said "Hmm". After entering the house, she found that the room was also luxurious and noble. After scanning around, she found that it seemed to be a study room with two large bookshelves filled with various books. The bookshelf is made of mahogany, which is very luxurious. There is also a golden desk covered with yellow silk. There are pens, ink, paper and inkstones on the desk and some books are neatly placed.
In front of the desk, there were two golden nanmu chairs on the left and right. The room was quiet. Yang Ning walked around in a circle. He wanted to take out a few books and read them to pass the time, but Gu Qinghan had explained in advance that there was nothing like this in the palace. In other places, even if you cough, you have to be careful. After hesitating for a while, it was not easy to move things at will, so he sat down on a golden nanmu chair.
Soon, the young eunuch from before came in and served tea. Yang Ning took the tea and asked, "How long will it take for the emperor to summon me?"
The little eunuch kept his body low and said respectfully: "I don't know what you said to the Marquis!"
Yang Ning frowned and said, "Is the Emperor busy now?"
"I don't know!"
Yang Ning had no choice but to wave her hand, and then the little eunuch retreated.
After Yang Ning finished drinking a cup of tea, no one came over. He was a little irritated. He got up and walked to the desk. Suddenly, he saw two exquisite small plates on the table. There were also a few snacks on the plates. He was waiting. I have seen a lot of snacks in my house, but I have never seen the snacks in this small dish.
Yang Ning didn't eat at noon and was already a little hungry. When she saw the exquisite snacks and the scent of the snacks, she wanted to reach out and grab a handful, but after thinking about it, she still held back.
Time passed, and the wait turned out to be more than an hour.
Yang Ning was originally a very patient person, but today the emperor specially sent the eunuch in charge of etiquette to summon him to the palace. It stands to reason that after entering the palace, even if he waits for a while, it will not be delayed for more than an hour.
He was a little impatient. If it were somewhere else, he would have turned around and left long ago.
Sitting on the chair, closing his eyes and concentrating, more than half an hour passed. Yang Ning could no longer bear it and shouted: "Come here!"
Soon he heard footsteps coming from behind. Yang Ning did not look back and asked: "What on earth is the emperor doing? Can you help me go and take a look?"
There seemed to be a person standing behind him, but there was no sound. Yang Ning turned around and saw the little eunuch lowered his head and frowned: "Didn't you hear what I said? Forget it, I guess your status in the palace is very low. I can’t see the emperor, so let’s go and get some food if you have anything to eat, I’m hungry!”
"Waiting for the Emperor, you can't eat." The little eunuch said in a low voice.
Yang Ning was immediately annoyed and couldn't help but said: "Are you going to starve to death and you don't care?"
"If you don't eat for three days, you may not be able to starve to death." The young eunuch said softly: "Master Marquis, you'd better endure it a little longer."
Yang Ning suddenly stood up and looked at the little eunuch, "What did you say? Do you still want to starve me for three days?"
"It's impossible to tell." The little eunuch still lowered his head, "The Emperor has no decree, so the Marquis can only wait here until the Emperor summons him. If the Emperor is not there, we can't ask, and we can't let the Marquis leave. If the emperor doesn’t think of it for three days, the Marquis will wait for three days.”
Yang Ning was furious, "That means that the emperor can't think of me for a year, and I will die here?"
"That's not the case." The young eunuch said, "The Marquis can't last more than a year. He may starve to death in three to five days. If he really dies, someone will carry him out of the palace and he won't die here."
Yang Ning was furious at first, but calmed down instantly.
He immediately thought that if he was just a little eunuch, how could he have the courage to talk to him like a joke? He was still a marquis after all, not as good as the emperor, but his status was much higher than that of a little eunuch.
He suddenly discovered that this little eunuch seemed to have a different body shape than the little eunuch just now, and was slightly stronger. Moreover, the little eunuch before had no idea what to ask, but this little eunuch was better and dared to say anything. He frowned and said coldly: " You raise your head!"
The little eunuch said: "Don't dare!"
"Hold your head up when I tell you to, stop talking nonsense." Yang Ning said coldly: "Do you believe that I found Eunuch Fan and drove you out of the palace? Eunuch Fan and I have a good relationship. You are Eunuch Fan's subordinate, right? ?”
The little eunuch seemed to think for a moment and suddenly asked: "Do you really want me to raise my head?"
"nonsense."
"But you may not dare to look at me." The little eunuch sighed and finally raised his head. Yang Ning took a look and found that he was very familiar. This little eunuch had beautiful features and bright eyes. After thinking about it, he suddenly His body trembled and he lost his voice: "Is... is it you?"
The little eunuch in front of him turned out to be Xiao Guang.
After Yang Ning parted ways with Xiao Guang at the ruined temple, he never saw him again and had no news. He only occasionally lacked money and thought that Xiao Guang owed him five hundred taels of gold.
But I don’t even know his whereabouts, so the five hundred taels of gold can only be a dream in the mirror.
But he never expected that when he entered the palace today, he would see Xiao Guang, and Xiao Guang turned out to be a young eunuch in the palace.
But as soon as he spoke, he knew something was wrong.
He is now the Marquis of Jin Yi. If he knows Xiao Guang, wouldn't it prove that he is the little beggar who shared the same hardships with Xiao Guang
This Xiao Guang is the little eunuch in the palace. Once his true identity is revealed, he may not be able to save his head.
Xiao Guang's eyes were alert, he showed a smile, and asked: "Do you know me, Lord Marquis?"
Yang Ning's thoughts were racing, she coughed, shook her head and said, "I don't know."
"Then who is the 'you' that the Marquis mentioned?" Xiao Guang asked with a smile.
Yang Ning tried her best to calm down, turned around and sat down on the chair. Without looking at Xiao Guang, she pretended to be calm and said: "I have seen a person before who looks a bit like you. I admit my mistake."
Xiao Guang was reluctant, turned to Yang Ning, and said with a smile: "Master Marquis, take a closer look, don't be dazzled, I may be the person you know."
Yang Ning lowered her face and said, "If you say you don't know me, you don't know me. Hey, you go out first. I want to wait for the emperor to summon you."
Xiao Guang sighed: "The Marquis is waiting for the emperor to summon you, but if the emperor knows that you are a fake, I wonder if he will summon you?" Hehe smiled and said: "I'm afraid he will also summon you. First, I want to ask you how to pretend to be a fake. The Crown Prince of Jinyi then inherited the Marquis of Jinyi, and then he stabbed him again...!" He raised his hand and wiped his neck, "Click!"