Taiping Inn

The sun is still hanging white above the palace city's tiles and blue, coldly shining on every roof of more than 9,000 palaces.

There is a huge square between the Great Wei Gate and Chengtian Gate. At this time, there is empty space, only Li Xuandu walks alone, making Li Xuandu look particularly small, like an ant, but suddenly she feels tall, like a giant god.

After hesitating for a while, Lou Xinqing and Eunuch Ma quickly caught up with Li Xuandu and continued to guide him.

Behind Chengtian Gate is Duanmen, and behind Duanmen is the Meridian Gate. After passing the Meridian Gate, it is Taisheng Gate, and behind the Taisheng Gate is Taisheng Temple, which is the Golden Palace in the mouth of the world.

The Temple of the Supreme Temple is known as the three main halls, the Supreme Temple and the Central Temple, among which the Temple of the Supreme Temple is the largest and the Central Temple is the smallest. The emperor held a grand ceremony in the Temple of the Supreme Holy Temple, such as the emperor ascending the throne, the emperor's wedding, the enthronement of the empress, and the order to go on the war. In addition, every year, the longevity, the new year, the winter solstice and other festivals, the emperor accepts congratulations from civil and military officials and gives the princes and princes. Ministers gave him a banquet. In addition, the palace examination for the new Jinshi was also held in the Temple of the Supreme Temple.

These three halls are called the former dynasty and are distinguished from the harem.

As for the place where the emperor attended court, it was actually not in the Taisheng Temple, but the Fengtian Gate between the previous dynasty and the harem, also known as the Imperial Gate to the State.

After passing the three halls, they are the "Last Three Palaces". In layman's terms, they are the emperor's study, the emperor and the empress's residence.

The three halls and the three palaces in the middle axis are on the central axis. The west road on the left is the residence of the empress dowager, but Xie Zhi does not live here. As the Empress Dowager Xunzheng, she lives on the east road on the right of the three halls and the three palaces in the back three palaces. In Ningshou Palace.

At the earliest, there were only a few sparse palaces here, which were the palace areas for the Empress Dowager and the Concubine to take care of their elderly care. Later, this place was favored by Renzong and selected as the Supreme Emperor Palace that he prepared after his abdication. It took him five years to expand the Ningshou Palace and form the current pattern.

Ningshou Palace is the city of the imperial city, as if it is a small imperial city, and it is divided into two parts: the front dynasty and the back dynasty. The front part includes Jiulong Wall, Huangji Gate, Ningshou Gate, Huangji Hall and Ningshou Palace, which are respectively imitated by the Meridian Gate, Taisheng Gate, Taisheng Temple, Zhongsheng Temple and Shangsheng Temple on the Imperial City Middle Road. The back of Ningshou Palace is divided into three routes: middle, east and west. The middle road is Yangxing Gate, Yangxing Hall, Leshou Hall, Yihexuan, and Jingqi Pavilion. The east road is Huayu Tower, Changyin Pavilion, Yueshi Tower, Xunyan Bookstore, Qingshou Hall, Jingfu Palace, and Fanhua Tower. , Fori Tower, among which Changyin Pavilion is the inner palace opera building, with magnificent buildings, and the West Road is Ningshou Palace Garden, mainly including Guhuaxuan, Suichutang, Fuwang Pavilion, Juanqinzhai and other buildings.

Under the leadership of Lou Xinqing, Li Xuandu came to the Sijin Garden of Ningshou Palace Garden.

The first entry is Gu Huaxuan, which is located in the north and is surrounded by stone pavilions, forming a natural courtyard. There is a "Liucu Canal" in the middle of the Guanxi Pavilion on the west side, which is imitated with the calligraphy saint Lanting Qushui Liushang, which is quite elegant and interesting.

The second entry is Suichu Hall, where only a few lake stones are erected in the flower gate, and the environment is elegant and unique.

The third Jincui Shang Tower is a two-story building with a rooftop of a mountain with rocks all over the yard. The towering pavilion is high and tall, tall and beautiful.

The last entry was in the center. The most noble and gorgeous Fuwang Pavilion in the garden was surrounded by the entire rocks, and the front yard was connected with the pavilion and the back yard was connected with the pavilion and the back yard, forming different scenery and interests. There is a green snail pavilion on the main peak of the mountain in front of Fuwangge. It is a small pavilion with five pillars and five ridges. It has unique shapes and all the patterns are made of plum blossoms, which are ingenious and ingenious. .

Xie Zhi waited for Li Xuandu in Fuwang Pavilion.

The Fuwang Pavilion uses bamboo weaving as the ground, wisteria carved plum, and dyed jade into plum blossoms and bamboo leaves, symbolizing the three friends of the cold and cold year. The eaves are woven with bamboo silk, and jade pieces are inlaid with jade pieces. The surrounding panels are carved with hundreds of deer pictures, and the partition fan is made of double The face is embroidered and the carvings are exquisitely crafted everywhere, which is breathtaking.

Li Xuan has been considered a person who has seen the world, and he has to admire the royal style.

At this time, there were four people in Fu Wang Pavilion, namely Xie Zhi, Gu Yusheng, Yang Lu, Liu Yi, Li Xuandu, Lou Xinqing, and Eunuch Ma, a total of seven people.

Today, Xie Zhi was wearing a plain palace outfit. After seeing Li Xuandu enter the door, she stood up to greet him.

Li Xuan looked at the Empress Dowager, who could only be said to be a milf, and felt a little moved. He had walked many roads and met many people, including Lao Han of the Golden Sect, the National Master of the Golden Sect, and the "Demon Sword" Song. He has seen the saints of the lord, the earth master Xu Wugui, the Emperor of Tianbao, the old man of Confucianism, even the great witches of Lu Wushen, Zhang Luxu and the ancient witch sects, but this is the first time he has seen them. Let's get to Xie Zhi. It's funny to say that Xie Zhi is Li Xuandu's enemy, but Li Xuandu doesn't even know what this enemy looks like.

To be fair, Xie Zhi is a beauty, but no one can match her. It would be too much to say that she is serving her with sex. It can be seen that Xie Zhi can reach this point today, which has nothing to do with her appearance, and her ability must be very good.

Li Xuan did not mean to perform the rituals of the king and the ministers, but just bowed and said, "Thank you, I have been in a divine relationship for a long time, but it is the first time that I have really met. It is not easy to meet the Empress Dowager."

Xie Zhi chuckled and said, "It is the first time I have seen Mr. Qingping."

Li Xuandu asked, "I wonder if the Empress Dowager is disappointed?"

"I have never been disappointed." Xie Zhi smiled and said, "I saw the shadow of the Great Sword Immortal from Mr. Qingping."

Li Xuandu said, "Son is the father."

Xie Zhi smiled slightly: "Please take your seat by Mr. Qingping."

At this time, a square table was set up in Fu Wang Pavilion, and all the eunuchs and palace maids were sent out. Xie Zhi sat in the main seat next to the square table, Li Xuan was sitting in the first seat of the upper guest seat, and Gu Yusheng sat in the first seat of the lower guest seat. . The rest had to stand.

In fact, only Xie Zhi and Li Xuan were sitting opposite each other, and only the two were equal in identities. However, Gu Yusheng was nominally Li Xuandu's third sister-in-law, so he was able to sit by.

This time, Xie Zhi did not show off a meal of 108 dishes, but put a copper pot and four plates of thinly sliced ​​mutton, which is also the characteristic of the Imperial Capital.

The mutton slices used for hot pot are divided into three levels. The best one is the ingot meat on the butt of the sheep's hind legs, all of which are lean meat. The second gear is the sandwich flesh of the sheep's front legs. The third gear is to use the remaining front and rear legs. Although these mutton is all the best ingot meat, it is not worth mentioning compared to the royal imperial meals. It was not that Xie Zhi deliberately used this to humiliate Li Xuandu, but that Xie Zhi heard that Li Xuandu was simple by nature and deliberately regarded his preferences.

Li Xuandu looked at the hot pot on the table and whispered: "The Empress Dowager is intent."

"It's good if Mr. Qingping doesn't dislike it." Xie Zhi said with a faint smile.

Each of the three had a pair of ivory chopsticks in front of them, a blue-glazed wine glass from the official kiln in the previous dynasty, and a blue-glazed plate from the official kiln.

Without a servant, Gu Yusheng personally picked up a jar of thirty-year-old wine that had just been taken out of the wine, vinegar and noodles, and filled Li Xuandu with wine glasses.

Li Xuan did not refuse: "I'm going to work hard for my third sister-in-law."

Gu Yusheng filled the wine glass for Xie Zhi again. Xie Zhi picked up the wine glass and said, "I wish Mr. Qingping a glass."

Li Xuan didn't raise his glass, but asked, "I don't know where the respect comes from?"

Xie Zhi smiled slightly: "Of course, Mr. Qingping is humble, considering the overall situation, and willing to turn swords into jade."

Li Xuandu still did not raise his wine glass: "I dare not be the queen mother so respectful."

"Add to be aware." Xie Zhi's tone slightly.

Li Xuan looked at Xie Zhi and said, "It seems that the Empress Dowager insisted on letting me drink this glass of wine. If I say that as long as the Empress Dowager overturns the case for Zhang Xiang, I will drink this wine. I wonder if the Empress Dowager is willing to do it? ”

The smile on Xie Zhi's face froze slightly.

For a moment, the atmosphere in Fu Wang Pavilion became solemn.

After a moment, Xie Zhi slowly said, "This is a matter for the court. Mr. Qingping is not in the court and he seems not to be an official..."

Li Xuandu interrupted, "The Empress Dowager wants to say that the world is a family, and a king is the only one who rules the cabinet, and treats all officials as servants, and fights whenever they want to fight, and kills whenever they want to kill. The authority is granted to the eunuchs, Family slaves rule the world. So the affairs of the court are family affairs, and I, an outsider, should not be in charge of the Queen Mother's own affairs."

Xie Zhi did not speak, so he made a default.

Li Xuandu emphasized and said, "Wars are turbulent and life is devastated, is it also his own family's business? The country is destroyed and the family is destroyed, and the world is overturned. It is also his own family's business? People in the world talk about the world's affairs, no matter who the family is the matter, it is the matter of the world. Then I So how can't this person in the world say? "

As soon as these words were spoken, not only Xie Zhi, but also Yang Lu and Liu Yi's faces changed. Yang Lu's face was gloomy and he said word by word: "Mr. Qingping, you are arrogant."