The next day, Taean Palace.

The imperial palace of Daxia is called "Tai'an Palace", and for Su Lei, who is accustomed to seeing the Forbidden City on earth, the style of this palace complex is actually very different.

Because its main buildings are a combination of ancient and modern styles, although the appearance of the traditional building is still the cornices and arches, carved beams and paintings, but it is not a wooden structure, but mainly steel, alloy and cement, supplemented by glass, light metal and masonry.

The most different is the height, the Taihe Hall is the tallest building in the Forbidden City, it is less than 27 meters, and the height of the base is only 35 meters. This height was indeed magnificent in ancient times, but it is nothing in modern times.

But Tai'an Palace is different, the 30-meter-high buildings here are common, forty or fifty meters, seventy or eighty meters are available. The tallest tower, called "Thang Long Pagoda", is even more than 100 meters.

The reason why these buildings are so tall is very simple, there are many floors. Like the Jinluan Hall here, there are 12 floors and a height of more than 80 meters. Ancient palaces are basically bungalows, and here are all buildings, not too many dozen or dozens of floors.

If you exclude the archaic appearance of the building, it is not so much a palace complex as a modern complex.

Of course, this is because the whole of Natsu Kyoto is a new city that has only been built for more than 100 years. When the country was founded, Tianshun City of the previous dynasty had been completely destroyed by the cataclysm, and it was impossible to use it as the capital anymore. So Taizu built this new capital on the edge of the Xia River in the Lanxiang Basin.

The area of Tai'an Palace is only two-thirds of the Forbidden City, but because there are many high-rise buildings, the number and volume of rooms are remote from the Forbidden City. But even so, compared to the Great Xia Empire, the largest power in the world, the area of the imperial palace still seems to be on the small side. In many countries, the imperial palaces and even the Imperial Palaces occupy a much larger area than it is.

To the east of the palace is the complex known as the "Le'an Palace", which is the residence of the prince as an adult, which is the east palace of Great Xia.

An East Palace official led the way in front: "Mr. Su, Miss Chen, please ...... here."

"Trouble ......" Su Lei and the two followed him all the way into a courtyard.

As soon as they entered, several of the attendants were talking.

"What's that blue thing on this back?"

"That's a dragon, it's a spirit pet......"

"Just carrying the spirit pet in like this, no one cares? And I don't think they even have a security check, so they just go in to see the prince......"

"Don't talk too much, this is the East Palace concession ......"

As soon as Su Lei entered, he saw a group of people walking over, led by a young man wearing a traditional purple robe and a golden ring of hair.

This person looks less than thirty years old, holding a folding fan in his hand, and looks quite handsome, because he is wearing an ancient costume, he looks like a beautiful son in a costume film.

But Su Lei immediately recognized that this was the current crown prince.

Modern times are not ancient times, the TV network is so developed, there are many paparazzi, and the royal gossip is the opposite of the key collection. Besides, the crown prince has been in charge of the country for ten years, and various important ceremonies and ceremonies have not been seen less. There are really not many people in modern Daxia who don't know the crown prince.

"See the crown prince!" the East Palace official hurriedly bowed and saluted.

"See the prince......" Su Lei and Chen Shiyi also hurriedly bowed and saluted.

The prince smiled kindly: "Su Qing, Chen Qing is exempt, this is not a formal occasion, the two of you don't have to be formal...... Speaking of which, Su Qing and I are still alumni, and I used to study in Aoshan under a pseudonym......"

"Ah, prince, you are also from Aoshan?" Su Lei was taken aback. I really didn't expect it

"What's the matter, isn't it? I remember that you are from the spell department, I am from the 977 level formation department, and the head of the department at that time was Zhang Liantao, and the dean was Wen Cheng...... Speaking of which, there are still people in our class who know you, Lu Sheng of the Qindao Town Evil Association, do you know you?"

Su Lei replied, "Well, Dean Wen is also the Dean now. By the time I was a sophomore, Director Zhang Liantao had retired...... I know Lu Zhenren, is he in the same class as you?" he was really a little surprised.

The prince laughed: "Lu Sheng is the champion of our year, and he is also the first of our class to enter the fourth grade, this guy is amazing......"

"Please come with me, you two, we will talk while eating......" The prince made a gesture of invitation, and led the way himself.

Su Lei and the others hurriedly followed, and then the other officials and attendants were very knowledgeable, and honestly followed behind a few steps behind.

The prince is very eloquent and professionally trained in dealing with people.

This was Su Lei's assessment, because along the way, the prince chatted with him like an old friend for many years, from college life to mentor. did not snub Chen Shiyi, who followed him to eat, and chatted a few interesting things about Zhou Nan's side.

And it's particularly kind and easy-going, it's really like chatting between alumni, not with the crown prince of the dynasty. Although the Great Xia royal family has long been unified and no longer holds the power specifically, it is also a national symbol. What's more, he is still the prince of the prison country, a proper head of state.

The prince led them to a water pavilion, where the banquet was held.

The banquet is still a traditional meal system, one person and one table, the prince as the host in the middle, and Su Lei sits in the first seat on the left hand of the prince, which means that it is the highest status of this banquet. Chen Shiyi sat in the second seat, and Xiu Xue also had a separate table, in the third seat. On the right is the prince's escort this time, mainly officials of the East Palace.

The prince is quite elegant and easy-going, funny, and quite affinity, which makes Su Lei feel very at home.

The dishes at the banquet were of course quite exquisite, and the plates were laid out like works of art. But the focus of this kind of occasion is definitely not to eat, but Xiu Xue definitely doesn't care so much, she hasn't looked up, and the prince obviously understands it, so he asked her to give her a big fish and a big meat.

The three officials who accompanied him were also very eye-catching, pretending not to see Xiu Xue feasting, and they were all praising the prince.

After the banquet, Xiuxue, who had eaten and drunk enough, fell asleep on Su Lei's back again.

After the feast was removed, the maid put fragrant tea on the table and lit incense.

After retiring the idlers on the left and right, only the two guards of the prince were left in the warm pavilion.

Only then did the prince say solemnly: "Su Qing, you don't know much about the identity of Lingzun Lingtang. They weren't just company employees, they were officials of the Imperial Secret Service......"

"I know a little bit about this, but I don't know the details. Although Su Lei knew about it for a long time, he really didn't know the details, because his father's diary didn't mention much about his work, such as his position, what he did, and so on.

"Well, now you can learn more about Ling Zun......" The prince motioned for the guards to take out a folder and hand it to Su Lei.

"Dr. Su is a rare expert in the field of history and archaeology in our country, and has made great contributions to the research of our country's extraordinary fields. His disappearance was also caused by official business, and it is like this......" The prince said in a heavy tone the cause of the accident of Su Lei's parents.

"After the fall of the Kunzhou continent, the alien invaders introduced their gods and clashed with our native gods. Then their gods fell......" The prince said of the secret with a serious expression.