tossed and turned all night, and only on the fifth watch day did Ah Zi fall asleep in a daze.

Early the next morning, the little maid who was kicked out the night before stood trembling slightly outside the door and shouted Ah Zi.

Originally, it was okay when I was in a hurry, but now I can finally sleep peacefully, but I feel more and more sore, as if every joint is complaining, and it hurts faintly.

Ah Zi rubbed his eyes, and in a daze, he remembered what he said yesterday about entering the palace, and he was agitated, and he instantly fell asleep.

She sat up straight and answered, as usual, she didn't ask anyone to serve, the little maid had a number in her heart after what happened last night, and she was no longer reluctant, knowing that Ah Zi had already risen, so she retreated with interest.

After a brief grooming, Ah Zi picked out an indigo jacket and skirt from the clothes she had from last night and wore it, then turned her head to look at the various jewelry on the dressing table, pursed her lips and sighed, and finally didn't wear any of them.

When he went out, he bumped into Zuo Qiyang, who was standing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back and waiting.

Seeing that Ah Zi was wearing a plain skirt, no fat powder, and the gold and silver jewelry sent to him was also not worn, he was slightly stunned, and soon regained his smile.

Let her go, I haven't seen her dress up normally, but now if she really wears gold and silver, it seems deliberate. Let's see that she was born with white skin like fat, and even if her pair of watery peach blossom eyes have changed their pupil color now, they are just as inlaid with gold and jade, and she can unconsciously grab people's attention.

Maybe the appearance of such a naturally carved little witch can please the queen mother even more?

"The sedan chair is waiting outside." Zuo Qiyang thought and took a step forward. Raised his hand and motioned for Ah Zi to follow him out.

Ah Zi followed, went out, and looked at the situation on the road again.

In addition to the neatly arranged shops along the street, there were more hawkers and pedestrians hurrying along the road, and Ah Zi's eyes were attracted by the steaming pot of steamed buns that had just come out of the oven on the side of the road.

Stomach growling.

I was in a hurry to get up in the morning, and I didn't want the little maid to serve, and it was not easy to talk to Zuo Qiyang directly, but I didn't even drink a sip of water until now.

After thinking about it, I could only sigh and endure it silently.

After all, it's a foreign land. Even if Zuo Qiyang treats him sincerely. She has never been a prisoner, but after all, she is a foreign country, and her mood is inevitably different from that of the people on this street.

The great prosperity here is still too far away for her.

The road lasted about half an hour. Zuo Qiyang instructed the palanquin man to stop. personally stepped forward to help Ah Zi down.

"Shunzhenmen has arrived. It is strictly forbidden to enter the palace here, so we walked instead. Zuo Qiyang said, raising a hand and waiting for Ah Zi.

Ah Zi was suspicious in his heart: how big is Miyagi. Are you not allowed to enter the sedan chair? I have followed my master up the mountain to collect medicine and go out for consultation since I was a child, and my leg strength is better than that of many men, so that's it. But most of the ladies in the palace are famous ladies, and they usually don't go out of the door, so they can't walk directly if they want to walk around each other in this palace?

However, this doubt did not last long, Ah Zi's feet had not yet landed, and when he looked up and saw the scene in front of him, he was already so shocked that he couldn't close his mouth.

Zuo Qiyang had expected this reaction when she saw Xiyou's palace for the first time, but she smiled a little proudly, and said: "The palace here has no palace walls, but it was just that craftsmen were found to draw a boundary in the early stage and a man-made lake was carved to separate it. ”

There are no palace walls?

Not to mention that this is the place where the king of a country lives and deals with national affairs, and it is closely related to the peace of the people of the country, but even if it is not the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, but just a certain prince and noble, or even ordinary people, as long as they have a little money or power in the local area, they will at least build a high courtyard wall outside their own house, why is it like this in front of Ah Zi at this time?

The clear water of the lake ripples in the breeze of early spring, and the houses above the lake are like pavilions in the sky, not to mention the prevention of thieves, even the basic privacy may not be guaranteed.

"Your emperor, isn't he afraid that assassins or courtiers will rebel and kill him?" Ah Zi paused for a long time before he came to his senses and asked.

Zuo Qiyang laughed when he heard this, and said: "Yan Taizu pinned his head to the waistband of his trousers back then, do you think he would care about someone assassinating him when he built a palace for himself?"

"In the early years, he worked hard to assist the Dongyuan Emperor, but seeing that the other party did not listen to the dissuasion and was stubborn, he resolutely went to the abyss, and finally ran away angrily, only bringing thousands of elites, but step by step, and finally developed from a rebellious army into a new country that can compete with the great power created by the foundation of Dongyuan for nearly a thousand years, and the hardships and hardships experienced in the middle are far from what we and other laypeople can imagine, such a strange person, how can he care about the nameless thief who can be blocked by the palace wall?

"As for the first emperor and the current saint, the world they took over has never been a world where they can sit back and relax, and they don't even have the courage to face the enemies around them, how can they resist Dongyuan's attack?"

Zuo Qiyang has always been clever and eloquent, even such a thing as not having a palace wall can be used by him to make a big fuss, and take the opportunity to praise the monarch he has taken refuge in, Ah Zi can't help but be a little unconvinced when he listens to it.

But if you think about it carefully, after all, the foundation of the West is unstable, and it seems to be across the sea from the East Plains, occupying a continent, but there are beast tribes entrenched on this continent, and there are perennial provocations by the East Plains army, which originally occupies an incomparable territory with the East Plains, with undulating terrain, various natural disasters, insufficient arable land, and scarce water sources.

Perhaps it was only a matter of time before Nishiyu wanted to continue to develop and start a war with Tohara to rob it of its resources.

Sit back and wait, even if Dongyuan doesn't take the initiative to attack, they will eventually be defeated by internal worries, right?

Thinking about it this way, these pavilions and pavilions in front of us are not so much palaces as large marching barracks where the commander of Xiyou is stationed. Then the palace wall naturally has no need to be built.

Thinking of this, Ah Zi's thoughts inevitably fell on the treasure chest that Ah Lu and the others stole - what kind of treasure could make the Dongyuan army that originally wanted to send troops to fight retreat, and let the Dongyuan Imperial Court give up the great opportunity to win some respite for Xiyou, and have more capital to compete with Dongyuan?

Now that this treasure has been snatched back by Ah Brown, if it is really sent back to Dongyuan safely, will the treaty signed by the East and West be invalid, and Dongyuan will no longer care about it, and directly send troops to take Xiyou in one fell swoop? (To be continued.) )