Chapter Seven: The Pavilion (I)
Cuiwei Pavilion is in the north of the Great Interior, it is quite a high-rise pavilion with Tang style, and then to the north, it is the Imperial Garden, from the second floor of Cuiwei Pavilion, you can see all kinds of rare and exotic beasts in the Imperial Garden, as well as, the Tiger Mountain that covers a wide area.
Bianjing City, the four rivers run through the capital, is the center of the intersection of the south to the north and the west, now more and more prosperous, the inner city, the outer city and the palace city wall are built higher and higher, outside the outer city wall, the grass market houses are also more and more, Qi Tianzi did not order the expansion of the outer city, the words are so expanded that the city, there will be an end, the city is not easy to keep, and is not conducive to the economy. On the periphery of the grass market houses, a large area of land can be set aside to allow the city to expand, and build low walls and arrow towers to prevent theft and murder. Of course, when it is said to be a low wall, it is only compared to the wall of the inner and outer cities.
Lu Ning also thought a lot about the defense of Bianjing City, the defense of the outer city and the inner city made it more impregnable, and there was really a day when foreign soldiers came to the city, and the people of the grass city hid in the outer city, which was easier to defend the city than to expand the outer city.
What's more, being approached by foreign soldiers in the city, the biggest possibility is a crushing defeat to the Khitan, and at that time, it is not a question of whether Bianjing can hold it at all.
The city outside the city was gradually called the city by the officials and people of Bianjing, and because the city was more free, the citizens of the other cities moved to the city a lot, and the Bianjing Imperial Palace was also expanded, and now the east and west sides of the city are still expanding.
The northern area of the Great Inner Forbidden Palace has just been expanded, and there are more palaces and pavilions, and Cuiwei Pavilion is one of them.
Cuiwei Pavilion is the same as other buildings of the Forbidden Palace, following the Tang style, the arch is majestic, the eaves are far-reaching, and it seems to be majestic.
Its realization is now in the Jingshu town near Bianjing, the quality of the green bricks fired by the brick kiln of Donghai Baixing has been very good, and the amount of bricks used in Cuiwei Pavilion is also very large, following the Tang style, more for ornamentality.
Lu Ning was on the second floor of Ziwei Pavilion at this moment, drinking tea and chatting with the concubines.
This morning, I met with Li Jingsui and his party, although Li Yu didn't know what was going on, but after all, Jiangnan was pacified, Lu Ning was happy, and set up a banquet in the afternoon, and had a reunion dinner with the concubines and his mother, and after the meal, he brought the concubines to Cuiwei Pavilion to play.
Lu Ning also pondered in his heart, maybe the kings of all dynasties were just themselves, and they would pull a big team whatever they liked, and often call the queen and concubines together, but he likes to be lively, doesn't he?
The queen did not come to Cuiwei Pavilion, but went to talk to the queen mother, after all, she was the master of the harem, and she had to keep some distance from the other concubines, and she had to hold some identities, and she didn't come to participate in Lu Ning and the concubines' tricks.
But the imperial concubine Gan's, the imperial concubine You's, the Huifei Xu family, the concubine Da Peach, the Li Concubine Xiao Peach, the Yun Concubine Qingcheng and the noble Ami Gu are all there, but it is very lively.
Cuiwei Pavilion is the entertainment room in Lu Ning's eyes, with cards, mahjong and so on on the first floor.
Lu Ning hopes that the concubines can communicate and intersect more, otherwise they will be alone in their palace every day, and they will not see other concubines, so they will not ponder intrigue?
If you don't want to make friends and want to compete, you can also come to the chess and card room to vent, don't secretly hold back your calculations.
However, Lu Ning knew that he was just whimsical, and in fact, he was afraid that it would have no effect.
Moreover, it seems that the concubines don't have so many things to think about, after all, after walking around the various palaces, now they are sleeping alone in the Qian'an Palace, and they can't particularly favor any one.
It's just that it can also be clearly seen that the concubine and the concubine are not as close as before, and they talk to each other politely, after all, they are both the masters of the same palace, and they are in equal power, and they don't compete, I am afraid that the female officials under them will compete over trivial things, and slowly, it will also affect the master.
Speaking of which, the life of the General Academy of Literature is good, but now where can Gui'er and Wu'er kneel in front of themselves with bare feet and talk?
Leaning on the soft couch and sipping tea, Lu Ning sighed in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more depressed he became.
Catching a glimpse of Ami Gu secretly looking at herself, she couldn't help but smile: "Have something to say to me?" ”
Although Ami Gu was born as a barbarian, she was Yongning, Gui'er, and Wu'er, the fourth woman who had a skin-to-skin relationship with herself, and she couldn't enter the palace in the future, so she wanted to be on her head.
Just a nobleman, but she was happy to death, and that night she was grateful, and wept bitterly, as if a puppy wanted to please its master, and did not know how to please it, and it was really pitiful to use all the strength to eat milk to make herself happy.
Lu Ning thought about it and smiled again: "Okay, you and the big and small peaches, go fight the landlord, I heard that the three of you often make card pairs, I will go down to play with you in a while." He said, "Qingcheng, you also go to study." ”
Big and small peaches nodded happily, and stood in a row with Ami Gu and Qingcheng, wanting to salute Lu Ning, Lu Ning smiled: "Go, go, just upstairs and downstairs, what is there to worship, I'm annoying!" ”
Rao is like this, although the four girls did not kneel down, but they were all blessed, and then they went downstairs.
Upstairs, there were imperial concubines, imperial concubines and concubines Hui, in addition to several close maids.
Mrs. Hua Rui cautiously answered the questions of the concubine and the concubine, and she didn't dare to look at Lu Ning, facing the two imperial concubines of the Qi Palace, although they were very curious about her and very affectionate, but after all, as the concubine of the dead country, she had to be cautious, and she was faintly ashamed.
"Stand down, too!" Lu Ning waved to the female officials.
Concubine Guifei and Concubine De also looked at Lu Ning.
Mrs. Hua Rui glanced at Lu Ning, and immediately lowered her head with a flushed face.
"Come, come up on the couch and talk." Lu Ning suddenly smiled slightly.
Concubine Guifei and Concubine De were both stunned, but Concubine De then smiled: "Okay." Walking two steps, the jade hand took off her shoes and socks, and knelt down in front of the soft couch table, the concubine's pretty face was slightly red, but she also walked over, slowly took off her shoes and socks, and knelt beside Concubine De.
Mrs. Hua Rui was stunned, and then she realized that the style of the inner records rooms next to the "General Academy" turned out to be the etiquette of the Qi Palace.
"Stamen, you come up too!" Lu Ning beckoned to her.
Madame Hua Rui's pretty face was even hotter, but the two imperial concubines were like this, so she had to do the same, took off her shoes and socks, revealed her jade feet, got on the soft couch, and knelt behind the concubine and Concubine De.
Lu Ning let out a long breath, only then did he feel a little more comfortable in his heart, looking at the charming faces of Gan and You Wuniang, he faintly felt that he had returned to the past, but behind the two concubines, the pretty face of Mrs. Hua Rui, which was occasionally revealed, let people know that time had changed.
"Before the army started, you and I often talked and chatted like this, and it has been six or seven years, seven or eight years." Lu Ning sighed softly, "At that time, the two of you liked to fight, and later, they gradually became like sisters. ”
I wanted to ask, do you like the old life, or the present, but then I feel hypocritical, of course, I like the current life, and I am not the same?