At dawn and the sound of insects and birds chirping one after another, the new city of Chang'an in the northern part of the Cordoba Mountains is filled with a festive atmosphere, and two teams of relatives enter the city along a slightly groomed straight road through the Guanghua Gate in the north of the city wall.

According to the requirements of the first phase of construction, the width from east to west is 18 kilometers from the Chunming Gate on the east wall of Chang'an New Town to the Jinguang Gate on the west wall, and 10 kilometers from north to south between the Mingde Gate on the south wall and the Guanghua Gate on the north wall. It has a circumference of 56 kilometers and an area of 180 square kilometers. The architecture of the city is divided into three parts: Miyagi, the main city and the outer Guocheng.

Miyagi is located in the north of the city, the main urban area includes Miyagi, and the outer Guocheng is centered on the main urban area, spreading to the east, west and south, leaving room for expansion for the second and third phases of Chang'an City.

Passing through the Guanghua Gate and walking in a short time, it is the Chang'an Palace,

The planned Chang'an Palace is 250 meters wide from east to west, 300 meters long from north to south, and 1,100 meters in circumference. The wall is 10 meters high and is planned to cover an area of 70,000 square meters.

The outer layer of the palace is clad in cement, and the inside is filled with blue bricks and gravel, and the south is Mingde Gate, to the east is Anhua Gate, and to the west is Xing'an Gate; To the north is the Golden Light Gate. The northern part of the Córdoba Mountains and a vast area in the middle of the southern section of the Primero River are designated as the imperial palace area, referring to the regulations of the ancient palaces of the Han and Tang dynasties, and the main buildings are built with the layout principle of "Zuo Zu, Hou She, Qianchao, and Hou City" contained in the "Zhou Li", and the east side (left) of the front of the imperial palace is the Tai Temple where the emperor worships his ancestors; On the west side (right) is a shrine dedicated to the earth gods and the god of the grain, as well as the Royal Park (the royal park is open to the general public. ); In the front, there are the places where the courtiers do things, in the middle there are five palaces and two pavilions where the emperor went to the court to deal with government affairs, and in the back is the palace where the harem concubines live and rest, the back garden and the government office that serves the court. Planning and construction of 600 palaces, about 200 houses and palaces are built in accordance with the classical style of the Han and Tang dynasties, 300 houses and palaces are mainly made of brick and stone materials, which are used for official offices and palace officials to rest, and the remaining 100 houses are modeled after the layout of Jiangnan gardens, with rockeries and lakes, and the houses are combined with nature for the emperor and harem concubines to visit and live.

The Chang'an Imperial Palace is divided into two parts: the outer court mainly includes the middle pole hall, the Jianji hall and the Daming hall, and the inner court is dominated by the three palace groups of Changle Palace, Hanyuan Palace and Weiyang Palace.

In time for the emperor's accession to the throne and the big wedding, the three major palaces of the outer dynasty and the three palace groups of the inner dynasty planned in the Chang'an Imperial Palace were all in the construction stage.

After the wedding steps such as worshipping the heavens, announcing the ancestors, and worshipping the church, it was getting late, and the maid supported Wu Lingxuan and Zhang Baoyi into the wedding room.

Ordinary families will prepare for their daughters gold and silver jewelry and other dowries, these dowries belong to the bride's private property, even in the husband's house, the bride also has the ownership of these dowries.

Zhang Baoyi's father is the richest man in Nanyang, in addition to a huge amount of property worth tens of millions of taels to marry, such as gold, silver, jade pendants and other jewelry.

The candlelight is flickering, the bride's first makeup, but the two girls at the age of sixteen or seventeen are each wearing phoenix crowns and veils that symbolize the status of the queen and the concubine, and the slightly immature little face is smeared with a thin layer of foundation, and the slender little hands are placed on the lap in a regular manner, and they do not move for a few minutes.

It was quiet outside the wedding room, and there was no sound of walking in the corridor, Wu Lingxuan quietly lifted the hijab, looked out the window for a while, and after finding that there was no movement, she slowly exhaled.

"Bao Yi, why hasn't Your Majesty come back yet?" The wedding room was too quiet, Wu Lingxuan couldn't bear it, and couldn't help but ask Zhang Baoyi.

"Your Majesty should entertain the generals and ministers outside, and it may take a while to come back."

Zhang Baoyi moved her steps slightly, relieved her sore feet, and said softly, "After today, my sister will be the queen of the Han Kingdom, and all the affairs of the harem will be decided by my sister. ”

"Bao Yi, you say that kind of thing again."

Wu Lingxuan put on an unhappy look on her face and said, "In this harem, there are only you, me, and Your Majesty's brother, Your Majesty treats you and me equally, although I am a queen because you are one year old Baoyi, but we are still good sisters in the past, why do you always have a bitter face and say such unhappy things." ”

"My sister is kind and generous, and she doesn't care about these things, but when she enters the palace, she is not as free as she used to be at home, and what she says and does is stared at by outsiders, in case my sister accidentally does something wrong in the palace, my sister is not punished because of her kindness, and the matter spreads outside the palace, I am afraid that it will implicate my sister and be detrimental to my sister's reputation."

"Hmph, whoever dares to chew the root of his tongue is not afraid that His Majesty's brother will cut off his head."

Zhang Baoyi didn't care about it on her face, in fact, when she heard the word concubine mentioned in the other party's words, she was already worried that Li Mingyuan would marry other women into the palace as concubines, and if she had a newcomer, she would forget the old person, and she would not be treated as much as she is now.

"Bao Yi, you said that if Your Majesty marries another woman as a concubine, will you snub us?"

The longer it was, the more worried she became, and within a few minutes, Wu Lingxuan said the worry in her heart.

"Your Majesty is a person who misses the old love, even if he marries another woman as a concubine in the future, he will not snub his sister."

"Really? But what if I'm old and ugly?

Will Your Majesty's brother still want me? ”

Wu Lingxuan somehow suddenly worried about the future questions and asked eagerly.

"This ......" was stopped by Wu Lingxuan's question, but Zhang Baoyi didn't think about how to answer the other party for a while.

"Silly girl, when you two get old and ugly, I will already become a bad old man, where are I still in the mood to find other young girls, today is our big day, why don't you think about things that don't matter."

When the attention of the two daughters was drawn by the content of the conversation, Li Mingyuan strode into the marriage room, smiled and comforted the two daughters, "When I was young, before my father was in a high position, there were only six people in the family: father, mother, and three brothers and sisters.

Today, more than half of my father's last wish has been fulfilled, my son has lived up to his expectations, re-established the country in South America, and has just married you.

Normally, when I finish handling government affairs and return to the harem, you don't have to be restrained and polite, just just call each other as husband and wife. ”

Looking at the two petite little girls who are about to accompany him for the rest of his life, Li Mingyuan's heart is not only a faint love, but also a big brother's love for the little sister next door.

Li Mingyuan is ten years older than Wu Lingxuan and Zhang Baoyi respectively, eleven years old, at this age in his previous life, he only had two dew marriages, and has not had a real love experience, and he has been reborn in this life for eleven years, and has been busy leading troops to fight and deal with state affairs, and has no time or heart to talk about a little boy and little girl-like love.

The heavy responsibility on his shoulders is not only a burden, but also an encouragement, Li Mingyuan does not regret his choice in this life, although he cannot have a pure relationship between men and women, but getting two gentle-tempered and lovely women as wives is already a very satisfying thing, and he will not leave regrets in his life.

"Your Majesty......"

Zhang Baoyi saw Li Mingyuan come in and wanted to bend down to salute, but was held by the other party with one hand.

"Between husband and wife, there is no need to be so angry, and when you see me in the harem in the future, you don't have to bow down."

"Your Majesty, you are so good."

Wu Lingxuan stood up and leaned against Li Mingyuan, with a happy smile on her face.

"Haha, I haven't seen you for more than ten days, has Lingxuan ever thought about being a husband?"

"I think, I think about Your Majesty's brother every day, but my father and mother told me not to set foot in the house before I got married, so I couldn't see Your Majesty's brother."

"Silly girl, after getting married, there are many things in the court, and I may not be able to accompany you often, if you feel bored, you can go to the back garden to watch and play, there are gardens and lakes built in the back garden, and there are also some rare animals transported from all over the country, call Bao Yi together, you two sisters watch together, and you will not feel so lonely."

"Your Majesty, if I want to go home to see my father and mother, can you allow me?"

"Songkhla is too far away from the mainland, the sea is stormy, your body is weak, you can't withstand the turbulence of the sea back and forth, if you really miss your parents and relatives, let your brothers stay in the homeland first, while learning to deal with government affairs here, while accompanying you. And if the situation on the Songkhla side is stable, you can also invite your parents to live in the country, and the affairs of Songkhla will be directly handed over to your brother, and Lingxuan will be able to do her filial piety by her side. ”

Married two daughters as wives, Li Mingyuan did not treat Wu Jin and Zhang Zhenxun badly, on the morning before the wedding, that is, at the enthronement ceremony, Wu Jin was awarded the title of Marquis of Geyang (non-hereditary, the descendants were demoted to a level of succession, and after being demoted to a viscount, they were converted to a hereditary viscount), Zhang Zhenxun was Yanling Bo (non-hereditary, the descendants were demoted to a first-level lordship, and after being demoted to a baron, they were converted to a hereditary baron), and the two families each obtained 1000 acres and 800 acres of land outside Chang'an City as hereditary territories.

Li Mingyuan acted open-minded and generous, he did not think of Wu Lingxuan and Zhang Baoyi as canaries trapped in the palace, although limited by the constraints on women in the current era, the two women could not live freely like the girls of later generations, but for the daily activities and activities such as going out of the palace to play and go home to visit relatives, Li Mingyuan still encouraged them to do it.