Liu Yi had already walked out of Weiyang Palace and boarded the car to Changle Palace to meet the Empress Dowager Shangguan. Every time I walked out of Weiyang Palace and looked back, I saw the huge royal palace before the Western Yuan Dynasty. Staring at this magnificent palace, he couldn't help but be a little distracted. Even in later generations, he was accustomed to seeing skyscrapers, and he still felt shocked and surprised when he faced the Han Palace.

The palace is dozens of zhang high, almost comparable to the general mansion of later generations. There is also a magnificent temple that stands in the clouds. That is to use the soil of Longshan Mountain, piled up the Xuanshu Palace.

What's even more exaggerated is that in the palace, there are faint pleasant wind chimes, one after another, into the ears.

God knows, in this Weiyang Palace, how many sets of wind chimes are hung! A big drum stands tall under the palace. That's the famous Dengwen drum. Legend has it that Ti Ying saved his father by beating this drum, and then Emperor Taizong Xiaowen came out of Weiyang Palace and personally accepted Ti Ying's complaint.

Thus, the legal system of the Han dynasty was completely changed. Since then, corporal punishment has been abolished and flogging has become popular.

Looking at the city from afar, faintly, you can see a dry level, hanging above the city. Those are the level of the Korean Wei Rebellion, the South Yue Lu Rebellion, the Minyue Luo Rebellion, and the rebel thieves of the Southwest Yi Zhu Bu and the Xiongnu nobles. These lords of Yidi or Zhuxia separatist forces, who were once lonely and widowed, have now become the best proof that the Han Empire boasted and publicized its martial arts to the world.

There is a considerable distance between the Weiyang Palace, where Liu Ai has lived, and the Changle Palace, where the Empress Dowager Shangguan is located.

It's about two or three kilometers away. In fact, originally, Changle Palace was the residence of the Son of Heaven, and Weiyang Palace was the residence of the Queen Mother's concubines.

It's just that after the death of Emperor Gao, Empress Lu came to the dynasty to weigh the system and took all the power in his hands. So, Emperor Hui Liu Ying moved to Weiyang Palace to live and gave Changle Palace to Empress Lu. After the elimination of Zhulu, the chaos was set right. However, all kinds of rules, systems and even laws at the time of Empress Lu have been retained.

Therefore, the rule that the Queen Mother and the Son of Heaven are not in the same palace has become a common practice. And because Weiyang Palace is in the west of Changle Palace, it is also called the West Palace, Changle Palace is the East Palace, there is a lane and a pavilion road between the two palaces, therefore, generally, whether it is from Changle Palace to Weiyang Palace, or Weiyang Palace to Changle Palace, it is a car, and few people walk.

Liu Ill had already driven towards Changle Palace in a car with a guard of honor, and Liu Ill had closed his eyes and recalled his performance at the first court meeting. found that there was nothing wrong, and all that remained was how to get the support of the Queen Mother for the palace banquet tonight.

When the chariot appeared in Changle Palace, the newly promoted eunuch of Changle Palace, Ling Li Li, the Shaofu Commander Zhao Chongguo, and Shangguan An, who had just appointed a waiter, greeted him at the door, and some foreign ministers who had just arrived also joined the greeting procession. Liu Ai has stepped down from the imperial palace, and the ministers bowed down and entered the Yongshou Hall with Liu Ai.

In the beginning, the Yongshou Hall was Liu Bang's residence, and then the Emperor Lu was in the court, and it was also here. Therefore, the building and hall style of the Yongshou Hall are magnificent, magnificent, and everywhere shows the majesty of the son of heaven of the Han family. However, the first emperor lost his mother at a young age, and the empress dowager Shangguan liked to be quiet, so he removed all kinds of weapons and maps that were originally hung in various parts of the Yongshou Palace, and replaced them with various screens and murals.

But Liu Yi can still see the atmosphere of slaughter back then. Up and down the Yongshou Palace, no one dared to discuss it in private, and the eunuchs and palace maids were all trembling, walking on thin ice.

There are so many stories in the past. Back then, Empress Lu made Mrs. Qi into a human in a secret room in this Yongshou Palace...... Liu Ruyi, the son of Mrs. Qi, was also killed by Empress Lu in this Yongshou Palace......

The ministers and princes destroyed the Lu clan together, and there was also a river of blood here. The eunuchs and maids in the palace, there are private legends that in the middle of the night, the crying of women and the sound of swords can often be heard. Some people say that the cry is that the soul of Mrs. Qi is still hovering somewhere in this palace, and the sound of the sword is the brother of the young emperor who was killed when the princes and ministers destroyed Zhulu together.

For these rumors, the previous Queen Mothers and the current Shangguan Queen Mother are convinced. Therefore, every year, a sorcerer is invited to come into the palace to perform rituals and burn some utensils.

Liu Liuzhi has always scoffed at these rumors and does not believe them at all. If you want to say that Mrs. Qi's injustice is explained, what is there to do with the young emperor's brothers?

After losing the political game and military struggle, will they still be able to save their lives? was not executed by Ling Chi, which is already very face-saving! Moreover, even if these people really have grievances, they should have dissipated long ago. It was Empress Lu who killed Mrs. Qi, and it was Chen Ping and Zhou Bo who ordered the execution of the young emperor's brothers, and it had nothing to do with Taizong's lineage at all!

When Liu Yi had arrived at the Yongshou Palace, the entire Changle Palace was already lively. It can be seen that for tonight's palace banquet, the Empress Dowager Shangguan can be said to have put a lot of effort into it. Liu Yi only glanced at it in a hurry, and saw several teams of singers rehearsing in various side halls.

Liu De walked into the main hall of the Yongshou Palace, and saw the Empress Dowager Shangguan and Xu Pingjun sitting beside him. The Empress Dowager Shangguan was also very happy to see Liu Aiji, and immediately helped Liu Aiji with a smile, and then put Liu Drake on the seat next to her and spoke.

Li Li saw that the Son of Heaven had arrived, so he asked the Queen Mother if the palace banquet could begin. The Empress Dowager Shangguan looked at Huo Guang, Zhang Anshi and others were there, so she nodded in agreement, and Li Li immediately went to arrange. After a while, the sound of bells rang out, and the feast began.

In the two Han Dynasty, this kind of palace banquet has a unified name, feast. More than 100 years later, Ban Gu praised the scale of the banquet of the Eastern Han Dynasty in "Dongdu Fu" and said: So the court is a thousand products, the purpose of wine is ten thousand bells, Lie Jinpan, Ban Yuzhen, Jiazhen Yu, and the prison feast. At this time, the scale of the Han family was naturally far less than that of the Eastern Han Dynasty. But in essence, the banquet of the two Han Dynasty was actually an entertainment link for the monarch and the minister to enjoy together. The so-called feast is respectful, and the swallow is happy. The banquet was also one of the few occasions in the Han family where the ministers could openly pat the emperor's ass without fear of being criticized.

The banquet, the greater role is that the royal family and the ministers of the power of the ease, if the lord is strong and the minister is weak, it will become a link to shoot the dragon's fart, if the minister's power is stronger than the monarch's power, the Son of Heaven will use this occasion to try to win over his own powerful faction.

But Liu Ai no longer needs such an opportunity, digging into the corner of Huo Guang's wall, for this kind of political veteran who will go down in history, no wind and grass can escape his eyes. Instead of exacerbating the conflict, it is better to seek cooperation. Placing cronies in the DPRK like Liu He will arouse the disgust of the ministers. What's more, from a historical point of view, Huo Guang did not claim the emperor's intention to rebel, so it was better to clarify his position. When his never-ending edict spreads all over the country, Huo Guang will no longer be able to shake his throne.