The Taiji Palace is very large, but it is a pity that I have never seen the beautiful palace maids. There are 3,000 beauties in the emperor's harem, but in fact, it is just a legend.

The Taiji Palace is deep, but the number of palace people is not large, and the number of eunuchs and palace maids may not be three thousand, especially more than half of them are old. Many palace people have even been gray-haired, and they have already come in since the time when Taiji Palace was still called Daxing Palace.

For Li Zhi, Taiji Palace is a palace of power, but for many palace maids and eunuchs, it is actually a cage. Many people come in and never get out again for the rest of their lives.

Although there are young and beautiful palace maids, there are very few, and they all serve the emperor in the harem, and they are not seen in the front court. The palace people did not have the opportunity to come to the front court, let alone leave the deep palace.

The palace was surrounded by several walled castles, in which were stationed Janissary soldiers. Outside the Xuanwu Gate in the north, although there is the Royal North Garden, there is a large number of elite Yulin troops stationed there.

The palace is deep, the palace gates overlap, each palace gate is heavily guarded, and no one can mix it up with the waist cards and warrants.

It is said that during the Taizong Dynasty, Empress Changsun took pity on those palace people and asked Taizong to release some old palace people out of the palace, and thousands of palace people were released at that time, many of whom had been in the palace for more than ten or twenty years or even thirty or forty years, and they couldn't even remember who else was in the family.

Li Xiao walked in the Taiji Palace, just like traveling in the ancient city, with a calm mind and no excitement.

He was also surrounded by Xue Chuyu, Cheng Boxian, Liu Wen, Liu Jun, Wang Fangyi, Qin Xiong, and Li Yuanfang, all seven of whom had made great contributions in yesterday's battle, and the emperor specially ordered them to enter the palace to meet them.

Cheng Boxian, Wang Fangyi, Xue Chuyu, Liu Wen, and Liu Jun had all served as guards in the Inner Mansion before, and they were very familiar with Taiji Palace, so they were not excited and curious.

But Qin Xiong and Li Yuanfang entered the palace for the first time.

Qin Xiong has been a soldier for most of his life, and he has followed Qin Qiong countless times in bloody battles, and he has never shaken his legs in the face of many enemies and dangerous battle situations. But at this time, half a hundred years old, walking in this glorious Tai Chi Palace, he felt that his heart was beating hard, his palms were full of sweat, his mouth was dry, and his legs were even weak, and stepping on the ground was as light as stepping on silk cotton.

Li Yuanfang is better, but this young man who grew up in Helong and is used to seeing the desolation over there, although he has been in Chang'an for a while, he was shocked by the luxury of the palace when he entered the palace for the first time.

The red lacquered pillars, yellow glazed tiles, painted masts, blue windows, white walls, and rockeries and flowers and trees everywhere make people feel like they are in the fairy palace.

Cheng Xue was expected to look at them, after all, when they first entered the palace, they were also shocked by the splendor of this Taiji Palace.

It's just that when they saw Li Xiao's plain face, they were a little puzzled.

Li Xiao smiled and said, "It's not the first time I've entered the palace, this is the second time I've entered the palace, last time I was summoned into the palace by His Majesty once, but then His Majesty didn't summon me." ”

"Even if it's the second time you come, don't you think the splendor and luxury of the Taiji Palace?"

"It's brilliant, it's luxurious." Li Xiao replied indifferently, which made the few people who originally wanted to see Li Xiao's shocked eyeballs a little disappointed.

"I think when I first entered the palace as an errand boy, it took me half a month to barely adapt here." Xue Chuyu said.

A small eunuch led eight people in front, he bowed his waist and did not speak, but both ears were pricked up and listened carefully, he listened carefully, for fear of missing a word.

Xue Chuyu said with a smile that Li Xiao will definitely be able to see His Majesty this time, last time he was still white, but this time he is a six-rank official. And he has made great contributions, in such a dangerous situation, he can still keep the corn and the safety of the villagers of Lanxi, which is an extremely rare thing.

Cheng Boxian said that Li Xiao may be promoted.

Li Xiao smiled and said It doesn't matter if he doesn't add an official or not, it would be nice if he could be knighted.

"Do you think that the title of Datang is so easy to seal, but we don't have a title yet."

The best way to obtain the title of Datang is to make military merits on the battlefield, if there is no military merit, even if it is the prime minister, it is generally a county duke, or a false title.

"What are you in a hurry, you are about to go to Liaodong to conquer Goguryeo, and when you win a few battles, you will have a title." Li Xiao pointed at Cheng Boxian and scolded them, these generals are from a family background, if Cheng Boxian doesn't go to war, he will have a title to inherit in this life.

His grandfather Cheng Yanjin is the Duke of Lu Guo, and his father is Cheng Yanjin's sister-in-law, although he is not the eldest son, it is impossible to inherit the Duke of Lu Guo in this life, but he has already won the title of Duke of Guangping County. In the future, Cheng Bo will sacrifice his father's legs to a liter, and the duke of this county will not be his.

Even if he has no meritorious, if he wants to be demoted to a knighthood at that time, it will at least be a county duke. And his grandfather is a hero of Lingyan Pavilion, a veteran of the two dynasties, and such a family of heroes can not be demoted.

Sometimes I envy Uncle Cheng for dedicating them, reincarnation is good, and you can just eat and wait for death for the rest of your life. But I also admire them, born in a wealthy family, but I didn't want to be a fool who eats and waits for death, but people still want to make meritorious contributions and find a marquis for thousands of miles, this ambition is quite rare.

The little eunuch led them to the Ganlu Hall and asked them to wait for the emperor to summon them in the side hall.

"This is His Majesty's dormitory, and it is also the third hall of Taiji Palace. Here, the emperor reviewed the recitals, read books, dined, and recruited concubines to sleep. Wang Fangyi introduced Li Xiao.

The palace has three major halls, namely Taiji Palace, Liangyi Palace and Ganlu Palace. The palace is facing and sleeping in front of the back, with the Zhuming Gate, Suzhang Gate, Qianhua Gate and other palace walls and doors as the boundary, and the palace is divided into two parts: "the front court" and "the inner court".

The former dynasty was laid out according to the system of the three dynasties, and the Chengtianmen and the east and west halls were the outer dynasties, which was "the place to hold the ceremony and inquire about the people";

With the Taiji Hall as the middle court, it is the place where the emperor mainly listens to the government and looks at the court, every day of Shuo (the first day of the new year) and Wang (fifteenth), the emperor comes to this hall to meet the ministers, and the court listens to the government. In addition, the emperor's accession to the throne, the canonization of queens, princes, kings, princesses, and banquets of tributary envoys are also held in this hall.

The Liangyi Hall in the Inner Court area is the inner court, and it is the place where the emperor and the sect gather and retreat to the doctor. Liangyi Hall because in the forbidden, only a few ministers can discuss state affairs with the emperor in person, so the behavior is more casual, here is often the place where Taizong feasts ministers and tribute envoys, Taizong has repeatedly invited officials above five grades in this hall, it is the second hall in Taiji Palace.

Behind the Taiji hall is Zhu Ming Gate, its north is the Liangyi Gate, and the horizontal street between the Zhu Ming Gate and the Liangyi Gate is the boundary of the Dynasty and the Bed.

Now the emperor summoned Li Xiao and them to the Ganlu Hall to meet them, which was the sleeping area.

If the Daji Palace is compared to the emperor's residence, then the Chengtianmen and the east and west halls are the front yard living room of the emperor's house, the Taiji Hall is the hall of the middle courtyard, and the Liangyi Hall is the flower hall of the backyard.

As for the Ganlu Palace, it is the emperor's bedroom.

The emperor summoned a few people to his bedroom, which can be seen to be extremely close.

"Your Majesty is still discussing with the prime ministers in the government hall, please wait here." A eunuch came up to them and told them with a smile that they had been waiting for tea there.

After a pot of tea was drunk, I finally saw the eunuch come again.

"Your Majesty summoned, please come with us."

Li Xiao got up and followed behind the eunuch with everyone, walked along the corridor, and after going around left and right for half a day, he finally came to the main hall of the Ganlu Palace.

Take off your shoes and enter the temple.

When he arrived in the hall, Li Xiao found that he couldn't see the emperor, and there was actually a row of screens in the hall. The silk screen is embroidered with patterns of flowers and birds, and calligraphy works are also written. Behind the screen, a young man in a bright yellow robe could be seen sitting there.

"Your Majesty, Corn Supervisor Li Xiao, Qianniu Beishen Wang Fangyi and others are here." The eunuch recital.

Li Xiao followed Wang Fangyi and they bowed and saluted.

A slightly hoarse voice came from behind the screen, "Zhu Qing is flat, I occasionally feel the wind and cold today, although it does not hinder major events, but the imperial doctor told me not to see the wind, so let people stand in front of the screen, Zhu Qing forgive me." ”

Li Xiao thought to himself that this was the case, but he didn't think much about it.

didn't know that behind the screen at this time, Li Zhi looked at Li Xiao at the bottom of the stairs, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. In the confrontation just now in the political hall, Li Zhi can be said to have won a big victory, Chu Suiliang was demoted from Beijing, and the eldest grandson Wuji was no longer presiding over the government.

At this time, he was in a good mood, and he felt very kind when he saw Li Xiao. Think about it, this time thanks to Li Xiao, if he hadn't offered corn seeds, and then Chu Suiliang made a stupid move to transfer troops to grab the seeds, there would not have been so many things, and it would not be so easy to kick Chu Suiliang away.

Thinking of this, Li Zhi coughed, "Regarding the before and after of the Lanxi Rebellion, I have already received a detailed report. I have to say that the hero is a young man, and several ministers have performed remarkably, and I want to reward them heavily. ”

"Add Li Xiao Chaosan to the doctor's rank, knight the founding barony of Lantian County, give scarlet robes and silverfish, and eat 300 households and seal 50 households."

As soon as the emperor was happy, the reward was naturally thick, and he even temporarily promoted the set reward.

When the few people next to him heard Li Xiao's reward, they were all happy for him, this is a big reward.

Promotions and knighthoods are amazing.

Li Xiao was originally from the sixth rank of the scattered rank, but now he has been promoted to the Chaosan doctor all of a sudden, this is three orders in a row, from the fifth rank, from Lang to the doctor, this is a key step.

What's more, he was actually given a knighthood, even if it was the lowest founding county man, it was also a serious title, especially the fifty households were given a real title, this is a real knighthood, how many people can't earn a knighthood in their lifetime, let alone a real title.

The fifth-grade five-rank lord is naturally qualified to wear a scarlet official robe and wear a silverfish bag, and in the future, Li Xiao will no longer have to wear a green robe, he can wear a scarlet robe, and he can also hang a silverfish bag on his waist with a silverfish charm inside.

Li Xiao was also a little surprised, such a little thing is a meritorious knight?