East Palace.

Soon after Xina got married, she left Chang'an City, and she missed Li Su very much in her heart.

When she saw her husband standing at the gate of the courtyard of the East Palace, greeting him, her face was full of tears, and she rushed over desperately and threw herself into Li Su's arms.

At night, Hina continued to confide in Li Su about her lovesickness, and after the passion, she fell asleep in his arms.

Early the next morning, Hina told Li Su about the little Arab prince Harold, and Li Su welcomed him with a smile and invited him to the East Palace as a guest.

After Li Su went to work and left, Sheena sent someone to take Harold to the East Palace.

In charge of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Harold slept beautifully last night, and the young man was strong and quickly regained his strength.

Yesterday afternoon, when he entered the city, he was shocked by the prosperity and wealth of Chang'an City.

Originally, he thought that Damascus was the most prosperous place in the world, but when he heard Sheena describe the prosperity of Chang'an, he thought that Sheena was marrying Chang'an for herself, and she put gold on her face. Now he knew that the prosperity and wealth of Chang'an City were even more exaggerated than he imagined.

After breakfast, he wanted to go out shopping with his entourage. Before they could go out, Sheena sent someone to inform him and asked him to go to the East Palace for lunch at noon.

East Palace.

Harold came to the palace and saw from afar the tall palace walls and the majestic palace inside, compared with the palace in Damascus, the momentum was even more magnificent.

After entering the palace, he saw many tall palaces, and he thought that the largest of them, the Taiji Palace, should be where the emperor lived. Unexpectedly, the place they were going to was the relatively small East Palace.

After entering the East Palace, Harold found that the place where Sheena lived was only a few houses in the main hall, and there was no independent courtyard of her own, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed, feeling that his sister Sheena didn't seem to be so favored.

You know, in Damascus, although his mother was not so favored, at least there was a compound of her own.

Sheena was overjoyed to see Harold, and led him around her rooms before going to her room.

Seeing his sister's elated appearance, Harold asked in wonder, "Sister Sheena, why do you live here?" There are so many palaces in the palace, you are the imperial concubine, you should have your own palace. ”

Hina smiled: "You don't know this, except for the office of the palace, the rest of the palace is where the queen mother and the princess live."

Don't look at my sister, I live in these houses, in fact, it's enough, the big garden outside, everyone can share, it's also very convenient. ”

Harold asked, "Where did the queen and the other princesses live?" ”

Hina said: "It's all in this hall, everyone is the same, it's all five houses. ”

Seeing Harold's puzzled look, Sheena said: "Actually, I like this very much, the sisters live together, talk and laugh, are very close, and are not lonely." ”

In Harold's impression, the Caliph's concubines all lived alone, and they rarely interacted with each other, so I don't know why they are like this here?

Soon, Harold felt the intimacy between Sheena and the other princesses.

Queen Qibi Wuyun, Imperial Concubine Li Ning'er, Ashina Qing, Begonia, Cai Sha, Narcissus, and Wu Cong heard that Harold was coming, and they all came to greet him.

Harold spoke Chinese, which he was not very proficient in, and responded politely to everyone.

Then, according to Shena's instructions in advance, he took out the gifts for the imperial concubines.

At this time, Harold was not yet mature, he looked very delicate, and with his polite attitude, everyone had a good opinion of him.

On behalf of everyone, the clouds told Harold that if he needed help in Chang'an, just ask.

Seeing Sheena's intimacy with the princesses, Harold felt that Sheena was much happier than when she was in Damascus, and he was happy for her.

Li Su returned to the East Palace after work, saw Harold, and had a good impression of him, so he chatted with him.

Today's guests came, Li Su didn't eat with all the wives and concubines, he and Sheena accompanied Harold exclusively.

During the banquet, Li Su asked: "Harold, I heard your sister say that you want to study in Chang'an, I don't know what you want to study?" ”

Harold said, "Your Majesty. ”

Li Su said: "At home, you can call it brother-in-law." ”

Harold said, "Brother-in-law, I want to learn Chinese first, and then learn other things when I am proficient in Chinese. ”

Li Su said happily: "This is good, it is much easier to lay a good foundation of Chinese first, and then learn other things." These days, just let your sister accompany you, go to Chang'an to play around, go shopping, buy things, bargain, and it is also a good way to learn Chinese. ”

Harold said, "Thank you, brother-in-law." ”

In the days that followed, Harold traveled and enjoyed the entertainment and food of Chang'an, while learning about the military technology content he cared about.

Harold's main goal was to obtain the technology of iron and steel smelting in the Tang Dynasty, as well as the formulation of gunpowder and the technology of cannon manufacturing.

After a period of understanding, he decided to enter the technical school first, and then make plans.

With Sheena's help, the caravans of the Arab Empire were taken care of by the Ministry of Commerce and established themselves in Chang'an City.

After entering the technical school, Harroud was generous, made many friends, and chose the classmates he could take advantage of, looking for opportunities to get closer to his goal.

Not long after Harold and others came to Chang'an, officials from the Overseas Intelligence Bureau in charge of Chang'an affairs came to ask the director for instructions.

He said: "Your Excellency, Imperial Concubine Sheena has returned to Chang'an and brought with her a large caravan in Arabia, according to the registered situation, a total of 617 people, involving 25 industries.

Princess Sheena personally approached the Ministry of Commerce and helped them settle down in Chang'an City. Do these people need to be monitored as well? ”

"The task of your Chang'an Affairs Section is to monitor all foreigners doing business in Chang'an, and the people brought by the imperial concubine are no exception. ”

The official said with some concern: "Most of the merchants we monitored in the past were ordinary businessmen, these Arab businessmen, but the princess personally brought them, will we do this, will it cause him to be disgusted?" ”

"This is not your business, your duty is to monitor all foreign businessmen, including all foreigners stranded in Chang'an for other purposes such as visiting relatives, to prevent them from engaging in espionage activities," said the poster.

If the imperial concubine has an opinion, I will go and say it to the emperor. ”

The official said: "The subordinates understand, and the subordinates will arrange for them to be monitored." ”