The first court meeting that returned to Luoyang finally dealt with the old nobles in Luoyang City, and Zhou Bian was very relieved. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But in the blink of an eye, it was already dark, and at this time, the conference was also over, and after the prince gave the tribute to the ancestors to all the nobles who came to greet the king in the evening, the ministers stood up, saluted together, and sent the king away. Zhou Bian was led by the accompanying royal temple people and left from behind the Ming Hall.

It turns out that the back door is behind the middle and high position of this Ming Hall, if it is not a big ceremony or ceremony, the Son of Heaven should enter and exit every day from this door, because after the Ming Hall passes through the two small halls, it is **.

The layout of the Luoyang palace is much more regular than the small palace in Chengzhou, from the south to the north, first the Ming Hall, then two small halls, after the small hall is**,** is divided into nine palaces, corresponding to the nine women of the Son of Heaven. After the nine palaces, there are some small palaces, for the queen mother and the first princess, or the concubines who do not like the king, and there are also some gardens for the pastime of the Son of Heaven, this layout has been handed down. However, the palace of Luoyang was not so big, because before King Ping moved eastward, Luoyang was only accompanied by the capital, and only the Son of Heaven accepted the princes to visit and went to Chu when he stayed, so although the palace pattern existed, but the area was not large, King Ping moved east to enjoy it, and expanded a few miles to the north, and built a palace for entertainment, which caused the area of the entire palace to exceed half of the whole city of Luoyang.

However, after the collapse of the ceremony, the royal family became increasingly depressed, and the palace had no money and could not be maintained, so later the area of abandonment became more and more, and after the rebellion of the prince's dynasty, the whole palace was in a mess, and King Jing moved to Chengzhou to build a new small palace. However, the Duke of Zhou who was later enshrined in the past dynasties operated here and rebuilt part of it, which enabled today's palace to open its arms to welcome its new master, Zhou Bian.

This small temple person who led the way was chosen by the Queen Mother, this is what the Queen Mother said, Zhou Bian is too big, he can't just be served by the maids, he has to have temple people by his side, so in addition to Bai Jian he chose this small temple person. This little eunuch is only in his fifteenth year, he looks very flexible and sensible, and he also came with the large army in the morning, but he has already figured out the basic layout of the palace.

I only heard this small temple man say earlier, "My lord, what we just came out of after the Ming Hall is the Weide Hall, which is the place where the Son of Heaven rested before accepting the princes' visits, and what we can see in this meeting is the Guide Hall, which is the place where the Son of Heaven and his ministers discuss state affairs. ”

I couldn't see clearly by the dim lantern light, but Zhou Bian still hummed, but I didn't think that this little temple person was quite smart and clever, so Zhou Bian had a good impression in his heart, so he asked, "When did you enter the palace and what is your name?" ”

"The slave family was pure five years ago, and it will help in the dining room in the palace, and everyone will teach me Xiao Dingzi." The little temple man bowed his head and said, as if he remembered something sad, but his tone was still calm.

However, Zhou Bian's mood was good, "Hehe, when this king first ascended to the Ming Hall today, he gave you the name Ming Supervisor, and followed this king full-time, how about it?" ”

The people of the small temple were overjoyed when they heard this, although the prisoners and the temple people were eunuchs, but in the Zhou Dynasty, the prisoners were a level higher than the temple people, and the people in charge or close to the master could be called what kind of prisoners, so the newly promoted Ming eunuchs were not surprised, and they knelt on the ground and said that they were grateful to the king.

Zhou Bian laughed and walked over, and the Ming Eunuch hurriedly followed, "King, this Mingde Gate in front of you is the Mingde Palace, which is the residence of the Son of Heaven, which was occupied by the Duke of Zhou before, but now it has been cleaned up for the king, and the princess is waiting in the palace." ”

Princess? Zhou Bian was stunned at first, but then remembered that it must be Liu Qing Liu's family, it seems that this time the royal family recaptured Luoyang, and the Queen Mother was overjoyed, and the Liu family was also stained and officially positioned as the princess. Although I know that this is a matter of time, but all of a sudden, Zhou Bian is really a little uncomfortable, don't you call Sister Qing in the future, will you call Concubine Ai? Although I was cheeky, I could still shout, but I was embarrassed after all.

Thinking about his steps, he slowed down, but after a few steps, he still walked in front of the Mingde Gate, which is also a small door like the four big characters "Ordered by Heaven" written in front of him, but at this time, what attracted Zhou Bian's attention was not this antique door, but a woman next to the door.

Obviously, Liu has been waiting here for a long time, seeing the king returning from the night, he hurriedly trotted up, "The king can come back, the slave family is worried about death, in the morning the slave family first detoured to the Ming Palace, for the king to clean up, I didn't think that I just arrived at the Ming Palace but heard that the king was assassinated, the slave family wanted to come, but was stopped by the palace guards, fortunately I heard that the king was safe and sound soon after, but the slave family is still afraid of death." Hurry up and let the slave see, is the king hurt anything, is it okay? ”

Saying that, Liu pulled Zhou Bian, and beckoned several palace maids behind him to hold the lantern closer, looked around a few times, and saw that there was gauze wrapped around his arm after that, so he relaxed a little.

Seeing this, Zhou Bian's heart was also warm, and he said softly, "Thank you Sister Qing for the armor that this king put on in the morning, if it weren't for this, this king wouldn't know what he would have been shot into." ”

"In the future, every time the king goes on an expedition, the slave family will personally put on armor for the king." Saying that, Liu took the king's hand, and the two walked through the Mingde Gate together, and now that Liu has been ordered by the Queen Mother, her name is correct, and she is not afraid of anything. Behind this door is a piece of wall, after going around is a small courtyard, and the courtyard can not be seen clearly in the night, but after walking dozens of steps, it will arrive at a brilliantly lit hall, and Zhou Bian will be stunned, but his feet are a meal.

Originally, although this hall is not high, but it is very wide, three double open doors, all are wide open, the hall is covered with wooden floors, and there are cloth curtains divided into three, one in the middle is the widest, almost half the size of the south court, but it is very empty, only a low couch is placed directly above, and the small rooms on both sides are placed with some common furniture such as a few small ones, in good order. What surprised Zhou Bian the most was the two rows of lights placed on both sides of the hall, which could be seen clearly from a distance, and it was clearly a candle.

Zhou Bian rubbed his eyes, and then looked carefully, only to find that he was indeed right, it was really a candle. Seeing the king's surprised look, Liu couldn't help laughing, took the king's hand, and walked into the hall with Zhou Bian like a sister holding her younger brother, at this time the two rows of maids standing in the hall knelt down and saluted, some were recognized by Zhou Bian, and some were face-to-face, thinking that it was originally in the Ming Palace, but it must have been selected at all levels to serve the king, so Zhou Bian didn't care too much, so he broke free of Liu's hand and ran straight to the candles on both sides.

That's right, this is really a candle, you can smell a faint sweet fragrance when you get closer, Zhou Bian's mouth can't be closed, this Luoyang Zhou Gong's family is really rich, and he actually uses candles, you must know that even after hundreds of years, candles are only used by the Han royal family. Zhou Bian couldn't help but turn around and asked, "There are still candles here?" ”

Seeing Zhou Bian's doubts, Liu couldn't help laughing, "I didn't think that the king had never seen it, and he still knew the goods, in fact, the slave family didn't recognize this thing, and after lighting it for the first time, he looked at it in surprise for a long time, and then I heard the original palace people in the Ming Palace say that it was a candle." Well, it's really expensive, and it's only on today to welcome the king, and maybe not tomorrow. But the light of this candle is really beautiful. ”

Saying that, Liu approached a candlelight with an intoxicated face, and the beating pale yellow candlelight reflected Liu's pretty face extraordinarily gorgeous, as if draped in a layer of pale yellow tulle, charming and subtle, Zhou Bian couldn't help but be stunned again, although the candle is beautiful, but where is it more beautiful than the beauty!

Seeing that the king noticed him, Liu's heart became more and more proud, but his face showed a shy color, he lowered his head and turned his face away, stirring his dress with his hand, not wanting the outline of this side face to be more inducing reverie, what a shy beauty, wanting to welcome and refuse, really want to hook the man's heart.

Unexpectedly, at this warm moment, another man's voice suddenly sounded, interrupting the silence of the man and woman. It turned out that Fan Yu was shouting outside, "King, Captain Zhou Mizhou asks to see you." ”

Fan Yu came in with the king, and although he couldn't enter the main hall, he could guard the Mingde Gate and the side hall. Who said that there is no man except the Son of Heaven, doesn't the Son of Heaven want someone to guard, isn't the guard a man?

The atmosphere in the room was suddenly broken, but it was okay, Zhou Bian sighed, after all, it was really bad to only see that I couldn't take action, it was better to eat more and exercise more every day and grow up quickly. Liu also reacted, turned his face, and saw that his face was as red as a peach blossom under the candlelight, no wonder both modern and ancient people liked candles, only to hear Liu Shi speak, "If the king wants to see his courtiers, he can be in the side hall, can you let Captain Zhou come in?" ”

As he spoke, the spring color on Liu's face receded, although it was a little pity that he hadn't seen enough, but Zhou Bian also knew that there was time in the future, so he nodded and said, "Okay, where is the side hall, bring this king over." ”

After Liu instructed a maid to go out of the hall to inform Zhou Mi, he pulled Zhou Bian to the side of the main hall, through the high curtain, and sure enough, it was a small room, and the small table and cushions were arranged separately from the host and guest, and it seemed that it was a place to discuss things with a small number of visitors. After Zhou Bian stepped into the upper seat and sat down, he saw Zhou Mi walk in, and after saluting, he sat on the side of the king's head.

Although the lunch was very late, but there was an afternoon meeting, and the stomach was also a little hungry, and when he asked Zhou Mi, it happened that he didn't eat, so Zhou Bian opened his mouth and told Liu to prepare two dinners, and Liu went out in response. Zhou Mi was anxious, and hurriedly stood up, "The king can't help it, the small one is different from the king's identity, how can they eat together?" ”

Zhou Bian couldn't help but wonder when he heard this, "Didn't we eat together before?" ”

Zhou Mi's face was slightly red, and he bowed his head and said, "Before leaving in the morning, the Queen Mother specially shouted and instructed us, saying that although the king is still the king, his status is far from being comparable to the past, let us respect the king as if he really treated the Son of Heaven, and stop fighting like before." ”

I didn't think that the queen mother was quite wide, Zhou Bian frowned at first when he heard it, but then walked down laughing, took Zhou Mi's hand and said, "The queen mother said that the king is still the previous king." Although the identity is different, but the relationship is close, the king's will, Zhou Mi is still as close to the king as before, and now the king has ordered you to dine with the king, do you want to disobey? ”

Seeing that the king's last sentence was obviously stern, Zhou Mi hurriedly shook his head, "Don't dare, the little one obeys the order." ”

Although he really looks like a son of heaven now, Zhou Bian doesn't want to really alienate his close ministers, and he has experienced many things together, but he still has to rely on them to fight the world in the future. After speaking, the two monarchs and ministers sat down again. Only then did Zhou Mi remember the reason for coming to meet the king, so he said, "The king, the little one who came to report to you is that the palace guards have been arranged. The thirty guards of the Son of Heaven led by the small one, as well as the thirty tigers of Lu Buying, were all stationed around the Mingde Palace, divided into three shifts overnight, and there were clear posts at the entrance of the main hall, and there were also dark posts and mobile posts in the rest of the places. Zhou Zhan and Zhang Hu each led their teams to be stationed outside the Mingde Palace, and each exit was guarded. Wang Sunjian and Liu Yun guarded the east gate and the west gate of the palace respectively, the palace gate was the veterans of the Imperial Forest Army led by Pang Xing, and the north gate of the palace was the north gate of Luoyang, and the new soldiers led by Zichang were guarding. In addition, Dr. Bai also asked the little one to bring a message to the king, he will not come to visit tonight, and lead the Bai Mansion family and the royal ministers such as the Taishi to guard the gate of the palace, the king is tired during the day, and please ask the king to sleep early. ”

There is nothing missing in this layout, Zhou Bian is still quite satisfied, lowered his head and thought about it and said, "It's a pity that our manpower is still too small, and the defense force is still a little insufficient." I've worked hard for you during this time, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to rest until the royal family expands in the future. ”

"It is the honor of the little ones to serve the royal family, as long as they can protect the king, the little ones will never give up." Zhou Mi arched his hands and bowed down.