Shen Mengxi entered the palace to ask for peace, and met Huaiyi, who was presiding over the reconstruction project of the Ming Hall, he was dressed in a monk's robe, no longer high-spirited, and his eyes were empty.

Three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, many armed officers and soldiers are guarding outside the wall, thousands of migrant workers are working on the construction site inside the wall, half a year, the base and general framework of the palace have been completed, Shen Mengxi thought of the golden palace in the past, felt very pity, shook his head and continued to move forward.

There was a call from behind him, "Your Highness! ”

She smiled, stopped, and turned around to wait for Huaiyi to approach, Shen Fifteen vigilantly approached Shen Mengxi to take precautions.

"The poor monk apologized to His Highness again, it was really rude for the poor monk to offend His Highness back then." Huaiyi was seven or eight steps away, and recited the sentence Amitabha.

"Don't mind." Shen Mengxi raised his feet to leave.

"Your Highness also thinks that this Ming Hall was set on fire by a poor monk?"

Shen Mengxi couldn't help but stop, "Isn't it you?" ”

"This palace has poured countless efforts into the poor monks, even if there is a big grievance, the poor monks are reluctant to burn it!" Huaiyi glanced back, and then looked at the sky high above, as if he could still see the towering golden phoenix.

Shen Mengxi was noncommittal, and there were some other speculations in his heart.

"The day the Ming Hall is restored is the time when the poor monk dies." Huaiyi let out a long sigh.

The arrogant monk has become a sentimental "poor monk", Shen Mengxi was a little uncomfortable, thinking, I knew why I had to be at the beginning today, so flamboyant, and made countless enemies, I deserved today.

"The poor monk has the honor to accompany His Majesty for seven years, and he has no regrets for the rest of his life. Xiaobao's heart of respecting His Majesty has never changed, no matter what, he will always live as His Majesty wants. ”

Shen Mengxi looked at Huaiyi, the tall monk, who looked a little depressed and sad at the moment, and finally said, "Okay, I will bring your words to Your Majesty." ”

"Your Highness!" Huaiyi immediately bowed and saluted.

Shen Mengxi sighed and entered the palace city.

In the second year of the book of heaven, the Ming Hall was finally rebuilt and renamed Tongtian Palace, which was more extravagant than before.

Heaven was not restored, but a Foguang Temple was built on the same site.

As the place where Emperor Wu ascended the throne, Mingtang suffered a fire, which was really a bad omen. Therefore, when rebuilding, Emperor Wu ordered people to cast the bronze tripod of Kyushu and the statue of the zodiac god, and placed it in the corresponding direction of Tongtian Palace.

Emperor Wu visited the newly completed Tongtian Palace, accompanied by officials above the third grade, Shen Mengxi followed him, and Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi were also among them.

Tongtian Palace is built on a huge pedestal, a total of three layers, the first layer of the hall is a square, symbolizing the four seasons, eighty-eight meters on each side, about 30 meters high, the golden pillar is optimus, the gold brick paves the ground, the gold is brilliant, the beauty is magnificent, the people are dazzled, the people let out the sound of admiration, Emperor Wu also nodded with satisfaction.

The bronze statue of the zodiac god is about one zhang high, placed in the main hall, does not appear tall at all, and the twelve kinds of animals on the seat are vivid and lifelike.

Nine bronze tripods occupy the east, south, west, north, southeast, southwest, northeast, northwest and central nine directions, Jizhou Dingming Wuxing, Yongzhou Dingming Chang'an, Yanzhou Dingming Riguan, Qingzhou Dingming Shaoyang, Xuzhou Dingming Dongyuan, Yangzhou Dingming Jiangdu, Jingzhou Dingming Jiangling, Liangzhou Dingming Chengdu, each one zhang four feet high, subject to 1,200 stones, the largest god capital tripod height one zhang eight feet, subject to 1,800 stones. Jiuding is carved and cast on the products of this state, strange birds and beasts, exquisite.

This Kyushu tripod was first cast in the Xia Dynasty, symbolizing that the world's Kyushu square circle is all returned to Xia, and it is the treasure of the town and the country, and the symbol of royal power. After the successive dynasties, all to support the tripod as orthodoxy, to the time of Qin Shi Huang ascended the throne, Kyushu Ding only eight left, try to find, still not found, and then to pass on the jade seal for the orthodoxy. With the change of dynasties, the other eight statues were gradually lost, and they did not know where to go. This time, Emperor Wu consumed more than 560,000 catties of copper to recast Kyushu Ding, in order to also say "Kyushu Dingding", taking righteousness from the whole world, it is not the king's land.

The second floor is twelve-sided, symbolizing the twelve hours, the upper is the dome, slightly lower than the lower hall, and the third layer is the twenty-four-sided shape, symbolizing the twenty-four solar terms, which is also the dome, on top of which are nine golden dragons supporting a huge fire bead.

Being at a height of more than 80 meters, looking at Luoyang, the streets in the city are in good order, Luoshui and several river canals wind through the city, everything is in full view, and there is a feeling in my heart that everything is under control, Shen Mengxi turned his head to look at Emperor Wu, Emperor Wu was looking at her world, smiling, and complacent.

"Yue'er, do you feel dizzy?" Emperor Wu asked his daughter quietly.

At this time, most officials did not dare to look down, just stood away from the window, looking into the distance, how could Shen Mengxi be afraid, she had climbed a higher place, how could she be afraid of this height. She shook her head, "Auntie, don't faint." It's very pleasant to look at it from afar, look, Auntie, that's the home of Yue'er Shangshanfang. ”

"You kid, you're bold." Emperor Wu said with a smile.

On March 16, Tongtian Palace was officially completed, and Emperor Wu changed his Yuan to Long Live Tongtian.

Two months later, there were rumors that Huaiyi was arrogant and unreasonable, picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and within a few days, Huaiyi broke into the palace with weapons to make trouble, and was restrained by more than 100 palace people and killed on the spot.

When Shen Mengxi heard the news, he was silent for a moment, remembering that day, he conveyed Huaiyi's words to Emperor Wu, and Emperor Wu smiled when he heard it, as if he remembered something, and only said that he knew.

Who burned Mingtang, why Huaiyi fell out of favor, and why he died have all become mysteries, and probably only Emperor Wu can tell.