As an imperial capital, all walks of life in the capital are very developed, and there are several such stores every other street in various catering industries such as restaurants and teahouses, and sometimes there are even stores such as restaurants and teahouses on a street.

On the nearest street outside the palace is a restaurant, which is not as famous as the drunken immortal residence for its good taste and high price.

Most of the people who come here are foreigners from afar, and they choose to eat here in order to see the style of the palace.

This restaurant has three floors, the first floor is the entrance hall, which is densely packed with more than a dozen tables, and it is very lively when it is time to eat.

The second floor is divided into several large and small private rooms like the Drunken Immortal Residence, in order to ensure the pleasure of the guests' meals, the outside sound is blocked in the box, so that people can have a good dining environment.

The third floor is the highest floor of the whole restaurant, and it also has several large and small boxes, but it is different from the box on the second floor, and the box on the third floor has an extra fence outside, and people can see the scenery of the entire palace when they stand there.

It is said that it is the scenery of the entire palace, but it is not unexpected, after all, this restaurant was opened by the people themselves, and the palace, as the residence of the Son of Heaven, is naturally impossible to let the houses outside be repaired higher than those in the palace.

However, with the close geographical location, you can still get a rough view of the architecture of the palace.

Wen Qiao rode his horse all the way from Zhuangzi to the palace, and in order to find a place for Zhao Qingyan to settle, he deliberately spared a section of the road outside the palace.

It's past lunchtime, and the restaurant is entering a short break of the day.

When she arrived at the door, Wen Qiao took the lead in turning over from the horse, and then took Zhao Qingyan's hand and hugged her waist to pick her off the horse.

Wen Qiao is an adult man who practices martial arts, Zhao Qingyan is weak and petite, and it is almost easy for Wen Qiao to hug her.

Only a small one of the doors of the restaurant was still open, and it was quiet from the outside.

Wen Qiao held Zhao Qingyan's wrist, and then the two of them stepped into the restaurant one after the other, and a round head in front of the counter was pointing at the counter one by one.

This person lowered his head, and Wen Qiao and Zhao Qingyan could only see the top of his head. see

After a few seconds, Wen Qiao flexed his fingers and gently clasped the counter, making a crisp "dong dong" sound.

This sound made the head of the person who was still sleeping slam on the counter, this time the sound was not as crisp as Wen Qiao had just knocked with his fingers, and then there was a very dull sound.

Zhao Qingyan watched as the sleeping man raised his hand to cover his forehead, and then revealed the face with wrinkled facial features. "What are you doing?"

The shopkeeper's tightly closed eyes finally opened a little, and he squinted and stared at the man and woman standing in front of him.

Not only was he suddenly woken up, but he was so frightened that his head hit the counter, and a hot pain was growing in front of his forehead.

"Book a private room." Wen Qiao's voice was faint, his eyes stared at the shopkeeper in front of him, and he realized that he was hurt because of his own reasons, so he followed, "Sorry, I woke you up." ”

The shopkeeper was still covering his forehead with one hand, and when he heard this, he subconsciously raised his head and glanced at Wen Qiao, waved his hand at him, and asked, "Do you want the second floor or the third floor?"

Wen Qiao didn't think about this question, and replied directly: "Third floor."

The shopkeeper took a brush and wrote something on the paper, and after he finished writing, he opened the cabinet under the counter, rummaged through it for a long time in a loud noise, and finally found a bunch of keys.

"Let's go, I'll take you two up." The shopkeeper walked out of the counter and said as he walked up the stairs of the restaurant.

Wen Qiao still had important things to do, he looked at Zhao Qingyan, didn't say anything, took Zhao Qingyan's hand and followed behind the shopkeeper.

When they arrived on the third floor, the shopkeeper opened the door for them with the key he had just taken out from the counter on the first floor, and as soon as the door of the box was pushed open, a somewhat dazzling light rushed directly towards them.

After a brief period of discomfort, what appeared in front of them was the unique scenery outside.

The shopkeeper didn't know if it was because he was very professional or because he wanted to go down and go to sleep, so after opening the door for Wen Qiao and Zhao Qingyan, he walked down slowly.

Wen Qiao stood in front of the box door and looked at Zhao Qingyan without saying anything, he actually had a lot of things to say to Zhao Qingyan in his heart, but this was not the time.

He still had to rush into the palace to see the saint, and now he also sent Zhao Qingyan here, he was afraid that if he continued to delay, the saint would blame him, so he had to send Zhao Qingyan into the box.

At the same time, he did not forget to stand by the door and tell her: "I will come out to pick you up later, you don't leave yet."

The look on Zhao Qingyan's face was extremely light, and after hearing Wen Qiao's words, she nodded lightly and said, "You go."

Wen Qiao knew that it would be too late if he didn't leave, so he replied with some reluctance: "Okay." As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around conveniently.

Without Zhao Qingyan by his side, Wen Qiao's speed was faster than the speed of rushing from Zhuangzi's side just now, and the horse under his crotch was almost galloping, and when he arrived outside the palace gate, he was naturally stopped by the guards guarding according to the usual practice.

After Wen Qiao handed over the horse to the guards, he quickly ran into the palace.

The palace was very quiet, almost no sound could be heard, and the palace maids and guards passing by along the way were all silent, even if they spoke, they all spoke from ear to ear, and no one dared to make a loud noise.

Rushing all the way, when Wen Qiao ran to the bottom of the steps outside the imperial study, he saw from a distance a waiter in a dark purple official uniform standing on the top of the highest step of the steps.

"General Wen, why are you here!" After Wen Qiao panted and ran in front of the waiter, he clapped his hands and said in a very anxious tone.

"Your Majesty has been waiting for you in the Imperial Study for a long time!" The chamberlain said again.

Wen Qiao wiped the hot sweat on his forehead and explained, "I'm outside the capital, and I just received the news."

Fortunately, Wen Qiao's people are here now, and the chamberlain is a little anxious and can't say anything at this time, he took Wen Qiao to the closed door of the imperial study, "Okay, General Wen should go in quickly." ”

After speaking, the hands placed on the door slowly pushed the door of the imperial study open.

The chamberlain still walked a few steps in front of Wen Qiao, and Wen Qiao stopped before he reached a layered curtain, followed by the voice of the chamberlain announcing to the people inside, "Your Majesty, General Wen has arrived." ”

"Xuan!" The Emperor's voice was deep and powerful.

The waiter opened the curtain and opened a way for Wen Qiao, and Wen Qiao went directly through to the innermost.

He walked to the innermost inner hall, and the first thing he saw was the emperor sitting on the dragon chair wearing a bright yellow dragon robe.

Several ministers of the dynasty have also arrived.