Chapter Twenty-Three—The Palace Mystery
From the three-storey restaurant or the same high-rise building in the city, you can see the majestic and magnificent palace in the city at any time, this palace covers an area of about one-third of the entire city, which is the palace of the royal family that left the country in the past, but now it has become a place where the family members of the royal family of the Chen family live. Among them, Chen Xuan, the head of the royal Chen family, would hold their royal Chen family's court meeting in the Taiji Hall at the front every day.
In terms of the luxury and size of the palace, as well as its history, this palace from the city is far more than the palace in Weicheng, the orthodox capital of the country. The reason for this is that the area of the new capital city of Weicheng is not as large as that of the old capital, and the royal palace of the city has been developed and planned and even renovated for more than 100 years, and finally became such a magnificent palace as it is now. But this is not the case in Weicheng, where they are in ruins, and they do not advocate extravagance and waste, and advocate the tradition of the previous generation of Emperor Linghuang, who has left the country in a simple and simple way, the palace in Weicheng has not been very prosperous, and it looks relatively ordinary.
Originally, when the political and power center of the country was still in this city, only a very small number of their families were able to live here. Ordinary family members need to live in the city, so there is no one living in this huge palace, and there are countless side halls in the entire harem that have never been used. Therefore, after the royal Chen family took over the place, the first thing they did was to gather the families scattered throughout the city, and make special exceptions to allow them to live in the unused side halls of the palace, so as to win the support of almost the entire family, only a few members of the huge family of the imperial Chen family moved west with the Spirit Emperor, and the rest of the people remained in the city to support their family.
However, even with such a huge family, Che Wang Chen Xuan always felt that there was no one with great talent who could entrust him with important tasks, and the average family member was either good at eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling or being idle all day long, if it wasn't for the last time he issued a strict order to rectify the difficult things in it, I am afraid that this situation would become more and more intense. But even if he had issued a strict decree prohibiting all extravagance and erosion, and ordered every child of the royal Chen family to do something contributing, he could not continue to be idle. So far, however, it has had little success.
This is not that Chen Xuan does not want to do this, but in fact, this matter is inevitable for historical reasons, as the first family to leave the country, and also as the existence of the royal family, most of their current children have been born with no worries about food and clothing, no worries about food, no worries, no worries about women. For such reasons, they naturally do not pay attention to those so-called national events, and they are naturally most concerned about how to enjoy and live a flashy life. It was this that made Chen Xuan itch with hatred, and he couldn't wait to give an order directly, once someone did these things, they would be beheaded immediately.
But after all, the Chen family of the imperial family is the biggest force supporting him, and it is also the most necessary foundation for him to establish a new departure from the country now. So, even if this family made him really dissatisfied, he was helpless. His original intention was to let the talented people of his family take over the army, and the military power was firmly in the hands of their family. It's just that helplessly, there is no one available in the family, so Chen Xuan promoted talented people, such as Zhao Ling and Xia Cheng, young people who are talented but can't realize their ambitions have been promoted by him.
It wasn't until the spring of this year when the civil war was about to break out that one of his most trusted advisors, Li Hao, put forward a very simple but practical suggestion to avoid reality and avoid fiction, and Chen Xuan happily adopted his suggestion. In this war away from the country, he planted some of the young people of his family in various parts of the army, so that they could learn to improve themselves in this war and strive to change their flashy nature. According to Li Hao, once they experience loss, helplessness and even regret, they will cherish everything in front of them, and will do their best to protect these things that they think are important. Facts have proved that the cruelty of the war can indeed hit the self-confidence of these invincible royal Chen family members, in this battle, the royal Chen family's clansmen almost followed Xia Cheng to garrison the north, in this departure from the country and the royal Chen family head-to-head confrontation in the most enthusiastic battlefield, these royal Chen family members are very soberly aware of the cruelty of the war, and also realize that now, Empress Shengde can no longer spare them, if they fall into the hands of Empress Shengde, then everyone will only have a dead end。
As a result, Chen Xuan, the head of the royal Chen family who had returned from Thorn City, had already heard the good news that the children of the royal Chen family had greatly changed their concepts. So, Chen Xuan was overjoyed in his heart, and he immediately passed on the next series of orders. Having passed these orders everywhere, there was nothing more pleasing to him than the situation before him. This is because, now after nearly ten years of mining, they are now basically in their hands on the fire oil and refined iron ore on the Viku Plain. Moreover, through the current Confucian family, they have already purified and refined the fire oil, and they must be able to develop the most new weapons in a short time. According to ancient rumors, this new weapon is a weapon that can change the tide of battle, and can even be used to defeat an army of 100,000. Once they are truly successful, they will inevitably succeed in this, unify the country and even the entire continent, and attack the Xuanling Continent, which will be possible.
Up to now, they have been preparing for this plan for nearly ten years, and even at the cost of many times, they have completely endured the humiliation of what they have done until now, but now at this moment, they finally have the best chance to turn around. With this opportunity in front of them, they can not only turn over but even unify the entire country.
Today, the entire Imperial Chen Family has been boiling, and now it is rumored that Zhao Ling, the great general of the Imperial Chen Family, has personally traveled to Thorn City, where these legendary firearms are now being produced day and night. Once these first firearms are produced, they can turn over and become owners.
Today, however, there was a young girl dressed in white, a little in her early twenties, who walked briskly from the west side of the palace alone, and was not followed by any maid or guard. Moreover, the woman's clothes were not very fancy, and it stands to reason that the guards here should have stopped her, or at least asked who she was.
However, these guards naturally flashed their bodies to the sides, and even greeted the girl in the white dress very affectionately: "Madame is here, the noble concubine has been thinking about you for a long time." By the way, ma'am, where have you been lately?"
"Hey, don't mention it, I'm just going to have fun, but now, you just let me in like this? Isn't it in the way?" "Don't worry about it, don't worry about it, King Che also specially ordered that anyone who enters the palace must be inspected now, but you don't need to. Ma'am, please come inside. ”
This girl in a white dress was none other than Kong Hong, who had returned to the mansion earlier and rushed directly to the palace in the middle of the city. She heard from Chun'er that her sister, Kong Aya, who was now a concubine in the king's palace, had invited her into the palace to talk about it, so she couldn't hold back the excitement in her heart and rushed here. Although the words of the five purple gold guards in front of her made her a little foggy, she didn't think much about it out of missing her sister.
For Kong Hong, now that the first step in her heart has been completed, she has successfully persuaded Xia Chengjie, the guard of Luoshu County, that Xia Chengjie has promised to find a way to help them at the most critical time. So now, the most crucial thing that Kong Hong needs to do secretly is to persuade his family, the Kong family, who has the most noble status in the royal Chen family, to help him. This question is a little difficult, so Kong Hong is ready to start with his sister, first find a way to persuade his sister, and then pass the news to his father through his sister. I believe that by that time, their Kong family will naturally choose the best path to continue. And she also believes that Chen Xinyu, as a magnanimous monarch, will forgive their family for all this.
So, Kong Hong now walked all the way into this palace, and after walking a distance from this passage, you can see the Taiji Hall Square in front of the Taiji Palace, the most extensive in this palace. The square is paved with stone bricks known as bluestone slabs. This square is generally used by ministers when they go to court, and they park their carriages and retinues. Of course, grand celebrations or events will also be held in the square in front of this Tai Chi Temple.
Walking through the passage on the side of the Taiji Palace, you can see that there is a small door here, and the location where this small door leads is the place where Kong Hong is about to go to the harem in front of her, and next to a unique garden in the harem, it is the destination she wants to go to. Her sister Concubine Kong Aya's Luanxiu Palace is located.
With the brisk pace of the soles of her feet, Kong Hong did not take long to appear in front of the gate of her sister's Luanxiu Palace, although since she had met and befriended Empress Shengde, Kong Hong had always been very dissatisfied with what the King of Che had done in front of her, she thought that King Che was just a person who did well on the surface, but he had never been a monarch like Chen Xinyu who really thought about the poor people. Subconsciously, Kong Hong was actually not very willing to enter the palace.
However, now at the thought of meeting her biological sister, Kong Hong's heart couldn't help but feel a touch of excitement again, and she walked in so quickly.