Chapter 38: Entering the Palace
Many ministers of the previous dynasty were waiting outside the Wangxian Gate on the east side of the Danfeng Gate, the main gate of the Daming Palace, and Liu Yi also saw Pei Xingjian and Cen Changqian, two people he knew, who were talking to others in the courtiers' queue. To Liu Yi's surprise, most of these courtiers were dancing with their eyebrows flying, talking loudly, Liu Yi listened with his ears pricked up, and he didn't hear them talk about his father's death, which made Liu Yi very puzzled, and it was difficult to ask.
Huan Yanfan and Jinghui, who were standing in the queue with Liu Yi, originally wanted to come over and chat with Liu Yi, but when they saw Liu Yi's expression the same as that of the previous few days, and the indifferent and intimidating eyes, their hearts were full of surprise, and after saying hello to Liu Yi, some polite words were swallowed back into their stomachs. They didn't understand Liu Yi's unfathomable appearance, plus there were officials from the military department on the side, and there were a large number of important ministers from the court and the central government a little away, and they all stayed in the queue honestly.
After a while, the sound of bells and drums sounded in the palace, and with the sound of bells and drums, the Wangxian Gate opened, and the courtiers lined up to enter the palace from the Wangxian Gate.
Liu Yi and the others were still waiting outside.
After another half an hour, the bells and drums rang out in the palace.
After a few words with the military department official in charge, the serious military official took Liu Yi and his party of ten people through the Wangxian Gate, and after a strict investigation by several Jin Wuwei captains, they entered the Daming Palace.
Although he was very sad because of his father's death, because of his instinct to be an agent for many years, Liu Yi still carefully observed the situation inside after entering the Daming Palace.
Entering the Wangxian Gate, what I saw was the magnificent Hanyuan Palace, although Liu Yi was in an unusual mood today, but he was still shocked by the majestic appearance of the Hanyuan Palace.
The temple on the pedestal of more than ten meters high, there are auxiliary halls on both sides, estimated by Liu Yi's vision, the Hanyuan Hall is at least nearly 100 meters wide, if you add the auxiliary halls on both sides, it is really difficult to estimate how big it is, this can also be said to be the largest palace that Liu Yi has seen in his two lifetimes, how can the three major halls of the Forbidden City in later generations not be compared with the Hanyuan Hall in front of him, the scale and momentum are too much different. The square in front of the palace is also amazingly large, Liu Yi feels that there are at least a dozen or twenty football fields as big, the vast square in front of the palace and the tall and majestic palace, giving people a very strong visual impact, at least Liu Yi did not have such a feeling when he went to the Forbidden City in later generations.
The colors and decorations of the palaces in the Daming Palace are also quite simple, most of the colors used are white and vermilion, the walls are white, the pillars are vermilion, the palace outlined by these two colors, but it appears graceful and generous, simple and majestic, with those complex structure of the dougong, the blue-black tiles, the tail of the owl curled inward on both sides, and the grand momentum is set off, and it is filled with the self-confidence and glory of the great power of the Celestial Empire everywhere.
Liu Yi went to Xi'an to play when he returned to China on vacation in later generations, and also went to the ruins of Daming Palace to play, when the ruins of Daming Palace had just been excavated and cleaned up, preparing to build Daming Palace National Heritage Park, Liu Yi once stood in a daze on the land that could almost be said to be ruins after demolition, and sighed the ruthlessness of historical changes. Now standing in front of such a glorious building complex, there is a lot of emotion, more than a thousand years have passed, countless ups and downs, such a grand palace complex, all of them have been wiped out, only some rammed earth layers remain, and they are buried in the ground, in the past, this imperial city forbidden land, has also become a shantytown for the people, and hundreds of thousands of people have lived.
Thinking of this, Liu Yi felt a little heartache, such a splendid palace building should not be annihilated, if it can be preserved for thousands or thousands of years, or stored forever, it would be great.
Liu Yi vaguely remembered that the chief designer of the Daming Palace was a very famous painter and architect Yan Liben in the early Tang Dynasty, although now Liu Yi only saw Hanyuan Hall and Danfeng Gate, but the momentum of these two buildings has completely convinced him, and Liu Yi is also admiring the unusual design concept of this Master Yan. Zhaoling was also designed by this guy and his brother Yan Lide, and it was difficult for Liu Yi to imagine what the momentum of Zhaoling, which was designed with the wisdom of the two brothers, would be. The masterpieces of the masters must be extraordinary works.
In addition, the samurai who entered the palace for the first time were also dumbfounded, and some even forgot to move, and the people behind them came to their senses when they bumped into them, and then they stepped forward again. Although these warriors tried their best to straighten their chests and didn't want people to see their cowardice, except for Liu Yi, the other warriors looked very restrained after entering the Hanyuan Hall Square, and their steps were so imposing that they didn't dare to look around, even Huan Yanfan and Jinghui.
Liu Yi walked at the front of the samurai queue, behind him were Huan Yanfan and Jinghui, and several people followed the eunuchs and military officials who led the way to go inside, crossed the dismounted bridge on the Longshou Canal, and walked to the wide Hanyuan Hall Square, Liu Yi also turned his head and looked at the Danfeng Gate behind him.
A group of people then from the side of the Hanyuan Palace, Longwei Road up the steps, under the watchful eye of the Jinwuwei soldiers guarding the palace, from the side through the Hanyuan Palace, and then go to the depths of the Daming Palace, into the eyes, are continuous dougong cornices, row upon row of palaces to the distance in the past, can not see the end, make people look dizzy.
Liu Yi saw the endless palace group in the depths of the palace, and he couldn't help but sigh that the palace buildings in the Daming Palace are really countless, and each palace is built magnificently and majestic, such a palace group is also a portrayal of the national strength of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Liu Yi didn't want to see the architectural format of Daming Palace, but wanted to avenge his father's grievances, but the palace in Daming Palace was in front of him, and the momentum was coming, these magnificent buildings made Liu Yi deeply shocked at the same time, and there was also a trace of fear in his heart.
Liu Yi suppressed the ups and downs in his heart, took a few deep breaths, adjusted his emotions, stopped looking at these magnificent buildings, brewed the words he was going to speak in the hall, and followed the person who led the way without squinting.
In front of a tall hall behind Hanyuan Palace, several more people in official uniforms came up, and the eunuch who led the way motioned for Liu Yi and his party to stop by a big tree. These officials came up to inspect Liu Yi and others, and after Liu Yi and others reported their respective names, they had to search them one by one, and the search was very careful, and all hard objects were confiscated, which made Liu Yi a little angry, and when he entered the palace, there were quite a lot of troublesome things, which made people feel that their dignity had been lost. But think about it and understand that in the end, it is the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, strict search is a must, in case there are any ill-intentioned people who bring in weapons and want to plot something wrong, then it will be troublesome, compared with the strict vigilance and search system in later generations, the search methods in this palace can only be regarded as pediatric.
After the search, the eunuch who led the way continued to lead Liu Yi and his party to this palace, and before reaching the steps, they were stopped by the sergeant guarding them...
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