Lu Mufan walked from the Sword Sect to the Imperial City more than once, the last time he went secretly, and this time he also went secretly.

But the two times are a little different, last time the first half walked with Xiaowan, and the second one walked with Jianxing. This time he and Zhao Jianyan walked together, although it was secret, but the danger was different, he didn't have to worry about anything, he just had to obey Zhao Jianyan's arrangement.

Zhao Jianyan recruited four people, one was slightly older than Mu Fan, estimated to be twenty-three or four years old, and the other three were older, looking to be around thirty years old.

Two of these four people were disciples of the Sword Sect, they were older and knew Mu Fan, and Mu Fan didn't know them. The man who was slightly older than Mu Fan and the oldest one were not disciples of the Sword Sect, and they were said to be from some small and medium-sized families in Mingzhou.

Counting Mu Fan and the newly recruited, there were a total of fourteen people in the company. The other people are quite strong, and they should be the guards around Zhao Jianyan.

Mu Fan sat in the car all day, and Zhao Jianyan sometimes came to him to share some royal things with him.

Through Zhao Jianyan's narration and his previous understanding of the Zhao royal family, he generally has a grasp of the status and personality characteristics of each prince and princess.

The old emperor, that is, Zhao Jianyan's grandfather, had three sons, namely Zhao Xuan, Zhao Chen, and Zhao Hongwen.

Zhao Xuan, the king of Fengyang, guarded the three northwestern states, and his ability to lead the army to fight was outstanding, and his ability to handle government affairs was also good, and his prestige in the court was very high. Man dies like a lamp extinguished, and his ambition is consumed by the flames of war along with his life.

Xiangwang Zhao Chen gives people the impression that he is weak, loves literature and ink, and does not like swords, especially good at painting flowers and birds. The old emperor asked him to succeed to the throne, and his emperor did a good job, and he was in perfect harmony with Huo Wujia. Now it seems that the previous impression cannot judge the truth or falsehood, and he is a top master of pretending to be a grandson.

Fu Wang Zhao Hongwen is greedy for pleasure, is a glutton, likes to taste the delicious food of the world, and knows nothing about government affairs.

After Zhao Xuan's death, Zhao Hongwen became more honest, staying in the prosperous place in the southeast, often lingering in Fengyue places, and he was an out-and-out lewd.

Through Zhao Jianyan's narration, Mu Fan unexpectedly learned something that Lu Huixin's disciple Zhao Yanyan was actually the daughter of King Fu.

He had seen Zhao Yanyan a few times, and Lin Sang'er, Hua Yueqing, and Zhao Yanyan all worshiped under Lu Huixin. When he was looking for Lin Sang, he met Zhao Yanyan as a child, and at that time he only felt that this woman was heroic, unlike ordinary women, but he never expected that she was still a member of the royal family.

When Zhao Chen did not succeed to the throne, Anping was a princess. Zhao Chen became the emperor, and Anping, as the emperor's sister, naturally became the eldest princess.

Zhao Chen's lineage is prosperous, and he has five sons and four daughters.

Zhao Jianyan ranked third, and his mother was a palace maid, so his status was very low. The two elder brothers above him have good mothers, both are ministers and nobles, and they are from official eunuchs, and their status is higher than that of palace maids.

The eldest prince Zhao Geng, with middle-class qualifications, and his mother is a concubine.

The second prince, Zhao Heng, the son of the queen, and the name of the son-in-law make him the most likely to become the crown prince.

The fourth Zhao Hui is good at piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and Zhao Chen loves this son.

The fifth Zhao Qian, who has excellent cultivation talents, aims to become a general, and is not interested in the throne, but respects heroes like Zhao Xuan. However, after Zhao Xuan's rebellion, he never mentioned Zhao Xuan again, and sometimes when others mentioned it, he also talked about him left and right.

Zhao Jianyan is more miserable, he is not conspicuous in the palace, his identity is not prominent, and his cultivation talent is not much better than Zhao Qian, but he doesn't want to be a general who fights on the battlefield, and his ambitions can only be realized in the supreme position in the court.

Mu Fan figured these out, and the journey became more leisurely. He often sat on the top of the frame and watched the scenery on the road, and when the team stopped, he walked around, all in all, happy and relaxed.

It's rare to have a quiet time along the way, and no one comes to him for trouble. There may be no one eyeing this team, and it is possible that there is danger, but it is defused by the masters of the same industry.

The team walked for more than half a month and finally arrived at the imperial city. The coolness of autumn gradually came, and as the terrain gradually flattened from Mingzhou to the south, the temperature was a little lower, but it was not as cool as the wind on the high mountains of the Sword Sect.

When Mu Fan came to participate in the sacrificial ceremony of Xuanmen, he had already visited here, and he had only visited the outer city before, but this time he was going to enter the inner city.

There is no need to verify your identity when you enter the outer city, and you only need to check it when the situation is tense or other emergencies.

Needless to say, the prosperity of the imperial city, as the capital of Dongze, its grandeur is even greater than that of Yongcheng. The imperial city extends in all directions, government decrees are promulgated, news gathers, and business travel...... It makes the imperial city open and inclusive.

Yongcheng is the headquarters of Xuanmen, but there is almost no business and travel inside and outside the city, and the movement of people is even more impossible. In this way, there is a little less atmosphere and vitality, and there is a sense of closure and stubbornness.

The walls of the inner city were high, separating the inner city from the outer city. The high wall has aroused countless people's reverie about the inner city, what kind of world is behind that wall?

Mu Fan had thought that he would be able to see it with his own eyes soon.

The gates of the inner city were wide open, and a corner of the inner city could be faintly seen. It is easier to get from inside the city to outside the city, and from outside the city to inside the city needs to be searched.

A burly man in the group took out a token and shook it above the city wall. The people above took a few looks, confirmed that the token was real, and let everyone in.

Mu Fan sat in the frame, lifted the curtain, stuck his head out, and looked around.

Figuring out the layout of the buildings within the Imperial City will be of endless benefit in the future. After tidying up, you can hand it over to your family, so that you can avoid escape in case of danger.

The layout of the buildings on the outskirts of the inner city is not difficult to get, and you can always find it if you are interested in collecting. The center of the inner city is the Imperial Palace, which is built so meticulously that if it is said to be the center, it must be the center. Countless craftsmen took endless painstaking efforts to create the pattern, and it is said that the pattern was created in imitation of the capital city of Changping in the previous dynasty.

Changping, the capital of Daqian, is located in the north, probably the hinterland of present-day Beihua. The Son of Heaven guards the country, and the monarch and the minister die, just look at the location of the capital.

Zhao Jianyan's team entered the inner city, and those who were interested quickly got the news. Zhao Ying is a caring person, and she soon knew that Mu Fan had entered the city.

Zhao Chen didn't know what was crazy, he raised a tiger like this, not only saved Zhao Ying's life, but also didn't even kill the people around her.

At the same time that Zhao Ying knew the news of Mu Fan's entry into the city, some people came to pick up Zhao Jianyan. Through these people, Mu Fan learned about the great events that took place inside and outside the palace.

Among these major events, the biggest one is the marriage of Zhao Ying and Zhao Geng.

Zhao Ying is fine, she has been married for more than half a month, and she has nothing to do. Zhao Chen surprisingly didn't get rid of her, this strange phenomenon made many people scratch their heads.

"Strange, does Zhao Chen want to wait for the heat of the matter to come down before secretly letting her disappear?" Mu Fan thought so.

Zhao Jianyan's mansion was in the south of the inner city, and they came in from the north gate, and there was still some distance to go.

The servants slowed down the speed of the frame to avoid hitting passers-by, there are many families and officials in the inner city, he Zhao Jianyan can't afford to mess with it!