Jia Lian rode on his horse, thinking about the Dazheng Palace that he had only been to a few times as he walked.

Although the location of the Forbidden City is similar to that of later generations, the grandeur of the Han dynasty is far from being comparable to that of those minority dynasties.

Judging from the size of the imperial palace alone, the imperial palace of Dazheng is more than twice as large as the Forbidden City.

The imperial palace initially built in the Jingning period was originally divided into two parts: the outer dynasty with the Daming Palace as the core and the harem with the Fengzao Palace as the center.

At that time, Jiuhua Palace was only a part of the palace complex of Daming Palace. There is nothing special about it, the only difference is that it is close to the East Palace, and the surrounding places are empty, and there are no other palaces.

Later, the Emperor Taishang succeeded to the throne, and his old man did not like to stay in the Daming Palace, except for the official court meeting, the Emperor Taishang generally stayed in Jiuhua Palace in normal times.

In the Yong'an Dynasty, Jiuhua Palace became the emperor's usual place to receive ministers and manage government. After more than ten years of continuous expansion, after the abdication, the Emperor Taishang settled here, and Emperor Longzheng spared no effort to expand the scale of Jiuhua Palace.

Today, Jiuhua Palace has become the third largest palace complex in the palace.

"Second master, second master, what are you thinking?"

Wang Xifeng's voice interrupted Jia Lian's thoughts, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that they had arrived in front of the main gate of the palace.

Jia Lian hurriedly dismounted, and naturally the palace guards came up to take the horse away and settle down, and then send it back when Jia Lian left.

With the support of Jia Lian and Wang Xifeng, Jia Mu stepped out of her eight-treasure car. But just after looking up, his face immediately darkened, he snorted coldly, turned his head and left.

Jia Lian turned his head and saw that he was the current head of the Zhenguo Mansion, and the first-class Bo Niu Jizong came over.

The Zhenguo Mansion is also one of the founding eight dukes, and its military exploits are not conspicuous among the eight dukes. If it weren't for the fact that Niu Qing, the first generation of Zhenguo, had saved Taizu on the battlefield, he would have the skill of saving the driver. I'm afraid that it will be difficult for the Niu family to even get a first-class marquis.

However, although Niu Qing did not have outstanding military achievements when he founded the country, he made extraordinary achievements after the founding of the country. During the Shunde period, Niu Qing was responsible for leading the army to guard Shuzhong, and in the process of quelling the rebellion in the southwest, he was tough and flexible, and made important contributions in the process of subduing the hearts of the people in the southwest.

The second-generation Zhenguo bull Zhenwei, who was also a fierce general during the Jingning period, was often unstoppable in commanding the army. It was very favored by Jia Daishan, the military aircraft at that time.

It can be said that the Zhenguo Mansion and the Rongguo Mansion can be regarded as world friends.

But after the death of Jia Daishan and Niu Zhenwei, the situation was a little different.

The third generation of Zhenguo Bull Jizong, he had courage when he was young, and at the age of 20 he achieved the merit of beheading the king of the Manchu Dynasty in Liaodong, so he later became a knight and inherited the third-class earl.

Later, he entered the eyes of Emperor Yong'an, transferred back to Beijing, entered the Fengtai battalion, and was promoted all the way to become the general of the Fengtai battalion.

However, Niu Jizong is a person who forgets his righteousness when he sees profit, because the Jia family has been in a slump since Jia Daishan's death. Therefore, he looked down on the Jia family a little, and he didn't care about the feelings of the two generations of Rongguo Gong for the Niu family, not only only did he only send a housekeeper to come forward for the happy events of the New Year, but he often said some strange things in the gathering of Wuxun's relatives and nobles.

That's not all, the soldiers of the Fengtai battalion killed Jia Yu, and Niu Jizong still only sent a housekeeper to the door, and his attitude was relatively tough.

Originally, Jia's mother didn't feel anything, firstly, Jia Yu was not liked by Jia's mother, on the other hand, and most importantly, Jia's mother knew that the Jia family was not as good as the Niu family.

But now, Jia Lian has made great contributions, and the Jia family has returned to the ranks of martial arts relatives and nobles, and he is also a first-class uncle. This gave Jia Mu the confidence to see Niu Jizong again, and Jia Mu was naturally unhappy.

Even if my son is innocent of death, I am dignified and honorable, isn't it even worth it for you to come to the door to explain a few words?

That's what Jia Mu thinks.

Jia Lian glanced at Wang Xifeng and asked her to follow to serve Jia's mother, but she didn't move.

First, Jia Mu can be willful, because she is higher than Niu Jizong, but Jia Lian can't.

is also a first-class uncle, Jia Lian is the Son of Heaven's pro-army, and it seems that he is no worse than Niu Jizong.

However, Niu Jizong was in charge of the Fengtai Battalion, one of the three major battalions of the most elite Beijing Guard Army in Dazheng, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses in hand, and the weight was actually much heavier than Jia Lian.

And it is different from the Jinling camp in the south of the Yangtze River in Chengping, which has not been war-free for decades. The two battalions of Shenjing were to often go north to Liaodong and Xuanfu to fight against the Manchus and Russia.

Niu Jizong, as the general of the Fengtai battalion, personally went into battle several times. It's just that his life is not very good, and he has not achieved great success. Otherwise, he would have been a marquis a long time ago.

And even if Jia Lian is gone, he will go to Daming Palace for a while, and it is likely that he will meet Niu Jizong, which will be even more embarrassing at that time.

"Uncle Niu, it's been good lately." Jia Lian looked at Niu Jizong, who came over laughing, and arched his hand.

Niu Jizong naturally saw Jia Mu who left with a cold face, but he didn't care. He didn't think much of this confused old lady, in Niu Jizong's opinion, twenty years after the first Rongguo went, the reason why the Jia family was so silent was that this old lady was responsible for most of it.

Of course, he looked down on Jia Yu and Jia Zheng, and was crushed to death by a confused old lady.

In Niu Jizong's view, the family of Wuxun's relatives and nobles is not a sour and rotten literati, and for the elders, especially the mother, the place where they should be respected needs to be respected, but they must not be obeyed.

After all, the literati also pay attention to obeying the father at home, the husband when marrying, and the son when the husband dies. At least in terms of foreign affairs, you can't let an old lady who has lived in the inner house for decades be at the mercy of it.

This is also the reason why the Niu family gradually alienated the Jia family soon after Jia Daishan's death. The Zhenguo Mansion has always put interests first.

But what he didn't expect was that Jia Lian, the son of Jia Yu, made great contributions in Jiangnan just a few months after inheriting the title, and was awarded the title of first-class uncle.

He has been in a position for decades, and a young man who is not yet twenty years old is on an equal footing with him.

But the first thing Niu Jizong thought of was not anger. It's about finding a way to repair the relationship with the Jia family.

He learned what Jia Lian had done in Jiangnan in the past few months, and he knew very well how terrifying the scheming of this seemingly harmless young man in front of him was.

And his son Niu Ben failed to inherit the ability of three generations of the Niu family, and he was a simple and honest stupid boy.

If it weren't for the wholehearted support of the wife of the Guo family of the Marquis of Wuding, there would indeed be no more brilliant than Niu Ben among the concubines, and Lao Niu would be ready to change his son.

There was no way, Niu Jizong had no choice but to give up this old face and Jia Lian's suit. After all, he is not afraid of Jia Lian, he will die one day, if Jia Lian retaliates against the Niu family, I am afraid that his sons will not be enough for others to play with one hand.