Pickaxe capital, water spirit palace.

"If so, see the words like meeting. I've arrived home safely and all is well. Not long ago, I mentioned to my mother about the two of us, and I was very happy. I was eager to ask for a job with the gift of the world, but I didn't know what you wanted, so I didn't dare to be abrupt...... I've been busy with my family for the past few months, so when I have some free time, I'll see you again in the capital of Ho......"

Silently opened the rune letter in his hand in the shape of a bird and read it again, Ji Ruo's face showed an expression that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and he scolded lightly, "stupid", but he carefully folded the rune letter and put it into a delicate small purse, and then put it into the storage bag.

"Girl, the palace has given you another gift. ”

Her most trusted personal maid Qian Xue came over and whispered a report, but Ji Ruo was not happy after hearing it, but frowned slightly:

"Is it still the Seventh Prince? What name did you find this time? If you can, push it off. ”

"It's not him, it's the concubine of Baoyun Palace who sent someone to give gifts, and also sent a female official to meet His Royal Highness. ”

"When I was a child, I often met when I went to the palace to play...... Well, since you're her person, please come in and meet her. ”

"Yes. ”

Qian Xue went out to give the order, and after a while, she saw a middle-aged female official with a noble bearing walking far away under the guidance of her subordinates, but when she reached the gate of the palace, she stopped far away and bowed to the ground respectfully:

"Minister, Hu Zihui, the secretary of Baoyun Palace, meet Princess Ruo. ”

——The female officials of the inner palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty also have ranks, at least in nominal status, they are not inferior to the officials of the outer courts, Ji Ruo did not dare to slack off on her, and solemnly responded:

"No courtesy, Hu Shangshu, please take a seat. ”

While speaking, the maid Qian Xue brought over a straw mat, but it was only placed not far in front of Hu Shangshu. It was almost at the door, dozens of zhang away from the center of the main hall where Ji Ruo was, where the master was.

It is obviously not etiquette for ordinary people to be like this, but the rules for immortal cultivators to receive guests have always been like this - immortal cultivators are most taboo to be approached, unless they are very close and familiar to people, and strange visitors can only stay far away.

That Hu Shangshu obviously understood this rule, and his face did not show any discoloration, and after thanking him again, he knelt down peacefully. At this time, Qian Xue came over to serve tea again, and then quietly retreated.

"On the order of Concubine Yi Niangniang, I came to greet Her Royal Highness Princess Ruo, congratulate Her Royal Highness on her art coming out of the mountain, and wish Your Highness all happiness and health. ”

Although the two are far apart, Hu Zihui's pronunciation can be clearly transmitted to Ji Ruo, and her voice is not loud and harsh, just like an ordinary person talking in front of her, which shows that she is not an ordinary weak woman, but has deep internal strength.

"Everything is fine in this palace, thank you for your greetings, and I wish Concubine Yi all the best of luck and good health. When I was young, I also went to play in Baoyun Palace, and I was taken care of by my aunt and sister, and I still feel warm when I think about it......"

The two exchanged a few pleasantries, and after the formal exchange of official status, they both relaxed a little. They also began to tell some gossip anecdotes and show their closeness to each other.

While picking up the tea bowl and sipping gently, that Hu Shangshu looked around quietly—observing words and colors was the most basic survival skill of these court women. Originally, the other party's expression was the fastest, but unfortunately the position she was sitting in now was too far away from the main seat. Speaking can still be transmitted with internal force, but if you want to see the micro-expressions on the other party's face and judge the other party's emotions, you still can't do it.

If you can't see people, you can only judge the owner's interests and hobbies from the surrounding environment - there are no walls around this hall, only slightly covered by light gauze curtains. The whole palace is built on a lake with a gentle breeze and a curtain floating like water waves. It's very comfortable. It's just that this hall is empty, except for the place where the host Ji Ruo is and her guest seat each has a pampas seat, there is nothing on the hard and smooth floor.

It seems too simple to fit the current state of this princess who is extremely favored by the Son of Heaven. But Hu Zihui has been a female official in the palace for many years, and her knowledge is so broad, she can see at a glance that every one of these buildings and palaces is extraordinary......

"Shuiling Palace, worthy of being one of the twelve immortal palaces in the pickaxe capital, really lives up to its name. ”

Hu Zihui is also the first time to enter this today, but she has heard a lot of rumors about this palace before, which can be described as thunderous. At this time, if you look closely, you can see a lot of doorways - the wooden floors under your feet are paved with green gold wood of jade quality, this material is more expensive than gold, even in the supreme and noble palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty, not all palaces can use this material to pave the floor.

The surrounding gauze curtains are woven with silkworm ice silk from the land of Wu Chu in the south, and if the rich and noble families outside can get one or two of this kind of fabric, they are often made into dresses and worn out to show off, but here they are only used for curtains.

Even the wood of the beams and pillars next to it, the stones of the steps, and the mud of the roof tiles on the top faintly exude a comfortable sense of fluctuation...... Hu Zihui is also an innate master, and can feel the peculiarity of these materials—these are all spiritual materials!

Of course, it's not a high-end product, it's just the lowest grade of spiritual materials, basic materials. But even so, being able to completely use spiritual materials as building materials, even among the Great Zhou royal family, there are only a few places where this can be done.

However, this Water Spirit Palace is undoubtedly one of them, because this is the palace annex prepared by the Great Zhou royal family for the immortal cultivators in the clan. The whole palace is built on a small lake. There is a spiritual spring in the center of the lake, which can continuously overflow the spring water rich in fairy qi, thus turning the entire lake into a spiritual lake, which is most suitable for qi refiners who practice water system exercises to live and practice.

The Great Zhou royal family has a profound heritage, and there are a lot of palaces suitable for immortal cultivators, but most of them are scattered all over the place, and there are not many places located in the pickaxe capital, there are only twelve places in total, which is called "the twelve immortal palaces of the pickaxe capital". Since the completion of these palaces, they have been contested several times, and the ownership has also changed several times.

- Because these palaces are of great use to immortal cultivators, even within the Ji family, they can only be allocated to immortal cultivators. If the person dies or is no longer in use, it must be returned and redistributed by the patriarch, that is, the emperor's son of heaven, and will not be allowed to be occupied by any one branch for a long time.