As mentioned in the dialogue between Lin Yi and Qi Zhuji, the Northern Wei Dynasty at this time was indeed very strong.

It was so strong that none of the people of the Southern Dynasties felt confident that they would win the war.

Luoyang City in the morning light is bathed in a faint golden glow, this is a little unbearable under the pen and ink of many literati of the Southern Dynasty who do not leave home but rely on imagination to stretch their thoughts infinitely, but the real atmosphere seems to be much more majestic and brilliant than Jiankang.

Luoyang was not the royal city of the Northern Dynasty before, its location was actually very close to the south, and it was always a very tolerant city until the Northern Wei Dynasty moved its capital here.

It accommodates the differences between the north and the south, accommodates many people from the south who have been exiled, and allows many people who have returned from studying in the north to the south to show their strength in this city.

Therefore, the style of many buildings in this Xiongcheng is actually somewhat similar to the architecture of the Southern Dynasty.

It's just that in some ways, this royal city of the north still retains its inherent habits.

For example, the mansions of some powerful people, including the palaces of the imperial city, are very large.

If it's too big, it will actually look empty.

If it is too empty, it is enough wealth to fill things in, and it will be easy to add to it, and if it does not lose its taste and pile up like a nouveau riche, it is not like a house that people live in, and it loses the flavor of ordinary life.

However, too much space can sometimes be beneficial.

For example, it will make people feel solemn.

The dormitory of the Empress Dowager of the Northern Wei Dynasty was very large.

Even though Yuan Yan is no longer the little girl who knelt here waiting for an unknown fate, even though she has been here countless times, when she stands outside this grand hall, this hall still feels like a huge monster to her.

Her shadow was still as small as a black, inconspicuous ant in the shadow of this great hall.

In the face of the siege and killing of Nantianyuan deliberately targeting her, Yuan Yan, the eldest princess of the Northern Wei Dynasty who finally escaped from Meishan, came here in the first morning after returning to Luoyang.

"Summoning Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess to meet you!"

A majestic voice rang out from the depths of the hall, echoing through the empty hall, striking the thick walls and turning into countless tiny needle-like sounds, piercing her eardrums.

Yuan Yan thanked her, lowered her eyebrows and walked into the main hall.

Even the voices of those people around the Queen Mother still seemed majestic to her at this time.

There was a beaded curtain in the depths of the hall, and the majestic old woman was sitting on the phoenix couch behind the beaded curtain.

The heavy beaded curtain can deepen this sense of ritual and majesty, make people feel more mysterious, and more importantly, it can prevent people from seeing the real emotional changes on her face, so that people cannot see the traces left on her face by the years.

Aging can sometimes make people feel like she's losing her original strength.

"The Queen Mother. ”

Yuan Yan arrived in front of this bead curtain, and Ying Ying saluted.

In the past many years, she has figured out the other party's temperament, and the other party really doesn't like to talk much.

So before she arrived, the things she wanted to state had already been presented to her, and when she was brought in, it meant that the old woman had read the documents she had written the night before.

The palace maid who had made the voice before and the rest of the palace maids had also quietly withdrawn from the main hall.

On the couch behind the beaded curtain, the old woman hung her head uncharacteristically, apparently thinking about something that she found a little difficult to do.

"It's not your problem, before you came back, you had already found out that there was an important person in the Southern Heavenly Courtyard, who was a rebel of our Northern Wei Dynasty. After a dozen breaths of silence in a dead silence, the old woman of the Bead Curtain Marquis, spoke her first words.

Yuan Yan hung her head and was silent.

This sentence is in response to her failure in Meishan.

The failure to bring Chen Baoyun back, and the death of many powerful cultivators of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was naturally her failure.

However, the old woman's words characterized the incident as not a mistake of her strategy and control.

"The matter of Lord Demon Sect.... We don't look ..... But you have to check. ”

The old woman then spoke the second sentence.

She said this very slowly, and there was even a pause in between, which showed that even when she said these words, she was hesitating slightly, thinking about it, and leaving herself time to change her words.

It's just that since she has finished saying this, that is the final result.

Yuan Yan still hung her head.

The expression on her face did not change at all, but the hands she hid in her sleeves were already clenched tightly.

The meaning of this sentence is difficult for the average person to understand.

But the old woman inside knew she would understand.

We won't check... This is her and the Emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

This sentence clearly told her that since many years ago, in fact, the use of the Demon Sect by the Northern Wei Dynasty has been a double-edged sword.

The more you rely on the Demon Sect, the more powerful the Demon Sect is.

To this day, the conquests of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Southern Dynasties are inseparable from the Demon Sect and those under the Demon Sect.

Therefore, even this old woman is still called Lord Demon Sect when she is called.

It was impossible for her to fully trust the Demon Sect, in fact, she couldn't completely trust anyone.

It's just that even if she is more and more worried about the strength of the Demon Sect, she and her son still don't dare to take any risk that might anger the Demon Sect.

But she didn't worry about the Demon Sect, and she didn't want the Demon Sect to sit infinitely.

At this time, I am afraid that in her opinion, the Demon Sect already has the ability to endanger her son.

It's just that she still only dares to let her check.

Because she doesn't belong to "us".

She only represents the meaning of the eldest princess of the Northern Wei Dynasty, not the meaning of the royal family.

So even if she angers the Demon Sect, even if something goes wrong, she is an object that can be discarded, and she can be used to calm the anger of the Demon Sect.

This was probably normal for the old woman.

She was just the daughter of a shepherdess.

Being recognized and included in the imperial court, of course she has to repay her kindness and assume the responsibility of protecting this imperial court.

"I'll definitely find out. ”

Yuan Yan's voice sounded in this hall.

She would make the old woman feel like she thought the same thing.

But when she said this, the hand clenched in her sleeve never let go.

She had a gray stone in her hand.

If the old woman sees her as "us", even if she is an enemy of the Demon Sect, she will pay a heavy price, and she will also give this gray stone to the old woman as a substitute for her defeat in Meishan, and inform her that this is the legendary Jinzhu.

Only now, she has changed her mind.

"Be careful. ”

The voice behind the bead curtain was gentle.

Yuan Yan nodded, but when she exited this hall, her heart became a little colder.