Chapter 185: The Imperial Palace
The palace of the Shenlong Empire covers an area of more than 300 miles, and the pavilions are towering, covering the sky and the sun. The palace was constructed from the north of the inner city, and it stretched zigzag to the west until it reached the middle of the city. The Wei water on the east side of the holy capital was poured into the moat of the imperial palace, and the water flowed into the palace wall ripplingly. Five steps to a building, ten steps to a pavilion. The corridors are wide and winding, and the (protruding) eaves (like a bird's beak) protrude upwards. The pavilions are built according to the elevation of the terrain, as if they are surrounded by each other, the high and low corners of the palace are connected like hooks, and the cornices are facing each other, as if they are fighting. Circling and twisting, dense like a beehive, swirling like a whirlpool, standing I don't know that there are tens of millions of attic courtyards scattered together.
And there are three places in the palace that have to be mentioned, one is the main hall of the emperor's court, Yongping Palace, although this name makes Ming Hao feel a little weird, but this is the hub of the entire Shenlong Empire, almost all the decrees are issued from here, Yongping Hall is the most concentrated place in the Shenlong Empire, everyone who has entered the career has Yongping Hall as a goal, hoping that they will one day enter the palace to gain a foothold, but what they don't know is that here Yongping Hall not only represents the strongest power and greatest power of the Shenlong Empire, but also the most dangerous place in the Shenlong Empire, I don't know how many people died because of these three words, how many families have been beheaded because of these three words.
Every day in the morning is the regular practice of the Shenlong Empire, in the Xuantian Continent for so long Ming Hao has long understood the division of the hour, Yin Shi is the time of about five o'clock in the previous life, every day the ministers who are far away from the palace have to get up even in the middle of the night, pack up and come to the palace, after more than an hour to reach the palace, start the busy day.
Today is no exception, at this time the sky is just dawning, just when many people have not yet gotten up, the palace has already been busy in front of the palace, the civil and military ministers of the court have arrived one after another, some ministers who have never been far away have not forgotten to get together to talk about the world and enter the palace, however, today is a little different.
At this time, two red sedan chairs, one large and one small, slowly approached the front of the palace, this small sedan chair was not abnormal, almost the same as that of other ministers, if there was anything different, then these four sedan chairmen were too strong, at this time they took this sedan chair to walk like flying, even if they had been walking for an hour in a row, they could not see the slightest tiredness.
And the red sedan chair in front is too unusual, this sedan chair is enough to have the usual sedan chair three sizes, the sedan chair roof is also carved around the four long dragons coiled around it, the sedan body is red at any time but there are also embroidered around a piece of murderous weapons, see this sedan chair is like an arsenal, from the sedan chair you can experience the meaning of the word atmosphere, the whole sedan chair is lifted by sixteen elite sedan chair men, and these sedan chair men are not ordinary people, just these sixteen sedan chair men are the strength of the sixth order, and each sedan chair man's eyes are cold, always observe the surrounding situation, and the strong killing intent on their bodies from time to time spreads aroundAfter that, there was a group of no less than fifty red-armored guards, who were divided into four groups and wandered around the two palanquins, each with their hands firmly grasped on the hilt of the sword at their waists, and if any wind or grass came close to them, they would be the first to attack.
With the passing of the two sedan chairs, the surrounding ministers or the subordinates brought by these ministers respectfully got out of the way, and even some of the ministers who walked fast in front of them were also playing at this time, and the subordinates were standing aside respectfully, waiting for the big and small sedan chairs to pass and follow behind, and the ministers who gathered together in groups of three or five were now lowering their voices, and it was not until the two sedan chairs walked over that they returned to normal.
Moreover, the two sedan chairs did not stop in front of the palace gate, and entered the palace directly under the protection of these red-armored guards, and the majestic palace guards at the door not only did not stop their entry, but also respectfully saluted the red sedan chair in front.
"Lao Zhang, there have been no major events in the court recently, why did Marshal Gongsun come to the court today?"
"Yes, and who is sitting in the sedan chair behind him? There are few people in the entire Gongsun family who are qualified to go to court, I'm afraid that General Gongsun Shan has returned from the border, right? But I haven't heard of it recently. It seems that we must be cautious in going to court today. ”
These are two middle-aged people in court clothes, looking at the color of their court clothes, you can tell that these are two adults with medium official positions, their position above the court every day is the most embarrassing, they are neither like those ministers who stand in the center of their full strength can express their opinions at will, nor like those who stand at the end of the people just listen from a distance, and they not only have to say their opinions from time to time, but also listen to all directions, and see the six roads, so that what they say can make Long Aotian happy and not offend other ministers.
Just when the two of them were sighing and speculating, an old minister greeted behind them, and at this time, he heard the words of the two and said: "General Gongsun Shan has a heavy responsibility to lead troops to guard the border pass, and he has not returned to the holy capital for several years, it must not be him at this time, and besides, don't you know that the holy capital of these people is not peaceful?"
"Oh, what did Elder Chen say about this? Could it be that something big has happened in the Holy Capital recently? I hope Elder Chen will inform the two of us, otherwise we may not know how we will die, this piece of purple heart jade pendant is also asked to be accepted by Elder Chen. ”
"Hahaha, it's easy to say, it's easy to say. ”
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Ming Hao sat in the sedan chair and looked at the architecture and furnishings of the palace of the Shenlong Empire, and he also sighed in his heart: It is good to have a bullish family, at this time Ming Hao's sedan chair has been in the palace for no less than a quarter of an hour, or has not arrived at the Yongping Hall of the early dynasty, and I don't know how long it will take for the elderly ministers outside to walk this way, and all this is thanks to the merits of Gongsun Zhantian, as early as the founding of the Shenlong Empire, Long Aotian specially issued an edict to the three people, the content of the edict is that it can be seen that the king does not kneel, enters the palace without hindrance, and the heavens do not shy away, and the three people who got this edict are Gongsun Zhantian, Yao Yanjun and Su Xingbo.
Seeing that the king does not kneel is very understandable, that is, the three of them do not need to do any etiquette when they see Long Aotian, the emperor, and they do not have to enter the palace, that is, no matter when and where, as long as the three of them come to the palace or bring someone to the palace, as long as the number of people brought is not very large, then the palace gate guards cannot stop it, and can only let it go.
As for the last one that goes to heaven and does not shy away from this, this is big, that is, they can be like home in the palace, there is no need to have any taboos, for this, Gongsun Zhantian and Yao Yanjun have hardly used it, and Su Xingbo has used it to the extreme, a few years ago Su Xingbo almost really regarded the palace as a home, every day as long as the meal arrives in the palace to look for food, several times because of Su Xingbo's sudden robbery, Long Aotian did not even have to eat the imperial meal, until later, the experienced imperial chef must make two meals a day to escapeHowever, in recent years, Su Xingbo's majesty as a dean has improved as he has grown older, and there is another role of heaven that Gongsun Zhantian commonly uses, that is, he can choose to come to the early dynasty or not to come to the early dynasty at will.
"Marshal Gongsun"
"Marshal Gongsun"
Some of the ministers in Yongping Hall have already arrived, seeing Gongsun Zhantian and Ming Hao entering, these ministers are all greeting Gongsun Zhantian, although they all know that this Gongsun Marshal is about to evolve into a sharp thorn in Long Aotian's heart, but they don't dare to have a trace of disrespect for him, because the entire Shenlong Empire is almost beaten down by this old man known as the god of war, and Gongsun Zhantian just nodded to them slightly when he first came in, and then walked straight in with Ming Hao, and the surrounding ministers also consciously got out of the way。
Moreover, every minister has the same question in his heart as the two people outside, that is, he has not heard of any abnormalities in the court or the three empires recently, how did this god of war, who has not been seen in the court for a long time, come here today? Only some well-informed people secretly wiped the cold sweat on their heads when they saw Gongsun Zhantian at this time, and at this time, a morning breeze blew in from the open door of the palace very cooperatively, making those ministers who were in a cold sweat feel even colder.
Gongsun Zhantian took Ming Hao to the front row of the ministers, stood on the left and turned his head to signal Ming Hao to stand behind him, and a military general who was originally behind Gongsun Zhantian also took a step out of the way, Ming Hao didn't move after standing there, just looked at the ground intently, and at this time the minister who recognized Ming Hao, the eldest young master of the Gongsun family, saw Ming Hao's appearance and thought that it was caused by the nervousness of the first time in the court, and they all smiled.
Is Myeongho really nervous?
Of course not, for a person like Ming Hao who is so bold and thinks about how to kill Long Aotian all the time, how can he be nervous about the early dynasty, now Ming Hao is just concentrating on controlling his mind and radiating towards the deep palace, when Cui Shiqiang appeared under the cliff that day, Ming Hao asked him a lot, including some about the use of ideas, at this time Ming Hao's thoughts can leave the body radiation of no less than a kilometer, but Ming Hao has not been enough to cultivate ideas, and now every time he uses it, he needs to concentrate and not disturb a little, andThe things that the mind observes can only feel some large objects such as buildings, and there is nothing to do about the subtleties.
And Ming Hao has been paying attention to the surroundings with his mind since he entered the palace, and he wants to prepare for the assassination of Long Aotian when he enters the palace when there is really no other way in the future, of course, Ming Hao is still very confident in himself, and believes that he will not come to the point where he is desperate and can only assassinate Long Aotian secretly.