Chapter 108: Luxurious and Beautiful. (Subscribe!)
The carriage drove smoothly along the avenue. Li An leaned out, lifted the curtain, and looked at the scenery on the street curiously.
The Northern Qi Kingdom is worthy of being the orthodox state in the world. The city layout is inherited from the Great Wei Kingdom and has a unique ancient style and charm, which is very different from the Qing Kingdom.
If we have to compare, Li An of Shangjingcheng of Northern Qi would give it a score of 9.
And what about Qingguo? It's just a poor imitation, no need to rate it.
Wang Shisanlang, who was accompanying Li An, saw the carriage and thought that Li An was going to give him some instructions, so he rode up to ask if there was anything wrong.
Li An shook his head, thinking about what happened before, and reminded Wang Shisanlang: "Shen Zhong disappeared as soon as he entered the city, and he didn't even say hello to the emperor. This person has a weird personality. You attacked him a few days ago, and he must be holding a grudge. You should be careful in the future."
It's no wonder that Li An was too talkative and worried about the ninth-rank Wang Shisanlang. If they were all together all the time, it would be fine, but when they were in Qing Kingdom, Wang Shisanlang showed that he was keen on practicing swordsmanship and often practiced swordsmanship alone outside the city. How could Li An be at ease?
If Shen Zhong used some tricks, even a ninth-rank master would be defeated.
Unless you are as immune to all poisons as Fan Xian.
After listening to Li Ang's words, Wang Shisanlang realized that the gentleman would not speak without a purpose and believed in his ability, so he nodded to show that he understood.
After a while, the carriage gradually stopped and was inspected.
After entering the palace, the light suddenly became brighter from the darkness at the entrance! The buildings were stacked one on top of another in an orderly manner.
The buildings in the palace are mainly dark black, appearing extremely solemn and heavy, with a strong charm.
Li An was mesmerized by what he saw and couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
The Northern Qi Palace is really different from the Qing Palace. The Qing Palace gives people a solemn and profound feeling. Apart from the inviolability of the imperial power, there is nothing else. Except for the Tingchao Pavilion, which is the favorite of Emperor Qing, the others are like a second-rate designer who was drunk and designed them. It is shocking.
But the Northern Qi imperial palace was different. Every beam and pillar gave people a sense of time, and every corridor had a quiet beauty.
It's like appreciating a work of art, and you can never get enough of it.
I don’t know how long I walked, but after passing by the flowing water by the lake in the palace and going up the steps, I finally arrived at the main hall of the imperial palace - Wenhua Hall.
The plaque on it has the characters "Kai Tian Wen Yun" written on it in large letters!
After Li An and his three companions entered the Wenhua Hall, they felt that the hall was extremely grand and spacious. The decorations were not only gorgeous, with antique porcelain and glazed double eaves, but also allowed the sun to shine in without any scruples, and also highlighted the five-clawed flying dragon column carved with gold patterns, making it lifelike!
With such a layout, the entire main hall does not have a gloomy feeling at all, but rather it is magnificent and exquisite.
Led by the eunuch, the crowd walked along the straight road, crossed the two pools in the middle, and came to the place where the Northern Qi court held its parliament.
When passing by the pond, the sharp-eyed Hong Kaijia discovered that there were many fish swimming in the water. He almost exclaimed in disbelief.
Who would have thought that there were two ponds for breeding in the main hall of the imperial palace? Even the bricks paving the floor were made of jade!
All this seemed like a dream to Hong Kaijia, who came from the bottom of society. He could not imagine a more luxurious place than this.
After he sat down with the teacher like a lost soul, he became dazed and intoxicated.
Yan Xiaoyi, who was standing by, said in a deep voice: "Such financial resources have created such a decadent atmosphere in the court, which is too weak for people."
"That's right." Shisan Wang also agreed. He was from Dongyi City. You know, Ye Qingmei's first stop after she was born was Dongyi City. It's no exaggeration to say that Dongyi City is the commercial center of the world. How rich is that? Otherwise, how could Emperor Qing send letters to Dongyi City to extort money every now and then?
There is some truth in this, it’s just that Dongyi City is so rich that it makes people jealous.
Even such a rich place is just a rural area compared to here!
Wang Shisanlang responded: "It's not without reason that Qi was defeated by Qing."
Li An raised his eyebrows when he heard this, because the two of them did not hide their words.
But he did not say anything to stop them because they were telling the truth.
Everything inherited from the Wei State is too luxurious!
At this time, all the officials of Northern Qi were present, and some who were close enough to hear the conversation between the two were furious and shouted at them loudly. "How can a country boy recognize the splendor of a temple?"
The person who spoke was called Wei Hua. He was a relative of the Empress Dowager and a close confidant of the young Emperor. He was known to have the best of both worlds and his influence on the Emperor was growing day by day.
To him, the State of Qi was something that no one could insult, let alone the imperial palace which represented his dignity.
Yan Xiaoyi and the other person did not answer and remained silent.
At this time, Zhan Doudou came out with a smile on her face and sat on the high dragon throne. She smiled and said, "My dear, why are you so angry?"
Seeing His Majesty coming out, all the court officials knelt on the floor, chanted "Long live the emperor" and performed great salutes.
"Everyone, please stand up. Today we are here to welcome Mr. Li. There is no need for excessive formalities." The little emperor smiled slightly. He was very impatient with these red tapes and quickly opened his mouth to explain.
All the court officials knew the temperament of their Majesty, and were no longer restrained at this moment.
Wei Hua opened his mouth to say something else, but was interrupted by a soft whisper.
"There's no need to say more about the Wei Qing family. How can you be so fussy about this?"
Behind the pearl curtain, the Queen Mother slowly appeared in front of the stage, stared at Wei Hua below, and spoke in a deep and majestic voice.
Hearing this, not only Wei Hua dared not speak any more. Even the little emperor turned around with a bitter face, bowed to the queen mother and said: "My son greets the queen mother."
She finally understood that her mother was pointing fingers at her, saying how rude she was.
Who reported it to the Queen Mother? If I find out, I will parade him through the streets!
The queen mother, who looked like a noble lady, nodded, sat beside the dragon throne, and looked at Li An in the middle of the field. Next to her, a woman's figure gradually appeared.
The woman was wearing a pair of cloth shoes, the old BJ thousand-layer sole style, black and white, slightly revealing her snow-white ankles. She was wearing festive floral cloth, and she looked like a village woman, very energetic.
Li An knew that the owner of the floral cloth was Haitang Duoduo, who was known as the Heavenly Vein of Qi State!
While Li An was looking at Haitang Duoduo, Haitang Duoduo was also observing Li An.
The man in front of her was extremely handsome, but he was also very evil, Haitang Duoduo thought to herself.
"Meet the Queen Mother."
Li An retracted his gaze and saluted to the Queen Mother.
The Queen Mother was also surprised by Li An's appearance and frowned slightly. After realizing that the person in the audience was the youngest Grand Master in the world, she quickly calmed down her expression, fearing that she would offend this top master in front of her.
She smiled gracefully, and when she saw Li An's expression when he looked at Haitang Duoduo, her heart moved and she couldn't help but have more thoughts.
"Sir, please take a seat. As a gentleman, we can just get along as friends."
Everyone in the room was stunned after hearing this. They became more cautious and sat up straight.
Only then did Ang Lee have time to carefully look at the queen who had come on the stage.
In addition to her beautiful voice, she also has a jade-like slender neck. She is as beautiful as Li Yunrui, with a white and translucent complexion and a slender waist that seems to be so soft that it can't be grasped. She has a dignified demeanor but a hint of charm, and her breasts are plump and plump, truly a beauty of the country.
She is like a pearl, the color is not glaring, but rather very full and moist.
Beautiful, so beautiful that it seems to have even more charm than the little emperor!
The Queen Mother noticed Li An's gaze and her face turned slightly red.
She couldn't help but feel secretly annoyed. She didn't know whether she should be angry or happy to be judged and looked at so unscrupulously by such a person.
The atmosphere in the field became inexplicable.
(End of this chapter)