The sky was dawning, insects and birds were chirping one after another, and the Chang'an New City in the north of the Cordoba Mountains was filled with a festive atmosphere. Two bride-to-be parties followed a simple straight road and entered the city from the Guanghua Gate in the north of the city wall.
The construction of Chang'an (Córdoba) New Town and the Royal Palace has just started for two months. According to the first phase of construction requirements, the east-west width from the Chunming Gate on the east wall of Chang'an New Town to the Jinguang Gate on the west wall is 18 kilometers.
, from the Myeongde Gate on the south wall to the east of Guanghua Gate on the north wall, it is 10 kilometers long from north to south. It has a circumference of 56 kilometers and an area of 180 square kilometers. The city's buildings are divided into three parts: the palace city and the main city.
and Waiguocheng.
The palace city is located in the north of the city. The main city area includes the palace city. The outer city is centered on the main city area and spreads out to the east, west and south, leaving room for expansion for the second and third phases of the Chang'an City project.
Not long after passing through Guanghua Gate, you will find Chang'an Palace.
The planned Chang'an Palace is 250 meters wide from east to west, 300 meters long from north to south, and 1,100 meters in circumference. The walls are 10 meters high and the planned area is 70,000 square meters.
The outer layer of the palace is made of cement, and the inner layer is filled with blue bricks and gravel. To the south is Mingde Gate, to the east is Anhua Gate, to the west is Xing'an Gate; to the north is Jinguang Gate. In the northern part of the Cordoba Mountains,
A vast area in the middle of the southern section of the Primero River has been designated as the royal palace area. With reference to the regulations of ancient palaces in the Han and Tang Dynasties, the main buildings are attached to the layout of "Zuozu, Houshe, Qianchao, and Houshi" as recorded in "The Rites of Zhou"
It was built in principle. On the east side (left side) of the front of the palace is the Ancestral Temple where the emperor worshiped his ancestors; on the west side (right side) is the Sheji Altar for worshiping the Earth God and the Grain God, as well as the Royal Park (the Royal Park is open to ordinary people to visit.);
In the front are the places where courtiers work, in the middle there are five halls and two pavilions where the emperor goes to court to handle government affairs, and in the back are the palaces where the harem and concubines live and rest, the back garden and the government offices that serve the palace. It is planned to build 600 palaces and about 200 houses and palaces.
Built in the classical style of the Han and Tang Dynasties, the 300 houses and palaces are mainly made of bricks and stone, and are used for official offices and palace staff to rest. The remaining 100 houses are modeled on the layout of Jiangnan gardens, with rockeries and lakes inside. The houses are integrated with nature for the emperor.
Travel and live with the harem and concubines.
The Chang'an Imperial Palace is divided into two parts: the outer dynasty and the inner dynasty. The outer dynasty mainly includes the three main halls of Zhongji Hall, Jianji Hall, and Daming Hall, while the inner dynasty mainly consists of the three palace groups of Changle Palace, Hanyuan Palace, and Weiyang Palace.
In time for the emperor's enthronement and wedding, the three outer dynasty palaces and the three inner dynasty palace complexes planned in the Chang'an Palace were all in the construction stage. Therefore, the female officials of the harem office welcomed the two escorting teams and temporarily placed them in
A castle left by the Argentines was temporarily used as a wedding residence.
After paying homage to heaven, announcing to the ancestors, visiting the church and other wedding steps, it was getting late, and the maid helped Wu Lingxuan and Zhang Baoyi into the wedding room.
When an ordinary family marries a daughter, she will prepare a dowry of gold, silver jewelry, etc. for her daughter. These dowries belong to the bride's private property. Even if she goes to her husband's family, the bride also owns the ownership of these dowries.
Zhang Baoyi's father is the richest man in Nanyang. In addition to his huge property dowry worth tens of millions of taels, he also has all kinds of jewelry such as gold, silver, jade pendants and so on.
The candlelight flickered, and the bride was putting on her first makeup. The two girls, who were only sixteen or seventeen years old, each wore a phoenix crown that symbolized the status of queen and concubine. Their slightly immature faces were smeared with a thin layer of foundation, and their slender little hands were neat and tidy.
Put it on your lap and don't move it for a few minutes.
It was quiet outside the wedding room, and there was no sound of walking in the corridor. Wu Lingxuan quietly lifted her hijab and stared out the window for a while. After finding that there was no movement, she slowly exhaled.
"Baoyi, why hasn't His Majesty come back yet?" The wedding room was too quiet. Wu Lingxuan couldn't bear her temper and couldn't help asking Zhang Baoyi.
"Your Majesty should entertain all the generals and ministers outside. It may take a while before he can come back."
Zhang Baoyi moved her steps slightly to relieve her sore feet, and said softly, "After today, my sister will be the queen of the Han Dynasty. All affairs in the harem will be decided by my sister. If my sister does anything inconsiderate in the future, please let me know."
For the sake of the old sisterly bond, my elder sister gave my younger sister a chance to change her ways."
"Baoyi, you said such things again."
Wu Lingxuan put on an unhappy look on her face and said, "There are only three people in this harem: you, me, and your Majesty's brother. Your Majesty treats you and I equally. Although I became the queen because I am one year older than you, Baoyi, we are still
My good sisters from the past, why do you always have such a grimace on your face and say such unpleasant things?"
"My sister is kind-hearted and doesn't care about these things. However, after entering the palace, she is not as free as she was at home. Everything she says and does is watched by outsiders. If she accidentally does something wrong in the palace,
My sister is not punished because she is kind-hearted. If the matter spreads outside the palace, I am afraid that my sister will be implicated, which will be detrimental to her reputation."
"Hmph, whoever dares to talk nonsense will not be afraid that your Majesty's brother will chop off his head."
Zhang Baoyi didn't care at all on her face. In fact, when she heard the word "concubine" mentioned in the other party's words, she had already begun to worry that Li Mingyuan would marry other women into the palace as his concubine. The new man would forget the old one, and he would not treat her as favorably as he does now.
"Baoyi, do you think that if His Majesty marries another woman as his concubine, will he neglect us?"
The longer she got, the more worried she became. Within a few minutes, Wu Lingxuan expressed her worries.
"Your Majesty is a man who cherishes old friendships. Even if he marries another woman as his concubine in the future, he will not neglect my sister."
"Really? But what if I get old and become ugly?
Will your Majesty's brother still want me?"
Wu Lingxuan suddenly worried about future problems for some reason and asked eagerly.
"This..." Being asked by Wu Lingxuan's question, Zhang Baoyi didn't think of how to answer the other party for a moment.
"Silly girl, when you two get older and ugly, I will have already turned into a bad old man. How can I still be in the mood to find other young girls? Today is our big day, why do you have nothing to do and think about something irrelevant?
matter."
When the two women's attention was distracted by the conversation, Li Mingyuan strode into the wedding room, smiled and comforted the two women and said, "When I was young, before my father was in a high position, there were only father, mother, and three brothers in the family.
There are six sisters. After my father ascended to a high position and was awarded the title of Lord Chamberlain, he and his mother loved and respected each other as usual. However, because of the betrayal by a traitor, my father, mother, and three brothers and sisters were all killed, leaving me alone to flee to South America.
Today, more than half of my father's original wish has been fulfilled. My son has lived up to his expectations and established a country in South America. He has just married you. From then on, the three of us, husband and wife, respect each other like ordinary people and grow old together.
Normally, when I finish handling government affairs and return to the harem, you don't have to be formal and polite, just use the titles of husband and wife."
Looking at the two petite little girls who were about to become his lifelong companions, Li Mingyuan felt more than a touch of love in his heart, but more of a big brother's love for the little girl next door.
Li Mingyuan is ten and eleven years older than Wu Lingxuan and Zhang Baoyi respectively. At this age in his previous life, he only had two casual marriages and no real love experience. It has been eleven years since he was reborn in this life, and he has been busy leading troops to fight.
When dealing with national affairs, I have neither time nor inclination to fall in love like a little boy or a little girl.
The heavy responsibility resting on his shoulders is both a burden and an incentive. Li Mingyuan does not regret his choices in this life. Although he cannot have a pure relationship between men and women, he has two gentle and pleasant women as wives.
It is already a very satisfying thing and will not leave any regrets in your life.
"His Majesty……"
When Zhang Baoyi saw Li Mingyuan come in, she wanted to bow down and salute, but was held back by the other party's hand.
"There is no need for such hostility between husband and wife, and there is no need to bow down and bow when you see me in the harem."
"Your Majesty, brother, you are so kind."
Wu Lingxuan stood up and leaned against Li Mingyuan, with a happy smile on her face.
"Haha, I haven't seen you for more than ten days. Have you ever thought about Lingxuan becoming your husband?"
"I think, I think about your majesty's brother every day. It's just that my father and mother told me not to leave the house before getting married, so I didn't get to see your majesty's brother."
"Silly girl, after getting married, there will be many affairs in the government, so I may not be able to accompany you often. If you feel bored, you can go to the back garden to enjoy and play. There are gardens and lakes modeled after the Jiangnan area, and there are also gardens and lakes brought from various places.
Ask Baoyi to watch some rare animals together, and you two sisters will not feel so lonely."
"Your Majesty, brother, if I want to go home to visit my father and mother, can you allow me?"
"Songkhla is too far away from the mainland, and the sea is very rough. Your body is too weak to withstand the bumps on the sea several times. If you really miss your parents and relatives, let your brothers stay in the mainland first and learn to deal with government affairs here.
, I will accompany you. Also, if the situation in Songkhla is stable, you can also invite your parents to live in the mainland. The affairs of Songkhla will be directly handed over to your brother, and Lingxuan can also show her filial piety by her side."
After marrying two women, Li Mingyuan did not treat Wu Jin and Zhang Zhenxun badly. On the morning before the wedding, which was the enthronement ceremony, Wu Jin was named Ge Yanghou (not hereditary, and descendants were demoted to one level).
The title of viscount is hereditary after being demoted to viscount), Zhang Zhenxun is the uncle of Yanling (not hereditary, the descendants are demoted to the next level, and the title is transferred to hereditary baron after being demoted to baron). The two families are outside Chang'an City.
Obtained 1,000 acres and 800 acres of land as hereditary territory.
Li Mingyuan acted openly and generously. He did not think of Wu Lingxuan and Zhang Baoyi as canaries trapped in the palace. Although limited by the constraints on women in the current era, the two women could not live as freely as the girls of later generations, but for daily life
Li Mingyuan still encouraged them to do activities such as traveling out of the palace and visiting relatives at home.