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When the Zhao family moved into Yecheng, there was no major construction work. It was not until this year that the overall situation of being listed as a feudal lord was settled, so they started to build the palace. Because the courtiers of the Zhao family believed that the palace was "not magnificent and unworthy of great power", even if it was financially difficult, it must be Make up for the king's bedroom and court.

So Lu Ban personally planned two palaces, named "Changle Palace" and "Weiyang Palace" respectively, which were taken from the auspicious words of "Long live the Qianqiu, Changle Weiyang" at that time. Among them, Weiyang is the main hall used by the court, focusing on majesty. Changle is a palace, more life-like, with pavilions and pavilions, landscapes and ponds. Although its scale is slightly inferior to that of Xiqi and Tongqi, its style is novel and comfortable.

There is also a side hall in Changle Palace for Zhao Wuxi to work. It is called "Riju", which is taken from "Bei Feng.Riju". Its unique meaning is full of ancient style.

On December 28, Zhao Wuxi sat on the king's couch in the Sun Residence Hall. Although the formal ceremony was held on the first day of the first month of the Xia Li, he had already begun to call himself a widow, and he had also changed into his crown clothes. style of princes. But now he is not as high and unfathomable as a prince should be, but like a father and brother in an ordinary family, he reprimanded a little girl standing in the hall:

"Naughty, it's just nonsense! The city wall is ten feet high, if your feet slip and fall, you will be smashed to pieces!"

The girl was about ten years old, her hair was a little messy due to the wind, and the white fox's fur was purple and gold, and she was standing in front of Zhao Hou with pouted lips and hands behind her back.

Usually girls will cry at this time, get into the arms of their father and brother and act like a spoiled child, but Zhao Jia is still a little unconvinced, and stubbornly said: "I am as light as a swallow, and I will never stumble. This matter is no big deal. It was those Yulin guards who complained..."

"Don't blame others, you know, although I don't scold you, the guards will be punished jointly and severally. Every time you make a mistake, the guards will be whipped a few times. Over time, whoever protects you is not alone. scars?"

Zhao Jia now knows that she is unreasonable, that she is thick-skinned, and relies on her brother's favor, it doesn't matter if she is punished, but the people around her will be very sad if they are blamed, she immediately bowed her head and admitted her mistake: "Jia is wrong, I hope my brother will not punish the guards. them."

"Until you sincerely admit your mistake and correct it, the punishment of the people around you will not stop." Zhao Wuxi sighed, very helpless, but also a little gratified. In fact, as long as his heart is not bad, it's not a big deal when he is young and naughty.

In front of domestic officials and nobles, Zhao Wuxi is a terrible monarch who will take their life and death; to foreign princes, he is an insatiable overbearing neighbor; to his sons, he is a feared father . But Zhao Wuxi had nothing to do with this naughty little girl.

Many times when she got into trouble and naughty, Wu Xie was so angry that she wanted to raise the bamboo stick, take off her skirt and give her a hard spanking to teach her a lesson. But every time she raised her hand and looked at her stubborn eyes that resembled her father Zhao Yang's, her heart softened, her anger dissipated, and in the end she just patted her raised hand lightly on top of her head a few times.

The eldest brother is like a father, and everyone in the Zhao Palace in Yecheng knows that Zhao Hou loves this little sister more than his children.

As a result, her coddling and presumptuousness also grew, and gradually became more and more intense. Flying eagles and dogs around, swinging in the palace is a common thing, and now she runs to the city wall to have fun...

This kind of thing that endangered her life, Zhao Wuxi couldn't tolerate it.

"Isn't Jia eager to meet his distant cousin..." Seeing that his brother was really angry, Zhao Jia put on a dimpled smile and began to sit in Zhao Wuxi's arms, hugging his neck and acting like a spoiled child.

Looking at the dimples on the little sister's face, Zhao Hou's anger dissipated, and it was only then that he looked directly at the proton of Qin who was brought in together, and asked in a dignified voice, "You are the son of Qin. prick?"

"The kid is... Zhao Shi." The son was only seven and a half years old, and the scene of Zhao Wuxi and Zhao Jia's brother and sister in front of him reminded him of his mother's arms again, and his nose was sour and he almost cried. Fortunately, this month of detention has grown a lot, barely holding back tears, trying to salute Zhao Wuxi according to the rules in Yongcheng Dazheng Palace.

The Honglu Temple who had seen him in Qin State also confirmed to Zhao Hou that this was indeed Uncle Qin's eldest son. Zhao Wuxian was very satisfied with this. Although he was not at ease, it was a sign of Qin State's submission.

"According to the Weishui Covenant, I... the widow and Uncle Qin are called brothers. You should be an orphan's son and nephew."

Zhao Wuxi patted Zhao Jia with a smile and said, "He should call you auntie."

"Aunt?" Zhao Jia's eyes suddenly lit up, she raised her pointed chin and stabbed at the son: "Call my aunt!"

"Auntie..." The son said in a low voice, Zhao Jia was overjoyed, danced, ran over and looked around him, and finally took his hand and said, "Jia has another nephew, you will later followed me."

This made the son's face turn red. He grew up in Yongcheng and had never been in contact with such a beautiful peer, although the girl's hand was not soft, but extremely powerful...

Seeing Zhao Jia stabbed the son to "cover you", Zhao Wuxi couldn't help laughing and laughing. In fact, it wasn't just this foreign proton, even his son Zhao Heng and Zhao's eldest grandson Zhao Zhou were all in Changle Palace. It's the little valet who runs around behind Zhao Jia...

Is it not good to go on like this? Should the princess of the Tang Dynasty interfere in politics, should you take precautions in advance? Zhao Wuxi also had such concerns. He planned to let the ladies establish rules in the palace after he was listed as a prince, and asked some Fu Mu to give a class on etiquette to the future daughters and sons of Zhao. Homes are different from ordinary people's homes after all.

But before that, let them enjoy their childhood to the fullest... Zhao Jia is discussing with the savage son Thorn whether to play in the snow or ice, and smiled without a shirt, not wanting to deprive the children of the joy that belongs to them alone .

However, the handling of the son's thorn should be cautious. Considering that the Zhao family forcibly turned Qin into a small sect, the son's thorn was renamed Zhao thorn, which is also a member of the Zhao family's clan. So he instructed the palace servants to arrange a residence for Zhao Shi near Changle Palace, with some staff to take care of his daily life and growth.

After ordering Zhao Jia not to insult the son, Wu Xie sent the two children out, straightened his clothes, and continued to work.

The eve of a country's establishment is always busy. Whether it is military, political, financial, legal, or ritual, many things must be considered: the old system must be abandoned, the new system will be established, and the rewards to ministers must be arranged.

But there are two things that are most urgent at the moment: one is the exercise of the founding ceremony, and the other is the big enlightened hall, welcoming guests...

On the day after the Duke of Qin stabbed Ye, the envoys from Chu State also drove across the Zhanghe Bridge and entered Ye City. The pedestrian Wang Ziyu was welcomed into the inner city on the same day, and Zhao Wuxi received him in the Weiyang Palace. .

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Unlike Changle Palace, which is a classical garden, Weiyang Palace has inherited the neat atmosphere of the palace since Shang and Zhou dynasties, and the straight central axis connecting the north and south gates of Yecheng just passes through here.

The main hall of Weiyang Palace is called "Hanyuan Hall", the side hall on the left is "Xuanren Hall", and the right side is "Xuande Hall". The reception of foreign envoys is usually held in "Xuande Hall".

Although Zhao Wuxi himself rejected the use of eunuchs, in order to avoid being fearful, the Changle Palace still used the people from the small temples who were eliminated from the two palaces. The Weiyang Palace, which was separated from it by a wall, could not allow men to come and go, and basically used vertical people, just because Zhao Wuxi did not want to castrate the teenagers on a large scale.

Under the guidance of Shuren, the envoy of Chu State, Wang Sunyu, entered the Xuande Hall.

Wang Sunyu observed a lot along the way, and he found that both the Weiyang Palace and the Xuande Palace were as majestic as the Yingdu Palace of Chu State.

In front of Xuande Hall, in the center is a **** with a relief sculpture of a dragon, which is used for those who have obtained permission to ride up, and there are white stone steps on the left and right, for general officials and envoys to climb up the stairs.

Wang Sunyu climbed the steps and looked up, but saw tall wooden pillars standing on the foundation stone of the main hall, a pair of painted black birds facing each other on the eaves, and they were about to fly. The ground of the bluestone slab stretches in the entire field of vision, and dozens of Yulin guards with halberds stand here.

After passing through layers of defense, there is a spacious hall door with lacquer-dyed patterns on the door leaf and a gilt bronze animal head decorated on the door.

After entering the hall, the corridor railings are engraved with delicate and elegant patterns, and the windows are inlaid with Zhao's unique "glass", which has excellent lighting, which is a wonder that cannot be seen in the palaces of other princes.

"I've heard for a long time that the Zhao family is strong and powerful. After fighting with the princes, they built such a palace, but the people have not yet withered. This Zhao state is really scary..."

"The messenger of Chu State is here!"

"Please come in!"

Following the two long calls from the leader, Wang Sunyu retracted his surprise, unloaded his sword on the sword stand, took off his shoes, and walked into the hall with only his feet on. After walking a dozen or so steps, he looked straight ahead, but saw a man sitting on the king's couch in the palace, dressed in the uniforms and crowns of the princes, dressed in black and red, with a jade jue, a belt and a sword, also looking at him. , probably Zhao Hou Wuxi.

"Chu's foreign minister Wang Sunyu, on behalf of the widow, asks Zhao Hou how well, congratulations on the establishment of Zhao State!"

After the foreign ministers met the feudal lords' etiquette ~lightnovelpub.net~ Wang Sunyu held up the national letter high, and Zixia took it and handed it to Zhao Wuxi to have a look.

Although the state of Chu was called the king, in the past, when diplomatic relations with Jin were used, they always only called "Jun", so as to avoid embarrassment of the title between the two countries. The same is true in this silk book. The letter stated that Chu Jun was delighted to have Zhao Neng listed as a prince, and hoped to continue the tradition of sending pedestrians to each other between Chu and Jin. This gesture obviously wanted to be friends with the emerging Zhao State.

"The king of Chu, the wish of Lingyin, and the wish of the widow..." After many days of practice, Zhao Wuxi was still used to calling himself a widow.

There was another chat between the two sides, and Zhao Wuxi also expressed his sadness for the death of King Zhao of Chu, and said nothing about him leading his division to attack Zhao Luhun. Although Wang Sunsheng who defected from him is likely to go to Chu State, it is beneficial and harmless to Zhao State to turn war with Chu State into jade and silk.

Afterwards, Wang Sunyu took out the list of gifts he brought with him this time from his sleeve, and hoped that Zhao Hou would accept it with a smile.

Wu Xie glanced at it roughly, and it was nothing more than the special products of Chu State, such as budwort, rhinoceros horn skin, ivory, catalpa wood, copper and tin and so on. After a glance, he suddenly remembered something, and said with a smile, "I've heard for a long time that the state of Chu is rich in treasures, and if you dare to ask about Wang Sun, do you still care about the jade of the He clan?"

(To be continued.)