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On the surface, the move of Han King Liu Jing into the Weiyang Palace was derived from a casual saying by his wife Tao Zhan, but in fact, this was actually an inevitable result of the general trend. After the Han Dynasty conquered Jiangdong, the Han Dynasty's national power was greatly boosted. The Han Dynasty had become a vast country with a vast territory ranging from the sea to the east and the desert of Hexi in the west. It not only occupied most of the Han Dynasty, but also completed the siege of Cao Wei.

Under such circumstances, the call for Liu Jing to ascend the throne and become emperor gradually emerged in the Han Dynasty. In fact, whether it was the military officers of the Han Dynasty, the vast number of Li Ming surnames, or even the gentry in the Central Plains, they no longer recognized the puppet heaven in Yedu, but put the orthodox hat of the Han Dynasty on Liu Jing's head.

At this time, it was expected that Liu Jing would ascend the throne and inherit the throne, but Liu Jing knew very well that this was not the time to consider ascending the throne, and the conditions were not yet ripe. However, if he kept a low profile and refused, it would only hurt the supporters. Moreover, the narrowness and shortcomings of the Han king system had already affected his governance of the Han Dynasty.

So starting this year, Liu Jing has gradually abandoned the so-called moral constraints of usurpation, changed Pingzhangtai into a political hall, established a Secretariat, and a Monks' Secretariat. This is a court without the name of the court, and moving into Weiyang Palace is a popular expectation. Even if he does not call himself emperor for the time being, he can give supporters a psychological balance.

Just the day after Liu Jing accepted Da Qiao, the Political Affairs Hall made a decision to open the Weiyang harem and the King of Han officially moved to Weiyang Palace to live. This news made the Chang'an court and the people were happy, which meant that the King of Han began to take the first step towards the goal of ascending the throne to the emperor.

But at this time, the Weiyang Palace was no longer the Weiyang Palace that was the year before. The Weiyang Palace had been completely destroyed in previous wars. The Weiyang Palace is built by Jia Xu using materials from the remaining palaces in various places on the basis of the original Weiyang Palace, and later it was gradually repaired and improved. Although it has been built for many years, its scale is still less than half of the Weiyang Palace.

Weiyang Palace is divided into most of the front offices, the front offices occupy the largest area, and is located in the central offices of the Han Dynasty. Most of the offices are concentrated here. The central offices are composed of the Qinzheng Hall, Chengming Hall, Qilin Hall and Wuming Square in front of the main hall. It is the location of the Han Dynasty to hold major court meetings and ceremonies, but it is rarely used.

So far, Weiyang Palace has only used the front office and the middle hall. As for the harem, it has never been used. The harem consists of six groups of buildings including Guangmingtai, Jiaofang Pavilion, Qingliang Pavilion, Yutang Pavilion, Dongming Tower and Phoenix Tower. There are thousands of various towers and pavilions. The six groups of buildings surround the Yaochi, which covers an area of ​​nearly a thousand acres. There is also Kunlun Tower in the middle of the Yaochi, which requires a boat trip.

Although the harem does not occupy a large area compared to the front office and the middle hall, it occupies more than five times that of the Han Palace. When he moved into the Weiyang Palace, Liu Jing was nominally the King of Han, but in fact his pomp and status are no different from those of the emperor.

However, Liu Jing's family moved into the Weiyang Palace very low-key. Every night, a large number of cages were carried by a carriage and moved silently into the Weiyang Palace. On the fifth night, more than a dozen carriages passed through the Xuanwu Gate of the Weiyang Palace and drove into the harem.

Although the Weiyang Palace was not opened, there were still people living in the palace to manage it. More than 20 eunuchs and other palace maids lived in the palace, and the eunuchs were eunuchs. Most of the eunuchs and palace maids came from all over the Central Plains. One of the old eunuchs left by Dong Zhuo's time was the chief steward of the palace. His name was Zhao Wei, who lived in the Weiyang Palace for ten years.

At this time, more than one eunuch and palace maids had already lined up in Xuanwu Gate to wait. The carriage slowly stopped. A maid helped the princess Tao Zhan slowly walk out of the carriage. Zhao Wei hurriedly greeted him and gave a deep bow, "Old slave Zhao Wei, see the princess!"

Tao Zhan smiled and said, "You are General Manager Zhao. I heard from the King of Han that I will bother you more in the future."

"I don't dare! I will serve the princess with all my heart."

He spoke to the old slave at once, which made Tao Zhan feel very uncomfortable. At this time, Tao Zhan saw the palace maids and eunuchs arranged in the distance, and couldn't help but ask strangely: "Who are they?"

"Report to the princess, they are palace maids and eunuchs of Weiyang Palace."

Tao Zhan was startled, "So many people?"

Zhao Wei looked back at the palace maids and eunuchs, and smiled bitterly, "This is very rare. There were tens of thousands of palace maids and eunuchs around Emperor Ling at that time, and only more than one person."

Tao Zhan didn't say anything more. She knew that she had to slowly adapt to the life of Weiyang Palace. According to Liu Jing's instructions, it turned out that the servants of the Han Palace only brought their personal maids and wet nurses to the palace. The rest of the family had all been dismissed, and more than ten female guards followed them into the palace.

Tao Zhan nodded and ordered: "It's already evening now, let them all go back! I will get to know each other slowly in the future. Where is the Phoenix Tower? We will temporarily live in the Phoenix Tower tonight."

"Please wait for the princess, I'll take it now."

Zhao Wei stepped forward to disband the palace maids and the eunuchs, and then asked the princess to get on the carriage. He rode a horse and took a carriage to the Phoenix. Only then did everyone realize that the Weiyang Palace was so big that he actually wanted to walk in the palace by carriage. Zhao Wei explained next to the carriage: "The Phoenix Tower is in the southwest corner, about two miles from Xuanwu Gate, and it is a long walk. The original harem was even larger, but generally not taking a carriage, but riding a carriage. In fact, it is a rickshaw. However, now there is insufficient staff, so you can only take a carriage for the time being."

Everyone was speechless, looking at the countless pavilions and towers under the moonlight, and the halls that can accommodate thousands of people, towering like clouds and extraordinary momentum. They all looked at the flowers. Even Cao Xian, who lived in the Tongque Palace, could not help but admire the scale and momentum of the Weiyang Palace.

"Princess, I'm here!"

The carriage stopped and everyone got off the carriage. Not far away was the vast lake water, which was shining with shimmering light under the moonlight. A giant pavilion of more than ten feet high appeared in front of them, with flying eaves and brackets, with a grand momentum. There were countless small buildings built below, surrounded by a yellow wall.

Everyone was a little stunned. They thought that Phoenix Tower was a small building, but they didn't expect it to be such a huge building and so many buildings. At this time, Tao Zhan felt aware that a tall building they could see in the city was not here?

Tao Zhan didn't know that the Phoenix Tower was originally called Phoenix Terrace, which was the queen's living place, so it was naturally extraordinary. At this time, Liu Zhu suddenly shouted, "Dad!"

She ran towards the distance like a bird. Only then did everyone realize that their husband Liu Jing had already been waiting for them in front of the gate. Liu Jing held his daughter's hand and walked over slowly. Zhao Wei hurried forward to salute, and Liu Jing waved his hand and said, "You retreat first, just have me here."

"Old slave!"

Zhao Wei retreated. Without this talkative old eunuch, everyone felt relaxed. Tao Zhan stepped forward and complained to her husband: "If I had known that Weiyang Palace was like this, I wouldn't have moved here!"

Liu Jing smiled at her and then said to everyone: "Come in!"

The family followed Liu Jing into the Phoenix Tower. The Phoenix Tower had been cleaned up. The building was brightly lit. The lobby on the first floor seemed wide. Twelve thick columns stood on both sides of the lobby. The curtains several meters high were hanging down from the roof. In the center of the lobby, all the boxes and cages moved here are temporarily placed here, stacked like hills.

"We will rest here for the time being tonight and make good arrangements tomorrow."

Without Liu Jing's instructions, everyone was busy, and Tao Zhan also accepted the reality. She busy arranging everyone's temporary accommodation. Phoenix Tower has more than ten floors and there are many buildings in the building. They only used the five floors below, and basically each of them had their own temporary rooms.

The night gradually became deeper and everyone had fallen asleep. Da Qiao stood on the terrace of the room. She held the railing and stared at the shimmering water below. The slightly chilling night breeze blew her long and flowing hair. At this time, Liu Jing appeared behind her and gently hugged her waist from behind, "Isn't this cold inside?" Liu Jing asked with concern.

Da Qiao leaned on his shoulder and felt his powerful arms, which filled her heart with warm touch. She raised her head, stared at her lover with bright beautiful eyes, and said softly: "You should go to the eldest sister's place."

Liu Jing lowered his head and kissed her smooth forehead, and smiled and said, "I have to care about so many wives and concubines. I can't ignore each other, but you are my bride, and I have to care about you more."

Da Qiao smiled, "You are such a strange man, with a noble status, and sometimes you are like a little man living in the house. If you have seventy-two concubines in the future, will you care about them all?"

"Won't!"

Liu Jing shook his head and said, "I mean, I can't have so many women. I'm satisfied with you."

At this time, a maid's report came from outside the door: "Your Highness, there was news from the front that Sima Prime Minister was asking for a visit outside the palace."

Liu Jing was stunned. Sima Yi came to see him so late, and there must be something urgent. He replied: "I understand!"

He then walked into the room with Da Qiao's waist. Da Qiao's personal maid immediately closed the terrace door. Liu Jing smiled at Da Qiao and said, "You have to rest early! I'll come to see you tomorrow."

Da Qiao stretched out her white lotus-like arm and wrapped it around Liu Jing's neck, kissed him affectionately, and Zhan Yan smiled and said, "Go quickly!"

Liu Jing turned around and left the room and walked downstairs quickly. Da Qiao stood at the door and kept watching him walking away. When he turned around, he saw Cao Xian standing aside with a quilt in his arms, looking at him with a red face. Da Qiao smiled and said, "What's wrong with the little sister?"

Cao Xian said a little embarrassedly: "Sister Lian, can I sleep with you tonight? The window in my room is not good, and it's creaking, and I'm a little scared."

Da Qiao laughed and pulled Cao Xian into the room, "Come in quickly! It's cold outside."

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Liu Jing took a carriage out of the harem and came to his official room. He saw Sima Yi waiting for him in front of the official room.

Sima Yi served as Minister of War, in charge of the recruitment of the Han army, training of new soldiers, promotion of ordinary soldiers, pensions for the fallen soldiers, setting up military cities and other military affairs. However, these military affairs are specifically responsible by the left and right ministers of the Ministry of War. Sima Yi did not care about specific affairs. He was a prime minister and mainly participated in the decision-making of military affairs affairs in the political affairs hall.

However, Sima Yi has another important position, which is in charge of the intelligence system of the Han army, which was directly under the control of Sima Yi. Jia Xu was originally responsible for the intelligence system, but later transferred it to Sima Yi.

Since Jiangdong had been captured by the Han army, the intelligence points in Jiangdong had also been disbanded. Now the main targets of Han army's intelligence are Cao Wei and Jiaozhou.

When Sima Yi saw Liu Jing get off the carriage, he hurried forward and whispered: "Your Highness, emergency information is coming from Cao Wei!"

Liu Jing nodded, "Go into the room and say."
Chapter completed!