Chapter 557 The Lord of the West Palace
Wu Zhongyuan called the palace servant to help the old blind man out of the palace, and then he left Zhongtian Palace and went to the harem.
There are three palaces in the harem, and each is equipped with an eunuch and a maid, but at this time only the West Palace has a master.
There is a windproof oil lamp outside the gates of each palace and pavilion. The lamp base is carved from bluestone, about seven feet high and has a copper lamp. If this oil lamp is on, it means that the owner has not fallen asleep. If it is turned off, it means that the owner is asleep.
There is no sign at this time. Anyone who is convenient for sleeping will light up the oil lamp in front of the palace pavilions. The king can choose the palace pavilions that are lit according to his or her mood. He can go there for one day or every day. However, according to regulations, the king cannot go to the palaces and pavilions that are not lit. This is also a kind of respect for women. The king may not come, and the queen and the imperial concubine may not let the king come.
The oil lamp in front of the Xigong Gate is on, which means that Jiang Nan is not asleep yet.
Before this, Wu Zhongyuan had no master in the three palaces, and he had been resting alone in the central palace. This time, Jiang Nan entered the western palace and could not sleep by himself. This had nothing to do with etiquette and regulations, but was disrespectful to Jiang Nan.
If it were someone else, he would have gone there when he heard that he was going to enter the bridal chamber. However, Wu Zhongyuan began to struggle again. In fact, he was still very straightforward to deal with other things, but he could not do anything about men and women. He grew up in modern times and the inculcated concept of marriage and love was monogamy, but monogamy was completely in conflict with the three wives and four concubines at this time.
To be honest, all men want to take more spouses from a man’s standpoint. This is the nature of male animals. There is nothing that doesn’t want to take more, only things that cannot be raised and dare not take more.
It is not very entangled. Human ideology is guided and shaped by the people in power according to the needs of social stability. The biggest advantage of monogamy is that every man can marry a wife, which is conducive to social stability. Three wives and four concubines do not work in modern times, but it is very suitable for the actual situation at this time. Excellent men occupy more spouses and can pass on excellent genes on a larger scale.
Don’t want to be a bitch again. You have to set up a archway again. In fact, you shouldn’t even have this kind of thought. This kind of thing is normal at this time.
There is a small gong hanging on the top of the right side of the gate, which is equivalent to a modern doorbell. However, this thing has another use, and you can hear it when you knock on the harem. It roughly means telling other wives and wives who have gone to whose house the king has gone, and you can take a shower and go to bed.
Wu Zhongyuan doesn't like this kind of behavior that he has to beat drums and drums for a while, but he still has to keep the rules, "Wait~"
As soon as the gong sounded, Jiang Nan came out soon. There was a palace maid in the West Palace, but according to the etiquette, his wife should come out to greet him in person.
Wu Zhongyuan laughed, Jiang Nan laughed too. The couple went into the house. The palace maids would do the closing. Wu Zhongyuan took a few steps and turned back. After he just knocked the gong, he forgot to hang the small wooden hammer back.
Since it is winter, there are braziers in the house, and the braziers in the palace are different from those used by the people. They are divided into two layers, somewhat similar to the stove. They can dry towels around and warm food on them.
Seeing the warm porridge, rice and vegetables on the brazier, Wu Zhongyuan asked casually, "How did you know I'm coming?"
Jiang Nan helped Wu Zhongyuan remove his cloak, and then took the bow and arrow and long sword he handed over, "You only enthroned me, where can you go if you don't come here?"
"Oh, I'm so tired." Wu Zhongyuan stretched.
"You will be very relaxed for a long time in the future." Jiang Nan said.
Wu Zhongyuan sat down and Jiang Nan held a pot of tea. She was a princess of the cow tribe and was used to serving the palace maids. She naturally gave the trivial matters such as serving porridge, serving dishes and serving wine to the palace maids.
Since there were palace maids present, Wu Zhongyuan did not talk about confidential matters, but just chatted, "How is it, are you still a habit of living?"
"It's very good." Jiang Nan said.
"Tomorrow I will go with me to worship my ancestors." Wu Zhongyuan said that the most important sacrifices are at this time. All kinds of sacrifices are strictly regulated, but not at all times you can go to your parents' grave to cry.
"Okay." Jiang Nan nodded.
Before coming in, Wu Zhongyuan thought it would be awkward. The so-called awkward was not that there was any discord between the two, but that he thought that he would feel that being close to other women was a harm to Wang Xinran. But at this time, he did not have such awkward feeling. They were all his women, and they treated them equally. He was originally a person from ancient times. He could not always follow the modern lifestyle just because he had lived in modern times for eighteen years, and he could not have so-called obsessive-compulsive disorder.
After the palace maid finished her job, she left. Once the door was closed, there was only a couple left in the room.
Jiang Nan left his seat and stood up, walked to Wu Zhongyuan and knelt down on his knees.
"What are you doing?" Wu Zhongyuan hurriedly put down the teacup and helped him.
Jiang Nan is also very mysterious. If she can't get up, Wu Zhongyuan is not convenient to use spiritual energy to pull it. Jiang Nan said solemnly, "The father is guilty and cannot be forgiven. Thank you for your kindness and kindness, and you will be sympathized with love."
"Why are you so indifferent? Get up quickly." Wu Zhongyuan frowned.
Jiang Nan stood up and returned to Kun's throne, "The Lord..."
"Don't be the lord, it sounds awkward," Wu Zhongyuan interrupted Wu Di's words, "There is no way to have outsiders present. I can't make them feel that I have no airs at all. When there is no one, you still shout whatever you should shout."
Jiang Nan was not a shy person. Hearing Wu Zhongyuan said this, he did not continue to persevere. He stood up to pour wine and said, "Zhongyuan, I have a question I have always wanted to ask you."
"I know what you want to ask," Wu Zhongyuan shook his head and said, "If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have taken back the spiritual energy and let them go. It would be too dangerous. You should know that this is not my own business, but the safety of everyone in the bear clan. I do this for the sake of public service. As a great Wu, I shouldn't take risks with the fate of the bear clan."
"Thank you." Jiang Nan was very moved.
"In your opinion, will I regret it in the future?" Wu Zhongyuan asked casually.
"No," Jiang Nan shook his head seriously, "As the father said, he never believed in anyone in his life, but he now believes in you. Prince Li is a loyal and passionate person. If you spare his life and reward him with the Green Dragon Armor, he will definitely serve the Lord faithfully and will never rebel."
"I also feel that I won't regret it," Wu Zhongyuan nodded, picked up the wine glass, "Come on, I'll give you a glass."
Jiang Nan raised his glass and the couple drank together.
Wu Zhongyuan was a little hungry and brought the bowl to eat. "I was so busy that I was running around and I had been running around for a long time. I haven't talked to you well. I have anything you want to say, even if you have anything you need to do."
"I know you are busy, but I am not good at handling government affairs, and I can't help you with anything. I don't have to bother you," Jiang Nan said, shaking his head, "but there is something I've been worried about."
"What are you worried about? I'm worried that Wu Di feels uncomfortable?" Wu Zhongyuan asked casually.
Jiang Nan shook his head, "Let's talk about Wu Di Taixuan's affairs later. What I am worried about is my father. I know him. Although he was sincere in his past and sincerely surrendered, his father cares about gains and losses and cares about interests. If the old thing comes back to life in the future, you must not misunderstand and blame it."
"Haha," Wu Zhongyuan smiled, "The country is easy to change, but the nature is difficult to change. Don't worry, as long as you don't lose your loyalty and righteousness, gains and losses are trivial matters."
After hearing what Wu Zhongyuan said, Jiang Nan breathed a sigh of relief. As she said, she knew her father too well. She was a profitable businessman who could not afford to get up early, while Li Tai was a reckless man who was brave and had little strategy. After the previous incident, Li Tai wanted to give everything to Wu Zhongyuan. When the two princes compared each other in the future, Jiang Zheng would definitely be a displeasant person.
"You just mentioned Wu Di. Today she made contributions. Why didn't you take the opportunity to enfeoff her?" Jiang Nan brought a pot of wine.
"What I hate the most is that others deceive me. She and the prime minister have been conspiring and plotting against me, and almost got me wrong. I forgive her. Wouldn't it be too cheap?" Wu Zhongyuan put down his bowl, picked up his wine glass, and then drank Jiang Nan, and then put down his wine glass to continue eating. "Wu Di is very smart, but she is worried about something wrong. It seems that even if she has to do such things, she should plan carefully. They don't remind me in advance, which makes me feel embarrassed and almost die."
"They probably never thought that their father and Prince Li would do so early. She was just unintentional..."
"You don't have to plead for her," Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "I have my own sense of responsibility."
Wu Zhongyuan's final statement was final, so Jiang Nan was not inconvenient to say anything else.
Wu Zhongyuan said, "In a few days, I have to call your father over and ask him some things about that year. Don't get me wrong then. I'm not going to settle the old account. I just want to know who instigated him to join forces with the bird clan to attack Youxiong. Also, he had contacted Huang Sheng of the demon clan before, and the five seals will disappear by the end of this year. I still don't have enough understanding of the other five paths, so I have to know as much as possible."
"Don't worry, I won't misunderstand, I believe you." Jiang Nan nodded.
"Damn it," Wu Zhongyuan cursed casually, "Why has the seal not disappeared yet? Before the four divine beasts left, the five tentacles had already stretched out. What was wrong with it?"
This was a question that had troubled Wu Zhongyuan for a long time. Jiang Nan naturally could not answer it. Instead, he reached into his arms, took out the white soul-stabilizing stone and handed it over, "The incident happened suddenly yesterday. I was not allowed to take it away from the body of a beast. You can keep this thing, you need it more than me."
"I don't want it, you keep it." Wu Zhongyuan shook his head.
Jiang Nan handed again, "I can't use it. Now that you are in charge of Huangdi, you have become the target of the five public targets, so you need to be careful."
"I said I don't want it..." Wu Zhongyuan suddenly remembered something when he said this. He took the Soul-Stationing Stone and frowned. After a while, he put down the bowls and chopsticks to serve tea and rinse his mouth, "Let's go and accompany me to Zhongtian Palace."
"What to do?" Jiang Nan was puzzled.
"I had a mysterious box before, with a Nine Yin Candle Dragon carved on it. I suspect that it was a set of Candle Dragon Armor. The Soul-Stationing Stone is the eyes of the Candle Dragon. Let's compare it over and see if this Soul-Stationing Stone can be placed in the eyes of the Candle Dragon on the box." Wu Zhongyuan said.
"What if the right one?" Jiang Nan took off Wu Zhongyuan's cloak from the clothes hanger.
Chapter completed!