The Travelers of the Heavens

In the sixth year of Xingning in the Great Zhou Empire (AD 2), Luoyi Palace

""The sons and ministers have met their father and Concubine Liu." The sixteen-year-old Prince Fan came to the Taishi Palace to pay homage to his father.

""Excuse me," Emperor Zhou Ji Ying signaled.

""Your Highness the Crown Prince" At this time, the beautiful concubine Liu standing next to Ji Ying bowed and saluted Prince Fan.

Concubine Liu was the concubine Ji Ying accepted into the palace last year, and she is one year younger than Prince Fan. In recent months, Ji Ying has been very She dotes on Concubine Liu and sleeps with her almost every night.

Ji Ying is introverted and taciturn. The harem includes the queen, plus the newly admitted Concubine Liu and Prince Fan's late biological mother, there are a total of five concubines. You heard it right, Ji Ying has only had these five concubines in these years from the period of the prince to the current emperor of Zhou Dynasty.

""Yeah." Prince Fan nodded in response.

""Sit down." Ji Ying glanced at the beloved concubine and then motioned for her son to take a seat.

"Thank you father for the seat." Prince Fan sat down on the next chair.

"This time the Grand Master went to that thing in person.. What country?"As he said this, Ji Ying actually forgot the name of the Western Han Empire.

""Father, we are from the Han Kingdom," Prince Fan said

"Yes, Han, hey.. He is no longer useful." Ji Ying nodded, and then sighed.

Ji Ying is only thirty-eight years old this year.

"My father is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and I wish you long life." Prince Fan said two auspicious words.

"Haha, this time the grand master went to the Han Kingdom to welcome his bride, it was extremely grand; you are about to have a family, you are no longer allowed to play around with others like you used to, and you have to behave yourself; your wife is a Han"The emperor of the country, if you are still like you used to be, won't you be laughed at by the people of that barbaric country when you come to the Han Dynasty?" Ji Ying taught her son. Obviously Ji Ying still looked down on the Western Han Empire, which had a population larger than that of the Zhou Dynasty and a very prosperous culture. , he felt that the Western Han Empire was just a larger barbarian state.

"Father, your son is awake, and your mother has also warned him." Prince Fan quickly responded

"Your mother is not feeling well lately, please go take a look later," Ji Ying said.

"Returning to my father, this time I came from my mother’s place to see my father," Prince Fan explained.

"Well, okay." Ji Ying nodded.

"What's going on with those horses in your palace?" Ji Ying asked again.

He was referring to the eight-color Pegasus that Prince Fan brought from Wang Yu's house.

"Returning to my father is a gift from the Crown Prince of Xining to his sons and ministers," Prince Fan said

"Let me take a look at it another day. I heard that this eight-colored Pegasus is rare in the world, so I want to see it myself," Ji Ying said.

""My son, I will welcome my father to the East Palace at any time," Prince Fan said respectfully.

"I'm a little tired, please leave." Ji Ying waved her hand and gave the eviction order.

""I beg you to retire." Prince Fan stood up and bowed his hands respectfully, then turned and left. After

Prince Fan left, Ji Ying supported her head with her right hand and closed her eyes to rest.

Seeing this, Concubine Liu did not dare to disturb her, so she whispered to the eunuch in the palace to get one. He put a cloak over Ji Ying to prevent him from suffering a stroke while sleeping.

Prince Fan did not return to his East Palace, but went to the exotic beast garden.

In this exotic beast garden, dozens of rare and exotic animals were kept in captivity. , most of which are ancient creatures that have been extinct for hundreds or even tens of millions of years in reality.

Prince Fan stopped in front of a huge fence, with a group of forest guards guarding him.

In this fence, there was a heavy The giant rhinoceros weighing more than ten tons was captured by Wang Yu more than 30 million years ago when he broke through the world. The scientific name of this animal is"Tianshan paragiant rhinoceros", and Wang Yu named it long-necked rhinoceros.

The giant rhinoceros, which was eating fresh branches and leaves in a huge trough, also smelled a strange smell. It turned its head and looked at Prince Fan.

After watching it for a while, it continued to eat. Prince Fan also watched the giant rhinoceros for a while before looking elsewhere. animals.

When Prince Fan was admiring various rare birds and animals in the Strange Beast Garden, far away in the Imperial Palace of the Western Han Dynasty, Wang Yu and Yueshen were presenting gifts from the royal family of the Zhou Empire to the Western Han Empire and the gift for marrying Wang Ye.

Just looking at Chi Lian and Yan Lingji leading the way, a large group of Forbidden Army soldiers were holding large wooden trays or carrying large wooden boxes into the hall.

But it was awkward to offer gifts. There were too many money and gifts, and some ministers had to be invited out first. Only from outside the palace can treasures be moved inside.

Forbidden soldiers went back and forth to move things into the palace.

"Grand Master, five hundred soldiers are constantly carrying treasures and are very tired. Can you rest for a while?" The Captain of the Forbidden Army panted and came to the Moon God and said. At this time, there were piles of various treasures and gifts outside the palace that had not yet entered the palace. Hundreds of forbidden troops were too tired to stand up, and only the captain took the initiative to tell the Moon God about this matter.

Wang Yu naturally freed up this huge amount of gift money, but except for Wang Yu and a few others, others would only think of these things. It was already piled here

"General, can you mobilize your soldiers to carry the remaining treasures?" Moon God signaled the captain to take people aside to rest, and then said to Wang Mang. Wang Mang quickly mobilized a thousand soldiers to take over the imperial army and continue to move things into the palace.

After more than an hour of moving, At this time, it was past noon, and all the treasures and gifts had been moved into the front hall of Weiyang Palace and packed. The young emperor Liu Chan and all the personnel had already evacuated, and the main hall had been filled with all kinds of treasures and gifts.

"General, our sincerity is here, you can check it slowly." Moon God pointed at the treasures and gifts in this hall, and said to Wang Mang in a slightly arrogant tone.

"The friendship between your country is too great, how can our country bear it?" Wang Mang said with a trembling tone. He knew through the other party's introduction that the Great Zhou Empire across the sea was very rich, but he did not expect it to be so rich. If this was converted into five Baht money must be calculated in tens of millions.

After listening to Wang Mang's words, the moon god did not respond.

Wang Zhengjun, the empress dowager of the Western Han Dynasty, was already over seventy years old. The empress dowager who had been emperors of five dynasties also wanted to Seeing the envoys from the Great Zhou Dynasty coming from afar, he ordered to summon the Moon God and Wang Yu in Changle Palace.

Wang Mang received the order from his aunt and quickly ordered a banquet to be held in Changle Palace to entertain the Moon God and others. It took too long to transport the treasures just now. time, so much so that he missed the noon meal.

In Changle Palace, Wang Zhengjun was very puzzled as he watched the maids and eunuchs coming in and out to place tableware on the table.

"Why is this?" she asked a palace maid

"The Empress Dowager is General Sima who is hosting a banquet in Changle Palace to entertain Zhou's marriage envoy," the palace maid said.

"Messenger of marriage? Seeking marriage? What's the meaning?"Wang Zhengjun only knew about the envoy from the Zhou Dynasty, but he didn't know the purpose of his visit. This time, the palace maid let it slip.

It can be seen that after Wang Mang's power increased, he did not discuss it with his aunt when he did some things. This time, he didn't even After informing his aunt, she took the initiative to send Wang Ye to Da Zhou to get married.

"The Empress Dowager, this servant is talking nonsense, please forgive me." The maid realized that she had let the slip, and quickly tried to cover up the matter.

"Come, drag her out and kill her with a cane." Wang Zhengjun immediately ordered.

The two eunuchs dragged the unlucky palace maid out and walked out.

"The Empress Dowager has mercy on me, my slave is willing to confess." The maid begged for mercy.

"speak!"Wang Zhengjun's tone was sharp.

"The thing is"The palace maid told her what she knew

"Nonsense! Why didn't he report such a big thing to me?"After hearing what the palace maid said, Wang Zhengjun was very dissatisfied.

"Go down!"Seeing the palace maid still kneeling on the ground, she drove her away.

"Go and fetch Wang Mang!"Then Wang Zhengjun scolded.

On the other side, Wang Mang led Yueshen and others to Changle Palace when they were bumped into by the eunuch sent by Wang Zhengjun. The eunuch whispered to Wang Mang the news that the Queen Mother learned the inside story and became angry.

Wang Mang's expression changed after hearing this

"General, what happened?"Moon God noticed something unusual and asked

"It's nothing, it's nothing. Taishi and everyone, just follow me," Wang Mang responded.

He first led Yueshen and others to sit in the side hall of Changle Palace for a while, and he went to explain the matter to his aunt first.