Duli Xiangyuan has another separate black oil door in the west to enter and exit, Xue Pan got into the carriage, and went out like this, originally according to Xue Pan's meaning, such weather, if you travel on a horse, it is the most comfortable, but the new arrivals are in the capital, this river dragon is not too ostentatious, so I changed the carriage, all the way out of Ningrong Street, out of the square market, on the street outside, Ningrong Street is deserted, this street is full of people, pedestrians and business vendors are endless, the sound of selling comes and goes, Kyoto is far more prosperous than the rest of the place, so it has traveled several miles outside, which is a little cleaner, you must know that Ning Rong's second mansion is also a place where the nobles live, it stands to reason that it is not far from the imperial city, but it is not far away, and it is already crowded.

In this way, I traveled several miles, and arrived outside the imperial city of Luoyang, so that there were many fewer people, but the carriages still came and went frequently, and many of them were official documents of the ministry, or the travel of the adults of the ministry, and the red tape was reflected in these places - the Vermilion Bird Street in front of the imperial city was extremely spacious, and it was dozens of meters wider than the Chang'an Street of later generations, such a spacious road, but it had to be driven in turn according to the official rank, and if you met a high-ranking official at the ministry level, all the vehicles had to be parked on the side and prepared for the high-ranking officials to pass before they could drive. I don't know if it's bad luck or too lucky, the prime ministers of the political hall don't know why, one after another cars drove into the big inside, Xue Pan's carriage stopped and let go, and after a while waited for the prime ministers' cars to drive in, this section of the long street traveled for about half an hour before driving out to the side of the path.

Xue Pan saw the prime ministers' convoy in the car with magnificent ceremonial guards, bright flags, and dancing with the wind, which was extremely magnificent, and he couldn't help but smack his tongue, "Being an official is really illustrious when he comes to this." ”

Xue Pan and his entourage left Suzaku Street, walked to a stone road, and arrived at the southwest corner of the imperial city, there is also a vermilion gate here, but the people who come and go, not like those dignitaries and nobles on Suzaku Street, either eunuchs or palace maids or deacons pushing carriages to transport all kinds of sundries, it can be seen that the level here is different from the level of the prime minister of the political hall.

Xue Pan got out of the carriage, raised his head and saw that the white marble door plaque here was engraved with the words "Nanxun Gate", but the ink color on the handwriting fell off a little, the white marble also had some gray-white dirty things, and the vermilion lacquer in the corner of the wall was also mottled and fell a lot.

Steward Zhang stepped forward to negotiate, he said a few words to the head of the guard guarding the door, and took out the documents of the household department and the internal affairs office, and dedicated them to the head of the guard, the head of the guard saw Xue Pan's title, "from the fifth grade of the scholar, is the sixth grade of the Jinling Weaving Mansion Governor" such two official positions on the body, this is amazing, this Nanxunmen, many times have not seen such a big man, although the guards are in the palace, but here is not often seen big people. He walked forward quickly, although he didn't ask for peace, but he still bowed, "Lord Xue, the duty of the subordinate is not to salute, please forgive me." ”

"It's okay," Xue Pan smiled all over his face, at this time he was also very nervous, after all, he was going to enter the palace, although he came to the next generation, he still lacked a certain amount of awe for the majesty of these imperial powers, but he had never eaten pork, and he had seen pigs run, in any case, he didn't dare to blow up his wings on the imperial power, his official position was still obtained by the emperor, it was not good not to be respectful, with such a heart, and he had to prepare to enter the palace, this heart said that it was not nervous was false, in a nervous state, he was quite kind to see someone, This mood is a little more comfortable, "Thank you for coming, I don't dare to ask your surname, how is your name?" ”

"Xiaguan Huang Delu," the head of the guard replied, "If your lord enters the palace, you are only allowed to bring one servant, and the rules are like this, please forgive me." ”

"Hello Lord Huang," Xue Pan thought that he could only go in by himself, in this case, he was really alone, and it would be a good thing if he could bring one, "Naturally, listen to the rules, I'll take my housekeeper in," Xue Pan took a silver ticket from his sleeve and handed it to Huang Delu, "This is my little meaning, please accept it, I invite the brothers to tea." ”

The head of the guard looked young at first, and seemed to be quite depressed, and he didn't dare to accept the silver ticket when he saw it, "Your Excellency is polite, this can't be accepted." ”

"I'm here today, I'm afraid that I will come again in the future, this first meeting, if I don't respect it, then I don't know the rules," Xue Pan stuffed the silver ticket into the hand of the head of the guard, "Please accept it, we can deal with each other in the future." ”

Qian can pass through the gods, although the head of the guard is quite surprised that there are actually people here who give gifts to themselves, a little twisted, but also accepted, so he glanced at Xue Pan, Xue Pan took Steward Zhang into the Nanxun Gate together, Huang Delu accompanied him, and asked Xue Pan what was the so-called thing when he entered the palace, Xue Pan said: "My father passed away, Xue inherited the position of admiral, and he had to come to the Internal Affairs Office again to sell his account, which can be regarded as officially taking office." ”

"It's not far away," Huang Delu pointed out, "The Yamen of the Internal Affairs Office is here in the Nanxun Palace, and it's only a mile in the past," he casually pointed to a eunuch who had just entered the palace outside, and asked him to take Xue Pan and the others over, and pointed out Xue Pan, "My lord is still out of the palace here, I am on duty today, if the matter is done, you can also walk around if you are free, here is by the Wenhua Palace, not the residence of the harem concubines, you can wander around a little." ”

Xue Pan's surprised eyes were about to pop out, "What, can you still wander around in this palace?" ”

"It's not a place," Huang Delu said with a smile, "It's nothing to walk around, Grandpa Taizu made a decree in the past, if there is a waist card to enter, it is naturally unimpeded, and there is no place in Daming Palace where no one is visible." ”

Xue Pan nodded, "If that's the case, you can go and see it if you have a fate." ”

The eunuch led Xue Pan's master and servant to the front of the Nanxun Palace, although the Nanxun Hall is known as the palace, but in the Daming Palace between the palace, it is really just a small building, the original palace alley is still quite deserted, to this place, all of a sudden there is an endless stream of eunuchs and guards, everyone sees that Xue Pan and the two are not wearing inner court clothes and do not care, just take care of themselves. This reassured Xue Pan a lot, if everyone looked sideways when he got to a place, it would not be a good thing.