"What a magnificent Chang'an city, looking at its scale, I'm afraid it is several times larger than Constantinople!" Irina opened the window of the carriage, a pair of eyes curiously looked at the tall and majestic city wall in front of her, her face was full of shock and excitement, although she had seen many Han cities along the way, but there had never been a city that could compare with the Chang'an City in front of her.

Looking at the excited Irina beside him, Li Ke who was sitting in the carriage said with a smile: "There have been people who have ruled, Chang'an is twice the size of Luoyang, one and a half times the size of Dengzhou City, and Keelung, the capital of Daqi, is one-third smaller than Chang'an, as for Constantinople, I am afraid that it will take seven together to barely compare with the scale of Chang'an City." ”

Hearing Li Ke's introduction, Irina seemed even more excited, and her eyes no longer only focused on the dragon-like city wall, but began to observe the pedestrians and vehicles on the road, as well as the shops on both sides of the road, and she was surprised to find that there were not only Han people on the road and shops, but also Persians, big cannibals, and people from the Western Regions, etc., and even she saw a few Christian monks wearing priestly clothes, standing on the side of the road and constantly preaching the mercy of the Lord to pedestrians.

Li Ke and Irina hurried and finally arrived in Chang'an before their son's wedding. And an hour ago, they had just come off the train, and Li Su, Li Yun, and Li Zhen, who had come to greet them, were sitting in the carriage in front of them. The day after tomorrow is the day when the son officially gets married.

"Your Majesty has an order, on the day of Princess Jinyang's wedding, all industries across the country will have a day off, and the whole world will celebrate His Royal Highness's wedding, and on the day of marriage, all vehicles will be prohibited from entering Suzaku Street!" Li Ke's carriage passed through Xinfang outside the city gate. As soon as he entered the city gate, he heard a small official standing under the hole in the city gate. Loudly proclaimed Li Shimin's new holy decree to passers-by.

Naturally, there is nothing to say about the holiday on the day of the wedding, and the reason why all vehicles are prohibited from entering Suzaku Street on the day of the son's wedding. Mainly because the population of Chang'an has grown too fast in recent years, and the traffic jam is too serious.

When Irina heard the holy decree announced by the officials outside, she immediately thought of something and said, "Sanyang, Princess Jinyang is your sister, what do you think I will prepare for her wedding gift?" ”

Li Ke smiled when he heard it: "No need, you are my wife, as long as I prepare a congratulatory gift for my son." You don't have to prepare a gift separately. ”

However, Irina objected: "Then how can I make a trip, I finally came to see your sister for the first time, and I was in time for her wedding, so I have to give a gift anyway!" ”

Regarding Irina's insistence, Li Ke could only smile helplessly: "Since you are so insistent, then send it, as for the son's preference, ......"

Li Ke said this, but he was suddenly stunned. The smile on his face froze, because he suddenly realized that he didn't know what his son liked. When I was a child, I was a little girl who liked to eat, play, and dolls. But now the son-in-law is already a big girl, and he hasn't been in Chang'an all these years, so he doesn't know what the son-in-law likes when he grows up?

saw Li Ke's embarrassed appearance. Irina smiled and didn't ask again, she knew that her Sanyang had more than a dozen younger sisters. In addition, he is busy with his career, so he naturally cares less about his sisters.

At this time, I saw Li Ke shaking his head helplessly and said, "I'm really ashamed." As an elder brother, he doesn't know what his sister likes, so it seems that he can only ask Rokuro, he must know his son's preferences! ”

Hearing Li Ke mention Li Su, Irina couldn't help but recall the incident when they were at the station just now, when they saw the three Li Su brothers. In her impression, Li Su is a very handsome young man, a few years younger than her husband, but he is smiling from beginning to end, as if he is a very easy-going person, but often from time to time, he reveals a trace of the majesty of being an emperor.

As for the other Li Zhen and Li Yun, Irina was also very impressed, especially Li Yun's stability or Li Zhen's might, which made her already understand each other's personality after only meeting once, and she could see that whether it was Li Yun or Li Zhen, or even her husband Li Ke, they were all led by Li Su.

For this situation, Irina is not often surprised, because when she was in Rome, she had heard Li Ke mention her younger brother many times, and from his words, Irina also knew that Li Ke admired Li Su very much, and the reason why Li Ke, Li Zhen and Li Yun were able to achieve their current achievements was also influenced and helped by Li Su.

"Why, could it be that His Royal Highness King Qi knows the preferences of the princesses better than you?" Irina asked with some curiosity, in her mind, Li Su is also an emperor, and the territory he manages is even wider than that of the Tang Dynasty, just the daily government affairs are busy and dizzy, where will she have time to care about these little things?

When Li Ke introduced Li Su to Irina before, he was more about the process of Li Su's overseas nation-building, and he hadn't had time to say anything about how Li Su would govern the country, so it was normal for Irina to not know the operation of the country in Daqi. Therefore, Li Ke took this opportunity to talk about the political structure of the separation of imperial power and prime minister power in Daqi, and told Irina that in Daqi, the prime minister is the busiest person, not the emperor.

"How is this possible, isn't he afraid of the Prime Minister's rebellion?" Irina exclaimed in surprise after hearing this, she really couldn't imagine that if most of the government affairs were handed over to the prime minister, then the prime minister would have almost the highest power in the entire empire, and under this power, it should be easy to rebel.

But Li Ke shook his head and smiled: "Irina, you don't know, although the prime minister of Daqi has great power, the power in his hands is only administrative power, the most important military power has always been held by the emperor, the prime minister must not interfere, and the army construction of Daqi is very standardized, from top to bottom almost all of them are educated by the loyal monarch, even if a general betrays the emperor, but the middle and lower officers and even soldiers under him will not follow him to rebel." ”

Speaking of this, Li Ke paused, took a long breath and continued: "In addition, the most important point is that the prime minister is not completely free, he is also subject to the supervision of the Inspectorate, and there are also police courts and courts, which form a judicial body independent of the executive and directly responsible to the emperor, so that as long as the prime minister has any changes, he will be arrested immediately, and there is no chance of rebellion at all!" ”

Irina shook her head in admiration after hearing this, she really couldn't imagine that there would be such a political system in this world, and with her intuition, Irina also felt that this political system had many advantages, the first was to free the emperor from busy government affairs and only concentrate on military development. The second is that the prime minister holds the power of the country, but he is not hereditary like the emperor, not only subject to the supervision of the emperor, but also to the supervision of the officials and the people below, so that a considerable part of corruption can be eliminated, and at the same time, capable people can be selected to take the position, so that the country can get better development.

Of course, all of the above is just Irina's own imagination, and she is not sure how it is, after all, the last time she and Li Ke passed through Daqi, they only passed by in a hurry, and did not stop to observe carefully, but just from the surface, the political system of Daqi is still good.

Li Ke's carriage marched along Suzaku Avenue and soon came to the square in front of the imperial city. Although Irina came to the Tang Dynasty as Li Ke's wife this time, so there was no need to greet them with the courtesy of the monarch, but Li Ke's carriage still entered through the Suzaku Gate at the main gate of the palace, and Li Zhi also came to greet him as a private person.

Li Shimin was also very happy about Li Ke's arrival, and specially summoned Li Ke and Irina, as well as Li Ke's wife Yang, into the palace together. Irina has a special identity, and now she is pregnant with Li Ke's child, and she will be Li Ke's queen sooner or later, so let her enter the palace to meet her in-laws now, and in addition, Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang should also do the ideological work of the Yang family, so as not to have any thoughts in her heart.

In fact, Li Shimin's worries are a little redundant, Yang came back with Li Su this time, and on the way back, Li Su and Wen Xin have already explained the truth to Yang, and Yang also understands the importance of Irina to Li Ke, so she has already accepted each other in her heart, so when Yang and Irina met in the palace, she also behaved very decently, and even cared about Irina's body and the condition of the fetus.

It is also worth mentioning that Irina finally fulfilled her original wish, under the witness of Li Su, Li Zhi and others, she personally gave Li Shimin and Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang a cup of tea, although she and Li Ke did not hold a wedding, but this ceremony has marked Irina officially become Li Ke's wife, but it is a pity that Li Shimin is running out of time now, and it is really impossible to hold a wedding for Li Ke and the two of them.

And after Irina served tea, Li Su also found an opportunity to tell Li Ke the true situation of Li Shimin's body, although Li Ke had guessed a few points when he was on the road, but he still felt very sad when he heard his father's health fail.

Seeing Li Ke's grief-stricken appearance, Li Su could only helplessly comfort: "Third brother, my father has already seen it himself, and before you came, my father also fulfilled many of his wishes, and now I am waiting for my son's wedding." ”

"The son-in-law's wedding must be beautiful, and I can't let my father leave with regrets!" Li Ke let out a long sigh with tears in the corners of his eyes, as the so-called life and death are fate, even if they are the most noble emperors in the world, they still can't escape the threat of death. (To be continued......)