Jingyang City is over 30 kilometers in circumference and consists of three cities: the outer city, the inner city, and the imperial city. It has a population of over 1.3 million and is a majestic, large-scale, and magnificent capital.
There are five gates on the south wall of the outer city alone, namely Daizong Gate, Nanlishui Gate, Zhengnan Gate, Puji Gate, and Wangzhou Gate from west to east.
All the civil and military officials in the court have already welcomed the emperor at the south gate!
The official system of the Jing Kingdom was somewhat similar to that of the Song Dynasty, with three departments and six ministries, the Privy Council, the Three Commissioners, supervisory agencies, temple supervisors, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Hanlin Academy, and a military system.
The leading first-rank ministers include the left and right prime ministers, the general, the grand tutor, etc.!
Looking at this dense crowd of officials, Baili Tang couldn't help but feel a headache...
After the salute, the convoy slowly drove into the city.
Baili Tang had thought that the city would be filled with people, welcoming him back to the palace, just like Emperor Qianlong and Xiaoyanzi in the film My Fair Princess. But no one did. The roads were clear, not a single citizen was around; the Imperial Guards had already blocked the way.
From the outer city to the inner city, and all the way to the imperial city, we saw people - the empress dowager led Baili Tang's concubines, children, palace maids and eunuchs. The number of people was probably more than that of all the civil and military officials.
The Queen Mother was not Baili Tang's biological mother. She was a dozen years older than him and looked very well-maintained, looking only about 37 or 38 years old. She had a pair of triangular eyes and two curved eyebrows - a typical Wang Xifeng appearance. She was definitely not someone to be trifled with!
Upon seeing Baili Tang, Empress Dowager Lin was instantly possessed by a playful spirit, sobbing softly, "My prince, what is there in the palace? Look at you, you've become so thin... You must have suffered a lot on this trip south, right? In the future, I wonder if you still want to leave the palace and make trouble!"
It was so affectionate that Baili Tang almost thought she was his biological mother!
When their eyes met, the smoke of war rose!
"I'm sorry to have made Mother worried!"
"How can I not be worried? Let's not talk about it anymore. You've been exhausted from the journey. My son, please rest first. You all should not disturb us..."
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