When dawn's morning light descended once more, Yang Zhengshan was already standing inside the great hall in Qingwang City.
The main hall of every princely city was Chengyun Hall, the place where a prince of the blood held celebrations and exercised power. Generally, it had bracketed arches gathering up to the roof, coiling hornless dragons painted in the center, trimmed with gold edges, and decorated with the Eight Auspicious Flowers. The seat in the hall used red lacquer and gold coiling hornless dragons, the hanging curtains used red silk with gold coiling hornless dragons, and the wall behind the seat was painted with coiling hornless dragons and colored clouds.
However, Prince Qing's Chengyun Hall seemed somewhat petty. There was not the slightest sense of gold and jade splendor; instead, it gave off a shut-in, gloomy feeling.
The reason why it was like this had to be traced back to more than thirty years ago, when Prince Qing went to his fief.
Prince Qing was the former Crown Prince's son. Emperor Chengping had never liked him, and had even guarded against him, so naturally he would not have prepared a magnificent palace for him.
When Prince Qing went to his fief, Qinghua Prefecture had no princely city. When Prince Qing arrived in Qinghua Prefecture, the princely city had only just begun construction. Prince Qing waited inside the city for three years before the princely city was finally completed.
At that time, everyone knew Emperor Chengping disliked Prince Qing, so the officials supervising the construction of the princely city naturally did not care about Prince Qing either. Cutting corners and using shoddy materials was one thing, and the imperial court also saved wherever it could. In the end, they built the worst princely city in all Da Rong.
Chengyun Hall, which should