Many children, many blessings; a stunningly beautiful wife is given to you right from the start.

"Lin Mo, Lin Mo! Are we going to live in the palace?!"

The two girls, Gu Meng'er and Gu Ling'er, rushed over and grabbed Lin Mo's arms on either side.

"Of course! You can choose whichever palace you want to stay in!" Lin Mo waved his hand.

"Yay!"

Gu Ling'er pulled Gu Meng'er along, jumping and skipping.

Jiang Zhiwei, Shen Qinghe, Chu Mengyao and others also got off the carriages behind and came to Lin Mo's side.

Lin Mo comforted them one by one, enjoying the long-lost bliss of having multiple wives.

After a brief moment of tenderness, Qin Ruxue was the first to regain her composure.

She pushed Lin Mo away, wiped her eyes, and straightened her expression.

"Stop joking around and get down to business."

Qin Ruxue turned around and pointed to the massive army of 1.2 million men behind her, a dark mass that stretched as far as the eye could see.

"I have completely reorganized this army of 1.2 million. All the original banners of the Great Xia have been burned, and now they are all flying the black dragon banners of our Great Qian. I have had all the disloyal generals in the army beheaded."

Lin Mo nodded.

He had complete confidence in Qin Ruxue leading the troops.

"How are the provisions?"

"Extremely abundant."

"On our journey south, as you instructed, I smashed open the granaries of eight prefectures along the way. The grain, cloth, gold, and silver hoarded by those corrupt officials were piled up like mountains."

"Not only were the soldiers well-fed, but I also gave each soldier two taels of silver as a resettlement allowance."

"Well done."

Lin Mo praised it highly.

"Let's keep going until we reach the outskirts of the capital, then set up camp there again."

"Um."

Qin Ruxue nodded.

"Order the army to continue its advance! Set up camp thirty miles outside the capital!"

"The entire army will rest for three days, with plenty of food and drink! Rewards will be given after three days to determine merits!"

"Yes, sir!"

The lieutenant excitedly accepted the order and shouted at the top of his lungs.

Splash!

The 1.2 million-strong army raised their weapons in unison, their roar shaking the heavens.

"Long live! Long live! Long live!"

The frenzied shouts merged into a wave of sound that soared into the sky, startling the birds in the distance into fleeing in panic.

After arranging the army, Lin Mo turned to look at the women.

"Let's go, ladies. Let's go home."

Lin Mo personally stepped forward, carefully helping Su Qingyue and then taking Qin Ruxue's hand, and escorted them to the most luxurious carriage.

Subsequently, Liu Yiyi, Gu Meng'er, Gu Ling'er, and others also entered the carriage one after another.

Yu Ji transformed into a streak of purple light and floated lightly onto the roof of the carriage, continuing to serve as her bodyguard.

Lin Mo finally boarded the carriage, and once the door was closed, he was shut out of the noise outside.

The carriage slowly started moving, and escorted by three thousand elite Zhenbei Army soldiers, it drove smoothly towards the capital.

The interior of the carriage was extremely spacious, with thick white fox fur cushions.

Lin Mo leaned back in the main seat, with Qin Ruxue and Su Qingyue flanking him on either side.

"Lin Mo, what's the capital like? Is the imperial palace very large? Is it as grand as the Prince of Zhenbei's mansion?"

Gu Meng'er lay on Lin Mo's lap, her big eyes full of curiosity.

Lin Mo pinched her little nose and laughed, "You'll see when we get there. It's so big you could get lost inside."

Liu Yiyi fiddled with the abacus without looking up.

"What use is it? It depends on whether there are any valuable items inside. The Great Xia royal family has been scavenging the world for hundreds of years, so there must be a lot of good things in the national treasury."

"Don't worry, the national treasury is entirely ours now. You can count it however you want."

Lin Mo's heroic spirit soared to the clouds.

Laughter filled the carriage as Lin Mo savored this rare and heartwarming moment.

One hour later.

The carriage gradually slowed down and eventually came to a stop.

Lin Mo lifted the curtain, jumped off the carriage first, then turned around and reached out to help each of the women down.

The moment their feet touched the ground, the women looked up and gasped in shock.

What appeared before them was a magnificent city.

The towering, ten-zhang-high (approximately 33 meters) blue brick city wall stretches endlessly, as far as the eye can see.

On the massive city gate tower, the black flag with a gold dragon of the Great Qian Dynasty fluttered in the wind, making a loud rustling sound.

Outside the city gate.

Commander Zhao Wu led 10,000 fully armed imperial guards, lined up on both sides, their armor gleaming and their weapons like a forest.

Seeing Lin Mo and the women get out of the car, Zhao Wu suddenly drew his sword from his waist and knelt heavily on one knee.

"This humble general, Zhao Wu, leads the Imperial Guards to respectfully welcome His Majesty! And to welcome the empresses back to the palace!"

"Welcome, Your Majesty! Welcome, Your Majesty!"

Ten thousand imperial guards shouted in unison, their synchronized movements shaking the ground, their momentum overwhelming.

Gu Ling'er, Gu Meng'er, and the others had never seen such a scene before.

The overwhelming imperial authority and extreme luxury left the women speechless with shock.

Lin Mo put his arm around Qin Ruxue's waist and waved his hand domineeringly.

"Come on, let's go into the palace. I'll take you to choose a palace, and you can stay in whichever one you like."

Lin Mo took Su Qingyue's hand and stepped onto the huge imperial carriage carried by thirty-two people.

Ru Xue, Liu Yiyi, Gu Ling'er and others also went up.

The interior of the imperial carriage was as spacious as a small room, with thick Persian carpets that felt soft and plush underfoot.

Zhao Wu mounted his warhorse and shouted.

"Let's go!"

Ten thousand imperial guards responded with a thunderous roar, and the imperial carriage, under heavy escort, slowly drove into the capital.

The streets on both sides had already been cleared.

The air was thick with a suffocating sense of imperial oppression.

Gu Meng'er quietly lifted a corner of the curtain and looked at the wide and flat bluestone street outside, and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.

"The streets of this capital city are more than three times wider than those of Zhenbei City!"

Lin Mo leaned back on the cushion and smiled.

"The Great Xia Dynasty has been established for three hundred years, and successive emperors have been repairing this city. The wealth and resources of the entire nation have been gathered here; how could it not be spacious?"

The imperial carriage traveled unimpeded through the outer city and into the inner city.

Ahead, the Meridian Gate, towering ten zhang high, resembles a giant beast crouching on the central axis of the imperial city.

According to the rules of the previous dynasty, once they arrived at the Meridian Gate, not only the empresses and concubines, but even princes had to get out of their carriages and walk into the palace.

The eunuchs carrying the palanquin stopped in their tracks.

"Your Majesty, according to ancestral rules, the empresses must dismount from their carriages and walk..."

The leading eunuch knelt outside the carriage window, trembling as he asked for instructions.

Upon hearing this, the women were about to get out of the car, but Lin Mo stopped them.

"No need to get down, just carry him inside for me."

The eunuch quickly agreed.

"Raise the carriage! Enter the palace!"

The imperial palanquin passed through the Meridian Gate and was steadily carried into the Taihe Hall Square.

The women looked through the car windows at the scene before them and were completely stunned.

The huge square, which can accommodate 10,000 people, is paved with huge, perfectly square bluestone slabs.

When the sun shines on it, you can't even find a crack in the bricks.

Directly in front, the Hall of Supreme Harmony stands majestically, built on nine steps of white marble.

The golden glazed tiles were so dazzling that it was hard to open one's eyes, and the thick, coiled dragon pillars supported the eaves and brackets.

The profound heritage accumulated over hundreds of years of imperial rule is palpable.

After passing the Hall of Supreme Harmony and the Palace of Heavenly Purity, the imperial carriage came to a steady stop outside the Gate of Union and Harmony, the entrance to the inner palace.

Outside the door, a huge crowd of people were kneeling on the ground.

Chief eunuch Li Dequan, wearing a bright red official hat, led three thousand eunuchs and palace maids from the harem, all neatly lying on the blue bricks.

"Your humble servant Li Dequan, leading all the palace maids, respectfully welcomes the ladies-in-waiting back to the palace!"