Tangzhai

Tangzhai is the current capital of the Empire of Tianchao.
==History==
Tangzhai was founded during the Jing dynasty (晶朝) by order of Niangdi Hongbao (紅寶娘帝), the second ruler of Jing, as the new capital of Tianchao. But the new city and the Imperial Palace of Jing would not be occupied until her daughter's reign.
Tangzhai served as the capital for the remainder of the Jing dynasty's reign over Tianchao, but was forcibly abandoned with the overthrow of the Jing dynasty by Huangdi Ganju (柑橘皇帝), founder of the Jun dynasty (菌朝). Resenting anything to do with the women-dominated Jing, he forbade anyone to live there on pain of death. He had planned to raze the city to the ground, but the Jing capital was spared such a fate due to the Yellow Dragon Rebellion (黃龍叛亂/Huanglong Panluan).
After the fall of the Jun dynasty and the onset of the Seven Dynasties & Twelve Kingdoms period, Tangzhai was slowly reoccupied by people seeking a safe haven from the ongoing conflicts. During said time, while it was never officially governed by any political authority, it also became an important center of trade and commerce in the region.
Eventually Tangzhai came under the sovereignty of the Gergazar Khaganate when most of Tianchao was conquered by the Arslan nation. After the Lin dynasty (霖朝/) split from Gergazar following the Fragmentation, Tangzhai was eventually ordered refurbished by Suvdan Khatun (蘇凡丹皇后/), whom also allowed the Yuan clan, the ruling family of the old Jing dynasty, to reoccupy their palace.
Tangzhai was finally declared the capital of Tianchao again during the Lei dynasty (雷朝) by Huangdi Cheng (雷誠皇帝), whom followed Suvdan Khatun's example and allowed the Altanzul clan, the ruling family of the Lin dynasty, to reoccupy their old palace.
==Important Buildings==
===Three Palaces===
Tangzhai has three palaces used by different families.
====Dynastic Palace====
The Dynastic Palace is the place of residence of the current ruling family of Tianchao. It was first built during the Lei dynasty and appropriated by the Sun clan of the current-ruling Cui dynasty.
====Imperial Palace of Jing====
The Imperial Palace of Jing (晶的帝宮/Jing de Digong) is the residence of the matriarchal Yuan clan, the former ruling family of the old Jing dynasty. Though they no longer hold their old title or any sovereign power, they were allowed to reoccupy their old home by the grace of Suvdan Khatun of the Lin dynasty. They vacated the palace again for a long time at the outset of the conflicts between the Hang and Tun dynasties, but returned once stability was restored under the Lei dynasty and have remained ever since.
Detached from the palace, yet considered an intricate part of the palace complex as a whole, is the Niangdi's Harem (孃帝的閨閣/Niangdi de Guige). Said place is a complex of pavilions and private quarters where the Yuan clan's harem of men lives, a place to provide the seed needed for the Yuan clan to give birth to the next generation. During the Jing dynasty, women, aside from the Niangdi and her female kin, were forbidden from entering. The Niangdi's most favored concubines were given larger residences while lesser concubines often had smaller quarters near the servants. Female members of the imperial family were allowed to sleep with any of the lesser concubines, provided they didn't have the Niangdi's favor, and the men of the harem were forbidden to sleep with any women outside the Yuan clan unless they were dismissed from the harem. In general this made it difficult, and often impossible, to determine who was the father of the offspring of the Niangdi and her kin. This was intentional, meant to prevent noble families from attempting to exert influence over the throne as elder kin of future rulers. However, physical resemblances to certain concubines sometimes made it clear who the fathers were, but few dared to say so with any certainty. These customs earned the Yuan clan the nickname "Wufu Chao" (無父朝/Fatherless dynasty), and have continued since the Yuan clan was restored to their palace.
====Altanzul Palace====
Altanzul Palace is the place of residence of the Altanzul clan, a family of Arslan origin whom ruled Tianchao during the Lin dynasty, first as a division of the Gergazar Kaganate and then independently following the khaganate's collapse. Built during the reign of Suvdan Khatun as part of the refurbishment of the city, it served as a place of refuge away from the politics of the imperial capital of the time. The Altanzul clan was forced to vacate when the Lin dynasty was overthrown by the Hang dynasty, but were allowed to return by the grace of Huangdi Cheng of the Lei dynasty.
===Guohui===
The Guohui is the eponymous meeting place of Tianchao's legislature.
==Notes & Trivia==
* The precise date of founding is uncertain but – as of the events of The Chronicles of Qirsyllviar: The Secret of Garvis – the city is 1636 years old.
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