I Rely on Beauty to Stabilize the Country - Chap 82
The people in the capital celebrated together, and in the palace, the annual birthday banquet was also ready to begin.
The envoys from various countries have naturally prepared more than one gift. The valuable and numerous congratulatory gifts have been sent to the treasury in advance. The only thing left in their hands is the most important gift waiting to be given at the banquet.
Before Shen Shi, preparations for the palace banquet had begun. People from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple were busy with the palace banquet etiquette. When the time came, they introduced the envoys and princes and ministers from various countries to their seats one by one and sat down.
Chu Wei’s official position is not high and he cannot have banquets. He stayed in the house and listened to the commotion outside, his eyebrows slightly widened, and a faint smile appeared.
A humble gentleman, as clear as jade. Mrs. Chu looked at him in the hall, couldn’t help but smile, and said to the maid beside her: “Look, our brother Wei is getting more and more handsome.”
The maid said: “There is no one more handsome than our young master in the entire capital.”
When Chu Wei walked in, he happened to hear this sentence, and he couldn’t help but said: “Yes.”
But when others cast curious glances at him, he pursed his lips and remained silent.
Mrs. Chu rolled her eyes at him and suddenly remembered something, “When you were on duty yesterday, someone came to give you a gift.”
Chu Wei said: “Who?”
Mrs. Chu asked someone to bring the gift up, and after thinking for a moment she said, “That man claimed to be from Mingshengyi, and he was dressed in strange clothes. He should be a waiter from the Outer Dynasty. My son, how did you get involved with the envoy from the Outer Dynasty?” ”
Chu Wei frowned slowly. He stepped forward and took the gift from the boy’s hand. He opened it and saw that inside was the golden flower accessory often found in Xixia. Sure enough, Chu Wei’s eyes flashed with disgust, and he threw the gift directly back into the boy’s hand, saying coldly: “Go back.”
The prince of Xixia looks like a human, but he has a dirty mind. He, Chu Shan, is the worst in his life——
Chu Wei suddenly thought of himself.
His breath stopped, he ignored his mother’s call, turned around and left the hall.
When he stepped out of the threshold, Chu Wei suddenly thought of it.
The prince of Xixia behaved like this when he saw him. Wouldn’t it be even more rude if he saw the emperor?
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Li Angshun was led by officials from Honglu Temple to sit down, and the rest of the Xixia envoys sat behind him. Sitting next to Xixia was the envoy from Fusang Kingdom.
The envoy from Fusang Kingdom wanted to say a few words to the Xixia prince, but looking at Li Angshun’s ugly face, he wisely withdrew his gaze and continued to chat and laugh with the officials of Honglu Temple.
Li Angshun’s face turned ugly for a while, then he recovered. He smoothed his black hair under his felt hat and said, “It doesn’t matter. It’s okay if you can’t see Chu Wei. Today is Emperor Daheng’s birthday banquet. I don’t believe that.” The prince who is willing to give me even half a bit of face will not come out today.”
The Xixia envoy asked: “Seventh Prince, if you and the prince show up, what will you do?”
“Just in front of the emperor of Daheng and envoys from various countries, he was prevented from coming to power,” Li Angshun sneered, “to retaliate for our humiliation.”
“It’s not just us who are embarrassed.”
Later, the princes, ministers and envoys from various countries all took their seats. The palace is resplendent with gold and jade, and the lamps are lit, shining like the light of day.
He and the prince sat at the bottom of the front row, which was the most forward position.
He and the prince took a look at the birthday gift he brought. The splendid mountain and river map embroidered by hundreds of embroiderers in the palace has been sent to the treasury. Now this thing is still a matter of duplicity on his part. He went out to find it in person two days ago. s things.
Looking at this birthday gift, Prince He couldn’t help but question himself. Gu Yuanbai looked suspicious of him, why did he have to work so hard?
The emperor didn’t regard him as an elder brother, but he still rushed to give him a cold face.
Just when he was feeling agitated, the eunuch outside shouted: “The Holy One has arrived.”
A crowd of people stood up in the hall. They lowered their eyes and cupped their hands. The feet of bright yellow robes embroidered with dragon patterns slipped in front of their eyes, and the palace attendants followed unhurriedly. After the Holy One sat down, he said: “Sit down.”
The voice sounded familiar. Li Angshun’s brow suddenly jumped, and he raised his head to look at Emperor Daheng.
Gu Yuanbai had taken off his heavy and luxurious crown clothes and put on his regular clothes. He was talking to the eunuch next to him with his head turned sideways. He was far away and his face could only be seen vaguely, but his chin was thin and his temperament was impressive. He was exactly the same as the man who coldly ordered Li Angshun on the carriage that day.
This man turned out to be the emperor of Daheng!
Li Angshun’s expression changed.
The person behind him tugged on Li Angshun’s robe. Li Angshun came back to his senses and sat down following the force. The Fusang envoy beside him smiled and said, “Why does the Seventh Prince of Xixia look so ugly?”
Li Angshun said firmly: “It’s nothing.”
The eunuch at the back stepped forward and filled the glass with wine. His hand holding the wine glass was strong and his expression was gloomy.
He turned out to be the emperor of the Daheng Dynasty! What a joke.
How could he forget that the emperor of the Daheng Dynasty was not in such good health? If he said so in the capital, who else could he be if he were not the emperor?
Li Angshun raised his head and looked upwards. His face with deep features seemed to be covered with black clouds. From such a long distance, he couldn’t see clearly the emperor’s appearance, but his actions were very noble.
Artists from the studio entered the palace to sing and dance. Gu Yuanbai glanced down and asked Prince He with a smile, “What is that next to Prince He’s table?”
Prince He blocked the wooden box and put away his sleeves. This was the first time that he personally prepared a congratulatory gift for Gu Yuanbai. He was ashamed and annoyed and said dullly: “A congratulatory gift for the Holy One.”
Gu Yuanbai looked at Tian Fusheng, and Tian Fusheng reminded: “Your Majesty, what I sent to the palace with the Prince’s Mansion was an embroidered picture of “Splendid Mountains and Rivers”.”
“I have a heart for the prince,” Gu Yuanbai nodded slightly and smiled again, “I have to guess what this gift in my hand is.”
He took a sip of the clear water he used as a drink, thought about the habit of giving gifts to the late emperor with the prince, and said, “Is it a strange stone or a good jade?”
Prince He responded solemnly, and the eunuch stepped forward to take his gift and offer it to him. Prince He waved them away, stood up and walked to Gu Yuanbai, “I was looking around a few days ago, and I found one that looked pretty good. A passable stone.”
Tian Fusheng opened the wooden box. Inside was a piece of jade shaped like a ginseng. It was dark red with a few strands of gold flowing in it. Such a rare and beautiful thing could easily be associated with legends such as gods and immortals. . Gu Yuanbai took it and looked at it a few times, “I like it very much.”
Prince He wanted to laugh, but he kept a straight face and said nonchalantly: “As long as your Majesty likes it.”
Taking the lead with the prince, everyone took turns to offer their congratulatory gifts. These gifts are all about thoughtfulness and novelty, and there are really a few things in them that are so strange that Gu Yuanbai likes them.
Hundreds of officials are in front, and envoys from various countries are behind. After seeing Daheng sending troops to the north, many of these envoys secretly increased the number of gifts. Looking at the things presented by envoys from other countries, they were both surprised and lucky. Even if they cannot be the ones who give the most gifts, they cannot be the ones who give the most gifts. Least people.
Looking at this scene, the Xixia people’s expressions were not very good.
The Xixia envoy came to Daheng this time, firstly to wish the birthday of Emperor Daheng, and secondly to inquire about the current situation of Daheng Kingdom. The third reason is that Xixia wanted to seek help from Daheng, so it sent the Seventh Prince to prepare generous gifts, just to discuss matters with Emperor Daheng.
The market is the name of the two countries when they trade on the border. Xixia is a small country with a lack of resources and cannot be self-sufficient. Many things have to rely on the exchange of goods in the market. But two months before Li Angshun came to Daheng, Daheng The discussion with Xixia suddenly stopped.
Xixia was caught off guard.
Daheng has few horses, and has always relied on Xixia to make money with horses. Logically speaking, if Daheng unilaterally closed down the market so arbitrarily, wouldn’t it be afraid of a stalemate with Xixia and losing a stable source of horses?
This time Xixia sent the seventh prince to Daheng precisely for this matter. But Li Angshun knew that Ma Yuan and Daheng domestic salt dealers could not do without Xixia Qingyan. He was full of confidence and acted quite arrogantly.
This domineering behavior reached the emperor’s head.
They originally thought that these generous gifts were enough to apologize, but now they looked at the generous gifts from the country in front of them and felt puzzled and ridiculous.
Is it possible that all the envoys from the outer dynasties have something to ask of Daheng?
Xixia’s gift was originally very generous, but now it is completely submerged in it, and it is not outstanding at all.
When it was Xixia’s turn to present gifts, the Xixia envoy behind him was holding a heavy gift and wanted to hand it to the eunuch beside him. Li Angshun suddenly stood up, took the gift and strode forward. The eyes of the palace focused on him. Li Angshun As we got closer and closer, we could finally see the appearance of Emperor Daheng clearly.
Emperor Daheng noticed him, glanced slightly, and narrowed his eyes slightly.
Li Angshun’s footsteps stopped, and after a moment he strode forward again. When he walked in front of Gu Yuanbai, before he could speak, the eunuch who followed him said respectfully: “Your Majesty, this is the envoy from Xixia, Li Angshun, the seventh prince of Xixia Kingdom.”
“I have some impressions,” Gu Yuanbai smiled half-heartedly, “The prince of Xixia is very unruly.”
Emperor Daheng obviously didn’t say anything, but he seemed to have ridiculed someone. Li Ang said smoothly, there was no mistake, this tone was that of the person in the car that day.
He bowed to Gu Yuanbai according to the etiquette of Xixia, and said with an apologetic smile: “Ignorant people will always use bluff to hide their uneasiness. The Daheng Dynasty has a vast land, abundant resources, and outstanding people. When I first came to Daheng, I was dazzled by the prosperity of Daheng, and my heart was timid, so I did something wrong. If you dislike Xixia because of our actions, then it would be a shame for us to die.”
Gu Yuanbai raised his hand slightly to signal him to stand up, “He does know how to talk.”
Li Angshun straightened up and saw the beautiful face of Emperor Daheng again. Li Angshun likes good-looking people. Not to mention other things, Emperor Daheng has a face that makes it impossible for people to feel resentful towards him.
“I saw the gift from Xixia. It’s very heavy,” Gu Yuanbai said slowly, “From the spices to the rugs, from the camels to the horses, this is a lot of effort.”
Li Angshun smiled, and the golden flowers on his clothes sparkled. He had a good appearance, and his features were as deep as an eagle, but the arrogance in his eyes really ruined his good impression and ruined such a good appearance. “On your birthday, Xixia will definitely be honored.” Work hard.”
He handed the gift in his hand to the eunuch, who stepped forward and handed it to Tian Fusheng.
As soon as the delicate wooden box was opened, there was faint fluorescence inside. Tian Fusheng put the wooden box in front of Gu Yuanbai’s eyes. It turned out that inside was an approximately spherical, beautiful and translucent luminous pearl.
What’s even more rare is that even under the candlelight in the palace, which is as bright as day, this night pearl actively exudes a beautiful fluorescent color, yellow-green with blue light, like a treasure from the deep sea.
Li Angshun’s expression was vaguely arrogant. Even though the Daheng royal family had many luminous pearls, this one was definitely the best among them.
“Good things,” Gu Yuanbai sighed as expected, “I never thought that Xixia would have such good things.”
Li Angshun did not hear the danger in the words of the Lord of Daheng. He smiled complacently and said loudly: “Although I am not as good as Daheng in Xixia, I have countless good things like the crucian carp crossing the river!”
Gu Yuanbai took the luminous pearl in the wooden box into his hand. The tentacles were round and full, and he could barely hold it with one hand. He played with this luminous pearl, and the weak fluorescence showed a faint blue in his eyes.
“very nice.”
Xixia is such a good place.
Green salt, camels, horses, sheep, beeswax, musk navel, hairy brown, antelope horns… Such a good place, such a beautiful luminous pearl, Xixia really made Gu Yuanbai like it.
The Holy Emperor was so moved that he asked Tian Fusheng to install the Night Pearl and looked at Li Angshun with a gentle smile, as if looking at a gold mine. Such a look made Li Angshun’s handsome face heat up.
Such a good place should be in his hands and become a part of Daheng.
