The sun is shining, the sky is cloudless, and the flags are waving on the east school field. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

This was the first day of the competition between Western Chu and Eastern Qin.

There are two stands on the huge east campus, one on the left and one on the right, with dozens of chairs on each of them set up with a canopy to block the sun.

The official time of the competition was set at noon, but just after the hour, all the ministers of Xichu had already come to the stands on the left, and everyone was worried and whispered.

There are two seats in the middle, and the chairs are carved with a dragon and a phoenix, which are intended for the Empress Dowager Zhou and the emperor.

After a while, under the escort of the Imperial Forest Army, Mochuan rode in front, and the Empress Dowager Zhou's Luan drove behind, appearing in the sight of the ministers together.

All the ministers stood solemnly.

Mo Chuan got off the horse, personally helped the Empress Dowager Zhou to get off the sedan chair, and then helped the Empress Dowager Zhou to climb the high platform step by step.

"Meet the emperor, Queen Mother. The ministers shouted in unison.

"The ministers are exempt. ”

Mo Chuan helped the Empress Dowager Zhou to sit in the phoenix chair, he glanced at the opposite stand, only to see that the stands were empty, and there was no one, and he was slightly surprised.

"Hasn't the Eastern Qin envoy arrived yet?" he frowned slightly, looking at Shi Leak next to him.

Now that it is only half an hour before noon, are these Dongqin people really sure of victory, and they don't need to enter the venue in advance to prepare?

"Back to the emperor, the slave heard the news that the Eastern Qin envoy group left the post house early in the morning, and went out of the city, and has not returned until now, let alone a word, I don't know what happened. Xiao Si bowed and replied.

"Out of the city?" Mo Chuan heard it, and felt even more incredible.

When the ministers heard this, they also began to speculate.

Time passed bit by bit, getting closer and closer to noon, and the Eastern Qin envoy group never even a single figure appeared.

The civil and military ministers of Xichu stood up together, looked at the gate of the school field, and their hearts were about to raise their throats.

In the huge east school field, in addition to the civil and military officials, there were thousands of royal forest soldiers, but everyone held their breath, the scene was silent, and even a needle could be heard falling on the ground.

Because according to the agreement, as long as either side has not been present at the time of the competition, the competition is considered to be won by the party present.

After another moment, seeing that the sun was about to rise in the middle of their heads, some of the ministers could not contain their excitement and talked about it.

"Haha, I think it must be that Dongqin was afraid of my Western Chu Guowei and was defeated without a fight. ”

"yes, otherwise how could they not say a word and leave without saying anything?"

"According to me, they Dongqin clearly knew that they couldn't win against our King of Jing'an, so they slipped back to China with their tails between their legs!"

"Haha, that makes sense, makes sense!"

At this moment, only a "bang" was heard, and a huge salute sounded.

This is the first cannon sound, as long as the three salutes have been fired, if the Eastern Qin envoys have not yet appeared, then they will automatically abstain.

Hundreds of pairs of eyes looked at the gate of the east school yard, and there was no one there.

The laughter of the ministers was already ringing out.

Even Empress Dowager Zhou couldn't help but move her eyebrows slightly, and her face, which had been tense, became softer.

She has been terrified for the past few days, and this is what worries her the most.

She turned her head to look at Mo Chuan and said with a smile: "It seems that the envoy of Eastern Qin really won't come." ”