And the birthday gift? The emperor smiled: "What's the matter?

"It's really that this birthday gift is too special, and it's not good to show it to my father when the time comes. Lee Yun smiled apologetically.

The emperor waved his hand: "Okay, I'll wait and see." ”

Maybe you really don't want much of this gift...... Li Yun sighed secretly, still smiling as usual.

He felt a sharp gaze on him next to him, he turned his head and smiled at Li Mo.

Li Mo was stunned for a moment, and then anger surged. This third child has made up his mind to go against himself.

Good, good. For more than ten years, he has been well-behaved like a cat in front of himself, but this time for a woman, he has become bolder......

But he couldn't make up his mind, was Aunt Fang Cai's words just a show of knowledge, or did she want to help him? Is the Xue family, who has always turned a blind eye to his olive branch, already secretly standing on Li Yun's side?

But Old Lady Xue just watched silently, without any words or expressions, and he was a little undecided for a while. After all, the enemy of the Xue family can't be an easy tree.

The rest of the princes also began to give gifts one after another, but they didn't make any waves, they were just ordinary treasures.

As soon as the birthday gift was finished, I heard the eunuch outside the Daxiong Treasure Hall shouting: "The Dongyi envoy has arrived." ”

I saw an old man in his sixties and four slightly younger Dongyi people entering the hall with a large number of attendants.

They all wore a tapered top hat with red tassels on their heads, tight-fitting collared and narrow-sleeved shirts that reached the knees, garments adorned with the fur or teeth of various animals, thin threads twisted with several ribbons around their waists, white lantern-shaped trousers, and strange-looking boots on their feet.

Among them, the most ceremoniously dressed were the old man and the four men.

The old man looks very much like a Han man, and the rest are all high-nosed, dark-skinned, full of exotic flavors.

Sure enough, I listened to the old man salute the emperor with Dongyi's etiquette in a fairly pure Chinese dialect, and said in his mouth: "We are from Dongyi, and we came to congratulate His Majesty the Emperor of Nanming on the order of the King of Dongyi, and this is the birthday gift prepared by Dongyi for His Majesty." ”

The attendants in the back lifted the curtain, and a large, lifelike wooden mink hat was displayed in front of everyone.

Yi Ying carefully compared the wooden hat with the hat on the head of the most gorgeously worn person in Dongyi, and couldn't help but be amazed, it was really exactly the same, and the craftsmanship looked very meticulous, and it could afford to be praised for its ingenuity.

Dongyi people are good at martial arts, good at handicraft, and attach great importance to the hat on their heads, so this gift is also very attentive to them.

The emperor was also quite satisfied with the gift and nodded.

The old man began to introduce.

The tallest one is the prince of Dongyi, the Dongyi people are called Taiji, the second tallest is called Zan, and then Di, and the shortest one is called Lou, all of whom are from Dongyi nobles. As for the old man himself, he is called Yi Chen Lada, and his name is very special.

"Please be seated. The emperor smiled and asked the eunuchs beside him to lead them to sit down.

The old man at the head saluted again and said in stiff Chinese: "Your Majesty the Emperor of Nanming, there is something we want to discuss with Nanming when we come this time. ”

"Eh," the Emperor waved his hand, "I don't talk about state affairs at the banquet, but if there is anything to discuss, I will listen to you alone after the dinner." "It is also a bit of the arrogance of a powerful monarch.

When the old man heard this, he just smiled and nodded, but he didn't insist, but he said, "It's just that before eating, can we let the warriors of Dongyi compete with the talents of Nanming, this time."

The old man brought a few warriors over, and he also got the order of the king of Dongyi, and he wanted the young people of Dongyi to have a good look at the strength of Nanming, His Majesty the emperor of Nanming, I don't know if I can agree?"

Yiying's eyebrows and eyes stretched, the corners of her mouth hooked, and finally came.

Yi Zhen next to her couldn't help but drop her chopsticks, and muttered in her mouth: "Don't let people have a good meal, what kind of martial arts, ...... idle."

Yiying couldn't help but laugh, this Yizhen, how can you get such a straightforward mouth?

Fortunately, it was noisy, and no one noticed this.

The emperor's eyes narrowed, he coughed, the scene became quieter, and said, "You have come from afar, I will naturally fulfill the wishes of the guests, how do you want to compare?"

The old man smiled and bent his eyes, kowtowed with one hand, and pointed to the four young people next to him and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor, these four are all first-class warriors in our Dongyi grassland, and the eldest is only twenty-two years old, they are all from the Dongyi clan, it is not as good as Nanming There are also four young sons, and they will have a ...... to compete."

The emperor frowned, those Dongyi people all had big beards, and he really didn't see that he was so young. It's just that the words have been released, and he can't go back on his word, so he nodded: "Okay, that's it." ”

"I heard that Nanming's competition has always had a lottery, and we also hope that Your Majesty can agree to a lottery. ”

"Oh, what do the envoys want?" said the Emperor nonchalantly.

Yi Ying glanced at Li Yun, who nodded slightly, and Lian Jingqian behind him finally raised his head, looking at the four Dongyi warriors in the hall with a pair of eyes red from alcohol.

"Your Majesty, this is also something I want to discuss with Your Majesty. If Dongyi wins the competition, can Your Majesty marry Princess Leyang to our Taiji (Prince Dongyi) of Dongyi?"

The faces of the crown prince and Queen Song sank to the ground, and the crown princess was also very surprised, staring at the people from Dongyi for a moment.

Le Yang's face was pale, and the cup in his hand almost fell to the ground.

The emperor also frowned, although he didn't like Leyang's temperament very much, but after all, he was a concubine, and marrying a Dongyi person would be too embarrassing for the royal family.

"Leyang is only twelve years old this year, she is too young, I don't worry about her marrying so far, let's change her head. The emperor politely refused, after all, the Dongyi people came back to sue for peace, and it would not be beneficial for both countries if the scene was too stiff.

"Your Majesty only has two daughters, the eldest princess has already been engaged, and there is only Princess Leyang, King Dongyi thinks about it, but he still thinks that the relationship between the two countries will be more harmonious. It doesn't matter if you're young, it's the same if you marry in a few years. The old man followed Song Jingran, who was contemplative on the side, and touched his beard.

"You ......" Li Mo's eyes were full of anger, and he stood up and was about to scold.

A hint of displeasure flashed in the Emperor's eyes.

Li Yun smiled and said: "That envoy, if Nanming wins, are you willing to leave a prince of Dongyi as a guest in Nanming?"

The scene suddenly fell silent.