As night fell, the lanterns that had already been arranged in the palace were lit up. The banquet was held in the Chengde Palace, Concubine Xian and Shenyue Haozhe had already gone to the Chengde Hall to find Shenyue Cangting, Lan Yunxi said that she was going to come to Li Anyue to go together, Concubine Xian did not stop her, and was surprised that the relationship between the two of them rose so quickly.

When Lan Yunxi and Li Anyue arrived at the banquet site, the emperor and the virtuous concubine had not yet come, but the vocal music had already sounded, and many ministers were sitting here and there. The concubines who were loved by the emperor also sat on the side. Li Anyue was led by Lan Yunxi to the position of the county lord under the throne, it is said that the county lord could not sit so close to the emperor's position, but because Lan Yunxi is the envoy of Chen Guo, his status is extraordinary, and he naturally gets special preferential treatment, and Li Anyue naturally follows suit.

After Li Anyue and the others sat down, the Shenyue Cangting walked in with a few concubines and princes, and the envoy of the Qi State was behind the Shenyue Cangting, which was enough to glimpse Qi's attitude towards the Tianyang Kingdom. When Shenyue Haoqing walked over, his eyes fell on Li Anyue, and his gaze under the mask couldn't help but feel a little more tender.

Li Anyue was very surprised when she saw Shenyue Haoqing, because today's Shenyue Haoqing was not wearing the purple brocade robe like in the past, but changed to the white brocade robe that Li Anyue said was beautiful yesterday, but the waist was also tied with a dark purple silk ribbon, so the match was a bit of a couple's outfit with the clothes Li Anyue wore tonight, Li Anyue couldn't help laughing when she thought of this.

The Shenyue Cangting took the virtuous concubine to sit down, and the princes sat on the upper seat with the Shenyue Cangting. The envoy of the Qi State was arranged to sit opposite Li Anyue and them, which is equivalent to being in the Tianyang Kingdom, the status of the Qi State is equal to that of the Chen State, and there is no special preferential treatment.

The banquet began after a loud horn, and the Shenyue Cangting said something as usual, similar to welcoming the envoy of the Qi State to Tianyang Kingdom this time, hoping that the Tianyang Kingdom and Chen and Qi could share a friendly and prosperous world. Li Anyue looked at Huo Dong opposite with a cold face, and his heart was also very unhappy, because the previous events did not leave a good impression on him. This visit of Qi is said to be for the previous assassination of Guang'an Temple, if it is not handled well, of course it will cause war between the two countries, so he sent an envoy to discuss. I heard that this time, the Qi Kingdom also brought very interesting things to the Tianyang Kingdom by the way.

But first of all, Tianyang Kingdom must first fulfill the friendship of the landlord, so it is a song and dance performance. I saw a group of women wearing pink water-sleeved dance skirts hide their faces, and the middle is surrounded by a flower, only to hear the music suddenly sonorous pause for a moment and then start again, the dancers threw out the water sleeves together, and a red-clothed goose appeared from it, as if it was a sudden blooming rose as bright and dazzling, everyone's eyes couldn't help but fall on her body, only to see the falling geese with charming eyes, hands in the shape of a bouquet, the feet continue to rotate, the water sleeves rotated, The surrounding women seemed to be half pushed out at this time, and they also spun and scattered around, surrounding the falling geese in the middle. Slowly, the surrounding dancers slowly crawled to the ground like withered petals, their pink skirts spread out and fell to the ground, each dancer holding one end of the ribbon in her hand, and the other end of the ribbon stepped on the feet of the falling geese. I only heard the music slowly, and the body of the falling goose slowly writhed with the music, its jade-colored skin looming under the tulle, and its slender waist looked even more tempting under the night. Although the other women present were very ashamed of her seductive behavior, they couldn't help but set their eyes on her, not to mention the other men. I have to say that the dance of the falling geese is indeed rare in Tianyang Kingdom, and the body and music are connected together. The music is getting faster and faster, and the movements of the falling geese have become more violent, only to see the water sleeves in her hands flick off, and the seven ribbons that form a knot fall into her hands, and the seven dancing girls who were originally prostrate on the ground also danced and stood up, staging a picture of the rejuvenation of the earth. Pink and red are mixed together, constantly changing, constantly spinning, blooming one red flower after another, making everyone here dizzy.

I only heard a sonorous sound, and all the dancing girls surrounded the wild geese in the middle, and slowly leaned on the ground again, only the wild geese were still spinning and spinning, spinning, faster and faster, and the music stopped, and the wild geese raised their heads to the sky, and flicked their water sleeves.

There was silence all around, as if even the sound of breathing had stopped, and suddenly I don't know who gave the applause, followed by bursts of applause. The wild goose is still charming and silky, her red lips are slightly curled, her forehead is drenched with a thin layer of sweat, and her face is crimson. After the rest of the dancers had retreated, the wild goose slowly stepped forward and saluted everyone present.

The applause gradually stopped, but there was still one person who was still applauding, and it was Huo Dong, the prince of Qi. Even when all eyes fell on him, he applauded to himself for a long time before stopping.

"Prince Ben has long heard that the goddess of the Tianyang Kingdom is not only beautiful, but also her dancing posture is incomparable. Originally, I still had doubts in my heart, but when I saw it today, I felt that these rumors were not as shocking as what I saw with my own eyes. Concubine Li's mother can be described as a flower step by step, giving people infinite reverie. Huo Dong did not shy away from looking directly at the falling geese.

Luo Yan's face was slightly red, she gave him a salute, and said softly, "The concubine thanks the prince for his praise, I am really ashamed." ”

Huo Dong suddenly laughed, and said to the Shenyue Cangting, "There is such a beautiful woman in the emperor's harem, which is really the envy of this prince, and it is really a blessing for the Tianyang Kingdom to have this goddess in the Tianyang Country, I believe that the Tianyang Kingdom will definitely grow stronger and stronger." ”

Shenyue Cangting didn't feel that his woman was coveted when he heard his words, but laughed out loud, looking very happy, "Then I borrowed your auspicious words." Come and send someone to reward Concubine Li's night pearl that Nanguo entered the palace last year! ”

Luo Yan felt the infinite glory from her surroundings and smiled slightly, "Concubine thank the emperor for the reward." ”

"Your Majesty, after watching the song and dance performance of Tianyang Kingdom, I have great admiration for the outstanding people of your country. The Qi Kingdom has always looked forward to peaceful coexistence with the Tianyang Kingdom, so this time our dynasty specially brought the divine beasts brought from the foreign land to the Tianyang Kingdom, and I wish our dynasty and the Tianyang Kingdom a friendly coexistence. Huo Dong stood up from his seat as he spoke, slapped his palms twice, and there were more than a dozen strong men with bare arms, carrying an iron cage covered with red silk cloth, and their steps were heavy.

"Bang!"

When the cage was put down, everyone clearly felt the vibration of the ground, and the iron lock on the cage clattered against the iron railing, and people were shocked what kind of behemoth the divine beast in it was. Li Anyue couldn't help but look at it, he had seen all animals in modern times, and he wanted to know what this divine beast looked like.

I saw a few big men who were close to them in a matter-of-fact manner, and shouted. Huo Dong walked to the side of the cage and arched his hand, "Your Majesty, this divine beast was discovered in the jungle by my dynasty when I was exploring the outside world, its body is huge, its temperament is violent and furious, and it took a lot of effort for my warriors to capture it, and some soldiers unfortunately died under its hooves. ”

Huo Dong looked at everyone's surprised eyes with satisfaction, and continued, "The appearance of this thing is very similar to the divine beast recorded in the ancient books, this divine beast is one zhang two feet tall, two zhang long, and weighs more than 12,000 catties. Its ears are huge, it can generate wind, and its tail sweep is enough to sweep down a strong man, and its skin is huge, and its sword cannot be injured, and its sound is like thunder, and it can call for wind and rain. ”

Everyone sighed extremely cooperatively, and their eyes widened to see what kind of rare thing it was, and even Shenyue Cangting put down the wine glass in his hand and looked at the iron cage with interest. Li Anyue took advantage of everyone's attention to be attracted by the iron cage, so he secretly took a piece of pastry on the table and stuffed it into his mouth, you must know that today has not been able to eat well all day, at first I listened to it and had a strong interest in this behemoth, but then the more I listened, the more unreliable it became, but fortunately I didn't listen.

"Next, I will reveal the true face of the divine beast to the warriors!" Huo Dong stepped aside as he spoke, and a shirtless strong man next to him mustered up all his strength, and lifted off the red cloth covering him with a "bang", and the contents of the cage were exposed in front of people.

"Wow!" Only the continuous exclamations of the audience came out, and Li Anyue's curiosity was also aroused, and he randomly stuffed the pastries into his mouth and stretched out his head to look to the right, but their sticking out heads were also blocked, and Li Anyue could only stand up to see it.

"Poof! cough cough cough ...... "The moment Li Anyue saw the divine beast, the pastry in his mouth that he hadn't had time to swallow almost squirted out at once, but in front of him was someone else's head poking out, so he could only endure swallowing back, and he choked himself all of a sudden, and couldn't help coughing.

Li Anyue felt embarrassed and helpless, but she couldn't stop coughing for a while, and she seemed to cough more violently when she was stared at by everyone. She only felt a pair of hands on her back, someone handed over a glass of something, Li Anyue nodded as a thank you, hurriedly took the cup, raised her head and drank it, the moment she swallowed it, she found that it was not water but wine, Li Anyue would blush as soon as she drank wine, so she usually tried not to get a drop of alcohol, but when it came to her mouth, she could only swallow it, and barely stopped coughing.