On the Jinluan Palace, the emperor sat on the dragon chair and looked down on the ministers. The reception banquet of Prince Zhao is ready, however, at this moment, everyone's heart is playing their own calculations.

Zhao and the Gu family are feuds, the king of the Zhao Kingdom died at the hands of the Gu family, and the Qingtian Sword was taken away, which has always been a great shame in the eyes of the Zhao royal family. Although the Gu family no longer has the prestige of the past, there are still many people waiting to see the jokes of the Gu family.

With the little eunuch's sentence "Zhao State envoys come to see you", Bai Lixuan, the eldest prince of Zhao State, and Bai Lichen, the second prince, stepped in from outside the main hall. After the ceremony, the two sat down, and the reception banquet officially began.

The reception banquet began with singing and dancing, but the atmosphere was not very cheerful, and there seemed to be layers of murderous aura between pushing the cups and changing the lamps. The music of singing and dancing ends with a dance by Princess Linglong and Liu Shihua.

Today, Princess Linglong is dressed in red, and when she dances, she has a dignified and demure noble atmosphere, which has become the focus of the entire hall. And Liu Shihua is wearing a pale green skirt, and she willingly made green leaves for Princess Linglong. However, this green leaf seems to have done a wonderful job, and Liu Shihua's dancing skills have been praised by a chorus, including the emperor who is sitting on the dragon chair.

After the dance, Bai Lixuan stood up, held a wine glass, and came to the picture of Liu Shi, "I didn't expect that there are such delicate women in Dayan Kingdom, this dance is really pleasing to the eye, this king respects you a glass." ”

Liu Shihua subconsciously took a step back, on such an occasion, she naturally did not dare to overstep the slightest.

Bai Li Xuan looked at Liu Shihua with some displeasure, "What? Doesn't the girl give face to this king? ”

The emperor was a little embarrassed when he saw Liu Shihua, and said loudly, "You are a guest when you come from afar, since Prince Xuan is so gracious, you will take over this hospitality on behalf of the Great Yan Kingdom." ”

Since the emperor said so, Liu Shihua was not good at refusing, took the wine glass with both hands and drank it all.

"Your Majesty, Prince Xie Xuan will give you wine." Liu Shihua thought that after drinking this glass of wine, there should be no matter of his own, the task was successfully completed, and he could retire and rest, but he didn't expect that Bai Lixuan was interested, turned around and poured another glass of wine, "Since the glass of wine just now was drunk by His Majesty the Emperor, then this glass of wine, this king respects the girl alone." ”

Liu Shihua was very helpless, she had a vague bad premonition, this Bailixuan was not here to toast, obviously to make trouble, however, unfortunately, he chose Liu Shihua.

Liu Shihua couldn't refuse, so he drank another glass, but Bailixuan still didn't give up, and he had to pour wine.

The emperor wanted to stop it, but he couldn't think of a suitable reason, just a few glasses of wine, if it was forced to stop, it would inevitably seem that Dayan Kingdom was a little stingy.

When Bailixuan poured the fourth glass of wine, Liu Shihua really couldn't hold on, if he didn't refuse, looking at this posture, Bailixuan would not give up. But how can you refuse? After all, on top of this hall, there are all high-ranking officials of the imperial court, and she is really not good at saying anything as a woman with no status and no status, and after several euphemistic expressions, Bai Lixuan pretended not to hear it, and still kept pouring wine.

"Why should Prince Xuan embarrass a girl's family, if you want to drink, how about this king accompany you?"

A sentence sounded in the main hall, attracting the attention of all the ministers, at this time, no one wanted to cause trouble with this file, but I never expected that someone would really stand up and speak for Liu Shihua.

Liu Shihua raised his eyes and saw that Gu Ranchen had already left his seat, and was holding a wine glass in front of Liu Shi's picture at this time.

Bai Li Xuan and Gu Ranchen had dealt with each other a few times, and they knew Gu Ranchen.

"Could it be that His Royal Highness King Ning wants to be a hero in this Jinluan Palace to save the beauty?" Baili Xuan looked Gu Ranchen up and down and asked provocatively.

"So what?" Gu Ranchen hooked the corners of his mouth and asked rhetorically.

Bai Li Xuan was stunned, but Gu Ranchen's answer was a little unexpected to him, "For a dancing girl? "Anyone with a discerning eye can see that Bailixuan is clearly deliberately finding fault.

Gu Ranchen looked back at Liu Shihua, Liu Shihua's eyes met Gu Ranchen's gaze, and at this moment, he felt a lot more steady.

"No matter what her identity is, she is a citizen of the Great Swallow, and as a courtier of the Great Yan Kingdom, this king has the obligation to protect her." Gu Ranchen's gaze was unwavering on Liu Shihua's body, and this sentence of protection was very certain.

Bai Li Xuan was choked by Gu Ranchen and was speechless, since he said that he was protecting the people of the Great Yan Kingdom, as a prince of a foreign country, was there any reason to stop him?

Bai Li Xuan put down the wine glass without interest, took a few steps forward, and came to the bottom of the golden steps, "Your Majesty, my father specially instructed Xiao Wang to bring a gift to His Majesty Emperor Dayan, please accept it with a smile." ”

As he spoke, Bai Lixuan turned around and glanced at Bai Lichen, who hurriedly got up and stood beside Bai Lixuan with a bright yellow long brocade box in both hands.

Bai Li Xuan opened the brocade box and said loudly, "This is the Heavenly Sword, it is a piece of my father's heart, please don't dislike His Majesty the Emperor." ”

Optimus Sword? When he heard these three words, Liu Shihua's heart chuckled, I heard Gu Ranchen say before, this Qingtian Sword was originally taken from Zhao State, and now the whereabouts of the Qingtian Sword are unknown, but at this time, it was held in the hands of Bailixuan and Bailichen, which is obviously a provocation.

Gu Ranchen's heart also fluctuated, and he said in his heart, it was really not good. Baili Xuan came this time, and he was so well prepared, it seemed that the spearhead was directly pointed at the Gu family.

Even the emperor was a little surprised, but as the king of a country, receiving foreign envoys, he should always have the demeanor of a king of a country, so the emperor was very calm on the surface, and asked calmly, "What does Prince Xuan mean by this?" ”

Baili Xuan looked back at Gu Ranchen, "I heard that back then, it was the Gu family who took away the Optimus Sword from the Baili family, and now that it is a mistake, the Optimus Sword has returned to its original owner, and today Xiao Wang brought the Optimus Sword, to see if the Gu family still has the ability to protect this Optimus Sword for the Great Yan Kingdom." ”

This is a declaration of war on Gu Ranchen, since it is a declaration of war, how can there be no reason not to fight, Gu Ranchen took a few steps forward, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to accept the challenge of Prince Xuan and recapture the Heavenly Sword for my Great Yan Kingdom." ”

"Since Gu Wangye is so confident, let's have a try and bet on the Heavenly Sword, how about it?" Bai Li Xuan replied confidently.

On this occasion, Gu Ranchen naturally couldn't make a decision, he wanted to kill Baili Xuan's majesty, but he could only wait for the emperor's will.

The emperor nodded, "Well, in that case, may I ask how Prince Xuan wants to compete?" ”

Bai Li Xuan replied without thinking, "I heard that Gu Jiashan is good at riding and shooting, Xiao Wang has always wanted to find an opportunity to see and understand, I don't know what Gu Wang Ye wants?" ”