The wind and smoke are clean, and the Tianshan Mountains are colorful. The ground is full of broken qiong, layer upon layer, like a pear falling three feet, and the bright lights in front of the steps reflect the red wall until the sky breaks.

With the loud sound of the bell, the envoys of various countries entered the capital in turn, and slowly marched towards the palace like a long snake in a lively New Year's traffic.

Nan Zixiao and Li Jinzhen, the emperor and queen, were surrounded by the palace people early to get up and freshen up, tidy up their appearance, and yawn a lot behind their sleeves under the guise of drinking tea in the morning. From the time the city gate was opened, it was not until noon that all the envoys arrived.

Unlike in the past, this time, Eastern Wei was absent.

Although the Eastern Wei Dynasty did not make clear the alliance with the King of Qi in the Western Tang Dynasty, the crown prince made it clear that he wanted to join forces with the Western Tang Dynasty, and the Eastern Wei did not dare to go to the Eastern Wei Dynasty in front of the King of Qi, so as not to get involved with the prince of the Western Tang Dynasty. In addition, Jiang Yinpan's request for help from Nanshang was fruitless, presumably the other party had already held a grudge against Nanshang, and it was not reasonable to come to Nanshang for a banquet again.

After the envoys of the Northern Qin heard that the envoy of the Western Tang Dynasty was the general of soldiers and horses, Qin Jiaowei, they were deeply jealous of it, so that the Eastern Wei, Southern Shang, and Western Tang Dynasty could be regarded as uniting with each other.

However, the Southern Shang did not have any evil thoughts about the Northern Qin, whether it was Li Yangguan, who was already a Jin general, or the famous Southern Shang Emperor Nan Luyuan, or even the Southern Shang King, who was sitting in the first place, they all intentionally or unintentionally greeted the Northern Qin. The prince who was originally leading the team was still frightened, but after finding out that this was not a weasel giving a New Year's greeting to the chicken, but because of Zhang Shenling, who was accompanied by Wang Mei, he breathed a sigh of relief, and did not dare to treat Zhang Shenling badly in every word and deed.

Lu Shuangming anonymously made "Jade Xiangyu", saying that he was Qin Jiaowei's strategist. While the envoys were busy trying to get in touch with Qin Jiaowei, he quietly glanced at Nan Luyuan behind him, and lazily covered his face with his hands and yawned.

Nan Luyuan stood beside Nan Zixiao and Li Jinzhen, and below was Li Yangguan and Su Duxue. Qiu Mu Lingfuye saw Su Duxue at a glance, a pair of apricot eyes lit up, if she was not a big girl now, and came as a princess, representing the face of Bei Qin, she would inevitably rush forward, bury her face in Su Duxue's arms and be coquettish, and tell her the interesting things about Bei Qin in the past four years.

Zhang Shenling looked a lot taller, and his face was a little less soft and sickly, and a little more rough and hard in Northern Qin. He stood beside Qiu Mu Lingfuye, looking far less agile than when he was in Nanshang, and even a little taciturn, I don't know if it was because of the different position now, which made his playful temperament somewhat restrained.

Jinglou Chu Qixian Chu Ge made it clear that he made a special trip to see Su Duxue.

Chu Qixian was caught in a disagreement with her husband two years ago, and in a fit of anger, she wrote a four- or five-thousand-word letter of harmony, announcing to the children of the whole rivers and lakes that she Chu Qixian had retired from her husband. This thing is like a boulder smashed into a deep pool, and the rivers and lakes that are surging in the dark tide for a while are stirred up by a thousand waves, and her love and hate have been passed down many times, but no one is seen based on hearsay, and I don't know how the person concerned feels. However, now that I have seen this strange woman, I find that she is radiant, in good spirits, and is not bothered by gossip at all.

Su Duxue and Chu Qixian hadn't seen each other for a long time, and they looked at each other affectionately. Chu Qixian is the sister of Su Duxue's mother, and has a close relationship with her family, and has a lot of clarity in acting with Su Duxue, so the master and apprentice can be regarded as a year-old friend. Li Yang got Nan Zixiao's permission, and deliberately brought Duxue to Chu Qixian's side, allowing them to talk to their master and apprentice to their heart's content.

Nan Luyuan was still wholeheartedly accompanying Nan Zixiao, and suddenly heard Lu Xu on the side raise his voice: "Lord Emperor, dare to ask me where I am?" This sentence made everyone around him look sideways, and it seemed that they were not clear what the Qing cultivators had to do with the Southern Shang Emperor.

On the contrary, when Nan Luyuan heard this, he replied without humility or arrogance: "The inner person is waiting in the garden at the moment, and after getting acquainted with each other, I will take you to find her." ”

After speaking, sure enough, the people below gradually whispered.

Lu Xu didn't say anything more, as if he had got the desired result.

Nan Luyuan knew that this master just wanted to find a name for his apprentice, at least let everyone know that Lu Liuhuan was the wife of Emperor Nanshang. It's just like this, the matter of Lu Liuhui is Situ Liuhui will inevitably be exposed, and it will not be so easy for her to wanton the rivers and lakes in the future.

Nan Zixiao glanced at Zhang Shenling several times, but he didn't notice it, so he couldn't help but feel a little depressed, so he reminded him: "Zhang Shenling? Are you blind or deaf? It's hard to meet again, and you don't have anything to say? ”

Zhang Shenling looked at Nan Ziyun at this time, pursed his lips, sighed for a long time, and replied helplessly: "Your Majesty, if you don't say a word, I can pretend to be mature for a while." Your words made me ruined, and you have to compensate me. ”

Nan Zixiao raised his eyebrows, knowing that the conversation between the two of them was very naïve, but this was not as happy as his joy of seeing Zhang Shenling again. Zhang Shenling has survived the most difficult time, and now he looks at it and mingles with the little princess, which is a good thing. Even if they and Bei Qin only used each other's relationship, just with Zhang Shenling's face, he had to buy a generous return gift for Bei Qin, the little princess.

Qiu Mu Lingfu Ye finally took her eyes off her Sister Twilight Xue, and in a blink of an eye, she saw the queen with an extraordinary bearing and excellent appearance sitting next to Nan Zixiao, and she was speechless for a while, and couldn't help but secretly tug the corner of Zhang Shenling's clothes, and when he bent down, she approached his face and said, "Is that the bad woman who pushed Sister Twilight into the water at that time?" ”

Zhang Shenling turned his head and glanced at Li Jinzhen when he heard this, he received a letter from his father shortly after Nanzi Xiao's wedding, and knew that this queen who had never met was Miss Yan raised in the boudoir by Li Xiangfu, and the former "Concubine Li" was Miss Li Xiang's family. Therefore, he replied in a low voice: "No, the one who pushed your sister Duxue into the water has been locked up in the cold palace, this one is a young lady from the same family as that woman, but this is a concubine, and that one is a concubine." ”

Chumulinfuye let out a meaningful "oh-" and seemed to think, "No wonder it feels so bad." However, although this queen looks extraordinary, I always feel that she is ...... Still hasn't jumped out of the vulgar circle. ”

Zhang Shenling subconsciously covered her lips and persuaded softly: "Don't kill my little aunt and grandmother, vainly arguing that the queen of Nanshang will be punished with capital punishment, even if you are the princess of Northern Qin." ”

Qiu Mulingfuye closed his mouth according to his words, and said with a straight face: "Then I won't say it." ”

Meng Xuan, who was standing close to the edge of Northern Qin, looked very leisurely, after all, the Witch Gu Sect was running a business that was easy to make people taboo, and the people in the Witch Gu Sect were also quite strange, each with its own characteristics, and it was very difficult to get along with each other, so few people stepped forward to talk. And Meng Juan may be used to this scene, but he also amused himself alone: "The emperor of Nanshang is really strange, the old one is rigid and strict, and the young one is also rigid and stubborn; The old ones are happy to be in the rivers and lakes, and the small ones are the same. ”

Nan Luyuan was far away from this, so naturally he didn't hear it, and the surrounding envoys all had their own small circles, so naturally they didn't care, only Lu Xu, who was talking to someone, looked up at her.

Nan Ziyan sat in a high position, and the expressions and actions of the people below were in full view. He pulled Nan Luyuan's sleeve and said, "It's really a life." ”

Nan Luyuan smiled silently.

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It stands to reason that every winter banquet should have something new, otherwise it will inevitably be a little boring.

This is within Nan Luyuan's consideration.

After the assembly was dispersed, the palace people led the envoys to the arranged residence. Zhang Shenling got Qiu Mu Lingfuye's permission, so he slipped out and followed Nan Luyuan, Nan Zixiao and Li Yangguan together, and obviously breathed a sigh of relief, as if he had suddenly recovered his strength.

Nan Zi Xiao quipped: "No, Zhang Shenling, how can it be like someone is behind your ass and wants to kill you, is it possible that the Northern Qin people can still treat you badly?" ”

Zhang Shenling eased up, and did not joke with Nan Zixiao, but was quite worried: "Your Majesty, the civil strife in Northern Qin is far more serious than we expected. ”

Zhang Shenling often looks like a hanger in their impressions, even if Nan Luyuan has witnessed his transformation, he just watches him restrained and sensible. Zhang Shenling's serious appearance, they have never seen it.

Nan Luyuan looked around without a trace, and made a vague gesture, telling a few people to beware of the wall and ears, especially when this person has many eyes, they should be more cautious.

It just so happened that Lu Liuhui still had to catch up with Lu Xu, Lu Shuangming and others, Su Duxue also wanted to get together with Qiu Muling Fuye, and Li Jinzhen also returned to the palace to take care of the affairs of the harem, and the brothers had a rare opportunity to be alone, as if they had returned to the past, so they invariably proposed to go to Zhang Xiang's mansion, let Zhang Xiang take a good look at this long-lost son first, and then talk about other things.

Zhang Xiang and Li Xiang are now having fewer affairs, and they are almost famous. The first is that they are indeed old, and the second is that they have changed generations, and the imperial court needs more fresh blood to promote the continuous development of the future, and the ability of Zhang Xiang and Li Xiang to accept new things is far less than that of the younger generation, so sooner or later there will be more talented people to take over their positions, but there is no suitable reason to find it at present.

When I arrived at Zhang Xiang's house, I saw a black robe in a cluster of plums, and when I walked in, I saw that it was a thin and old Zhang Xiang. Zhang Xiang looked at his reaction a little slowly, and almost didn't recognize Zhang Shenling, until Zhang Shenling finally couldn't help but cry and shouted, "Dad!" The old man gave his son a big hug as if he had just woken up from a dream, and the father and son looked at each other without saying a word, only a thousand tears.

Li Yangguan, Nan Luyuan and Nan Zixiao waited in the guest room for two or three hours before looking forward to Zhang Shenling, who had finished chatting with Zhang Xiang, and Zhang Shenling did not sell Guanzi, as soon as he sat down, he picked up the words in the palace, first coughed lightly, and then said: "The Northern Qin royal family has relatives killed each other and killed each other. In just one year, four princes have been violently killed. ”

Nan Luyuan and Nan Zixiao glanced at each other and saw worry in each other's eyes. In the end, Nan Luyuan asked, "Can you be more detailed?" ”

Zhang Shenling took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Northern Qin doesn't have too many etiquette and morality, as long as it is born to the king of Northern Qin, he can inherit the throne." This generation of Northern Qin kings was extravagant, and there were nearly twenty sons under their knees, and now only six or seven are dead. The only concubine is the princess I followed, the princes thought that she had no possibility of inheriting the throne, and the princess had an extremely large maternal family behind her, and they all wanted to curry favor with the princess, but because of the extremely strict queen of the princess's mother, they did not succeed. I am quite familiar with the princess, so I was spared the calamity. ”

"And there is also a regime in Northern Qin that was built by a foreign race, and for some reason, it has always existed, and it is getting bigger and bigger. The reign of the Northern Qin king was in jeopardy. ”