Today's banquet is mainly to welcome the peace envoy of Beiliang, and secondly, Emperor Chu also wants to re-select the princess and concubine who was not completed last time, so this palace banquet is very grand, comparable to the moon and evening palace banquet at the end of the year.

The palace people have also been busy, and the children of the family have also entered the palace in advance, after all, there are still envoys to come to the audience, and they can't come later than the envoys.

Li Le entered the palace early in the morning because of his identity as the county lord, and when he returned to his seat at this time, Ran Mingyue immediately pulled Fang Xixuan and ran over, although Chu Yuesheng was a princess, she also sneaked out at this time, and hurriedly ran after seeing the familiar figure, and several people greeted each other, but Li Le did not mention the matter of Fang Cai.

"I heard that the princess who came to kiss this time is a celestial figure, known as a once-in-a-century beauty, any man will fall in love with it when he sees it, there are many emperors and princes, and I don't know which prince will take this princess in the end."

Ran Mingyue sat beside Li Le with a big grin, picked up the fruit on the table and ate it by herself, and talked about the interesting anecdotes she had heard recently while eating.

"My father also said that when he was doing business in Beiliang, he seemed to be fortunate to see the princess, she was really a beautiful woman, and she had a soft temperament, she was loved by the people, and she was even smarter, it is not an exaggeration to say that she was a fairy, but how could such a good princess Beiliang be willing to give it away? Shouldn't you stay by your side and treasure it? ”

After sitting down, Fang Xixuan was a little puzzled, but it was normal, after all, the environment in which she grew up was a place where thousands of pets were loved, so she would not have any worries about being forced to marry.

It's just that Chu Yuesheng on the side felt a little emotional in his heart after hearing this.

"This is the fate of being a princess, although she has the identity of a princess, she can enjoy prosperity, sit on countless treasures, and have rights in her hands, but if the country needs it, the princess must also be the first to stand up, sacrifice the happiness of one person, in exchange for the peace and joy of hundreds of people, no matter how you think it is cost-effective."

The tone was inexplicably sad, and these words were not only talking about the princess of the Northern Liang Kingdom, but also about herself.

Although the national strength of Western Chu is strong now, there are Loulan in the east, Saichuan in the west, Gemo in the south, and Beiliang in the north, and the four sides are surrounded by enemy countries, and Western Chu is separated between them, so it makes it impossible for these four countries to unite against Western Chu.

Among them, Saichuan has the ambition of a wolf son all the year round, and the place where Li Linyuanyue and Li Mufeng are stationed is there, so under the deterrence of several years, it is temporarily peaceful, and the rest of the countries are aware of their current strength, so they sign a treaty with Western Chu, and make offerings every year, and occasionally send princesses and relatives, or send the prince here as a proton, to show their submission to Western Chu.

After that, Western Chu established its hegemonic position, gradually developed the economy, and through the efforts of the successive Chu emperors and the people of Western Chu, the national strength became stronger and stronger, and finally reached the point where it is difficult to shake today.

But even so, Chu Yuesheng knew in her heart that if one day, these countries proposed to marry the princess, then she would never be able to disobey.

"Don't worry, princess, you haven't married yet, if you can meet a beloved and marry him, there is no way for the border countries to marry again, and it's still early, the princess still has three years to go, and there is still a lot of time to consider."

After the last time she escaped death, Leng Shihan often went to the Qingbao Hall to help in order to repay the grace of saving her life, and she also became familiar with Li Le and others after coming and going, and now she has joined this small group.

And she was gentle and delicate, and she immediately noticed Chu Yuesheng's low mood, so she opened her mouth to comfort her.

"Also, it's still early, maybe I'll meet a young man by then, and I'm excited to think about it."

After all, he is still a child, and he forgets his troubles, and in a blink of an eye, he is the energetic Princess Wenyuan.

"Okay, how long are you going to surround me, the palace banquet is about to begin, hurry up and go back and sit down."

Seeing that the girls in front of him were chatting enthusiastically, Li Le also smiled from the heart, and then looked at the time, and realized that it was not early, so he urged.

"Then we'll leave first, and I'll come back to you later, it's not interesting to leave and right this palace banquet."

After speaking, several people also realized the passage of time, so they also got up and left happily, Ran Mingyue took Li Le's hand when she left, it seemed that she was still a little unsatisfied, but Li Le felt that while she was speaking, a note was stuffed into her hand.

"That's good, I'm always welcome to disturb you."

Ran Mingyue's actions surprised her a little, but she quickly calmed down and got up to send people away.

Then he opened the note in his sleeve, and when he looked at it, he immediately looked fierce.

"There is a Beiliang national teacher in the pro-embassy, this person is good at using poison, I'm afraid that the person who comes is not good."

The note said so, but it made Li Le's heart full of crisis.

Previously, she was worried that Bei Liang had bad intentions, but when it was confirmed, it still made her frightened, and brought people who were good at using poison into the palace, saying that she would never believe it if she had no purpose.

From this point of view, the purpose of this Beiliang princess to come and kiss is also impure, but what purpose do they have that can make them enter the palace at the risk of being exposed.

But at this time, it was impossible to prevent Bei Liang's envoys from entering the palace, and now they could only be careful against them, and if necessary, they could only use her blood.

"You go and hand this note to Mu Changjin, don't be discovered."

Behind him, Yu Yan had already made up into a flowing bead, and Li Le was also very satisfied with Yu Yan's move, so he asked him to hand over the note to Mu Changjin.

If she is alone in this matter, she may be negligent, and someone must help her.

"Yes."

Yu Yan received the order, took the note and retreated quietly, but he was curious in his heart, didn't Li Le really doubt that he would leak this matter? Just looking at his face, the content on this note is obviously very important, and it is really reassuring to hand it over to someone like him?

Shuang'er also has similar thoughts, she knows that Yu Yan can disguise herself, so she is not surprised that Liuzhu suddenly appeared, but she is always a little uneasy about her own young lady's trust in Yu Yan, after all, that person used to be the enemy's person, if he pretended to surrender, and then obtained information from here and returned it, wouldn't it be very dangerous.

So after Yu Yan left, Shuang'er immediately explained this idea to Li Le, but the latter was not worried.

"Don't be suspicious of employing people, don't use suspicious people, since I brought him, I believe him, and I don't think he will betray me."

"Why is that?" The two were puzzled.

"Because he has good thoughts in his heart."

As soon as the words fell, Yu Yan's figure appeared from behind, he had completed the order, and now he continued to play the role of Liuzhu by Li Le's side.

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Soon, the emperor and queen arrived, and the concubines also made a rare appearance, all of them were radiant, and they couldn't wait to get all their Zhu Hai jewelry and rouge powder on their bodies.

With Wang Zhou's shout, the palace banquet began, and the emperor and queen gave a speech like an ordinary palace banquet, and let everyone drink freely.

And then there's the highlight of the day.

"Xuanbei Liang delegation to meet you!"

Another shout was heard, and then several envoys walked into the hall with a woman in gorgeous clothes, leaving a strange fragrance everywhere they passed, refreshing people's hearts.

It's just that when she passed in front of Li Le, it made her frown.

There seemed to be something else to this strange scent, which made her feel very uncomfortable.

"Work hard for you a little more, go and send these pills and sachets to my father and brother, as well as Mu Changjin and the princess, the pills can be taken now, and the sachet can be placed on the body."

The uneasiness in his heart grew, Li Le called Yu Yan to him again, handed him the antidote pills and sachets that had been prepared long ago, and at the same time settled him and Shuang'er to keep one each, the princess had to give three copies, and the emperor and queen also had to have some protection.

Yu Yan was ordered to leave in a hurry, and his light skills helped a lot at this time.

The sachets of these pills were all prepared by her a few days ago, and they all contained her blood, just in case, I thought that I would give them after the palace banquet today, but I didn't expect to use them now.

"Princess Jiatong of Beiliang, meet Emperor Chu."

At the same time, the envoys of Beiliang had already walked to the center of the main hall, and Jia Tong led the envoys to salute the Emperor Chu in the high position, raising their eyes, and many people let out a small exclamation.

This princess is really beautiful, her skin is whiter than snow, her eyes are bright, and she has hooked the hearts of many princes and ministers for a while.

"Ping, Xichu and Beiliang have always had a prosperous era of harmony, and today the princess is here, and I will definitely choose a wishful husband for you."

Seeing Jiatong's appearance, Emperor Chu was also amazed in his heart, but he was afraid of this occasion, so he also said politely.

"Jiatong, but it is arranged by the emperor."

Hearing this, Jia Tong had no opinion, and responded to what Fang Xixuan said with a soft temperament, and at this time he also nodded obediently.

After meeting with the object of her relatives, the princess of Beiliang stepped aside and replaced the envoys.

"Chenmu Na mistakenly visited Emperor Chu." The envoy bowed down again. "The lord of the country heard that the birthday of the Empress Dowager of Xichu is approaching, so this time, in addition to being friendly, he specially asked the minister to give this gift."

After speaking, a palace man behind him carried a large object in, which was also covered with a red cloth, which looked very mysterious.

"This is the true handiwork of Master Su Hongcai Su that the lord of the country found by chance, the boy birthday picture."

As he spoke, he raised his hand to uncover the red cloth, and then heard everyone's whispered admiration, it turned out that this boy's birthday picture was not a picture, but a stone carving.

"The lord of the country specially presents this gift, hoping that the Empress Dowager of Western Chu can enjoy her family and live a long life, and the two countries will always be married to Qin and Jin, and share peace."

As he spoke, the maidservant had already taken away the red cloth, only to see the three little children on the stone carving in front of a green silk old man curtling his knees, the old man's face was full of joy, holding a ruyi in his hand, wearing an auspicious dragon Izumo robe, carefully identifying, the back was actually Nanshan.