Chapter 63: Shikoku
In July of the ninth year of Shunjing, the Central Plains under the scorching sun ushered in distinguished guests from all over the world, and the five-year Wanchao meeting officially kicked off.
The meeting will last for two months as usual, starting from mid-July to early September, and the four most important guest countries participating in the event are Snow Country, Moon Country, Dongying and Jureo, in addition to this time, representatives of Western countries on the other side of the ocean were specially invited to attend, Western countries gladly accepted the invitation and expressed great honor, but they are too far away from Middle-earth, I am afraid that they will not be able to arrive until the later stage of the Ten Thousand Dynasties Conference. Of course, there are also some small gangs who have not received formal invitations to admire the grandeur of the Celestial Empire, and want to take the opportunity of this Wanchao Meeting to come to Han to see the style of the great country, and Dahan is also welcome. However, in order to prevent some saboteurs with bad intentions from taking the opportunity to infiltrate the territory, Dahan still had very strict entry checks on these foreign missions.
The mission of the state of Juryo set out from its home country at the beginning of May, and finally arrived in the territory of the Han Dynasty at the end of June, and it took about ten days to reach the heart of Dahan, the city of Yong'an in Kyoto. When the mission arrived in Yong'an, it was already the beginning of July, and before entering Beijing, the entire mission went through a strict review, which annoyed the always pampered princess Li Yunxi.
The lord of the state of Guryeo has a total of eight children, of which only two are princesses, and Lee Yun-hee is the first daughter, so she has naturally been loved by thousands of people since she was a child. The delegation to the court was led by the highly prestigious second prince of the state of Juryo, Lee Jae-ho, the eldest princess Lee Yun-hee, and the eight-year-old little princess Lee Yun-chae. The participation of the Juyeo Kingdom this time is not only to dedicate treasures to the Celestial Empire and participate in the international competition, but most importantly, to solve the lifelong events of the eldest princess. That's right, they came with the purpose of making peace this time, and Lee Yun-hee himself is also determined to become a concubine of the Celestial Empire.
It is said that this princess of Juli is not young, and now she is in her twenties, and other women are afraid that they have become mothers at her age. But Lee Yun-hee is different, her vision is extremely high, she thinks that ordinary men are not worthy of her at all, and if she wants to marry, she will marry the best man in the world! When she was seventeen years old, Lee also thought about marrying her to the generals of her country, but was rejected by Lee Yun-hee on the grounds that "the mountains and fields are not enough to be a couple"; When she was eighteen years old, Lord Li wanted to persuade her to marry Jin Qiu, the prince of the Yue Kingdom, but she rejected her again, on the grounds that "although the Moon Kingdom is rich and rich, it is a barbarian land, so how can she be wronged and seek satisfaction as a noble daughter?" Don't go! ”; Later, countless blind dates were arranged for him, but they were all rejected for various reasons; In the end, the lord of the country was really helpless, so he had to let Lee Yun-hee make his own decisions and let it go, and then this delay dragged on until he was twenty years old.
Li Yunxi has been yearning for the prosperity of the Celestial Empire for a long time, but she has no choice but to miss the last Wan Dynasty Meeting for some reason, and it coincides with this year's Wan Dynasty Meeting, and she must come to the Central Plains to have a look. And she heard that the emperor of the Celestial Empire was extraordinary, although he was not confused when he was young, his bearing was still undiminished, so she already had a plan in her heart that "if you are not a king in this life, you will not marry"! What's more, the Son of Heaven is really the most powerful and noble man in the world, and she would rather be one of the many beauties in his harem than the only one for an ordinary man.
However, there are many noble girls who have the same intentions as Lee Yoon-hee. Attentive people will find that there are many more youthful and beautiful figures in the missions of the countries of this court meeting than in the past, and the princesses of the right age to be married from various countries have all appeared on the stage.
Both the Moon Country and the Snow Country had arrived in advance, and the missions of the two countries were arranged to stay in the Hanyue Pavilion, a post house specially designed for receiving foreign VIPs, and were received by Du Yun, the secretary of Honglu Temple, and Bai Yuexiao, the young secretary. The Moon Kingdom mission lived in the Golden Guiyuan in the northwest of the Hanyue Pavilion; Snow Country lives in the southwest-facing Snow Lotus Garden; The Hibiscus Garden in the northeast and Jiuhua in the southeast [ Here take the meaning of "Chongjiu no Flower", referring to chrysanthemums. The garden was prepared for the two kingdoms of Jureo and Dongying...... respectively
Helian Luang, the prince of the Snow Country, was enjoying the shade in the garden of the post house, he leaned on the arms of his maid Qingping while humming a little song and shaking his golden paper fan, so uncomfortable! He himself enjoyed it leisurely, but unfortunately in the eyes of others, he was a very gentleman.
Several core figures of the Moon Kingdom mission gathered next to the lotus pond in the garden, and they could just see each other from the perspective of Helian Luang, and the Moon Kingdom sent the crown prince Jin Qiu, Jin Qiu's younger brother Jin Qian and his half-sister Jin Chan three members of the royal family, accompanied by Liao Hai, a Go player, and the blind doctor Blood Mandarin Duck Sisters. Located in the Gobi Mountains in the northwest, the Moon Kingdom is relatively scarce in natural resources but surprisingly has a large number of gold deposits, so a small country relies on gold reserves to develop rapidly, and soon becomes rich. The wealth of the Moon Kingdom can be seen from their clothing, the clothes worn by the Jin brothers are made of expensive silk brocade, and the crown of the hat unique to the people on their heads is inlaid with countless gems and pure gold crescent charms, which is estimated to be no less than 100 gold. However, this is only their regular clothes, and it is said that the court clothes worn on important occasions are worth a thousand gold!
Helian Luang changed to a more comfortable posture and discussed with Qingping, who was leaning on him: "Look at these laymen in the Moon Kingdom, they are covered in golden light wherever they go, for fear that others will not know that they are rich, heh!" ”
"Isn't it! Let's not talk about those royal families, just looking at their maids and guards are all silk and satin, I don't know where I think it came from! The unruly princess of the Juryo Kingdom is fortunate not to marry this Jin Qiu, that princess is so high-spirited, if she follows such a rich and talented husband, she really doesn't know how to live? It's funny to think about, hehe......" Qingping's crisp laughter was as refreshing as the teal shirt on her body. Helian Luang fiddled with the tassels hanging from the crown of green lotus beads, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed: "The smell of copper all over his body can't be covered by silk and satin." It's not early, go back and see if Ritsu and Samuel have returned, these two began to be dishonest as soon as they entered Yong'an City...... "Helian Riyuzhi and Helian Samur are the three princes and princesses, and the three are half-brothers and sisters. Helian Loane closed the fan and got up from Qingping, and moved the golden bell on his wrist, and the sound of jingling bells accompanied him all the way back to Snow Lotus Garden.
On the other side, the silver-haired princess Jin Chan paid attention to Helian Luang's every move from time to time, seeing him lazily leaning on the maid to flirt and scolding, coupled with Lu Ang's dress full of neutrality, Jin Chan couldn't help but be very disdainful in his heart.
"Cicada, what are you looking at?" Jin Yan noticed that her sister's eyes were always glancing towards the gazebo.
"Wow......" Jin Chan raised his chin and motioned for his brother to look in the direction of Helian Luang. Helian Luang also happened to look over this way, and when he looked at the golden mantle, he still blinked his green eyes, and threw a wink at him viciously, which made the golden mantis shudder.
"It seems that this prince of the Snow Country is not only dressed as neither a man nor a woman, but also a man and a woman in terms of preferences! Fourth brother, didn't he take a fancy to you? Hehe...... "Jin Chan usually likes to bully the honest Fifth Prince Jin Yan the most. Jin Yan glanced at Helian Luang's dress again—the white cardigan robe matched with the sky-blue robe inside, and the intricate patterns on it could not be seen from a distance. But the string of golden bells and golden cockles on his snow-white wrist can be seen clearly, how can a big man wear such feminine ornaments? In addition, Lu Ang's light-colored hair is also braided into small braids one by one, and his fair and bewitching face is even more indistinguishable. This is not unrelated to the ancestry of their nation, so there are not a few people who dress up like Helian Luang in the Snow Country.
"Don't be kidding! How can you be so open-mouthed as a girl? Dare to say anything...... "Jin Yan was really disgusted by Jin Cicada's random speculation.
"You two don't want to talk nonsense! Helian Luang is the favorite son of the Lord of the Snow Country, and it is said that he is also the prince with the highest demand for the crown prince, how can the future King of the Snow Country have such bad habits? Jin Qian couldn't listen to the nonsense of his younger brothers and sisters, so he spoke out to stop it. What he is very worried about now is the matter of harmony, this time the golden cicada was sent to him, and he himself hopes to marry back a princess of the Han Dynasty. However, it is definitely not only his side of the Moon Kingdom that has this intention, but several other important states must also have the same purpose, so he wants to show the best side of the Moon Kingdom at this meeting to win the appreciation of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. Thinking of this, Jin Qiu couldn't help but be upset, and his interest in visiting the garden also decreased by half, and he asked his younger brothers and sisters: "Gu is going back to Jin Guiyuan, and there are still many things to prepare." What about you? Jin Yan agreed to go back together, and Jin Chan said that he wanted to go shopping for a while longer. So Jin Qiu left his guard Guo Xun to protect Jin Chan, and he took his younger brother back first.
Jin Cicada took the maid Tasha to walk along the lotus pond, and Guo Xun followed not far behind. As they walked, they walked out of the garden and came to the front yard of the Hanyue Pavilion, where they happened to run into the Juryo delegation that was about to enter the country. Lee Yun-hee sat in the shade with his sister Yun-chae and a few maids, watching the people move things to the Hibiscus Garden, but they didn't see the second prince Lee Jae-ho, so it was estimated that he went to the museum first. Lee Yun-hee is so pampered, she must not want to enter the museum when there are many people, she must wait until everything is cleaned up before she is willing to move.
"Ouch, what the hell is this weather! It's so hot that I'm almost out of breath. Zhiya, Zhihui, you two fan hard! Lee Yoon-hee's two maids worked hard to fan their master, and they didn't dare to stop until their wrists hurt.
"Sister Wang, Zhiya and the others are already very tired, why don't we go in, maybe it's much cooler inside than outside?" Although Li Yuncai is young, she knows how to be considerate of others than her sister, especially for these palace maids. Because in Yoon-chae's upbringing, the maids such as Ji-ah, Ji-hye, and Eun-so loved her far more than Yoon-hee's own sister.
"I'm not going to go! Now it's full of people who are arranged, and the messy Hongu can't stand it. If you want, go in first, the second brother is in there anyway. "To be honest, Yoon-hee doesn't like his sister very much, because Yoon-chae doesn't resemble her at all in terms of appearance or personality, and sometimes I really wonder if this little guy was born to her father! Yun Chae pouted that she was not happy, and turned her head to enter the Hanyue Pavilion with Eun Xiu. Li Yunxi saw her sister's disgusted expression, and she was very angry: "She's still not happy?" It's too troublesome to carry such a drag oil bottle! I don't know which of my father's tendons is wrong, but he actually agreed to a doll to come to the Central Plains! ”
"The eldest princess is angry, the little princess is still young and ignorant, don't worry about a child." Ji-ah usually loves the little princess very much, and she is very envious of Eun-so, who can take care of Yoon-chae.
"That's it, the little princess is still a child, and it's normal to play with a child's temper." Ji-hye also helps unleash Yoon-hee.
"Will this palace be a little child? What kind of person do you think of this palace! This palace is worried that Yuncai's stinky temper will grow up in the future at a young age, but how can she get it? Don't stop, keep fanning! Zhihui Zhiya couldn't help but slander, no matter how bad Princess Yuncai's temper is, it is not as bad as your eldest princess, and the two who dare to be angry can only bow their heads and fan hard.