Taiqing Island, the largest of the three islands of Taiye, has the fewest palaces. Because the palace here alone has an ordinary size of five or six. Different from the scene where the peak of Taiying Island turns around, and the palace pavilion is inserted into each mountainside like a seam, from the moment you enter the Liufang Gate and set foot on Taiqing Island, there is only a straight road paved with white marble. The east side of the road is divided into Xuande Palace, Jiande Palace, Zhangde Palace, Chongde Palace, called the East Fourth Palace. The west side is divided into Chengde Palace, Ande Palace, Jingde Palace, Xiande Palace, called the West Fourth Palace.

At the end of the road is the most magnificent of the nine halls of the Taiqing Dynasty.

Since the first Ming Emperor, there has been the Jiade Palace, where to receive foreign ministers or envoys, and then the remaining eight side halls were added. Whenever an envoy from a small country or an insignificant vassal comes, he can only face the saint in the side hall. Cangwu is the most important ally of the Bihai Kingdom, so since the day the mission entered the national capital, Zhu Zhiling instructed the Inner Court Division to decorate the Jiade Hall inside and out, and the degree of attention can be seen.

The mission is also on the lookout.

The crown prince Li Chongyan changed into a set of dazzling clothes worn when he came out of the Cangwu Kingdom, holding the purple gold copper leaf given by the emperor in his left hand, engraved with the ancient Wu Ivy Emperor pattern that symbolizes Cangwu, and holding the national letter written by Emperor Wen himself in his right hand.

Su Xiaochen also changed into an ink-leaf shirt and a green jade crown, with a black-sealed and white-bottomed cloud-stepping boot hand-sewn by his uncle's mother, which was very energetic. "Doctor Xun" and General Cao and others also changed into official uniforms for the court. Even the prince next to him changed out of his treasure shirt and looked a lot slimmer.

As soon as the hour passed, I only heard a shout from the eunuch of Xuanli: "The prince of Cangwu State led the envoys to meet him." Li Chongyan held his head high and led everyone into the hall.

It's a skill for him. How fast to walk, where to look, how high the chin should be, what should the expression look like, before he came out, Emperor Wen spent several midnight with him to practice many times in the Hanyuan Palace, which can not be said to be hard.

Therefore, Li Chongyan's performance was perfect, and the ministers of the Bihai Kingdom standing on both sides of the hall also nodded and praised, which made the prince feel like a spring breeze again.

Su Xiaochen was not so restrained, and his curiosity made him can't help but look east and west.

The first thing you see is the golden throne directly in front of you. I saw that the throne was divided into three layers, and in the middle of the highest layer was the golden chariot of the Ming Emperor, but it was empty. On the second floor, there are seats on the left and right, and the right side is also empty. On the left sits a beautiful woman, wearing a Pisces gold silk crown, and her face is not angry but mighty. The bottom layer is a sitting chariot on the left and right, and there is also a beauty sitting on the right, fresh and refined, with the posture of a captivating city. Su Xiaochen recognized at a glance that it was the girl who saved him with a spatula that day, and secretly thought, it turned out to be a princess...... On the left, there was a smaller girl, staring at herself and smiling at herself.

Hey...... Do I know her? Su Xiaochen secretly wondered, how could she seem to know me. I looked around again, and saw that there was a seat next to the minister, sitting with a big beard, which was very eye-catching in the middle of the minister. Behind the bearded man stood two burly guards with a feather on their heads, dressed in an exotic manner. Although the guard had no weapons, his hands were crossed in front of his chest, and there was a gilded tattoo on his exposed arm, which was the pattern of the Golden Blade King's blade clan!

Imulans?!

Su Xiaochen was startled, and then looked at the beard, he was actually grinning at him!

Could it be that he is the one in Zhao Er's mouth? Zhao Er said that as soon as Mo Daqiu smiled at him, he was scared, and he was really worthy of his reputation today! This fierce-looking face has to pretend to smile gently, which is really creepy! Su Xiaochen hurriedly lowered his head and didn't dare to look at it again.

The crown prince walked to the front of the steps, and was just about to start reciting words to the throne, when he suddenly saw that the Ming Emperor's seat was empty and was stunned.

Well? If the person is not there, it is better to carry it or not.

The prince stayed there, looking at the "Doctor Xun" next to him, hoping that he could give some hints, but "Doctor Xun" looked at the sky and only pretended to be stupid.

This old thing, when you go back to China, you will be asked to clean the toilet!

The beauty of the Pisces golden silk crown opened her mouth first: "I am Zhu Zhiling, the princess of the Bihai Kingdom, His Royal Highness the Prince of Cangwu Kingdom is not far away, and it is really hard to come for the friendship between the two countries, so please hand over the national credentials." The voice was high-pitched and clear, like a phoenix, resounding throughout the hall.

This is polite, but this should be what Emperor Ming said, why did you, the princess, say it for her. And I haven't seen the Ming Emperor yet, so I want to hand over the national letter, this chapter is not right.

To deliver, or not to deliver...... The prince began to mumble in his heart.

Seeing this, Su Xiaochen saw that this was deliberately making things difficult for the prince, and thought to himself how could I be humiliated by the prestige of the country, so he bowed deeply, stood up from the crowd, and said loudly: "As the old saying goes: You have faith but not peep into your selfishness, and you have righteousness without violating your words." This is my Cangwu country's holy letter to the country, instructing us to be sure to pass on the blue sea country to His Majesty the Emperor Ming, dare to ask where His Majesty the Emperor is here? ”

The implication is that a gentleman will not peep at something that others see, this is for your mother, not for you. Even if your mother isn't there, you can't see it.

Zhu Zhiling sneered: "Who are you?" A gaze came, and the voice was very sharp, so frightened that Zhu Zhitong under the seat quickly sat upright, and then saw that Zhu Zhijie was expressionless.

"In the Wenlan Hall of the Lower Cangwu Kingdom, the prince will accompany Su Xiaochen."

"It turned out to be just a scholar who read with him......" Zhu Zhiling was about to scold, but Su Xiaochen opened her mouth and blocked the second half of her sentence.

"I have heard for a long time that Her Royal Highness Princess Qingyu is close to virtue and knowledge, and she will never deny the words of the sage because of her identity as the next scholar."

When everyone heard this, the young man said all the good and bad things. On the surface, it is praised that your princess Qingyun has inherited your family's ability to recognize people and things, but this ability relies on the connotation of people, not the title of people. If you only make a fuss about my humble status, it will be a bad sign of your family's knowledge of people and things.

Zhu Zhiling didn't expect this scholar to be so powerful, and he couldn't make it out if he wanted to have a seizure. At this time, Zhu Zhitong was still squeezing her eyebrows with Su Xiaochen below, hehe snickered, this dead girl!

When the prince saw it, the scene froze. I thought, yes, yes, what can be made, I will reward you when I return to China. I was afraid that the situation would be too stiff, so I took over and said:

"It's better to present the gift list first, and ask the princess to look at it on your behalf."

It's a step back. The gift list, anyway, it's not my prince who reads it, someone else will read it, and it doesn't cost me the face of the Cangwu Kingdom.

When Zhu Zhiling heard this, she thought to herself, let's go down the steps. He replied, "Please hand me the gift slip." ”

The gift list is a long thing!

The person who reads the gift list is also personally selected by the prince, with a loud voice and a good voice, which is especially suitable for recitation in the main hall. And this ritual is only half an hour to read, and you can't read it without confidence. So in fact, to put it bluntly, the time to read the gift list is the intermission time between the two sides on and off the stage, and it is no problem to start a desert and mumble a few words and chat about the day or something.

So Su Xiaochen began to look around again, and he was surprised to find that the two people who were smiling at him just now were still smiling at him!

A bearded man and a little girl...... Who the hell is this......

The crown prince Li Chongyan was not idle, he didn't look around like Su Xiaochen, his gaze was always the same.

Of course, it's Zhu Zhijie who is sitting there.

It's relatively boring to just look around, and it's interesting to communicate a little.

So Li Chongyan opened his mouth towards Zhu Zhijie like a dumb speech, and pointed to the place with the jade pendant on his waist, and then cast an inquiring look. Meaning, the jade pendant I gave you is still there?

Where did Zhu Zhijie think that he was really a prince at the beginning. At first, when His Royal Highness saw it, he was also shocked. Thinking about it later, anyway, the tragic situation of the prince that day was much worse than his own, and I guessed that he didn't dare to publicize it, so he didn't feel so embarrassed.

After a while, I saw the prince gesturing at her, and at first I couldn't bear to look at him, but the more I endured it, the more I couldn't help but want to peek at him, and the more I looked at his dumb gesture, the more funny I felt. Fortunately, his concentration is much better than that of Zhu Zhitong next to him, but he didn't laugh out loud. Seeing that the prince pointed to his waist, he quietly took out the jade pendant from his pocket and showed it slightly on the cuffs.

The implication is that I didn't lose it.

Seeing this, the prince felt a little warm in his heart. It's good that the girl hasn't forgotten me. So he reached out and made a wrapping shape with his fingers, and then made a tightening motion. Meaning, isn't it tied to your raksa?

This is difficult, Zhu Zhijie tilted her head and thought about it for a long time and didn't come up with anything meaning, so she had to wrap her fingers around the corners of her clothes, look up at the roof and pretend not to see him.

The prince looked at Zhu Zhijie's expression, and then looked up at the roof. I thought, is this what it means to hang the jade pendant on the beam of the house? Are you going to go to bed at night? I couldn't help but feel a pang of confusion on my face.

The two of them were fighting back and forth, but Zhu Zhiling, who didn't know the true inheritance of the Ming Emperor, was engrossed in looking at the prince with the art of contemplation.

This is the future king of Cangwu Kingdom, who may have to deal with him for the rest of his life in the future, how can he let go of such a great opportunity to spy on it?

But the prince's expression ...... It's so hard to figure out!

The Mother Emperor once taught that there are six expressions of fear in people. The initial kind of the prince should be the fourth...... That's right, it's the image of the four fears, and it should be a little scared by my dismount to be like this. And then there is the image of the feint, which is ...... Pretend to be stupid, right? I don't know whether to hand in the letter of state. But it stands to reason that after that, it is either the image of the depressed three or the image of the seven who are at a loss, how can it suddenly show the image of the happy two, where does the joy on this face come from? Why do you suddenly look at the sky? It should be sad to roll your eyes and look at the sky like this...... Or it is a little close to the image of the four doubts, but it is very uncommon for the image of joy to be followed by the image of sadness or doubt, unless it is a sign of madness...... This prince is not crazy.

I just saw that Zhu Zhiling above was sweating!

At this moment, a eunuch suddenly shouted: "Your Majesty has arrived." ”