The group's brief conversation ended quickly.

All the envoys had arrived, and after a harmonious greeting, the emperor set off for the palace, and the envoys went to the arranged lodgings to tidy up their luggage.

The palace was methodically preparing for a banquet to welcome the envoys in the evening.

The banquet was held in the Imperial Garden of the Imperial Palace, where seasonal flowers were in full bloom, and everyone felt as if they were in a sea of alluring flowers, and they were amazed.

Staggered, singing and dancing.

There were a lot of scholars at the banquet, and they began to enjoy the flowers one after another.

This process is noisy, and some people are red because of a joint dispute, but they don't have a result.

The couplet that was not matched was circulated at the bottom of most of the feast, and no one came out.

The emperor soon noticed the movement below, and he watched quietly for a moment, when a majestic voice sounded in the garden.

"Bring me the pair."

The minister, who was holding the pair of papers, immediately got up and carefully handed it to the father-in-law who had already walked over.

The emperor took a look, frowned and thought for a moment, but failed to come out. However, he did not embarrass himself.

The emperor directly read out the title of the couplet, wanting to see if anyone would be able to come out with it.

"Compared to the idle clouds, the light of the moon shadow stream is proven."

"The heart flows with the water, and the sound of pine and bamboo forgets the machine." In one direction of the garden, a clear voice suddenly sounded.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you on the ground, and I don't know who deserves this sentence.

However, the two pairs are carefully put together, and the couplets complement each other well, and it seems that they thoroughly understand the meaning of the previous couplet.

Such insights are so rare that one can't help but be curious.

Not only other people at the banquet, but also the person who wrote the question thought of it. He glanced around the guests at the banquet with some sympathy, trying to find the person who had made the next couplet.

The emperor also wanted to find out the person with rare insights, and he still felt that this voice was somewhat familiar, and he was stunned for a moment but did not remember.

"Which Aiqing is right, come out and let me see."

The emperor asked in a loud voice.

A graceful figure suddenly walked out of a slightly remote corner.

Everyone was not surprised, after all, the voice could also be heard as a clear female voice.

"Back to Your Majesty, it's a minister, Yan Minglan of the Yan family."

The Emperor and the others looked at the figure standing as tall as a pine.

Most people have no impression of Yan Minglan's appearance, and in the past, Yan Minglan never made friends with other officials except for the people in the translation institute.

It's just that this name makes many people feel familiar, as if they have heard it somewhere.

"Yan girl?" The Emperor asked in surprise.

"Yes." Yan Minglan replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"I really didn't expect you to be good at doing things."

The emperor said with interest.

Under everyone's eyes, Yan Minglan was stared at one by one, some admired, some were full of envy, and some were jealous, hating her for stealing the limelight.

Yan Minglan replied modestly: "The minister is ugly, just get an axe in front of everyone." ”

The emperor waved his hand again and again and said in an irresistible gesture.

"No, excessive modesty is pride, you don't have to be like this, Yan girl."

"I think your pair of downlinks is very meaningful, and there is a bit of ink in the stomach."

The emperor touched his short beard and suddenly thought.

"Who came out of this link?"

There was a figure standing up at the prince's seat, and it was Chi Jingrui, the second prince who was as gentle as jade.

"Report to my father, this link is from the son."

A kind smile appeared on the emperor's face.

"The second child is also a talented learner, not bad, my country is really talented."

The ministers below hurriedly knelt down and shouted in unison: "Your Majesty is wise, long live, long live, long live." ”

The envoy slowly passed through the interpreter he had brought, and when he learned what had happened, he saluted together.

The Emperor smiled and let everyone get up.

The banquet soon reached the middle and late stages, and the whole place of the Imperial Garden was filled with the smell of wine, and the smell was overwhelming, and it spread out in all directions.

Yan Minglan couldn't stand the smell, she pinched her nose and held her breath, looked around, and the one on the stage was all drunk, she quietly got up and wanted to go out to breathe.

As soon as Yan Minglan took Amber to a gazebo and sat down, she felt the taste of the breeze blowing on her face, and the wind took away the smell of wine.

Yan Minglan only then felt that she had finally come to life, and she inhaled the fresh air around her hard.

There was a low chuckle in her ear, a low laugh that was clearly not something Amber could make, and she looked over warily.

At a glance, he saw a man in a crescent-colored robe standing beside him, Yan Minglan was a little surprised, this was the person who came out of Shanglian at the banquet just now - the second prince Wei Chi Jingrui, who was as gentle as jade.

What did the second prince do with him?

Yan Minglan was very puzzled.

"The minister has seen His Royal Highness the Second Prince."

"No need to be polite." As soon as Wei Chi Jingrui wanted to help her get up in person, he saw that she was standing farther away, and then he realized that men and women were guarded.

"Miss Yan doesn't have to be so guarded, I just appreciate your knowledge." He spoke softly to soothe the woman in front of him, like a hedgehog, covered in thorns and full of defense.

Yan Minglan relaxed slightly, thinking of the rumors about the second prince in the market, all of them sighed that these two princes were the kindest people in the royal family.

"Your Highness has praised it." Yan Minglan replied lightly.

Seeing her like this, Wei Chi Jingrui said frankly with a helpless smile.

"Miss Yan don't worry, I have no malicious intentions, just in the banquet, listening to your couplet, I feel sorry for each other, and I just want to attract Miss Yan as a confidant."

Yan Minglan listened to the sincerity in his words, and she was even more relaxed, she had also heard of it, these two princes were very knowledgeable.

"It's His Royal Highness's uplink, the minister just will, and he can't afford to say that he pities each other, as for his confidant, the monarch and the minister have different identities, and the minister is ......."

Before she could finish speaking, Yu Chi Jingrui quickly raised his hand to interrupt her: "Miss Yan is modest, Miss Yan has such an opinion, how can she be such a self-styled layman, or is it actually Miss Yan who looks down on me?" ”

Yan Minglan, who was suddenly buttoned up with a hat, was helpless, so she could only agree: "Naturally not, the minister doesn't dare, the minister follows His Highness's wishes." ”

Wei Chi Jingrui nodded with satisfaction, "The banquet is about to end, so I'll go back first, and Miss Yan shouldn't stay here for too long." ”

He turned and walked back.

Yan Minglan knew that they had been staying for a while, and if the two of them were seen standing and talking together, it would have a bad impact on her, so in order not to let people see that they had been in contact, Yan Minglan waited for a while before returning to the banquet.

Only Qiao Tianshuo, who was hiding behind the pillar, looked at the back of them leaving with an expressionless face, he stood for a while, and walked in the same direction.

The banquet went on for a while and then dispersed.

The palace maid and the servants cleaned up the mess, and Yan Minglan was sent by the emperor to keep her father-in-law, saying that the emperor was talking to her.

accompanied by another translator, Zhang Qian, to face the saint together.

Yan Minglan was a little relieved, she thought that the second prince was looking for her and the emperor knew about it, and she was to be punished, since Zhang Qian was also there, it must be related to her position.

Yan Minglan and Zhang Qian didn't say anything all the way, and followed the father-in-law Xi who led the way through the palace to the place where the emperor was.

Father-in-law Xi led them into the walk together.

When they arrived, Yan Minglan saw a beautiful woman sitting in the emperor's arms.

It should be a newcomer who has been favored recently, and he looks very young, Yan Minglan guessed.

The delicate-looking beauty glanced at them, and her eyes stayed on Yan Minglan, who was excellent, for a long time before she reluctantly got up and entered the dormitory behind her.

The curtain was lifted and fell, and Yan Minglan and Zhang Qian could no longer see other movements.

"I'm going to explain to you, I'm going to receive the envoys in my diary, don't offend them, let them see my country, those related cultural ......"

Yan Minglan and Zhang Qian nodded in response.

"Alright, it's getting late, you can go back and rest."

With a wave of his hand, the emperor turned around and entered the dormitory where the beauty had entered.

Father-in-law Xi specially asked a clever little eunuch to take Yan Minglan and Zhang Qian out of the palace gate, and both of them gave some broken silver to thank them.

When the little eunuch left, Yan Minglan and Zhang Qian greeted each other and went home.

In the carriage –

Yan Minglan asked the question that was originally pressed in her heart, not to blame.

"Amber, why didn't you remind me when the second prince came before?"

"The little eunuch with the second prince has been staring at the slave and maid, and the slave and maid are not allowed to interrupt your conversation with the second prince in a loud voice."

Yan Minglan bowed her head, indicating that she understood.

After thinking about it for a while, she also knew that this was the meaning of the second prince, so she skipped this stubble and didn't care about it anymore.

Yan Minglan leaned on the carriage, said hello to the spirit Xuanwu, and then entered the spiritual world, turning into a villain and browsing and reading in the bookshelf for a while.

It wasn't until Amber gave her a gentle nudge that she came to her senses.

After getting out of the carriage, Yan Minglan was led back to her bedroom by Amber carrying the night light, and after bathing, she blew out the candles and rested.

Yan Minglan closed her eyes.

Tomorrow we need to deal with the envoys, and we must keep our spirits up.

Amber stood in the dimly lit dormitory with only a few rays of moonlight coming in from the window, and hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Miss, when you were talking to the second prince before, there was a foreigner eavesdropping behind the pillar."

Amber doesn't know if this is important news, but she finally says it, for fear that Miss will be in danger again because of this matter.

Yan Minglan's hands folded in front of her lower abdomen trembled, but she didn't open her eyes, and asked with her lips: "Can you see who it is?" ”

Amber saw that Miss Amber was interested in knowing, and thought that she had done a great job, so she immediately carefully described the characteristics of the people she saw.

After Yan Minglan listened, she silently calculated in her heart, and suddenly Qiao Tianshuo's appearance flashed in her mind.

Combined with the description of amber, all on top.

Yan Minglan couldn't help but extend other ideas.

Qiao Tianshuo is also here?

She didn't even notice.

However, Qiao Tianshuo, as a prince, should not be an envoy, after all, envoys are all petty officials. As a prince, it is impossible for him to be an envoy to other countries, and his professional knowledge is not necessarily qualified.

So, what did Qiao Tianshuo do when she eavesdropped on her conversation with the second prince?

She was puzzled.

In this way, she fell asleep with doubts.

And had a strange dream.