Yiwu and Yanqi are sure to be quite miserable, there are Rouran people in the north, and there is a fierce frustration in the middle, both of which are aggressive, with these two evil wolves by their side, Yiwu and Yanqi are having a hard time, and even business travelers rarely take that road.

These two countries took the initiative to invite the Qianguo to garrison troops, and Zhao Junsheng naturally welcomed this, and agreed that Yiwu and Yanqi would submit to the Great Cadre as vassals of the Great Cadre.

Zhao Junsheng asked the crowd: "Have you ever brought a national letter signed and stamped by the lord of your country this time?" ”

The envoys of various countries received the credentials from the hands of their entourage, and the officials of Zhao Jun's Ministry of Life and Rites inspected them and archived them after confirming that they were correct.

The ceremony of receiving the envoys was almost over, and Zhao Junsheng said to the envoys: "The envoys have come from afar, and I and the queen have decided to set up a banquet in the banquet hall of the Taiji Palace tonight to entertain you, and I will also invite the envoys to enjoy the light!" ”

When the envoys of various countries heard this, they bowed down and agreed: "Thank you Your Majesty and the Empress for your kindness, we will definitely come to disturb you!" ”

After the envoys left, Zhao Junsheng announced his retirement from the court, and sent someone to tell several important ministers to come to the banquet at night to accompany them.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan did not take the imperial chariot again, and the two walked out of the main hall.

"What do you think of Shanshanguo? Why don't you accept their submission and become a vassal state of my great commander? Mulan asked as she walked.

Zhao Junsheng said: "If we want to pass through the Western Regions, we must have a bridgehead, and Shanshanguo is the closest to Hexi, and it is the first choice for this bridgehead!" At the same time, although we can accept some effects of the Western Regions to surrender allegiance and tribute, we must also have a certain amount of military deterrence against them, no matter which way we look at it, we need this place, and we will not be constrained! ”

"So the Shanshan royal family has become a stumbling block for us?"

"That's right, Shanshanguo must be won!"

Hua Mulan said: "I always feel that the king of Shanshan Bilong has no intention of sending his sister Princess Mantou Dolin to our country!" ”

"I don't know if there are other intentions for the time being, let's observe first, people come here, we can't drive them back immediately, Daqian is a big country, as long as foreigners have industry and business here, we can let them live for a long time!"

Hua Mulan went back alone to arrange the imperial dining room to prepare for tonight's dinner, and Zhao Junsheng went to the Qinzheng Palace to deal with government affairs.

As he walked, he instructed the eunuch: "Go and find Lu Xuanbo!" ”

"No!"

Zhao Junsheng came to the Qinzheng Hall to drink a cup of tea, and Lu Xuanbo arrived.

"Your Majesty!"

Zhao Junsheng raised his hand to calm him down, "Do you know about the envoys of various countries?" ”

"The minister heard about it!"

"Send people to monitor those envoys, don't leave any of them out, see who they are in contact with, and whether they have any detailed behavior!"

Lu Xuanbo bowed and clenched his fists and replied: "The minister is already doing it, but the black-clothed guard only has the right to investigate, not the right to enforce the law, if there is a detailed act of the enemy country, the black-clothed guard has no right to deal with it, and it will delay the time when it is handed over to Jingzhao Mansion, and the relevant yamen of Jingzhao Mansion is not specially designed to deal with the enemy, but I am afraid that it will not be caught!" ”

Zhao Junsheng thought about it for a while, this is indeed a problem, the intelligence collection of the black guards is mainly external, and the internal task is relatively light, and if there is no law enforcement power in the territory of the Great Qian, it is likely to cause great losses, just as Lu Xuanbo said, the government has no experience in handling cases in this area, and it is their duty for the relevant yamen to manage criminal and public security, but if they want to deal with the sabotage of spies, those quick arrest and government officials are still far behind.

Zhao Junsheng quickly made a decision: "In this case, I will give the black-clothed guards the right to enforce the law, and select capable and martial arts personnel from the black-clothed guards to set up a new yamen called the Imperial City Division, which is dedicated to cracking down on the enemy's meticulous work and dismantling their sabotage activities that infiltrate the territory of our great cadres!" This Imperial City Division is temporarily under the jurisdiction of the Black Guard, and after a period of time, the Imperial City Division is on the right track and can handle the case independently and then become independent from the Black Guard! ”

"No!"

At the beginning of the lanterns, the palace gate was wide open, and a team of forbidden troops came to the palace gate to set up cards.

The invited important ministers of the imperial court and the envoys of various countries arrived one after another, and for the sake of safety, the forbidden army began to check one by one, and all the entourages were not allowed to enter the palace, only the invited important ministers and the envoys of various countries themselves were allowed to enter.

After entering the palace, the ministers and envoys of various countries were led by the eunuchs to the banquet hall of the Taiji Palace, which was very large and could accommodate 300 people at the same time, and it was a low table for one person.

Several princes, princesses and important ministers of the Qianguo sat on the left, and the envoys of various countries were led to sit on the right by the eunuchs, and at this time there was only tea on the table, and the ministers and envoys chatted while drinking tea.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother has arrived!"

Everyone stood up: "See Your Majesty, Niangniang!" ”

Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan sat down separately at the top, "Everyone is exempt, today's banquet is mainly to talk about the friendship of the landlord, let's all take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Mulan waved her hand: "Serve!" ”

One by one, the palace maids lined up with trays and walked into the banquet hall, and plates of delicate and pleasing dishes were sent to each low table to visit in an orderly manner.

The envoys looked at the plates of dishes on the low table in front of them, they had never thought that they could make food in all kinds of colors and shapes, and they couldn't help but swallow when they looked at it.

Zhao Junsheng picked up the wine cup and greeted: "Envoys, I and the Daqian court and the people welcome your arrival, drink a cup together!" ”

The envoys and ministers toasted and drank together, and they enjoyed themselves.

Hua Mulan put down her wine glass and said to the envoys: "In front of you, these are some of my special foods, the ingredients are exquisite, and the cooking is fine, I hope you can like it." Come on, let's go! ”

For the envoys of Yiwu and Yanqi, they never used tools to eat, only with their hands, but on this occasion they saw others either using chopsticks or knives and forks, only the two of them felt embarrassed with their hands, so they had to pick up the chopsticks and try to pick up the food and put it in their mouths, but they tried many times to no avail, causing others to cover their mouths and snicker.

Mulan clapped her hands at this time: "Play music!" ”

A musical instrument sounded, and Mulan said to the envoys, "Please enjoy the singing and dancing while eating and drinking!" ”

As the words fell, a team of palace maids dressed in gorgeous palace costumes entered with small broken steps, dancing to the sound of musical instruments.

Whether it was the ministers who accompanied them or the envoys of various countries, they couldn't help but applaud.

Three sets of palace maids have been changed in a row to sing and dance, and the ministers and envoys of various countries have already drunk three times, and some of them are not strong enough to drink, and they have been slightly drunk.

At this time, the little king of the female country, Mo Ma got up and saluted Zhao Junsheng and Hua Mulan and said: "Your Majesty, Niangniang, seeing these dancing in the sound of musical instruments, Mo Ma is pleasing to the eye, and can't help but want to sing and dance, Mo Ma is also a person who likes song and dance, a few years ago I saw an animal in the southern barbarians, and practiced a dance all over the place, and today I want to borrow flowers here to offer Buddha, please Your Majesty and Niang Niang to taste it, I don't know if it is possible?" ”

Zhao Junsheng gave Hua Mulan a look, and when Mulan saw it, she immediately said to Mo Ma: "Your Majesty has such a Yaxing, how can Your Majesty and the palace not allow it?" ”

Mulan asked the musicians to get ready and play a melody that echoed the rhythm of the dance.

Everyone looked at Moma, she stood in the middle with her arms slowly raised, weak and boneless, like rippling water, her body squatted slightly and twisted her waist, her face was painted with makeup, and the clothes on her body were also red, green, blue and other colors.

To the sound of the musicians' soundtrack, Mamma dances like a proud peacock doing a variety of different movements, as if waiting for the male to come and court, and her movements are beautiful and mesmerizing.

After a dance, everyone was still immersed in her beautiful dancing and couldn't extricate themselves, Zhao Junsheng took the lead in laughing and applauding, "Okay, Moma Xiaowang's dancing posture is simply unique in the world!" ”

The envoys and ministers of other countries also came to their senses and applauded together.

Zhao Junsheng asked: "Moma Xiaowang, I heard that there is a chicken-like animal called the peacock in the southwest Baiyi and Tianzhu area, with an emerald green head and a blue-green feather crown and a pointed shape; The tail feathers are particularly long, forming a tail screen, which is bright and beautiful. The dance you just danced was based on the peacock's usual movements? ”

Moma's face showed a look of surprise, "It turns out that Your Majesty is so knowledgeable that even peacocks know about it. Your Majesty is right, this dance is practiced according to the peacock's daily habits and courtship movements! ”

Hua Mulan sighed: "I never thought that Xiao Wang would have such a talent, this palace admires, please drink this cup!" ”

"Thank you for the compliment!"

When Mo Ma returned to his seat and sat down, Princess Mantou Tuolin, the envoy of Shanshan State, couldn't help but get up and walked out, among these envoys, only she and Mo Ma were women, and the others were men, and now the limelight was robbed by Mo Ma, she couldn't sit still.

"Your Majesty, the queen mother, just now the last Ma Xiaowang presented a peacock dance, its dancing skills are exquisite, quite connotative, we are pleasing to the eye! I also came out to join in the fun, just add a fun to Your Majesty and Niangniang, if you don't dance well, please take care of Your Majesty and Niangniang! ”

Zhao Junsheng said with a smile: "Presumably, the princess's attainments in dance skills must be good, I, the queen and all the ministers, and envoys from various countries will wait and see!" ”

I saw that Mantou Dolin walked to the middle of the banquet room and stretched out her hand to cover her face with a veil, revealing only a pair of shining beautiful eyes, and when she raised her arms, her clothes on the outside shook to the ground, and her entire lower abdomen and waist were exposed, and around her navel was inlaid with a circle of glittering gems of the same size, like a shining eye.

Her arms were raised and stretched, like ripples in water, and her flexibility was not lost at all to Moma, and her waist twisted and swung, and the eyes of the ministers and envoys widened, and all their eyes were straight, and as her belly shook one after another, the bells on her wrists and ankles kept ringing, until the souls of all the male animals present were hooked.