As soon as these words came out, the hall was silent.

The ministers who had just asked Su Li to fight were all silent.

If Su Li's face was uninjured and her appearance was outstanding, Kutar might still covet her beauty and want to possess her, but now that Su Li has injuries on her face, her appearance is damaged, and she hasn't shown any talent, Kutar wants her to be a person, it's just to humiliate her.

Once Su Li loses to Hu Wanyan and falls into the hands of Ku Tatar, I am afraid that there will never be any good fruit to eat.

If Su Li responds to the battle, life and death are uncertain, if not, he is weak and timid, and he will only make people laugh at it.

The atmosphere in the banquet room froze for a while, and everyone looked sideways at Su Li, only to see how she would choose now.

"What did the king say?"

Chu Huai'an suddenly opened his mouth, just now Chu Lingzhao and the ministers fought with Ku Tatar lip and he didn't speak, and at this moment he opened his mouth and everyone woke up suddenly, and a vague thought popped up in their minds: I almost forgot that there was this-stirring stick!

As soon as this thought popped up, several familiar ministers all tacitly glanced at each other and then lowered their heads, and kept silently chanting in their hearts: Lord Hou is a member of the royal family, and he must not be compared with a-stirring stick! Sin Sin Sin ......

Since arriving in Xunzhou City, Chu Huai'an has been sick, except for Chu Lingzhao and Lu Ji, others don't know about it, and now when they hear him speak, they can't help but be a little surprised, Hou Ye went out to pick up the envoys, how did his temperament have converged a lot, could it be that he was afraid of the missing will, afraid of being questioned by His Majesty, so he was a man with his tail between his legs?

The ministers had their own conjectures, but Hu Tar didn't understand Chu Huai'an's style in Beijing on weekdays, but when he thought of being angry with Chu Huai'an along the way, he couldn't help but take out three points of majesty and look at Chu Huai'an: "This king said that with a thousand cattle and sheep as a bet, bet on the king's daughter and Yuanzhao, the county lord, if the county lord loses, then it will belong to the king!" ”

"The king has such a big breath, he has just arrived, and he dares to blatantly rob the marquis!"

Chu Huai'an said lightly, he was still sick, and his head was very dizzy after entering the palace, and he was able to sit until now, but if he hadn't suddenly heard the astonishing words of the Sudden Tartar, he was afraid that he would fall asleep, so the words he said were also a little weak.

"Oh? This county lord is actually Hou Ye's person? ”

Kutar originally had only three points of interest in Su Li, but after hearing Chu Huai'an's words, his interest became two points stronger.

This woman is interesting, not only did she get a different look from Emperor Yuanzhao, but she was also the person that the marquis of this kind of gentleman took a fancy to.

"This king knows that there is a saying in Yuanzhao called My Fair Lady, a gentleman, in my clan, the more women who are vying to marry, the more people like it, and this king is now looking forward to this competition more and more!"

Su Tatar said happily, and the gaze that fell on Su Li was not only interesting, but also more desired.

He found that if he didn't look at the scar on Su Li's face, she was actually an extremely good-looking woman, and she was not like other boudoir women with slightly breasts, but her back was straight like a man, so she wore a luxurious dress very durable and free.

There are countless women who have been played with by Kutar, and when his eyes swept from Su Li's body, he knew that she was in good shape, bumpy and convex, and the more she looked at it, the more she tasted, Kutar couldn't help but raise her hand and touch her chin, and her eyes became frivolous.

"Does the king know what the Hou Ye just said means that this county lord is the lady of Xiaoyao Hou that he likes? Is it his wife? In my distant Zhao, insulting a wife is an enmity against the heavens. Gu Yuanfeng, who was sitting in the civil official area, spoke softly.

Gu Yuanfeng can teach Su Li women to cherish and love themselves, and he is very dissatisfied with the fact that the powerful people in Beijing raise dancers, Su Li is a student he brought up, and he can't watch Su Li be humiliated in front of everyone.

"So what? It's just a woman," Hu Tartar didn't care, and said frankly: "If the Hou Ye falls in love with the queen of this king today, as long as the Hou Ye is capable, this king can also give the queen to the Hou Ye!" ”

The status of the Hu woman in the clan is not high, so there are often incest and immorality in the clan, but what everyone didn't expect was that Kutar would say it so frankly in front of everyone, and his tone was quite proud?

The old old-fashioned of the Tai Academy was stunned when he heard it, and his beard was curled, if he said such a thing by another person, he would definitely be scolded by a group of old-fashioned old men pointing at their noses!

"The wife of the chaff does not go down to the court, and the one who insults his wife is not as good as the beast, and it is the king's business to behave like this, but the marquis cannot agree with the king's move."

Chu Huai'an said faintly, and only scolded bluntly: Your majesty, you are not as good as a beast!

Although Kutar has been able to communicate with everyone fluently in Yuanzhao Chinese, he still does not know much about the deep meaning behind it.

For example, he could not have heard the word beast as good, after all, in their territory, birds and beasts were generally used to praise men for their strength and valor.

Hu Tartar pondered in his heart, thinking that what Chu Huai'an said was a homonym for 'gou' and 'dog', and he was humbling and self-deprecating, so he couldn't help but say happily: "What Master Hou said is true." ”

Ministers: "......"

Our lord is scolding you, what are you? Isn't your brain good?

Everyone complained in their hearts, and Chu Huai'an was also shocked by Kutar's words, and couldn't help coughing.

After coughing for a while, his face flushed, his handsomeness was already known to everyone, and now his lips were red and his teeth were white against the background of the candle flame, which was even more eye-catching than some delicate and invincible beauties.

Suddenly Tartar saw it clearly, and he was a little distracted for a while.

Chu Huai'an's attention was always on him, and he was immediately keenly aware of the change in his eyes, his brows couldn't help frowning, and just about to get angry, Su Li stood up and slowly walked to the center of the hall.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Royal Highness the Princess, today's banquet is a reception banquet, the matter is big, the courtiers are only shallow in learning, and they dare not compete with Her Royal Highness the Princess." Su Li said in a calm voice.

The throat was smoked by fire, leaving a characteristic hoarseness, like the wind and sand in the north, which has a special flavor.

Everyone's eyes fell on her, but she didn't seem to notice it, her back was straight and she was looking ahead, even if she knelt beside Hu Wanyan, she was not inferior.

"And the courtiers were accidentally injured a few days ago, if you really want to fight, I'm afraid it will be a little inconvenient."

As she spoke, Su Liping raised her hands, she was holding two delicate and small white jade cups in her hands, the cups were filled with wine, which were extremely light, but her hands trembled uncontrollably, showing how weak her hands were.

In such a situation, let alone playing, she may not even be able to talk about the strings.

"There is no strength in the hand, and there is also a comparison of not using force, why should the county lord refuse so much?"

Hu Tartar clenched his bite and decided that Su Li was timid and afraid.

Su Li turned her head and looked at Kutar calmly, bowed down and saluted him: "It's not that the courtiers refuse, the king might as well think about it carefully, the folk customs of Yuanzhao and the Hu people are very different, if the courtiers and princesses compete, which side of the folk customs should be used as the judging standard?" ”

Based on your far-reaching folk customs, this king is not afraid!

Kutar was about to answer, but Su Li didn't give him a chance to interject and continued: "With a judging standard, who should judge to be fair?" After all, this is Yuanzhao, if the king and all the warriors think that Her Royal Highness the princess is good, there must be many people present who think that the courtiers are better, and if they are suppressed by the number of people, I am afraid that it will be unfair to Her Royal Highness the princess. ”

This is reasonable, this is our Yuanzhao country's territory, no matter what it is compared to, after all, it is you who suffer, I don't compare with you, it is for your good!

Smooth tongued!

Suddenly, one of the few idioms came to his mind, and his face was not very good-looking.

He deliberately provoked and wanted to test the strength of these people in the Yuanzhao Dynasty, but he didn't expect to say that he didn't accept the offer one by one, and he also found a high-sounding reason so that he couldn't say anything else.

"It is reasonable, the courtiers should not compare with Her Royal Highness the Princess, but Her Royal Highness the Princess has only dedicated a song to Her Majesty, and the courtesies are still exchanged, and the courtiers should also present a song for the king."

Hu Wanyan has already performed, Su Li naturally can't hold the shelf, after all, her identity as the county lord is far inferior to that of a princess, and Hu Tar has been rejected repeatedly, Su Li's move is also to save face for him.

Hearing that Su Li was going to perform, Su Tatar's face really improved.

He wanted to see what this woman was capable of.

Su Li put the wine glass back on the table, plucked a golden hairpin from her head, took a gold leaf from it, and inserted the golden hairpin back in.

"May the two countries be good-neighborly and friendly and never invade each other! The courtiers are ugly! ”

Su Li said the same thing as Hu Wanyan just now.

As soon as the words fell, she took the gold leaf into her mouth and blew out a crisp and loud whistle, which changed its tone to the back, tactfully like a bird's cry, and everyone immediately seemed to have gone from the staggered banquet hall to the ethereal and distant mountains.

Take the lead!

This sound alone attracted the attention of the people.

As soon as it fell, Su Li did not rush to play, but stood with her head up, her hands raised above her head and clasped each other, and she was silent for a moment, which just echoed the end of Hu Wanyan's kneeling just now, like a white peacock changing its bright purple feather color and standing up.

When everyone was holding their breath and concentrating, Su Li clapped her hands, and the tactful tune came out in response, which was exactly the same as what Su Wanyan had just blown, but Tao Xun's tone was steady, and the sound of the golden leaf between her lips was crisp and bright, even if the tune was soothing, it was dyed with joy.

Su Li jumped up and down, and her steps were as cheerful as a tune, like a girl who didn't know anything about the world was playing, in the eyes of the ministers of Yuanzhao Kingdom, this dance was just lively and playful, and it was not particularly outstanding, and the difficulty of the dance just now was about the same as that of Hu Wanyan, but Hu Tatar and those Hu warriors looked at it for a while and saw the doorway.

Su Li danced in no order, she didn't dance alone very obviously, if it wasn't for a long time, these people wouldn't be able to see that she was imitating the women who were forced to dance on the ice by the Hu people.

She jumped fast not because she was lively, but because the ice was bitterly cold, and she had to keep jumping to keep her body warm.

After dancing for a while, there was another long whistle, Su Li paused slightly, and then the whistle suddenly turned urgent, from the soothing and briskness of Fang Cai, to the urgency, and her eyes also became awe-inspiring, inexplicable, and the court was dyed with a shallow killing intent.

Su Li's movements also opened and closed, bending down, jumping, kicking and sweeping, and her clothes flew like flowers, but the flowers bloomed with thorns that pierced her hands.

Like those women who were kidnapped and played and humiliated to death, they became unjust souls, they are still beautiful, but they came to ask for their lives.

A sharp whistle pierced the night sky, and everyone was startled, and their backs were chilled unconsciously.

The Hu warriors even grabbed the cups, and some even crushed the cups in their hands with so much force.

Crackling!

The sound of jade cracking has become the accompaniment of this dance, which makes people can't help but think of the silver bottle bursting with water slurry, and the big beads and small beads falling on the jade plate!

Everyone's mood was agitated along with the tune, and there seemed to be a flash of swords and swords in front of them.

Su Li jumped up suddenly, her legs straight in the air, like a wild goose crossing, landing silently, just at the door of the hall, the whistle stopped, the night breeze suddenly rose, blowing a skirt of purple yarn, she stood in the wind, as if she was about to feather and ascend to the immortal.

For a long time, no one in the banquet room spoke.

Su Li took out the gold leaf and put it in her waist bag, turned around and knelt down in the center of the banquet hall: "The courtiers are not talented, so Your Majesty and the king will laugh." ”

People who haven't come to their senses yet: "......"

I just saw a fairy flying in front of me, what did the fairy say? Say she's not talented herself? Who is this shabby?

The stunned lady of Beijing: "......"

, this is also called talented? Was the ranking of talented women in Beijing so strict back then?

Su Lilu's hand completely shook the field, Chu Lingzhao smiled with satisfaction, turned his head to look at Hu Tatar, and looked concerned: "Why did the cup in the king's hand break?" Is the county lord's dance not good-looking? ”

Pretty? How can it not look good? I see that Lao Tzu wants to smash the cup and go into battle to kill the enemy!

Suddenly, a gloom flashed under his eyes, and his eyes looked at Su Li.

This woman has been on the battlefield and even captured, so how did she escape?

"The county lord dances naturally very well!"

Hu Tartar could only echo, the smile on Chu Lingzhao's face deepened, and he looked at Su Li: "The county lord is indifferent to fame and fortune, and he is equally talented with the princess, reward!" ”

After the words fell, the two palace people stepped forward with a tray full of delicate objects, and the things in the two trays were exactly the same, and they did not favor one over the other.

Su Li and Hu Wanyan took it.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After thanking them, the two returned to their seats.

Chu Huai'an drank a glass of wine and looked at Ku Tartar unhappily: "The king should be glad that Fang Cai didn't really make a bet, otherwise now a thousand cattle and sheep will belong to my Yuanzhao people!" ”

Chu Huai'an said what other ministers didn't dare to say, if Su Li hadn't stopped it, now Kutar would have lost.

This time, the atmosphere in the banquet hall was warmer, and these ministers were more confident.

After all, after the palace rebellion and the Qing Dynasty, the An family is gone, people like Jing Zhaoyin and Su Shangshu have been exiled to their homes, and Lu Guogong is not in Beijing, many people are naturally still in danger.

Su Li's dance just now, overwhelmed Hu Wanyan, not to mention, and invisibly gave everyone an encouragement.

What about the Hu envoys' delegation entering Beijing, this is the border of Yuanzhao country, and I am afraid that they will not succeed in turning against the sky?

Keenly aware of the change in the atmosphere of the banquet room, he suddenly gathered a wild and domineering body, as if it was not him who was aggressive just now, and smiled peacefully: "Hou Ye is right, Fang Cai's dance is indeed a slight advantage in Su County, but if you really want to compete, it must be more than this aspect, and there are many things that my Hu people will have." ”

Speaking of which, Kutar still refuses to admit defeat.

Chu Huai'an knew that he could always find what to say, so he propped his head and said lazily: "Fang Cai Ali is reasonable, women's competitions are always not well judged, Ben Hou is quite interested in the king's martial arts test at the beginning, the martial arts test is hard-hitting, the temporary high and low does not mean anything, if there is a life and death situation, it should be much more interesting." ”

"Life and death?"

Suddenly, Tatar's heart moved, and he was aroused: "What do you say about Master Hou?" ”

"The game of life and death means that the king and a certain number of people from each faction will compete in turn, and they will never die! For example, His Majesty sent Ben Hou and Su County Lord to play, and the king sent two warriors to play, Ben Hou first appeared to compete with the king's warriors, if the king's warriors unfortunately died, the second warrior then went on the field to compete with Ben Hou for life and death, which side survived more, which convenient to win! ”

Chu Huai'an explained the rules very clearly, Ku Tatar's face was full of interest, but the others on Yuan Zhao's side had a dignified face, especially those generals, whose faces were not very good-looking.

The game of life and death, once it is played, it is bound to die.

Either the enemy dies, or he dies.

It's a bit of a big bet.

The Hu warriors who were still shouting just now also quieted down, they were not afraid of death, but they were waiting for the choice of the Tartars.

Chu Huaian played with the wine glass in his hand, with a playful expression: "What, the king doesn't dare?" ”

Just now, Kutar always used such a tone to provoke, but now that Chu Huai'an asked, if Kutar didn't agree, he would naturally not be able to hang it on his face.

After hesitating for a moment, Kutar simply responded: "Okay! This king is willing to play with the Hou Ye! ”

"Okay!"

Chu Huai'an was also very cheerful, did not procrastinate, raised his hand and nodded at the guest seat casually: "Lord Gu, Lord Zhao, the one surnamed Lu and Ben Hou will personally go down to fight, who the king wants to send back to think slowly, we will see you in the school in three days." ”

As soon as the bureau was formed, he told the other party about his own arrangement, what kind of arrogance and confidence is this?

Before he could speak, the ministers below unconsciously turned their heads and ears.

General Lu and Hou Ye are still able to fight, how can Lord Zhao and Lord Gu go on the field to fight with the Hu warriors?

If these two are killed, who else can be relied on in the court?

Not to be!

Everyone shook their heads, and Kutar originally thought that this matter might be deceitful, and he couldn't help but feel a little conceited when he saw this.

Chu Huai'an is just a fool in his opinion, maybe he is relying on his own identity to come nonsense, the warriors he brought are all good, where would he be afraid of them?

Thinking of this, Kutar had confidence, his eyes swept to the door of the temple, and those warriors were all fierce, hinting with their eyes that he should play this game.

Hu Tartar had a plan in his heart, and it was inevitable that Chu Huai'an would play some tricks, and raised his hand to point at Su Li: "If you want to fight, you can also participate!" ”

"This ...... How can this work! ”

Someone couldn't help but exclaim.

The Hu warriors are extremely fierce, ordinary men are like carrying chicks in front of them, and everyone has just witnessed Su Li's powerless hands, how can she, a weak woman, beat those people?

Chu Huai'an lifted his eyes, his eyes, which were originally a little lazy because of illness, burst out with a cold dark glow, he lifted his eyes to look at Kutar, and the corners of his lips hooked up with a sneer: "Okay!" ”

Good!

I even said yes!

The ministers couldn't sit still as if they were burning their butts, and they all stood up and wanted to dissuade them, but before they could speak, Chu Lingzhao spoke first and looked at Su Li with a democratic expression: "What does Ah Li think of Jinzhi's proposal?" ”

Su Li's face did not change: "The courtiers listen to the arrangement of the marquis." ”

Ministers: "......"

County Lord Su, don't you really have a leg with Hou Ye? How did he bounce so happily on the way to death?

The county lord himself, who was considered to be certain to die, had no opinion, and the ministers who were worried about the fire and butt sat back one after another.

"Hahaha, good! See you in three days! ”

Kutar raised his glass happily, and nothing went wrong at the next banquet, which could almost be regarded as a happy one.

It was not until the end of the banquet that the civil and military officials dispersed, went out of the palace and rode home on carriages and horses, and Lu Ji led a team of royal forest troops to send the envoys out of the palace to rest.

Originally, the envoys were supposed to live in the Jingzhong Station, but due to the relatively noble identities of Ku Tatar and Ku Wanyan on this trip, and the Anjia's old mansion happened to be vacant, Chu Lingzhao arranged for the envoys to live in Anjia.

Of course, such an arrangement also has deep meaning.

After the Anjia rebellion, the Hu people happened to choose this time to enter Beijing, if the An family and the Hu people colluded behind their backs, and the envoys lived in the Anjia, maybe they could still show something greasy.

Just like fishing, you have to put some bait to give the fish some sweetness first, and the old house of the An family is the bait that Chu Lingzhao released out.

Su Li and Chu Huai'an were unexpectedly left behind by Chu Lingzhao.

At the banquet just now, although Chu Lingzhao supported Chu Huai'an's proposal very indifferently, when he arrived at the imperial study, he still criticized Chu Huai'an in the first sentence.

"You are too impulsive, the strength of the Hu warriors is not yet known, but you ordered the important ministers of the court to gamble with yourself, in case something happens......"

"No surprises."

Chu Huai'an interrupted Chu Lingzhao's words, his head was dizzy, and his body was weak and had no strength, so he simply leaned on Su Li's body, and he was not in shape.

"With Lu Ji here, he will take the lead, there will be no surprises, even if there is, there will be me behind."

Su Li is also there, even for Su Li, they will not allow any accidents to happen.

Chu Huai'an didn't say the latter sentence, but Chu Lingzhao also knew that Lu Ji and Chu Huai'an would not let Su Li have an accident.

"There aren't many warriors brought by Kutar this time, so why not kill a few in the open? Besides, if Your Majesty wants to reinstate Lu Jiguan, he always has to find a reason, doesn't he? ”

The envoys have entered Beijing safely, and Lu Ji should not stay in Beijing for a long time, so it is naturally best to find a reason for him to reinstate his official and go to the border town to guard as soon as possible.

This plan was exactly what Chu Lingzhao wanted, he nodded, didn't dwell on this matter anymore, seeing that Chu Huai'an was really in a bad state, he couldn't help but worry: "Has the imperial doctor diagnosed the pulse?" How to say? ”

"It's the same as those doctors in Xunzhou, saying that the water and soil are not adaptable, and it will be fine in a few days."

Chu Huai'an said lazily, the whole person was so sleepy that he could barely open his eyes, and muttered sleepily: "I haven't been sick for so long, I'm afraid I haven't been poisoned by some mess!" ”