King Philip IV of Spain did not welcome Zhu Cijiong, he still attached great importance to the ally of the Ming Empire, otherwise he would not even give up his long-coveted niece to Zhu Cijiong, but, as a king, he has his own pride.

Who is he, he is the king of Spain in the empire on which the sun never sets, the king of the earth, the most honorable person in the world, no one can let him greet him personally, the emperor of the Ming Empire is not good, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire is not good, of course, the emperor of the Holy Roman Empire is unlikely to come to Spain.

Although he did not go to greet him in person, the etiquette was still very thoughtful, in order to show the strength of the Spanish Empire, he sent almost all the navy and army that could be assembled, of course, these may not be anything in front of the powerful Ming Empire Emperor, because he has heard that the Ming Empire is a large number of people, there are more than two million regular troops alone, this is more than 200,000 people, the Ming Empire Emperor may not look down on it, however, he has also prepared some things to show dignity, these Ming Empire absolutely not!

Zhu Cijiong really didn't look down on this point of Spain's army, he didn't care much about it at all, he was thinking about a very serious problem at this time, how to greet the king of Spain!

The emperor has never heard of the king, he has a headache.

When he arrived at the palace, Philip IV still didn't appear, Zhu Cijiong was already a little angry, and this shelf was too big!

Fortunately, at this time, there was a person who looked like a court attendant, kneeling in front of Princess Anna, and said a word respectfully, which probably meant that His Majesty the King invited him, the queen and Princess Anna to dinner, which can be understood without Princess Anna's translation Zhu Cijiong.

It's really strange, don't talk about anything, eat first, eat and eat, Zhu Cijiong waved his hand directly: "Let him lead the way." “

When Princess Anna heard this, she explained to the chamberlain in Spanish, and the chamberlain hurriedly got up, made a gesture of please, and then walked slowly towards the palace.

Zhu Cijiong explained a few words to Zheng Zhilong and the others, and then took Qin Mingyue and Princess Anna to follow, Qin Mingyue was not worried about safety in him, but it was a little strange, why did he eat first?

After walking for nearly a quarter of an hour, he finally came to a large hall, where the chamberlain stopped at the door, cleaned up, and then bowed his head and stood still.

Zhu Cijiong also let go, straightened his chest, raised his head, and walked directly inside.

Nima, the room full of gold ornaments almost blinded his eyes, the chandelier is gold, the window flutes are gold, the chairs are gold, even the long table in the middle seems to be gold, a tall foreigner in his thirties, with a high nose, a big mouth, and a yellow haired face, stands opposite the long table, caresses his chest with his right hand, bows his head slightly, and salutes: "Your Majesty, the Great Emperor of the Ming Empire, hello." “

Princess Anna on the side hurriedly reminded in a low voice: "This is my uncle, he is greeting you." “

Zhu Cijiong followed his example, touched his chest with his right hand, bowed his head slightly, and saluted: "Your Majesty, the great King of Spain, hello." “

After seeing each other, Philip IV smiled and said: "My little Anna, you are really getting older and more beautiful, please invite them to sit, they are all family, you're welcome." “

Princess Anna made a slight ladylike salute and said coquettishly: "Uncle, you have won the award." “

After that, she made a gesture of invitation and said to Zhu Cijiong: "Uncle let us not be polite, sit down first." “

Hearing this, Zhu Cijiong nodded, and slowly walked towards the long table in the middle, at this time, three maids immediately stepped forward, and Gong pulled out a chair for them, Zhu Cijiong sat in the middle with a golden knife, and Qin Mingyue and Princess Anna sat softly on both sides of him.

As soon as they were seated, Philip IV smiled and asked, "Would you like some wine?" “

Nima, the wine is strong and intimidating, so let's have some, so Zhu Cijiong nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Philip IV clapped his hands lightly, and asked the wine and food to be served.

A group of maids took turns to put the wine and food on the table, carrying delicate silver basins, and at this time Philip IV said with a little pride: "Little Anna, won't you introduce our distinguished guests?" “

When Princess Anna heard this, she began to point to the wine and food on the table and introduced:

"This is a wine that the royal family has treasured for decades, and its value is comparable to gold."

Nima, what a luxury, even the wine bottle is pure silver, and there is a statue of a cherub on it!

"This is a special ham made by the royal family, and the curing process takes at least a year, and the value is comparable to gold."

"This is an Italian truffle that is worth ten times more than gold."

"This is a large lobster shipped from the Americas, and it is worth ten times more than gold."

"This is sturgeon caviar from the Norwegian seas, and it is worth 20 times more than gold"

......

Nima, well, this is simply eating concentrated gold, extravagant, really extravagant, no wonder you have no money!

This table is worth tens of thousands of taels of gold, in fact, Philip IV is not usually so extravagant, isn't it for the sake of face, seeing Zhu Cijiong's surprised expression, Philip IV's vanity was satisfied, and the question about his niece was originally a very serious question, at this time, he actually asked in a brisk tone: "Your Majesty the Emperor, why don't you make our little Anna the queen, she is the jewel in the crown of our Habsburg Dynasty!" “

These words were a bit deep, Zhu Cijiong didn't understand, he stared at Princess Anna curiously, waiting for her to translate.

This question is her own, how can she be embarrassed to say it, but she doesn't translate, and the emperor doesn't understand, don't make her uncle misunderstand that the emperor despises the Habsburgs, so she hesitated, but she still translated it embarrassedly.

Now, Zhu Cijiong is even more embarrassed, how to explain it, is it because of love? If he answers like this, it is estimated that no matter how good Philip IV's temper is, he will have to go crazy and talk about love in front of the royal family, shit!

Zhu Cijiong thought about it, and had to say embarrassedly: "It means that the moon is very important to me." “

Princess Anna misunderstood what he meant, she turned her face to her uncle and said: "Uncle, you don't know, this queen's identity is too scary, his aunt is the commander of the 100,000 Janissaries outside Madrid, her eldest brother is the commander of the 100,000 Dingliao Army, his second brother is the commander of the 100,000 expeditionary army, and his cousin is the commander of the 100,000 border guards. “

When Philip IV heard this, he secretly took a breath of cool air, and shot Te, a family has more troops than he has in the whole of Spain, this woman really can't afford to provoke, forget it, this matter will not be mentioned!

Seeing that Philip IV was silent, Zhu Cijiong seized the opportunity to probe: "Your Majesty, I heard that you are preparing for peace talks, has the Habsburgs admitted defeat?" “

When Philip IV heard this, he said proudly: "Peace talks are just a strategic means, at most a few pieces of land will be lost, and it will be enough to fight back in a few years, and there is no such thing as admitting defeat or not." “

fainted, it turned out that he really wanted to negotiate peace, what would he fight back in a few years, he had to fight now, fight for a few years, and wait for Daming to grab a few more colonies!