The people present were all people who knew Ouyang Xuan and knew what it hated the most. So after a long time, he basically developed the same temperament as Ouyang Xuan. But Hu Tianao felt other content from Ouyang Xuan's words and deeds, and thought of the empress's visit.

With Ouyang Xuan's intentions, things are relatively much easier. Ouyang Xuan was busy with the affairs of the Shanghai Concession here, and Hu Tianao also personally took Elizabeth around for sightseeing, from the early autumn in the north to the early spring in the south, as well as the gorgeous scenery of the tropics. There are also essential human and product experience activities. According to Elizabeth's wishes, Hu Tianao did not go to the Mohu Palace, but arranged a grand dinner in the Renfeng Pavilion of Jiuding Palace with the approval of Ouyang Xuan, and invited all the ministers of various countries in China, representatives of overseas students, and European businessmen to celebrate the visit of the Russian Tsar to China. The national gift was returned to Ouyang Xuan by Hu Tianaoyou, the reason was that the banquet was held in Jiuding Palace, and Ouyang Xuan naturally came forward to give it in a private capacity. Ouyang Xuan almost lost his breath after hearing this, this is the old politician's technique, a kind of secret temptation. In order to understand Ouyang Xuan's importance to the empress through the importance of the national ceremony, it is now clear. also transferred the task of sending national gifts to Ouyang Xuan.

The banquet was held as scheduled in mid-September, and after the unremitting efforts of the Kezhou base, the characteristics of anti-gravity matter were finally preliminarily ascertained. It was far beyond Ouyang Xuan's expectations. Therefore, getting this substance has now become Ouyang Xuan's top priority.

Elizabeth at this banquet was very smart, and she could see that longing in Ouyang Xuan's eyes. Whenever he mentioned land exchange, Ouyang Xuan always looked at him. In the end, Elizabeth smiled and said: "Since your country is ruled by the people, we are not in a hurry, and we are waiting for the public opinion."

During the banquet, Ouyang Xuan noticed that Elizabeth had always been very respectful to the pastor beside her, and had to consult this person whenever she encountered difficult decisions. The man was dressed in a red Orthodox robe, with a stiff expression, blonde hair, and a slightly sunken nose, which looked so discordant. And this person also noticed Ouyang Xuan's eyes, deliberately avoided Ouyang Xuan's sight, and quietly hid behind Elizabeth, lowered his body, put on his hood, and bowed his head silently. This kind of action strengthened Ouyang Xuan's judgment, and he issued a series of orders to Wei Yu and the guards behind him through gestures and secret words. After all, this is Ouyang Xuan's home field, and it is not easy to spy on a person. Soon, Ouyang Xuan's order was quickly passed on quietly to every Chinese official at the banquet through the guards.

Zeng Yan, who had already drunk several of the empress's subordinates unconscious, even dragged the bishop to drink and talk, and a drama was staged in Renfeng Pavilion. Ouyang Xuan's thoughts were unusually fast, the appearance of this anti-gravity substance made Ouyang Xuan faintly think of a person, Gongsun Diemao, who met him on the ice field of the West Patrol Mountain last time, and he was vague about where he came from, and all kinds of strange behaviors also made Ouyang Xuan feel inexplicable. Thinking of this section, Ouyang Xuan asked Wei Yu to arrange for someone to invite Gongsun Diemao to Jiuding Palace through secret words. It seemed to be a joyful banquet, but there was an undercurrent, and the high-ranking Chinese officials with Ouyang Xuan as the core and the Elizabeth delegation with a blank face fought wits and courage at the banquet. During the banquet, a Russian ** official named Petrov actually put forward a request to compete in swordsmanship. This made Ouyang Xuan somewhat displeased, when it came to fighting, these Russians together were no match for any of the Yulin Army soldiers present. But after all, this is the Huaxia Imperial Palace, a symbol of national dignity, and there is some displeasure in fighting foreigners here.

But since it was proposed, coupled with Elizabeth's curious eyes, Ouyang Xuan also nodded reluctantly. Let Zeng Yu arrange for people to compete with them. "Just click on it, don't hurt anyone", Ouyang Xuan solemnly ordered.

"No!" , Zeng bowed down to receive the order, but there was a bad smile on his face. Ouyang Xuan also smiled after reading it, returned to his seat and asked Wei Yu to go to the Shaofu treasury to pick up a few pieces of jewelry and jade as the reward for the final winner. When Wei Yu retreated, Hu Tianao also quietly left the seat and quickly returned to his seat. The venue was chosen on the lawn in front of Ren Fengge, and as for the manpower of the Huaxia side, they were all members of the Cheetah team selected by Zeng Yu to serve as guards. This made the current captain of the cheetah team Linghuyan a little displeased, and whispered: "Great-senior, isn't it superfluous to kill chickens with a knife?" ”。

"Not much, boy, all I want is one move to defeat the enemy. This kung fu is also competent for the Cheetah team", Zeng Yu still had a wicked smile on his face. After all, he has been the governor of various war zones for many years, he has seen a lot, he has many ideas, and he is a senior of the Cheetah team, so Ling Huyan just looked at Zeng Xuan and Ouyang Xuan with complaining eyes, and made a code word with gestures to ask for advice.

Ouyang Xuan nodded lightly, acquiescing to Zeng Xuan's approach. As Wei Yu placed the prizes on the table, these Russians couldn't sit still, especially Elizabeth. Their eyes were staring at the four jewels on the desk, and their faces were filled with that longing expression. Ouyang Xuan also smiled slightly when he saw this, and said to Elizabeth: "As a gift of a great country, of course it will not be such an inferior thing. Please also ask Her Highness Elizabeth to wait".

"What do you say? Your Majesty the God Emperor," Elizabeth asked as if she hadn't heard clearly, her eyes still fixed on the four huge rubies. Each one is the size of a fist, crystal clear, reflecting a dazzling light. The cut octahedron brings out the gemstone's luster to the extreme.

A handsome middle-aged Russian man beside him who didn't say a word repeated Ouyang Xuan's words in Elizabeth's ear. Of course, this detail couldn't escape Ouyang Xuan's eyes, he smiled slightly, and waved his hand over Wei Yu. "Go to the warehouse and get a big red diamond and a big green diamond." "Your Majesty, it has been brought in". After Wei Yu finished speaking, he took out three delicate Nanmu boxes from his pocket and handed them to Ouyang Xuan. "One is a 200-gram finished blood-red diamond, the other is a 170-gram finished green diamond, and an eighty-seven-gram finished blue diamond, please take your look." While Wei Yu returned, he explained to Ouyang Xuan with gestures that these three diamonds were taken by Hu Tianao for backup. After reading it, Ouyang Xuan also had more respect for Hu Tianao in his heart.

looked up at Hu Tianao, who was sitting diagonally opposite, nodded slightly, and quietly gave Hu Tianao a thumbs up when he opened the Nanmu box. The existence of these three diamonds on Earth is highly unlikely. Even if there were, the quality of these three diamonds from the asteroid belt at the edge of the solar system was not as good. The blood-red diamond was polished into a round eighty-one face, deep red and dazzling, set in yellow gold. The green diamond is an oval faceted cone structure, which is clear green throughout, and the green feeling is refreshing and sparkling. The blue diamond, on the other hand, is an oval-shaped seventy-one body, a deep blue color that looks tranquil and transparent, giving people a sense of distantness. Except for the blood ruby, which is set with gold, the other two are loose stones.

Ouyang Xuan gently opened the box and put it in front of Elizabeth, who was already looking straight next to him, and said, "If the Empress does not dislike it, these three diamonds will be presented to the Empress Elizabeth of Russia as a national gift from our country", the middle-aged man next to him kept whispering in Elizabeth's ear in Russian. Elizabeth came back to her senses at this time and said to Ouyang Xuan: "Such a big gift, it is well deserved. If you don't do that, I'll exchange those stones with the God Emperor, and as for the land, ......." Before Elizabeth could finish her sentence, there was a continuous coughing sound behind her. The middle-aged man next to him also whispered something in Elizabeth's ear. Elizabeth was reluctant to retract her gaze after hearing this, turned her head to Ouyang Xuan and continued: "If these precious gems are placed in our country, how can they be safe?" After all, your country's manpower has already penetrated into the top echelons of our ministers."

Ouyang Xuan smiled slightly, looked at the Russian fighters who were preparing on the lawn, and said softly: "These gems are just ordinary things in our country, they belong to the middle and upper grades, and they are far from our national treasures. This is only a gift for the visit of the Russian Emperor, and there is a proverb in our country: come and not be rude. The three gems were presented as a state gift to the Empress personally, not to the state. As for the interests between countries, they still need to be resolved through negotiation between the two parties, so please rest assured that the Russian Emperor will be reassured." As soon as Ouyang Xuan said this, Elizabeth's eyes began to glow greedily again, staring at the three diamonds, refusing to leave for a second.

"In this way, Elizabeth thanked the Emperor for such a generous gift", Elizabeth looked at the diamond intently, and after listening to the middle-aged man's translation, she replied.

The Russian fighters on the lawn were now extremely excited, and their eyes were also on the three jewels on the ceremonial platform from time to time. Ouyang Xuan shook his head lightly when he saw these fighters. It seems that this Elizabeth came prepared, these people are all burly and athletic, and they seem to be engaged in duels or wrestling and other competitions all year round. Ouyang Xuan said to Wei Yu beside him: "Tell General Zeng, just click on it, don't hurt anyone", and after speaking, he explained in Camille: "Take a thousand taels of gold as a participation prize, you can't let these Russians go back empty-handed, and let them know the richness of China, and arouse the kind of ** and ambition in their hearts."

"No!" After Wei Yu received the order, he glanced around, his eyes stayed on the priest, and after a while, he turned around and said to Ouyang Xuan in Zang Lub: "Your Majesty, that priest can understand Camille", Ouyang Xuan turned around and looked at the priest. In Zang Lub, he said, "Go and inform Mr. Gongsun to come here." "No!" , Wei Yu took the order and retreated.

Ouyang Xuan's eyes were always on the priest's body, and judging from his surprised and anxious expression, he should have understood all the conversations between Ouyang Xuan and Wei Yu just now. The twitching of the corners of his mouth and the irrhythmic shaking of his body betrayed the complex struggle of thoughts within him.

Soon, the viewing platform on the Renfeng Pavilion was set up, and the table was filled with high-end fruits and all kinds of refreshments from all over China. Three large gems sparkled against the background of two thousand taels of gold in four trays, and they were placed on the press table by the pavilion, and they were unusually conspicuous on the lawn. Zeng Yan's arrangement is very simple, what you say to compete, then what you try.

The first is wrestling, which adopts the rules of Russian wrestling, which is to suppress the opponent's powerlessness for 20 seconds (count) to win, and no offensive behavior is allowed, only the body can be suppressed. Russia sent a sturdy man, while Zeng Yu sent Feng Yuan, an assaulter from the second group of the fourth team of the third squadron of the Cheetah team. In terms of body shape, he was a little thinner than the Russian strong man, but in the eyes of connoisseurs, Feng Yuan's muscles were more powerful and explosive. With a wave of Ouyang Xuan's hand, the wrestling match between the two sides kicked off.

Feng Yuan always avoided the other party at the beginning, and kept maneuvering with the other party, which caused a burst of ridicule from everyone in the Russian mission. Ouyang Xuan didn't care, sipped tea, and chatted with Elizabeth about gemstones from time to time. For wrestling, the Chinese people have been inherited for more than 1,000 years and have rich experience. It is now a part of the Chinese Sports Conference held every four years, and it is also one of the events of the Olympic Games co-organized with Greece, which has a long tradition in China, but the rules are different from those in Russia. Huaxia's rule is to score according to the suppression method, and the final score is calculated, and both shoulders and hips are on the ground at the same time. Russia's rules, on the other hand, are relatively simple and primitive, and suppressing the opponent for more than a certain period of time is considered a complete victory, and the game is aborted.

Zeng Yu naturally knew that he was going south and north, so the opponent he arranged was also targeted. The two of them were in a stalemate for more than twenty minutes, and Zeng Yan, who was outside the circle, raised his right hand slightly and waved outward. Feng Yuan nodded slightly, and then a longitudinal leap, passing under the armpit of the Russian wrestler, the Russian wrestler pounced, Feng Yuan's feet just fell to the ground and leaned back suddenly, an iron arched bridge, both hands suddenly grabbed the ankles of the wrestlers, the waist and abdomen forced, straightened the body, and the wrestlers did not have time to react and crawled forward to the ground. Feng Yuan then did a front flip, and his body smashed heavily on the back of the wrestler, the force and speed were extremely high, if it wasn't for Ouyang Xuan's explanation in advance, it was estimated that this Russian wrestler would have fractured his lumbar vertebrae on the spot. Feng Yuan's feet were spread apart, and his toes touched the ground, which was considered to alleviate the impact force, but his elbow hit the lower part of the lumbar spine hard. This is not the end, Feng Yuan then did another backflip, clasped Lux's neck with both hands, and put his head on the upper part of the thoracic vertebrae, and then a back-hug fall, which threw Lux to the ground on his back again, if it wasn't for the thoracic vertebrae on his head, which reduced the impact, it is estimated that this guy would be a high paraplegia for life. Feng Yuan was just about to make the next move, when Ouyang Xuan coughed. Feng Yuan looked back at the viewing platform, smiled slightly, and made a standard suppressive move of Russian wrestling, holding his neck with his right hand, and pressing his body against the Russian wrestler for a few seconds. "Do you still count the seconds?" Zeng Yu turned around and asked a Russian officer.

In less than five seconds, a Russian wrestler twice the size of the opponent lay motionless, every bone in his body bursting with pain. The Russian ** official shook his head, "We lost in wrestling, and we will score the next hand-to-hand fight", the Russian ** official said very angrily, waving his hand to let the wrestler go down.

In the second hand-to-hand fight, Huaxia actually appeared in Dongfang Xu, which made Ouyang Xuan a little dissatisfied. After all, this is also an absolute high-ranking officer in Huaxia, and he is at the level of a governor on the outside, and he is also a royal governor above 10,000 people under one person. But seeing the other party's fighting figures, Ouyang Xuan had no opinion, it was actually the number two person in the Russian mission this time, the commander of the forbidden army, Minihe. This is a bit of a right thing, they are all commanders of the armed forces around the emperor, and they are of the same level.