In the city of Dali, a palace with golden walls and splendid walls, from the outside, looks like a huge tent, very much like the Khan Court of Yinshan, but here it is a genuine civil engineering structure, it is a civil palace specially built by the eldest Sun Sheng for the Qimin Khan, but it is the same as the Khan Court of Yinshan in appearance, so as to alleviate the discomfort of the Turks to leave their homeland and live in this city.

Now in this tent-like palace, it is bustling with activity, and the hundreds of tribes from the steppe, Tutun (the official name given by the Turks to the leaders of the servant tribes), have all gathered together, dressed in the most beautiful steppe national costumes, with smiles on their faces, ready to welcome the canonization of the great khan.

Although the Qimin Khan has passed away for half a year, since the Turks were conquered by the Sui Dynasty, all the Great Khans had to be canonized by the Sui Dynasty in person to be qualified to be called the Great Khan, and today, it is the coronation of the Shibi Khan, and the heads of hundreds of tribes near and far have come here to see if this new Khan, in the face of the Sui Dynasty's envoys, is as cowardly as his father, in this steppe, has always been the king of strength, and the Khan, who is servile to the Sui Dynasty, cannot subdue the heads of these tribes.

There was a sound of drums and horns outside, the gate was slowly opened, and a passage paved with red silk that stretched from the gate to the sweat seat in the tent was suddenly illuminated by the sunlight that came in from outside, and the golden silk threads on the red carpet began to exude dazzling light, like a king's road, which made many tribal leaders envious in their hearts, especially those small tribal leaders from remote areas, and some began to calculate. This red silk is hundreds of steps long. If you take it back to make clothes. All the women don't need to make new clothes for a year.

Li Mi and Shibi Khan walked side by side, striding in with their heads held high, and the Turks on both sides began to applaud desperately, and the people of the big tribes who stood in the front position with high status and strength all pressed their hands to their chests and saluted Li Mi and Shibi Khan who walked in front of them, and Li Mi was also smiling. Constantly returning the salute, and from time to time thanking them in Turkic, beside the Turkic guards standing with swords on both sides, there were constantly some Turkic beauties wearing veils, throwing petals of flowers into the sky, making this red silk avenue leading to the sweat seat fragrant.

Gradually, Li Mi and Shibi Khan came to an end, and Li Mi stepped up the steps and stood in front of the Khan's throne. Shibi Khan, on the other hand, stood respectfully at the foot of the steps, with his hands down. The cheers in the hall gradually subsided, and thousands of pairs of eyes were staring at the two people in front of the Khan, wanting to see how the Khan would behave this time.

Li Mi took out a yellow silk silk book from his sleeve like a trick, it was the holy decree he brought this time, he cleared his throat, and said: "The Great Turkic Ashina Duji Khan, the overlord of the grassland, the eagle of Mobei, my Great Sui Emperor today specially ordered the envoy to bring an edict to canonize you as the Shibi Khan, and ask you to kneel down to receive the decree." ”

Shibi Khan's eyebrows raised slightly, and he said loudly: "Your Excellency the Honorable Ambassador, I, Ashina Luji, as a descendant of the Turkic wolf god and the overlord of the steppe, cannot kneel to anyone, the Great Sui had a life-saving grace for my father and son back then, and my father Khan was grateful for the kindness of the Great Sui, so he knelt down to the then Changsun Sheng Ambassador at the last Khan canonization ceremony." ”

"But now, my father Khan has gone, and today there are so many tribal leaders here, although my Turks are willing to be friendly with the Great Sui for generations, be the screen of the Great Sui, and defend the frontier for the Great Sui, but today in our Dali City, I want to inherit the throne according to the customs of our Great Turks, according to the customs of our Great Turks, the Great Khan is not allowed to kneel to anyone, and please understand!"

Li Mi smiled slightly: "Before the envoy came to the Turks, the Supreme said that the Great Khan father and son have been loyal to our Great Sui for generations, and they should respect the customs and habits of your steppe. But the Great Khan has already inherited the throne, and according to your customs, he married your father Khan's Kedun, our Yicheng princess of the Great Sui, this matter is true. ”

Shibi Khan nodded: "Yes, according to the customs of our steppe, the concubines of my father Khan, from Kedun to female slaves, as long as they are not their biological mothers, must be inherited by Ben Khan, this is the custom of our steppe, I know that there is a conflict with the etiquette of the Central Plains, and I ask the ambassador to respect it." ”

Li Mi Zhengse said: "The Supreme said, respect your customs on the grassland, so your inheritance of Kedun, and even the attack and killing between the tribes, our Great Sui Supreme will not care." ”

But since the Great Khan has inherited your father Khan's Kedun, our Princess Yicheng of the Great Sui, and you are now the son-in-law of our Great Sui, the Holy Purpose is this, such as the Supreme Himself, according to the habits of your steppe, when you see your father-in-law, you should also show due courtesy. ”

Shibi Khan's eyes rolled, and he smiled: "That's right, my father-in-law is also my father, I'm Ashina Ji, it's a matter of course to bow down to my father-in-law!" As he spoke, he flicked his placket, knelt down respectfully, and said, "Ashina Luji, listen to the teachings of your father-in-law!" ”

Li Mi's words are very reasonable, not only to give Shibi Khan enough face, respect the customs of the grassland, but also to let Shibi Khan kneel, even the hundreds of tribes who listened to the Tutun, they all felt that he was reasonable, and did not forcibly take out the Great Sui frame to insult the Turkic Khan, and Shibi Khan's response was also magnanimous, with Shibi Khan's kneeling, the leaders of these tribes also knelt down willingly.

Li Mi opened the edict and began to announce the edict, which was nothing more than some procedural clichés, declaring the suzerainty of the Great Sui over the Turks, and finally officially canonized the title of Shibi Khan to Shibi Khan, which was the last recognition of the throne of Shibi Khan by the Great Sui.

When Shibi Khan listened to the last sentence read out by an interpreter beside Li Mi, he breathed a long sigh of relief, raised his head, took the edict with both hands, kowtowed three more times, and said: "Ben Khan Xie Da Sui Tianzi, long live Long ”

Shibi Khan stood up, and Li Mi smiled and said, "Great Khan, is it time to hold your Turkic enthronement ceremony now?!" ”

Shibi Khan laughed: "Ambassador Li, Ben Khan will take you to see how our Turkic Khan ascended the throne." As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Dabi, who was standing a few steps to his left and was at the head of all the tribal leaders, and said, "Big brother, let's get started." ”

Du Bi smiled slightly, turned around, and said in a loud voice: "The Khan's enthronement ceremony starts now!" (To be continued......)