Chapter 182: Another Incident
Li Ruliu, who is not veiled, is wearing a pale gold cardigan dress today, and her beautiful collarbone is looming. Her jet-black hair was simply coiled up and threaded with a hairpin encrusted with sapphires.
Li Ruliu tonight is definitely a very dazzling person, with both the noble temperament of being a princess and a unique elegance of quiet and mystery. And the occasional brilliance of her blinking beautiful eyes makes people feel a unique attraction.
Jiang Xia walked over with a greeting, and Li Ruliu responded with a smile: "Jiang Gongzi." ”
"A few days ago, Jiang Gongzi told me that he was an unknown person, and today I was able to meet in this Taihe Palace, which is enough to see that Jiang Gongzi deliberately deceived me."
"Her Royal Highness the princess is serious, and her nickname is 'handsome and dashing little white dragon, the golden gun is not, honest and reliable Xiao Langjun.' How could it be possible to deceive the princess, it's just that he is only a six-grade official in Daming District, and he is not worth mentioning at all, and he is really no different from an unknown person. ”
"Indeed, just six pins are really equivalent to nobodies." The third prince of Mongolia said with a proud face.
Jiang Xia turned around and smiled slightly, and said, "I am a nobody, and I dare to admit it." And generally perverts will not admit that they are perverts, and ask His Royal Highness the Prince, are you a pervert? ”
"Ben King"
The third prince of Mongolia was about to answer, but he opened his face and realized that there was no way to answer this sentence.
Answering that he is not a pervert, then Jiang Xia said that "most people will not admit that they are perverts", and answering that he is a pervert is even more wrong.
Jiang Xia saw that the third prince of Mongolia did not speak, so he lightly handed over another sentence: "Not answering is generally tantamount to acquiescence." ”
At this moment, even Li Ruliu couldn't help but cover her mouth and smile.
While speaking, there were actually a lot of people gathered at the gate of the Taihe Palace, and most of the envoys sent by the countries were men, Jiang Xia took a look and found that only one of the countries from Annan was a princess, and the rest were ministers or princes.
At this moment, a small eunuch in the Taihe Hall shouted loudly: "The emperor has arrived, and the envoys of various countries have come to see him."
The envoys of various countries immediately walked in wave after wave, and Jiang Xia stretched out his head to look inside. The courtiers of the Ming Dynasty have already sat in the Taihe Palace. It turned out that according to the rules, the Ming courtiers were the masters, so they had to enter first. However, those courtiers all entered through the entrance of the side hall, so Jiang Xia didn't know what to do.
He thought about it, so he simply bent down and sneaked in, and then asked the little eunuch standing at the table on the left where his position was.
After the little eunuch asked Jiang Xia's name, he took him to the first place on the left and the second place below, and sat with Jin Gui.
This position arrangement makes Jiang Xia Weiwei already have, Jin Gui is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the current cabinet chief assistant. It can be said that after Li Dongyang left the court, Jin Gui became the head of civil officials. It is natural that he should sit in the first place.
But Jiang Xia sat in the second place, and this arrangement was overstepped. The following ministers, like Cao Yuan and Liang Chu, have not been able to sit in this position, and he can sit in the second position as a mere six-rank official?
However, if it comes, it will be safe, and Jiang Xia finally sat down. He smiled at Jin Gui, and then smiled at Cao Yuan next to him.
The two also greeted Jiang Xia very friendly, and Jin Gui asked Jiang Xia in a low voice, "Where is your master?" Why don't you go back to Beijing after you go back? ”
"Master, he wants to spend his old age in his hometown, and I will visit him when I have time, and I will convey the adult's concern to him at that time."
"I didn't care about him, the old guy is not young, the old man pinched his fingers and calculated that it was time for him to enter the ground."
Jin Gui and Li Dongyang have been officials in the same dynasty for many years, and their relationship is very deep, so they are unscrupulous when they joke. However, Jiang Xia smiled and said to Jin Gui: "Actually, Lord Jin, I have a way to make everyone say that you are young. ”
"Oh? What's the solution? Jin Gui's spirits lifted, and he thought that Jiang Xia had developed another pill like Feifeng Pill that could rejuvenate people.
Jiang Xia smiled slightly and said: "Dagger, crane top red, arsenic, hanging silk scarf, adults can choose one to end themselves." I believe that people who know about this will say, "Oh, it's a pity, it's so young."
"You kid, when the old man makes a joke about your master, you are so stingy? I have to pay it back. Jin Gui immediately understood that he had been deceived.
Jiang Xia hurriedly apologized: "Don't get me wrong, adult, in fact, I'm just joking with you." Children's words are unscrupulous, young people don't know how to speak, adults forgive me. ”
"The dignified six-grade imperial entertainment envoy, the 'dragon head' of the royal dragon detective, is still young and can't speak? You're a kid with a small heart. ”
Jin Gui shook his head as he spoke. Looking at the faint smile on the corner of his mouth, it was clear that he was not angry.
The envoys saluted Zhu Houzhao one by one, and then took out the gift list and handed it to the little eunuch on the side to recite it, and then went to the right-hand seat to take a seat.
When the third prince of Mongolia walked over, he stopped and looked at the eldest prince of Yili Li. Jiang Xia's heart froze slightly, and he said secretly: "Something is going to happen." ”
Sure enough, the third prince of Mongolia looked at the eldest prince of Na Yili and said contemptuously: "Mo Rigen? Why can you sit in front of me? ”
Yili glanced up at the third prince of Mongolia, then lowered his gaze and said lightly: "You shouldn't ask me about this matter, but your majesty the Ming Emperor." ”
The third prince of Mongolia looked at Zhu Houzhao sharply, and said coldly: "Your Majesty the Emperor, are you insulting our Mongolian Empire?" ”
In terms of territorial strength, Mongolia is naturally much stronger than Yili Jiangli. But in terms of friendship, the Ming and Mongolia were wary of each other, and Yili Jiangli has always been friendly with the Ming.
Who should be wooed between the two, who should be arranged to sit on the main seat, who knows how to arrange it.
But at this moment, the three princes of Mongolia took advantage of this to make trouble, but Zhu Houzhao didn't know what to say. Could it be that in my heart, Yili has a better relationship with Daming?
Jiang Xia saw that Zhu Houzhao frowned and didn't know how to answer, he stood up and said, "Your Royal Highness the Third Prince, you have always praised you Dayan Khan for being a good and educated Great Khan, why has it changed as soon as it comes to you now?" ”
What do you mean by that? If the truth is not convincing to the king, the king will immediately return to the country and report the matter to his father Khan for decision. If the two countries go to war at that time, hum"
The third prince of Mongolia was very angry, and the threat in his words was not concealed at all.
Jiang Xia smiled slightly: "If you lose your etiquette, you have to use a knife and a gun, if you Mongolia are not afraid of the world's ridicule, then our Ming Dynasty will be afraid that you will not succeed?" ”
Jiang Xia said: "The so-called order of the young and the old, the status of the older should be higher than that of the younger. You are the third prince of Mongolia, and His Royal Highness Mozhigen is the great prince of Yili. Both of you are from Mongolian origins, and the eldest prince is older than you, and his position is naturally ahead of you, so you don't even understand such a simple truth? ”
Jiang Xia's words directly changed the order of the arrangement of the position from "respect and inferiority" to "order between the young and the old", and the third prince of Mongolia naturally had nothing to say at this time, he snorted coldly and walked to the position and sat down.
Jiang Xia saluted Zhu Houzhao with a fist, and then sat down as well.
After sitting in his seat, Jiang Xia glanced at the eldest prince, and the eldest prince smiled kindly at Jiang Xia, and then nodded slightly. Jiang Xia naturally returned a kind smile to him, he knew that Lu Dao Yili was an important ally of the Ming Dynasty, so he was also happy to have a good relationship with him.
The atmosphere at the banquet became a little depressing, and Zhu Houzhao waved his right hand and said, "It is rare for envoys from various countries to gather together today, and this should be a happy day." Come, I salute all the envoys, you have worked hard all the way."
After speaking, Zhu Houzhao picked up the wine glasses on the table and toasted the envoys, and the envoys also took the wine glasses one by one and drank them into their stomachs.
Zhu Houzhao said: "Let's pass the meal!" ”
The little eunuch standing beside him immediately shouted, "Open the meal"
A group of palace maids and eunuchs entered the Taihe Hall with a variety of exquisite dishes, and the dishes were put down one by one.
Zhu Hou waved his hand, and his voice raised slightly: "Okay, envoys from various countries, please eat." ”
"Your Majesty Emperor Xie is hospitality." The envoys replied in unison.
Seeing that everyone was starting to eat, Jiang Xia, who was facing the table full of delicious delicacies, couldn't help but start to move his chopsticks to eat. But suddenly, Jiang Xia heard a soft shout: "Ah"
Jiang Xia looked up and saw that Na Yili had poured the eldest prince on the table. I saw that he first foamed at the mouth, and then black blood oozed from his nostrils, mouth, and eyes. Apparently he died of poisoning.
Jiang Xia frowned, and the third prince of Mongolia immediately stood up and walked over, he pulled out his hairpin from his hair and tried it one by one in the dish, only to see that the silver hairpin turned black, which was obviously a sign of poison.
"Poisonous!" The third prince of Mongolia exclaimed, he looked up at Zhu Houzhao and said, "Emperor Ming, are you trying to kill us?" ”
Zhu Houzhao was also blindfolded, how could this be poisonous.
The envoys of the other countries also hurriedly took out the silver utensils on their bodies and tested them, and found that their things were not poisonous, so they breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, one of the envoys in Yili finally couldn't help but stand up, he looked at Zhu Houzhao angrily and said: "Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, our eldest prince has come here this time to conclude a friendly alliance with your Ming Dynasty, and I hope you can give us an explanation when something like this happens!" ”
"Don't worry, we will definitely give you an explanation. I dare to take the head of the person to assure that the person who poisoned him is definitely not our Ming person. ”
After speaking, Jiang Xia glanced at the third prince of Mongolia deeply, and then said coldly: "Give me seven days, I will find out the real murderer for you, and give you an explanation." ”
PS: The tiger has a cold today and is very unenergetic. After going to the infusion, I took leave and didn't go to work, so I insisted on writing these three chapters at home. It's late, forgive me.