Li Long's death did not immediately cause a big chain reaction, and the ministers of the DPRK and China did not have any opinion on it, at least Han Jian did not realize that anyone wanted to make a fuss about it. There is no update on Lin Ke's affairs in the local area for the time being, after all, Lin Ke has the protection of the local government, even if there are rioters who want to be unfavorable to him, he can hide in the county town to avoid a difficulty.

Seeing the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, there will be no banquet in the palace on this day, after all, the banquet in the palace during the Spring Festival was a little unpleasant. In this way, each family and each courtyard will hold their own family banquets to celebrate, and even the banquets between officials will be taboo in extraordinary times, but on this day, Yang Rui received the envoys of Southern Qi in the palace. Han Jian, as the king of the east, must also attend.

The reception was scheduled for the afternoon, and there were not many people who were really involved in the imperial court, except for Han Jian and Yang Rui, as well as Gu Weipan, the first assistant of the court, and several important members of Shangshutai, Ning Yuan did not attend. The reception was carried out by officials from the Ministry of Rites.

After the afternoon, as soon as Han Jian entered the palace and sat down with Yang Rui, an official from the Ministry of Rites reported that the envoys of Southern Qi had entered the palace. In front of the envoys, Han Jian had to maintain his respect for Yang Rui, which was also to show that there was harmony within the Wei Dynasty. Han Jian stood up and waited for a while, and after a while, the envoy had already arrived at Ye'an Pavilion and was already waiting outside.

"Invite them in." Yang Rui said a word, and the little eunuch went out to spread the word, and at this time, Gu Weipan and several ministers of the court came in to wait. The last to come in was the envoy of Nanqi.

There were not many envoys from Southern Qi this time, the main envoy was an official in his forties named Lin Qian, and the deputy envoy was just some officials of Southern Qi. These people are not the mainstay of the Southern Qi court, and the purpose of their visit this time is not complicated, in addition to informing the Wei Dynasty that their new emperor has ascended the throne, in fact, it is also to negotiate an armistice. Southern Qi also asked Yuzhou to take over the cities that had been occupied by Southern Qi.

“…… Your Majesty, I only come to congratulate the Son of Heaven on my behalf for the addition of a new princess to your dynasty......"

Originally, the scene was still very harmonious, Yang Rui did not receive the envoys of Nanqi once or twice, these envoys were still a grade worse than Zhu Tongjing and others, and she would not pay too much attention to them. But when you hear this. The scene suddenly became a little awkward, and the ministers glanced at each other, and they all saw that something was wrong. Originally, the Son of Heaven had a princess come into the world, even if she was not a prince, it was a good thing, so it didn't hurt to congratulate her. But Yang Rui is the empress, and she is very taboo about giving birth to a daughter, and she has not given the little princess a real name until now, which shows that Yang Rui still minds that she is a daughter in her heart, and she is a daughter born to Han Jian, who is a minister, and this matter is easy to say to outsiders that she is committed to the East Palace. She didn't mind being mentioned by others, and even some of the little princess's birthday celebrations were not held.

Now that the envoy of Southern Qi mentioned this, it seemed that he had deliberately sprinkled salt on Yang Rui's wound, and Yang Rui's face was very ugly.

Han Jian watched Yang Rui's reaction and knew that she was angry in her heart, but after all, she had to maintain the face of the Ninety-Five Honor, and she couldn't say it easily. He had no choice but to make a bird to speak for Yang Rui: "Thank you, envoy." I don't know when the son of heaven will give birth to an heir? ”

In a word, the embarrassment of the scene was slightly alleviated. However, the envoy of Nanqi had a black face. Xiao Zhan has just succeeded to the throne as the Son of Heaven. If you don't even have a husband, how can you talk about an heir? If the congratulations of the people of Nanqi are unintentional. Han Jian's greeting was completely provocative. It's just that in the palace of the Wei Dynasty, Han Jian is in charge of military and political power, and the envoys of the Southern Qi Dynasty also know each other, even if they know that Han Jian is provoking, they don't dare to say it directly. Lin Qian smiled slightly and said, "If I give birth to an heir to Your Majesty, I will definitely send an envoy to your dynasty to inform you." ”

"Then we'll wait." Han Jian replied with a smile.

It would have been embarrassing. After saying this, it was also relieved.

Yang Rui saw that the envoys were only courteous, and some detailed matters would not be discussed in the Ye'an Pavilion, and Yang Rui did not need to know the details of the negotiations. After the envoy leaves the palace, Gu Weipan will personally or send someone to exchange views with the envoy on the relationship between the two countries. The meeting was not long, and it was time for the envoys to leave the palace. Before leaving the door, Han Jian suddenly asked, "I don't know how Master Zhu of your dynasty is now?" ”

Lin Qian's face changed abruptly when he heard this, although Zhu Tongjing has now reconciled with the Southern Qi court, in the eyes of Xiao Ling, the queen of Hui, this is still a traitor to the Southern Qi court, and he will be destroyed sooner or later. Han Jian suddenly asked Zhu Tongjing's current situation, which was very inappropriate.

Lin Qian said: "Back to the East King, Zhu Tongjing is no longer my master, and now my position as the master is vacant." If someone takes over in the future, I believe that Your Majesty will also find someone to inform the King of the East. ”

His Majesty will find someone to inform him of everything, if Xiao Zhan really wants to tell him everything, then wouldn't the Wei Dynasty become a corner of the Qi Dynasty, and the will of the imperial court will be issued to the place? It was only at this time that Han Jian realized the "subtlety" of Lin Qian's words, and his feelings were to take advantage of the Wei Dynasty behind his back.

"Okay." Han Jian smiled and said, "If Zhu Tongjing comes to the Wei Dynasty again, this king will also find someone to inform your dynasty." ”

One sentence made Lin Qian's face change slightly, and he didn't quite understand the meaning of Han Jian's words. Han Jian suddenly said that Zhu Tongjing would come to the Northern Dynasty, could it be that there was something secretly involved? If it was just a smoke bomb set off by the East King, then what was the purpose of the East King?

With puzzlement, Lin Qian and the others left the palace together accompanied by officials from the Wei Dynasty Rite Department. Han Jian stayed in Ye'an Pavilion, and he just sat for a while, and he would soon return to the East Palace. There was a family banquet in the Dongwang Mansion in the evening, and Han Song's family also specially asked Han Jian to go back earlier. Han Jian knew that Han Song wanted to talk about the envoys of Southern Qi.

Zhu Tongjing ...... What the hell is going on? Yang Rui and the others finally couldn't help but ask, "Could it be that he wants to take refuge in Jiangbei?" Why haven't I heard you mention it before? ”

Han Jian smiled: "I'm just talking nonsense, do you believe it?" ”

"I can't help but believe it." Yang Rui glanced at Han Jian and said, "I also heard that Zhu Tongjing is now at the end of the crossbow, and he was named the king of Linjiang by the Southern Dynasty, but in fact, he is already in internal and external troubles behind his back, and the old department of the king of Linjiang originally just wanted to use him to be the enemy of the Jinling court, when did he really want to support him as the king?" In the final analysis, he once leaned towards the government and the opposition, but after all, he was restrained by the Xie Party, he lacked the support of the Queen Mother's party, and no longer had the support of the old ministry of King Linjiang, and his people were just a plate of scattered sand. ”

Han Jian said: "It seems that Rui'er, you know a lot about Zhu Tongjing. ”

Yang Rui glanced at Bai Hanjian again and said, "It's okay if you don't want to say it." Go back to your Dongwang Mansion early. Forget about the orphans and widows in our palace at night! ”

After saying that, Yang Rui seemed to be very angry and walked out of Ye'an Pavilion, and went to sleep with the little eunuch and palace maid who were waiting outside.

Han Jian could see that although Yang Rui seemed to be very angry in her mouth, she actually had a lot of relief in her heart. When he said that to Lin Qian just now, it was clear that he wanted to make trouble with the people of Southern Qi, and before that, Han Song had been constantly close to the envoys of Southern Qi. This made Han Jian's position very embarrassing, but with his "greetings" to Zhu Tongjing, the internal enemy of Southern Qi just now, it made the people of Southern Qi want to reconsider the intention behind the intimacy between the Eastern Wangfu and Southern Qi. This makes Han Song's previous meeting with the envoys of Southern Qi seem of little significance.

In the final analysis, it is Han Jian who is in charge of the East Wangfu, and everything must be respected by Han Jian's proposition. Even if Han Song's negotiation with the envoys of Southern Qi was good, as long as Han Jian spoke, everything would be null and void.

Han Jian left the palace and did not go to the yamen of the military station. In the morning, he had finished all the things that needed to be dealt with, and there was no new fighting in Guanzhong for the time being. Before returning to the East Palace, to prepare for the evening family dinner. Han Jian met with Daxiliu and inquired in detail about Yuzhou and Southern Qi. Han Jian obtained too much information about Guanzhong on weekdays, and even the situation in Beiguan would be made clear by Lin Zhan at any time, but for the south, which seemed to be very stable, Han Jian was not so confident that he could know it all.

The focus of Daxiliu's current investigation of intelligence is also in Guanzhong and Yangguan, after all, there is an invasion of the Xianbei people. Although the war has not yet burned to the hinterland of the Central Plains, with the loss of the old land of Xiliang, it is only a matter of time before Guanzhong is invaded by the flames of war.

"The young boy thinks it...... Do southerners have a tendency to invade the north? Onishi Ryu saw Han Jian's cautious question. I couldn't help but ask rhetorically.

"These are not things you can say." Han Jian stood up and reminded, "After all, you have been to the Southern Dynasty. should be no stranger to Jinling, and send a few people to spy on the situation of King Hui's mansion. Recently, Sima Yi has been lightly used by King Hui, and if Sima Yi does not want to stay in the Southern Dynasty, he can send someone to protect him at any time as he goes north. ”

"Yes." Daxi Liu respectfully accepted the order, and she knew that Han Jian was not concerned about the invasion of the Southern Dynasty, but about the safety of Sima Yi.

As far as she knew. Even if King Hui and Sima Yi seem to be separated now, but after all, Sima Yu has the merit of supporting him, how can King Hui not let people go north, and Sima Yu himself has no intention of returning to the north. Sending people now can only protect Sima Yu from anything else.

After seeing Da Xiliu, Han Jian went directly back to the East Palace. As soon as he entered the courtyard, he felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere of the East Palace. Some of the maids seemed to be in a hurry, as if they were afraid to approach the main hall, but Wen'er came out of the main hall, still holding the fragments of the vase in her hand.

"What's going on?" Wen'er saw Han Jian hurriedly running over with the fragments of the vase, looking out of breath. Han Jian asked first without waiting for her to speak.

"Princess of the County...... In tantrums. Wen'er gasped.

Han Jianxin said that this Erniang really doesn't stop.

Let Wen'er throw away the fragments first, and then let her enter the main hall with her, at this time, Han Song's family was not throwing things, but was persuaded by Han Jian's group of aunts, even Gu Xin'er and Yang Li'er were also beside her. Han Song's face was still annoyed, and when he saw Han Jian, his anger seemed to be even stronger.

"Why is Erniang so angry?" Han Jian pretended not to know, and stepped forward to ask.

Naturally, the women in the mansion didn't understand why Han Song's clan was suddenly so angry, and now it seemed that even Han Jian didn't know, and they were even more puzzled. To say that Han Song's family can be regarded as the pillar of the East Wangfu on weekdays, regardless of his identity and status, he will not be angry with the women in the mansion.

Han Song stood up and pointed at Han Jian angrily, "Still pretending to be confused here?" What did you say in the palace, in front of the people of Nanqi? ”

"Me?" Han Jian faced the eyes of all the women in the family, and just spread his hands and smiled, "It's just a casual greeting, Erniang doesn't need to be so angry." ”

"Greetings? Hmph, you are asking about Zhu Tongjing, you know that he is a confidant of the Southern Dynasty, if it were not for him, the Southern Dynasty would have been in harmony a long time ago, and maybe he would have sent troops to Jiangbei. But you seem to have a private affair with him, and even if you do, you can afford to talk about it in the open? You say that those are not to make me unable to get off the stage, so that what I have done for you before will be in vain? Han Song still said angrily.

Han Jian said: "Erniang is too careful, how can I think about it so much?" ”

"In the past two days, if you go out early and return late or even come back, I can see that you are dissatisfied with these things that Erniang is right. So what? Erniang, I said a long time ago, the people in the court are not credible, you are a Nanqi person who is a false snake with us, isn't the woman in the palace? In the end, she just wants to use you to protect her inheritance, and if she doesn't need you in the future, do you think she will still take care of your kindness? ”

Speaking of which, the women present also knew what was going on.

In the final analysis, it was the conflict between Han Song and Yang Rui. Han Song's family was thinking about everything for the Eastern Prince's Mansion, and she no longer expected Han Jian to ascend to the position of the Son of Heaven immediately, because she knew that Han Jian was now concerned about his relationship with Yang Rui, and he was soft-hearted, so he would not do this. She just wanted Han Jian to maintain an antagonistic and reciprocal relationship with the imperial court, so that the generals of the Eastern Prince's Mansion below would know the lord's position and not take it lightly, and at the same time, Yang Rui would not dare to do anything wrong with the Eastern Prince's Mansion. Her private contact with the Southern Qi people was also for this reason, mainly to make the status of the Eastern Wangfu in the Northern Dynasty comparable to that of the imperial court.

"Let Erniang say anything." Han Jian sighed and said, "I'm just saying it casually, Erniang can also have so many misinterpretations, it seems that I will talk less in the future." ”

After speaking, Han Jian also seemed to be a little angry and sat down, and for a while, the two most powerful people in the Dongwang Mansion did not speak, and the others also looked at each other and didn't know which side to advise.

Originally, it was a good time for a family banquet, and the family should sit down and live in harmony, but now because Han Jian and Han Song are angry with each other, some things don't seem to be so easy.

At this time, Han Jianming wanted to make peace with Han Song's clan, but he knew that if this continued, his relationship with Yang Rui would be even more deadlocked, and he didn't want to let Han Song's clan and Yang Rui have a conflict between gods and demons that would make him difficult to be a human being in the middle. He now began to understand why Yang Rui said "orphans and widows" sourly before saying goodbye to him, probably to remind him that if he was not at peace in the Dongwang Mansion tonight, he might as well go to the palace.

Yang Rui was also grateful to Han Jian for speaking for her in front of the people of Nanqi, and wanted Han Jian to enter the palace and "repay" well. (To be continued......)