Empress Dowager Xiao's purpose in setting up the banquet in Qionglin Yuan was very simple, that is, she wanted to eat Ji Qingchen's guards openly, and then destroy Ji Qingchen on his way back to Yan Kingdom.

The scale of this banquet held by her was very huge, in addition to the participation of the emperor Li Changchuan and herself and Princess Anle, there were also hundreds of military and political ministers who left the country, such as Taishi Xiao Yu, the king of the North Courtyard Li Honglie, the prime minister of the Southern Courtyard Xiao Wangsun, Xiao Qianyuan and other powerful people were invited to Qionglin Garden, which can be said to bring together most of the nobles who left the country.

And when these people came to Qionglin Yuan, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager Xiao had not yet arrived, so they gathered together in twos and threes and began to whisper, everyone was telling what happened in the capital, it was about Ji Qingchen and Princess Anle to worship at Li Qingyi's tomb after arriving in the capital, and the Empress Dowager Xiao sent troops to stop the deflated.

However, the voices of the people were very quiet.

Because in the current political system of leaving the country, the supporters of the Empress Dowager Xiao have been rising, and there is a tendency to compete with the Emperor Li Changchuan, and in this case, the ministers who leave the country and do not belong to the side of the Empress Dowager Xiao are dissatisfied with the Empress Dowager Xiao, but they dare not get along with the Empress Dowager Xiao.

They are afraid that Empress Dowager Xiao will wear small shoes!

In the middle of the ring, Li Changchuan and Empress Dowager Xiao arrived at Qionglin Yuan almost at the same time, and the two were followed by their respective guard captains, Li Changchuan was surrounded by Tie Yan, the second senior brother of Ji Qingchen, the main general of the tiger and leopard cavalry, and behind the Empress Dowager Xiao was the master of the White Horse Yicong, who she relied on the most in Shangjing.

The two arrived at Qionglin Garden at the same time, and entered the banquet at the same time, which shows that they are competing with each other.

The ministers suddenly saw that His Majesty the Emperor and the Queen Mother had arrived at Qionglin Yuan together, everyone was stunned at first, and then came back to their senses and immediately saluted.

As the country has been founded for more than 300 years, the culture of the monarchs and ministers who left the country has long been perfected like Dayan, and the etiquette and humility have been very clear, unlike the collapse of etiquette and music as their ancestors did when they first founded the country.

When His Majesty the Emperor and Empress Dowager Xiao arrived at Qionglin Yuan for a banquet, they waited for nearly half an hour and did not see Ji Qingchen and Princess An Le, which made the ministers of the country a little annoyed, and they began to curse Ji Qingchen's arrogance and arrogance in a low voice, and at the same time reprimanded Dayan for his disdain for leaving the country.

But this is just a small group of scholars who have left the country.

They don't feel very weak about Dayan like those who leave the country, but they look at the combat effectiveness of the Yanningzhou army, and they have deduced the tactical sand table more than once, and come to the conclusion that if they want to invade Dayan in the south, it is impossible to achieve the goal without completely destroying the Ningzhou army.

"Xiao Qianyuan, why hasn't anyone arrived yet?" Empress Dowager Xiao was already displeased, and asked in a cold tone, "How did you pass the decree to him?" ”

"This-" Xiao Qianyuan was also a little embarrassed, he told Ji Qingchen that Empress Dowager Xiao would set up a banquet, but Ji Qingchen was willing to be late, it had nothing to do with him, and he was not Ji Qingchen and Princess Anle. However, in the face of Empress Dowager Xiao's inquiry, Xiao Qianyuan didn't dare to be careless, he paused slightly, and then said, "Maybe it's delayed on the road!" Wechen is going to take a look. ”

Empress Dowager Xiao glared at him coldly, Xiao Qianyuan only felt a chill down his spine, and left the banquet hall as if flying.

At this time, Ji Qingchen and Princess An Le had already arrived at the gate of Qionglin Garden, and when Xiao Qianyuan, who hurriedly walked out of Qionglin Garden, saw Ji Qingchen and Princess An Le and three thousand five hundred guards from a distance, he hurriedly stepped forward and said some very polite words to Ji Qingchen, and invited Ji Qingchen and Princess An Le into Qionglin Garden.

Because Qionglin Yuan is a hunting place for the emperor who left the country, it is enough for more than 30,000 soldiers.

It was Ji Qingchen's 3,500 people who also followed Ji Qingchen into Qionglin Yuan, but only the 500 Xiao cavalry camp and Li Changzheng, Zuo Zongquan and Huang Taiji who came to the banquet hall with him were the only ones.

Riding to the front of the main hall, Ji Qingchen got off the horse with Princess Anle, and strode into the banquet hall under the escort of Li Changzheng, Zuo Zongquan and Huang Taiji.

"The King of Northern Liao of Dayan has arrived—" When Ji Qingchen walked up the steps of the main hall, an attendant shouted loudly.

Suddenly, the banquet hall became silent, and everyone moved their eyes to Ji Qingchen and his party who came slowly at the entrance of the hall.

I saw Ji Qingchen wearing a python robe of Prince Dayan, striding with a dragon and a tiger, and his air was magnificent.

Princess An Le beside him was like a docile little sheep, snuggling up to his side, and behind him were Li Changzheng, who was dressed in armor and wore a copycat version of the wolf's blade, Zuo Zongquan, and Huang Taiji, who wore a scimitar with a long scimitar.

"See Your Majesty, see the Queen Mother!" Ji Qingchen walked to the table of Li Changchuan and Empress Dowager Xiao and saluted.

"See the royal brother, see the queen mother!" Princess An Le followed Ji Qingchen's side and saluted.

"Little sister and brother Ji don't need to be polite!" Just before Empress Dowager Xiao wanted to reprimand Princess An Le for a few words, Li Changchuan had already spoken, "Please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Thank you, Brother Huang!" The two bowed to Li Changchuan and sat down in their respective positions.

At this time, Empress Dowager Xiao's face was pale and she didn't say a word.

Because just now she wanted to take the opportunity to give Ji Qingchen a dismount, but she didn't expect to be preempted by Li Changchuan, so she could only glare at Ji Qingchen resentfully, not hiding her hatred for Ji Qingchen at all.

"I don't know how long Brother Ji is going to stay in the capital this time?" Li Changchuan asked, his eyes containing some kind of deep meaning.

"It depends on Your Majesty's death." Ji Qingchen replied with a smile.

"Oh——?" Li Changchuan asked with interest, "I don't quite understand what Brother Ji meant, and I asked Brother Ji to say something." ”

"Your Majesty, this king came to the capital this time specifically to ask you to marry the princess, as long as Your Majesty agrees to the king's request to marry the princess to the king, it is estimated that the king will stay in the capital for half a month, right?" Ji Qingchen said, "Because if Your Majesty agrees to marry the princess to this king, it will take at least ten days to prepare a dowry for the princess from now on!" ”

His tone was so big and his self-confidence was so strong that the ministers in the hall were not angry for a while.

"Why?" Empress Dowager Xiao couldn't help Ji Qingchen's arrogance for a long time, and now when she heard Ji Qingchen say this, she blurted out and scolded in anger, "Just by you, what qualifications do you have to say that Your Majesty will marry Shu'er to you?" ”

Seeing that the Empress Dowager Xiao sublimated the atmosphere to the realm of verbal warfare as soon as she spoke, Li Changchuan frowned for a while, but the other party was his mother, and he couldn't reprimand him loudly, so he could only change his face, and he couldn't help but speak again, and he also wanted to hear what reason his playmate could give him to marry his sister.

"I am Ji Qingchen, the king of Northern Liao of Dayan!" Ji Qingchen said loudly, paused, and said softly, "Because I like Shu'er, because she is my favorite woman Ji Qingchen." ”

"We also have a little prince who has left the country, there are many people who like Shu'er, and you are not alone, why should the mourning family marry Shu'er to you?" Empress Dowager Xiao said-for-tat, "Besides, the mourning family has already made the decision to marry Shu'er to your brother, Ji Qian, the eighth prince of Dayan, don't you know the way?" ”

This is the first time that Empress Dowager Xiao has revealed her mission to let Jiang Rou in King's Landing, and the ministers in the palace have also heard it for the first time.

I was a little surprised.

Because they didn't expect that Empress Dowager Xiao would marry the princess to the eighth prince of Dayan first, without consulting or notifying them.

And the person who was most shocked was Shu'er herself!

When she heard Empress Dowager Xiao's words suddenly, she was stunned for a moment, and she came back to her senses after half a ring, looked at Empress Dowager Xiao with a pale face and asked eagerly, "Queen Mother, is this true?" ”

"As the queen mother, how can the mourning family be trustworthy?" Empress Dowager Xiao said loudly, "Now I'm afraid that Dayan has sent a marriage proposal mission and is on his way to the capital?" ”

"Queen Mother, you-" Shu'er was furious, her face was pale and speechless, but tears couldn't help but flow out. And Ji Qingchen felt a pain in his heart when he saw this scene, he got up and walked to Shu'er's seat and grabbed her hand, and said loudly, "Shu'er, you don't have to worry, as long as Brother Qingchen is here, no one will dare to bully you." ”

Seeing Shu'er nodding, he got up again and said to Empress Dowager Xiao, "Empress Dowager, you really won't take a little prince in your eyes, and there are indeed many princes and nobles who are more noble than this king when you leave the country." But go and count the princes who are far from your country and have an army of 400,000 men? Besides, as long as my Ji Qingchen says that Shu'er is my fiancée, with my Ji Qingchen as the governor of Northern Liao, with the strength of 400,000 troops in my hands, will anyone dare to marry Shu'er? ”

"Ha Lu Ha-" Seeing that Empress Dowager Xiao's face was a little gloomy, he continued to say arrogantly after smiling, "Also, it seems that you have forgotten something, or your information is not well-informed, our Dayan has sent an envoy to leave the country to ask His Majesty to marry Ji Qian'er, but you don't have to wait for them, because this mission has been killed by a cavalry in Ningzhou half a month ago!" ”

Quiet!

It's quiet!

It's very quiet!

Suddenly, hearing the news from Ji Qingchen, Empress Dowager Xiao herself was shocked, stunned for a moment, Empress Dowager Xiao glanced at Ji Qingchen, and believed Ji Qingchen's words without any doubt, because according to the news that Jiang Rou gave her, Dayan's delegation should have appeared in Shangjing City at this time, but the person who appeared now was Ji Qingchen, and Empress Dowager Xiao knew that there was something wrong here, coupled with Ji Qingchen's arrogance, Empress Dowager Xiao was such a smart person, and how could she not know the reason why this mission would be destroyed for Lu.

At this moment, Rao was also shocked when she had been in a high position for a long time. Dare to destroy the embassy of his own country, and once destroyed, it is still five or six hundred. This... This Ji Qingchen's courage is too big, right? Or is his strength too terrifying, right?

"The mission was destroyed, this is your own business, but how can the marriage event be a child's play, presumably your Emperor Dayan also knows the priorities here, he will send another one, and the mourning family can afford to wait!" Empress Dowager Xiao continued to speak in a deep voice, but her tone was no longer as tough as just now.

"Yes, Queen Mother, you are right, you can afford to wait, but do you think that after this incident, no one in Dayan will dare to marry a princess? Especially after the king came to the capital to marry the princess, after the news spread? Ji Qingchen said with a smile, but there was murder in his eyes.

Empress Dowager Xiao's gaze met Ji Qingchen's gaze, and when she saw the murderous intent in Ji Qingchen's eyes, her body trembled, and she seemed to feel that Ji Qingchen's gaze was like a knife stabbing at her.

"You—yes, you do have an army of 400,000 in your hands, but this army is Dayan's, your father's, not yours." Empress Dowager Xiao forced herself to quibble, but her tone was not cold.

"Really?" Ji Qingchen asked rhetorically, paused, and said in a cold tone, "Since the Queen Mother is like this, then please ask the Queen Mother to take a look for herself!" Look who this army belongs to—"

As soon as his voice fell, Li Changzheng beside him understood, and strode out of the main hall, and as soon as Li Changzheng's figure stepped out of the main hall, he heard the sound of a tsunami coming from outside the hall:

"The king of Northern Liao will not fall, and the iron sword is still there!"

"The king of Northern Liao will not fall, and the iron sword is still there!"

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