Chapter 152: Coercion and Provocation

In the evening, the emperor held a banquet in the Zhenghe Palace to welcome the overseas envoys, except for a few princes, some of the more important ministers in the court.

Because most of the guests who came to visit this time were women, the male and female guests sat on two sides, the emperor and empress sat on the top, and the first seat of the male guest seat was Zhao Chengwang, Gongsun Yushu, and then Gongsun Jiuye, Gongsun Duan, Gongsun Sun Yang, and the envoys of the two countries, and the ministers sat behind several princes and envoys. On the female side, there are Princess Zhao Cheng, Princess Xuan, Qian Zimo, Princess Yangjun and the envoys of the Ryukyu Kingdom headed by Zheng Ziying. Because the queen was thrown into the snake tank by Qian Zimo before, she was poisoned alive. Now the person in charge of the harem is Yang Guifei.

"Everyone, I welcome you on behalf of my subjects. Please. Along the way, the emperor took a glass of wine, and held it down with a smile on his face. The ministers had no choice but to stand up and raise their glasses in response to the emperor.

"Zhu Zihuang, you're welcome. I, Sulu, also welcome Zhu Zi to visit at any time. One of the younger envoys of the Sulu Kingdom raised his glass and smiled.

What is the emperor going to say. I heard a sharp eunuch's voice coming from the gate of Zhenghe Palace.

"The envoys of the Moro kingdom have visited."

This sound penetrated everyone's ears and surprised everyone! What the? A visit from the Moro envoys? Why was there not only no visitor credential before, but also no news coming? Is this a mistake made by the eunuch?

Everyone looked towards the gate of the palace. In the dim night, only two rows of figures could be faintly seen, and it was not until those figures walked to the palace gate that people saw that they were all women.

The woman at the head wore a golden cloud brocade dress embroidered with a white lotus flower. He wears a peacock crown with a gold cut-out on his head. The whole person looks very extravagant. That face, although it is no longer young, the domineering spirit revealed between the eyebrows is indeed beyond the reach of those present. Even when the queen was still alive, she was much darker in front of this person. And in the field, the most surprised people were none other than Qianzimo and Gongsun Jiuye, and Gongsun was the only one.

That face. Isn't it the middle-aged Mo Xiaoyi's appearance! Even the domineering and fierce energy is very similar.

Qian Zimo was surprised, and secretly glanced at Qian Invincible, as expected, she saw a strong love and excitement in Qian Invincible's eyes, but the look on her face was very complicated. Before thinking of Qian Invincible, he came to find himself, and Ruoxue's inexplicable disappearance, Qian Zimo's heart had a trace of care.

"I came suddenly, please don't blame Zhu Zihuang." The first to break the silence was the domineering Empress Moro.

The emperor came back to his senses, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

"What is the Empress saying, the Empress can come in person, I am very welcome. Uh, somebody, give the Empress a seat. ”

"Thank you." Empress Moro said unceremoniously. Then she went to the eunuch and sat down on the eunuch's chair arranged for her, and the position was the first on the female guest's side. There are just two people separated from Qianzimo.

Qianzi Mo calmly ate the snacks on the table, and didn't care about the gazes of Gongsun Jiuye and Qian Wushu from time to time. Even the passionate gaze of Empress Moro beside her and Zheng Ziying's resentful hatred failed to affect her.

Everyone was happily drinking and eating. But in the bottom of their hearts, they are each making their own little calculations.

After the song and dance performance, the dancers twisted their graceful bodies and left. Finally, the envoy of the Sulu Kingdom, who had not spoken, stood up, raised his glass to the emperor, and said with a sincere smile on his face.

"Zhu Zihuang. I am the husband of the Sulu country, and I came here this time in response to the order of my Sulu monarch, hoping to marry your country. ”

"Oh?" The emperor didn't expect that the envoy of the Sulu Kingdom would be straight to the point, and he was a little surprised.

"Presumably Emperor Zhu Zihuang also knows, there are many princes under the knee of my Sulu monarch, but there is no princess. Therefore, the intention of our monarch is to hope that your country can marry a princess. There was nothing wrong with the tone of the envoy of Sulu, but there was something coercive in the meaning of the words.

As we all know, the emperor has only one daughter under his knees, and this sixth princess was born to Chi Guifei, and King Heng and King Ning were born to the same mother, so the emperor is naturally favored. But if this is to marry someone to the kingdom of Sulu............ The hearts of the ministers could not help but make a mistake.

Not only was the emperor surprised, but the king of Yangjun below also began to worry, in addition to marrying the eldest daughter of the Cheni Kingdom, he also had two daughters, the eldest was already young, and the younger one was fourteen. And King Zhao Cheng and King Xuan were flat. King Zhao Cheng is not worried because he has only one son under his knees and no other children, while King Xuan is because his two daughters are still young, the eldest is only ten years old, and the younger is five years old, so naturally there is no need to worry.

And after the emperor's gaze swept around, his gaze was fixed on King Yangjun, and King Yangjun's heart sighed. Secretly scolded the emperor, this old horseman! Obviously he has a daughter, what are you staring at this king!

The envoy of the Sulu Kingdom watched the expressions on everyone's faces change, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously hooked up a wicked smile.

"Zhu Zihuang, but you don't agree?"

"I want to agree, but the woman is fifteen and the sixth princess of my year is fourteen years old this year, and she has not yet reached the end of the year, is this marriage too early to be discussed." To put it bluntly, the emperor refused in a different way, and the envoy of Sulu naturally understood the meaning.

"Then our country can also wait for the princess of your country and Lu, and it will only be about a year. Our Seventh Highness is only eighteen this year, and according to the etiquette system of your country, it has not yet reached the crown. "The envoy of Sulu is clearly forcing the emperor to agree! They had never heard of the Seven Highnesses, of course, because of the long journey, and secondly, the Sulu Kingdom and the Ryukyu Kingdom were thousands of miles away from the sea south of the Chini Kingdom. No one would inquire about an island nation.

"Let's wait for the princess and Lu to talk about this matter." The Emperor smiled reluctantly. How could the envoy of the Sulu Kingdom not understand the emperor's ambiguous words. When the princess and her husband arrived, before they came to the next appointment, the emperor promised the princess someone, and they had no choice, these Middle-earth people have always been so treacherous and cunning.

Thinking about it, the envoy of Sulu said something in the language of their country. But no one could understand it, and everyone present was blindfolded. And the envoy of Sulu also smiled weirdly. The emperor really hated that he didn't call Scholar Bai at this time, he was the only person in Zhu Ziguo who knew the language of an overseas country.

Looking at the emperor's embarrassed face. Qian Zimo, who was lazily eating, suddenly said something that everyone couldn't understand. And the envoy of the Sulu Kingdom was stunned. He knew that Zhu Ziguo, the only person who could speak their national language, was not qualified to participate in such a banquet, so he dared to speak his country's language with confidence, but he didn't expect that someone would hide it!

Qian Zimo slightly hooked the corners of his mouth. She was an agent in her previous life, although she was in charge of the team specializing in medical drugs, but following the group, she ran around every day, so she knew a lot of foreign languages, such as English, Japanese, Korean, French, German, and Malaysian. And Chinese dialects, she is very familiar with, for example, Beijing dialect, Northeast dialect, Inner Mongolian, Tibetan, Sichuan, Cantonese, Hokkien, Wu, Henan dialect, etc., in addition to the ethnic minorities she does not understand, of course, those dialects, she is not very standard.