Han Jian, as a fledgling Xiaodong King, knows very well that he should keep a low profile, and it is best to be silent when he participates in the banquet today, leave the scene, sacrifice to the sky, and receive the seal, so that he can go back to Jiangdu to live his happy life as a little king.

But keeping a low profile has never been Han Jian's style, and if he can't show his habit in front of these dignitaries, how can he reassure the empress and other vassal kings to be sure that he is not a big problem? If he didn't express his indignation at the "revenge of killing his father" of the people of Southern Qi, how could he get out of the matter when he was attacked by the royalists for his "secret meeting" with Zhu Tongjing in Qingyuefang?

Han Jian seems to be very nonsense, and he doesn't know the occasion's "crazy words", but it has been carefully considered by him. He thought, anyway, we all wear a pair of pants with the empress, you wear trouser legs, I wear trouser legs, and everyone is each other.

Han Jian's move made the atmosphere a little embarrassing again, and the ministers of the Wei Dynasty originally thought that it would be enough to give the Qi envoy a dismissal, and while maintaining the country's face, they could not make the Qi envoy too unable to come to power. Unexpectedly, Xiaodongwang actually jumped out, and everyone looked at Han Jian, who was looking "unknown".

Cui Mingli hurriedly pulled Han Jian's sleeve on the side, signaling him to stop. Han Jian directly shook off Cui Mingli's outstretched hand, and walked out of front of the case under the gaze of everyone, as if questioning Zhu Tongjing, and as if mourning, he raised his voice and said: "My father has been going south for sixteen years, and the bones have not been returned so far. Well? ”

Han Jian's voice seemed to be reciting a poem, and he seemed to be going crazy, and finally stared at Zhu Tongjing and threw out questions. This is the first time Han Jian has appeared in public, and he came out in a state of stupidity and half-madness.

Zhu Tongjing was surprised at first, why did this kid suddenly go crazy, and he had to worry about his father's affairs here regardless of the occasion? He thought about it again, this kid had ulterior motives, and it was to retaliate against him for deliberately approaching the people in Qingyuefang to cause a "misunderstanding" in the Tingwei Mansion.

"Does this kid really have such a vicious heart and such courage? Or is there someone behind the scenes? Zhu Tongjing became more and more incomprehensible.

In the end, Zhu Tongjing just smiled and shook the folding fan, turned his face to the side, and didn't hear it.

Cui Mingli hurriedly walked out and complained to the emperor: "Your Majesty, the king of Xiaojun lost his words after drinking, and please don't blame Your Majesty." ”

When everyone heard Cui Mingli's far-fetched reason, they all thought to themselves, this is just the beginning of the banquet, and the first glass of wine has not been toasted out, and they are already drunk?

The empress was still standing there, smiling lightly, and said: "The king of the east has laid the foundation for my Great Wei, and the southern expedition has not been returned, and the second cup will be respected." King Xiaodong remembers his deceased father's heart, thinks about it, and does not blame. ”

Han Jian knew each other very well, so he quickly turned around and bowed, and said, "Thank you." ”

After saying that, Han Jian walked back to his desk, poured a glass of wine, and followed everyone to sacrifice wine for Lao Dongwang.

After the ceremony, Han Jian sat down with everyone, with an expression that he didn't care about himself, as if he didn't do the previous thing. The contrast between Han Jianqing and Xu was so great that Cui Mingli, who was sitting with him, also felt surprised and puzzled, not to mention Yang Li'er, who always wanted to look at him but couldn't help but look at him.

After three rounds of drinking, the court ceremonial music started, and it was time for the performance of the palace dance. The dancing girls of the court warbler Yanyan came out in a group in cloud costumes, surrounded by petals, and then danced, and the beautiful posture of these dancing girls was also displayed against the backdrop of beautiful court ceremonial music. Most of the people present were men, either smiling lightly, or squinting, all of them stared.

Han Jian was not interested in this court dance, he mainly paid attention to the reactions of everyone present, among which Zhu Tongjing was particularly observed. At this time, Zhu Tongjing had a smug smile on his face, as if he looked down on the performance of the dancer in front of him.

Han Jian thought narrowly in his heart that if Zhu Tongjing pretended to be a woman, he might be a little more charming than those dancing girls on the field, but he didn't know if he would be able to dance.

The court dance performance soon ended, and the dancers withdrew, and there were those who applauded. In Han Jian's view, this also shows that the relationship between the monarch and the minister is harmonious, and the officials are not restrained in front of the empress.

Yu Huacheng, as the host of this banquet, got up and praised the previous dancer for a few words, and as he spoke, he pulled on the "Cathay Pacific Shengping", doing his best to flatter. Maybe he felt that he had choked in front of Zhu Tongjing just now and lost points in front of the empress, so he deliberately looked for an opportunity to win back a city.

"Envoy Qi, how is the dancing of the women of my Great Wei Dynasty?" Yu Huacheng turned around and asked Zhu Tongjing aggressively.

Han Jian glanced at the empress, who looked leisurely as if she was talking to the two princes, and did not interrupt Yu Huacheng's words. Han Jian sighed in his heart, this Yu Huacheng had no experience in communicating with foreign envoys in his opinion, so asking this question, wouldn't it be derogatory to people?

Sure enough, when Zhu Tongjing heard this, he smiled faintly and said, "It's unsightly, it's unsightly!" ”

Ordinary envoys, if they come in a friendly manner, then it is etiquette to praise them casually, but Zhu Tongjing is not an "ordinary envoy", the purpose of his coming is to say that it is for peace talks, but obviously he has other plans. His words caused an uproar among the officials present, and he had not received such a big reaction when he had said a few disrespectful words to the empress before.

A sound similar to "madman" and "frog at the bottom of the well" sounded in the noise. Han Jian deliberately paid attention to the empress sitting on the main seat, although the empress stopped talking to the two princes, she still had a friendly smile on her face, and her face was not gloomy.

Or the emperor was calm. Han Jianxin said.

Yu Huacheng looked ashamed, as if the ancestral grave had been dug up, and was about to have a seizure, but saw Zhu Tongjing shaking his folding fan and continued: "It's my two entourages, and their dancing posture is better than your vulgar fans of the Wei Dynasty." ”

Everyone couldn't help but look at the two entourages standing behind Zhu Tongjing, these two Han Jian had seen them in Qingxu Yashe and Qingyuefang before, both of them were men's clothes, one of them was undoubtedly a man, and the other, Han Jian had also suspected that it was a woman dressed as a man, but Han Jian was not sure.

Han Jian was as confused as the people present, thinking to himself, could it be that the men of the Qi Dynasty are all long-sleeved and good at dancing?

Yu Huacheng took a look, this dancing girl who was not sure to satirize the Wei Dynasty, and her dancing was not even comparable to the men of the Qi people? Although this is incomparable, he breathed a sigh of relief after all, and immediately said: "That is a comparison?" ”

Han Jianxin snorted: "It's down again!" ”

Zhu Tongjing said with a smile: "My two entourages practice swords on weekdays, and although their swordsmanship is not superior, they practice light sword dance. This is the palace of the Wei Dynasty, so don't try it, so as not to hurt the harmony without an eye of the sword. ”

Only then did the people present understand what Zhu Tongjing was going to say, saying that his entourage danced beautifully, but he wanted to show that his entourage had good swordsmanship, and the Wei Dynasty people could not match it. Such sarcastic words are also to provoke Wei people to really compare on the spot. Originally, it was not surprising that there were casualties in the sword fight, but the empress was present, if she really gave Qi Ren a sword, the other party was an assassin, and under the guise of a sword match, even the empress would be in danger.

Everyone felt that Zhu Tongjing's "wolf ambition" was at the same time, but they were also stunned.

What if the Empress does respond?

But at this moment, the empress said lightly: "In this case, give the sword!" ”

The officials present were all shocked, and Yu Huacheng hurriedly saluted and said, "Your Majesty, you must not." ”

"Qi people sword dance, why not?" The empress said sharply, glared at Yu Huacheng again, and shouted, "Stand down!" ”

Yu Huacheng wanted to die, so he had to retreat to the side.

Immediately, the palace guards handed over the two long swords to the eunuch Lu Shaokun, Lu Shaokun trembled and walked forward with the two swords, Zhu Tongjing waved his hand to the two entourages behind him, and the two stepped forward, one carrying a sword.

Thinking that the two entourages were about to dance with swords, Zhu Tongjing got up and said, "Can you borrow a bamboo flute?" ”

None of the people present could figure out what he was going to do, and the empress nodded and said, "Accurate!" ”

The empress's word is equivalent to an order, and the person in charge of the court etiquette and music will immediately prepare the bamboo flute, even if it is stealing or robbing, it must be sent over immediately. The bamboo flute is not popular in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it is only available in the palace music room, and this thing may not be found elsewhere.

Soon, a bamboo flute was sent to Wucheng Hall and handed over to Zhu Tongjing. Zhu Tongjing held the bamboo flute in his left hand, and stroked the flute body with his right hand as if he was caressing his beloved woman, and sighed: "Good flute, unfortunately no one knows it." ”

Han Jian thought to himself that this Zhu Tongjing was really troublesome.

I saw Zhu Tongjing put the bamboo flute in front of his lips and played a note softly, and when the wind rose, the people present felt a burst of coldness, and even their clothes were tightened. Soon, the timbre turned quiet, ethereal beyond the heavens.

Accompanied by Zhu Tongjing's flute sound, his two entourages began to dance with swords, as if they were dismantling, as if "sisters" were playing with swords. Suddenly, the two of them stood on tiptoe and danced their swords in a manner similar to that that Han Jian was familiar with, similar to ballet.

"Ballet swordsmanship?" Han Jianden felt that this kind of swordsmanship looked gorgeous, but at best it was just a showcase, no wonder Zhu Tongjing would say that his two entourages were just good-looking sword dancers, and the swordsmanship was not outstanding.

Han Jian thought that this should be the case at first, because he couldn't see the rules and sword momentum from this sword dance, which was very different from the sword technique he noticed from observing Xiao Xiliu's dance. Xiao Xiliu is hiding swordsmanship in the dance, and he wants to hide it more and more, but these two people are dancing with swordsmanship, flashy and unreal.

But Han Jian looked at it carefully for a while, but he felt that these two entourages were clever and clumsy, and the swordsmanship of the two of them was far from being as fancy as it seemed on the surface, and there were always some turning points in the swordsmanship. From this alone, Han Jian judged that the two had been immersed in swordsmanship for at least ten or even decades.

And these two people are only in their twenties, and they have not yet passed the youth.