The Southern Dynasty itself sent Yongdan Princess Xiao Zhan to come as an envoy, which seemed a little incredible to Han Jian, after all, Yang Xi, the crown prince of the Wei Dynasty, was also detained by the Southern Dynasty, and the Southern Dynasty sent an eldest princess to the envoy so "courteously and reciprocatingly", could it be that the Empress Dowager Xiao of the Southern Dynasty felt that this daughter was born outgoing and deliberately sent it over to let the Northern Dynasty also detain it?

But after thinking about it, Xiao Zhan is a woman after all, and she is only an eldest princess, so she will marry someone in the future, which is different from Yang Xi's identity and status. Everyone knows that Yang Rui, the empress of the Northern Dynasty, has no heirs, and can only pass on the throne to her two younger brothers, Yang Yu betrayed first, and the heir qualification has been deprived, and now only Yang Xi is born and may inherit the orthodox throne.

Perhaps because of this, the Southern Dynasties also have more right to speak. Han Jian also probably learned that this time the Southern Dynasty sent an envoy over, and the biggest bargaining chip in his hand was Yang Xi.

Han Jian asked Lin Xiaoshu to pass the word in the past, and asked Xiao Zhan, the princess of Yongdan, to come to the Dongwang Mansion for a banquet, originally Han Jian thought that Xiao Zhan would refuse, but he didn't expect Xiao Zhan to agree. This made Han Jian scratch his head.

Although Xiao Zhan is a woman, she still has a certain connection and status in the Southern Dynasty, mainly because Zhu Tongjing is very close to Xiao Zhan, this time Xiao Zhan came, it can be said that he entered the tiger's den alone, and Xiao Zhan has no concept of self-preservation?

Originally, Han Jian disdained to detain a woman in exchange for a political policy, but in front of the political government, sometimes he had to change his principles. Han Jian thought about it carefully, and felt that it was not impossible to detain Xiao Zhan and propose to exchange with Yang Xi with the Southern Dynasty. Although in the end, it may be that Xiao Zhan will be sacrificed by the Southern Dynasty, and the kidnapping between the two countries will worsen, and the worst result will be that the two countries will fight each other.

Now it is the Northern Wei Dynasty that does not want to fight this battle, not the Southern Qi.

After receiving an accurate reply from Princess Yongdan, Han Jian did not go to inform the ministers of the imperial court in Yu Shangshutai about the news, but only held a brief meeting within the Dongwang Mansion. There were not many people attending the meeting, except for himself, there were only Han Cuishi and Lin Xiaoshu.

Han Song's family was not in Luoyang, so Han Cui's family coordinated a qiē in Luoyang's East Palace, and after learning the news that Han Jian had invited the envoys of the Southern Dynasty to come to the palace, Han Cui's expression was still a little nervous. After all, this invitation was related to diplomatic matters, but Han Jian lightly said that it was a private banquet, which made her wonder if it would cause dissatisfaction among Yang Rui or the imperial court.

"Jian'er, have you ever said hello to Your Majesty about this?" Han Cuishi asked first.

Han Jian shook his head admittedly and said, "Your Majesty doesn't see anyone in the Taimiao, how can you say hello?" ”

"It's hard to say." Han Cui's face was worried, "It's best to tell Your Majesty first, if you don't say it, if you turn around and make trouble, I'm afraid it will affect the relationship between you and Your Majesty." ”

Han Jian thought to himself. It was Yang Rui who threw the affairs of the entire court to him, but he ran to do something big. Now that he is the master of the entire imperial court, there is much difference between banqueting envoys in the name of the imperial court and his personal name?

"It's fine." Han Jian said, "Your Majesty has a rough explanation of this matter before entering the Taimiao, but I will act cheaply. This matter is not out of generality, even if His Majesty knows it, how can he blame it? ”

Han Cuishi was relieved and said, "Then let the mansion arrange tonight's banquet." Athlete, have you thought about who you want to invite? ”

Han Jian was silent for a moment.

Previously, he was invited by Xie Rumo in the Southern Dynasty in a private name. Although it was not very formal, there were still many officials at the banquet, and most of them were members of the Xie Party. This time, he invited him privately, and from the perspective of courtesy, he also had to invite some staff and cronies from the Dongwang Mansion to come over, so that the banquet would be like a banquet.

"Don't invite too many people." Han Jian glanced at Lin Xiaoshu and said. "Anyway, General Lin and Steward Lin's brother and sister have just returned to Luoyang, and they haven't had time to officially pick up the wind and wash the dust, so this time I invited General Lin to come over, and it should be a simple family banquet."

"Family dinner?" Even though Han Cuishi was prepared, he was still taken aback. "That'...... Sanniang and Xin'er, don't they also have to attend? ”

Inviting the envoys of the Southern Dynasty to a "family banquet" was a bit ridiculous in her mind.

Han Jian smiled and said: "Siniang, they don't have to, Xin'er and Wen'er are relatives, and it's not appropriate to come out, but Sanniang and Qian'er, they can come out to meet this Princess Yongdan, after all, Princess Yongdan is also a female dependent, since she came, we can't be too rude." ”

Han Cui's thought about it, if other envoys came, it would be very unreasonable to invite them to the house for a family banquet, not to mention Yang Li'er and Gu Xin'er, who were the princesses of the East, that is, she and those Han Jian's aunts, who were also widows, how could they come out and see other men casually?

"Jian'er, have you ever thought that Princess Yongdan came alone this time? What if she brought someone with her...... I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate......"

After all, Princess Yongdan did not come to the Northern Dynasty alone this time, there were still a lot of male court officials around her, and the Duke of Yongdan mainly brought these people together, so how to entertain them became a problem.

Han Jian shook his head with a smile and said: "Sanniang, don't worry, I will send an invitation to the banquet later, saying that I will only invite Princess Yongdan alone, if she doesn't come, it will save trouble, if she comes and brings someone else, we also have a reason to turn her away." ”

Han Cuishi nodded, but he was still a little worried: "I don't know what you think, the two countries send envoys to each other, you have to make some family banquet." But since it's you who decide, Sanniang doesn't say anything. If your second mother is here, see if she can make you mess around! ”

Saying this, Han Jian knew that Han Cui's also agreed.

Among his aunts, although Han Cui's often sings blackfaces, it is also up to him, but Han Song's family, who has always been modest, sometimes stops him from doing something.

After the matter was settled, Han Cui's went down to instruct the Dongwang Mansion to prepare a family banquet in the evening, while Han Jian stayed in the main hall with Lin Xiaoshu under the pretext of discussing with Lin Xiaoshu. At the same time, Han Jian also sent someone to the post house to deliver invitations and sent someone to invite Lin Zhan over.

It didn't take long to sunset and dusk, Lin Zhan had already arrived at the Dongwang Mansion after finishing his business, and Yang Li'er, who also needed to have a banquet, was not in a hurry, Yang Li'er was Han Jian's family after all, even if she didn't attend, there would be no problem, and Yang Li'er would be later if she attended.

Han Jian was talking to Lin Zhan when he got a rumor from outside, saying that the envoys of the Southern Dynasty had arrived.

Glancing at Lin Zhan, Han Jian got up and said, "Let's go, Brother Lin, since the guest arrives at the door, we still have to go out to greet us." ”

"What about me?" Lin Xiaoshu was on the side, not knowing what to do.

Han Jian smiled and said, "Xiao Shu, you can stay, and I can go out with Brother Lin." ”

Lin Xiaoshu nodded and stayed in the main hall. Lin Zhan went out with Han Jian to greet him.

When I got to the door, I saw a big sedan chair parked at the door of the house, and there was no entourage around the sedan chair except for a few sedan chair drivers. Han Jianxin said that this Princess Yongdan also knew each other, and said that she came alone, that is, she came alone.

As soon as Han Jian and Lin Zhan walked out, the curtain of the ventilation window of the sedan chair was lifted slightly, and then two maids came down from the sedan chair. Han Jian looked at the four sedan chair drivers around him, and felt a little strange in his heart, originally such a big sedan chair should be eight sedan chairs, there were only four sedan chairs, but they were carrying three people, although these three people were all women, and the weight of the sedan chair was heavy enough.

When the maidservant came down, she first set up a stool, and then opened the curtain and invited the people inside to get off the sedan chair.

Originally, Han Jian and Lin Zhan came out to greet people, but they didn't expect that just a sedan chair would come out with some tricks, and Han Jian couldn't help frowning.

At this time, the people in the sedan chair and each of them walked down, and what caught their eyes was a leg wearing riding boots and a long Confucian robe, which seemed to be a man's dress.

Sure enough, when the person walked down, he was dressed as a man, holding a folding fan in his hand, even his hair was tied up instead of coiled, and his chest was flat.

But after seeing this person's appearance, Han Jian couldn't help frowning. He vaguely felt that he had seen it somewhere, and then he thought about it, wasn't this the entourage who danced the sword at the palace banquet that day? This person was reckless in dancing with a sword at the palace banquet that day, and was almost injured by Yang Ke, who was the prince of the Northern King at the time, but then a little eunuch beside her was still stabbed by a sword, which also caused a big dispute between the two countries.

Han Jian had some doubts in his heart, whether the sword-dancing entourage that day was Xiao Zhan, the princess of Yongdan, or whether today's Xiao Zhan was counterfeited by the entourage that day, Han Jian couldn't be sure. However, Han Jian could also guess in his heart that the reaction of the entourage at the palace banquet that day was not like ordinary people, and the appearance of the little eunuch next to him sacrificing himself to block the sword was not an invitation to ordinary colleagues, but clearly blocking the sword for the master. In addition, the temperament of the woman in front of him could not be disguised casually, and Han Jian also concluded in his heart that this was Princess Yongdan.

But thinking of the reckless entourage at the beginning, it is really difficult to connect with the rumored generous and decent Princess Yongdan. Han Jian thought to himself, could it be that Princess Yongdan at that time was still "less and no more"?

At this time, Xiao Zhan had already gotten down from the sedan chair, but he didn't get close, but stood in front of the sedan chair very arrogantly, as if waiting for Han Jian and Lin Zhan to take the initiative to come forward to greet him.

According to the title, Princess Yongdan is a princess at the level of a prince, and Han Jian is only the prince of the county, so she naturally has to greet him with courtesy, and Lin Zhan is about to be named the Marquis of Guannei, but she is only an entourage of the East Palace, so she naturally has to greet him respectfully. However, the two sides are not the same country in themselves, and between the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the official qualities are not common, so these are also superficial articles, and compliance and non-compliance are both said in the past.

However, Han Jian didn't want to be too polite, so he stepped forward with Lin Zhan, bowed slightly, and said, "I've seen the princess." ”

When Xiao Zhan heard this, he smiled faintly, revealing two rows of teeth, and his smile was as bright as the sun.

"King Dong, reunite after a long absence, how are you doing?" Xiao Zhan asked with a smile.

Han Jian heard the meaning of these words, and Xiao Zhan had clearly admitted that she was the one who gave the banquet in the palace at the beginning.

With a wry smile, Han Jian saluted and said, "Young people rely on their hard waists, and they can't die." ”

When Xiao Zhan heard this, he smiled and said, "What Dongwang said is so interesting! (To be continued......)