This night in Loulan was the most solid night that Liu Yu slept on since he set out on the expedition, took a bath and changed into clean clothes, hurriedly ate some dinner, slept with the cool summer breeze blowing on the soft pillow of the high bed, and slept naturally from the beginning of the night to the next day.

Waking up and stretching, looking at the window at the soft scenery of Lancheng on a sunny day outside, Liu Yu felt as if he was in heaven. He even thought that it would be a pleasure for his family to move here for the rest of the year. Thinking of the beautiful wife and concubine in the Central Plains, Liu Yu sighed that he had lost interest in watching the scenery.

After hurriedly eating some pasta and snacks sent by the Loulan people, Liu Yu was about to follow Che into the palace to attend the welcome banquet there.

Liu Yu thought that if he was going to see the queen and couple of Loulan next, he would always be generous and decent without losing the national courtesy, so he wanted to ask Chetu for a few words about the greetings of the Loulan people. Che Tu said: "Her Majesty the Queen will not attend the banquet today, so you don't have to worry about it." ”

Liu Yuxin said that this Queen Loulan has a lot of shelves, could it be that she is pretending to be sick like the king of the Yue family, and is actually preparing for political struggle? Under Liu Yue's careful questioning, in order to prevent Liu Yue from thinking that their Loulan Kingdom reception was not good, he said after the last: "Her Majesty the Queen has just given birth to the fourth princess, and it is inconvenient to meet people." ”

"Oh."

Liu Yu suddenly realized that the emotion was that Queen Loulan was in confinement. After all, women are not like men, they have the responsibility of passing on the next generation in the family, and when they are engaged in politics, there will be times when they are unable to take care of state affairs, such as maternity leave.

"What about your royal husband? He can't be there either? Liu Yu is also very interested in the man behind this queen.

Che Tu didn't understand Liu Yu's purpose, and said truthfully: "His Royal Highness wants to take care of Her Majesty the Queen, so naturally he will not attend." ”

Hear this. Liu Yu naturally remembered the national treasure couple who were far away in Chang'an City. Su Bi and Chai Jin. Xin said that if Su Bi became the queen, she would also take maternity leave or something, and Chai Hulu must be on her side to take care of everything like a housewife.

Liu Yu entered the Loulan Palace with a little regret, because of the many trees in Loulan and the influence of the Central Plains culture, the welcome banquet used tables and chairs instead of couches, and the tables and chairs were set out, just like a big family in Chang'an City invited a banquet. There were not as many Loulan officials as Liu Yu saw yesterday, and most of the people attending today's meeting were men.

Could it be that the official rank is not enough to attend today?

Bruhan still entertained Liu Yu on behalf of the queen, but because of the return of the national teacher to the court, Bruhan's status at today's banquet was significantly reduced, but he still reintroduced Liu Yu to Liu Yu as the host of today's Loulan Kingdom participants. After that, he explained: "All of you here today speak the language of the Shun dynasty, so the envoys don't have to be restrained, just like returning to their own country." ”

Only then did Liu Yu understand why there were few people today, and his feelings were limited in terms of "proficient in foreign languages". Liu Yue saw that some of the people sitting in the back were hesitant at all, and they basically belonged to the kind of "indiscriminate filling". Xin said that although there are a few people in Loulan who know Chinese, there are not too many. Liu Yu didn't expose it, he was pretending to be confused.

The seats of the Loulan people are not distributed according to the official rank, Liu Yu did not sit in the first place, Liu Yu's side is next to Chetu, Liu Yu's seats are mostly young people, and the opposite side is the old minister, and Bruhan is still standing like yesterday, holding a wine jug and a wine glass in his hand, it seems that he does not plan to sit down, and is ready to stand to preside over the banquet.

"Envoy, last night we received good news." Bruhan said with a smile on his face, "There is an army of the Shun Dynasty that is fighting with the Tibetans, and we have already tried to contact them, and I believe that it will not be long before the soldiers of our two countries can fight side by side." ”

Is there an army of the Shun Dynasty coming in the direction of the Western Regions?

Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, in his opinion, this matter is a little strange, after all, now the main army of the Shun Dynasty is preparing to wipe out the Turks in one fell swoop on the grassland, Liu Yu has only left the battlefield for more than a month, even if the front line withdraws troops, there is no reason to attack Tubo immediately, after all, it takes some time to recuperate after the end of the First World War. If the military power is recaptured by Min Shaoqing, he will also need time to suppress dissidents and control the entire army.

Liu Yu asked, "Which army of the Shun Dynasty does Bru Tianzuo know?" ”

"I don't know yet, but there will be news soon."

Seeing Bruhan's determined appearance, Liu Yue felt that this little white face did not seem to be lying, that means that he was about to see his country's army in a foreign country, Liu Yue hoped that it was Qi Fang them, but when he thought about it, it was more likely that Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng were still Ma Feng's people, only Min Shaoqing and Ma Feng would send troops to fight Tibet so unscrupulously. Liu Yu felt a little dangerous in anticipation, after all, Min Shaoqing had harmed him once.

Because the banquet was not attended by Queen Loulan, it was relatively not so formal. First of all, he toasted, and Bruhan was also very considerate that Liu Yu might be "overwhelmed by alcohol", and he used fruit wine, which was still mixed with water, and he drank a light juice that would not get drunk and make people just want to go to the toilet. After a round of toasting, Liu Yu felt the urge to go to the toilet. At this time, Bulhan brought up a topic in a timely manner, that is, the broad and profound culture of the Central Plains.

"The culture of the Central Plains is long, and we Loulan people are also very yearning, poetry and songs, I don't know if the envoys are proficient?" Bruhan looked at Liu Yu and asked.

Liu Yu wanted to say that he didn't know anything, so as to save trouble, but saying it would inevitably make these Loulan people feel that the Central Plains people were just like this, which was detrimental to the national prestige. Liu Yu had no choice but to say modestly: "I only understand a little bit." ”

"Oh? How much is a little bit? Bruhan continued to ask.

Liu Yuxin said that if you give you three points of color, you will open a dyeing workshop, is it possible that you still have to find someone to take the school exam? Liu Yu still said with a smile on his face: "Famous poems and songs, I probably remember some of them, and it will be difficult for me to make them elegant." ”

Seeing that Liu Yue seemed to be very embarrassed, Bruhan no longer asked at the right time, but chanted a poem describing the Central Plains by himself, and others also chanted a few, some Liu Yue had heard it, and some he had not heard it, but Liu Yue knew that these people had been prepared. It's likely that it was a temporary cramming.

After the most disappointment, Bluhan said with a little disappointment: "It's a pity that in the poems of the Central Plains, I can't find poems that describe our Loulan. ”

"Whoever said no, Ben Envoy has heard a song."

Liu Yu said this, all the Loulan people present were very interested, before today, they raided to find the Central Plains poetry collection, and there were many separate mentions of "Lou" and "Lan", but they did not mention "Loulan" together at all. Bruhan proudly said to the people present: "This shows that the people of the Central Plains also have some understanding of our Loulan, envoy, you might as well say this poem in public, let us learn from it." ”

"Qinghai Changyun Dark Snow Mountain, the lonely city looks at Yumen Pass. The yellow sand wears gold armor in a hundred battles, and Loulan will not be returned if it is not broken. ”

Liu Yu chanted Wang Changling's poetry and pride, and the Loulan people present seemed to have eaten the yellow lotus, but everyone who could understand looked at Liu Yu with extremely surprised eyes.

Liu Yu smiled awkwardly and said, "I remembered the last sentence wrongly, in fact, but Loulan never returned it." (To be continued......)