In the early morning of the next day, Li Yu issued an order to promote Xia Xiaogui to Zhaoyi, as a diplomatic envoy of Jiangnan State, and went to Bianliang to ask for guilt, and Lord Xu Xuan accompanied him as a deputy envoy.

Xiaogui received the holy decree and hurried back to the studio to prepare.

was counting and packing his luggage, and suddenly the eunuch outside came to report: "The eldest princess is here." ”

Li Lianqiao didn't wait for the eunuch to report, and he had already rushed in angrily.

Xiao Gui looked at the two short swords that he had just prepared to put in his luggage, and felt very relieved.

"See the eldest princess."

Xiao Gui bowed deeply.

When Li Lianqiao saw the two swords, he was a little surprised, but he obviously didn't care, and said:

"Okay, climb fast."

"What the eldest princess said, but the ants in the hall?"

"Don't pretend, this palace is talking about you."

"Eldest princess, please say something, Ben Zhaoyi doesn't understand it a little."

"Everyone is from a lower class, will you not understand the vernacular when I tell you?"

"The eldest princess is wrong, the concubine's father was a jinshi in the Later Tang Dynasty."

This time lit the big firecracker on Li Forsythia's chest.

"You have to have points in your heart, don't feel that you are rising fast, and show off your power in front of this palace."

"Yes, the concubine is ashamed." Xiaogui apologized.

"Oh, you still know how ashamed you are, what are you ashamed of, tell me about it?" Li Lianqiao looked curious.

"I'm ashamed that even if the concubine is promoted again, she won't be able to rise to the position of the princess." Xiaogui replied.

This sentence is even more heart-piercing.

Li Lianqiao, the eldest princess, originally came from an unknown place.

"You! It's the other way around! Li Lianqiao looked angry.

"The eldest princess has already been so determined once before, and His Majesty rehabilitated the concubine."

“……”

Li Lianqiao stared at Xiao Gui, his face was gloomy, and his beautiful eyes were now like an eagle hunting for food.

On the Xiaogui coffee table, the charcoal-fired iron kettle was boiled, and inside was the boiled tea cake.

She gently poured the tea on.

"Eldest princess, I think there are some things that you probably shouldn't say, such as what everyone is from the lower class, you are the eldest princess, Your Majesty's sister, you have only one de jure father, that is, the first emperor."

This sentence choked Li Lianqiao so much that he couldn't answer it at all.

"Does the eldest princess drink tea?" Xiaogui asked with a smile.

"Who drinks your tea!"

"Fortunately, I don't drink it, I just have a cup."

Xiaogui looked at Li Forsythia, took a few sips, and poured the residual tea outside.

"Live well, if you talk like this, you will anger the emperor of the Northern Dynasty, and you will die on the spot!" Li Lianqiao let out a curse.

Li Lianqiao flicked his sleeves, turned his head and left.

Xiaogui poured another cup of tea, and Li Lianqiao had just reminded her of something.

Chai Rong's character, everyone's statement is different, according to Li Yu, Chai Rong is a barbarian who is difficult to please, just like most northerners in the eyes of southerners, Xiaogui obviously does not have this prejudice, she is a northerner herself,

And there is one thing that makes her feel very close to Chai Rong.

Chai Rong was a businessman in his youth, doing business in the Gangneung area and selling tea.

The businessman is restrained and rational, and conquers the world with calculations.

Chai Rong is indeed like a businessman.

He reigned until the fifth year of this year.

During these five years, he fought a lot, but as soon as he was done, he would release prisoners of war.

He did not recruit the troops of Shu and the Southern Tang Dynasty, and whoever was willing to go home, he would let them come back.

The more Wu declared him a vassal earlier, he made King Qian the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, and also sent cattle and money to Wu Yue's people as early as possible, so that they could farm the land well.

Chai Rong once demolished more than 30,000 Buddhist temples, and the Buddha statues were melted down to mint money.

He once forced more than 60,000 monks and nuns to return to the laity, and also introduced many monks and nuns to each other, and gave birth to children to study hard.

This is an emperor who works hard, but there is one thing, he will remind Xiaogui of his master Xu Zhixun.

The emperor seemed to be so urgent about everything he did that it made people feel as if he didn't have a lot of time.

Xiaogui wasn't worried about Chai Rong killing her.

After all, there are still grandfathers and uncles in Bianliang, and they can intercede.

The worst situation is nothing more than a diplomatic failure, Xiaogui is taken hostage, or included in the harem.

But Li Forsythia had to be guarded against.

If Li Lianqiao wants to kill himself and put the blame on Da Zhou, then Chai Rong owes Li Yu a favor, and there is no reason to ask for guilt.

But it's not easy to kill Xiaogui.

He is good at swordsmanship and light skills, and there are so many Southern Tang Guards around him, Li Lianqiao can't let Zhou Zhuocheng do it in broad daylight, let alone kill people himself, and the necromancer will not easily attack the Southern Tang Guards.

However, you should take someone with you, and it is better for this person to know a little medicine and be able to guard against poisons and hallucinogens.

Of course, the most important thing is loyalty, and this person must be able to send some confidential letters.

Xiao Gui looked at the people around him, and there were no henchmen available.

The few people around me are all not wanted by the units in the palace, or they are stupid, so they are a little stupid.

Today's novelists write palace fights, often assigning a palace maid in the palace, and handing over all kinds of poisoning and murder work to her, in fact, how can it.

Most of the concubines' henchmen are either brought in from their mother's family, or they have a deep relationship with their own family and hold the life of their old son and mother in their hands, so such a person can be their own personal person.

But Xiaogui has been taking care of himself all the time, and Li Yu doesn't come to the studio to sleep, so Xiaogui has never done the matter of finding a personal palace maid.

Now I have to do it, if I carry my bag every day in the palace or post house of the Great Zhou Dynasty and no one follows me, it is really unseemly.

By the way, don't I have a girl who is in a hurry to be a confidant?

The "confidant best friend" Sister Qiao.

"Sister Qiao, the granddaughter of Imperial Doctor Xiong, came to see me in the studio."

After a while, Sister Qiao came happily.

"Congratulations Zhaoyi!" Sister Qiao said with a smile.

Xiaogui thought for a while and realized that Zhaoyi and the four big masters, Concubine Shu, Concubine De, and Concubine Xian, were one level apart.

The four concubines in the harem of the Tang Dynasty are of a very high level, but they are not like in the Qing palace drama, where they seal concubines and concubines with one mouth.

If you are crowned as a concubine, you can be called a mother, and the prince and princess must regard the concubine as a concubine, not a palace person.

When you see Li Forsythia, everyone wants to be equal, just treat her as a sister, if Li Forsythia has a child, then she has to obediently call the concubine a mother, and you have to kowtow.

"If I become the head of a palace, let Sister Qiao come in and be a confidant for me." This is what Xiaogui told Xiong Shihai.

Sister Qiao was still thinking about the promise of "entering the palace to serve".

Xiaogui took out another teacup (obviously it is impossible to have only one cup), poured tea for Sister Qiao, and gave Sister Qiao all kinds of snacks with melon seeds and broad beans.

This move is very important, this is a sister's heart-to-heart conversation, not me using you to give you orders.

"I'm going to trouble my sister in advance, I don't know if you're willing to go out with me?" Xiaogui looked at Sister Qiao with a smile.

"How far? Ezhou? Sister Qiao raised her face, "Are you going to see your senior brother!" ”

"I'm going to see my senior brother, but I'm going farther away, it's Bianliang."

"I'll go, I'll go!"

Some friends are like this, as soon as you let her out, she is elated, and when she arrives at a place, she goes to explore everything, makes friends everywhere (and causes trouble everywhere), but goes out with such friends, and it is lively.

Some are not, you want her to go out, three invitations and four invitations, the road map, what to eat has to be decided by you, ask her what to eat, whatever, and then really eat casually, and all kinds of picks, such a friend is not a suitable travel companion.

"You are young, if you go so far, grandpa will be worried."

"At home, I have the final say! Besides, I've been to the mountains to collect medicine, and I can ride a horse! ”

Sister Qiao went home and packed her luggage.

Xiaogui took out Sister Qiao's important pulse case and hid it on her body.

If you want to meet Xu Yongzhi, you must tell him about his life experience.

Xiaogui handed over Sister Qiao's name to Lord Xu, only saying that it was a female doctor who accompanied her.

said that the next morning, Sister Qiao accompanied Xiaogui to the car.

The rough eunuchs of Gong'e followed a few more, Lord Xu Xuan rode in front, Xia Zhaoyi's car was behind, the guards guarded left and right, and the convoy came straight to Bianliang.

Xu Taishi had already gotten the news from the Ezhou branch of Shanzitang, and first sent a fast horse to inform Bianliang.

Huo Yizun on Bianliang's side took out the letter and read it, and told Duan Meimei, Ah Crisp and Duan Zishou.

"The envoys of the Southern Tang Dynasty are coming to Bianliang."

"What does this have to do with us?"

"The envoy has an acquaintance of ours."

"Is Lianqiao this evil woman?" Duan Zishou looked forward to it, gearing up, since he defeated Li Lianqiao in Qinling, he had always felt that this woman was no longer a problem.

"If that person is sent as an envoy, Nantang will definitely break off relations with Great Zhou." Huo Yizun said.

"Who's that?" Duan Meimei asked.

"It's Xia Zhaoyi." Huo Yizun said.

"Is it expensive!" Duan Meimei exclaimed.

"Who is Xiaogui?" Ah Crisp asked with a confused face.

"Little Gui Sister, I used to be Xiao Gui Brother, and I was also my brother-in-law's crush." Duan Zishou said.

"You can't do that!" Ah Crisp twisted Duan Zi Shou.

"Hey, it won't!" Amori hurriedly confessed.

Duan Meimei has never seen Xiaogui since Anguo said goodbye.

Her feelings for Xiaogui are very complicated.

There is a little bit of jealousy.

But only a little.

She always pressed that layer into the innermost part of her heart.

Because she felt that she didn't deserve to be completely Xu Yongzhi, no matter how much misfortune he suffered and how much his reputation was damaged, it was the same.

Another point is that she thinks that if she is asked to share Xu Yongzhi with someone, only Xiaogui can do it.

Xiaogui is like his sister.

This is why she misses Xiaogui.

In this way, two girls appreciate each other because their love and kindness for the same person are deep enough, and their hatred for the same person who hurts that person is deep enough.

Only when you cherish each other and hate the same enemy will you have such feelings.

It can be said that this model cannot be replicated, and it may not be an ordinary wife or concubine or a rival in love, which is understandable.

Only Meimei's character can not only love Xu Yongzhi, but also like Xiaogui.

It is precisely because of Meimei's character that she can also be loved by Xiaogui.

Before Xiaogui met Duan Meimei and had that heart-to-heart conversation with her on the watchtower, he didn't know how to get along with a young woman at all.

She felt that women were weak and cried, and she was full of disgust for them, but in fact, she was afraid that she would become a weak woman.

After meeting Meimei, Xia Xiaogui really understood that the gender she identified with - women was so powerful.

After meeting Zhou Ehuang and Li Yu again, Xia Xiaogui realized his charm and beauty.

"Xiaogui, come quickly."

This blessing is sincere.

Xiaogui's convoy boarded a big ship outside Jinling City, docked from Ezhou, and entered the defense area of the Great Zhou Zhongwu Army Jiedu envoy to the north, and the general under Zhao Kuangyin led the troops to escort the convoy forward.

It's safer now.

Xiaogui, as a concubine, can't show her head, she taught Sister Qiao to use a crossbow in the car, and she will always use it for self-defense in the future.

"Whisper!" Xiaogui said.

"Sister Qiao, no court will like concubines or palace maids who can use poison."

"Then how did you tell Lord Seo Hyun to add me in?"

"I said, I'm going to bring a massage lady."

"It's still my sister smart!"

On this day, the mission arrived in Bianliang City, and stayed in the city pavilion, Chai Rong heard that the envoy was Li Yu's concubine to visit, and specially arranged for Du Guifei to visit.

Du Guifei is the concubine of Li Jing, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, to Chai Rong, Li Jing calls Chai Rong his brother, if he talks about his seniority, Du Guifei should be called a big lady.

In fact, she is only in her twenties, young and beautiful, but depressed.

"Zhaoyi, is Your Majesty okay?" Seeing that she was far away, Du Guifei asked Xiaogui in a low voice, saying a mouthful of glutinous Wu language, which sounded very good.

"Guifei Niangniang, don't say this, the concubine is a female official in the lower state, and any Zhaoyi is arrogant." Xiao Gui hurriedly said.

"I am a concubine sent by Datang, and you are from your hometown, you can call me a sister, why bother to be so angry!"

"Niangniang, don't say this, Xiaogui is the one who came to ask for sin, how dare you mess with the elders and children!"

Du Guifei asked Xiaogui again if he had a favor and whether he had children, and Xiaogui answered them one by one.

"How is His Majesty the Tang Dynasty?"

"The lord of Jiangnan is still healthy, but he likes to be quiet, good at Buddhist scriptures and calligraphy, and does not like to move."

Du Guifei sat for a while, said goodbye and left, Xiaogui sent out the door, returned to the house, and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sister, the concubine is sincere, I see the people from my hometown, I want to talk to you about affection, why are you so rejected?" Sister Qiao looked sullen.

"How did you see her sincerity?" Xiaogui asked.

"She said it herself, she said it was her own person." Sister Qiao said.

"The concubine said, I am my own person with you."

"The concubine and you are your own people."

"Sister Qiao, do you think these two sentences are the same?" Xiaogui asked.

"It doesn't seem to be the same." Sister Qiao said.

"It's definitely different, all the words, it's not a fact, it's a verbal fact." Xiaogui said.

"However, if the concubine really wants to meet the people of her hometown and talk about her heart, isn't it too pitiful?" Sister Qiao was still a little unconvinced.

"First of all, I am from the north, you are from Ezhou, and we are not from her hometown; Secondly, if I tell her a confidant, and she goes to return to the emperor, and the emperor pulls you out and beheads you, you will be too pitiful. Xiaogui looked serious.

"Why did you kill me?" Sister Qiao asked with a raised face.

"I'm also a Zhaoyi, I'll be given death, I must have cut you." Xiao Gui said coldly.

"If I were the emperor, I would definitely be reluctant to kill you, sister, you are so good-looking." Sister Qiao hurriedly eased the atmosphere.

"It's good to know in your heart, don't say anything unnecessary." Xiaogui said.

"Is it true that a woman who marries out will definitely be towards her husband?" Sister Qiao muttered to herself.

"This is the way for women to survive in this era." Xiao Gui said coldly.

In the evening, Du Guifei returned to Chai Rong's bedroom, Chai Rong sat in the tent and asked her from afar:

"How about that Xia Zhaoyi?"

"It's a petted, childless one."

Chai Rong snorted:

"Li Yu, this kid, can be regarded as sending a hostage of enough weight."

"How are people?"

"More beautiful than a concubine."

"Who asked you this!"

"A smart man, who speaks without a drop in his words, and does not fall into any traps.

"Let's go down."

Du Guifei asked to kneel down.

"Ah, a smart woman is still so beautiful, now I want to see it."

Chai Rong thought about tomorrow's strategy.

In the inn, Xiaogui is also thinking about tomorrow's strategy.

At this time, Sister Qiao came in from outside the door:

"Zhaoyi, there is a man named Xu Jin, who is asking to see him outside the door."