In the early morning three days after returning to Dongzhao, Su Yan and a group of courtiers came to the palace early, because this day was the day of tribute from the Chu tribes of the Dongzhao domain.

In the Xuanming Palace, the prince of Chu and the county lord slowly walked into the middle of the hall and saluted to Donglin Xun.

"Chu Yao, the son of the Chu clan."

"Chu Clan, the county lord of the Chu clan."

"Meet Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be happy and healthy!"

"Flat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The two Chu people held the etiquette, slowly stood up, and looked up at the emperor.

The ministers of the court also looked at the young brothers and sisters in the palace, the sons and daughters of the king of Chu.

Chu was originally a tribe in the northwest border of the Dongzhao Kingdom, a hundred years ago to the Dongzhao took the initiative to show favor to the ministers, became a vassal state of the Dongzhao, and this Chu is located between the East Zhao and the North Qiang, so it is also an important force in the East Zhao to defend the North Qiang, plus a few months ago in the battle of Fengcheng, the Chu Department also sent troops to make war achievements, so this time the prince and the county lord came to the East Zhao, not only on behalf of their father into the palace to pay tribute, but also to receive a reward.

Donglin Xun looked at Chu Yao and said: "Time is really passing fast, I remember that when your father brought you to Shangling City, you were still two little ones, and in the blink of an eye, you can already lead troops to fight, brave and good at fighting, sure enough, the tiger father has no dogs!" ”

"As a part of Dongzhao, it is Chu Yao's blessing to be able to lead troops to serve the court. What's more, the Dongzhao soldiers are strong and strong, and they are already invincible, and the victory in the battle of Fengcheng was set from the beginning, and the Chu people leading the troops to fight are just icing on the cake. The prince of Chu said respectfully.

The Tanglin Xunlong Yan Dayue who said this, the king of the world, who doesn't like to hear the remarks of "the whole world is not the king's land".

"Sister-in-law Chu has also become a big girl, the queen liked you very much at the beginning, and she told me this morning, let you not leave the palace in a hurry, and go to her palace to talk to her after the next dynasty."

"The queen still remembers the courtiers, which is the blessing of the courtiers, as long as the queen does not dislike the clumsiness of the courtiers, the courtiers will definitely serve by the queen's side."

Donglin Xun looked at the slender woman in front of him, humble and gentle, very satisfied, and secretly had a plan in his heart.

After the next dynasty, Sikong Shaoyang, who was ordered to go out of the palace to do business, went out of the palace with Su Yan.

"What do you think of this Chu brother and sister?"

"You mean?" Su Yan didn't understand why Sikong Shaoyang mentioned that brother and sister for no reason.

"The king of Chu did not come to pay tribute in person, but let his two sons and daughters come, I am afraid there is another deep meaning behind this."

"The Chu people have now made great contributions, and they are very popular in the court, they have always been respectful and obedient to our Dongzhao, and the best way to consolidate the relationship has always been to marry, for Dongzhao, the power of the Chu people in the northwest is deep-rooted, and it is also the best way to stabilize them with marriage."

Sikong Shaoyang saw that Su Yan had realized the transparency, and continued: "Then do you think this person ...... choose?"

"It stands to reason that if the prince can seek Princess Dongzhao, it will be both grace and glory, and the relationship can be stabilized, but there is no princess of the right age to marry in the palace now...... That is the county lord of the Chu nationality who married. ”

"Yes, and looking at the emperor's attitude in the Xuanming Palace today, I'm afraid that in a few days, only the prince of the Chu clan will go back."

"Is it Ah Yi?" Su Yan and Dongling Yi grew up together, and they never called him the prince in private.

Sikong Shaoyang was silent, he always felt that although the emperor asked the county lord of the Chu clan to go to the queen's palace after going down to the court, he did not necessarily want to marry her to the prince, after all, the position of the crown princess should not be given to people of foreign clans, otherwise it would be extremely troublesome for relatives to interfere in politics in the future, but if she was only given the position of a side concubine, it would definitely not be too decent for the Chu clan who had just made great contributions, so it is still unknown who this Chu woman will be allowed to.

Seeing that Sikong Shaoyang was silent, Su Yan smiled and said, "If it weren't for Ah Yi's crown princess, it would be difficult to do it...... Become Ah Yi's mother-in-law? The county lord looks a year or two younger than Ah Yi. ”

Sikong Shaoyang saw Su Yan's heartless joke, and secretly said in his heart: I hope I am too worried.

When I returned to the house, I didn't see my mother and sister.

"Madame and Miss took the will of the queen mother and entered the palace together to go to the queen mother's palace for a banquet." Humane.

"But I just came back from the palace and didn't meet the two of them."

"The young master doesn't know, Madame and Miss entered the palace not long after you entered the palace, and the hind feet also entered the palace, so when you left the palace, Madame and Miss should have already arrived in the palace of the queen's mother."

"That's it, that's it, I'll go out of the house, and I don't have to prepare dinner." Su Yan saw that his mother and sister were not in the house, and it was still early, so he decided to go to his "private affairs".

After dinner, Uncle Zheng said that he wanted to go to Huashang Pavilion to see how the Mohu Dayu was sewn, and Mu Yunyi also wanted to see the workmanship of the Dayu in person, and he hadn't been to the Dongzhao market yet, so he proposed to go together. changed into a set of casual clothes and followed Uncle Zheng out of the door.

When he arrived at Huashang Pavilion, Mu Yunyi got out of the carriage and looked up to see the high-hanging mahogany hot gold plaque "Huashang Pavilion", and heard Zheng Bo say that this was the word personally mentioned by Empress Yeyang, and the status of this Huashang Pavilion in Dongzhao can be seen.

The shopkeeper greeted him politely, "Princess Anhe is here, and the small ones are far away, please come inside." ”

Entering Huashang Pavilion, the shopkeeper directly led Mu Yunyi to the third floor, and while going upstairs, he introduced her here.

"Princess, pay attention to your feet, our Huashang Pavilion has three floors, the first layer is women's ready-to-wear, the second layer is men's ready-to-wear, and the third layer is the Accord tailored for distinguished guests."

As he spoke, the shopkeeper took Mu Yunyi to a more spacious private room on the third floor, and tea had already been brewed on the table.

"Princess, take a break, and I'll bring you your ink fox to show you." The shopkeeper said, and took out a few thick clothes sample books from the wooden cabinet on the side, "Princess, if you are interested, take a look at these books, they are the latest fashionable winter clothes styles this year, if you like it, you will talk to the small one later, and the small one will take you to choose the fabric." ”

"Well, okay, I'll take a look."

Mu Yunyi looked at the decoration in this room, it was not bad, when he came, he heard Uncle Zheng say that this Huashang Pavilion is worth a lot of money just on the first and second floors, and this third layer is not for anyone to enter and exit at will, if it is not a relative of the emperor, it is a certain amount of accumulated spending in Huashang Pavilion before he is qualified to come up.

"Princess, you dress too plainly on weekdays, and today is just here, so let's see what style you like."

Although Mu Yunyi is particular about dressing, she doesn't like too luxurious and complicated styles, and because she has been in and out of the barracks and battlefields all the year round, she has always dressed very simple and plain, but Uncle Zheng has such kindness, she can't refuse, so she opened the booklet and took a casual look.

Not long after, there was a knock on the door, and the shopkeeper personally came in with the big hat, and at this time, a shopkeeper who passed by her door was holding something that attracted her attention.