Chapter 257: Culture Shock

Many people in the seat stepped down one after another to bow down, but he didn't look at it, only slowly walked to his position and shouted.

"Wo Chun."

Su Jiao glanced at her brows, and couldn't help but complain in her heart: Why is this emperor of Nankang so polite?

When the words landed, even Xiao Huai'an was a little puzzled, and then he saw Taifu hurriedly running to him like a dog and nodding.

"Your Majesty, the minister is here."

"Ah~" Su Jiao's eyebrows flew up again, and she only dared to sigh in her heart.

"I heard that an envoy from Osawa has come, right? Where are you now? ”

Blind, I can't see it before you. As soon as the emperor in the top position asked, Su Jiao gave a small blank look in her heart, and then she didn't pay attention, Xiao Huai'an had already gone down and took the initiative to bow to the emperor of Nankang.

Su Jiao was startled, she couldn't help but seem to be a maverick, and hurriedly followed behind.

"Foreign Minister Xiao Huai'an, on the orders of His Majesty Daze, I will send an envoy to Nankang with my family to meet His Majesty Wang Min of Nankang."

Daze is the kingdom of the Celestial Empire, and being able to treat Emperor Nankang so politely is already a very face-saving one. Wang Min glanced at Xiao Huai'an and Su Jiao behind him lightly, but he didn't say anything, and fell back comfortably, leaning on the back of the dragon chair, and his two hands were also on the armrests on both sides.

"You're on this trip, go back and sit down, and you're ready to have a feast soon."

"Yes." Xiao Huai'an agreed, and pulled Su Jiao, who had not yet figured out the situation, back to his seat, and then Pu Wochun bowed his head and got up, clapped his hands again, with the music and dance of the strong local customs of Nankang, it slowly came from a distance, and finally stopped at the seats of the adults, the open space in front.

The streamers of all colors danced, but fortunately, the position was quite scientific and orderly, otherwise it looked like a group of demons dancing.

Su Jiao sat back in her place with a stunned face, and when she came back to her senses, she gently pinched Xiao Huai'an with her hand.

Xiao Huai'an hurriedly withdrew his hand, patted her back and whispered to reassure, "I was afraid that you would be too clever, so I deliberately didn't remind you, but I had to do this to make them relax their vigilance." ”

"You are so clever and clever, you must have not forgotten what we discussed before we came."

As soon as these words came out, Su Jiao really stopped, and remembered that in the evening, the two of them agreed so solemnly, and she almost forgot that she was so smart in the end, and it was too difficult to pretend to be stupid.

Although Xiao Huai'an's actions are indeed a bit unkind, what he said is quite good.

After thinking about it, Su Jiao suddenly felt a little better in her heart, raised her chin slightly arrogantly, and snorted from her nose, "Okay then." ”

"Then did you see something, I felt a little strange when I first came in, how can a few people who do business also be invited to the royal banquet, if it is in Daze, isn't it always that businessmen are not taken seriously?"

"That's true, you have a good eye, and you can see the problem at once." Xiao Huai'an nodded, although he was sitting in the subordinate seat second only to the emperor, but under the cover of singing and dancing at the banquet, he was not afraid of saying bad things in front of others.

"Nankang's ruling structure is not the same as our Daze's. In Nankang, as long as there is money, whether it is an official position or a land population, you can have as much as you want. It can be said that Nankang has been able to support it until now, and it is completely supported by these three major merchant families. ”

"Almost all the taxes of Nankang come from these three major merchant families, so the emperor of Nankang is so important, even jealous, and the people of Nankang also call these three families 'Nankang Samsung'."

"Why does this sound so familiar?" The corners of Su Jiao's eyes twitched slightly, and she looked very incredulous, "Generally speaking, isn't it only the emperor who is called the purple microstar in the sky?" ”

"Yes, so in our Daze's opinion, Nankang is the most stupid rule by letting merchants be in charge and elevating the royal family." Xiao Huai'an nodded, and looked at the performance in front of him, which was the climax of this dance music.

"Which three are they?" Su Jiao turned her head and asked so unabashedly, Xiao Huai'an hurriedly took the glass of wine that had just been poured from her hand, pretended to be in love with his wife, and replied in a low voice.

"What you know just now, a day of fireworks, the head of the imperial merchants, the second Pu Wochun, mixed into the court, the third ......"

is talking to Xiao Huai'an and Su Jiao's two "husband and wife", and many ministers opposite, although they have little power in their hands, and they are suppressed by the emperor and the three imperial merchant families, perhaps it is precisely because of this reason that they are not taken seriously, they will increasingly sneer and ridicule Xiao Huai'an.

The mutual conversation between the two is all about Xiao Huai'an's physical condition and Su Jiao's bad brain.

Xiao Huai'an hadn't finished his words yet, but he noticed their whispering, and couldn't help but pause, who was the third place, so he didn't say it for a long time.

Su Jiao wanted to continue to ask, but thinking that the situation at this time was not good, she couldn't help but say more.

Soon the second main course was served, and the banquet gradually entered its climax.

Many ministers, especially Rishang Hanabi and Pu Wochun, pretend to be so serious on weekdays, but now they are full of wine and food, and they are drunk, and they have each revealed their true colors.

The girls and men selected to perform at this banquet are also very good-looking, and beautiful people, Su Jiao was just about to praise their taste is not bad, and now I look at these well-dressed and clean people, one by one, they fell into the arms of those wine bags and rice bag ministers, their ears and temples grinding, laughter and laughter continued, and the hearts of those who watched were separated for a while.

Su Jiao's eyes widened, although she knew that this kind of transaction was inevitable through the ages, but she would always feel uncomfortable with conditioned reflexes in her heart, and then looked at the position above, Wang Min, who was born as Emperor Nankang, was slightly more handsome than the ministers, but there was no lower limit to what she could do.

He took a fancy to the girl who was leading the dance, so he simply took the person away and left the banquet.

Su Jiao didn't pretend to be pure, and it wasn't that she hadn't seen this kind of scene, but she was really not used to this, and she was not ashamed, and she was in front of the public.

She turned her head very uncomfortably, and whispered a few words to Xiao Huai'an, "Didn't our trick of pretending to be stupid just now not succeed, how do I feel that we are being put on a match by them now?" ”

"Maybe not, Nankang and the Wa Kingdom do have such wild customs, but there is no lack of reasons for your guess."

Xiao Huai'an also had a cold face, Daze would never have such a situation, he should be regarded as the first time to see him, but he could still stay sober and analyze calmly.

But if Xiao Huai'an is right, now it depends on who has the stronger endurance.

But it is a pity that the difference in customs and habits and the lower limit of morality can easily destroy people's will after all.

Seeing that their banquet was becoming more and more disorderly, it was no longer just a simple meal and entertainment, and the exposure of various skin colors was becoming more and more obvious, and the ecstasy finally couldn't help it, and even more thinking about Mu Hibiscus and Mu Rong were still two Yunying unmarried girls, the five of them left the banquet together, turned their heads to the Yu Garden on the other side to relax, and washed their eyes by the way.

A large area of fiery red flowers in the center of Nankang's royal garden, looking very dazzling and gorgeous and faint, accompanied by the evening breeze, can be regarded as evacuating some of the disgusting feelings in the hearts of Xiao Huai'an and the five of them.

Mu Hibiscus patted his chest and folded one off, wanting to turn his head and give it to Su Jiao, but he was accidentally pricked by the thorn on it. With a shake of his hand, several petals of this Yuhua were shaken off, and she was angry that she broke off the ruined flower and threw it back into the mud angrily.

"It's annoying, the people here are too good at responding to people, and they don't even like picking flowers."

Or rather, they are taking this opportunity to debauch us and tempt us on the other hand. But it doesn't matter, the name of the adults is famous, they have already counted, if we continue to disguise, it will be easy to make them see the joke,"

"Today, I asked them to let us see how filthy and disgusting Nankang is, and if we encounter any filth and dirt in the future, we won't be so surprised." Mu Rong has always been calm, and although she is in good spirits now, her face has become much more ugly with the naked eye.

What Mu Rong said was no different from what Xiao Huai'an had guessed just now, Su Jiao listened, and saw that the look on her face was not quite right, so she couldn't bear to reach out, patted Mu Rong lightly on the shoulder twice, and raised her hand to pick a Yuhua with slightly larger thorns in this flower bed.

"That's right, but I guess you must be very uncomfortable in your hearts today, but it frightened you."

"Also, but the garden is full of such fresh and contemplative flowers, and the mere smell of this smell can calm all the irritability in people's hearts, and it is simply ironic to compare it with their people here."

Su Jiao sighed faintly, and then handed the flowers in her hand to Mu Rong, and suddenly the voice of the elusive Pu Wochun came from behind her, which frightened several of them in their hearts.

"Why didn't you see a few of them? It turns out that Lord Xiao and Mrs. Xiao have come here to enjoy the flowers, and they are really interested. I would like to see Lord Xiao and Mrs. Xiao so affectionate, thinking that Lord Xiao will like these colorful flowers of my Nankang, but I didn't expect the adults to leave so early, but do you feel unappetizing? ”