Chapter Eighty-Six: The Court
After Yue Yao left his arms, he had been standing quietly opposite him, looking at him like a stranger, such a gaze made him feel ...... It's uncomfortable and it's very uncomfortable.
He didn't even dare to step forward, afraid that if he took a step forward, the hot tears would fall and make his heart cut like a knife. So, he watched them go silently, without saying a word.
After returning to the royal station, Anbatu didn't care about dealing with his injuries, so he immediately wrote a fold and presented it to the emperor.
"Third brother, what's going on? How could you be so late to us? As soon as Yu Jiang went out of Anbatu's room, Antuya rushed in in a hurry, and the questions were a series of questions, and she was very worried.
An Batu's hand holding the pen paused, put the brush on the pen pillow, raised it to look at her, and did not avoid her, and said directly: "Seventh sister, there is something different in Beijing. ”
Anbatu and Antuya are compatriots, and their friendship is extraordinary, and he doesn't hide anything from her. The royal family of the Western Regions is complicated, and it doesn't hurt her to know more, and the two of them can discuss things together.
"Second brother, you say?" Antuya is a little clear. The third brother is quite valued by his father, not to mention that the alliance between the Western Regions and the Xijing Dynasty was originally promoted by the third brother, even after so many years, the third brother still maintains the friendly alliance between the two countries, and the Western Regions has enjoyed peace for many years. The relationship between the Western Regions and Xijing is getting better day by day, and the third brother's degree of favor from his father is getting heavier day by day, and even more and more people are standing on the side of the third brother in the court, which faintly means that he is better than the second brother. In this way, it naturally attracted the jealousy of the second brother. In the Western Regions, the second brother framed the third brother very openly and secretly, and when he left the Western Regions, without the protection of his father, he became even more unscrupulous.
Unexpectedly, An Batu shook his head, "It's not just him. ”
Antuya's eyes widened, racking her brains to think about who else in the court and the middle of the court did not like the third brother, and after thinking for a long time, she still had no clue, quite puzzled, "Third brother, who else?" ”
"I don't know. Since I entered the realm of Xijing, there have been more people chasing and killing, and their martial arts skills are extremely powerful, and their moves and swords are different from those of my Western Regions. The number of pursuers was small, but they were extremely aggressive, and Anbatu now thought that they were a terrible group of fierce enemies, and he sighed, "The attack is extremely fast, the knife is accurate, I can't figure out what the source is, but ......"
"It's from Xijing." Antuya had already heard some fame, and quickly opened her mouth to intercept the words, but the more she thought about it, the more frightened she became, "Third brother, are you saying that there are people in the court of Xijing who want to kill you?" Who is it? What's in it for him to do this? Isn't it dangerous that we're in Xijing now? Shall we go back right away? ”
Ambatu whispered to stop her, "No. It's even more dangerous to return to the Western Regions. I already know the intentions of the second brother, and after I go back, the fish will die and the net will be broken. ”
After a pause, he added, "Emperor Xijing attaches great importance to the diplomatic relations between the two countries, so this person will not dare to do anything to us in a big way. If we are on guard, we will not let him succeed easily. ”
He picked up the fold on the table and raised it, "This is the fold I am going to present to Emperor Xijing, and it mentions this hunt and killing." In their territory, the envoy representing the friendly relations between the two countries was hunted down, and the emperor would definitely pursue it, and that person would not dare to act rashly. We also have plenty of time to find out who is behind it. ”
Antuya nodded after hearing Anbatu's words, and asked again, "What about ...... Second brother's side? ”
"Wait and see." Anbatu exhaled, lowered his head and began to write.
Seeing this, Antuya didn't bother him anymore and left quietly.
The three highnesses of the Western Regions officially entered the palace, and the ministers were like seeing old friends, and their hanging hearts were put down. The envoys from the Western Regions have always been led by the Third Highness, but this year there is a little-known minister, and everyone has some ideas in their hearts, but they are all tacitly not to say it.
Even the Ninety-Five Venerable on the throne wondered if the Western Regions had other ideas and wanted to overturn the alliance they had made?
As soon as Anbatu came forward, all conjectures were groundless, and he didn't care about it.
The splendid hall, on the left and right sides of each stood a line of important ministers and princes, all of them held a wooden wat board, a few meters high on the platform sat the emperor of the Celestial Empire, and on his forehead stood a plaque of "Zhengda Guangming".
"Anbatu to meet my emperor, long live my emperor, long live long live." It was the etiquette of their Celestial Dynasty that Anbatu lifted his robe and knelt down and performed the Heavenly Empire salute with the emperor of the Celestial Empire.
Seeing this, all the ministers smiled at each other, nodded at each other, and the emperor on the high seat was also smiling, and immediately aroused.
The envoy came to see him, Wei Xuanmo, as the courtier who received the overall situation this time, of course, could not be absent, and he was the only one in the court who did not have the slightest official position but entered the Jinluan Palace.
At this time, An Batu was not the sloppy appearance he saw yesterday, his clothes and belts were neat, and his momentum was like a rainbow, but Wei Xuanmo still recognized at a glance that this was the person who was pulling and pulling with Yue Yao.
It turned out that he was the Third Highness of the Western Regions.
The legendary Third Highness, who has never lost a battle, is good at archery, and is quite favored, is nothing more than that. Wei Xuanmo glanced at An Batu and secretly commented in his heart, but that's it.
Since the foreign envoy took the initiative to present the excerpt to the cabinet, this situation is generally urgent, and it is directly submitted to the emperor for personal inspection, he was impressed, so he asked: "You said that you were hunted down and killed when you entered my Xijing, can this matter be as you said?" ”
"Your Majesty found out that there was a constant pursuit along the way, and I was separated from the main army, and I missed the time to enter Beijing, please punish me." An Batu didn't want to expose the civil strife in the Western Regions to other countries, so he deliberately covered up this trace, and only talked about being hunted down and killed in Xijing.
The emperor slapped the dragon chair, and the muffled sound shook above the heads of the ministers, and they all bowed their heads and said nothing, he shouted angrily, "How can this be reasonable. Who has the courage to kill the envoys in Xijing? ”
Everyone didn't dare to speak, the emperor took the highest point, and scanned the audience lightly, and no one in the audience spoke even more angrily, "Aren't they usually so noisy?" Why are they all dumb at this time and don't speak? ”
Qi Nanshan lowered his head and waited quietly for a long time, but he still didn't see anyone speak, he stood up with the wat board and said, "Father Qi, my son has something to say." ”
The emperor looked at him, and his coercion was especially there, and he said, "You speak." ”
"Erchen thinks that there should not be many people who know the whereabouts of the three highnesses of the Western Regions well and can come and go freely in Xijing." Qi Nanshan analyzed.
The emperor nodded appreciatively, and was about to praise to show encouragement, but he was unexpectedly preempted by the stupid brother who was stuffy, "The second prince is wrong with this. ”