Old Madam Jiang's face changed, but because of Concubine Li Guifei's presence, she had to swallow her anger. Song Ling snorted lightly and laughed.

Qingrong didn't care much about what Princess Yongping said, she only smiled heartlessly and stabbed back softly, "I don't dare to admit what the princess said." If that's the case, and my grandmother passed me through with Qingrong before, then what can I say? According to the princess's words, there are those who are close to Zhu and those who are close to ink are black, how should this be said? ”

When she said this, she meant that you used such logic to apply me as absurd and rude, and that side is about the same as Mrs. Fengguo's absurdity. Left and right according to the strong words of Princess Yongping, the Queen Mother is also absurd and rude. Their family is ridiculous and rude.

Princess Yongping naturally heard this, and immediately changed color, and said angrily: "Okay, Shen Qingrong!" You dare to bully the royal family! ”

Qingrong lowered her eyebrows and said very gently: "Don't dare, don't dare, I'm just following the princess's words." ”

Li Guifei seemed to be smiling, and said quietly: "This girl really has a sharp mouth and can speak well." ”

The Queen Mother doesn't take the quarrels between the little girls to heart, not to mention that Qingrong is a good fart these days, and the Queen Mother is about to like Qingrong as her own granddaughter from Mrs. Fengguo's side.

"You two girls, as soon as you meet, you will fight."

When the wives of other families saw this, they dared to smile and look good, and they all looked upright.

Everyone accompanied the Queen Mother to talk for a while, and a eunuch came in to invite the Queen Mother and others to the table.

This banquet is to entertain the mission, for the Song Ding to catch the wind, so the place where the female dependents eat, with the front hall separated by several screens, the screen surface is the double-sided embroidery of feather yarn embroidery, translucent light, although separated by the screen, you can also see the shadow of the people.

Both sides are seated, and immediately there are singing and dancing girls entering the door, and the song is a tune, and the two sides are dancing the same dance.

The emperor first rewarded Song Ding, and then gave Mrs. Song Ding a first-class lady, so that the third lady was higher than Qingrong in terms of grade, and she was on a par with Mrs. Jiang. The husband and wife knelt down to thank them one mile and one away.

Then, the emperor said many words of welcome to the envoys.

After he finished speaking, the envoy from southern Xinjiang suddenly stepped forward and said: "Our mission has come this time to shoulder the heavy responsibility of eternal peace between the two countries. ”

When the emperor heard what he said, he laughed loudly and said, "I promise to conclude an alliance, and you and I will always be a brotherly state." ”

The envoy of Southern Xinjiang maintained a polite and polite smile on his face, and reminded the emperor: "Covenants without blood and bones cannot last. ”

No one understood what this covenant of blood was.

The envoy of southern Xinjiang said unhurriedly: "For my lord of southern Xinjiang, I ask to marry His Majesty the Emperor and your princess as the queen of our country." ”

The emperor was stunned, and everyone was silent, the emperor only had one princess!

When Princess Yongping heard this, she stood up.

The Empress Dowager immediately reprimanded in a low voice: "Yongping, you stand for the mourning family!" ”

Concubine Li added with hindsight: "Yongping, listen to your father's words!" ”

Princess Yongping's face turned pale, and tomorrow she will be able to choose a son-in-law in Fengtai. What the hell? She would never agree!

"There is only one princess under my knees, and I have already promised someone." The emperor opened his mouth unhurriedly, and said with a smile: "If this is what you mean by the blood covenant, I can ask to marry the princess of your country on behalf of my son." ”

The envoy of southern Xinjiang said disdainfully: "Can my country's princess become the future queen?" The envoy then raised the question of the prince.

Although everyone knows in their hearts that the emperor will inevitably choose the prince among the sons of Li Guifei in the future. But the queen is still there, and the queen's concubine is also there. Although the fifth prince was cast and scattered, he was obviously not a mediocre and incompetent person, and in terms of qualifications, he was indeed more outstanding than Li Guifei's sons.

"Bold!" The eldest prince said angrily, "How can you allow your small border country to speculate on the matter of our prince? ”

The envoy of southern Xinjiang was not afraid, and still said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Please don't misunderstand what I mean, Your Majesty the Emperor." What I want to say is that your princess will be the queen when she arrives in our country, and she will give birth to a prince with the supreme noble blood of the two countries in the future, and will inherit the throne of my southern Xinjiang, which is the sincerity of our southern Xinjiang. With this eternal inheritance of blood and blood, we are the real brothers. ”

The envoy's words were very reasonable, but they were not enough to show the sincerity of southern Xinjiang.

The second prince sneered, "What if my sister married and didn't give birth to a prince?" "Pointing out the biggest problem behind this sincerity.

If the king of southern Xinjiang does not favor Princess Yongping and never gives birth to a son, this blood alliance will become an empty talk.

The envoy of southern Xinjiang said: "I use the supreme glory of our king to swear in front of the Buddha that the sincerity of our southern Xinjiang is absolutely true. ”

Qingrong laughed secretly, even if you really brought in the Buddha, you can't guarantee that Princess Yongping will definitely be able to give birth to a boy if she marries.

"If you send your princess to the beam, we will say this." The six princes sneered.

The envoys of southern Xinjiang were questioned by the three princes one after another, but they didn't get a word from the emperor, their faces were already dissatisfied, and they said coldly: "If Emperor Daliang doesn't agree, the princess who has his own Warat and Tatar is willing to marry into our southern Xinjiang as the queen." ”

Qingrong knew that the reason why Tatar helped southern Xinjiang send troops more than 20 years ago was because of the marriage contract with southern Xinjiang. Now the Tatar princess has been the regent of Southern Xinjiang for nearly five years.

However, it is really difficult for the national strength of Liang to support the continuation of the confrontation with southern Xinjiang. The best way to do this is for the two countries to cease fighting.

The envoy of southern Xinjiang released such words at this moment, which was equivalent to throwing a bomb out.

The relationship between southern Xinjiang and the Tatars was already very close, and if they were on the same front with Warat, Qingrong believed that they would soon advance south and directly divide up the fertile land of Daliang.

This envoy's words were extremely threatening and challenging, and the emperor could neither stiffen his words at this moment, nor show weakness and lose the prestige of the Great Liang.

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely delicate, and it was at a stalemate, but the five princes stood up with a smile.

Qingrong could vaguely see the outline of the five princes through the screen, he took two glasses of wine, walked out of his seat and handed them to the envoys of southern Xinjiang, and said with a smile: "I have a saying in Daliang, if you want to hurry, you can't reach it, and there are good things to say." Today is the reception banquet for the hour, let's not mention anything else, just drink, listen to songs, watch and dance. ”

The envoys of southern Xinjiang looked at the five princes, and then looked around at the other princes. After all, the person who handed the wine was noble, and it was not good for him not to give this face. Fortunately, I borrowed a staircase and went down.

The envoys of southern Xinjiang finished speaking, but everyone at the banquet had their own thoughts.

Princess Yongping was very dissatisfied with the sudden interjection of the fifth prince and covering up the matter. According to her wishes, she should be as tough as her brother, and it would be happy if her father beat the southern Xinjiang envoy out.

Therefore, during the banquet, Princess Yongping and Concubine Li Guifei's mother and daughter gave the queen a lot of faces. is even more complaining that the five princes are nosy.

The queen didn't think it was wrong, she just looked indifferent, she should eat, drink, talk, and watch and dance.

The feast was very depressing and boring, and when they left the palace, Qingrong and Song Zhao said goodbye to the Duke of Wei and the Duchess of Guo, and still went back to Zhuangzi.

Song Zhao rode a horse, and Qingrong, Runrong and the county lord of Huatang sat in the carriage, so as not to mention the matter of the family.

"Concubine Li and Princess Yongping are really strange, and the Fifth Highness came out to speak for the overall situation. lest we get into trouble with the envoy. The concubine and Princess Yongping didn't seem to see the hard work of the Fifth Highness, and they sprinkled their resentment against the envoy on the queen. But it's really hard to know what to say. Runrong shook his head as he spoke.

The county lord of Huatang saw it very thoroughly, and said: "Concubine Li and Princess Yongping grew up in the deep palace, where do they know what national interests are, and both of them are focused on the courtship of the envoys. ”

Runrong disagreed, and said: "But I understand the truth, but they don't know anything." ”

Qingrong summed up straightforwardly: "Concubine Li and Princess Yongping are loved by the emperor, and they don't know the warmth and coldness of the world. What's more, southern Xinjiang is thousands of miles away, and in their opinion, even if the two sides really fight, it will not hurt them. If you lose, you lose, so can southern Xinjiang still fight in the capital? ”

Runrong sneered: "If that's the case, the vision is too short-sighted and narrow-minded. ”

Lord Huatang smiled, "There are the most people in this world, if everyone understands righteousness like you, then the world will be the same!" ”

Qingrong put one hand on his cheek and said curiously: "I just don't know if the emperor will agree to Nanjiang's request, and Princess Yongping will choose a son-in-law in Fengtai tomorrow." ”

The county lord of Huatang seemed to have known the final answer, and said: "The emperor will not let Princess Yongping marry her, otherwise he will not say in public that Princess Yongping has promised someone such a thing." The emperor didn't even think about it, he almost blurted it out. ”

Qingrong couldn't help but shake his head secretly, and said: "If the emperor doesn't want to give up this opportunity to reconcile with southern Xinjiang, and doesn't want Princess Yongping to go, then I'm afraid that the daughter of the emperor's relatives will be unlucky." ”

Runrong said: "What's this bad luck? I don't believe it, the envoys of southern Xinjiang will want someone other than the princess! ”

The county lord of Huatang shook his head, and the dark way Runrong was still too naïve.

Qingrong pursed his lips and said, "The envoy of Southern Xinjiang has never seen Princess Yongping." Princess Yongping is just a title, anyone can call it. ”

Runrong immediately understood when he thought about it, and he was a little surprised.

On August 15, Princess Yongping still chose a son-in-law as usual. It's just that the scale has been greatly reduced, and the envoys of southern Xinjiang have been deliberately concealed. After that, the emperor pulled several cabinet ministers and held a meeting with Song Ding and others, and I don't know what he said.

On August 17, Concubine Li Guifei issued an order to invite all the school-age women from various hairpin families into the palace to enjoy chrysanthemums and drink tea.

Qingrong is already married, and he is not listed, but Runrong has to go because of Mrs. Fengguo's relationship. Qingrong and the lord of Huatang both know that this chrysanthemum has no good chrysanthemum, and there is no good tea in tea, just a disguise.

Tell Runrong to deal with it carefully, don't be too prominent.

As a result, Runrong left and did not return all night.