As the two were talking, the other courtiers invited by the emperor gradually entered the table, seeing that the places around him were gradually full, Lu Li coughed lightly, shook his head at Wei Xiuyuan, and immediately ended this conversation.

Wei Xiuyuan sighed secretly, sat up straight, and didn't speak.

After the courtiers arrived, the emperor and the king of Canglan also arrived, the emperor sat on the main seat, and the king of Canglan sat on the lower side of the emperor.

Accepted the worship of the ministers, the emperor still did not explain what happened, he ordered the people to summon the dancing queen to dance, the sound of silk and bamboo in the hall, although it was very pleasant, but the ministers did not know what was going on today, everyone was nervous in their hearts, and did not dare to relax for a moment.

What's more, there is still the king of Canglan in this palace, it is difficult to say that the emperor is not here to announce the candidate for peace today!

Thinking of this, all the courtiers sitting in the hall were uneasy, looking left and right, or looking at the friends they trusted on weekdays, or at the relatives they carried with them, and everyone's faces were a little worried.

Only Lu Li, because he knew the truth, sat quite steadily, and there was a little relaxed smile on the corner of his mouth, which was quite conspicuous in a crowd of sorrowful eyes.

In this hall, which seemed to be shrouded in a cloud, after the song was finished, the dancing girl retreated, and the emperor glanced left and right, and finally fell his gaze on Lu Li, "Lu Li, I heard that the Su clan and the Canglan caravan have reached a cooperation, but is there such a thing?" ”

Seeing that the emperor began to talk about the vicissitudes of the matter, all the ministers immediately cheered up and pricked up their ears to listen.

Lu Li got up and said without hurry: "If you go back to the emperor, it is true that as the emperor said, Hua Li, who was sent by the king of Canglan, intends to cooperate with the shop opened by the wife of the family. ”

"But I heard that the Su clan refused the cooperation of the Canglan caravan a few days ago? Why did you change your mind in the past few days? The emperor asked knowingly.

He wants to use a reason to revisit the matter of harmony, Lu Li understands the other party's thoughts, and will naturally follow the emperor's words. Therefore, he told the misunderstanding between Xiaoman, himself and the envoys, Hua Li and others, and by the way, he mentioned the matter of harmony.

As soon as they heard the word "harmony", all the courtiers present became even more nervous, and everyone couldn't sit still, and they were all nervous and eager to rush to the emperor to ask what was going on.

Just when the ministers were looking forward to it and all eyes were on the emperor, the king of Canglan on the side suddenly got up, saluted and said: "Speaking of harmony, the emperor, can you let Gu interject?" ”

"But it doesn't hurt for the king to say." The emperor waved his hand, and he was very happy.

After the king of Canglan got the emperor's consent, he saluted respectfully, immediately turned to face the ministers, and said: "Everyone knows that Lone came to Donglan to Beijing this time just to make peace with his relatives, but after he came, he knew that the emperor loved his daughter very much, and he couldn't bear to marry her far away. ”

The faces of the ministers in the hall were even more ugly, and they thought: The emperor is not willing to marry the princess far away, but he is also not willing to marry his own daughter far away!

Seeing everyone's faces, King Canglan lowered his eyes, frowned and sighed, and pretended to be helpless, "But the development of Canglan is slow, and Gu now urgently needs to find a woman from Donglan to marry into Canglan to help us." ”

This is nothing more than to tell everyone that I am not a princess and a relative, as long as it is a Donglan woman, she can be sealed by the emperor and marry in Canglan instead of the noble princess.

When the courtiers thought about the emperor's order to let them bring their families, everyone thought that King Canglan was about to announce the candidate to marry Canglan.

Therefore, as soon as these words came out, the faces of everyone in the hall became more and more ugly, and even some people lowered their heads to wipe their tears, and the family members carried by the ministers also lowered their heads and did not dare to make a sound, for fear that their names would be called later, and the atmosphere in the hall was extremely tense for a while.

"So Lone came up with a compromise solution, do you want to hear it?" King Canglan said word by word.

There was silence in the hall, and not even a loud pant could be heard.

King Canglan turned sideways and looked at the emperor, and then said softly: "I heard that the Duchess Su is a good shopkeeper, intelligent, astute, and born in a farmer's family, and is proficient in various skills, so after discussing with the emperor, it was decided to give the Duchess Su as the Anping county lord of Canglan, the sister of the same Gu, and give a mansion in the capital of Canglan. ”

The hall was quiet at first, followed by a burst of surprised conversation and discussion, mixed with a few voices of joy to Xiao Man.

The county lord, that is the title of the royal woman, but now she has been named the county lord of Xiaoman, which is much easier to use than the title of Mrs. Yipin.

Xiao Man hurriedly came out to bow to Xie En, and expressed his determination to do his best to help King Canglan.

"Lord Anping, get up." The king personally came down to help Xiao Man up, and said with a smile: "After that, Gu Ke will have to ask the county lord a lot." ”

"The king's words are serious." Xiao Man bowed slightly, although he was shocked and unbelievable in his heart, but his cheeks were just red, but he didn't show too much gaffe, and he was quite steady and calm.

After announcing the news that Feng Xiaoman was the lord of Anping, the banquet restarted, the dancing girl returned to the stage to dance, the sound of silk and bamboo sounded again, and the faces of the ministers were many times better than before they came.

The emperor and the king of Canglan come and go, pushing the cup and changing the lamp, and laughing very happily.

After Xiaoman returned to her seat, she had not recovered from the shock, she stared at the wine and food in front of the table, and suddenly felt like she was dreaming.

The duchess of the country, who was born as a commoner, became the county lord of the vicissitudes again, and was also rewarded with a mansion, which ......

"Xiaoman, Su Xiaoman......"

Just as Xiao Man twisted her brows and recalled her first twenty years, a low call next to her pulled her out of her memory, she first glanced carefully to the upper left, and only after making sure that the emperor was not paying attention to this side did she turn sideways to look at the source of the sound.

I saw Xia Wanrou cover her mouth with a handkerchief, and leaned in the direction of Xiaoman, and her voice was low and low, "Xiaoman, Xiaoman!" ”

"I heard, I heard." Xiao Man didn't dare to turn sideways completely, so he had to lower his voice and respond in a low voice: "Sister Wanrou, what are you telling me to do?" The emperor is still there. ”

"Xiaoman, why did the king of Canglan suddenly not let him kiss again? Do you know what's going on? Xia Wanrou wondered very much in her heart, this kind of doubt made her have no intention to continue the banquet at all, and she was not so patient to wait until the banquet was over to ask the other party.

But what Xia Wanrou asked, Xiao Man didn't know at all, she did hear the reason why King Canglan would not forcibly make peace with Lu Li, but why did she want to seal herself, but she didn't know anything about it!

In addition, it happened suddenly, Xiao Man has not reacted and understood so far, this Canglan King let himself help him, at most he will only reward some gold, silver and jewelry, how can he be given such a big identity now, this is a bit too ......

"Xiaoman, look at the king of Canglan, staring at you." Xia Wanrou frowned and reminded.

Xiao Man hurriedly turned his head and looked in the direction of the hall in a bit of a panic.

Isn't it just as Xia Wanrou said, the king of Canglan was holding a wine glass and smiling at Xiao Man, that smile didn't seem malicious, but Xiao Man still suddenly felt a chill down his spine, instantly lowered his head, and didn't dare to raise his head again.

What does this mean by the king?

It was easy to get to the end of the banquet, and everyone bowed and sent the emperor away, and then they scattered in twos and threes. Or an official who had a good relationship with Lu Li came to congratulate, but because it was getting late, everyone just hurriedly blessed a few words, and then left with their wives and relatives.

Soon, there were only four people left in this hall: Lu Li and Wei Xiuyuan.

"Lu Li, why haven't you said such a big good thing before! Conservative enough, congratulations! Wei Xiuyuan smiled and teased a few words, and then faced Xiao Man, and was about to salute her.

Xiao Man hurriedly stopped and waved his hand a little embarrassedly, "Brother Wei, don't make fun of me, where can I afford your courtesy." ”

After speaking, Xiao Man looked at Lu Li, frowned and asked, "What the hell is going on, could it be that King Canglan came to you yesterday just to tell you about this matter?" ”

As soon as the words fell, a slightly unfamiliar male voice sounded: "Of course Lone didn't mention this matter to Zhenguo Gong yesterday, and the county lord of Anping misunderstood." ”

Now Xiaoman, as soon as she heard the words "Anping County Lord", she immediately felt uncomfortable, she turned her head to see that it was King Canglan coming up, moved a few steps a little uncomfortably, and quietly stood on Lu Li's side.

"Actually, this matter of giving Mrs. Lu the title was proposed by Lone to the emperor, and the emperor also approved it, after all, you have to go to that cold place to help Lone, and Lone will naturally reward you." King Canglan said: "Lone knows that you run several shops and are not interested in gold, silver and jewelry, so Lone has no choice but to reward you with this noble status." ”

After speaking, King Canglan smiled slightly, "If Mrs. Lu thinks that this title is not good, Gu can change it again." ”

"No, no, thank you for your kindness." Xiao Man waved his hand again and again to refuse, and the words were not good.

What does this king want to do, give himself such a high position, is it really just to help him better?

Just when Xiaoman, Xia Wanrou and the others were curious, Lu Li took the lead and said with a very familiar smile: "Your Majesty, you have such a high status as Feng Xiaoman, aren't you afraid that others will be dissatisfied?" ”

As he spoke, Lu Li leaned over and said in a voice that only two people could hear: "After all, if you want to help Canglan, you can't rely on Xiaoman's strength alone, won't the king put her in a predicament by doing this?" You know, human jealousy is terrible. ”

Although Canglan prides itself on being a small country, the land area is not small, how can he help so many people with the strength of Xiaoman alone, so Lu Li is sure that there must be other candidates in the heart of this king.