"Your Highness!" Si Qian's expression was solemn, and he hurriedly walked in from outside, never in such a hurry, startling Chenguang and almost choking on porridge.

"What's the matter?" She swallowed the rice porridge in her mouth, puffed out her cheeks, and asked.

Si Qian ignored her expression, because the situation was urgent: "The subordinates just got the news that last night, His Royal Highness the King of Cangqiu Country, that is, the prince of Tsubakihara, he died in the Chunxiang Building. Because the news was received too late, Chenguang was about to go out, so Si Qian was a little anxious.

Chenguang pursed her lips and frowned, early in the morning when she heard that someone was killed or at dinner, she could hardly feel happy, and frowned:

"How did you die?"

"Killed by wild dogs, probably." Si Qian frowned rarely, "It was bitten to death by some kind of beast and dried up of blood." ”

"Is it one row of tooth marks or two rows of tooth marks?"

"I can't confirm it for the time being, but my subordinates have ordered someone to investigate it in detail."

"Are you sure you've dried up blood?"

"That's what the officer's mother said."

"When? Late in the evening, or late at night? ”

"It is said that it was after the child, when Tsubakihara was drunk, the girl who served him settled him in the room and went to receive other guests, and when he came back to see if Tsubakihara woke up, he found that the person was dead on the bed, his expression was hideous, and his whole body was covered with the wounds of the beast's bite, and the blood splattered all over the room, extremely tragic, the girl screamed and was scared to death on the spot, and the people who rushed over called the bustard mother of Chunxianglou and immediately reported to the official."

Chenguang was silent for a while, and said lightly: "You and Xiaoxi will go to check in person, you don't have to follow me today." ”

Si Qian hesitated for a moment, thinking that she was just going to the Peony Club to have a look, in the city, and it was not far away, so there should be no danger, so he agreed and retreated.

Chenguang continued to eat small buns.

Si Ba frowned and was silent for a while, and couldn't help but say: "This trip to Cangqiu Country is really evil, this thing is one after another, it's not like Yan Ying planted the blame, could it be that someone is secretly provoking?" ”

Chenguang didn't speak, found a large shrimp from the bun, chewed it carefully, and then squinted his eyes happily.

……

The peony meeting held by the Cangqiu Kingdom was held in the peony garden in the city, and the peony garden was expanded on the original private garden after the new emperor ascended the throne for nearly two years, and the purpose of the expansion was to convene the garden party of the Five National Congress this time, but in fact, the current queen mother's infatuation with peony is also one of the reasons for deciding to expand the peony garden.

There is a spacious flower hall in the peony garden, and the flower hall is surrounded by floor-to-ceiling carved doors, and after all these doors are opened, the beautiful peony flower scene will come into view. It is the peony flowering period, the purple and red, the country and the city, such as the fairyland.

When Chenguang led Huo Wu and the others and several close ministers and guards of the Feng Ying Kingdom to the flower hall, the people from the Cangqiu Kingdom, the people from the Longxi Kingdom and the Yanyun Kingdom all came, and only the people from the Chiyang Kingdom did not arrive.

Gu Pan took the little emperor of Cangqiu Kingdom to sit on a golden chair carved with a python pattern, and the little emperor of Cangqiu Country was fatter than when he first came, snow-white and snow-white, with short hands and feet, like a snowball that would roll up at any time.

The child was not at all like his mother, who sat on the throne and squirmed and squirmed without a moment of peace. Gu Pan couldn't stand it, so he ordered the eunuch to remind him, but the little emperor glared at the eunuch fiercely.

Several ministers of Cangqiu Kingdom and Long Xi Kingdom sat in their respective positions, the most conspicuous were Shen Run and Yan Ying, who were standing in a corner of the flower hall and talking, one in white and the other in purple robe, which was even more beautiful than the peony flowers peeking in from outside the door. The two of them stood there, talking in a shallow voice, their expressions were calm, the atmosphere was not bad, and they looked very friendly. Hearing the announcement of the eunuch at the door, the two of them turned their heads together, glanced at the morning light faintly, and turned their heads at the same time.

Chenguang's gaze swept over the two of them, his peachy pink lips hooked, he looked away, put it on Gu Pan, and walked over. When he walked to him, Gu Pancai got up with a smile like a spring breeze, and the two sides greeted each other.

Chenguang led the people of the Feng Ming Kingdom to sit on the seats reserved for the Feng Ming Kingdom, waiting for the arrival of the people of the Chiyang Kingdom, and after the arrival of the people of the Chiyang Kingdom, the Peony Festival will open on the last day.

As early as a year ago, merchants from various countries would sign up for a garden fair, such as the Peony Society, as a means of promoting trade between countries. At the fair, there will be many merchants who bring their own country's special goods to display at the fair, so as to attract traders from other countries and let their goods enter the trade markets of other countries.

So far, basically, various countries have supported this kind of cross-border trade, and the benefits are threefold: First, it can expand the scale and liquidity of trade, and earn more taxes. The taxes of merchants are still very heavy, and all countries are the same, and if they support merchants to trade across borders, both merchants and countries will get more benefits.

Second, although trade is prosperous on the surface, in reality, all countries rely on merchants to use trade to start wars and compete for monopoly rights in several important trading industries. If one or several industries of other countries can be monopolized, they will gain more say in the congresses, and a situation of mutual restraint may also be formed.

For example, the three kingdoms of Chiyang, Cangqiu, and Longxi, in the past, Chiyang controlled the copper ore and military output of the entire continent, but now Cangqiu has changed to control the copper ore business, Longxi will sell a large amount of grain to Cangqiu every year, and Yanyun Country will provide edible salt for all countries except Fengming after buying the salt mines of Fengming Kingdom, and at the same time, Duanmu Yan is the owner of the largest money village and the largest medicine house on the mainland.

The third nature is finesse. The era of the rise of the group is also the era of rampant fine work, countries to cultivate the addiction of fine work, naturally will also send a large number of fine work to other countries, to obtain more information, the best way to cover is of course in other countries trade developed. Although the status of merchants is not as good as that of peasants, there are merchants in every country who are united with the imperial court, and these merchants are the eagle dogs sent by each country to other countries, but it is difficult to determine which eagle dog belongs to the court of another country.

All countries have this in mind, so cross-border trade has not ended to this day.

Shen Run and Yan Ying resumed talking.

Chenguang sat on the phoenix chair and glanced at the two of them, she secretly wondered in her heart, whether Long Xiguo would choose to cooperate with Cangqiu Country or Chiyang Country, no matter which country she cooperated with, only watching from the wall was what she didn't want to see.

She was thinking about it, and at this moment, the little emperor of Cangqiu Kingdom suddenly appeared in front of her, and the little boy, looking at her with his head up and mouth open, looked at her carefully for a while, and then said:

"You're so good-looking, can you be my concubine?"

The house was in an uproar.

Gu Pan's muscles jumped violently.