Sima Hongyan knew that Han Xuefeng was afraid that he would be too careful, so he hurriedly explained, after all, the prince and princess of other countries had stayed in Yanling Kyoto for a long time, and it was easy for people to misunderstand that they had ulterior motives.

However, Sima Hongyan's words just now did not mean a little temptation or joking, she smiled politely at Han Xuefeng and said: "Your Highness the Seventh, you are too careful, Yanling and Beiling have always been friends, and now they are trading with each other, we are friends, you don't have to worry too much." I sincerely invite the two of you to stay in Yanling for a long time, I have a very close relationship with Sister Miaoqi, and I want her to come to my marriage ceremony! ”

Han Miaoqi looked like a scheming upright girl, and when she heard that Sima Hongyan also invited her to participate in the wedding ceremony, she was even more overjoyed, holding Sima Hongyan's hand and jumping happily, and asked again and again: "Lord Feng, aren't you making me happy?" Will I really be able to attend your wedding? Great! ”

Seeing that his sister was completely unrestrained in front of Lord Feng, Han Xuefeng was a little worried in his heart, and he even glanced at his sister, but this ninth princess just couldn't see it.

When she was in the Five Nations Competition, Han Miaoqi was a straightforward character, and now she is even more invisible to Sima Hongyan, and she can say whatever she wants, which makes Sima Hongyan like it even more.

Zhong Liying, who was following on the side, stabbed Xiao Hongying and whispered, "This ninth princess's straight temperament is a bit similar to you!" ”

Xiao Hongying smiled: "This is the temperament, I like it too!" ”

Sima Hongyan arranged a place for the Beiling brothers and sisters in the palace and took them to see if they were satisfied. When the Han Miaoqi brothers and sisters heard that Lord Feng had arranged a place for them to live in the palace, they were all surprised and delighted.

Lord Yanling Feng is really different from others, the palace has always been a royal forbidden place, I didn't expect her to use it to entertain guests, and she is really generous.

In fact, Han Miaoqi likes Yanling very much, and has been here several times and feels that the climate here is suitable, prosperous everywhere, and everyone wears light and beautiful clothes. It's like Beiling, which is windy and snowy all day long, and can't do without those heavy and clumsy cotton clothes all day, compared to Beiling, this is simply heaven!

Sima Hongyan was thoughtful in preparation, and after taking the two brothers and sisters to visit their residence, he arranged for someone to bathe and change clothes for them, take off their bulky cotton clothes, and change into a set of comfortable clothes. Sima Hongyan told their brothers and sisters to come to Fengming Palace after they packed up, and they wanted to set up a banquet to catch the wind and wash the dust for them.

This kind of treatment Beiling brothers and sisters can't believe it, how could the emperor personally greet them before? Not to mention personally setting up a banquet to catch the wind. The brother and sister were so moved that they didn't know what to say for a while.

Sima Hongyan was so enthusiastic about the two brothers and sisters of Beiling, Shi Jinyan faintly felt that Sima Hongyan must be playing with some idea. After coming out of the palace where Han Miaoqi lived, Shi Jinyan quietly asked Sima Hongyan, "Do you have any plans again?" ”

Sima Hongyan was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "Why do you ask that?" ”

Shi Jinyan said: "Our sisters have not been together for a day or two, you see that the brother and sister's eyes are shining, you don't have to guess to know that you have other plans." ”

Xiao Hongying also secretly came over at this time, eavesdropping on the two of them silently.

Sima Hongyan simply stood up and called the four younger sisters over, and the five of them formed a circle. The palace maids and the female guards often saw them whispering like this, and they all stood away with interest.

Sima Hongyan said: "I have an idea, how about you say that we will leave these two brothers and sisters in Yanling?" ”

Ban Lingruo immediately said in surprise: "Sister, do you want to take them as hostages?" ”

Shi Jinyan's eyes lit up, and she nodded Ban Lingruo's forehead and said, "Stupid girl, what are you doing with other people?" Then he looked at Sima Hongyan and asked, "Could it be ...... Do you want to get married? ”

As soon as they talked about marriage, the sisters all looked at Sima Hongyan with wide eyes and surprise.

Sima Hongyan said: "It's still very powerful, I just have this intention!" ”

Xiao Hongying was even more curious, and asked, "Why do you want to marry the Beiling people?" Is it to win over the relationship between Beiling and us? ”

Zhong Liying said: "This is also a good way, marriage can not only deepen the relationship, but also become a constraint, killing two birds with one stone!" ”

Sima Hongyan listened to the discussion of several younger sisters, smiling and silent. After a few people finished speaking, Sima Hongyan smiled mysteriously: "I'm not here to deepen the relationship, but to include Beiling in the Yanling territory!" ”

Han Miaoqi comfortably took a hot bath, and soaked it in flower petals and essence for a long time. During this period, several palace maids also used special fine sand to grind for her whole body, and when she came out of the bathtub, Han Miaoqi felt that her skin was much softer and smoother. Then put on the long skirt of the light silk tailor, the whole body is light and comfortable, and it is indescribably comfortable.

Hanxuefeng is the first time to come to Yanling, and it is the first time to experience such enjoyment. In addition to comfort, a trace of worry rose in my heart. I don't know why, Lord Feng's hospitality always makes him feel uneasy.

It's fun to have friends from afar! Sima Hongyan set up a banquet in Fengming Palace to entertain the envoys of the Northern Spirit, which is considered an official exchange between countries, and naturally it will not be sloppy. It's casual to laugh in private, but the necessary face work still needs to be done.

Fengming Palace has a special side hall, in which there is a long table and more than a dozen chairs, which is the decoration for entertaining guests. At this time, the palace people were arranging the meals, and Sima Hongyan and the others were sitting in the main hall chatting while waiting for the arrival of the Han Miaoqi brothers and sisters.

In order to show the degree of attention, Sima Hongyan asked the two prime ministers on the left and right, the two generals on the left and right, her sworn sister, Nan Guying's sister and brother and other court ministers and young people of the same age to accompany her. Fengming Palace is rarely as lively as today.

After a while, Han Xuefeng and Han Miaoqi came to Fengming Palace under the escort of the palace maid and female soldiers, and everyone came out to greet each other. Han Xuefeng, who has changed his clothes, is graceful and heroic. Han Miaoqi is also graceful, fresh and gorgeous. Let everyone who is waiting be dazzled.

Everyone said a few kind words, and then came to the side hall to sit down. They are all young people, they talk a lot more casually, Sima Hongyan is even more talkative and funny, humorous and witty, and everyone is very happy at the reception banquet.

During the banquet, Sima Hongyan saw that everyone got along very well, and after the banquet, everyone continued to talk and chat in Fengming Palace, and they could say whatever they wanted.

Among them, the most eye-catching are the left and right prime ministers of Yanling, Shi Jinyan and Li Siyu. The two of them are very knowledgeable and eloquent, and can often quote scriptures to tell allusions and short stories. In addition, there are always Xiao Hongying gags and nonsense in it, and everyone's hearty laughter can often be heard in the house.

When it came to these historical allusions, literary and poetic things, Sima Hongyan couldn't interject, but she always smiled and accompanied her, her eyes looking back and forth between the Han brothers and sisters.

After observing for most of the day, Sima Hongyan found that Han Miaoqi was a simple and straightforward girl, and she had no scruples about saying whatever she wanted, but she was very measured and had the dignity of the royal family. And Han Xuefeng is much more restrained than his sister, thinking that he is afraid that he will lose if he says too much, so he doesn't talk much, and more often he listens on the sidelines, always maintaining a polite smile on his face.

However, Sima Hongyan noticed that there would be a hint of crampedness in his eyes from time to time, and every time he spoke, his eyes would flicker and twinkle, and he would only speak after some thought. Sima Hongyan secretly said that this person is really not ordinary caution when he speaks and acts.

However, today's Li Siyu seems to be very interested, contrary to the usual image of steady and silent, he smiled naturally and talked eloquently from the beginning. And Han Miaoqi seems to like to listen to him very much, every time Li Siyu says something, Han Miaoqi stares at him intently with a pair of big eyes.

Sima Hongyan smiled secretly in his heart, feeling that tonight's reception banquet had only become so interesting until now.

chatted until night, and everyone dispersed unsatisfied, and in the end, only Nan Guying was left. After Sima Hongyan asked the palace maid to send the Han Miaoqi brothers and sisters back to rest, she returned to Nan Guying's side and asked with a smile, "Do you want to eat something more with me?" ”

This kind of banquet for entertaining guests is symbolically ordered to the end, and there is not much to eat at all. Sima Hongyan, as the owner, is even more shallow, and the number of times he moves chopsticks to carry food can be counted with one hand, and he has long been hungry and his heart is close to his back.

Nan Guying is not like this, he himself has not eaten anything. So he said to Sima Hongyan: "Get some good dishes, I don't even know what the taste of that meal just now was." ”

Sima Hongyan smiled and called the palace maid to order the preparation of wine and food.

After a while, a table of delicacies was full, Sima Hongyan and Nan Guying chatted while eating, and by the way, they talked about the congratulatory gift of Beiling.

Nan Guying said: "I don't think today's dinner is so simple, right? Do you have any plans again? ”

Sima Hongyan said with an innocent face: "Isn't this just normal to catch the wind for the Northern Spirit Messenger, what's not simple?" ”

Nan Guying smiled: "Then why did you arrange Li Siyu to be next to the ninth princess?" I think you seem to have the intention of matching the two of them, do you want to marry Beiling? ”

Sima Hongyan couldn't help but praise: "The person who can guess my thoughts is you, except for Jin Yan." Yes, I do. Today is just to create an opportunity to see the situation, and as you can see, these two people seem to be really interesting! ”

Nan Guying drank a glass of wine and said, "I didn't expect you to start fighting the idea of Beiling now, do you want Beiling to become the second country to be included in the territory of Yanling?" ”

Sima Hongyan also took a sip of wine and said: "That's not true, but it's also necessary to take precautions and make some preparations in advance." The relationship between Beiling and Yanling has always been good, I don't want to use force against them, if it can be resolved by peaceful means, then it will be the best! ”

Nan Guying said: "I suggest that you leave Bei Ling unmoved for the time being, maybe the effect will be better." As for whether to marry or not, it is not so important. ”

Sima Hongyan was stunned and thought about Nan Guying's words, but he didn't quite understand the intention of Nan Guying's words.

Nan Guying said again: "At the beginning, you went all out to promote the relationship with Beiling, and even paid for the construction of an underground passage for Beiling, I guessed that you had already begun to deploy Beiling. We all know that every winter, Beiling will be closed by wind and snow, isolated from the world. If we want to absorb the Northern Spirit in the future, the natural conditions will become our biggest obstacle. But with underground access, it's different, and we have a certain initiative. And it is for this reason that I advise you not to move Beiling for the time being. ”

Sima Hongyan was so smart that he immediately understood Nan Guying's strategy of retreating as advance. She nodded in acknowledgement, "You're right, revealing our intentions too early is not good for us. ”