Previously, Xiao Haotian had already helped Zhou Ze analyze the strength of various competitors, only this Ceres, whether it was martial arts or physical strength, was comparable to him, and Xiao Haotian had already helped Zhou Ze figure out his tricks, and worked out a way to win by surprise and strike later.

As soon as Zhou Ze and Gushen fought, the crowd on the field was full of voices, shouting constantly, and the shouts on the field rang out, bringing the final competition to a climax.

In Ling Dongwu's eyes, Zhou Ze, who had no suspense, won!

"General Zhou has won! Zhou Ze won! The audience cheered! The people of Zhou Ze's tribe rushed towards the front of the stage, and before Zhou Ze could leave the field, he was surrounded by many people, handing water to those who handed water, and those who sent towels to towels.

Ling Dongwu was so happy that he wanted to shout along, but after thinking about it, he just clapped his hands.

Xiao Haotian stood up, looked at Zhou Ze, who was outstanding and radiant on the stage, and showed a pleased smile.

The competition ended successfully, Zhou Ze won and became the new Lord Batu of the Northern Desert Kingdom, in order to celebrate Zhou Ze becoming Lord Batu, that night, a celebration banquet was held on the grassland outside the imperial city.

The scale of the dinner was not small than that of the Yanqing Hall last time, and hundreds of civil and military officials, powerful dignitaries, dragged their families and led their mouths, and sat in circles around the emperor, men, women and children, all of them seemed to be wearing their best clothes, and the tribal army had retreated to the open space behind the main tent.

The emperor's and Niangniang's seats are in the center, Xiao Hongtu, Xiao Haotian, and Zhou Ze sit with their left hands to the east in turn. Everyone else sat in two rows in turn, just waiting for the arrival of the emperor and the mother.

Ling Dongwu looked at the scale of this banquet, not only the people at the leadership level of the Northern Desert came, but also the people in Shangdu City. Everywhere there were black crushed heads, fires were rising in piles and piles, countless cattle were roasting on them, soldiers were carrying out vats and vats of fine wine, and all of them were waiting for the emperor to give the order to revel.

Ling Dongwu looked at the crowd of people everywhere, clusters of firelight, listened to the ups and downs of laughter and laughter in his ears, and felt the scenery and exotic customs outside the Seychelles.

There is a huge bonfire in the middle, and all around it are covered with fine Persian carpets, with exquisite patterns such as flowers, birds, insects, fish, mandarin ducks, and butterflies. Sixteen bright and flickering special candles mixed with the fragrance of real wax dragons exude a refreshing fragrance from time to time.

On the huge oil paper on the ground, there are piles of melons, fruits and vegetables, and the moon-white porcelain basins of the four official kilns are filled with sixteen colors of melons and fruits, one pot is carved candied fruit, one pot is made of hydrochloric acid, and two pots are nameless melons and fruits. Six large porcelain bowls contain coconut water, sugar cane wine, lychee and papaya juice.

Ling Dongwu is real, he really wants to sit in this relatively secluded corner all the time, who knows that after Xuan Ran Shouxu sat down, the first sentence was: "Arrange for the envoy of Nanzhao to sit down!" "Last time, Xia Wenxuan was covered up in front of her, but this time without Xia Wenxuan, she had to sit in the most conspicuous position with Master Sun.

The dishes came up one by one, and the first dish was the first dish in the Northern Desert: roast leg of mutton. Then the maid took two large silver basins of camel chyle, put them in jade bowls with large spoons, and distributed them to each table.

According to the hospitality customs of the Northern Desert, soup is generally used first and then tea, and because of today's event, expensive camel milk is used instead of soup.

Then, another maid took out a red lacquered wooden plate, which contained bear meat, raccoon dogs, hares, fawns, geese and other wild games. According to the custom of the Northern Desert, the maid cut it into squares with a knife, and then distributed it to each table with a jade plate.

Ling Dongwu is not good at eating meat, whether in modern or ancient times, but eats less pork, chicken, and fish according to the taste of the public. Now looking at the roast leg of lamb in front of her that was bigger than her head, carefully selected fat and thin, she didn't know what to do, the fat on it seemed to be able to drop a layer of oil and water at a glance, she also knew the importance of this dish in the Northern Desert banquet, so she politely cut a piece with a knife and put it on the plate, and then picked some game without a smell to eat a few bites.

When everyone was eating with relish, Xuan Ran Shouxu raised his glass to Xiao Haotian and said loudly: "King Zhennan, General Zhou Ze is a talent who is one in a million, and he has been following you in the past, I hope you can cultivate and support him more in the future, so that he can fulfill his responsibilities and serve the imperial court." ”

"The emperor knows heroes, Zhou Ze is good enough, I don't need to say more." Xiao Hao Tianfeng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he responded respectfully. He knew in his heart the emperor's trick of lifting one and pressing the other.

"Hahaha!" Xuan Ran Shouxu laughed happily, "General Zhou, have you heard the words of King Zhennan, you must work hard in the future!" ”

"Thanks to the emperor and the king of Zhennan, Zhou Ze will redouble his efforts in the future and live up to the emperor's expectations!" Zhou Ze stood up and raised his glass to the emperor and Xiao Haotian.

"Okay, then from now on, our monarchs and ministers will work together to create a prosperous era in the Northern Desert!" The emperor was even more happy, and when everyone saw that the emperor was so happy, the banquet immediately burst into laughter and laughter, and the cups were staggered!

Xuan Ran Shouxu put down the wine glass and glanced at Xiao Yingyue lovingly, Xiao Yingyue's face sank like water at this time, she had seen from the competition and the emperor's words and deeds these days, she had seen that Xuan Ran Shouxu was decomposing Xiao Haotian's power and suppressing Xiao Haotian's power, which made her feel very uncomfortable, and she became more and more indifferent to the emperor. Xuan Ran Shouxu personally sandwiched a piece of rabbit meat and put it on Xiao Yingyue's plate, "Come, concubine, try this piece of hare meat!" ”

Xiao Yingyue snorted coldly and said lightly: "The cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking." "Xiao Yingyue's original purpose in entering the palace was to help Xiao Haotian regain the world, but now it seems that she has not played any role. Xiao Yingyue has the straightforwardness of a girl from the Northern Desert, she didn't expect that at this time, she should be resigned, please the emperor, and say good things for her brother. What she thought was that since she couldn't do anything, her brother was also decomposed of power, and in anger, she didn't even bother to do perfunctory Xuanran Shouxu, she just wanted to do something to provoke him, whether he put himself in the cold palace or killed himself, as long as he didn't stay by his side.

Xuan Ran Shouxu of course understood what Xiao Yingyue meant, no matter how much he loved Xiao Yingyue, he was like a jewel to her, but after all, he was the emperor, the king of a country high above, how could he stand her such a straightforward sarcasm, he was going to be angry with Xiao Yingyue, but when he saw Xiao Hongtu, who was sitting at the head of the head, and Xiao Haotian, who was not angry and arrogant, he still suppressed the anger in his heart.

Xuan Ran Shouxu knows that he has just weakened Xiao Haotian's power now, the Xiao family must be dissatisfied, if he immediately punishes Xiao Yingyue, Xiao Haotian is afraid that he will even do something to rebel, Xiao Haotian is the god in the hearts of the Northern Desert soldiers, a banner that does not fall, although now he only has one-third of the military power left in his hands, but as long as he rises to the top and raises his arms, there will be countless admirers of him to respond to him and follow him, Xuan Ran Shouxu knows that now is not the time to move Xiao Yingyue, so he suppressed this breath sullenly.

Xuan Ran Shouxu picked up the Nine Dragons Cup, frowned slightly and took a sip of wine, only to feel that today's wine was spicy and even bitter. He is the emperor, he can't be angry here in Xiao Yingyue, it doesn't mean that he can't be angry in other places, Xuan Ran Shouxuan followed Xiao Yingyue's gaze and saw Ling Dongwu's roast leg of mutton on the table in the center, Ling Dongwu was very polite, cut a piece and put it on the plate, the keen Xuan Ran Shouxu noticed that Ling Dongwu actually didn't even taste it, and immediately realized that she couldn't eat this thing at all.

Xuan Ran Shouxu had a plan in his heart, Xiao Yingyue, Xiao Yingyue, don't you like this Ling Dong dance, I will let him die, let the person you like die in front of you, and make you feel painful!

Xuan Ran Shouxu cut a piece of roast lamb leg with a knife, ate it with relish, looked at Ling Dongwu with a smile, and said, "General Ling, this roast leg of lamb is the first dish I entertain distinguished guests in the Northern Desert, what do you think of the taste?" ”

Ling Dongwu listened to Xuan Ran Shouxu's words and complained bitterly, how could he be afraid of something, and hurriedly replied with a dry smile: "Ah, yes, it tastes great!" ”

"Hahaha, since it's delicious, General Ling will eat more!" Xuan Ran Shouxu looked at Ling Dongwu, and his voice was full of eagerness: "Eat, finish this roast leg of lamb......"

Because Xuan Ran Shouxu kept staring at Ling Dongwu, like the only spotlight on the stage, he successfully focused everyone's attention on Ling Dongwu, Ling Dongwu looked at the roast leg of lamb that exuded a burst of smell in front of him, and was in a dilemma. This roast leg of lamb is the best famous dish of the Northern Desert, if you don't eat it, you will openly despise the Northern Desert, even if you are executed on the spot, you will be innocent, if you eat this roast leg of lamb, you will spit it out immediately, and you will die even more ugly at that time.

Ling Dongwu sat in place, motionless, the line between life and death, she had already seen Xuan Ran Shouxu's eyes with anger piling up, and her heart panicked, her pleading gaze involuntarily turned to Xiao Haotian's face, Xiao Haotian didn't look at her at all at this time, ignoring what was happening here, as if everything around him had nothing to do with him, and he was only amused by the whispers of his concubine Qingxiang beside him.

Ling Dongwu didn't believe that someone as profound as Xiao Haotian's martial arts would not be able to hear what was happening here, he was angry in his heart, and his eyes couldn't help but turn to Zhou Ze again, Zhou Ze's eyes were a little flustered and anxious, and his brows were slightly furrowed.

Seeing Zhou Ze, Ling Dongwu's heart moved, and he suddenly had an idea, and smiled at Emperor Ying Ying of the Northern Desert: "Your Majesty, the foreign minister knows that this roast leg of lamb is tender and delicious, and this is the first dish in the Northern Desert." Here, I would like to thank Your Majesty for your hospitality. But the ministers have another way to eat, recommended to the emperor, Niangniang and the ministers, I don't know if the emperor is willing to taste! ”

Xuan Ran Shouxu knew that Ling Dongwu was clever and smart at the last banquet. But he thought to himself that roast leg of lamb was already the best, and what could she make better than roast leg of lamb! Xuan Ran Shouxu was thinking about whether to accept her proposal, Zhou Ze had already stood up and left the table and said: "Your Majesty, why don't you let General Ling try this new way of eating, and let the last general also open his eyes!" ”

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