As a state banquet, of course, it is grand and grand, the banquet is set up in the Changle Palace, the white jade paving in the hall, the gold paint is the wall, and the huge night pearls are inlaid on the wall, and the whole hall is shrouded, like daytime. The golden bottle jade cup, the flying golden nanmu, extremely luxurious, the sound of the silk and bamboo orchestra is endless, and the posture of the warbler song and swallow dance is intoxicated with Jinhua.

The gaze brushed over the faces of everyone in the hall, gently and quickly. Mu Xuefu's beautiful eyes wandered, and she withdrew her gaze, lowered her head and frowned, secretly thinking in her heart.

Under the jade steps, the first place is King Rui and King Rong sitting on both sides, and King Huai and King Ning are sitting under them. Such an order can be regarded as confirming the pattern of today's court.

Mu Xuefu raised her head again, and her gaze fell on the woman beside King Rong. This is the first time she has seen Princess Rong, I heard that she has been in poor health, so she lives in Jiangnan all the year round to recuperate, and this time she also returned to the imperial city a few days before the New Year's Festival.

She was very thin, as if only a handful of bones remained, and her soft face was unusually white, and she looked like she had lived in a house for a long time, and she had not seen the sun all year round, with a sickly paleness. But he is gentle and elegant, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, although he is weak and weak, he picks up vegetables for King Rong from time to time. And when he looked at King Rong, his eyes were like water, with the unique shyness of a woman, and sometimes when he looked at King Rong, his face would be dyed with a touch of red. It seems that she must be deeply in love with her jade brother. It's just that, looking at her body now, she is weak like this on the surface, and I'm afraid that she is even more empty inside.

"See what?" Jing Rong saw that she had been staring at King Rong's table, and couldn't help but be a little strange, so she sandwiched a drunken shrimp for her, and asked.

Mu Xuefu retracted her gaze, looked at the food in the bowl, and said with a smile: "The concubine couldn't help but be a little curious when she saw Princess Rong for the first time, so she looked at it twice. Using chopsticks to neatly open the shrimp skin, she took a bite, savored a few bites, looked at Jing Rong and said: "I only heard people say that the appearance of the elder sister in the princess is the most outstanding, but when I saw Princess Rong today, I found that the beauty of Princess Rong is no longer under her sister, but why do people in the world only know Princess Rui, but not Princess Rong?" ”

"Princess Rong has always lived in a simple house, and she has been weak since she was a child, and within two years of marrying King Rong, she moved out of the imperial city for treatment and went to Jiangnan for recuperation and treatment. Very few people in the imperial city have seen her, and they rarely participate in state banquets like this, so it is not surprising that everyone does not know that she is beautiful. Jing Rong glanced at Princess Rong, and then lightly crossed Mu Xuefu's face, and compared it in her heart, sure enough, her own princess was more beautiful and moving, and her heart was unconsciously mixed with a little pride.

Mu Xuefu didn't notice his eyes, and looked at King Rong again, seeing that he turned a blind eye to his love for his princess, and was still as cold as frost, and secretly said a word of incomprehension in his heart.

"King Rong is really clean, there is only this one princess, and there is not even a concubine in the backyard, which is really rare."

In his ears was Mu Xuefu's casual voice, Jing Rong's hand holding the wine glass paused in the air, put it down again, gently hugged Mu Xuefu's waist, got a little closer, and said: "This king has always been clean and self-conscious, why hasn't the concubine praised this king so much?" ”

"Oh? Who are those two sitting in the back? Whose woman is that big bunch of warblers in the backyard? Mu Xuefu pulled down his hand around his waist, with a hint of ridicule, "Besides, are you really clean or fake clean yourself, where do you know about the concubine?" ”

Jing Rong was choked by her, almost unable to speak, snorted lightly, hugged Mu Xuefu in his arms, and whispered in her ear, "Do you want this king to prove it to the princess to believe it?" ”

Mu Xuefu had no choice but to be hugged too tightly by him, and wanted to break free but was afraid of provoking the attention of others, so she sneered at him and said, "Don't make trouble, so many people are watching." ”

"You are the princess of this king, is this king still afraid of others to see you?" Danfeng's eyes rose slightly, and he glanced at everyone proudly. Everywhere they looked, they didn't dare to look at it, and they all lowered their heads. Secretly sighed that the momentum of King Chen was even more powerful than before.

Mu Xuefu looked at his unruly appearance, chuckled, and said: "The concubine is not afraid of others looking at it, but some people will eat it when they see it, and the vinegar jar will be broken, if you make trouble on this occasion, it will not look good." Not to mention Princess Sanssouci's appearance as if she was about to kill her, even some young ladies from the princes and ministers would glare at her from time to time. It's just that those young ladies won't just stare at her, even Mu Yurong and Qin Qing will be treated the same. Whoever let the best men of the Great Qin Dynasty be preempted by them.

"Why does this king smell so sour?" Jing Rong sniffed between her hair and teased her, "It turned out that Concubine Ai's vinegar jar was sour." ”

"Lord, just play stupid." Mu Xuefu glanced at him obliquely, picked up the chopsticks and stuffed the food into his mouth.

Jing Rong smiled without saying a word, chewed slowly a few times, and gave Mu Xuefu a few dishes.

After three rounds of drinking, it is time for the ladies of the princes and ministers to perform their talents, saying that it is a performance in front of the emperor, but in fact, it is just a selection of daughters-in-law by the families of the princesses, but this is also a tradition left over from the past dynasties. The young ladies of these big families usually do not go out of the door, and only at this time can they express themselves, and the color and art are naturally noticed by more people, and he is like a carp crossing the river to propose marriage, and there is an endless stream of people, and some people are good-looking, and some talents are good-looking, which depends on what those families pay attention to. Just like Mu Yurong, it was because of her performance in front of the palace that she was asked to marry by King Rui at a glance and returned to her home.

"If King Yi falls in love with a young lady, I will be a moon elder and let you form a marriage." Emperor Xuanwu watched the performance with great interest, and did not forget to pick up the wine glass and drink with the prince of Dongxiao Guoyi. When he drank to his heart's content, he promised.

Dongxiao Guoyi King Tuoba Chong and Princess Tuoba Xin and Ri went to Beijing, received by King Rui and King Ning, stayed in Honglu Temple, and only entered the palace today to meet Emperor Xuanwu.

This time, Dongxiao Kingdom did have the intention of marrying Daqin, and it also sent the most beautiful and favored princess of Dongxiao, the purpose of which was to marry.

If you want the stability of the country, the most effective way is to form an alliance with other countries, and Daqin is the most powerful country today, and an alliance with it can ensure peace for a while. And if you want to form an alliance, such a thing as harmony is naturally indispensable.

It's just that this King Yi of Dongxiao Kingdom didn't have the idea of marrying a Great Qin woman to go back, firstly, because he came this time only to send relatives to form an alliance, and secondly, it can be said that it is indispensable to guard against people, marry a Great Qin woman and go back, who knows if it is a fine work sent by Emperor Qin to his side.

Tuoba Chong raised his glass and said with a smile: "I have long heard that the beauties of Daqin are like clouds, and when I saw it today, it really deserved its reputation, but there are too many beauties, and Xiao Wang is only afraid that he will pick his eyes." ”

"Haha," Emperor Xuanwu Lang Lang smiled, "You only choose patiently, if one is not enough, it doesn't hurt to choose a few more." ”

Tuoba Chong took a sip of wine, the disdain on the corner of his mouth passed, he put down the wine glass, and said, "It's just that Xiao Wang sees that the best woman in Great Qin, Emperor Qin, has given it to several princes." ”

The corners of Emperor Xuanwu's mouth froze for a moment, his face twitched faintly, and he immediately said: "Just now, King Yi also said that my Great Qin beauties are like clouds, are you still afraid that you can't find something better than them?" ”

"Then Xiao Wang will pick and choose." Tuoba Chong turned his gaze to the woman performing in the hall, and sneered in his heart. If it weren't for the senior sister who asked him to place a woman next to Emperor Qin, he wouldn't have bothered to make this trip. looked at Mu Xuefu with a faint gaze, and said secretly: "Senior sister, you are really good at fiddling with senior brother, let me go all the way to send my relatives, and I have to deal with this kind of occasion." If you really bring back a few women, your senior sister may not know what to do. However, who made you my little sister, I can only obey you. ”

It turned out that this Tuoba Chong was none other than the famous Rakshasa Marquis on the rivers and lakes, that is, Mu Xuefu's senior brother.

In fact, the four first disciples of the Pavilion Master of the Netherworld Pavilion are not ordinary people, the eldest disciple Tuoba Chong is the prince of Dongxiao Kingdom, the second disciple Qi Yueyao is the princess of the Southern Xinjiang Kingdom, the third disciple Leng Xi is the son of the national teacher of Pengying Kingdom, and even Mu Xuefu is the daughter of the Great Qin Zuoxiang. Although they came from different four countries, their master had a stipulation when accepting apprentices, that the Underworld Pavilion was a Jianghu organization, not involved in the party and government, and there was no national interest. In other words, even if two of them were at war, as his apprentice, he would have to stay out of it. The Pavilion of the Underworld can be blessed and shared with hardships, but it must not become an enemy or even an enemy.

A few days ago, Mu Xuefu asked Hong Shao to return to Lingshan to carry a letter, saying that he wanted him to plant a chess piece next to Emperor Xuanwu in the name of harmony. Although he felt sorry for the little sister who was getting deeper and deeper on the road of revenge, he was willing to get used to her, and more importantly, Senior Sister Yueyao had always pampered the little sister, if he didn't agree, his desire to further the relationship with Yueyao might be in vain. As a last resort, he had no choice but to take the errand.

The Underworld Pavilion stipulates that people who go out with some special tasks must take a kind of Gu poison, and an antidote will be given every other month during the mission, but it is only a temporary prolongation of the Gu drug onset, and only when the mission is over, can the real antidote be obtained. This is because he is afraid that they will rebel halfway, so he will use Gu medicine to restrain them, which is also the reason why Tuoba Chong is relieved to put people by Emperor Xuanwu's side and is not afraid of her turning against her.

Tuoba Chong withdrew his gaze before Jing Rong looked at him, transferred to Tuoba Xin beside him, covered his mouth with his hand, and covered his lips, "After a while, when these warblers and Yanyan are finished, you will take the initiative to offer a dance, and you must do your best to hook Emperor Qin." ”

"Don't you still believe in the ability of your subordinates? This Qin Huang is a womanizer at first glance, as long as his subordinates use a little means, he will definitely hook his three souls and not see the seven spirits. The fake princess slanted her eyebrows slightly, her autumn eyes were charming and charming, she already had a pair of fox eyes, with the soft color in her eyes, but she had the ability to seduce people.