Zhao Ji after the imperial case, the face behind the crown bead only showed a smile but not a smile, a pair of eyes shot at the Nibora prince through the crown bead, and finally his eyes turned and fell on a corner of the hall.

In the corner, Shen Ao propped his head, deaf to the situation in the hall, and cared about the affairs in front of him, with an indescribable tranquil temperament.

Zhao Ji smiled slightly, but he was not angry, and said calmly: "The snow scene in Bianjing is indeed rare, your country is remote, and you should take a good look at the beautiful scenery of the Great Song Dynasty in order to make this trip worthwhile." ”

The implication of these words seems to be that Nibora is a small border country, and it is common sense that he has not seen the world, and Zhao Ji is not to blame.

With Zhao Ji's surname, coupled with the importance of the Nibora country to the national policy, this kind of hidden needle will not be exported, and the person who comes is a guest, how can it be neglected? However, this prince of Nibhara was contemptuous first, and it was very polite to sneer at each other.

The prince seemed to be disapproving, smiled even more weirdly, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is right, the beautiful scenery of the Great Song Dynasty is dizzying, and Xiao Wang is in the situation, and when he sees that the Great Song Dynasty is so rich, he admires it in his heart." He paused for a moment, and then continued: "Ni Bora is small and poor, if it can be contaminated with the rain and dew of the Great Song Dynasty, then the whole country of Ni Bo is grateful for Your Majesty's kindness, and I wish to submit to the Celestial Empire for generations to come, and never break my oath." ”

Damn, it's so shameless, I've seen a shameless one, but I've never seen such a shameless one, countless contemptuous eyes in this hall fell on the prince, especially Shen Ao, who was suddenly attracted by the prince's royal spirit, and was intimidated by his demeanor.

The prince's words were as if Shen Ao ran to the emperor and said, Emperor Laozi, your family is really rich, can Your Majesty send some gold, silver, jewelry, food and antiques to the students every year, and the right to help the poor, as long as the emperor sends it, the students will recognize you as the boss for generations, okay?

This kind of thing, even if Shen Ao is so thick-skinned, he will never be able to say it, he will be shameless if he wants money, as for it?

It's just that the prince didn't think so, and seemed to be a little complacent, obviously very satisfied with his Chinese language, and was very proud.

Zhao Ji snorted coldly for the inaudible cold, and opened his mouth to speak, but the prince smiled and continued: "Your Majesty invited Xiao Wang to a banquet, Xiao Wang is grateful, in Xiao Wang's hometown, there is a melon and fruit, but it is Nan [***] has, so I specially brought it, please Your Majesty and all the adults to taste." ”

Since the other party gave a gift, Zhao Ji no longer cared about the arrogance of the prince, and said with a smile: "Oh? I love rare things the most, and I will come and see them. ”

Behind the prince, a strong black man led a few chamberlains out, and after a while, he led a series of chamberlains with trays covered with red silk and cautiously entered, first someone brought the royal case, and then placed one on each table.

When the red silk was lifted, everyone saw that it was a big round fruit the size of three or four fists, orange and yellow, and it was really a rare thing, which had never been seen before.

Zhao Ji picked up the round fruit curiously, looked at it seriously for a moment, and said, "I just don't know what kind of melon fruit this is?" ”

Prince Surya of the Nibora Kingdom said, "Our country calls it a stone fruit, and its juice and flesh are the most delicious, please taste it for Your Majesty and your lords." ”

Zhao Ji nodded: "Shiguo, this name is strange. ”

But soon, his face suddenly changed.

After saying so much, this prince has never said how to eat this stone fruit, looking at his appearance, he is afraid that he will not say it. The shell of this stone fruit is indeed harder than that of the stone, and if it is said to be placed in the mouth, I am afraid that even the teeth will be broken.

It turned out that this Prince Surya was uneasy and kind, and sincerely wanted the emperor to make a fool of himself in front of him.

A hint of fierceness flashed in Zhao Ji's eyes, but he had to maintain a calm and relaxed appearance, holding his long beard in his hand and being silent.

His Royal Highness's ministers also guessed the prince's intentions, and their hearts were angry and anxious, if the official family was humiliated by this prince, they would definitely be furious. The king is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the top priority at the moment is to find a way to taste this stone fruit, as long as someone eats it first, the official family can follow the example and eliminate this embarrassment.

So some ministers bit with their teeth regardless of decency, some put the stone fruit in their hands and shook it vigorously, and some of the chamberlains brought a small dagger and cut it on the stone fruit, with different means, but no matter what method was used, whether it was biting with teeth, breaking it, or cutting, the stone fruit did not move.

On the contrary, it was the funny and embarrassed appearance of the guests, which caused the two servants behind Prince Surya to laugh, and the laughter was unbridled and implied disdain.

Zhao Ji's face turned pale, and Yang Jian beside him said in a low voice: "The official family...... Do you want the servants to go down and ask the prince of Nibra how to eat this stone fruit? ”

Zhao Ji stood still, his eyes fell on the stone fruit, a small stone country, but the entire court lost face, if this is spread, where is the majesty of the Son of Heaven? What is the majesty of the imperial court?

His eyes became unpredictable, he forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart, and whispered to Yang Jian: "Don't ask, I don't believe that I am a dignified Heavenly Empire, and I can't even deal with a little stone fruit." ”

Yang Jian was silent and stepped aside. He knows the official family too well, if the official family's temper is strong, ten cows can't pull it, this time the official family is really angry, and he has to compete with the prince.

Although the performance of the official family and the prince has been carried out in harmony, in secret, there are many intrigues and intrigues.

The ministers below tried their best to do their best, but they still couldn't do it.

Prince Surya stood in the middle of the hall, standing calmly, with a smile on his face, watching this good show he directed and acted on for a long time, his eyes as black as ink, flashing with contempt.

It's just that no one heard the mocking and sarcastic words in Prince Surya's heart: "What about the Heavenly Empire? With a little trickery, this prince taught them to be embarrassed, haha, the Heavenly Empire, it's nothing more than that. ”

There was goose feather snow drifting outside the hall, the incense burner in the hall was rising, and cold sweat had oozed from the foreheads of many people.

At this time, I saw a man laughing: "How can coconuts be eaten like this?" Only the barbarians only hold a coconut and open their mouths to eat, and people come... Go and help me find a reed pole and some ice. ”

Zhao Ji was shocked by this voice, raised his eyes to see, but through the crown bead, he also saw the person who spoke clearly, Zhao Ji was immediately overjoyed, this person who was shouting in the hall was not Shen Ao, who was it?

I saw Shen Ao yawning again and again, and sneered very lazily: "Don't go yet." ”

As soon as the words fell, an attendant finally came back to his senses, and after a while, he immediately flew away.

Shen Ao was lying on the case, but he was laughing in his heart, this prince was so funny, he actually used a coconut to fool people, and what kind of stone fruit did he say. However, the minister of this full hall is really a little unlucky, this coconut is also available on Hainan Island, yes, it should be called Qiongzhou Mansion now, obviously there is a coconut there, but the minister of the full hall has never even seen this coconut.

It's just that after thinking about it, I understood that all the officials here are Beijing officials, and the gate is not out, and the second gate is not stepping, and Qiongzhou is a border island, to put it mildly, only the officials who have committed the crime are degraded or exiled before they are sent there, so that they know what a coconut is, and they have to commit something first.

Shen Ao smiled slightly, seeing that Prince Nasurya was looking at him coldly, he was angry, what do you see, have you never seen a handsome guy in Middle-earth? sneered and said: "Hey, this is obviously a coconut fruit from Qiongzhou, why did you get to Nibora and take an tasteless name like a stone fruit." It's not a vulgar name, since His Royal Highness the Prince has offered coconut fruit to His Majesty to eat, why didn't he prepare tableware? Could it be that your country only eats coconut with your hands? Ah, sins, sins, students have a sentence in their throats, they have to say, when they say it, they will inevitably offend international friends, if they don't say it, they will inevitably not show sincerity. Well, since the adults are so loving and give encouraging glances to the students, then the students are bold enough to say it. The way to eat coconut fruit in the mud Borneo country is really barbaric, hey, there is nothing bad about barbarism, in the past, there were Huns who drank blood, and now there are mud Borneo princes who instigate people to eat coconut fruit by hand, oh, by the way, I don't know where the mud Borneo country is? It is really strange and strange that the students are well-educated people who know everything about astronomy and geography, and they have never heard of the three words of the Khotan, Uighur, and Black Khan tribes. ”

These words are really painful, Shen Ao said in one breath what the people in the palace wanted to say but did not dare to say, although it was presumptuous, but it won the hearts of the people.

First, the Nibra analogy with the Turks, what is the Turks? Anyone who knows a little about the history of the Han Dynasty knows that the Turks are barbarians, a country of birds and beasts, and uncivilized barbarians who have been chased by the Han army for thousands of miles. The implication is that the country of Nibhara is the same as the Turks, the country of Diyi?

Later, Shen Ao even said that many small countries came out, but he had never heard of Ni Bora, which meant obviously, which was tantamount to contempt for Ni Bora.

However, although Shen Ao was full of vicious words, he pretended to be very sincere, and he couldn't see any deliberate contempt, as if he was having an academic discussion with someone now, as for insulting or something, wow, what is this, it is simply a naked slander, and it is a slander of Shen Dacai's character.

Zhao Ji behind the curtain, suddenly couldn't help laughing, this Shen Ao, not only witty and interesting, but also relieved him, and even swept away Zhao Ji's gloomy atmosphere in one sentence, happy, happy; He stroked the royal case, trying to hold it back, so that he would never laugh.

Prince Surya's eyes were on fire, he barely suppressed his anger, made a sunny look, and said, "Childe said so, he must also be a well-informed person, so you might as well invite Childe to eat." ”

Shen Ao smiled: "Of course you have to eat, but the Great Song Dynasty has the eating method of the Great Song Dynasty, which is not as good as the barbarians, and eating coconut fruit is also particular." ”

At this time, the chamberlain found a basin of ice cubes and a reed pole, and carefully held them in front of Shen Ao's case.