Chapter 641: The Ximu Empire is coming
After breakfast, Lin Yu just rode his horse slowly to the gate of the palace, and said hello to the guards, when he saw a long queue of carriages at the door, on which there were many boxes on the ground, and there were also the symbols of the royal family of the Ximu Empire on the boxes. [Full text reading]
Lin Yu knew it in his heart as soon as he saw it: it was estimated that the envoy group sent by Yinyue had already arrived at the palace. But on the surface, he still knew why: "Yo, why is there such a long line? Where did this come from? Have you checked it?"
A guard squad leader hurriedly trotted over, and reported respectfully: "Report to Commander Lin, this is the envoy group sent by the Ximu Empire, I just arrived today, it seems that I came here for something, and the person just entered, and the gift is still outside!"
"Oh, that's it, then you have to watch it carefully, don't let people break it!" Lin Yu pretended to be suddenly enlightened, and solemnly admonished two sentences, and only after the guards swore that they would take good care of the congratulatory gifts, they hummed a little song and left.
"Your Majesty, Queen Yinyue of the Ximu Empire has sent an envoy to visit, and she is now waiting outside the palace!" Gonggong Cai stood at the door of the main hall and shouted in a sharp voice.
Yu Shaoxi, who was in the early dynasty, was stunned for a moment: Ximu Empire? What are they doing here? I haven't heard anything about it recently? I groaned for a while, but I still raised my voice and said, "Xuan!"
"The envoy of the Xuanximu Empire is here!" Cai Gonggong's male duck voice spread far away.
A middle-aged man wearing the official uniform unique to the Ximu Empire strode in from outside the hall, came to the middle of the main hall, and bowed to Yu Shaoxi politely: "Dongmur, the envoy of the Ximu Empire, has seen His Majesty the Great Xia Emperor. ”
"Hehe, don't be polite. I don't know why Queen Yinyue sent an envoy over?Is there anything good happening in the Ximu Empire?" Yu Shaoxi asked casually.
"Dongmur congratulated the county lord of the Ximu Empire, that is, the red-robed princess of the Great Xia Empire, on behalf of Queen Yinyue, who gave birth to a dragon son, and Queen Yinyue was very happy to learn the news, and ordered to send a hundred congratulatory gifts to show her joy. Dommur said with a smile.
"Boom!" The entire court suddenly boiled, and the expressions on the faces of the civil and military officials varied when they heard this, some were surprised, some looked at each other, and many officials even whispered.
"The red-robed princess gave birth to a dragon son? When did this happen? Didn't I hear that the previous peace with the Demon Empire was over? Why did she suddenly become pregnant? This is too strange, isn't it?" asked the civil official standing in the corner with a blank expression.
The red-robed princess is the only princess of the royal family, the pearl of His Majesty's palm, her pregnancy and childbirth is a big deal, and she doesn't know that she is in the imperial capital every day, but she is far away in the west, Queen Yinyue, who is actually more informed than herself, and even sent congratulatory gifts!
"Yes, Your Majesty hasn't mentioned this matter these days?" said another official thoughtfully, "Could it be ...... Is there a great secret in this? Tsk, I'm very curious, who made the princess pregnant? Could it be that the prince of the Demon Empire, Zarub, couldn't bear it on the way to send off his relatives, and gave the red-clothed princess to ...... That's why she secretly returned to the imperial capital, kept a low profile for so long, and then gave birth to a dragon child?"
"Not that exaggerated, is it? Prince Nazarub is a little too bold according to you. Besides, the peace between the two countries has already collapsed, and I heard that Nazarub is also dead, so wouldn't the child born to the red-robed princess have no father? Not only that, but in the end it will have to end up with a bad reputation, it's just ......" The military attache Bing said louder and louder, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a ceremonial attendant in front of him.
"Don't say it! You are blind, don't you see that Your Majesty's face is extremely ugly? The imperial historian who was in charge of the picket just now glanced straight here, and it is estimated that he has written down the appearance of your small talk, and you will wait when you turn around...... Damn! Patronize to remind you that even Lao Tzu has been targeted by the imperial history, which is really unlucky!" The waiter of the Ministry of Rites cursed secretly, and turned around and glared at the three of them.
He also wanted to cry without tears in his heart, wondering why he was so kind, and he had to remind them, but now he was dragged into the water, if he stayed honestly, wouldn't it be fine?
Just when the civil and military officials were arguing in private, and you were saying a word, there was an eerie silence at the front of the court.
At the front of the two columns of officials, Old Man Lin and Situ Wuji were standing on the ground, the former holding his hands in front of his chest, his eyes slightly closed, his breathing was even, he looked like he was napping, and he looked like he had nothing to do with himself. The latter, with his hands behind his back, looked up at the ceiling, as if he could see a hole in the ceiling, and everything around him seemed to have nothing to do with him.
The two of them actually have bitterness and can't say it, they naturally know the ins and outs of the whole thing, and they have already learned the news that Yu Ningshuang gave birth to a boy. But since Yu Shaoxi has been silent and has not spoken, they have to know it themselves, and on the surface, they have to pretend that they don't understand anything and are not interested, so as not to cause a fire at the city gate to affect the pond fish, and the right and wrong will come out.
At this time, on the other hand, Yu Shaoxi's expression was very exciting, he originally wanted to hide the matter until death, but he was so grandly exposed in front of the ministers of the hundred officials, but he couldn't deny it, after all, Queen Yinyue had brought congratulatory gifts, so it was clear that this matter was already a certainty.
Although his lungs were about to explode with anger, and the muscles on his face kept twitching, Yu Shaoxi couldn't attack, so he could only smile reluctantly: "I was too busy a few days ago, and I didn't bother to share this good news with the officials, but I didn't expect Queen Yinyue to get the news so early." The birth of the dragon grandson in the red dress is indeed a great joy celebrated by the whole world, it is rare for the queen to be so hearted, you go back and thank her for me!"
"I will definitely bring His Majesty's words to the Emperor, our Queen has a deep friendship with the Princess in the Red Dress, and these congratulatory gifts are carefully selected by the Queen and specially given to the princess and the imperial grandson, please Your Majesty the Emperor is not polite. Dongmur also sensed that something seemed to be wrong in the court, but he still kept a decent smile and replied humbly.
"Ahem!" The noise in the court intensified, Yu Shaoxi was a little impatient, cleared his throat, and scanned all the civil and military officials fiercely, and finally suppressed the voices of the courtiers.
Looking at the Ximu envoy with an unknown face, Yu Shaoxi took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and finally controlled his complexion and spoke lightly