On the first day of the first lunar month, a feast was held in the imperial city.

The palace banquet was held in the Taihe Palace, and the Shangshi Bureau of the Liushang Bureau assisted in preparing a large number of dishes, and after the ceremonial music was played in the hall on the night of the first day, the civil and military officials and their families changed into gorgeous clothes and sat down in an orderly manner under the guidance of the eunuchs.

It was not until all the officials and family members were seated that the emperor and his concubines arrived belatedly and sat on the main seat.

In the past year, Su Yan's harem has also expanded from Empress Zheng to twenty-three, originally fifty people were selected from the show girls to fill the harem, but Su Yan didn't plan to maintain so many concubines, so he cut half of it at once, and only selected twenty-two women who could be seen as the selection attendants.

Xia Chengming's system, the harem concubines are all selected from the people, so the people who can be selected are naturally beautiful as flowers, which is different from a certain Qing Dynasty, a certain Qing Dynasty can only choose concubines among the banner people, and they look crooked and cracked dates, not to mention playing poker, even the big quilt does not have that desire, no wonder the emperor behind him will go outside to prostitute and die of flower willow disease.

Although the harem is as beautiful as a cloud, there are only five or six people who Su Yan really have in-depth communication, but Su Yan's accuracy is very good, one of the women was only fortunate once, and a month later she was found to be pregnant by the imperial doctor, Su Yan was overjoyed to mention her as a beauty, and sent several grandmothers to take care of it.

Today, counting the days, this Lin beauty can be regarded as being pregnant for four months.

With the entrance of the emperor, the atmosphere of the entire palace banquet suddenly became a little depressing, and the ministers and their families who were still talking to each other closed their mouths and sat in their respective positions.

Don't look at the scale of the scene today, but there are still officials from the Metropolitan Procuratorate standing inside and outside the Taihe Palace, they are conscientious, and their eyes are as sharp as eagle's eyes patrolling the scene, as if they are ready to record those who disrespect the law at any time, and wait for impeachment in the future.

Well, although the Taihe Hall is large, the space inside is destined to not accommodate everyone, so hundreds of tables and chairs have been placed outside the hall, holding up umbrellas to cover the falling snow, so that those lower-grade officials and family members and foreign envoys can sit down.

As for the Taihe Palace, it is natural that the high-ranking officials and the families of the uncle, the marquis, the duke and the two county kings in Beijing are seated.

The door of the Taihe Hall is like a clear dividing line, the warm hall is full of high-grade officials and a group of nobles, and in the cold outside, the low-grade officials are blowing the cold wind, and some people who wear less are a little shivering, but fortunately, Empress Zheng is benevolent and ordered people to distribute a small stove to each of them to warm their hands, so that they have the tools to keep warm.

The queen's hand was naturally allowed by Su Yan, and he was happy to see the hundred officials obey the queen, so he acquiesced to the queen's desire to buy people's hearts.

After the emperor and the queen were seated, the eunuch of the celebrant pinched his throat and loudly announced the start of the palace banquet.

Immediately, the entire Taihe Hall was filled with the rich aroma of dishes, which made the stomachs of those ministers who had been hungry for a day move even more violently, and they covered their stomachs with some shame, looking at the people sitting around them, only to find that many people had the same reaction as them.

Zhang Wanqi, who was sitting in the hall, looked at the dishes in front of him, and the fragrance that wafted into his nose made him can't help but want to move his chopsticks to steal a piece first, but before he could pick it up, Zhang Huangyan, who was sitting next to him, glared at him with a stern gaze, so frightened that he hurriedly sat upright, not daring to make extra movements.

Retracted his gaze, and at this moment, Ma Guozhu, the head of the household department who was sitting next to Zhang Huangyan, turned his head sideways, smiled and whispered to him: "Zhang Bingbu, although I Guan Linglang is young, he already has a little more bookish spirit on his body, so he should be studying under Confucianism."

"Where is the fool bookish, but he is still a naughty child's ear, although he worships under Mr. Lizhou, but he is stupid by nature, and he is afraid that he will not be able to become a talent in the future." Zhang Huangyan sighed and replied.

After speaking, Zhang Huangyan obviously didn't want to continue the topic on his only son, he showed a little smile on his face, and asked Ma Guozhu: "Ma Hubu, I heard that the concubine in your family is pregnant, congratulations, it's not easy to get a child."

As soon as this was mentioned, the pride on Ma Guozhu's face couldn't be suppressed, he is now over half a hundred years old, and his wife and children were beheaded by the Qing court a few years ago, and not long ago, under the persuasion of his subordinates, he accepted a new concubine to take care of himself, and he was found to be pregnant half a month ago, and he Ma Guozhu was finally able to get rid of the fate of the heir.

Moreover, if you are over half a hundred years old, you can get your concubine pregnant again, which is enough to make many elderly ministers in the court praise and envy.

However, although Ma Guozhu was proud, he still waved his hand politely, humbled himself, and then continued: "Zhang Bingbu, you are only thirty-five now, and your body is tough, why not have a few more? Many sons and many blessings, when they are old, they can still enjoy the happiness of their children and grandchildren."

"Trying, trying." Zhang Huangyan said cohesively, but he didn't know that his son Zhang Wanqi was sitting on the side, pricking up his ears to listen to the conversation between the elders.

At the same time, in the seat close to the emperor, Zheng Jing, who is a relative of the emperor and a member of the county king's family, is also bored sitting in his position, watching those graceful palace maids busy in front.

Su Yan is naturally well aware of what happened in Zhu Chenggong's mansion, Jinyiwei has developed rapidly under Li Yuanyin's control, and all parts of the country are full of Jinyiwei's eyes and ears, and the homes of various important people in Beijing have also been infiltrated, and not long after Zheng Jing was beaten, Su Yan received a tip.

At this time, he was teasing the prince who was held in the arms of Empress Zheng, and his eyes fell on Zheng Jing, who was sitting upright and looking extremely honest from time to time, and said to the queen with a smile: "Since being beaten by the eldest brother once, Jinshe has been very honest until now, and he can't pity Wei Ze in the future, and he is reluctant to do it."

"Jinshe was beaten by the eldest brother because he went in and out of those places of flowers and willows, he is still young, if he doesn't stop it in time, he may become a big disaster in the future, but Wei Ze is in the palace, what big disaster can he break through?" The queen said with some disapproval.

When Su Yan heard this, his face couldn't help but stiffen, and he said solemnly: "Emperor Zhaolie once said, don't take the good as small, don't take the evil as small, if he is not strictly restrained from a young age, how can he govern the whole country well in the future?"

Empress Zheng didn't continue to argue with Su Yan, she snorted lightly and said, "I don't understand the truth that loving mothers have many defeated children, it's just ...... Forget it, you can train him in the future, don't let me know."

Su Yan smiled, his face softened, and he said with a smile: "Education also depends on the assistance of the queen, you sing red face and I sing white face, men and women are not tired of working together."

In the conversation between the two, I don't know how long it took for the palace maids to finally arrange all the dishes.

Then, outside the hall suddenly came out of the deafening sound of musical instruments, in the noisy sound of musical instruments, the ceremonial officials loudly announced that foreign envoys had entered the temple, and the envoys from overseas countries who had crossed the ocean entered the palace under the guidance of the eunuchs.

As soon as these foreign envoys in strange costumes entered the Taihe Palace, they immediately attracted everyone's side attention, and the family members of those ministers observed them with curious eyes, and some people sighed in surprise from time to time.

The first foreign envoys to enter the palace were Dutch, although they admitted defeat and withdrew from Taiwan, but their influence still existed in Nanyang, based in the city of Batavia, and after learning from the merchants who stayed in the southeast to do business that the Xia Emperor was going to hold a grand palace banquet during the Spring Festival of the Han people, they were keenly aware that this might be an opportunity to resume official friendly exchanges with the imperial court, so they sent a delegation to Jiangning.

Under the curious gaze of everyone, the Dutch envoy walked to the palace, and the chief and deputy envoys led by him saluted the emperor very neatly, and Su Yan recognized him, if he remembered correctly, he had seen himself behind his canonization of the county king.

After a few years, the envoy's Chinese language skills seemed to have improved greatly, and he spoke respectfully in his proficient Chinese:

"His Majesty the Great and Venerable Emperor of China, the contempt is Bernard Henryenke, the emissary of the Dutch East India Company, conveying to you his respect for His Majesty the Emperor of China on behalf of the Governor of the East India Company, and wishing you good health

Be healthy, and may your reign endure forever."

Su Yan smiled and nodded, motioning for him to continue.

Seeing this, Bernard Henrienke continued: "Your Majesty, since the war of Taiwan, the official trade between you and us has been interrupted, which is an unnecessary loss for both sides, so I beg His Majesty the Emperor to show grace and allow trade between the two countries to resume."

Although trade between the two sides is still maintained, trade at the official level has been cut off, and only private maritime trade is maintained, and Dutch ships dare not rush into the Taiwan Strait.

Su Yan was in a good mood today, and he couldn't find a reason to refuse, so he nodded and said, "I'm ready, after the Spring Festival holiday is over, you can talk to the City Department in detail."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After the Dutch mission withdrew with great gratitude, foreign envoys from the Franco, Japanese, Korean, Champa, Donghu, Ayutaya, and Mongol tribes entered the temple, and they either said the same greetings or expressed their submission to the Xia Dynasty on behalf of their respective monarchs, and the leaders of the Mongol tribes even chanted Su Yan as the Heavenly Khan in public.

Su Yan undoubtedly enjoyed the title of Tian Khan very much, you know, the last person to be called Tian Khan was Tang Taizong Li Shimin, it is Su Yan's honor to be called Tian Khan with this great monarch.

After the last group of envoys retreated, Su Yan picked up the gold fetal painting enamel flower pattern wine cup in front of him, raised it high, and said: "Zhongqing, today is the most important festival of the year for my Han people, and I set up a palace banquet here, just to celebrate with the hundred officials, this first cup of wine, I respect Haotian God."

As his words fell, the guests inside and outside the hall raised the wine cup in front of him one after another, and drank it all after the emperor drank it.

After drinking, Su Yan put down the wine cup, and Empress Zheng, who was sitting beside him, poured wine for him virtuously.

"The second glass of wine, I salute the soldiers of the three armies who are sticking to the front line and fighting bloodily!"

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"The third cup of wine, I respect the people, and rely on the loyal assistance of the people, my Great Xia national strength is becoming more and more prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment!"

After three glasses of wine, the hungry officials were finally able to pick up the chopsticks after the emperor and queen, and feast on the food that had been tempting them in front of them.

The queen had already handed over the crown prince to the nurse to take care of in advance, she maintained a decent smile throughout the whole process, poured wine and food for Su Yan, like a virtuous wife, Su Yan was also the first time since he ascended the throne to hold such a large-scale palace banquet, he was soon drunk, his face was red, and his eyes were blurred.

Seeing this, Empress Zheng could only sigh, and ordered the palace people to help the emperor to her Kunning Palace to take care of her, and explained the situation to the hundred officials, and the emperor and queen left first.

The departure of the emperor and queen did not have a bad impact on the atmosphere of the scene, but without the oppression of the emperor, the atmosphere of the scene became more lively.

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After the Spring Festival, the atmosphere of celebration was still in the palace, but suddenly one day, a group of fast horses galloped in from outside the imperial city to report a bad news to Su Yan.

Chen Ying died.

Since the second year of imprisonment in order to protect Su Yan's body from poisoned arrows, Chen Ying has been cared for and conditioned by the best medical officer, and has maintained a weak life to this day, but after all, she still failed to survive the winter of the second year of Wu'an, and died after the Spring Festival.

Chen Ying's death cast a haze over Miyagi, which was still immersed in the joy of the Spring Festival, and the emperor sat in the imperial study without eating or drinking, and finally walked out with red eyes until the evening.

As soon as he came out, Su Yan ordered to hold a funeral of a very high standard for Chen Ying, and posthumously named him the protector of the country, but it is a pity that Chen Ying has no descendants, otherwise, Su Yan will definitely reuse his descendants.

Chen Ying's death seems to be just a small wave, and after this, nothing major happened in the imperial court, huh...... In addition to the disposal of the annexed Mongols.

Su Yan retained the Qing court's alliance flag system, replanned the pastures belonging to the attached tribes, and strictly forbade each flag to leave each without authorization

The ranch to which the flag belongs, and re-established the Zhaowuda League and the Zhuosuotu League after the Yike Zhao League.

Considering that the Chahar Department returned to the rule of the Porni, in order to prevent the unified Chahar Department from becoming larger, Su Yan left Bulni, who had entered Beijing with other Mongol leaders, to stay in Beijing, and split the Chahar Department into four banners on the left and right wings, and the owners of each banner were replaced by pro-Xia leaders.

Although Burni was nominally canonized by the imperial court as the leader of the Chahar Ministry, he was actually under house arrest in Beijing, and he did not even have the opportunity to communicate with the north, let alone hold real power.

Burni's fate did not discourage the other Mongol chieftains from joining the Xia Dynasty, and the Khalkha tribe of the Ulanchabu League, north of the Ikzhao League, who had lost many of their clansmen due to the cold winter, took the initiative to defect to the imperial court.

The ministry was originally subordinated to the Qing court in the tenth year of Shunzhi in history, but now that the Qing court was violently beaten by the Han Chinese, they naturally did not submit to the Qing court, but after seeing the Mongol tribes in the south defecting to the Xia Dynasty, they were worried that they would become the next target after spring, so they took the initiative to return to the Xia Dynasty.