Chapter 185: Confession in the Palace
In view of the fact that the Xiyuan envoys still have to enter the palace to face the saints, Jiang Fenghao, the former regent, even if he is too lazy to deal with it, has to go back to stand in front of the emperor, pretend, and do his duty as a courtier.
As for He Xiaoqiao, after getting the promise to sell the jade pendant for money, she happily waved goodbye to her newlywed husband on the spot, and returned to the palace with the loot obtained from the morning sweeping, ready to open the stove to celebrate.
And at this moment, on top of the Jinluan Hall that Jin Bihui had exchanged, a group of courtiers were stunned at Hu Yansu, who had already untied his veil.
Jiang Mufeng, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at the person from beginning to end unceremoniously, although there was also appreciation for her appearance in his eyes, but he was not as obsessed as when he saw Lan Xin.
There is no doubt that Huyan Suxin, the third princess of the Western Yuan, is indeed an authentic beauty. It's just that her beauty is the kind of wild and gorgeous, although it is soul-stirring, it is not as good as Lan Xin's spotless fairy temperament.
It is not so easy to sign a peace document, in addition to the promised non-aggression, there are other rules and regulations such as the number of varieties to be paid each year and the exchange of trade between the two countries.
The dog jumps over the wall when he is anxious, and the rabbit bites when he is anxious, although the West Yuan is here to negotiate peace, but if the additional conditions exceed their bottom limit, it is difficult to guarantee that they will die and the net will be broken, so this matter has to be discussed in the long run.
Jiang Mufeng didn't want to get straight to the point from the beginning, but as an emperor, he had to have a few more eyes than others, and he couldn't be too impatient when he played politics, and winning in stability was the king.
So after a simple kind remark as a start, the young emperor retreated into the background, smiling as he watched the ministers and several key members of the envoy group laugh and talk too much.
There are ghosts in their hearts, and there are even more insinuations, but everyone knows it, and they don't put it on the front and say it too clearly.
Jiang Fenghao never disdained to participate in this kind of spit game that the old ministers couldn't get tired of, and he didn't bother to participate, so from the very beginning, he had been standing lazily in his exclusive corner pretending to be invisible, and occasionally when he was too idle to panic, he would look up and look around.
Because Hu Yanxu was there, and he was the face saint of the Eight Classics, Hu Yansu did not interject at will this time as he did on the street before, and stood quietly behind Hu Yanxu after untying the veil to amaze everyone.
It's just that those beautiful eyes stared at Jiang Fenghao unabashedly, which made several young officials who were standing in the same column as Jiang Fenghao blushed a little uncontrollably, and their Adam's apple slid up and down, almost spilling a few drops of saliva on the spot.
Probably because Hu Yan Suxin's gaze was too presumptuous, Jiang Fenghao, who was as uncomfortable as a thorn in his back, finally couldn't help but turn his head to look at her, and saw that she reached out and pressed her sideburns, making herself look like she was turning all beings upside down, and the corners of her mouth hooked up with an inexplicable smile.
This smile in Hu Yansu's eyes became the meaning that he also had a good impression of her, and he couldn't hide his excitement at the moment, but because the time was not right, he had to endure the urge to talk to him in the past, and wrung his sleeves to make a shy little daughter gesture.
This decisive move made several officials who love to visit Flower Street and Willow Lane on weekdays swallow their saliva impatiently.
As for Jiang Fenghao, he had already turned his head back and calmly continued to play with the jade wrench in his hand.
The atmosphere in the hall was quite warm, after a sword and sword shadow that was invisible to the naked eye, seeing that the two sides were about to enter the quarrel mode, Jiang Mufeng, who had seen enough of the excitement, hurriedly announced that he would have an intermission first, and everyone would listen to a small song and enjoy the song and dance and have a meal by the way, and talk about it later.
The most powerful person in the entire Dayan invited guests, and naturally no one dared to say the word 'no' - so under the leadership of the chamberlain, a group of nearly 100 or so people rushed out of the Jinluan Palace, and the court set up a banquet venue to kill the past.
Coming from afar is a guest, and a good meal of wine and food is absolutely indispensable.
Especially in front of the princess and princess of a foreign country who has been fighting with their own family for several years, the ministers are full of boasting, exaggerating one after another, and they can't use all the humanistic customs and specialties of Dayan to compare the West Yuan to Turpan to make them ashamed.
Wine and delicacies, staggered, and the sound of silk and bamboo is endless.
The dancing girls performing in the water pavilion changed a few batches, and just when everyone was drunk, Hu Yanxu, who had resisted the bombardment of several venomous and mean-mouthed old ministers of Dayan with the strength of one person and was able to hold on without vomiting blood, suddenly stood up, raised his wine glass and looked at Jiang Mufeng on the main seat, "On the occasion of this beautiful day, I salute the emperor with a cup, and I hope that Dayan and Xiyuan will be friendly and prosperous from now on." ”
This is a good thing to say, Jiang Mufeng naturally responded with a smile, "The eldest prince has a heart, once the peace book is signed, the two countries will definitely be able to coexist peacefully and prosper and develop." ”
"With the emperor's words, the minister will be relieved." With a smile on his slightly dark face, Hu Yanxu raised his hand to drink all the wine in the cup, and then nodded the cup downward, "Do it first for respect!" ”
"Good!" Jiang Mufeng laughed and drank the wine.
Seeing this, the glamorous palace maid next to her immediately stepped forward to refill the wine glass for the two of them.
Hu Yanxu humbly thanked him and spoke again,
"Your Majesty, in fact, this time, in addition to discussing peace, there is another thing in the minister's heart, I hope the emperor can fulfill it."
Is it finally coming?
Jiang Mufeng, who was sitting on the top seat, had a flickering eye, his face was full of red light, he was swaying, and the smile on his face was even brighter, "Oh? The eldest prince has nothing else to do, but let's talk about it. ”
When the ministers heard this, they all stopped talking at the moment, and all of them pricked up their ears to gossip, ready to see what kind of ghost fetus this great prince from the West Yuan was still pregnant with.
The temple was so quiet that you could hear a needle falling to the ground.
In the silence, there was only the sound of Jiang Fenghao slowly gnawing fruit in the corner, "click, click".
Hu Yanxu glanced at Jiang Fenghao, resisted the urge to smash the wine glass, and looked at Jiang Mufeng with a smile, "Since ancient times, the two countries have formed an alliance, and in order to express friendly diplomatic relations, they often do things like peace. Chen's sister Su Xin, the most favored third princess in the Western Yuan, has always admired the Dayan warriors, so she wants to find a good son-in-law who can be entrusted for life in your country. At this point, he suddenly paused, turned his head and glanced at Jiang Fenghao, who was wandering out of the world, and then continued, "I also hope that the emperor will be gracious and point out a good family matter for Su Xin, so that the friendship between Dayan and Xiyuan can be more demonstrated." In addition, it is also good to let the ministers and the minister's father and queen mother have a matter of concern. ”
"That's a good thing! Since the princess intends to marry Dayan, I will choose a good son-in-law for her. Jiang Mufeng responded, there was no surprise on his face, but he looked at Hu Yansu who was sitting behind Hu Yanxu calmly, "It's just that I have a lot of young talents in Dayan, and all of them are not general, so I have a little difficulty making a decision for a while...... I wonder if the princess has a favorite candidate in her heart? ”
Since the emperor was named on the spot, Hu Yansu naturally wanted to come out to answer.
I saw her stand up, learn the Da Yan woman's etiquette and thank her for her grace for several weeks, and then she spoke, "Your Majesty, the courtiers do have a favorite person in their hearts. ”
"Oh?" Jiang Mufeng's face was full of interest, and the corners of his mouth smiled and pointed to the person below and asked, "That person is in the middle of this Manchu Dynasty?" If so, the princess can say it with confidence. As long as the other party's family situation is suitable, and you two are like-minded with each other, I will marry you now. ”
"The courtiers thanked the emperor." Huyan Suxin said, stood up suddenly, walked to the opposite side with light steps, stopped in front of Jiang Fenghao's table, and bowed with a smile, "Since I saw it in the market, the heroic figure of the prince has been firmly imprinted in the center of Su Xin's eyes, and Su Xin is willing to serve the prince around, in this life, you will not marry." ”
This, this, this...... This is a confession on the spot!
“…… Burst! ”
Stimulated by her wild and bold confession, King Xiangyang, who has always followed the rigid and strict etiquette, took the lead in squirting out a sip of wine, almost coughing half to death, and the waiter combed behind him for a long time before he eased up.
Although Shangguan Yun, who was sitting opposite him, had a calm face, his hand holding the wine glass trembled almost inaudibly, and the courtiers behind him were even more stunned, and there were not a few people who squirted wine and touched the cups, plates, and chopsticks.
There was chaos in the hall for a while.
All the ministers complained frantically in their hearts: Warriors? Where does King Changning look like a warrior? He's a bastard and a third-level demon king!
But everyone only dared to say this in confidence, but no one dared to risk their lives to say it in person.
You must know that Jiang Fenghao is not only a stingy person, but he is also a particularly resentful person, if he offends him, he will definitely not be able to eat and walk around, and it is still light to be beaten, and it is not impossible to demolish people's houses and kill a few people when they get on fire.
Just when everyone was waiting to watch the show, as one of the parties involved, Jiang Fenghao, who had just been confessed, looked like he was nothing, only glanced at Hu Yan Suxin, continued to eat and drink, and regarded her as an invisible person without being affected.
Hu Yan Suxin's face was a little unsightly on the spot, and he stood in place in embarrassment, neither standing nor walking.
Not only Hu Yanxu, but even Hu Yanxu felt humiliated, his chest rose and fell violently, and he almost didn't spew out two fires from his nostrils, "The prince is really a big shelf, I ...... Xiyuan"
Before he finished speaking, he heard Jiang Mufeng on the main throne throw over lightly, "Uncle Huang's personality has always been like this, the eldest prince should not be impatient." ”
Hu Yanxu was unhappy in his heart, but the emperor couldn't help but give face, so he could only swallow the words in the back alive, and instead glared at Jiang Fenghao, ending with a heavy nasal voice, "Hmph! ”
Seeing that the effect had been achieved, Jiang Mufeng looked at the ministers with different colors under his eyes, and then at the two brothers and sisters of the Huyan family, groaned slightly, and finally looked at Jiang Fenghao as if embarrassed, "Uncle Huang, since Princess Suxin intends to marry in your mansion, you ...... What do you think? ”
Hearing this, he didn't object to Hu Yan Suxin marrying Jiang Fenghao, Hu Yanxu's face was slightly less angry, and he began to sell melons with a little irony, "Su Xin is my first beauty in the Western Yuan, I don't know how many dignitaries and nobles have tried their best to see her but have not been satisfied, and now my third sister who is above the top is interested in the prince," Speaking of this, he snorted again with a strange yin and yang, "Lord Wang, don't let me down my Su Xin and my Xiyuan's heart!" ”