In the spring of the first year of the Son of Heaven's victory, the Huns knocked on the side;

Xia, the Xiongnu sent an envoy.

In the pen of the historian, or in the cognition of later generations, the 'major events' encountered by the Han family this year will probably be summarized and condensed into the above few figures.

But only those who really live in this era, who have personally experienced and witnessed these things, understand that the truth is far from being clear by these few numbers and three or two sentences.

——In the spring war, the four border counties directly under the jurisdiction of the Han family under the jurisdiction of the Chang'an court and the more important geographical location all suffered extremely heavy losses.

After this war, the population alone either died, fled, or was taken captive by the Huns!

In terms of the army, the entire army of the Governor of the Northland was annihilated, and the entire Commander of the Commander of the Army, including the Captain of the Northland, Sun Wu himself, sacrificed their lives for the country at the beginning of this war;

The armies of the three counties of Yanmen, Shang, and Dai have also suffered major blows to varying degrees, and even their establishment is no longer complete and they are facing reorganization.

Under this premise, the Huns sent envoys, and they took the initiative and took the lead in sending envoys, and their sinister intentions are self-evident······

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"Born of heaven and earth, the sun and the moon put the Huns in a big order, ask the Empress Dowager Han if she is okay."

Chang'an, Weiyang Palace Xuanshu Palace.

The Xiongnu envoy, who was tall, upright, and obviously Han Chinese, but was dressed in a beard, with braided hair, and metal rings on the wings of his nose and lips, bowed down, and the Xuanshu Hall was immediately quiet;

Only a moment later, the entire Xuanshu Hall was completely reduced to a sea of anger······

"Advisor barbarian, deceive my Han family and no one is evil?!!!"

Then he asked a roar and the courtier's train sounded, and immediately several figures flew out, and they were about to pounce!

Fortunately, the Lang official on the side was quick-eyed, and he was obviously prepared, so he avoided this physical conflict.

On the imperial couch, whether it was the Empress Dowager Dou sitting in the middle, or the Empress Dowager Jia and Liu Sheng's mother and son sitting on both sides of the couch, they all sank their faces without exception.

- Xiongnu Shan Yu, asked the Empress Dowager Han if she was okay.

This simple sentence already contains a huge amount of information.

First: Judging from this sentence alone, the Xiongnu are only in the military ministers, and they don't take the weak young son Liu Sheng seriously at all - at least not for the time being.

Therefore, the Xiongnu envoy would go against the norm and say the sentence 'ask the Empress Dowager of Han to be okay', instead of 'ask the Emperor of Han to be unharmed'.

Second: Compared with the past, the Xiongnu envoy's greeting this time, in addition to replacing the 'Han Emperor' with the 'Han Empress Dowager', there is also one word missing.

——In the past, 'asking the Han Emperor to be safe' has become 'asking the Han Empress Dowager to be unharmed'.

The lack of the word 'respect' shows that the Huns are now unwilling to be polite even on the surface, and directly naming the Han and Hungarian sides is not an equal dialogue, but the attitude of the Xiongnu superior, arrogantly talking with the lowly Han family.

Third: The sentence 'ask the Empress Dowager Han to be safe' actually has an ambiguity.

——The 'Empress Dowager of Han' here, is the Empress Dowager Dou referred to as the 'Empress Dowager of Han', or does it really refer to the current Empress Dowager Jia's?

If it's the former, it's nothing;

But if it is the latter, then the intention of the Huns to say this greeting is not sinister.

One mountain, no room for two tigers.

And today's Han family, but there are two queen mothers, who live in Changle Palace······

"If you want to come to your envoy, it's the first time you've sent an envoy to my Han family, right?"

In the silence, the low and gentle tone of the Empress Dowager Dou sounded on the imperial couch, which finally interrupted the brief noise in the hall;

Everyone followed the prestige, and saw the Empress Dowager Dou on the royal couch reaching out and holding a dove cane, and the Empress Dowager Jia and Liu Sheng helped them up.

Then, the dim gaze that seemed to be empty, but in fact made people inexplicably tremble, roughly spread to the center of the hall where the Hun envoy was.

"According to the covenant reached between Emperor Taizong Xiaowen and your ancestor Lao Shangji Congee Shan Yu, the Han and Hungarian sides sent missions to each other, each subject to the main customs."

"——When the Xiongnu envoy arrived at the Han family, he enjoyed the treatment of 2,000 stones according to the rules of the Han family;"

"And when the Han envoy arrives in Dragon City, you should also be treated according to the specifications of the household level."

"Your envoy is an envoy to my Han family, and he enjoys the treatment of two thousand stones, so he must pay attention to his words and deeds and behavior."

"If there is inappropriate language, you should be humble and ask for advice."

"And your envoy made three mistakes with just one sentence."

"As the wife of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, I am happy to point out these three mistakes for your envoy······"

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"One: According to the rules of my Han family, I, a blind old woman, am the empress dowager."

"Although there are occasional people who privately build me as the 'Queen Mother', on formal occasions, they want to call me the full name."

"-Because of my Han family, in addition to me, the empress dowager, there is also the emperor's mother, who is the empress dowager of my Han family."

"Your envoy's 'Empress Dowager Han' not only belittled the honor of my blind old woman, but also made this sentence ambiguous."

"Sent by the Xiongnu Shan Yu to my Han family as an envoy, the noble envoy, you really shouldn't say such words that may be ambiguous······"

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"Second: Even if you call me the Empress Dowager correctly, your envoy should not make up your own mind and express greetings to me on behalf of your lordship."

"—The lord of the Huns, is Shan Yu; And the lord of my Han family is the emperor. ”

"Even now, the emperor is weak and uncrowned, and he has not yet been in power, that is the co-ruler of the world."

"Your envoy's greetings are really mistaken for ······"

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"The third ······"

In the end, I saw the Empress Dowager Dou trembling sideways and walked to the side of the imperial couch.

Just turned to the side of the palace ministers and the Hun envoys, and said with a slight self-deprecation: "Today, your envoy came with the order of the Hun lord Shan Yu, and he should have contacted the emperor of my Han family." ”

"As for me, I originally just wanted to come to see the honor of the noble envoy and show your lord the importance of my Han family."

"But I can't see anymore, and I can't see your envoy's face;"

"Listening to the meaning of your envoy's words, your lord is single, and he doesn't care whether my Han family attaches importance to you, whether he has done enough courtesy and prepared enough decency."

"Since this is the case, then there is no need for me, a blind old woman, to continue to stay here······"

After speaking, I saw the Empress Dowager Dou sighing lightly, supported by the Empress Dowager Jia, and walked towards the direction of the apse step by step;

Staying alone in the hall, the dumbfounded ministers and officials, the stunned Hun mission, and the Tianzisheng with a faintly grateful face watched the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law gradually move away······

"Congratulations to the imperial grandmother, congratulations to the queen mother."

"Congratulations to the Queen Mother, congratulations to the Queen Mother······"

When the Hun envoy was in shock, on the royal couch and on both sides of the hall, the sound of the worship of the Son of Heaven and the hundred officials sounded successively.

After recovering from his senses, he saw that Liu Sheng had already regained his face and sat down on the imperial couch.

——Sitting alone on the royal couch, looking straight at Fang Cai without squinting, the deputy envoy of the Huns who opened his mouth to bow.

"Look, Mr. is Han, right?"

"Willing to wear his hair on the left and be a lackey for the barbarians, but why?"

"——Did the ancestors erase Mr.'s name from his family tree?"

"Or is the ancestral hall and ancestral tomb of Mr.'s family gone?"

The dignified body of the Son of Heaven, as soon as he opened his mouth, greeted the other party's ancestors, and the smell of gunpowder in the hall that had just been calmed down by the Empress Dowager Dou was only in an instant again.

And in the center of the hall, hearing the undisguised hostility of the young emperor, the deputy envoy of the Huns was Shi Shiran arched his hand.

"Thanks to His Majesty the Emperor's concern, foreign ministers, I am flattered."

"It's just a trivial matter in the foreign minister's family, and I don't dare to expect His Majesty the Emperor to work hard."

"The foreign minister is not here to let His Majesty the Emperor care about the trivial matters in the foreign minister's family······"

fearlessly faced the cannibalistic gaze of the young man, and made his own response unhurriedly, and the eyes of the deputy envoy of the Huns immediately flashed a trace of ruthlessness that was not easy to be noticed.

——Every traitor who is willing to be a barbarian lackey must have a past that he can't bear to look at.

Perhaps the local officials are insatiable, and the people who are oppressed are breathless, but they dare not speak out;

Or maybe it is because the rich and powerful do all kinds of evil, just for their own selfish desires, just like slapping an ant to death, slapping a poor family to death.

For the Han family, or for Huaxia, most of these traitors have hatred.

It is precisely this hatred that drives them to abandon all their shame and be willing to sacrifice everything for the enemies of the nation······

"The Huns are the right big household, and the foreign ministers are Huyantu, see His Majesty the Emperor."

Finally, most of the envoys of the Xiongnu nobles stepped forward from the side of the Han deputy envoy;

And this opening made the Han family's monarchs and ministers all dumbfounded······

- The right big boss!

——One of the Eight Pillars of the Huns, the most powerful cadre under the command of King Youxian, and the most loyal lackey of the Huns Shan Yu!

In just an instant, there were at least ordinary people in the hundred officials in the hall, looking at the eyes of the Hun envoys, with monstrous killing intent.

Even Liu Sheng had the urge to 'kill this Hu man' for a moment.

This, but the eight pillars of the Huns!

Especially the right big household, by analogy, it is roughly equivalent to the guard of the Han family!

Such a high-ranking official, not to mention the fierce conflict that would arise from dying in a foreign country, especially in a hostile country;

Just 'killing one of the Eight Pillars of the Huns' already made Liu Sheng's mouth a little dry, and he couldn't even suppress the impulse in his heart.

But it is clear that since the Hun nobles dared to come, they had already anticipated today's situation;

At the same time, they have a great sense of security for their personal safety······

"The foreign minister is a righteous envoy, and he came with the sincerity of my lord Shan Yu, and wants to inform His Majesty the Emperor of my lord Shan Yu's intentions."

"As for the deputy envoy, it is just a translation for the foreign minister, and it does not represent my lord Shan Yu."

As soon as these words came out, the monarchs and ministers of the Han family in the palace only turned around one after another, and once again scattered their complicated eyes to the Huns who stood in the center of the hall and even had a little elegant temperament: Huyantu.

And at this moment, the little episode just now gradually calmed Liu Sheng down.

"Send a deputy envoy to test first, and with a sentence of 'ask the Empress Dowager of Han', it is possible to create a gap between me and the imperial grandmother, and even between the queen mother and the imperial grandmother, and by the way, I can insinuate my Han family's 'Ji Si Chen, women are in power';"

"After the temptation, the envoy stood up and said lightly, 'What he said doesn't count', which can be regarded as giving an explanation for this."

"But the deputy envoy is still a Han ······"

His eyes looked straight into the depths of Hu Yantu's gaze, recalling everything that had just happened, and Liu Sheng only calmed down more and more.

Because at this moment, Liu Sheng's anger has almost reached its peak.

Liu Sheng clearly knows: the more angry you are, the more calm you must be;

The calmer you are, the more you will be able to come up with a way to get revenge······

"Since that's the case, then I won't say anything more."

"It's the right big man, who speaks Chinese so fluently, he still needs someone to translate······"

"Hey;"

"If you say yes, that's it."

"I wonder what your lord is sending this envoy for?"

"Could it be that the great battle in the spring made your lord Shan Yu feel so guilty that he sent an envoy to compensate for the losses of the army and people at the border of my Han family?"

Before Liu Sheng's words fell, he saw Huyan Tu smiling shyly, bowed down without awkwardness, and bowed to Liu Sheng according to the complete Han family etiquette.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, I'm afraid I'm not joking."

"——According to the rules of our grassland, even if they are brothers, they will decide the winner through wrestling and competition in order to compete for the grassland."

"According to the agreement of my ancestor Lao Shangdan Yu and your ancestor Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Han and Hungary are brothers, so why affect the friendship between each other for a little friction?"

After saying that, Hu Yantu couldn't help but smile again, and shook his head a little playfully;

Then, he straightened his face slightly, raised his head solemnly, and took out a board of wood from his arms.

"This is the letter of state that my lord sent to his foreign ministers and brought to His Majesty the Emperor."

"I think that this spring's small contradictions may affect the brotherhood between Han and Hungary;"

"Therefore, my lord only sent an envoy, first, to show His Majesty the Emperor: The war in the spring is just a skirmish between brothers, and His Majesty the Emperor does not need to worry that in the future, the Han and Hungarian sides will fall into a perennial war."

"At the same time, in order to once again show that the Han and Hungarian are brothers and sisters, my lord Shan Yu hopes to marry another princess to be close to the emperor."

"It's just that considering that His Majesty the Emperor is young and there is no woman of the right age yet, my lord Shan Yu decided to marry a noble lord: the princess of Emperor Xiaojing."

"All the dowry that my lord wants is written on this letter of state."

"And as a return gift, my lord is willing to give His Majesty the Emperor a horse, two oxen, a golden scepter, and a golden crown."

"If His Majesty the Emperor is willing, my lord Shan Yu also hopes to meet with His Majesty the Emperor near the side wall to clear up the misunderstanding between the two sides······

Extremely indifferently said this, Hu Yantu only stopped talking for a moment, and then said goodbye with a smile.

"I hope that His Majesty the Emperor will think about it carefully and give an answer to the foreign minister as soon as possible."

"It's summer now, and Shan Yuting is touring the north, and he will return to the south of the court in the autumn at the latest."

"If by then, the foreign minister can't bring His Majesty's reply to the emperor and go to Longcheng to return to my lord Shan Yu, then my lord Shan Yu is afraid that he will bring the minister's subordinates and come to pick up the minister in person······"

(End of chapter)