Shao Xi persuaded Feng Xianpei and Zhang Shou to persuade them, for such a little girl she met on the street, she really couldn't use these two adults from the Ministry of Rites to check for herself, anyway, she didn't suffer a loss.

After sending Feng Xianpei and the others away, Shao Xi asked Xu Maocheng to help him count the gifts to be offered when he entered the Hajj tomorrow.

In addition to some ordinary jade treasures, the most important gift to the little emperor of Southern Zhao is the thousand-year-old ginseng of Tianqiong Mountain. It is the only one in the world that is produced in Tianqiong Mountain for more than 1,000 years old ginseng, compared with ordinary ginseng, it not only has a very good effect of replenishing blood and qi, but also has the effect of nourishing the skin and rejuvenating the skin.

Although this gift is very valuable, Shao Xi has never been able to figure out what Xiao Changyi thought about giving this kind of anti-aging and beauty baby to a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy?

Royal gifts have always only looked at the value, not considering whether it is practical or not, although Shao Xi complained in his heart, he still had to give it according to the order. However, the first time I came to see Nan Zhao, the little emperor, I always had to send something that could impress him.

That batch of Qinghao Ziyun yarn wants to come to the little emperor's twin sister, Princess Haizhu, Zhao Hongmian will definitely like it, as for the little emperor! Shao Xi plans to take out another "fairy tears" as a personal gift, I believe that Zhao Hongjin will definitely love this thing when he sees it.

In fact, these gifts are only used by the mission to save face, and the real gift should be the secret agreement that Xiao Changyi handed over to him.

Although Shao Xi still doesn't know what is written in the secret agreement, since Xiao Changyi can listen to his own opinions and send himself as an envoy to Nanzhao, he can guess that he must have promised heavy profits such as salt, iron, money, and grain in exchange for peace between the two countries.

Compared with those rare treasures, these are the things that the Southern Zhao Kingdom really needs, and they are also the things that can really impress Zhao Hongjin.

Naturally, this secret agreement could not be publicly handed over to Zhao Hongjin when he entered the Hajj tomorrow, so Shao Xi was thinking about how to find an opportunity to have a secret conversation with Zhao Hongjin alone. This is easy to do, but you must know that a foreign envoy wants to meet with the king of a country alone and have a secret conversation, but you can't do it by saying hello, and if the emperor doesn't take the initiative to summon you alone, you can't even touch the side.

Han Zeng must not be asked for help in this matter, if he learns that he is going to have a secret conversation with the little emperor alone, he will definitely have some guesses about the content of the conversation between the two.

Some things don't necessarily have to be leaked, as long as people have suspicions, it is equivalent to leaking the bottom, so this kind of meeting alone must not let people know that it is their own initiative.

Is there any way for the little emperor to summon him alone for other reasons?

It seems that this matter still has to start from Princess Haizhu, if Zhao Hongjin fails to understand his intention to come to the palace tomorrow, he can only enter the palace on the grounds of offering gifts to Princess Haizhu, with the brother and sister relationship between Zhao Hongjin and Zhao Hongmian, he will definitely go with him, and then find an opportunity to hint at Zhao Hongjin, there is only this stupid way now.

Shao Xi instructed Xu Maocheng to prepare the gifts and national letters in advance, and when he entered the court tomorrow, he would follow Shao Xi with these things, and he would present which one he would present, without the slightest mistake.

In addition, Shao Xi asked Xu Maocheng to find a delicate box and come back, took out a "fairy tears" from his satchel and put it in the box, and handed it to Xu Maocheng.

When Xu Maocheng saw the "fairy tears", his eyes straightened, and he stammered to Shao Xi and asked, "My lord...... this thing ...... Could it be that it was also given to the little emperor of Nanzhao by the saint? Such a beautiful thing...... How can the Holy One be willing to give it to others? ”

Shao Xi couldn't help but laugh when he saw his ignorant appearance, and said a little ostentatiously: "This is not a gift from the Holy Lord to the little emperor of Nanzhao, this is a gift from me personally!" This mission is extraordinary, in addition to coming to express friendship, I have other things to discuss with this little emperor, if I don't give him a gift that can impress him, how will I talk about the next thing? Tomorrow you will put it and the sample of the green haze purple cloud yarn at the end, and then you will offer these two things after I have dedicated the national letter and the national gift, don't be mistaken. ”

When Xu Maocheng heard that such a precious gift was actually given to Emperor Nanzhao by Shao Xi personally, he was immediately surprised. I thought that such a valuable thing might not be able to be taken out even by the saint, and this Lord Shao really paid a lot of money for this mission.

"Please rest assured, Lord Shao, how dare the officials be sloppy in such an important matter? Tomorrow, the lord only needs to concentrate on dealing with the Emperor of Nanzhao and the civil and military officials, and this gift will be handed over to the lower officials will not go wrong, please rest assured. For this mission, the Lord actually sacrificed such a precious thing, and it was really loyal to the Holy One, and the Lord was really the pillar of my Jingyuan Dynasty, and it was really the blessing of my Jingyuan. ”

"Okay, okay, don't say flattery, go get down to business. Tomorrow is the most important day of our mission, and we must not lose face in our Jingyuan Empire no matter what. ”

"What the lord said is that the lower official will go down to prepare for tomorrow's affairs, and if the adult has any other orders, just greet the lower official."

After speaking, Xu Maocheng retreated.

Shao Xi opened his luggage and turned out the official uniform he hated the most.

Looking at the official uniform on the bed, Shao Xi couldn't help but have another headache, this dress is too troublesome to wear, but there is no way, if you don't wear it on a formal occasion like tomorrow, you can only wear it again.

In order to enter the Hajj the next day, the whole mission was busy tossing and turning until dark, and finally it was ready, just waiting for the palace to meet Zhao Hongjin, the emperor of Southern Zhao, tomorrow.

Shao Xi didn't sleep much this night, not because he had to face the Emperor Nanzhao and the civil and military officials in the court tomorrow, even the court of the Jingyuan Dynasty He was not stunned, and a small Nanzhao did not make him feel stage fright.

I feel unsteady because I am really worried that Zhao Hongjin has a false name and is not clever enough, if he can't really understand the intention of his envoy this time, and can't hand over that secret agreement to him, wouldn't it be very troublesome?

Before dawn on the second day, Feng Xianpei and Zhang Shou arrived at the pavilion early.

At this time, Shao Xi had just finished freshening up, and after several people greeted each other, they got into the carriage and rushed towards Nanzhao's palace.

It was too early to come out, and there were no pedestrians on the road, only the ranks of the mission and the Praetorian army accompanying them marched mightily through the streets. Shao Xi sat in the carriage and only heard the sound of the wheels "gurgling" and the neat footsteps of the forbidden army.

I don't know how long it took, the carriage finally stopped slowly, and Shao Xi and Feng Xianpei looked up after getting off the car and saw the tall palace walls and gates.

Although the scale of this Nanzhao Imperial Palace is much worse than that of the Jingyuan Dynasty, it also looks magnificent and amazing! It's a pity that the sky is not bright at this time, except for the tall palace gate in front of you, you can only see an outline.

Because it was not yet the time of the previous dynasty, whether it was the civil and military officials in the court or the envoys who came to meet them, they had to wait outside the palace gate at this time. The officials were also greeting each other when they met each other, and the officials naturally took the initiative to greet each other when they saw Feng Xianpei accompanying Jingyuan's envoys here.

Shao Xi was greeting the officials, and saw Xiangguo Han Zengchao coming over from a distance, so he hurriedly stepped forward to salute.

"The junior Shao Xi has seen Lord Xiangguo."

"Lord Shao doesn't have to be so polite, I have to meet my pilgrimage lord later, Lord Shao doesn't have to be too restrained, my pilgrim lord is a generous and virtuous king, Lord Shao just needs to convey the meaning of your pilgrimage, and the holy lord and the hundred officials of the court will definitely be hospitable. Lord Shao's current envoy will certainly enable the two countries to become friendly and good-neighborly from now on. ”

Shao Xi hurriedly saluted: "With the auspicious words of Lord Xiangguo, the younger generation also hopes that this mission can successfully achieve its mission, so that the two countries can establish friendly relations and become friendly countries that help each other." ”

The two who are kind and polite in the eyes of others are actually making their own calculations in their hearts.

Han Zeng was thinking about how to use Shao Xi to get rid of the thorn in his side, while Shao Xi was thinking about how to stabilize Han Zeng so that his long-term plan could go smoothly.

I have to say that Han Zeng underestimated Shao Xi a little after all, although he was very wary of Shao Xi's methods, but he never imagined that such a young man would actually play tricks with him, and the final target turned out to be him.

Now Han Zeng is so polite to Shao Xi, and even has some care, in addition to using Shao Xi to help him eradicate Fu Zuoliang, he also hopes to stabilize the little emperor Zhao Hongjin with Shao Xi's hand, after all, he has always been the main peace faction on the surface, if Shao Xi and the little emperor can get along, it will also have many benefits for the consolidation of his position.

Shao Xi's thoughts are much more complicated.

First of all, with Han Zeng's good interpersonal relationship in the court of the Southern Zhao Kingdom, he was able to quickly get along with the Southern Zhao civil official group, so that he would not be restrained by the Wenchen group everywhere during the period of the mission, and he could smoothly approach the little emperor.

Secondly, calculating Han Zeng is not as easy as calculating Fu Zuoliang. Han Zeng is an old fox, he has many more intrigues and tricks than Fu Zuoliang, and this person values interests more seriously, so Shao Xi must stabilize him first and use the safest way to get rid of him first.

As for Fu Zuoliang, the threat exists much less than Han Zeng, a person who doesn't know how to hide his desires will be jealous of Zhao Hongjin after all, and he doesn't have to worry about getting rid of him at all, Zhao Hongjin will do it himself in the future.

Shao Xi was not so kind, and helped the Southern Zhao State get rid of the traitorous ministers, leaving loyal ministers to assist the little emperor.

The ultimate goal of Shao Xi's plan is to get rid of all the two important ministers of Nanzhao, but there are first and last, some are fast and some are slow, and one must be pulled and beaten one in the process.

The person who really wants to control the little emperor of Southern Zhao is actually Shao Xi.

Some people died, but not completely......