Chapter 30: The Palace Banquet
On the second day, the emperor's will was handed down in the morning, and the envoys of Wara entered the capital, and a banquet was held in the palace in the evening.
Di Xue, as a rising star in everyone's eyes, is of course invited.
So she went back to the house early, cleaned up, and because she had dinner with the people of Wara at night, Di Xue could only put on the newly made official uniform of the fifth grade, her hair was crowned upright, and she wore a silverfish bag around her waist.
Naturally, it was impossible to bring a sword when entering the palace, so Di Xue put down the sword, and was thinking about whether the silver needle on her head should be taken off when Chu Ran came.
"Di Xue, are the old couple of the Yang family okay?" Chu Ran asked.
Di Xue looked up and saw that Chu Ran was also dressed in an official uniform, and it was very elegant to clean up, and the purple official uniform made him extravagant and wanton.
If you go to the street, you will probably attract a lot of attention.
"Everything is fine, but you, the jade tree, are in the wind, and the people who are not afraid of Wara have asked Your Majesty for their lives and will take you back and kiss!"
Listening to Di Xue's joke, Chu Ran's face turned red: "Even if you really like me, I won't go!" ”
Looking at Chu Ran's appearance, Di Xue suddenly felt a little in a trance, counting the number of days since she came to Yuanjing, and she didn't know when she had a friend like Chu Ran.
This is also something that I didn't dare to think about in my previous life, and the word friend is so far from my previous life.
Chu Ran saw that Di Xue was stunned, so he stretched out his hand and shook it in front of her eyes: "Di Xue? What are you thinking? ”
Di Xue naturally couldn't tell Chu Ran what was going on in her heart, so Zhengse returned: "I plan to go to Chuzhou, the home of Lao Yang and his wife, tomorrow to see the bodies of their son and daughter-in-law. ”
"In this way, you can also take me, so that you can take care of it!"
After Chu Ran finished speaking, Di Xue nodded, and then the two got into the carriage of Prince Heng's mansion and rushed towards the palace.
When she arrived at the palace gate, Di Xue remembered that the silver needle on her head had not been removed, so she hurriedly took it off.
Seeing this, Chu Ran took it with his hands, and with a strong bend, the silver needle was deliberately made into a ring by him, and he hung it on the decoration in the carriage, looking harmonious.
After the two got out of the car, they entered the palace, the palace was brightly lit, and the pavilion and palace were full of glory.
Walking further inside, there were internal officials answering, leading the two to the Wuying Palace, at this time the banquet in the hall had been arranged, and most of the officials had already taken their seats.
Di Xue and Chu Ran were looking for a place when they saw Zhou Huai waving towards the two:
"Master Di, Brother Ran, sit here!"
Seeing Zhou Huai sitting there with a big grin, Di Xue only felt that he looked like he was eating a friend's wedding wine again.
After sitting down, Zhou Huai pulled the two of them and introduced: "Seeing that the person opposite us is not there, it is the eldest son of the Khan of the Warat main clan, Uzhige, and they all say that he is brave and good at fighting, I don't think it is useful, but Erer." ”
"Brother Zhou is right, Governor Zhou must be able to deal with him."
Listening to Chu Ran's compliments, Zhou Huai was also very happy, he has always taken his father as an example, practiced martial arts since he was a child, and was determined to be a famous general of the Eastern Wu Kingdom like his father.
After the banquet began, the emperor took Li Guifei to the scene and everyone congratulated him, and Chu Yun announced the start of the banquet.
Di Xue also saw Li Guifei for the first time, and her face was indeed delicate and beautiful, and she looked just right.
The waist is thin but it doesn't look thin, and it has a little more wildness than other harem concubines.
Di Xue had some differences in her heart, and they all said that before this Li Guifei entered the palace, she was weak and didn't see anyone all day.
Even if you go out, you have to cover it tightly with a veil, which can't match the current situation.
After three rounds of wine, the little khan of Navarat, Uzhige, raised his glass and said to the emperor:
"I have heard that the talents of the Eastern Wu Kingdom are both civil and military, our nation is straightforward and martial, not as good as His Majesty's country is good at thick ink, this silk bamboo dancing girl is really boring to watch, it is better for me to present a show with Your Majesty!"
Everyone present heard the mockery in the words of the little khan, which meant that the victory of the Eastern Wu Kingdom against Warat was by trickery, and they were naturally unhappy in their hearts, but if they should not say the words of the little khan at this time, I am afraid that they will leave a stingy handle.
So Chu Yun smiled slightly:
"Little Khan said and laughed, my Dongwu country has a vast territory, and there are not a few martial artists, but they have also been influenced by etiquette since they were young, and they look more gentle."
As soon as Chu Yun's words came out, the little khan blushed angrily, but he was not annoyed, but continued:
"That being the case, then I would like to invite a few heroes from the Eastern Wu Kingdom to cooperate with me in this show today!"
"Little Khan is so enthusiastic, I naturally agreed, but I don't know how this show is?"
Little Khan Uzhige returned: "This show is a day-by-day chess show, which will be performed at our Warat Festival, which requires eight warriors, two of whom play chess pieces, and the other six play against each other, or they can fight in a melee, and the victory or defeat of the chess pieces determines the weapons and conditions used by the warriors!" ”
After Wu Rige finished speaking, Chu Yun responded, in this case, Zhou Huai was naturally the first to stand up, Li Heng naturally also stood up, Chu Ran was also pulled up by Zhou Huai, and the last candidate could not be decided.
Di Xue stood up and said to Chu Yun: "Your Majesty, there are too many warriors in my Eastern Wu Kingdom to make a choice, and I already have an advantage in the local game in my country, so it is better to let me fight to show fairness." ”
Chu Yun was relieved when he saw this, Di Xue's combat power was still clear to him, after all, it was the martial arts flower he had hand-picked, so he returned: "Di Aiqing's women don't let her eyebrows, so let the messenger of Wara see that the women of my Eastern Wu Kingdom can also raise the prestige of our country!" ”
With Di Xue joining the four-person group, Chu Ran was in charge of playing chess, and the other three were fighting, and everyone at the banquet moved outside the palace.
When Wu Rige saw that the Eastern Wu Kingdom sent a woman, he was naturally disdainful, but when he saw Di Xue occupying the battle zone, he was still a little cautious.
But in the end, he still divided the strongest person in his camp, Hatu, opposite Zhou Huai through judgment.
Di Xue faced a thin young man named Sachu, and Li Heng was in charge of fighting Uzhige himself.
Another young man named Oman in the Warat mission was the one who played against Chu Ran.
Everyone was ready to take their seats, and Uzhig announced the rules.
The opponent needs to play chess first, and the chess is divided into black and white.
The person who plays chess blindly takes the chess piece and can choose to change or drop the piece before taking it and not looking at it, and if the piece is taken for his own eyes, he can drop the piece normally.
If it is the opponent's color, the opponent will accumulate one point, and it is also the opponent's chess piece after the fall, if the opponent's chess piece cannot fall on the corner, it needs to be centered on the opponent's chessboard, and there can be no more than five squares up and down, left and right.
As long as the pieces of the same color are connected into five, it is worth one point.
Each point can choose to let the samurai present change weapons, or tie their hands and feet, etc., and if the battle does not stop on the field, the chess game will not stop.
Chu Ran played against Aman, only to see the other party take out a long whistle and blow it in his mouth, and a sparrowhawk flew into the palace to wander in the sky, and then fell on Aman's shoulder.
The two of them first took a son to decide the color of their eyes, Chu Ran was white, and Aman was black.
So the two began to take the son again, Oman took it first, and the sunspot was on the plate.
Chu Ran takes the child, and it is also a sunspot.
Aman laughed: "The prince of the world promises, I get one point, I want to pick and choose which warrior of the Eastern Wu Kingdom has no weapons!" ”