Volume II, Chapter 91: The Official Pilgrimage

Chu Yin and Lord Lu Bancheng on the side of the Great Jin Dynasty were directly frightened and ran out of the room, shouting ridiculous! Tomorrow is the day when the Southern Tang Dynasty is officially receiving the mission, how can there be such a courtesan to do it?

Sedum was also bluffed enough, but he saw that the girl who was half-kneeling at the foot of the bed looked good. A pair of big eyes watery were very tempting, so he laughed and dragged the girl out for a drink.

Guan Shanhai thought that Sedum was unhappy, but he seemed very satisfied with his appearance, so he came up and whispered: "This is all arranged by the Southern Tang Dynasty, we just have to laugh." ”

"Who's from the Ministry of Rites...... I like your appetite, treat him well, this friend has made it!" Sedum said with a drunken glare, and then he fell asleep in his chair.

Guan Shanhai glanced at each other, and all of them showed satisfied smiles.

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Early the next morning, Sedum sat in the car and headed for the palace, and it was really painful to get up so early!

He rubbed his eyes, wiped the corners of his eyes, and found that there was a lot of eye feces, and then glanced at the person in front of the team who was in charge of the mountains and seas with a hundred times more spirit, and couldn't help but curse a few words in his heart.

It's been ten days since he came to Nan'an City, and he seems to be very busy every day, as if he has also had a Mid-Autumn Festival, and recently it seems to have solved a major event in his heart, and Sedum has a feeling of relaxation, so he indulged it last night.

Although the sun has not come out yet, but the early morning Nan'an City is still very charming, there are a lot of beautiful scenery everywhere, I don't seem to have taken the spring peach and summer flowers they have played, it's a pity, if there is time in the future, this Nantang capital will have fun to say anything.

After relaxing, Sedum felt that the gray of the sky became very pleasing to the eye.

He got out of the carriage and entered the palace, smiling and caressing his hands. Step into a deep doorway. Suddenly I saw a piece of light, and the light was full of eaves. Ten thousand palaces, the palace buildings are mostly yellow, solemn, there is still a trace of fresh ancient style.

The Southern Tang Dynasty was originally the Zhengshuo Dynasty of the Liuyun Immortal Domain, although it moved southward, but the tradition has not been forgotten, the whole palace is square and majestic, with red walls and yellow roofs, and a royal and wealthy atmosphere.

The people in the mission were all silent, except for Lu Bancheng, everyone had never been to the Divine Capital, so naturally they couldn't compare, but in terms of bearing, the royal capital of the Southern Tang Dynasty was indeed enough to deter them.

In fact, the Southern Tang Dynasty was really like an orthodox mortal dynasty, although there were also immortal cultivators in the country, and there were also many immortal cultivators in the imperial court, but they only had one immortal machine province to be responsible for management!

The immortal cultivation forces do not interfere in the government affairs, which seems to be the strictest rule in the Southern Tang Dynasty, but when the dynasty encounters a crisis, the immortal cultivation forces have to help, and there is a deep relationship in this.

This is very different from the practice of the Great Jin Dynasty to cultivate immortals and penetrate into the imperial dynasty, in terms of national strength, the Great Jin still has some upper hand, but they are also currently encountering problems, and they really don't know what will happen in the future.

After entering from the side door of the palace, I don't know how long I walked, walked through the corridor, passed by the flowing water by the corridor, and gradually went up, and finally came to the main hall of the Southern Tang Palace.

Today is the official court meeting of the imperial court, and all the ministers of the civil and military officials are in the main hall to discuss the side affairs, and the first thing in today's court meeting is the official promotion of the foreign mission.

And on this side of the square, there were already envoys from other island countries and small states waiting there, and the left and right Jinwu guards in front of the hall stood awe-inspiring with a resolute expression, and at a glance they knew that they were at least the top martial arts masters.

Outside the heavy hall gate, there was a eunuch leader who was already waiting, with a very impatient look on his face.

According to today's rituals, the audience of the Great Jin delegation is of course the first, everyone came to the front of the hall with light steps, the head of the eunuch opened his eyes, looked at them weakly, shook his hands to whisk the dust, and shouted in a male duck voice: "The Great Jin envoy has arrived!"

The eunuch's voice was not loud, but when it reached the hall behind him, there was an echo, so Sedum and the others straightened up the steps and entered the hall.

The main hall of the Southern Tang Dynasty Palace is extremely magnificent, the internal space is huge, and the heavy eaves above are all made of extremely expensive glass, so the sky light penetrates into the palace without covering, and the gloomy smell of the palace is all blown away, and it is clear and cool.

The two sides of the palace are columns made of unknown materials, which are used as supports. The top of the column is painted black, decorated with gold patterns, and each pillar has a picture of the dragon entering the clouds, which looks exquisite.

Behind the column are layers of gauze, and there is a figure behind the faint sway, I don't know if it is a palace maid or a eunuch.

The civil and military officials stood solemnly on both sides, silent and cold, after Sedum and the others walked in, they naturally attracted the attention of countless people, and followed them all the time, this kind of attention salute made people very uncomfortable.

The mission, led by the eunuch, slowly moved along the straight road. The first time he entered this palace, the officials of the Great Jin Dynasty, like Sedum, were inevitably shocked in their hearts - the straight path under their feet was actually made of green jade! There was a gorgeous carpet on it, and the feeling of the soles of their feet falling on it was extremely gentle.

The main hall is very wide, go to two-thirds of the place, is where the ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty kneel and worship the court, the eunuch turned around and walked to the side, revealing the front, the water behind him was light, the hall was gradually rising by the breeze, and the ground was paved with sandalwood planks, a solemn and solemn.

High in front of him was the dragon chair, and the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty was looking at the foreign envoys who were approaching with interest at this time.

The envoys of the Great Jin Dynasty knelt on the floor and bowed to the emperor of the enemy country with the courtiers, saying long live.

"Flatten. A gentle voice came, and the Southern Tang Emperor smiled slightly, it seemed that it was indeed a very comfortable thing to be able to make the courtiers of the Great Jin Dynasty bow at his feet, which was of course a conjecture in someone's stomach.

Sedum secretly exhaled and stood up, but found a pair of eyes on his face, he was a little surprised, and looked back, only to find that the emperor on the dragon chair was looking at him with a somewhat gentle but warm eye.

"What's the matter? It's not the first time I've seen it, why are you looking at me so squintingly? What does he mean?"

But this is a formal court occasion, and the proper etiquette must exist, so he didn't make any expression, but stood aside silently.

Behind him, Lu Bancheng, the Honglu Temple Zhengqing, stood up helplessly, as a deputy envoy, in the case of Hong Zhengzhi's extreme laziness, he reluctantly shouldered all the complicated etiquette and official duties, his sonorous voice sounded, at this time, he read the national letter drafted by His Majesty the Emperor of the Great Jin Dynasty.

Sedum listened casually on the side, knowing that it was just some high-sounding words, the friendship between the two countries is eternal, generations of brothers, these lies can't even deceive the sister-in-law who sells tofu in Dingnan City, but she still has to read it solemnly.

Of course, in the end, it is a congratulatory speech, and Nantang attaches great importance to this sacrifice ceremony of the sea god Niangniang, so the Dajin side still needs to express it.

So then Lang Zhong ordered Chu Yin to come forward to announce the gift list, which was a national gift from the Great Jin Dynasty to the Southern Tang Dynasty, which was a more formal gift, and according to the rules, the Southern Tang Dynasty also needed to return the gift.

His Majesty the Emperor smiled and kept bowing slightly, modestly expressing his satisfaction.

Sedum couldn't help but secretly laugh, but his face was smiling respectfully, as if he had reveled in the friendly atmosphere between the two countries. Immediately afterwards, the officials of the Ministry of Rites of the Southern Tang Dynasty came out again, and according to the usual babbling American language, this matter can be regarded as a preliminary result.

But Sedum still felt very uncomfortable, because at this time, he found that in addition to His Majesty the Southern Tang Emperor, there were many more pairs of eyes looking at him, no matter how stable he was, he began to wonder.

In fact, it is the ministers of the Southern Tang Dynasty who are wondering, everyone knows that the envoy of the Great Jin Dynasty is the son of the king of Dingnan, so everyone is very interested, after all, Hong Zhao's prestige is like thunder in the Southern Tang Dynasty.

And this little prince also has a nickname: half a poem immortal! This is even more curious, what does this young romantic figure look like?

In the palace today, the little prince has always been golden-mouthed, and even major events such as reading the national book have been handed over to the deputy envoy to do.

Many people can't help but start to doubt in their hearts, people say that there is no vanity under fame, and this young boy doesn't look like a talented poet and writer!

Sedum was a little uncomfortable, and took a small step back imperceptibly, lowered his cheeks slightly, and glanced at the hall with the corner of his eye.

There are very few of these ministers in the Southern Tang Dynasty who are too prominent and have a profound impact, but he still saw an acquaintance, that beautiful man - Wei Ziyu!

Wei Ziyu didn't lower his head, but he didn't raise his head either, his eyes looked at Sedum, but he also showed a smile, which made Sedum even more confused: "Why are they all smiling at me?"

After a long time, the emperor on the dragon chair seemed to feel annoyed, after all, there were other envoys to meet, so he waved his hand and said, "The envoys have come from afar to work hard, retreat and rest." ”

Sedum was relieved, knelt on the ground with a smile on his face, bowed to the dragon chair with his subordinates, and was about to pat his ass and leave, but was pulled by Lu Bancheng, it turned out that there were other envoys outside the hall who were going to come in, and the Great Jin envoy was not good to go first.

The eunuchs again summoned the envoys of the island nations and small states waiting outside the store, and repeated the old rules of offering gifts and praising eulogies. Sedum could only stand by patiently and wait.

I finally waited for everything to be over, just waiting for His Majesty the Emperor to let them go, but I didn't want to, things always developed unexpectedly.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince of Sedum, I know that you are a little tired, but can you enjoy the light and stay with me to gossip. ”

The sound of "buzzing ......!" suddenly came from the main hall, which was really amazing!