Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 695 Preparations for the Birthday Banquet

"This General Shen is really a strange woman. After this incident, it can be seen that her vision and pattern are much bigger than I imagined." Xiao Fengqi sighed softly, "She knew about this. There's no need to tell us, you can watch our jokes, but she didn't."

"I used to think that Xia people were cunning and not sincere at all, but General Shen impressed me." Yelunan nodded, "It's worth meeting."

"I sigh right now. We are all sober and sensible people. If it were replaced by any family in Linhuang Mansion who is not clear-headed, it would not be the way we are doing now." Qi Zhifeng squinted at Xiao Fengqi, "No Talking about others, those people in your family, probably the first thought is to rush to cooperate with them."

"Seeking skins from tigers is a stupid thing they often do." Xiao Fengqi, who was ridiculed for a while, was not angry at all, "Being sold, he happily gave money to people! Fortunately, they have been convicted now, otherwise, if we It’s a headache.” He looked at Yelunan, “Tell me, these spies not only exist in Xia and Liao, but also in Jin, right? Will General Shen…”

"Based on their current relationship with Wanyanping, they probably won't, but Wanyanxi will know." Yelunan rubbed his chin, "These spies have been in Lixia and Liao for at least a hundred years. It's not so easy to find out. Wanyan Xida can slowly investigate after he ascends the throne and become king. However, I don't understand why the Tantai family and the Heijiaying We arranged eyeliner with Kim."

"First of all, let me correct your mistake. Tantai's family and Heijiaying have existed for more than a hundred years, so there must be..." Qi Zhifeng glanced at Xiao Fengqi, "300 years, about the same?"

"Almost!" Xiao Fengqi nodded, "At that time, the land we were stepping on was in the territory of Liang Kingdom."

"You two..." Yelunan looked at Xiao Fengqi, then at Qi Zhifeng, "Do you know the Tantai family and Heijiaying well?"

"Tantai Ce is the God of War of a generation, a legendary figure. Doesn't Anan know about it?" Qi Zhifeng stared at two big round eyes with an incredulous expression on his face, "Over the past few hundred years, every general who has led the army They all regard Tantai Ce as a benchmark and a goal to surpass. It's a pity..." He spread his hands, "No one has reached his level, and no one can surpass his achievements."

"I just heard that he is very powerful, but I don't know much about it. Besides, I didn't think about leading troops before, so I don't need to know about it, do I?"

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand, the two of us understand very well." Qi Zhifeng and Xiao Fengqi looked at each other, with the same smirk on their faces, "We can help you with a good tutoring!"

Seeing the two men harboring malicious intentions, Yelunan suddenly regretted what he had just said.But the words had already been spoken, and it was too late to repent, so he could only resign himself to fate and let the two of them dictate.

What happened between Yelunan, Qi Zhifeng and Xiao Fengqi, Shen Cha, who has not yet received a reply, does not know. Similarly, it is not clear that Yelunan fell into the dire straits of "teaching common sense" because of one of her letters.If she knew, she wouldn't care, since it is inevitable to go to Tantai's family and Heijiaying, it is also necessary to have a deep understanding of their situation, after all, everyone has come here step by step.

Xue Ruitian went back to Beijing in person to ask His Highness King Ning about the details of Mrs. Xuehou's case face to face. This proposal was unanimously agreed by Dai Wang Ye, Wu Qingruo and His Highness Ning Wang. His Highness Ning even proposed that if Xue Ruitian was not convenient to return to Xijing, He can go to the border.However, this proposal was rejected by all.

Mrs. Xian Xuehou's case finally came to a conclusion, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief. This trip to Xijing was finally not in vain.

After solving this matter, they began to concentrate all their energy on discussing cooperation with Wan Yanxi.

Wanyanxi voluntarily and actively asked Daxia to send troops to help him defeat Wanyanping and regain his throne.In return, he promised that the Kingdom of Jin and Daxia would be repaired for a hundred years, and that he would never violate the border of Daxia for at least a hundred years. Not only that, he also promised to temporarily hand over fifteen cities adjacent to Daxia to Daxia for a period of 70 days. years. After 70 years, Da Xia completely returned the fifteen cities to Zhao.

According to Wan Yanxi's original intention, he wanted to pay tribute to Daxia twice a year, but starting from Song Jue, the important ministers who participated in the negotiations expressed their opposition, thinking that this tribute is actually completely unnecessary, after all, the Kingdom of Jin is not owned by Daxia dependent country.

"When Mr. Wanyan first came to the throne, the Kingdom of Jin had already experienced many years of war. The people were struggling to survive. It was time to recuperate. And the tribute that Mr. Wanyan said was a waste of money. If it was given to the people of the Kingdom of Jin It creates distress and burden, which is not in line with our original intention to help you."

Song Jue said this, and he did the same. He completely disagreed with Wan Yanxi's proposal. Wan Yanxi insisted that there must be a return. Great Xia sent troops, and the people were fed by horses. This was a huge expense, and he You can't pretend you didn't see it.

The result of the dispute was that both parties backed down a step, and the annual taxes of the fifteen cities managed by Daxia were handed over to Daxia as compensation for sending troops to Daxia.

The most important conditions were settled by everyone, and other small problems were also resolved smoothly.

In the No. 40 days when Wan Yanxi returned to Xijing with Shen Jiajun, he finally settled the biggest event in his life, and his fate changed dramatically.

Tuo Ying Shisan sent Wan Yanxi back to the Forbidden Army's garrison, and everyone moved to the Imperial Study Room, where they began to discuss the arrangements for the Empress Dowager's birthday banquet next month.

According to the customs of Daxia, when the mother is 66 years old, she needs her daughter to slaughter a pig by herself, choose the best part of the pig and cut it off. Mother.

The Empress Dowager is just 66 years old this year, she has no biological daughter, only Song Jinyu is an adopted daughter, and this heavy responsibility falls on Song Jinyu.

Song Jinyu was willing to do anything for the empress dowager, as long as she could do it, she would never refuse.But she really didn't have any confidence in cooking, it was beyond her ability.

"Little tea..." Song Jinyu glanced at Shen Cha who was checking the birthday banquet process with Song Qiyun and Bai Meng, "Should I have a share too? The queen mother always said that she would accept Xiaocha as a foster daughter, so you should also contribute, yes no?"

"Me?" Shen Cha, who was called, raised his head to look at Song Jinyu, "Let me cook? Yes!"

"What can you do!" Song Jue waved his hands towards Shen Haolin and Song Qiyun, telling them to stop Shen Cha, who was eager to try, "Can the things you make be eaten?"

"Brother Xiaojue, don't look down on others, why can't you eat it?" Shen Cha was disconvinced, "It's just a bit unpalatable."

"Unpalatable?" Song Qiyun patted Shen Cha on the shoulder, "Sister Xiaocha, it doesn't matter if it's unpalatable, we can bear it, but the food you make is not just unpalatable, it might kill you " He turned his head to look at Song Jinyu, "There is a saying in the border, cherish your own life, please stay away from the dining room, General Shen."

"Is it so scary?" Seeing Shen Cha's helpless nod, Song Jinyu couldn't laugh or cry, "I didn't expect that, Xiaocha, you are worse than me in this regard."

"Didn't I just say that? From the beginning of slaughtering the pig to the final cooking, let me do it. It's no problem at all. It just depends on how brave you are and whether you dare to let my dishes appear at the birthday banquet." .”

"Forget it then!" Song Jinyu waved his hand, "I don't want to kill someone at the birthday banquet."

"Actually, with your qualifications, if you have a famous teacher to guide you, you can still cook a dish in the remaining [-] days."

"Famous teacher? Who is it?" Song Jinyu looked sad, "The master of the imperial dining room has given up on me."

"The master of the imperial dining room is not a famous teacher." Shen Cha raised an eyebrow at Song Jinyu, "In front of Miao Miao, they have nothing but to bow down!"

(End of this chapter)