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Officials from Xiliang came to welcome Chu Huan's carriage, which was very grand and showed respect for Chu Huan. Chu Huan did not let the wolf boy follow him when he entered the court this time, but let the wolf boy stay in the palace of the North Court. All the guards left in the palace were dispatched by Lang Wazi.

Although there was no news of Dade Temple in the past two days, Chu Huan has not relaxed his vigilance towards Dade Temple. He is also worried that people from Dade Temple will take advantage of the opportunity to enter the court this time.

The twins of the Western Regions are still in the palace. In addition, there is the Gusa princess who is like a time bomb. The twins are fine. It would be unimaginable.

Chu Huan felt at ease with the wolf baby in charge, at least he could guarantee that no one could enter his yard.

He changed into the official uniform of a Daqin official, equipped with a blood-drinking knife, and was carefully sorted out with the help of Qiluo. After all, Mahazang is the regent of the Xiliang Empire. Treat with national courtesy.

After tidying up, Qi Luo sent Chu Huan out of the gate of the palace. After getting the order, Qi Luo was already restless. These days, she and Chu Huan played around in Qingluo City, and at night they were even more affectionate. It can be said that Qi Luo This was the happiest time of my life, but today when Chu Huan entered the pilgrimage, Qi Luo felt flustered like never before.

Qi Luo had never felt this way even in confrontation with swords and guns. When arranging Chu Huan's clothes, she was meticulous and very careful. When sending Chu Huan out of the house, Qi Luo only felt that every step was very heavy. It was as if sending Chu Huan to the gate of the mansion and never seeing him again from now on.

She hoped that this road would never end, but the gate of the mansion was right in front of her eyes. She felt her hands warmed up, but Chu Huan was already holding them. Seeing that Chu Huan was looking at her gently, Qi Luo forced a smile, and said softly: "I will accompany you into the court...!"

Chu Huan shook his head and smiled, "You are waiting for me in the mansion, and I will be back soon."

Qi Luo stared at Chu Huan, as if she wanted to imprint this face deeply in her heart. After a while, she said, "Brother Huan, after you... have an audience with the Regent, do you... want to return to Qin?"

Chu Huan did not answer this question. In fact, this is a question he has always wanted to discuss with Qi Luo, but he has never been able to find a suitable opportunity to speak. For the two of them, this is a very sensitive and heavy question, but they still have to deal with it. A topic that has to be said.

It's just that the newlyweds these few days, Chu Huan wanted to make Qi Luo happy, and didn't mention it. Now that Qi Luo brought it up, Chu Huan's expression suddenly became slightly serious, and after a moment of pondering, he finally asked: "Qi Luo , if I want to return to Qin, will you...will you come with me?"

He knew that this question was actually cruel.

For Qi Luo, no matter what the answer is, it is an extremely difficult choice.

If she is willing to follow Chu Huan back to Qin, she will be far away from her hometown, her relatives, her tribe, and enter a completely unfamiliar environment.

But if she chooses to stay, she must be separated from the man she loves for life, and maybe from now on, she will never see each other again.

There was a trace of trance between Qi Luo's brows, but Chu Huan looked at her with clear eyes. Finally, Qi Luo seemed to have made a decision, with a smile on the corner of her mouth, "You are my husband. Wherever you go, I will naturally follow her." will follow you wherever you go."

Hearing Qi Luo's answer, Chu Huan didn't feel at ease because of it. Under Qi Luo's sweet smile, his heart was so heavy. She kissed her forehead, and her tone was firm: "Qi Luo, don't worry, I won't let you be wronged, wait for me to come back!"

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The imperial palace in Xiliang is naturally not as majestic as the imperial city of the Qin State, but it can be regarded as resplendent and resplendent. It does not have the so-called palace walls of the Qin State Imperial Palace, but within ten miles around the imperial palace, there are heavy guards .

The Xiliang Imperial Palace is also known as the Sun Palace. The main hall of the palace, the Sun Palace, is the most majestic and magnificent building in the entire Xiliang Kingdom. Although many buildings in Qingluo City imitate the architectural style of the Qin Dynasty, even many palaces in the Imperial Palace imitate the architectural design of the Central Plains. , but the Taiyang Palace is completely different from the architectural style of the Central Plains. It is square on all sides, but the top cover is semicircular, as if a huge pot cover has been buckled down, and the round top is golden in color. When the sun shines, it will be golden and dazzling.

The Sun Palace is the place where the Xiliang King handled political affairs. The interior is also very grand, with carved beams and painted buildings, resplendent and resplendent, and the four walls are all carved with exquisite murals.

Different from the Qin Dynasty, the emperor sat alone on the dragon chair, while the officials stood in the court hall. When Xiliang went to court, the king of Xiliang certainly sat on the throne, but the officials of the Xiliang court who went to court sat on the ground. Under their buttocks, there will be an exquisite seat blanket. Depending on the level of the official position, the pattern on the forum is also very different.

Maha Zang was sitting on the throne at this time. The throne was a chair made of pure gold, and on it was a rare white tiger skin. The tiger skin extended from the top of the seat to the bottom. The imitation tiger head, the tiger skin is real tiger skin, but the tiger head is a fake tiger head, but the tiger head is very realistic, the eyes are round lights, the fangs are exposed, and Maha sits on the chair, just like the feet Stepping on a ferocious tiger, showing the king's spirit.

At the moment, he was dressed in golden clothes, and he was wearing a golden crown on his head. His body was leaning forward slightly, his eyes were piercing, and above the court hall, there was a large group of officials sitting cross-legged on both sides of the sub-bureau. No less than a few hundred.

Of course, many of these officials are high-ranking officials in Xiliang, but more of them are the chiefs of various tribes and clans who came from various tribes in Xiliang in the past two days. Luocheng's resident officer.

Xiliang is the most powerful country in the Western Regions. Although its territory is far smaller than that of the Qin State, Xiliang is a behemoth entrenched around the dozens of small countries in the Western Regions.

In the eyes of small countries in the Western Regions, Xiliang has a vast territory, vast land, rich resources, and strong soldiers and horses. It is a powerful empire that cannot be offended. Therefore, a long time ago, the countries in the Western Regions have surrendered to the national prestige of Xiliang, and the King of Xiliang is under their control. In his mouth, he was honored as the Sun King.

Most of the countries in the Western Regions are vassal states of Xiliang. Whether it is a true surrender or because they want to trade with Xiliang, the attitudes of the countries in the Western Regions towards Xiliang are very friendly, and many countries are even in Qingluo City. Set up a station to communicate with Xiliang on behalf of the country at any time.

For these countries, they don’t care who the king of Xiliang is. They just care about whether the friendly relationship with Xiliang can continue. When they learned that the Prince Regent was going to hold a court meeting today, the envoys of various countries immediately negotiated with the Xiliang Dalitai, and with the permission of the Prince Regent, they came to pay homage to the court.

Soon they knew better that the purpose of the regent's court meeting today was to get close to the envoys of the Qin State, and these envoys in the Western Regions were immediately very interested.

Of course they know that in the far east, there is an empire bigger than Xiliang. A long time ago, their ancestors even went to the far east empire to pay homage to the once powerful Central Plains Empire. They even remembered that at that time , the trade between the countries of the Western Regions and the Central Plains Empire was very frequent, and the two sides had also forged an excellent relationship.

However, after the rise of the Xiliang Empire, the trade route with the East was cut off. If the countries in the Western Regions wanted to obtain those exquisite goods from the Central Plains, they could only trade with merchants in Xiliang.

The people of Xiliang traded with the countries of the Western Regions in the west, and traded with the Qin State in the east. The goods from both sides were repeatedly dumped in the hands of the people of Xiliang, and violence was obtained from them, which led to sky-high prices for goods from the Central Plains in the Western Regions. And the goods from the Western Regions are also expensive in China.

People in the Western Regions are also full of yearning for the Eastern Empire. Tea, silk, porcelain, etc. from the East, what is the scene of the Eastern Empire that produces these precious goods?

So today in the Palace of the Sun, they are looking forward to seeing the arrival of the envoys of the Eastern Empire. They also want to see what their characters look like in the country that their ancestors have traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers.

The court hall in Xiliang was silent, but a moment later, a guard from the palace came rushing into the hall and said, "I want to report to the Regent, the envoys of the Qin Kingdom have arrived, but they have not entered the court!"

"Don't enter the court?" Maha Zang narrowed his eyes and stroked his thick beard, "Why didn't they enter the court?"

"They are all equipped with weapons." The guard replied: "We asked them to take off their weapons, but they refused to take them off, and claimed that the weapons were one with them, and if they were to take off their weapons, they would not go to court."

Moha Zang immediately remembered the scene when he was in Qin State. He went to pay homage to the Emperor of Qin, but he also insisted on bringing a knife into the palace. Unexpectedly, Chu Huan would also come to such a place with him today. Instead of being angry, he smiled, "Bring a knife So what?" He waved his hand and said, "Let them bring their knives into the palace!"

All the ministers in Xiliang looked at each other, and even the envoys from the Western Regions were quite surprised. In this Sun Palace, except for the person sitting on the golden throne, they had never seen anyone who dared to bring a knife into the palace.

Not long after, a loud voice was heard outside the hall: "Emissary of the Great Qin Dynasty, enter the hall to see you!"

Everyone turned their eyes to the outside of the hall, and after waiting for too long, they saw a group of people entering the hall. There were five people who came, the first person was Xue Huai'an, the envoy of the Qin Kingdom in a new robe. Everyone has seen that although Xiliang Chaotang is full of people, he seems very calm, and when he walks, he also puts on an official air.

In the bones of the Qin people, Xiliang is just a small country, and the status of the king of Xiliang is no more than that of the governors of Qin. Xue Huai'an doesn't think that the people on the golden throne are so noble.

Behind Xue Huai'an, on the left and right, there was Chu Huan in official robes on the left, and Xuanyuan Shengcai in armor on the right, followed by two guardsmen with things in their hands.

Not to mention Xuanyuan Shengcai's exquisite armor, but the official robes made of first-class brocade gauze on Xue Huai'an and Chu Huan, which have already amazed the envoys of the Western Regions, and they can become the Xiliang envoys of their own countries. , are also nobles from the Western Regions. Of course they know the price of silk, and they can also tell whether the silk is good or bad. The soft silk made by the two Central Plains officials is first-class material at first glance. The price is so high that ordinary nobles in the Western Regions cannot enjoy it, only members of the royal family in the Western Regions can use it.

It needs to be known that Xiliang does not trade with Qin very frequently. The silk traded from Qin is not enough to supply the nobles of Xiliang, and the silk traded to the Western Regions is even rarer. The high-quality silk that was traded from China must be purchased first by the nobles of Xiliang. Silk in the Western Regions is rare, and the quality is mediocre. Clothes like Chu Huan and Xue Huai'an's clothes are rare in the Western Regions.

What's more important is that after Xue Huai'an, Chu Huan and others entered the hall, unlike the envoys from the Western Regions who entered the hall and bowed for three points, Xue Huai'an, Chu Huan and others all held their heads high and showed no sign of humility. In the eyes of the envoys from the Western Regions, all the envoys from the Western Regions felt that the figures of the great powers were indeed extraordinary, with a charming demeanor and an extraordinary appearance.