prosperous power pet

Chapter 514
On the day the Liangguo mission entered Beijing, the sky turned cloudy after several days of sunshine, as if the mission was not very welcome.

To show his sincerity, Zhou Zhen, the minister of rites, went to the city gate to greet him in person.

After waiting for a while, I saw a large group of horses and chariots approaching the city gate from a distance, and when I got closer, I saw eight tall horses leading the way, with solemn guards sitting on them.Followed by an exquisite and luxurious carriage, with a nanmu body, carved dragons and painted phoenixes, which shows that the people in the carriage are of high status.

The convoy stopped at the gate of the city, and the leader looked down at Zhou Zhen, and said in a strong voice, "Your Excellency is the person sent by Emperor Han to welcome our mission?"

Zhou Zhen cupped his hands and saluted, "The Minister of Rites, Zhou Zhen, is here to wait for your country's mission by the order of my emperor." As he spoke, he glanced at the speaker and saw that he was dressed in silver armor and looked impressive. He must not be an ordinary person. , then tentatively said, "Your Excellency... Could it be General Yao Suyao?"

The man got off his horse and clasped his fists together to salute Zhou Zhen, "I'm here, I'm sorry for your servant Zhou."

Zhou Zhen's eyes flashed, he said politely, and stepped aside, "General Yao and his party are exhausted, today, I invite you to go to the Huitong Hall to rest for a day."

"Alright, please Zhou Shilang lead the way." Yao Su didn't say much, nodded in agreement, and got on the horse again.

Zhou Zhen also got on the horse and led the large army to the Huitong Hall.

When we arrived at the Huitong Hall, the Shengjing Academy had already made preparations. Zhou Zhen invited the embassy to enter, and ordered the servants in the hall to take good care of him, and then he left.

After leaving the hall, he let the armored guards disperse, got on his horse, and galloped towards the palace.

Huaqing Palace at this time.

The hall is burning with high-quality silver charcoal, which is as warm as spring. The imperial concubine's couch by the window in the inner hall is covered with thick fox fur. Volumes of books are being read carefully.

It was Song Qinghuan.

At this time, there was a sound from the bead curtain, and Liu Yue entered through the curtain with a teacup, walked to Song Qinghuan's side, put down the teacup, poured a cup of tea and handed it over.

Song Qinghuan took it, took a sip, and handed back the teacup, keeping her eyes on the scroll the whole time.

Seeing Song Qinghuan's calm and relaxed appearance, Liu Yue was rather curious, blinked her eyes and said in doubt, "Your Highness, today is the day for Liang Guo's mission to enter Beijing, right?"

Song Qinghuan raised her eyes lazily, "Yeah, what's wrong?"

"Your Highness is not worried?"

Liuyue and Shen Xing are Song Qinghuan's confidants, and they are different from ordinary maids. Therefore, Yao Su, the brave general in Liangguo that day, was very likely to be the news that Su Rao pretended to be. Yao Su led the Ciliang mission, so he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

His Highness and the Emperor fought against Su Rao several times, but she escaped them all, so Liuyue inevitably regarded her as a strong enemy in her heart, but looking at His Highness's expression at this time, it seems that she is too calm?

Song Qing laughed happily, "There's nothing to worry about. Even if Su Rao really came, it's still on our territory. She should be the one to worry about..."

As he spoke, he picked up the lid of the teacup and fiddled with the tea leaves in the cup without any panic.

Seeing her look like this, Liu Yue also inexplicably calmed down, and smiled embarrassedly, "Your Highness is right, this is on our territory, with His Highness and the Emperor here, can she make any troubles? "

Seeing her calm down, Song Qinghuan didn't say any more, but still lowered her head and read the book calmly.

Su Rao was coming, of course she was extremely alert, but it didn't mean she was going to panic, now that Su Rao was in the dark and they were in the open, she didn't need to do anything before Su Rao took the initiative to attack.

Liu Yue regained her composure, and was about to retreat when she heard the curtain being raised again, she turned her head and saw that it was Shen Xing who walked in.

Song Qinghuan looked up and signaled with his eyes.

Shen Xingfu saluted, "Your Highness, Minister of Rites Zhou Shilang is asking to see you outside the hall."

Song Qinghuan's eyes lit up when he heard it, he turned the scroll upside down on the high table, got up and went to bed, "Please wait in the outer hall."

Shen Xing retreated in response.

Song Qinghuan asked Liuyue to tidy her appearance for her, and Shi Shiran left the inner hall.

Zhou Zhen was already waiting at the bottom right now, seeing her coming out, he hurriedly saluted.

"You don't need to be courteous, Minister Zhou." Song Qinghuan took a seat at the top and motioned for Shen Xing to give Zhou Zhen a seat.

Zhou Zhen thanked him and sat down respectfully.

The status of women in Yunqing Continent is not as low as that of the ancient woman in time and space before Song Qinghuan traveled, and there is no saying that women are not allowed to participate in politics. In addition, everyone knows that Shen Chuhan loves and protects Song Qinghuan very much, so the Minister of Zhao Kingdom treats Song Qinghuan very well. Be respectful.

"Has the Liangguo Mission moved into the Huitong Hall?" Song Qinghuan asked.

"Return to your mother's words, yes."

"Can you see Yao Su?" Song Qinghuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked at Zhou Zhen below with Qing Lingling's eyes, his expression was difficult to distinguish.

Zhou Zhen nodded, "I see, the mission is led by General Yao."

"What does he look like?"

Other than these few insiders, others don't know that General Yao Su, who is said to use soldiers like a god in the legend of Liang Kingdom, is the empress of Liang Kingdom Su Rao in disguise.

Zhou Zhen didn't know why Song Qinghuan asked this. After thinking about it, he said honestly, "If you go back to your mother, General Yao is just like the rumors. He looks brave and good at fighting."

Song Qinghuan's eyebrows twitched.

"Look at the appearance of being brave and good at fighting"——

That is to say... This Yao Su looks big and thick?Could it be that Yao Su who was in the mission at this time was not Su Rao pretending to be?

His eyes narrowed, and he asked again, "Then... can you see a woman in the mission team?"

Zhou Zhen thought about it carefully, "According to the guards, there are about [-] members of the Liangguo mission that came this time. Except for the four maids accompanying Ning Le Chang Diji, the other mission members are all men."

Song Qinghuan frowned slightly.

Based on her understanding of Su Rao, Su Rao's sudden request for peace must have other motives. It is very likely that she wanted to take this opportunity to enter Lindu openly.

Could it be that Su Rao didn't go to Beijing with the mission in order not to scare the snake away?Instead, plan to find another opportunity?

She pondered for a moment, then looked at Zhou Zhen and said, "Understood, Zhou Shilang will go down first, and I will leave matters to the Liangguo Mission to you."

Zhou Zhen hurriedly got up and saluted, "The empress is polite, this is my duty. Since the empress has no other orders, then... I will leave first."

With that said, he bowed and exited the main hall.

After Zhou Zhen left, Song Qinghuan lay back, frowned, and breathed a sigh of relief.

Su Rao, Su Rao, where are you hiding?

Glancing at Song Qinghuan's face, Liu Yue asked cautiously, "Your Highness, could it be... Su Rao is really not in the mission?"

Song Qinghuan withdrew her pensive gaze, shook her head and said, "It's hard to say. But she must have come to Lindu. In the past few days, ask the people serving inside and outside the palace to be more vigilant."

"Yes." Liu Yue agreed.

"As for where Su Rao is, after meeting the mission tomorrow, there may be new clues."

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The next day, Shen Chuhan hosted a banquet in the palace to entertain the Liang country mission. Because he understood the hard work of the Liang country mission, the palace banquet was held at Xu o'clock in the evening, and the Liang country mission was given a whole day to rest.

According to the report from the Yinwei sent by Song Qinghuan to follow up, yesterday and today, except for necessary purchases, none of the members of the mission left the Huitong Hall. Yao Su and the four maids of Ning Le Chang Di Ji stayed quietly in their In the yard, there is nothing unusual.

Seeing that the sun was gradually setting outside the window and it was almost time, Song Qinghuan signaled Liuyue and Shenxing to change her clothes.

Today was a state banquet, so Song Qinghuan dressed more grandly than usual. She wore a heavy purple palace dress that swept the floor, and her skirt was embroidered with silver auspicious clouds.Wearing a purple gauze inside, the golden nine phoenix is ​​vividly about to fly.Three thousand green silks are tied into a lingyun bun, and a hundred birds on the hairpin are waving towards the phoenix. Between the eyebrows is a peony flower, which is as bright as fire, and is overwhelmingly noble.

After Liuyue and Shen Xing finished dressing her, Liuyue looked at it for a moment, then nodded with satisfaction, "His Royal Highness's appearance today is bound to amaze everyone and overwhelm everyone."

Song Qinghuan pursed her lips and smiled, "It's not a beauty pageant, why amaze everyone. Besides, besides me, the only women present today are Ning Le Changdi Ji and her four maids. Where did the beauty come from?"

Liu Yue smiled shyly, stuck out her tongue, "I mean, Your Highness is extraordinarily beautiful tonight!"

"That's not it!" Liu Yue finished speaking, and a cool voice took over the conversation. Song Qinghuan raised her head and saw Shen Chuhan striding in.

"Is it all arranged?" She smiled slightly and asked.

Although everything went as usual after the Liangguo delegation entered Beijing, and it looked very peaceful, but who knew if there might be some undercurrents hidden in this tranquility?Therefore, Shen Chuhan paid special attention to tonight's palace banquet, and personally arranged guards inside and outside the palace.

Shen Chuhan nodded, "I'll let Xuanying watch it in person to make sure nothing goes wrong." While speaking, his fiery eyes looked up and down Song Qinghuan, and there was an incomprehensible smile on the corner of his mouth.

Seeing the spark of desire in his eyes, Song Qinghuan quickly cleared his throat and changed the subject, "Well, Ashu, the time is coming, you should change your clothes quickly."

With that said, he signaled Liuyue Shenxing to come forward to help.

Seeing that Song Qinghuan was dressed properly, Shen Chuhan didn't insist on asking her to wear it for him. He opened his arms, matching Liuyue and Shenxing's appearance very well. He only stared at Song Qinghuan with a pair of deep eyes, scorching hot as if he was about to Song Qinghuan's bones were torn apart.

Song Qinghuan glared at him, secretly threatening him to be more serious.

Shen Chuhan giggled, and finally looked away.

Soon, he also finished changing his clothes. He glanced at the sky outside and saw that the sun had already set, so he stroked the skirt of his clothes, trying to hide the joke on the bottom, and took Song Qinghuan's hand, "Let's go, Ah Wan."

They rushed to the Xianyang Hall where the palace banquet was held. Because it was still early, the Liang Kingdom mission had not yet arrived, but the accompanying ministers had already arrived one after another. There were also busy palace people shuttled among them. When everyone saw them coming, they rushed salute.

The two entered the main hall hand in hand, nodded, indicating that everyone should not be too polite, and then sat down on the seats that had been prepared earlier.

After waiting for a long time, someone reported that the Liang Guo mission had entered the palace. After a while, a servant outside the palace sang loudly——

"The Liang country mission has arrived!"

As the voice fell, a large group of people appeared at the entrance of the hall. The leader was a middle-aged man in his 40s and [-]s. .

The news that Xuan Ying got should be correct, the person who commanded the army of Liang State to fight against Zhao State in Yao Su's name that day should be Su Rao.And the middle-aged man in front of him should be a blindfolded by Su Rao.

It seemed that Su Rao still had some scruples after all, and did not dare to appear in front of them blatantly.

However, at this time, has she already entered Liangdu, or is she planning something else?
Song Qinghuan frowned slightly, and looked at the people behind Yao Su calmly.

Immediately behind Yao Su was Yin Qingrong who hadn't seen her for a long time.Ever since Shen Chuhan rebelled from the Liang Kingdom, Song Qinghuan had never seen Yin Qingrong again. At this moment, she seemed to be much lighter than before. I don't know if it was because of the exhaustion of the boat, but her face was still pale and drooping slightly. Nodding his head, he didn't look at Song Qinghuan.

Song Qinghuan shifted his gaze and looked behind her.

Sure enough, there were four maids following behind Yin Qingrong, all of them were handsome, and after a rough scan, nothing unusual could be seen.

After that, there were other members of the mission, and they were all men, and there were no suspicious figures disguised as men.

Strange to say, before Murong Zhuo was poisoned, Zhao State's army lost to Liang State's army, and there was a faint tendency to lose, but at this time, Liang State not only did not take advantage of the victory to pursue, but called for money to withdraw its troops, and even proposed a peace, which is really unbelievable.

What's even more incredible is that, as the side that has the upper hand in the war, Liangguo offered to make peace with Zhaoguo, and the candidate for the marriage marriage was Yin Qingrong, Ningle's eldest concubine whom Yin Zhan loved very much.

You know, let's not talk about why Yin Zhan hated Shen Chuhan so much, why he took the initiative to ask for peace.Let's talk about the marriage choice, even if Yin Qingrong is interested in Shen Chuhan, why would Yin Zhan choose her as the marriage choice when he knew that Shen Chuhan would not marry Yin Qingrong?
No matter how you look at it, this thing is full of weirdness.

(End of this chapter)