At night, everything sounds.

Changning Palace was a different scene, with eunuchs and maids walking hurriedly with delicious food and wine in their hands, and from time to time they could hear low voices of urging.

The Qinzheng Hall is brightly lit, just like daytime, and the guests in the hall are staggering, toasting and clinking cups, and the music of silk and bamboo is endless, creating a grand occasion of singing and dancing.

"clang--"

A clear and long bell echoed in Qinzheng Hall.

The voices of the guests gradually became quieter. Everyone returned to their seats, put down the cups in their hands, and looked at the emperor Xiao Ji who was sitting in the main seat. The noisy and lively Qinzheng Hall suddenly became quiet.

Lian Yi, the internal servant, flicked the whisk in his hand, and shouted sharply:

"Your Majesty, please give me a speech."

Xiao Ji stood up, picked up the wine glass in his hand, glanced at the guests in the hall, and said with a loud smile: "This is my first glass of wine, of course I want to respect He Liantai and He Liantuo from Mobei beyond the Great Wall. The prince and the deputy prime minister Da Yetu hope that the three distinguished guests who came from afar can have a good time eating, drinking and having fun tonight. I also hope that the border between Ninghu and Ninghu will be harmonious, the people will live and work in peace and contentment, and there will be no more wars. "

"Thank you, Your Majesty, Emperor Daning."

He Liantai, He Liantuo and Ono suddenly stood up and bowed in Xiao Ji's direction, then raised their glasses and drank in one gulp.

Xiao Ji smiled faintly, and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp. Lian Yi who was at the side hurriedly stepped forward to fill Xiao Ji's glass again.

"For this second cup of wine, I would like to respect every citizen of Daning here. Without your help, there would be no peace and prosperity in Daning today, and the world is peaceful. Come, all citizens of Daning, drink this cup with me .”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All the guests in the hall stood up and bowed in Xiao Ji's direction one after another, echoing in unison, they raised their wine glasses together and drank in one gulp.

After finishing his speech, Xiao Ji was just about to sit down, but Dayetu quickly exchanged a wink with the eldest prince He Liantai, then stood up, pressed his right hand to his chest, bent down and saluted Xiao Ji respectfully, and said loudly:

"On behalf of the eldest prince and the little prince, and also on behalf of Dihu Da Khan, the foreign minister thanked His Majesty Emperor Daning for his hospitality tonight. Since entering Daning, the foreign minister has seen along the way that the people of Daning live and work in peace and contentment. His Majesty the Emperor Daning is holy."

"The foreign minister felt sad and sad, and couldn't help but think of my people in Dihu who lacked clothing and food because of the cut-off of border trade. The foreign minister couldn't help but feel sad. His Majesty the Emperor Daning is the son of heaven, the herdsman on behalf of the sky, and naturally he will not treat the people of the world with Hua Yi In other words, therefore, the foreign ministers dared to ask His Majesty the Emperor Daning to treat him equally like the ancient sages, so that our Dihu people can also enjoy the grace of the Holy Son of Heaven."

What Ohno said suddenly burst into tears, and all the guests in the hall whispered to each other for a while, discussing a lot.

Xiao Jie was also speechless as he listened to it, whether this was a moral kidnapping, if the father agreed to Dihu's request to open up border trade, he would be the Holy Son of Heaven, and if he did not agree, he would not be worthy of calling himself the Son of Heaven.

Xiao Ji's face was calm, but he secretly sneered in his heart. This Da Ye suddenly said that Di Hu was so pitiful, and begged himself to open the border trade.But once I soften my heart, when the barbarian horses are fat and the men are strong, and the armor is strong and the sword is sharp, the victims will be thousands of people in Daning.

The reason why he didn't want to meet Dihu's envoys at the court, but held a banquet in the middle of the night, was that he didn't want to bring the matter to the court for discussion, because there was no room for negotiation on the opening of the salt and iron trade. No matter what, it is impossible to let go of this mouth.

But now Dayo suddenly mentioned this matter at the banquet, all the ministers are waiting for his response, Xiao Ji is not flustered, it is expected that he has been prepared, smiled slightly, and said:

"Prime Minister Ono may be because he is new here and doesn't know the rules and customs of my Daning. Tonight is a banquet, not a court, no monarchs and ministers, and no messengers. There are only guests of honor. Everyone just eat and drink, just have fun, don't talk about it. It's business, so as not to spoil everyone's interest."

"Yes, yes, your majesty is right, don't talk about state affairs tonight...hahaha..."

Many ministers responded loudly one after another, and very cooperatively raised their wine glasses to toast each other.

Ono was a little dumbfounded. Although he was Dihu's deputy prime minister, he had dealt with many Han people and studied the customs and culture of the Han people. He had never heard of the rule that business affairs cannot be discussed at banquets.

Xiao Ji looked at Ono's bewildered look, and sneered again in his heart. He is the Son of Heaven, and he has a constitution in his mouth. He said that if there is such a rule, there will be such a rule. Who dares to demolish him.

Ohno suddenly glanced helplessly at the eldest prince Heliantai, and sat down slumped.

He Liantai had no expression on his face. He had expected that Emperor Daning would not let go so easily. Fortunately, they had other plans, and they were not afraid that he would not take the bait.

At this time, suddenly the drums sounded in the hall, and the music burst out, and a group of graceful dancers entered the hall with light gait, performing various dances for the guests in the hall.

But seeing the beautiful dancers, their bodies are as light as swallows, their dancing postures are light and agile, their bodies are as soft as clouds, their arms are weak and boneless, lotuses grow at every step, and their skin is like creamy fat looming in the transparent tulle, which makes the guests in the palace yearn Longing, intoxicated, unable to hold on...

Xiao Jie himself has a beautiful wife in his family, but his heart fluttered for a while when he saw it, and he secretly sighed in his heart, why would later generations naively think that the ancients would be boring without mobile phones, obviously because later generations are so bored that they can only play with mobile phones!

However, Xiao Ji noticed that the eldest prince He Liantai just looked up twice, then shook his head, then lowered his head and drank a cup of his own boring wine, and stopped looking at the singing and dancing in the hall.

Xiao Ji smiled slightly and said, "Don't the eldest prince like to watch singing and dancing?"

He Liantai bowed slightly, and smiled apologetically, "Reporting to His Majesty the Emperor Daning, Xiao Wang was rude. They danced beautifully, but Xiao Wang really couldn't appreciate it. In Xiao Wang's opinion, their dancing is as beautiful as it is beautiful. Yes, but it is too soft and lacks a kind of masculinity."

These words were somewhat rude, and Xiao Ji even suspected that what he was talking about might not be the dancer's dancing posture, but that the Han people lacked the masculinity of their Hu people.

Although Xiao Ji still had a polite smile on his face, Lian Yi, the servant at the side, had already sensed His Majesty's displeasure, and quickly waved at the dancers. , the hall gradually quieted down, but many people still felt that they had something to say.

"I don't know what you Hu people usually use to add to the fun at the banquet?" Xiao Ji asked calmly with a polite smile on his face.

"Reporting to His Majesty the Emperor Daning, we usually have Dihu girls performing songs and dances at our Dihu banquets, and sometimes wrestling to add to the fun, but most of the time it is more like riding and shooting."

Xiao Ji smiled coldly in his heart. Sure enough, what he didn't like about the singing and dancing of Han women was clearly because he wanted to lead the topic to the riding and archery competition, forcing Daning to compete with the Hu people.

Xiao Ji raised his eyes and glanced at Xiao Jie, and secretly felt that his son really saw through the barbarians, and he was able to see everything in advance.

Xiao Jie also noticed his father's gaze, and responded with a faint smile, expressing that everything was under control.

Seeing that Xiao Ji didn't answer, He Liantai took the initiative to attack, and said with a drunken smile: "It's such a beautiful day tonight, Xiao Wang dares to ask for a riding and shooting competition with Daning, how about adding to the fun of everyone here?"

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