Thinking of this, Emperor Hui came up with a plan.

While the Ninth Prince and Princess Jiayi were still talking, Emperor Hui held his forehead with his hand and made a painful expression.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"

The first person to discover that Emperor Hui was unwell was Concubine Gao.

"I suddenly have a severe headache. I'm afraid I can't attend the banquet."

"Since your majesty is not feeling well, you must go back to the harem to rest. I am here with you, the Prime Minister, and the princes. I think it will be fine."

At this moment, Emperor Hui really felt that Concubine Gao was extremely virtuous and sensible.

"My beloved concubine is right. I do want to rest."

After saying this, Emperor Hui stood up and said goodbye.

"I feel a little unwell, so I'm going back to the palace to rest.

Imperial Concubine, Prime Minister, you will host the rest of the banquet."

Everyone knelt down.

"Congratulations to Your Majesty!"

Yan Qi and King Jin exchanged quick glances.

Emperor Hui held Eunuch Huang's hand and slowly walked out of the Qionghua Palace. As soon as he walked out of the palace, Emperor Hui swept away his tiredness and gave Eunuch Huang a look.

Eunuch Huang immediately understood what Emperor Hui meant and turned to go to the back hall.

After Emperor Hui left, everyone at the banquet felt more relaxed.

The Ninth Prince asked Princess Jiayi some other questions about Yunshangfang, and the two of them got along quite well.

Princess Chu Yun was not interested in these embroidery things. After sitting for a while, she found an excuse to leave.

While the Ninth Prince was talking to Princess Jiayi, he would glance at Zhao Huayin from time to time.

Zhao Huayin pretended not to see it and continued to smile.

Yan Qi also felt the Ninth Prince's gaze and gave him a cold look.

"Forgive me, mother. I am not feeling well. Please allow me and Huayin to leave first."

Concubine Gao smiled gracefully, how could she not know that Yan Qi protected Zhao Huayin closely.

"Go ahead. There's nothing for you to do here. Go back and rest early."

King Jin scoffed at Yan Qi's excuse.

People who would never ask for leave unless their injury was so serious that they couldn't stand up would actually leave because they were not feeling well.

No matter what he thought, Prince Jin still stayed obediently at the banquet. After all, Yan Qi had already left and he had to stay here and watch.

The Ninth Prince of Qi is really talkative. After chatting with Princess Jiayi, he went on to talk to the Prime Minister and Prince Heng.

It looks like she is good at dancing with long sleeves.

The King of Jin whispered a few words to his followers, who bowed and left.

"Ninth Prince, don't just talk about the affairs of our Great Wei. I have long been interested in the customs of Qi.

Today I have the opportunity to ask for your advice."

"Of course, as long as His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin is willing, you are always welcome to visit our Qi State."

The Ninth Prince raised his glass to the Prince of Jin.

Yan Qi accompanied Zhao Huayin out of the palace, and Zhao Huayin dared to ask Yan Qi only when they got on the carriage.

"Is there anything wrong with today's banquet?"

Yan Qi was in a hurry to take Zhao Huayin away, which made Zhao Huayin feel a little uneasy.

"This Ninth Prince has come with bad intentions, so I will send you back first.

Lao Ba is here. If anything happens, he will send someone to tell me. Besides, my mother is here, so nothing will go wrong."

"Ah."

Zhao Huayin nodded.

"I also think that the Ninth Prince of Qi is a little too enthusiastic. I once heard Master say that

Although Qi's embroidery skills are not as good as our Great Wei's, they also have their own unique textile skills, and the clothes they weave are particularly durable.

He was very interested in the tapestry I used to restore the Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains. Is it related to our trade with Jiaozhi?"

"Also a possibility."

Yan Qi thought for a moment and answered.

"Jiaozhi also had a lot of business dealings with Qi before, especially in fabrics and embroidery.

But you don't have to worry about this matter, I will ask Qingshuang to check it out."

“Well, the most important thing is to find out why they are here.

I think the princess of Qi is innocent and seems to be spoiled.

I heard from Princess Jiayi that she sneaked here just to have fun."

“That’s the case on the surface, but we can’t take it lightly.

It is not so easy to sneak into a country's envoy team. I always feel that the Ninth Prince came here for a purpose. "

Yan Qi frowned.

Especially the look that the Ninth Prince gave Zhao Huayin made Yan Qi feel like there was something stuck in his throat.

"Then I will go to Yunshangfang to explain. If the Ninth Prince of Qi comes over in the next few days, we must deal with it well. The prince can just send me here."

"That's fine, just do your own thing."

The carriage stopped in front of Yunshangfang. Yan Qi watched Zhao Huayin enter the shop before leaving.

Zhao Huayin called Nanny Qian and Yunniang and told them that the Ninth Prince of Qi might come to Yunshangfang.

After all, Nanny Qian was a steady person and she immediately came up with a plan to deal with the situation.

"So, the prince of Qi wants to see the embroidery skills of our Great Wei. In this case, I will change into some of the dresses displayed in the glass cover.

Keep a few of the ones embroidered by the young lady, and replace them with some made by Yunniang and the others, so that he won’t have other thoughts.”

Yunniang was a little worried when she heard what Nanny Qian said.

“After all, it’s a prince from another country who wants to see Yunshangfang’s things, so exhibiting the young lady’s embroidery will be foolproof.

If my embroidery is exhibited, will there be any flaws?"

"Don't underestimate yourself. The embroidery of Qi is not as good as that of Wei. Your embroidery skills are far beyond the reach of their embroiderers."

Zhao Huayin smiled and comforted Yunniang.

“Mammy’s arrangement is very good. This is exactly what I wanted. I’ll just keep the phoenix I embroidered and put away the rest. I’ll hang up Yunniang and the others’ embroidery.

It doesn’t have to be a well-made dress, embroidered patches, handkerchiefs, or shawls will do, as long as they are displayed.”

"Yes, I will make arrangements now."

"Madam, please take care of the embroidery and tell the shop assistants to see the Ninth Prince of Qi coming.

Just say hello politely, do more and talk less."

After Zhao Huayin gave the order, Nanny Qian took the order and left.

"Yunniang, move the embroidery frame from the backyard to the front yard in the next two days, and ask Madam Qian to prepare a compartment for you, and you can work in the compartment.

If people from Qi come to Yunshangfang, they will definitely want to see the embroiderers at work. You will then be the one to receive them.

As long as the questions are about embroidery skills, you just answer truthfully. If they are about other things, you just pretend you don’t know.”

"Girl, don't you see them?"

Yunniang was a little nervous. Zhao Huayin was asking her to represent Yunshangfang in answering the foreign envoys.

Zhao Huayin shook her head.

"I don't plan to meet them. I'll leave this to you and Aunt Qian. If there's anything that can't be resolved, I'll come back."

Zhao Huayin stepped forward and patted Yunniang on the shoulder to encourage her.

"With you here, I can ask you any questions about embroidery. Aunt Qian will take care of other things. I feel relieved.

My brother has been busy with other things these past two days, so if you have any urgent matters, you can go find him."

Yan Zhao has been planning the route for transporting coke these days. In order to make the plan more accurate, Yan Zhao himself took the workers to walk the route again.

Calculating the time, it’s time to come back.

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