The official road of the farmer

"Trash! What's the use of you!"

In a certain room of the palace, a strange roar sounded suddenly, accompanied by the clear and crisp sound of porcelain shattering.

Then, a long series of babbles of unfamiliar language didn't stop for a moment, obviously throwing a tantrum and cursing.

In the end, two big men, Biller and Kale, came out of the room in disgrace. They looked at each other, then turned around and walked through a long corridor to the eldest prince.

This is the residence assigned by Daxia to the Tatana tribe. It is an exquisite, gorgeous and spacious Changhua Hall in the palace, which maintains a certain degree of privacy.

As a friendly tribe of Daxia, the Tatana tribe received the best treatment according to their strength, not to mention the best in all the envoys, at least they were at the forefront.

The residence of the eldest prince is the main courtyard of the Changhua Palace, and he is looking at a landscape painting on the wall, admiring it with obsession and amazement.

There are landscape ink paintings hanging everywhere in Daxia, which are as elegant as the legends. Looking at the misty landscape in the mist and rain, you can outline the artistic conception that makes people feel as if you are in the scene with just a few strokes. It is really beautiful!Terrific!

I don't know if he can ask for some ink marks when he leaves.

"Prince."

Wen Erhan frowned when he heard Biller and Kale's greetings. He carefully rolled up the calligraphy and painting and put them away before letting the brothers in.

"Tatarmu is losing his temper again?" Wen Erhan spoke Daxia official dialect. Compared with people from other tribes with a thick accent, he spoke very purely. If you don't look at his outline and skin color, just listen to his voice , thought it was a Daxia person talking.

Biller replied: "Xiaowangdian wants to find out the whereabouts of the two people in Xiaonanfang."

Wen Erhan frowned again, "Don't worry about him."

Tatarmu was really spoiled by his father and Ah Mu, and he didn't even think about where this place was, did he think it was in their tribe?If you don't watch one, just cause trouble for him!

The Empress Dowager's birthday is a major event in the Great Xia, and it is also a major event for the tribes that are protected by the Great Xia. It is very important for these tribes to take this opportunity to consolidate their relationship with the Great Xia.

When Tatarmu knew that his father ordered him to lead the envoys to celebrate his birthday in Daxia, he kept clamoring to see him.

He should have stood firm at the beginning, and even if his father spoke up, he would not compromise easily no matter how messed up he was.

He had already known about Xiaonanfang from the description of the two Biel brothers. He was not a part of indiscriminate people. This matter was obviously Tatarmu's fault, and he didn't need to cover it up.

Now he still wants to find someone to take revenge, Wen Erhan really doesn't know when Tatarmu became so naive and stupid?Or, he has always been like this, but everyone in the tribe is responsive to him, so it didn't show it for a while?

It's just that it's too late to regret bringing him out now.

Thinking about it, Wen Erhan was very worried. The Queen Mother’s birthday was approaching, and Wen Erhan didn’t want to make troubles, so he told Bilkal to keep an eye on him. If he wanted to do something, he should accept it first. rare attitude.

Bilhakal replied: "Yes."

Then Wen Erhan asked them to retreat to Tatarmu's side, and he began to appreciate Daxia's literati ink.

Wen Erhan is a person who is extremely obsessed with Daxia culture. He feels that Daxia's landscape calligraphy and paintings are full of mystery and extreme charm.

Therefore, he specially invited Mr. Daxia to teach him language and culture. In addition to presenting the birthday gift this time, he also prepared the Shanglian, which he had thought about for a long time, to challenge the literati of Daxia.

Wen Erhan wanted to take this opportunity to see with his own eyes, otherwise, it would be a regret in his life.

The birthday is approaching, and the palace is already busy.

The Empress Dowager didn't care about the business, and let the younger generation handle everything about the birthday banquet. The Empress was so busy all day long, there were the Emperor and Empress leading the ministers and concubines to be busy in the palace, and it was finally orderly.

The younger prince brother also had a five-day vacation and did not have to go to class.

The seventh prince was free, and the empress was too busy to take care of him, so she only went to the empress dowager's place to pay her respects a few times, but the empress dowager's place was clean, so even the first emperor's grandson couldn't bother her all day long.

So he took his idea outside the palace.

It's not easy for young princes like them to go out of the palace, but it's okay for adults, like the eldest prince, who already has a prince's mansion outside, and I don't know how many princes he admires.

The seventh prince also wanted to go out of the palace to have a look. He hadn't seen his eldest cousin for a long time, so he went to beg the queen.

The queen thought about it, now that the palace is in a hurry, he doesn't have the energy to take care of the seventh prince, so it's fine to let him go out, but there are too many people outside, and there are too many foreigners, so it's not good to have an accident.

His natal queen was trustworthy, so he asked Li Yu to come to the palace and take the seventh prince to Zhen Guohou's mansion to accompany his eldest nephew.

The eldest nephew has nothing to do at home, so it's good if he has time to guide the seventh prince.

After asking Emperor Tai'an for instructions, and he didn't object, the empress packed the Seventh Prince out.

Li Yu came to the palace, and when he came out, he brought the Seventh Prince and his personal palace attendants with him.

The Seventh Prince was sitting in the unmarked carriage, rarely showing his youthful nature. He heard the bustling voices outside, and eagerly wanted to open the curtains to have a look, but he felt embarrassed and wanted to hold back his words and deeds.

For a moment, the Seventh Prince's expression was brilliant.

When the carriage reached the uneven ground, the curtain fluttered a little wider. He saw Li Yu riding beside him, so he couldn't help but lean over, opened it a little, and asked Li Yu, "Brother Yu, let's go now." Is it the Marquis of Zhen Guo?"

Li Yu responded, and then saw that the Seventh Prince was still tangled with his baby fat face.

Li Yu could tell what he was thinking at a glance, so he wanted to come out and take a look but he was too embarrassed to say it?If he is fine now, he is willing to take the Seventh Prince out for a walk, but he can't get away, so he can only send it to his brother first.

But his brother is not good at walking, and it is not convenient for him to bring the Seventh Prince out.

If the seventh prince came out and stayed in the mansion for two days, he would definitely be disappointed.

Li Yu thought for a while, and had an idea in his mind, but he didn't say anything, first sent the seventh prince to his brother, then went to Ye Mansion by himself, and talked to Ye Junshu.

"Take care of the child?" Ye Junshu was puzzled at first, then immediately agreed to help take care of the child, no problem, he is very good at it.

But what kind of relatives does Ah Yu have?He doesn't seem to remember much.It must be very close to be entrusted by Ah Yu himself.

Ye Junshu naturally took it seriously. The wheelchair researched at home has made new progress, and it is only a matter of time before it is completed.

The Hanlin Academy also borrowed some people from the Ministry of Rites to help.

Ye Junshu, who was "exiled", had no chance to get involved.While everyone was busy going around, he still had nothing to do.

Ming Pengzhan saw that the Imperial Academy had nothing serious to do at the moment, so he decided to give them a few days off to help those who should help, leaving only a few on duty. He still has the right to do so.

Naturally, Ye Junshu didn't help or take turns in the ranks.

I didn't expect being suppressed to have such benefits!Ye Junshu was so happy that he wanted to laugh out loud.

That's why he has so much time to study the way of wheelchairs.

Tomorrow, I will take the children of Ah Yu's relatives to play outside, no problem at all!

It's just that the few in the family can't know about it. During this time, because there are too many foreigners, he hasn't taken the children out to play for a long time.Although the patrols have been strengthened, it is still not safe. There are too many people and it is easy to breed disputes.

If they found out that he took other people's children out, wouldn't they make trouble?

So early the next morning, Ye Junshu got ready to go to the place agreed with Li Yu.

When he arrived, Li Yu was already standing there with a young man about eleven or twelve years old.

Ye Junshu talked to Li Yu immediately, but after not saying a few words, he noticed that the young boy was looking at him, so he gave him a friendly smile.

The little boy immediately nodded in response with a baby-fat face.

Yo!This child is very cute!

Ye Junshu always liked children, loved the house and the crow, and he loved this boy even more.

He said to Li Yu: "Ah Yu, don't worry, I will take good care of him, you can go about your business."

Li Yu nodded, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, only confessed to the young boy, and then left in a hurry.

Ye Junshu watched Li Yu leave, and then turned his attention to the young man. Seeing that he was a little reserved and uncomfortable in front of him after his acquaintance left, he took a step forward, took his little hand, and said with a smile: "Your name is Ah Jing, right? My name is Ye Junshu, and my name is Zizhou. You can call me brother Zizhou, where do you want to go?"

This young man is the Seventh Prince. His full name is Xiahou Xuanjing. From the time he can remember, except for the fact that Empress Mu held his hand when he was very young, this was the first time he was confronted by a stranger, but he didn't feel offended. Just feel awkward.

The place where the hands touch is warm, and I don't feel disgusted except for the awkwardness.

Then I heard his gentle voice asking: "Where does Ah Jing want to go?"

Xiahou Xuanjing put aside the awkwardness and said the names of several places.

In the palace, he often heard discussions among the princes and highnesses of the palace, and he thought about it for a long time.When I came out this time, I specially put aside those personal servants, just to have a good time.

Ye Junshu has been in Beijing for so long, and he has already figured out the boundaries of this place. When he turned his mind, he quickly outlined the order of going to these places.

"These places are not far away, let's go now."

"Well, Brother Zizhou can arrange it."

Xiahou Xuanjing's face was sullen, and his words were all polite. Ye Junshu looked at Coke and couldn't help but slapped his dark head.

Xiahou Xuanjing: "..."

Ye Junshu waved his hand, "Go, brother will take you to have fun!"

Xiahou Xuanjing felt that this person might be a little unreliable, should he talk to brother Yu and think about it?

***

Today is an excellent weather, the sky is clear, the sun is bright and warm, but not too hot.

All the big and small masters in the palace gathered outside the Compassionate Ning Palace, from front to back according to their seniority.

The emperor and empress stood at the front, and the princes and grandsons and concubines with higher status stood a little behind.

After the empress dowager's ostentation came out, the emperor and queen, headed by the emperor, saluted one after another to celebrate the queen mother's birthday.

Emperor Tai'an took a step forward and said: "My ministers invite Empress Mu to be safe, and wish Empress Mu blessings like the East China Sea, and a longer life than Nanshan!"

The queen also took a step forward, "The concubine invites my mother to be safe, and I wish you good health and good luck in everything!"

Then to the princes and grandchildren, the concubines in the palace, and finally the palace servants, eunuchs and guards.

"...The Empress Dowager is a thousand years old!"

"Be flat!"

The Empress Dowager was all smiles, and she was also happy to see the royal family blooming and bustling.

The Emperor Tai'an and the Empress supported the Empress Dowager from left to right, and the princes and concubines followed behind. The family also has a face to see the emperor and ancestors."

"Bah, bah, bah! Empress, what are you doing with these depressing words on this happy day? You are a long-lived person..."

Before Emperor Tai'an could speak, the queen got angry quickly.

Emperor Tai'an then began to "condemn" the Queen Mother for not paying attention to her words.

The queen mother smiled even deeper, "Okay, okay, I won't talk about it." His son and husband are filial and caring, and he has not lived in vain in this life.

They walked all the way to the place where the birthday banquet was held.

In the morning, it was a simple family banquet, and all concubines above the lordship in the palace were eligible to participate. Although the breakfast should not be too greasy, it was still a lively scene.

Noon is the time for foreign ministers, family members and envoys to enter the palace to celebrate birthdays, and there will be birthday banquet performances in the evening.

Basically, the time schedule of the day is full.

In the middle of the day, one after another, the wives of court ministers and relatives of the emperor entered the palace to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday.

Afterwards, there will be restrictions on the specifications. Only ministers of the fourth rank and above, relatives of the emperor, concubines of the first palace master, and princes and grandchildren are eligible to participate.

The Empress Dowager first accepted congratulations from her family members in the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and received a lot of birthday presents.

At noon, accompanied by Emperor Tai'an, he accepted the worship of all officials.

At this time, all foreign envoys also entered the palace to celebrate their birthdays.

The family members who are eligible to stay sit on the far side, and can vaguely see the situation at home.

There were two eunuchs who sang the instrument, holding a long list of gifts in their hands, and the envoys from various countries came to pay birthday respects in order of strength and relationship with Daxia.

"The envoy of the Kingdom of Zhai brought ten East Pearls and red corals... to congratulate the Empress Dowager on her birthday!"

A few envoys headed by the second prince of Zhai Kingdom Zhai Yehe stood up and saluted: "The people of Zhai Kingdom congratulate the Queen Mother on a thousand years of longevity, her blessings are deeper than the sea, her age is not old, and her lucky stars shine brightly."

The country of Zhai used to be called the country of Xiao Zhai. Later, the country became more and more prosperous and its military strength became stronger, so it was changed to the country of Zhai. This move also proved the ambition of the royal family of the country of Zhai.

But because there is no border between the two countries, there are many large and small tribes separated in the middle, although Daxia is vigilant, he doesn't take it to heart, and it is currently a friendly exchange.

"The envoys of the Sang Kingdom brought fifty pieces of ice silkworm cloth and ten pairs of welfare Ruyi glazed ornaments... to celebrate the Queen Mother's birthday."

Sang Yangyan, the crown prince of the Sang Kingdom, led the envoys out: "The subjects of the Sang Kingdom congratulate the Empress Dowager for her happiness, happiness and auspiciousness..."

The country of Sang is a country full of mulberry trees, mainly engaged in silkworm farming and weaving. In this world, the rare cloth from their country is hard to buy.

Sang people, no matter whether they are fathers or brothers, can weave cloth, as if it is a natural skill.

However, this does not mean that their military strength is not strong, it is just that they are more keen to sell their Sang Kingdom cloth to various countries and tribes around the world than to fight and kill.

The wealth accumulated by the Sang Kingdom has made the neighboring countries envious, but unfortunately they can only watch, because as long as they dare to reach out, the soldiers of the Sang Country will ruthlessly chop it away, which is not as harmless as it looks.

The trade between Sang Kingdom and Daxia is very close, and the relationship is excellent. At this time, to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother, the prince of Sang Kingdom came in person, which is enough to prove his sincerity.

"The envoy of the Tatar tribe brought a hundred wolf skins, cattle and sheep...to celebrate the birthday of the Queen Mother!"

Wen Erhan stood up with other envoys, put his right fist on his chest, and bowed respectfully, "Wen Erhan represents the tribal people, see Your Majesty, see the Empress Dowager, may the Empress Dowager's tree of life be evergreen, and the water of life Long flow!"

Emperor Tai'an sat at the top, seemingly gentle, with an aura that no one dared to underestimate. This is an emperor who holds real power.

The Empress Dowager smiled gently yet dignifiedly.

The eunuch Changyi continued: "The envoys of the Tatar tribe brought ten bear skins... to congratulate the Queen Mother on her birthday!"

Once the people from the Tatar tribe came forward, the atmosphere was not so good. After all, they had been enemies for so many years and the relationship was so tense.

But to be able to sit here, at least the self-cultivation is in place, except for the generals present who don't look very good-looking, the other civil servants are smiling perfectly.

"Uller..."

After all the representatives had finished congratulating their birthdays, Emperor Tai'an raised his wine glass and said: "All envoys have come from afar to congratulate my empress on her birthday. I am very pleased. Haihan! I offer a toast to everyone!"

Everyone sitting in the seats raised their glasses and drank them up.

It was already noon at this time, and everyone was basically eating while chatting.

The atmosphere was still very harmonious, and no one deliberately provoked trouble.

But all the ministers present knew very well that the main event was yet to come.

After the luncheon was over, an envoy from the Tatar tribe stood up, and everyone was immediately refreshed, here they come!

Zaribu put his right hand on his chest and bowed to salute, "Your Majesty, why don't you have some entertainment on such a festive day today?"

Emperor Tai'an smiled and said: "What do you think, the envoy, please tell me."

Zari preached, "The warriors of the Tatar tribe have admired the warriors of your country for a long time, why don't they compare each other?"

Emperor Tai'an looked around, "What do you love me?"

An old general replied, "I am not afraid of any challenge."

Other ministers also seconded.

There are many capable people in their Great Xia, who can defeat the prestige of the Tatar tribes, and can also show the strength of the Great Xia to other countries.

Emperor Tai'an clapped his palms and said with a smile, "If that's the case, let's have a competition."

As soon as he made a decision, someone naturally came quickly to set up a ring in the open space in the middle.

Wen Erhan stood up at this moment and said with a smile, "Since there is fighting, Wen Bi is naturally indispensable. Your Majesty, the ministers and others really hope to pay homage to the elegant demeanor of the Great Xia literati."

Emperor Tai'an laughed and said, "I'm afraid this is what you have planned for a long time! Since Wen Erhan hopes so much, if I don't agree, I'm afraid you will stay in the palace and refuse to leave. After the fighting, then there will be another essay." Compare."

Wen Erhan immediately said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The closeness can be distinguished from the attitude. Emperor Tai'an knew Wen Erhan so well that the envoys from other countries had their own thoughts.

Sang Yangyan, the crown prince of Sang Kingdom, smiled and said: "How can we not have such excitement, Your Majesty, you can't treat one more favorably than another!"

Emperor Tai'an suddenly said with a smile, "Everyone present, regardless of status, can participate."

For a moment the whole scene was joyous.

Li Yu sat at the head of the queen, which naturally made Xia Houjue and the others very jealous and wanted to take his place.

He was not surprised to see such a change in the situation.

However, Li Yu's expression moved slightly, and then he said to Emperor Tai'an, "Your Majesty, the ministers come to see that the Chinese ministers are basically from the younger generation, and our officials present are basically old seniors. , I suggest that it is better to call our Daxia Jinshi from last year to participate in the competition."

Emperor Tai'an scanned around and found that this was indeed the case. Most of their ministers above rank four were older, and the youngest was in their 30s. Among the envoys, Wen Erhan, who would definitely participate, was only in his 20s. bullying.

Emperor Tai'an agreed with Li Yu's words. They are a big country, and there are many educated people in the younger generation.

So he casually ordered the eunuchs beside him, "Xuan Ye Junshu, Deng Hongyuan, Wan Xiuhe, Pang Lizan and others enter the palace."

If Yu Maolin is here, he definitely has his share, but unfortunately he is already far away at this time.Such a major event has no place for him.

"twitter!"

The eunuch got the order and immediately carried it out.

Li Yu's voice was not very loud, and the other envoys were far away, so they might not have heard what Li Yu was saying clearly.

But the eldest prince heard it.

At the beginning, he couldn't figure out the intention of Li Yu's words, but when he heard that Ye Junshu was among the people who entered the palace, his face changed a few times, and he almost couldn't maintain his smile.

His eyes sparkled, and then he looked at the Tatar tribe secretly, and the wine glass on the corner of his lips covered up the sneer, that's fine.