There are similarities between people, and there are always coincidences in this world.So it's not a big deal to meet someone who looks similar to you on the street, but it's a little different if this person obviously pays attention to you.

After Lu Qipei sent Qi Yang back home, he slapped Qi Bo with a few words.

Qi Bo's answer was impeccable, but Lu Qipei was still a little worried after thinking about it, so he asked the contacts he had made in the past few months to help him find out.It's a pity that after searching and searching, I couldn't find the little boy again. On the contrary, she seemed to be overwhelmed.

Time wobbled, but it passed quickly, and half a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Just as Qi Yang expected, Lu Qipei's official rank is really low, and she doesn't have the halo of a top scholar.It is a great honor for her to marry a princess for such a little sixth-rank official with no obvious family background, but for Qi Yang, the marriage is too low, even the emperor can't see it.So not long after the marriage was granted, he promoted her to an official position.

Since it was edited and compiled by the Imperial Academy of the sixth rank, it has been promoted to be the principal of Dali Temple from the fifth rank.Not only did he jump out of the Hanlin Academy, which reserves talents, and go to the real power department, but his official rank was also promoted by two ranks, which is exactly the same rank as the captain's son-in-law.

As soon as the news came out, the colleagues who were still jealous of Liu Chen suddenly became jealous of Lu Qipei again, but there is no way to be jealous, let's not mention how Liu Chen works, but Lu Qipei is going to marry the princess.If they want to marry a princess, they can also be promoted, but can they marry?

Impossible, jealousy is futile, it is better to climb two points of friendship while the person is still there.

Lu Qipei was really busy for a while, and he was not relieved until the handover was over.She didn't know why the emperor transferred her to Dali Temple, but she received a message from Qi Yang early on, telling her to stay calm.She thought that this official position was also arranged by her.

Lu Qipei didn't care about this, she was always easygoing.Moreover, the position of Dali Temple Zheng is actually quite easy in Dali Temple. There are Dali Temple Qing and Shaoqing at the top, and the Dali Temple Chancellor is in charge of the prison and sentences below.Dali Temple is just to use punishment according to the criminal law, and only when the Dali Temple Chancellor makes a wrong judgment, he will use the law to correct it.

In other words, just memorize more books, and it's not her turn to worry about ordinary investigations and resolutions.

Lu Qipei has adapted well in Dali Temple, and with the status of Qi Yang's quasi-consort, no one dares to treat her slowly.However, in less than half a month, it was only enough for her to get used to it, and Rong Guo's envoys entered Beijing at this time.

Liang Guoli has only been in power for decades, but Rongdi has occupied the north for hundreds of years.During this period, it was not that there were no talented and bold people who gathered many tribes and united them into a large force, then became king, and then eyed the wealthy land of the Central Plains.

But hundreds of years have passed, and this is the first time that Rong Di has established a country, and after the founding of the country, it is bound to be very different from the original.

Even though the court looked down on the barbarians to build a country, they did not dare to be negligent. When the envoys entered Beijing, Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites sent many officials to greet them.Lu Qipei didn't go there when he was in Dali Temple, but at that time he was assigned by Shaoqing on official business, so he saw a group of people entering Beijing on the side of the street - dressed in Hu suits, with high noses, deep eyes, and curly hair, they were from the Central Plains Completely different looks.

The common people who watched the excitement on the street were also talking about it, because these Rong Guo people not only have different looks, but two or three of them even have different eye colors.The ferocity of iron blood and gold in the blue or green eyes is like a demon in the eyes of these common people.

Lu Qipei has read a lot, but he knows that there are many mixed races among Rong and Di, and it is not unusual to have any eye color or hair color.She didn't care about this, but this was the first time she saw people from Rongguo, and instead stared at the faces of these people with high noses and deep eyes and fell into deep thought.

Until the subordinate next to him reminded: "My lord, the people from the Ministry of Rites have passed, and we should go too."

The team of envoys from Rongguo had already left, and the crowd watching the excitement on the street gradually dispersed.

After Lu Qipei came back to his senses, he didn't stay any longer, so he led a few subordinates to do whatever they needed to do.

When I saw this group of envoys from Rongguo again, at the court meeting on the third day, the emperor intentionally left them alone for a day.And now Lu Qipei, who has been promoted to the fifth rank, finally has the qualifications to participate in the Great Court Meeting, but the rank is still not enough, and the position is only next to the gate of the Xuanzheng Hall.

When the envoy of Rongguo met, Lu Qipei turned his head and saw a group of people coming in with their heads held high.It was still the same as what she had seen before, wearing Hu clothes and having a completely different appearance from the Central Plains people. Almost all of them were tall and strong, exuding the unique bravery of Rongdi.

But unlike the last time she met on the street, this time she saw one more person...

A young boy of thirteen or fourteen years old was wearing a dark blue Hu suit, with delicate patterns outlined in silver threads on the hem of the robe, and gold ornaments on his belt, which was obviously better than the clothes of the other envoys.In addition, although he was born with the same high nose and deep eyes as the tribesmen, his eyebrows and eyes are not as rough as the tribesmen. Instead, there is a bit of elegance unique to the people of the Central Plains. At first glance, he is very good-looking.

Such a noble boy followed the envoy into the hall, even if he was not the envoy, he still attracted the attention of many people.

Standing next to Lu Qipei was a doctor from the Ministry of Rites. He looked at the young nobleman who walked into the hall calmly, then at Lu Qipei standing beside him, and suddenly said in a low voice: "When I received these envoys from Rongguo before, I felt that That young man looks familiar, but he can't remember where he met him. It turns out that this person is somewhat similar to Master Lu."

Speaking of it, Lu Qipei's promotion was only a matter of half a month, and the court meeting only happened once every five days. Although the two of them stood together during the court meeting, they belonged to different government offices, and they only met a few times.Familiarity is normal, and it is also normal not to remember it for a while.

Lu Qipei's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words, but his face was just indifferent: "Really? It seems that Lu's appearance is the face of the public."

People who heard the conversation between the two before and after heard the words, and they looked at Lu Qipei with some indescribable eyes - the young man's face was like a crown of jade, and he had a good appearance of Zhilan Yushu. It was rumored in the court that Princess Qiyang was killed The bewildered beauty of this Master Sizheng made her so prosperous now.But such a person now says that she is the face of the public, what do others think? !

Simply because the official position of the fifth rank is not high, the few adults around have not yet turned into an old man with orange peels.At this time, some people couldn't help touching their faces furtively, and then looked at the young man Ruyu's face, and their eyes became even more resentful.

The court meeting was still going on, and what happened at the corner of the hall gate certainly didn't alarm more people.

In the middle of the main hall, several envoys from Rongguo had just bowed down to pay their respects, and the leading envoy resubmitted a letter of credence, neither humble nor overbearing.

The emperor sat high in the palace, with the twelve bows hanging down in front of his eyes, covering most of his expression.After receiving the letter of credence from Zhang Jian, he flipped through it casually, excluding irrelevant diplomatic rhetoric.

Just one point, the words of asking the princess to get married are gone, and instead they directly ask for benefits.

The so-called two countries form an alliance of brothers and stop fighting, but the condition is that Liang Guo will give Rong Guo 10 taels of old coins and 20 pieces of silk cloth every year.In addition, trade must be opened to allow the circulation of salt and iron.But what Rongguo pays is only [-] horses and [-] cattle and sheep every year.It's hard to say what a horse is, but no matter how you look at it, the conditions are not equal.

Now that the two sides are fighting, Liang Guo has not lost the wind, but Rong Guo has made such a condition, isn't it too deceiving?Furthermore, to open up trade, send old coins, and make salt and iron flow into Rongguo, what is it if it is not an enemy?

The emperor was so angry that his liver hurt almost after reading the national letter. Although the courtiers below did not see his expression, they also saw the shaking of the crown, which showed that the emperor was not fair.It was only after a while that the emperor said in a deep voice: "Rong Guo has a good plan, but I don't know how confident you are in presenting this letter of credence."

Envoy Rong Guozheng didn't seem surprised by the emperor's reaction, and he didn't comment on his words. He slightly bowed and replied: "The two countries have a good relationship and temporarily suspend military affairs. The benefits are more than mere. What does your majesty think?"

This is polite, but if you think about it carefully, isn't it threatening to start a war?

The emperor almost laughed angrily at him, and threw the letter of credence aside, but was caught by Zhang Jian: "Where does the envoy think this is?"

The envoy of Rongguo was still calm, he even raised his head to look at the emperor: "I heard that the envoys will not be beheaded when the two countries are at war."

These words were finally made clear, and the originally quiet court suddenly erupted into a small commotion—there was no other reason, after all, this was the first time the two sides communicated after the founding of Rongguo.They really think highly of themselves and are not afraid of going to war, but the meaning of going to war now is different. The war provoked at the beginning of the founding of the country may determine the tone of the two countries for the next century.

It is not difficult to fight a war, but no one wants to see a long-term war.So the courtiers finally couldn't sit still, and after the buzzing of discussions, they were about to speak up when they heard the emperor say, "It's really courageous."

As soon as these words came out, everyone fell silent again, Rong Guozheng bowed slightly, as if to accept the praise.

The emperor didn't talk to him any more, and dismissed him with a few words, obviously not planning to discuss with him about the letter of credence immediately.The envoy Rong Guo didn't care too much, except for a slightly tougher attitude, the etiquette rules were not bad.

When the group retreated, the young noble boy glanced towards Lu Qipei, whether it was intentional or not.

Lu Qipei frowned and did not meet his gaze.After the people left, they started discussing in the hall, and then she asked the doctor of the Ministry of Rites beside her, "Master Lang Zhong, what is the name of that young man?"

The doctor of the Ministry of Rites was listening to the important minister's discussion, and he replied casually after hearing the words: "It seems to be called Xie Hongyi."

The surname Xie is indeed a Chinese name.It's just that he was born like that, so I don't know what it has to do with her?

While Lu Qipei was thinking about it, he saw that the doctor of the Ministry of Rites suddenly turned around and asked her: "Master Lu, do you think that the attitude of these envoys from Rongguo today is a bit strange?"

He didn't ask about the little boy, after all, it's common for people to have similarities, so it's no big deal for Lu Qipei to ask out of curiosity.

Lu Qipei didn't even think about it when he heard the question, so he frowned and replied: "The attitude is not sincere, it seems to be confident."

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