General, you are being naughty

Today's Tongjing City is not the same as in the past, the city is heavily guarded, soldiers from nearby military camps are dispatched to patrol and inspect the streets, and the number of troops stationed at the southeast, northwest and city gates has doubled.The imperial guards guarding the Holy Palace came out in full force, surrounding the Holy Palace as tightly as an iron barrel.

In order to prevent all accidents and not to catch the foreigners, the Empress Dowager thought carefully and prepared preventive strategies for anything that might happen.

Foreign countries are treacherous, and they must plan to do something wrong when they enter Beijing this time.

The Empress Dowager held a banquet in Fragrance Garden, and all the people who came were the children of noble families who were either rich or noble.

The Fragrant Garden was full of people, the banquet had not yet started, and the voices of greetings were endless.

Not far from the east gate of the holy palace, five strange men were galloping on horseback. They were wearing strange clothes and disheveled hair, and they were clearly not from the Central Plains.

"Step aside!"

The leading man on horseback shouted loudly: "Where did you come from, don't stand in my king's way, get out of the way!"

This woman was none other than Bai Yue who was going to attend the holy banquet. She was walking slowly, but when she heard such words and the neighing of the horse, she subconsciously stepped aside.

The man's eyes lit up, he pulled the rein tightly and drove the horse to stop beside Bai Yue. He asked arrogantly, "Hey, are you a girl from the He family?"

Bai Yue frowned slightly, and didn't intend to pay attention to it.

The man seemed to know her intentions, and drove his horse to block her way.

"Hey, what's the matter with you woman? My lord is asking you something. Are you deaf or dumb? Is this how you treat guests in Datong? You're even boasting about your state of etiquette! I think it's all bullshit!" A burly man behind the man shouted angrily.

The man waved his hand: "Since the girl doesn't want to say it, it doesn't matter, I won't force it."

But Bai Yue said coldly: "This is Datong, not a place where you can do whatever you want. There is no decree, Datong Holy Palace does not allow riding horses, you have come all the way to Tongjing City, don't even be able to enter the gate of the Holy Palace , I would like to advise you, it is best to use two legs to enter the palace gate."

"What a sharp-toothed woman." The man laughed a few times, then got off his horse and walked towards the indifferent woman in front of him, "Thank you for reminding me, girl, she is very interesting, why don't we get acquainted first, Wang Menglang, foreigner?" The king of the lonely clan of Bangsha, who knows where the girl is?"

"Sorry, no comment."

After finishing speaking, Bai Yue saluted slightly and walked away.

Meng Lang stood where he was, watching with a smile as Bai Yue's figure gradually disappeared.

He Xiao, who just angrily shouted at Bai Yue, said angrily, "My lord, this woman does not think much of you. We are envoys from afar, and a little girl is so arrogant!"

"Girls in Datong are different from girls in our grasslands, so you don't need to be as knowledgeable as her."

Meng Lang didn't mind Bai Yue's attitude. A man in the prairie has a bold personality, how could he care about a woman, but he was aroused by this woman instead.

Meng Lang stared deeply at the huge, majestic and magnificent holy palace in front of him, combined with what he saw and heard along the way, he let out a sigh of admiration: "This country is so rich, the people have no worries about food and clothing, and the people's aspirations, the so-called The one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world, and the Great Tong Kingdom is worthy of being a formidable opponent."

"My lord, no matter how powerful an opponent is, there will be flaws. Let's wait for the opportunity. One day, Tongjing will be trampled down by our Shagu clan's iron cavalry! Avenge the former king, and wash away the shame!" He Xiao's chest suddenly jumped The flames were raging, and the blood was boiling, as if the Datong Kingdom had already been defeated.

Meng Lang glanced at him, and said perfunctorily, "Well, you're right."

"My lord..." He Xiao was obviously dissatisfied with his attitude.

"Okay, it will be a waste of time to talk about it."

Half an hour later, the Fragrant Garden was singing and dancing, people who should have come, and people who shouldn't have come, for example, the general who many people don't like to see.

After exchanging pleasantries with the Queen Mother, the envoy took his seat for the banquet. Meng Lang was seated in the first row, but he knew two acquaintances in the opposite seat, one was a woman at the gate of the Holy Palace, and the other was Jian Jin, who killed her father and enemy.

"Why does he keep staring at you? Do you know each other?" Jian Jin leaned over and whispered in Bai Yue's ear.Several times, she noticed that Meng Lang cast strange eyes on her side, coupled with a strange smile, which aroused Jian Jin's displeasure.

Hearing this, Bai Yue raised his eyes lightly, and it happened that Meng Lang also looked over. After looking at each other, Meng Lang held up his glass of wine and smiled at Bai Yue in a friendly way, which seemed to be a sign of goodwill.

"Tsk, Bai Yue, when did you hook up with King Shagu?"

Bai Yue looked at Jianjin coldly, and secretly stretched out her claws under the empty table, aimed at someone's thigh, and twisted it down hard!

Jian Jin's complexion turned into a liver color in an instant.

"Give it up!" Jian Jin's whole body trembled, and she gritted her teeth to hold back the sharp pain from her thigh.

Bai Yue smiled slightly: "Be careful what you say, don't be an example." After finishing speaking, she let go of her paws.

Obviously being bullied, Jian Jin rubbed her numb thighs, but stared at Meng Lang provocatively, her eyes were full of complacency, as if she was declaring her sovereignty.

Meng Lang frowned. He did see the interaction between Bai Yue and Jian Jin. With such an unusual relationship, could it be that the two of them are?No, he had made a clear investigation before he came. Jian Jin had never been married or had a concubine. Although she has been hanging around with women all these years, hugging left and right is uncomfortable, but she has never heard of which woman she likes.

It was not easy to meet a woman I was quite interested in, but she also got involved with Jian Jin, so that Meng Lang's mood was cast a shadow.

On the other hand, Jian Jin was in a good mood. She drank several glasses of wine in a row, and was about to pour another drink, but was stopped by Bai Yue: "Are you crazy? Drinking so much?"

Jian Jin snorted coldly: "I'm happy, can you care?"

"ill."

"Are you caring about me?"

Bai Yue turned her face away, and said coolly, "No, I'm afraid that you'll get drunk and go crazy, and you'll lose face to me, Datong, in front of foreign envoys."

The atmosphere of the banquet was quite harmonious. After singing and dancing, it was time to get down to business.

The empress dowager in the upper position was sitting upright, and when the noise below gradually died down, she said loudly: "Foreign envoys are visiting, and the Ai family welcomes them on behalf of the Datong Kingdom. Youdao has no permanent friends or eternal enemies. Datong and foreign nations are at peace." We have been together for several years, and we have already become good friends, this time the foreign country sent envoys to Beijing, presumably it is also to increase the relationship between the two countries?"

Meng Lang attended and bowed: "Exactly, the foreigners and the noble dynasty are brothers and sisters, and they are all from our own family."

The queen mother smiled and said: "Since we are a family, we will have the same blessings and share the same hardships. After King Shagu returned, he would help the Ai family to send a message to the foreign king. As long as the foreign countries do not provoke wars, our Datong will never invade the foreign countries." One citizen of the state, one foot of land!"

"The queen mother is benevolent, Xiao Wang will definitely convey the queen mother's meaning to foreign kings." Meng Lang changed the subject and said sincerely: "For the sake of the relationship between the two countries and the safety of the people, Xiao Wang urges the queen mother to marry the princess to go abroad. Bang, the princess has a noble status, and when she gives birth to a prince, she must inherit the throne of a foreign country. In this way, wouldn’t Datong and the foreign country have a kinship relationship from generation to generation?”

"Slow down!" The first person to stand up to retort was Xiang Ye, who pulled his beard and said in an orderly manner: "My lord, even if you know that the princess is noble, how can you marry a foreign country thousands of miles away? There has never been a special case for a princess to get married, Gaozu once decreed that no matter who the princess or prince of Datong is, he will not marry, nor will he be the hostage of another country, if the princess gets married, wouldn't it be against Gaozu's imperial decree?"

Meng Lang's face sank, and he said coldly: "Master Xiang, Gao Zu has been dead for hundreds of years, and using Gao Zu as an excuse, is Xiang Ye willing to see a day in the future when foreign countries and Datong go to war?"

Bai Hua calmly said: "It's all about human effort. Some things can't be resolved by getting married. The key lies in people."

The two were arguing endlessly, but the prime minister on the right sat in the table and watched calmly, and did not come out to talk about the marriage. The courtiers who supported the peace party were silent at the moment, because they knew that once the prime minister spoke, it must be the queen mother's intention , because Master Xiang has already taken refuge in the Queen Mother.

If they stand up to support the marriage, not only will the empress dowager face off, but it is also inappropriate to argue with the prime minister who opposes the marriage in front of foreign envoys at the banquet. It is difficult to bear the consequences, so that no one in the peace faction can say anything.

Meng Lang laughed a few times, then shook his head and sighed again and again: "I don't know what you think about a princess who can exchange for a lifetime of happiness. You will suffer for your face. Don't blame me for being rude."

Threatening Datong with marriage, many people present hated it.

Bai Yue smiled faintly: "My lord's words are wrong. If a person knows how to protect his own dignity, let alone a country? Face is not given by others, it is earned by yourself. When you are strong, everyone will give you some face. If you are small and cowardly, I am afraid that anyone can guess at you. If the marriage fails, the prince is unhappy and uses it as a threat. What the prince has done today will not be convincing to the public, and will be judged by the people of the world. ridiculed."

Jianjin stood up, staring straight at Meng Lang with cold eyes, she said word by word: "Those who offend our Datong, punish them, those who insult my Datong, destroy them!"