Through the palace of the king of subjugation

The empress dowager's birthday, Beiyin sent envoys to court, this is an annual ceremony in Shangning, even surpassing the Longevity Day, the entire Habayashi Army guards will be dispatched on this day.

It was rare for Bai Gu not to be lazy, but he went to the emperor with all his might. Everyone was too busy, and no one noticed his abnormality; he spent most of the day together.Before the night banquet in Jiacheng Hall, all the officials paid homage to the Empress Dowager in front of the Taiji Hall, and Beiyin envoys would also enter the hall at this time to offer congratulatory gifts.

Li Yu finally couldn't sit still.

On the high dragon chair, he covered his mouth and nose with his wide sleeve and sneezed a few more times; so, Zhou Zheling behind the curtain finally couldn't sit still.

"Isn't it important for the emperor?" Zhou Zheling asked in a low voice: "Didn't you already take the imperial physician's decoction at noon, why didn't it get better, instead it seemed to be getting worse."

"Grandson is not filial, Grandmother Lao is worried." Li Yu coughed a few more times, breathing slightly, speaking with a strong nasal voice, coupled with his not yet fully opened thin boyish figure and cold pale complexion , looked a little pitiful, "Old problem, no, it doesn't get in the way."

White Ou was still standing under the Dragon Seat, peeking back from time to time when people were not paying attention, but frowning as he watched.

It is true that today he brought a purse full of sweet-scented osmanthus in front of Li Yu on purpose, but many people have minor ailments such as pollen allergies. It will soon be cured without medicine.

He was angry with Li Yu for not believing what he said, and played word games with him, but the little emperor was only seventeen after all, and in his eyes he was like a student he had taught. He played tricks on Li Yu as if he was teaching a disobedient A bad student doesn't have any malice at all.

After finding out that Li Yu needed to take medicine at noon, he threw away the sachet containing sweet-scented osmanthus, but instead of getting better, Li Yu seemed to be getting worse.

He watched Li Yu carefully, who was sitting on the dragon chair with a stuffy nose and panting, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Bai Ou felt a little sorry in his heart, the teacher's teaching of students was always just small punishments and big admonitions, with the intention of guiding people to be good, he vaguely felt that his teasing this time was a little too much.

The voice of the servants outside the hall was heard, and Beiyin's envoy stepped into the hall; so Baiou didn't have time to think about it, because the envoy from Beiyin attracted all his attention.

"See His Majesty Emperor Shangning."

"Wan..." Li Yu's breathing became more and more rapid, and he scratched the exposed skin on the back of his hand from time to time, "Wan Li."

The king of a country received the envoys of neighboring countries in the hall of the Three Dynasties. His manners were indecent and his speech was intermittent. It was really unattractive.

Zhou Zheling couldn't stand it anymore, and quietly asked the servant beside him to pass on the message. If it really didn't work, let Li Yu find a reason to go back to Guangming Palace to rest.

Li Yu himself knew his body best. Every time he got sick, it was just a few inconspicuous sneezes at first, and then it would cause asthma, and a rash all over his body, which was unbearably itchy.He couldn't help scratching now, and he really couldn't stay any longer.

He forced himself to exchange a few words with the Beiyin envoy, and after accepting the other party's congratulatory gift, he changed the subject, "It's a pity for the special envoy to go south. The banquet in Jiacheng Hall has been prepared, and the special envoy must Have a few more drinks."

As he spoke, he got up with the support of his servant Gao, "The autumn heat has not faded, I'm going to change clothes and refresh myself, so I won't accompany you."

"I have heard that Shang Ning's main body is weak, and it is a great misfortune for all the people to be unable to take charge of the government after ten years of enthronement." Jin Gui, I hope His Majesty can take good care of the dragon body and take the medicine as soon as possible."

Bai Ou was startled when he saw Li Yu's back turned around, and his expression was also stunned.

The reason why he paid so much attention to the envoys from Beiyin who entered the palace before was because he had seen a passage in the unofficial history that Zhao Hongyin himself was among the team that entered the palace to congratulate him this year.Taking advantage of this trip to Jiangning, Zhao Hongyin carefully probed Beiyin's reality and made detailed preparations for the annexation of Beiyin in the future.

Know yourself and the enemy, a hundred battles will never end.

When he studies Shangning's history, he naturally has to do some textual research on unofficial history. According to his research in the past, although this section is not official history, it is extremely credible; Weird behavior, he can almost conclude his original judgment——

Zhao Hongyin must have sneaked into Jiang Ning.

And what interested him most was that in the records of Unofficial History, Zhao Hongyin and Li Yu's first confrontation ended with Zhao Hongyin's defeat.

But the envoy from Beiyin in front of the hall disappointed Baiou too much.

The records of the short-lived Shangning Dynasty and Li Yu in the history books may not be detailed enough, but it can be said that Zhao Hongyin, the founding emperor who unified the Central Plains and established the prosperous dynasty in the future, is full of color.

Bai Ou is a professor of history, so he is not only familiar with a period of history. Throughout the ages, modesty and prudence are virtues for those who have achieved great things; but the envoy in front of the palace is so frivolous and negligent, it cannot be Zhao Hongyin.

While he regretted that he couldn't witness the demeanor of the hero in troubled times with his own eyes, he also felt a little bit ashamed in his heart.

No matter how Li Yu is in the history books, the Li Yu in front of him is only 17 years old, which is similar to the students he taught. He played tricks on Li Yu, more like teaching an ignorant brat. What a hit.

At least, he never thought that anyone would dare to ridicule an emperor so unabashedly in public.

What's more, Zhao Hongyin will come back defeated in the first confrontation as promised!

There was a lot of discussion in front of the hall, but Li Yu didn't turn around. Bai Gu couldn't see his expression, but could only see the young man's fists clenched.

"What does the special envoy mean?"

Chen Yu could be regarded as the one who didn't disappoint Bai Ou in the palace today, and he was indeed a loyal minister with capital letters, who dared to stand in for his master at this time.

"Whether the lord of our country is pro-government is my internal affairs, how can I allow others to comment!"

"Don't dare dare." The envoy seemed humble, but the smile on his face was not kind, "I heard that Shang Ning's whole country has always valued civility over martial arts, and this time the official came here to bring a few slaves from his own country to perform martial arts competitions. Originally, I wanted to ask your lord to take a look at it, but now I’m afraid it won’t be needed, and it’s a bit of a pity.”

Looking fresh?

Bai Ou smiled in his heart, was he saying that Li Yu hadn't seen him?I want to say that the people around the dignified Emperor Shang Ning are even worse than their slaves in Beiyin.

He always felt that this was wrong. Isn't the person next to Li Yu now his white gull?

"What's so interesting about performing martial arts?" Chen Yu was also very angry, he no longer maintained his demeanor and etiquette in his words, and sternly reprimanded: "Extremely barbaric!"

"Practicing martial arts is boring, and two slaves fighting back and forth to ask for a reward is really not elegant." Bei Yin came to the envoy with a contemptuous smile, "If there are a few warriors in your country who are willing to compete in the same field, it can be regarded as two countries. This barbaric thing is also meaningful. It’s just—”

"Then I'll come."

The special envoy's high-spirited attitude made Bai Ou despise him; although today's incident was not directed at him, Li Yu's public embarrassment could not be separated from him.Li Yu in the history books was not a good person, but he didn't do anything treacherous or evil under his nose; no matter what the reason was, Li Yu didn't embarrass him too much, and he didn't want to owe Li Yu anything.

In his cognition, being in debt to each other is tantamount to being involved, and that is the relationship he dislikes the most.He will leave sooner or later, and he doesn't want to get involved with anyone.Besides—

Didn't it mean that Zhao Hongyin would return home without a feather?

Since he has confirmed the records of unofficial history in many ways, even if he doesn't win, he won't lose too badly, right? "This is my lowest rank." He stared at Special Envoy Beiyin with more contempt than the other.

The Jiacheng Palace is the place where the royal family of Shangning held banquets. There was a large platform in front of the palace. It was originally a performance venue for actors and dancers, but now it was quickly converted into a martial arts platform.

Li Yu sat on the high seat in front of the hall, trying his best to maintain his appearance; because of the presence of foreign ministers, Zhou Zheling beside him was still sitting behind the curtain.

White Gull changed the uniform of the guards, a set of pure black clothes tightly covered his muscular lines which were not too strong; He sat alone on the long wooden bench under the temporary martial arts stage, hunched over, with his elbows resting on his knees, neat and sharp.

It was impossible to have gloves. Before Beiyin's people came, he asked someone to bring a bunch of cloth strips, and wrapped them round and round at the position of the protruding phalanx when he made a fist.

From Li Yu's position, he could only see Bai Gu's back, and he felt that annoying back became a little strange at the moment, "What is he doing?"

The high servant stood aside and stretched his neck to look at it, but he couldn't understand it, so he could only tentatively ask: "Why don't you... the servant go ask?"

"Yes." Li Yu replied indifferently.

"Yo—" Waiter Gao Nei bowed and trot all the way to Bai Gu's side, still panting, "What is Master Bai doing?"

"Wrapping cloth." Bai Gu raised his wrapped hand and shook it in front of the waiter Gao, "Is it hard to understand?"

"No, no..." The waiter Gao didn't care about Bai Gu's intentional or unintentional squeeze, and smiled all over his face, "Master Bai is very skilled, and he will surprise everyone with his skills tonight, and he will flatten Beiyin. Don't be nervous, Your Majesty and The Empress Dowager is watching."

"I'll see—" White Gull wrapped the cloth on the other hand for the last time, tied a knot, then raised his eyebrows and continued: "Nervous?"

"It's not..." The servant Gao smiled awkwardly, staring at Bai Ou's hand, "But you..."

"Oh—" Bai Gu raised his hand and clenched his fist, and swung it towards the side of Gao's servant's face.

Cleave the wind with a long fist.

Although the white gull's fist was accurately received within an inch of Gao's servant's ear, Gao's servant still felt that the sideburns around his ears were lifted, his feet softened, and he fell directly on the white gull's body on the lower bench.

White Ou has always disliked people like Gao Nei Shi who only flatter and flatter and not do business, and he doesn't like the other party always coming to him; , hooked the corners of his lips in satisfaction.

This trick was a success.

He purposely leaned into Gao's servant's ear, and whispered: "I'm afraid of beating someone to death."

After the prank was over, Bai Ou watched Gao's waiter tremblingly walking towards Li Yu's direction. He didn't have time to care about how the other party would reply to the little emperor, because the Beiyin warrior had already entered the arena.

The opponent was tall, long-legged, and muscular, a typical figure of a strong man in the north; Bai Gu looked at it, and if he tried his best, he might not have a chance of winning.

He has been practicing free kick for more than ten years. He has fought many big and small competitions. He has never met any opponent. People with strong strength may often lack dexterity. There is no such thing as perfect and invincible in this world. opponent.

He's not nervous, it's just—

The other party seemed to be about thirty years old, with a calm face and no murderous look.

How does it feel a little familiar?

Bai Gu curled his lips, pressed his fist against his chin with his right hand, and brushed the corner of his lips with his thumb intentionally or unintentionally; the records about Zhao Hongyin in the history books quickly turned the pages in his mind.

This is a little trickier.