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Just three days after February, the Northern Xun envoys arrived in the capital, and tender green sprouts sprouted from the bare tree branches in the imperial city. Qi Xiao specially put on a gorgeous gown to welcome the envoys in the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

A vast group of people brought tribute gold, silver, jewelry and spiced horses. The leader was a middle-aged man with a beard and a buckskin hat with a five-color feather inserted on top of the hat. Swing back and forth with the movement.

"I am Sedan, Beixun's envoy. I pay my respects to His Majesty Yongfeng." This person's voice was loud, and his way of speaking had the unique tone of Beixun, which made the ministers who were used to speaking elegant and gentle frown, "My emperor Long live."

"Get up." Qi Xiao sat on the dragon chair, beside him was Eunuch Liu holding a whisk, and Wang Chuping stood a few steps away.As one of today's protagonists, Qi Zhi stood on the steps a few steps lower than Chu Ping for the first time.

Everyone in Bei Xun was very generous, Sedan stood up, and said in his unique tone: "Prince Wumeng was supposed to come to visit His Majesty, but he couldn't get away because of other matters, and I hope His Majesty will forgive you. Our country offers 5 taels of silver, 1 taels of gold, a thousand horses, 20 carts of spices, and hundreds of boxes of jewels and animal skins."

Qi Xiao nodded, and said politely: "I really have to thank you king."

"Your Majesty, there is another special gift specially prepared for you." Sedan saluted, then turned and waved to the people outside the door.

A young man who also served Bei Xun led a shiny black horse into the hall slowly.

This horse has slender limbs and a strong body. The short hair is black and shiny like high-quality satin, forming strong and powerful muscles. The black mane is well trimmed and hangs casually on both sides of the long neck. Iron hooves made a clanging sound on the marble floor.

"Sweaty BMW!" Qi Xiao's eyes flashed with joy.

Seeing that Qi Xiao recognized the horse at a glance, Sedanlu smiled gratifiedly, and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty really knows gold with eyes, and this horse is a hard-earned horse. I heard that Your Majesty loves horses. It is a good horse." For someone who knows horses."

"It is indeed a good horse." Qi Xiao nodded in praise.

Cirdan asked the young man to take the horse back, and took a picture scroll from another young man from Beixuan, holding it in front of his chest, and said to Qi Xiao: "Your Majesty, although Prince Wumeng can't come, there is a picture scroll here. Please take a look at the portrait, Your Majesty and Princess."

As soon as the topic changed, it turned to the marriage. Eunuch Liu went down the steps and picked up the scroll in Sedan's hand. With a slight lift and shake, the one-meter-long scroll unfolded.

The picture scroll depicts a handsome young man, with sword eyebrows and eagle eyes, and a sharp mandible, which gives people a kind of piercing beauty. He advocates martial arts in the north, and hangs a black carved bow on his left shoulder. His eyes were bright as if he was staring at his prey.

This person is Wumeng, the second prince of Beixun, Qi Ji's future husband.

This meeting is a bit far away, Qi Ping couldn't see clearly the appearance on the painting, so he concentrated his mind and tried hard to see clearly, Qi Xiao caught a glimpse of Qi Ping's impatient and fixed eyes, but instead raised his hand to signal Eunuch Liu to put the painting away.

After collecting the painting, Eunuch Liu stood beside Qi Xiao again, and Qi Xiao stretched out his hand to Qi Ping and introduced to Sedan: "This is Princess Yihe, and I don't know what plans I have after Beixun."

Sedan glanced at Qi Bing, immediately nodded and replied: "We have sent messengers back to report the matter to Prince Wumeng, and when our country is ready for the affairs, the second prince will bring the dowry , personally marry Princess Yihe."

"In this case, then I will give you a portrait to the second prince, so as to relieve his lovesickness." Qi Xiao turned his head and whispered a few words to Eunuch Liu beside him.

Qi Ping watched Eunuch Liu rushing out of the palace. She stayed in Lanyue Palace since she was a child, and never asked an artist to paint a portrait. It seems that she can only invite an artist to paint a portrait on the spot.

Sure enough, after a while, Eunuch Liu led several young eunuchs into the hall, and arranged the case, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, colored materials, etc. neatly, but he didn't see the painter for a long time.At this time, Qi Xiao, who had been sitting on the dragon chair, stood up and walked down the steps to stand in front of the desk. Then everyone suddenly realized that His Majesty planned to paint in person.

Everyone at the scene gathered around the case, holding their breath as they watched Qi Xiao slowly pick up the pen, dipped in ink and sketched the outline of the character with a few strokes on the paper.Qi Yi has always liked monochromatic clothing, Qi Xiao didn't spend too much effort on clothing, the smooth lines of the clouds outline her exquisite curves and winding figure.As far as the hair part is drawn, the straight hair with splashed ink is swayed, and it looks like a misty temple, and the most attentive part of the whole painting is the pair of eyes.Before writing, Qi Xiao hesitated, and then changed to a very thin brush to draw Qi Ping's blurred eyes, and the last touch of vermilion to draw two red lips.

Putting down the pen, an official in the crowd let out a sigh of admiration, and then everyone echoed the praise one after another. Qi Xiao didn't respond, and continued to look at it for a while, picked up the pen again, and drew a plum branch holding the person in the picture on the screen. In his hand, he tapped Xuemei, and wrote two rows of poems on the upper left of the screen.

like snow slanting wind

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It was the two lines of chanting plums that Qi Ping casually sang at that time, which matched the appearance of the quiet and leisurely woman in the picture, complementing each other solitary and clear like wintersweet in the snow, blooming alone and spotless, very much like Qi Ping himself.

After the payment was made, Qi Xiao asked Eunuch Liu to bind the painting, and then gave it to Cirdan and asked him to bring it back to the second prince. While wiping his hands with a towel, Qi Xiao glanced at Qi Ping, Qi Ping felt his gaze, raised his head to meet the other prince, As if asking for his opinion, he responded with a sweet smile.

The movement of wiping hands stopped, Qi Xiao felt dazed for a moment, coughed lightly, stepped back to the dragon chair and sat down, and said to Sedan below: "The envoy must be tired from the long journey, take a good rest today, and apply for time tomorrow." Tai Chi Palace holds a celebration to clean up the dust for all of you."

After the Beixun envoys thanked them, Qi Xiao rewarded each of them with some silver taels before leaving the court.When she walked out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony and found that Eunuch Liu was still holding the painting in his hand, she rolled her eyes and sent someone to send the painting to Lanyue Palace.

At Lanyue Palace, Chang'er just cut some diced meat and was feeding the ink claws. Since the empress gave the name, the original wild cat has been upgraded a few levels to become a royal cat. It is almost the status of a relative of the emperor. A few people treat it well in every possible way, even serving the food well.

Hearing someone coming in, Chang'er put down the plate and saw not Qi Ping but a young eunuch.After entering the door, he handed a picture scroll to Shang'er, and asked what it was, but the little eunuch hesitated and couldn't answer, only knowing that it was a tribute from Bei Xun, and the emperor had to give it to Princess Yihe.

After the man left, the three maids stared at the scroll for a long time, only thinking that it must be a painting by a famous artist, and dared not open it to read. The three of them stretched their necks and waited for Qi Ping to come back.Finally, when Qi Ping came back, the three of them handed the painting to her excitedly. Qi Ping was taken aback for a moment, and then explained to the three of them. Chang'er immediately showed a look of disgust, but Xiaolu and Qiulin were not at all less novel. , clamoring to see.

Unfolding the painting scroll, the two maids praised him again and again, Qi Ping only saw this person's appearance after taking a closer look this time, he really has an extraordinary bearing, not weak like the men from the Central Plains, and has a kind of majestic and heroic appearance.

Putting away the painting, Chang'er asked: "Master, what do you plan to do with this painting, put it away, or hang it for you?"

"How can there be a girl who hangs a man's painting in the house." Qi Ji replied, "It's good to put it together with the previous imperial decree."

Chang'er muttered: "What man, this is your husband-in-law." But he kept stuffing it into the box in his hand.

On the second day, there was a banquet in the evening, and when Qi Yu saw it, he was already sitting in front of the desk writing something, and the emperor's arrival command sounded outside the door. During this time, Qi Xiao came here diligently, and the people in the Moon Palace had already gotten used to it, so Chang'er can go Li went to prepare tea, and this time Qi Xiao was followed by several eunuchs holding trays in addition to a group of followers.

As soon as Qi Xiao came in, seeing that Qi Zhi was still dressed in the past, she said coldly: "I knew you were like this, so I brought some clothes specially, so I'll go and change now."

Qi Ping rubbed his eyebrows, Tong Chang'er took the gift and went into the room to change clothes.

The coat is a double-breasted skirt. Qi Xiao should have considered Qi Ping's usual preferences and chose a white lower skirt. The top is a short-sleeved outer shirt. White, with a white belt tied around her waist, matched with a golden palace sash and hung with an agate button, Chang'er drew Qi Xiao's eyebrows, put on blush and dotted with rouge, and tied her long hair up with a peacock glazed gold hairpin top.

Qi Xiao drank his second cup of tea in the outer hall, only to see Qi Ping coming out from behind the screen, his eyes lit up when he saw it, and he couldn't help admiring: "Sure enough, I chose the right one."

Standing up, walked to Qi Zhi, looked back and forth, reached out and pulled out the hairpin from the bun, and the black ink hair fell back to its original appearance, Qi Xiao nodded and said, "It's still so beautiful."

Qi Zhi saw the softness in Qi Xiao's eyes that had never been seen before, as if a spring of clear water had been hidden, and the flashing light reflected his own appearance.