Qu clear as promised

The tiny ripples in Liang Hui's eyes quickly recovered. He got up from Zhu Zhiyi and stretched out his hand. Zhu Zhiyi stood up with his strength, and Liang Hui patted the snow off his skirt and cuffs for him. Walk out of Merlin together.

Walking to the bridge, Zhu Zhiyi hurriedly turned back again. The snow rabbit and ice peony he had placed under the tree roots had already melted, and there was no trace of a puddle of ice water melting in the snow.

Zhu Zhiyi's heart skipped a beat, as if some bubble had been punctured somewhere.

Snowball fights, kaleidoscopes, and snow rabbits are all limited moments. They can only be Zhu Qinggui and Liang Junting for these few hours. After walking out of this plum forest, they become the emperors and kings who are not far or near, seemingly real and false. back.

Liang Hui glanced at his expression: "It's okay, I'll do something else for you later." He often didn't address me in front of Zhu Zhiyi.

Zhu Zhiyi calmed down, and felt that everything was just like a dream... It was too out of line, and his brain was really sick. Seeing that he was silent, Liang Hui asked again: "Does the lamb like it? Or make you a Ice lamp, big one."

Zhu Zhiyi felt that this person would disturb people's hearts, and was thinking about how to politely refuse, Liang Hui held up an umbrella for him, and answered by herself: "If you don't say it, then you have to."

"..."

After a few days with the heaviest snowfall, Chen Shu, envoy of Jinzhou, finally sent the two giant Buddhas away.

Back in Beijing, it is the beginning of spring, the vassal states and various ministries are coming to pay tribute, the state banquet is imminent, Zhu Zhiyi is busy reviewing the tribute, preparing ceremonies and music, coordinating the three divisions and nine treasuries, Liang Hui is entangled by the Lifan Academy and the Ministry of Rites. , the two barely met each other in the palace.

On the day of the state banquet, Zhu Zhiyi wore the dress of Qingque Zhuyan Dynasty, crowned with nine jade beads, jade leather belt, and bright clouds, and sat with Liang Hui in the main hall of Wanchao Hall to accept the worship of civil and military officials. Come to North Korea.

His Highness is seated in order of concubine, junyi, and junrong according to rank, Tong Jin's brocade clothes, Shen Hua's orchid jade and elegant clothes, and Fu Su's red lips and jade face.

Mrs. Tong looked expressionlessly at the two people sitting side by side, and then at her nephew Tong Jin, who was beside her with a displeased face and expressions of joy and anger. The long armor was embedded in the palm of her hand, and she smiled faintly. .

At the court meeting and state banquet, the emperor should sit alone on the dragon seat in the main hall. The second seat is the empress dowager and the empress, one on the left and one on the right. Now Liang Hui himself has changed the etiquette system. The empress and the emperor sit on an equal footing. Zhu Zhiyi, who seems to be glowing on the carved Fengluan seat, once again realizes... perhaps, the era that belongs to him has really come to an end.

It was the first time for Zhu Zhiyi to turn around and ascend to a high position, and he suffered from face blindness again. Concubines in the harem, civil and military officials, and diplomatic corps came to court. Liang Hui calmly reminded him one by one, Zhu Zhiyi felt much more relaxed.

But it was a bit embarrassing. Every whisper of Liang Hui was to remind him of his incompetence and incompetence. I owe Liang Hui a favor, but after thinking about it, it is better to lose face in front of Liang Hui than to lose face in front of outsiders.

This time, in the eyes of all officials, it means that the emperor and empress are deeply affectionate and whisper to each other.

The envoys came from various lands and tribes, among which Yiliao Nan and Bei Qiang came the most.

Liaonan belongs to the family of Daliang, a relative of the country. For generations, someone from the Shen family has served in the Li Fansi, almost hereditary, and they have been friends with the Liaonan royal family for generations. Yupinjin is dedicated to Shen Junyi, "the most talented son in Huayi in Daliang".

"Junyi is brilliant in writing, famous all over the world, admired by the Zhou genus, and this red amber fir tribute brush is made by my royal family in Annan, and it matches Junyi like a good horse meets Bole."

As soon as this remark came out, the atmosphere in the palace was delicate, and all the officials looked at each other, tacit understanding. This is clearly the Shen family borrowing the power of foreigners to boost the power of the court. The mess left by the previous dynasty.

The first emperor was weak and incompetent, and the diplomatic initiative of the southern vassals had been dominated by the aristocratic family since three generations ago. The book has passed through his hands.

The envoy of Liaonan presented this tribute pen symbolizing family etiquette directly to Shen Hua's clothes, skipping Zhu Zhiyi, which is tantamount to skipping the emperor and directly obeying the orders of the big family headed by Shen.

This is not a tribute, but a shout out, tell you the Emperor of Daliang, in Daliang, we listen to the Shen family.

This can be described as external troubles and internal worries. Liang Hui sits on a high position and does not move, his posture is still calm and gentle. There is even a playful smile on his lips, but his eyes are dark and deep, which looks cold.

Shen Huayi was not stupid enough to accept this tribute like this, neither humble nor overbearing: "The envoy of Liaonan's words are wrong, Shen Mou has read a few poems and books, and he is not talented in literature, and my Daliang is a country of etiquette. Respecting the position of courtesy, the red amber tribute pen should be presented to the queen, and the minister dare not borrow it."

The envoy of Liaonan was very obedient at the moment: "Yes, if the minister is rude, then I will offer it to Your Royal Highness to show the loyalty of my Annan family."

It's just this loyalty, I don't know who it is loyalty to.

Shen Huayi is worthy of being a leader born in a foreign clan family, he is generous, his diplomatic rhetoric is excellent, and there is no trace of fear of "not daring to accept" on his face, but he left this deadlock to Zhu Zhiyi.

Zhu Zhiyi's position is the most embarrassing. Whether he accepts the tribute or not, it's not a good scene.

If he accepted it, it was his fault for picking up Shen Huayi, he wanted what Shen Huayi didn't want; if he didn't accept it, it would appear that he was petty and lost his gentlemanly demeanor.

The seemingly light-hearted game contained a lot of vicious thoughts, Liang Huiyou squinted his eyes, and just about to speak, Zhu Zhiyi said generously: "Eunuch Tian, ​​please present it to me for a look. "

In this matter, Liang Hui couldn't help him, the sharp arrow was clearly aimed at him, if Liang Hui blocked him, his prestige as a queen would never be established again.

Hearing his tone, the envoy of Liao Nan had a feeling of something wrong for no reason, and handed over the pen suspiciously.

Zhu Zhiyi has practiced handwriting for many years, and has long been an expert in the four treasures of the study, paper, ink, brush and inkstone. He saw the origin of this pen at a glance, and said, "Nanshi, the red cedar used for this pen is longer than Anting?"

An Shi didn't know what kind of medicine he bought in the gourd, so he had to answer truthfully: "Yes."

"The tree is thirteen years old."

"……Yes."

"Born on slopes, grown in the shade of mountains where light is scarce."

This time, not only An Shi was surprised, but also all civil and military officials, how could they see so many tricks at a glance.

Zhu Zhiyi began to give lessons in a rigid manner: "When you go back to the south, you might as well tell your craftsmen that fir is more expensive than 50 years old, straight grain is precious, straight on the outside, straight in the middle, and strong in quality. This red amber fir was born in the backlight. , the quality is sparse but not dense, and the ink is soaked in water. "Gongliang Brushmaking" said that a good pen pays attention to 'sharp,' even', 'round' and 'healthy'——"

It started again, and Liang Hui had a faint smile in his eyes. He knew that Zhu Zhiyi didn't intend to show off to embarrass others.

Zhu Zhiyi's tone was not arrogant, and he even asked calmly and quite sincerely: "Is this the tribute you want to present to Shen Junyi?"

"In my opinion, the sincerity of your Liaonan royal family is nothing more than that." He said honestly.

His Highness's envoy's face turned pale. This offended both Daliang and Shen's family. He hesitated, looked sideways at Shen Huayi and asked for help. Shen Huayi was extremely psychologically sound and sat firmly. , lower your eyebrows and listen to your ears, it's none of your business.

Zhu Zhiyi had a lenient attitude, and his tone was generous: "But I can understand that Liaonan is located in the border of the poor sea, the land is poor and not fertile, and the people are sparse." Every time he said a word, the envoy's face turned ugly .

"Red amber fir requires fertile land, daily intensive cultivation, careful watering and care to grow into a towering tree, and the craftsmanship also requires the painstaking efforts of experienced teachers to grind out the best treasures."

It is understandable that there are few villains in the southern country, the background is not deep, and the craftsmanship is not exquisite.

Zhu Zhiyi is not the kind of yin and yang who insinuates, but sometimes the bluntness is too hurtful. He even told the other party more clearly: "Daliang has a vast land, rich resources, jade pipe craftsmanship, a long history, prosperous culture and education, and strong ink style. Emperor Zongjiu’s public, businessmen, scholars and peasants all have precious pens and good inks, good inkstones and good paper, and even the children who have just entered the private school on the side of Jingzhou’s Shili Street and just started to learn calligraphy are also grasping the brushes of the lake.”

There are young officials in His Highness who can't help but look up. On the golden plaque hall, the emperor and queen are in a dragon and phoenix posture. They are not too modest and do not overwhelm others. If you come here from a long distance, I will give Ruyi Changliu purple rabbit soft hair, purple seven-point big white cloud hair to King Anyue, hope that the culture and education in the south will prosper, and we will share the same prosperity with our big beams and Kyushu."

All the officials were shocked, this is a "reward" and "gift", and there are "rewards" depending on the rank. The envoy of Liaonan was sweating, and he didn't know whether it was shame or fear.

All the officials thought, it's a pity that the queen doesn't take care of the Fantai. The originally embarrassing situation was resolved in a few steps by breaking the situation, with a generous and upright attitude, showing both kindness and power.