Suya

Yao Jieyu flicked her sleeves and said with a cold face: "What's the use of just saying these nice things, why don't you open the city gate?"

"Hey, empress, if you are angry, the lower officials can let you punish as you like, but this city gate can't be opened for anything."

"What do you mean? Don't tell me that in your eyes, this palace is no different from those idlers, so you can't easily enter the capital of your country?"

"Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand me. In the past, the lower officials were looking forward to your arrival, but unfortunately now the imperial court has issued an order. People who do not have an edict must not enter the city. But since the empress is Dai Jiulan When the king comes, it is better to ask the emperor to ask for an edict from the court, and when there is an edict, the lower officials will naturally let it go."

"Presumptuous!" Yao Jieyu's face was full of anger: "How dare you let the dignified King of Jiulan Kingdom wag his tail and beg for an imperial edict?!" After finishing speaking, she raised her hand as if to slap him.

"No, no, that's not what I meant by being an official, please calm down!" The captain of Chengmen wiped the sweat from his forehead, nodded and bowed in apology.

"Huh." Yao Jieyu withdrew her hand, raised her chin, looked at him contemptuously, and said, "I have already said this, and I am here to convey important news to King Li on behalf of the monarch. I have already wasted a lot of time, if I make a lot of trouble at this time and delay the timing of sending the letter, I cannot bear the crime."

"I don't know what letter King Jiulan wants to send? The lower officials can pass it on for you."

"Before leaving, the monarch specifically asked this palace to meet King Li and relay the news in person."

"This......"

Yao Jieyu looked at him, and said coldly: "Liguo and Jiulan Kingdom have always had good relations. The diplomatic relations have lasted for more than a hundred years. They often communicate with each other and help each other. As soon as the monarch receives the news, he immediately informs me personally I came here to convey the message because of the profound friendship between the two countries, and I can't bear to see something unfortunate happen to Liguo. But you..." She raised her hand and pointed to the captain and several The soldier guarding the city said: "You don't even let me enter the city gate! The good intentions of my palace and the monarch have been trampled like this."

The captain said with a bitter face: "Madam, it's not that I don't want you to enter the city, it's just that the king's life is hard to break!"

"Humph." Yao Jieyu snorted coldly, and said, "Your order is hard to break? You lied to me by humiliating me like this, do you want the whole world to see the jokes of my palace and the jokes of Jiulan Kingdom?! Isn't that right? Do you want Jiulan Kingdom and Li Kingdom to sever diplomatic relations?!"

When such a big hat was buckled down, the Chengmen captain was really overwhelmed, his back was dripping with cold sweat, and he almost knelt down for her.

Yao Jieyu saw that the captain's expression was a little loose, and immediately said: "Okay, okay. I understand that you are just 'eating the king's salary, and being loyal to the emperor'. I don't want to embarrass you, so let's do it." She Pointing to Feng Chen: "I only bring one guard into the city, and the rest will stay here, even these weapons and belongings, how about it?"

"This..." Captain Chengmen hesitated.

Yao Jieyu saw through his thoughts, and immediately said while the iron was hot: "Don't worry, if Prince Li blames you, I will fully bear it."

The captain swallowed his saliva, obviously wanting to agree, but he was still worried.

Yao Jieyu's expression turned serious, and she raised her voice: "Why, are you still afraid that I will break my promise?"

"No, no, no, I dare not."

"This palace speaks for itself. If you don't believe me, you can bring a pen and paper. I will swear to prove it."

The captain quickly waved his hand: "Of course the empress is a promise, how can I not believe it." He raised his hand and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said: "Since the empress has already talked about this, the inferior official is not good. From then on, please ask your mother to follow the official into the city."

After entering the city, the captain brought some horses.

Feng Chen carried Yao Jieyu onto the horse, then sat behind her and rode with her.

Several other soldiers defending the city also got on their horses one after another and surrounded them from front to back.

After the horse ran a certain distance, Yao Jieyu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. She clutched her chest and looked back in the direction of the city gate. At some point, there was a layer of fine sweat on her forehead.

Feng Chen looked down at her.

Yao Jieyu raised her head, forced a smile, and asked, "Is the performance just now okay? Did you show any obstacles?"

"No." Feng Chen replied, after a pause, he suddenly added: "You acted very well."

Yao Jieyu exhaled: "Well, that's good, that's good."

Feng Chen was silent for a while, then suddenly said in a low voice: "Thank you."

Yao Jieyu froze for a moment, raised her head, and looked at him in surprise.

Feng Chen concentrated on looking at the road ahead without saying anything.

Yao Jieyu smiled knowingly, and said, "You're welcome."

The hooves of the horses flew up, carrying them all the way towards the Liguo Palace.

After half an hour, everyone finally arrived at the Palace of Liguo.

Several people got off their horses, and the city guards who came with Feng Chen told the reason of the incident to the guards of the palace, and the guards then reported the situation step by step. After a while, Wei Wei went to the gate of the palace in person.

The Wei Wei saw Yao Jieyu, and after some courtesies, he asked directly: "It is said that the empress is here in the name of the envoy of Jiulan Kingdom?"

"Exactly."

"Then why hasn't my country received the news, and the empress didn't carry the festival?"

Yao Jieyu squeezed her hands and said: "This trip of the palace is not an official mission to your country, it is just because the monarch has received important news and wants to convey it to the king as soon as possible. , but this matter is very important, the monarch dare not appoint others at will for fear of leaking the news. After weighing the pros and cons, the monarch had no choice but to make a bad decision and send me here in person."

Na Wei Wei looked at her suspiciously, apparently very suspicious of her words.

Yao Jieyu made a somewhat impatient expression, took out a letter from her sleeve, and said: "This is a letter from the monarch. If you still don't believe it, you can hand this letter to King Li, and let King Li Identify the authenticity of the handwriting and the seal by yourself."

Wei Wei took the letter and looked at it, the content of the letter was exactly the same as what Yao Jieyu said, although he didn't know the handwriting of King Jiulan, he could still recognize the seal, it was indeed true.

He looked at it carefully for a while, put away the letter, and said, "Major lady, please wait for the next official to inform the monarch."

"it is good."

Wei Wei turned around and sent someone to deliver the letter into the palace, Yao Jieyu looked back at Feng Chen.

The setting sun is slightly slanting.

Feng Chen stood behind her, looking at the cold palace gate, his pale face was stained with blood red by the setting sun.

There was silence all around, and a gust of wind suddenly blew past, rustling the big tree in front of the palace gate.

Several people waited for nearly half an hour before the palace gate finally opened.

Wei Wei personally escorted Feng Chen and Yao Jieyu to the fortified nine-fold palace.