My emperor, long live!

Early the next morning, someone from the Palace of the Liuli Kingdom came to deliver the news that the Emperor of the Liuli Kingdom wanted to invite Pei Mo to a banquet.

Under Pei Mo's signal, Linglong took out the silver from her sleeve and handed it to several father-in-laws and a group of guards who came to convey the news. Then Pei Mo and Linglong got on the horse, and the group went straight to the palace.

The Xiaoxing Palace was built in the outskirts of the imperial city. When there are no foreign envoys or distinguished guests on weekdays, it is usually used when the important officials in the palace or the princes and emperors go to the royal temple Ganyun Temple to pray for blessings. Therefore, it is still some distance from the imperial palace. .

Originally, the journey was peaceful, but when passing through a small forest near the palace, Pei Mo frowned slightly, and raised his hand to signal the team to stop.

Having just received the reward from Pei Mo, coupled with Pei Mo's status as a distinguished guest, Eunuch Li and the guards all have a good impression of Pei Mo, the generous prime minister of a neighboring country, seeing him raise his hand at this time Signaled, they all stopped.

Eunuch Li approached him even more with a smile, thinking that Pei Mo had left something behind, so he asked, "What did Prime Minister Pei leave behind in the palace? Do you need me to send someone back to get it?"

Pei Mo shook his head, looked at Eunuch Li with calm eyes, and said, "Did you find anything unusual on the road when you came here?"

Eunuch Li frowned in confusion, "Strange? What..." Before he could finish speaking, Linglong, who had been following Pei Mo, made a sudden movement and rushed straight into the small woods beside her. At this moment, there was a sudden sound of fighting in the originally silent forest, and a sword light could be vaguely seen flashing in the dense forest.

"What... what's going on here?" Eunuch Li felt confused in an instant. He has been serving His Majesty for many years. , obviously very satisfied with the deal reached with this Prime Minister, it is unreasonable to send someone to assassinate him today, and do something that will almost cause war between the two countries!

But if His Majesty's actions were ruled out, who else would be so bold as to lie in ambush here and try to attack foreign countries in vain!

However, this Eunuch Li is worthy of being an old man who has served His Majesty the Liuli Kingdom for many years. Now that he saw the situation clearly, he hurriedly shouted at the guards: "What are you doing in a daze! Kill these wild bandits for me and protect Pei with all your strength! Your Excellency is safe."

After receiving the order, a group of guards rushed into the forest and fought with the men in black, while another group stood beside Pei Mo for protection.

Pei Mo looked at the flashing knife light in the forest from time to time, pondered for a moment with deep eyes, turned his head to look at Eunuch Li who was beside him with a somewhat frightened expression, and said lightly: "Besides me, there are important people from the Liuli Kingdom passing by here today. a forest?"

Although Pei Mo was a civil servant, she had practiced martial arts with famous masters at the behest of the empress when she was young, and she had spent a long time in the army. When she just passed through this forest, she noticed something was wrong.

Compared with other places, this forest seems too quiet. There is not even the sound of birds in the large forest. It is obvious that many people are hiding in it. After careful inspection, those hiding people have all held back their breath. Having received professional training, he is not a bandit in the mountains as Eunuch Li said.

After Pei Mo instructed Linglong to go into the forest to kill them, they did not show up to kill her desperately, but only focused on dealing with Linglong. From this point of view, these people obviously did not ambush her again.

After such an analysis, Pei Mo asked Eunuch Li who else would pass by today.

Hearing this, Eunuch Li obviously understood what Pei Mo meant. He frowned and pondered for a moment and said, "This neighborhood is in the outskirts of the imperial capital, and it's not a major traffic route. Apart from the small palace, there is the Royal Monastery, Ganlu Temple. Except for the palace personnel and the monks in the temple, there are generally no important people coming in and out of here!"

Frowning and thinking for a while, Eunuch Li seemed to have thought of something suddenly, clapped his hands suddenly and said: "That's right! When I was serving His Majesty yesterday, I heard the Eldest Princess mentioned that I would come to Ganyun Temple today to pray for the recent plague. , this..." Eunuch Li obviously thought of something, and his face instantly became ugly.

The grievances in the court, when they couldn't resolve it, they picked today. Fortunately, Pei Xiang was thoughtful and figured out the cause and effect in a flash.But what if the person who came today is an unknown person?Who can bear the serious consequences caused by the Liuli Kingdom sending people to ambush the neighboring countries?

Eunuch Li has already begun to think in his heart, after returning to the palace, he must properly convey what happened today to His Majesty.

Although the ambushers were all professionally trained soldiers, the guards were not cheap, and with Linglong, who was absolutely top-notch in strength, it didn't take much effort to deal with the ambushers.

Sheathing the long sword, Linglong walked out of the woods without a drop of blood on her body, holding a token and a broken sword with special patterns engraved on it respectfully handed over to Pei Mo.

Pei Mo just glanced at it and said, "Clean it up, and leave the broken sword and token behind."

Linglong responded and turned back to the forest to dispose of the corpse with a group of guards.

After everything was handled properly, everyone went back on the road and went straight to the palace.

Pei Mo has never been very fond of social occasions, but entertaining neighboring countries is an important part of the etiquette of diplomatic relations between the two countries, and Pei Mo is well aware of this.

In the Qingji Hall, the officials and the emperor's children gathered in it. The low nanmu tables on both sides of the hall were filled with exquisite dishes. All the dancers in the hall danced with their slender waists.

During the dinner, the emperor apparently stopped Eunuch Li from mentioning the ambush on Pei Mo Road. Although it was not aimed at Pei Mo, this kind of family scandal happened when the foreign guests came to visit. The emperor of Liuli Kingdom felt very shameful.

Looking at Pei Mo who was watching the song and dance calmly, the emperor raised his glass and chuckled, "I hope Prime Minister Pei will take care of what happened on the road today."

Hearing this, Pei Mo naturally knew what he meant, so he raised his glass and said, "Today's matter is originally from His Majesty's family, and I just happened to meet him by chance. Why should I take it seriously? Your Majesty is too serious."

Hearing what Pei Mo said, the emperor was obviously relieved. If the relationship between the two countries was stalemate because of such an accidental ambush, it would definitely not be worth the candle.

Thinking of the badge that Eunuch Li described today, the emperor's face suddenly darkened, but fortunately, he returned to his smiling face in an instant, clinking glasses with Pei Mo for a drink, and occasionally making some insignificant temptations, time passed quickly.

A banquet was held from Chenshi until it was getting dark, and Pei Mo pretended to be drunk and left.