Although Empress Yan is not favored, she is still the queen of Yan after all, and she deserves to be the first woman in Yan Kingdom, so even Pang Xuan, who is the envoy of Zhao State of Empress Yan's mother's family, waited for a while after the report before getting permission to meet her.

Pang Xuan climbed the observation deck step by step, but saw that although the palace was magnificent and magnificent, there were few people, and the footsteps kept echoing while walking, vaguely revealing a bit of loneliness.

At the top of the main hall, a woman knelt on the main seat, only to see that this woman was about 20 years old, with a pretty face and thin lips, wearing a back crown, wearing a blue wide-sleeved collared deep coat, and the back was curled in a swallowtail-like way, and the pattern between the clothes was embellished with red and black, although she was young, she had a noble temperament.

Pang Xuan didn't dare to slack off, and gave a deep salute to the woman: "Zhao Chen Pang Xuan, I've seen Queen Yan." ”

The deceased Queen Mother Zhao Wei has two sons and a daughter, the eldest son is Zhao Dan, the younger son is Chang'an Jun, and the second daughter is the Empress Yan in front of Pang Xuan.

Speaking of which, the face of this Empress Yan is indeed somewhat similar to that of her mother Zhao Weihou, both of whom belong to women with their own majestic aura, and they seem to be born with the momentum of this kind of motherhood.

Empress Yan looked at Pang Xuan in front of her, her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and after looking at Pang Xuan carefully, she nodded slightly: "No need to be polite, sit." ”

Her voice was cold, as cold as the silence of this palace.

As soon as Pang Xuan sat down, a gust of wind blew into the hall from the door of the main hall, which made Pang Xuan shiver.

This palace, it's really cold.

Empress Yan looked at Pang Xuan quietly, and suddenly said, "How is Brother Wang's health lately?" ”

Pang Xuan replied respectfully: "The king is still in good health, but he has been busy with state affairs recently. ”

"Busy?" Empress Yan suddenly sighed and said slowly: "Come to think of it, Brother Wang is busy leading the Zhao State to compete for hegemony with the Qin State, and the widow is just a woman, how can he be taken to heart by Brother Wang?" ”

Empress Yan's words were full of strong resentment, and it was obvious that the queen, who was not pleased with King Yan, was quite dissatisfied with her mother's Zhao Guo's behavior of sitting idly by in the past few years.

Pang Xuan secretly screamed in his heart when he heard this, this old Zongheng family didn't want to participate in this kind of imperial family affairs, so he hurriedly took out a secret letter from his arms, and said respectfully to Queen Yan: "This letter was written by my king himself, and the minister was ordered to present it to the queen." ”

The palace people who had already been next to him stepped forward, took the letter from Pang Xuan's hand, and then handed it to Empress Yan.

Empress Yan took the letter, opened it and read it.

Pang Xuan sat down and carefully observed Empress Yan's expression.

Empress Yan's gaze fell on the silk letterhead, and then showed a surprised expression.

There was only one sentence written on it, but it was this sentence that made Empress Yan silent for a long time.

"The widow has a plan to solve my sister's misfortune, I don't know if my sister is willing to listen?"

In a trance, Empress Yan seemed to see the young brother who was on the throne again, but tried his best to pretend to be a mature attitude, appeared in front of him, with a little reserve in his pride, but his tone was faintly concerned.

This is exactly the scene when Empress Yan saw Zhao Dan for the last time before marrying Yan Guo.

Unconsciously, the queen of Yan suddenly had red eyes.

When a young man marries far away, he is not favored by the king, and he does not even have children.

Who knows how lonely and sad this woman is now, how lonely and sad she is, how self-pitying, and how much she longs for the care of others!

To this day, a short sentence on this thin family letter seems to have touched a certain valve, which made Yan Hou's heart, which had been frozen by itself, loosen a little.

After a long time, Empress Yan suddenly spoke: "Brother Wang, what else do you have to say?" ”

Pang Xuan seemed to have been prepared for this, and replied respectfully: "The king ordered the minister to ask the queen, can the queen miss her homeland?" ”

It seemed like a simple greeting, but it actually stopped Queen Yan.

Empress Yan suddenly looked up and down with her eyes again, and looked at Pang Xuan carefully, and two strange eyes suddenly flashed in the originally slightly reddened pair of phoenix eyes.

After a while, the light in Empress Yan's eyes gradually dissipated, and her tone became gentle: "The widow is a Zhao person, how can he not miss his homeland?" Brother Wang asked more. ”

Pang Xuan smiled slightly, reached into his arms again, and actually took out another letter.

"The queen, the king once told his ministers that if the queen misses her homeland, then there is a family poem in this letter, which may be a little consolation."

Looking at the second letter in Pang Xuan's hand, the strange gaze that had just disappeared appeared in Empress Yan's eyes again.

A moment later, the second letter also came to the hands of Queen Yan. This time, Zhao Guo's characters were densely written on the letterhead, and it was no longer Fang Cai's simple sentence.

Empress Yan looked at the letter, and the strange gaze in her eyes became more and more intense. Gradually, the expression on the face of the Queen Yan became strange.

After a long time, Empress Yan suddenly let out a long breath, as if she had made some kind of decision.

"Brother Wang has a heart. Come, and take the thing, and let the messenger give it to the king's brother. ”

A henchman of Empress Yan's palace walked into the back of the hall, and after a while, he reappeared with a small box and handed the small box to Pang Xuan's hand.

Pang Xuan cherished the box in his arms, and saluted respectfully to Queen Yan: "The minister will live up to the queen's trust." ”

Empress Yan nodded, waved her hand, and said, "Widow Xiaojun is a little tired, so let's go." When you return to Handan, don't forget to convey the greetings of the widowed prince. ”

Pang Xuan nodded yes, and then retired.

Empress Yan stood there quietly, watching Pang Xuan's departing figure, and when Pang Yuan's figure completely disappeared from sight, she asked unhurriedly, "Has the king ever ordered someone to come?" ”

Of course, this king is not referring to the king of Zhao Kingdom, but the king of Yan Kingdom who is located in Wuyang Palace City at this moment.

Normally, if King Yan wants to stay in Yan's harem, he will send someone to inform him in advance after lunchtime, and it is just after lunchtime.

The palace man on the side said: "After returning to the queen, the king has not sent anyone here." ”

Empress Yan's face was cold when she heard this, and she let out a cold snort.

In fact, King Yan hadn't been to this palace for a long, long time, so long that Queen Yan had almost forgotten the last time she saw that husband.

A moment later, Empress Yan suddenly let out a soft sigh.

"It's okay if you don't come, or if you don't come."

Contrary to Empress Yan's mood, the moment Pang Xuan walked out of the gate of the Lookout Palace, the envoy of the Zhao State subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Pang Xuan didn't know what was written in the two letters he had just handed over to Empress Yan, Pang Xuan knew very well in his heart that the letter that could be delivered to Empress Yan by his own king at such a sensitive moment would definitely not be a simple family letter.

As soon as he thought of this, Pang Xuan subconsciously touched a hidden pocket in his sleeve, where a box that had just been handed to him by Empress Yan was lying quietly.

Even Pang Xuan didn't know what was in this box, but Pang Xuan knew very well in his heart that since this box had been handed over, the task of sending the letter that Zhao Dan gave him should be truly successfully completed.

Pang Xuan, who was sitting in the carriage, turned his head to look at the observation deck that was slowly moving away behind him, and thought to himself: "Next, I only need to go and see the old man Ju Xin, and then I can complete the work entrusted by the king." It's just that this time the king can't complete all the three things, and I don't know if the king will blame me after returning to Handan..."

Thinking of this, Pang Xuan was a little unhappy.

This trip to Yan Country is really not as smooth as imagined.

But what Pang Xuan didn't know was that just as his carriage drove out of the palace, several inconspicuous carriages quietly drove into the palace through several side doors and came to the martial balcony.

Gongsun Cao, Rong Oyster, Chestnut Belly... Several important ministers of the Yan Kingdom stepped out of these inconspicuous carriages, each glanced at each other, showed a tacit smile, and walked side by side along the steps to the main hall of the martial balcony in front of them.

There, King Yan had been waiting for them for a long time.