After bidding farewell to Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, Zhao Hongrun wanted to return to the palace immediately.

Because it was not bad, the Imperial Court Rites Department would receive the chief envoy of the Chu State, Guling Jun Xiong Qi, in the Zichen Hall in the princely specifications.

However, after thinking about it carefully, Zhao Hongrun still dismissed his plan to break in rashly.

After all, it is customary for the Ministry of Rites to greet foreign envoys, and now that Zhao Hongrun has taken up a post in the court, he is not a member of the Ministry of Rites after all.

This is the same as his instigation of the Junshui Battalion to withhold the money and goods from the Chu State and not allow the household department to carry it without publicly distributing the post-war benefits, which is an act of encroachment that challenges the authority of the ministry and government.

The officials have been offended, the military department has been offended, the household department has been offended, the six departments of the imperial court, Zhao Hongrun has offended half of the ministries and governments, in fact, in the final analysis, it is nothing more than Zhao Hongrun sometimes can't get used to the practices of these ministries.

But it is undeniable that it seems that this kind of interference in the internal affairs of the six departments of the imperial court because it is not pleasing to the eye is easy to be disliked, so Zhao Hongrun decided to send He Miao, Zhu Gui and other sect guards to the Ministry of Rites first to inquire about the situation.

If the negotiation goes well, there is naturally no need for him to come forward again; And if the negotiation does not go well, to be more precise, then Guling Jun Xiong Wu is really as Xiong Tuo said, because of the imbalance in his heart and intentionally came to find fault, then Zhao Hongrun will find an opportunity that will not disgust the officials of the Ministry of Rites and intervene in this matter.

To put it bluntly, it is a sentence: wait and see for a while.

And when Zhao Hongrun was watching, the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Youyou had personally sent the Chu envoy headed by Guling Jun Xiongwu. Access to the palace is from the south gate of the girder.

I have to say that the Ministry of Rites gave a very high standard of welcome, not only dispatched the brightly dressed honor guards of the "Ritual Priests". Moreover, the drums sounded in unison, and in the sound of music specially used to welcome guests, the envoys sent by the Chu State such as Guling Jun Xiong and Wu were brought to the Zichen Hall in the palace.

Although Wei Tianzi did not come forward, the Ministry of Rites invited Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, as the officiant of the reception, after all, Guling Jun Xiong Wu is the son of Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, and he is the real power of the Yijun who holds an army of more than 100,000 troops, even if it is the Shangshu Sheyou of the Ministry of Rites. Nor is it enough to be the officiant of the reception.

And after receiving the invitation from the Ministry of Rites, the prince of the East Palace, Hongli, gladly accepted this plea.

It is no wonder that although it is said that the prince of the East Palace chose the Wenxuan Division of the Ministry of Officials as a political bargaining chip. But who made the Ministry of Rites still a "borderland" today? Therefore, if there is an opportunity to show goodwill to this Ministry of Rites who is outside, the prince of the East Palace, Hongli, will naturally not let it go easily.

Of course, these are the considerations of Luo Ying, a staff member around Prince Hongli. As for the crown prince Hongli himself. He prefers this kind of pomp and circumstance that can highlight his status as the "prince of the East Palace", to put it bluntly, he likes any event that can greatly increase his exposure and prestige in the government and the opposition.

It is precisely because of this that Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, will stand at the south gate of the palace, waiting for the arrival of Guling Jun Xiongwu. Otherwise, with his identity as the crown prince of the Great Wei Donggong, he would not have needed to come to this point.

It has to be said that in order to complete this task of welcoming Gentile dignitaries. Prince Hongli can be said to have restrained a lot of past arrogance.

No, when Guling Jun Xiong Wu stepped off the welcome carriage with a gloomy face. The crown prince Hongli took the initiative to greet him, arching his hand and smiling to greet him: "This palace is here to welcome Guling Jun!" ”

Not to mention, don't look at the prince's Hongli talent, maybe not as good as other brothers, but in terms of etiquette, even the most picky etiquette official, I'm afraid he can't find any thorns.

He is twenty-six years old this year, and because he has been pampered for a long time, at first glance he is even more aristocratic than Zhao Hongrun, and he is more than enough to act as the face of the prince of a country.

And in this regard, even Luo Ying, the staff member next to Prince Hongli, is very satisfied.

It's a pity that Guling Jun Xiong Wu, who was in front of the East Palace Prince Hongli, although he was the chief envoy of the Chu State envoy this time, it was obvious that he was not just here to make peace with the Wei State, otherwise, on this occasion, Guling Jun Xiong Wu would definitely not still have a gloomy face.

"What's going on?"

Luo Ying, a staff member of the East Palace, noticed the gloomy look on the face of Guling Jun Xiong Wu, and couldn't help but be a little shocked in his heart.

Because he seemed to be able to see endless resentment in the eyes of Guling Jun Xiongwu, which made him very puzzled.

It is no wonder that after all, Zhao Hongrun signed the "Wei-Chu Armistice Zhengyang Peace Treaty" with Xiong Tuo, the Jun of Xuancheng, and Huang Arsenic, the doctor of Chushi, and few people in Daliang knew about it. Naturally, the Wei people did not know that in order to reduce his own losses, Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, used the exploits of his brother Guling Jun Xiong Wu as a bargaining chip to trade with Zhao Hongrun.

At that time, as Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, said, Xiong Xu, the king of Chu, just desperately wanted a truce with Wei, and didn't care who took advantage of his sons and who suffered losses, so that Xiong Tuo took advantage of the loophole and signed a peace treaty with Zhao Hongrun without the presence of Xiong Wu, the king of Guling.

Subsequently, this peace treaty took effect, and the army under Zhao Hongrun gradually withdrew from the territory of Chu, and Xiong Wu, the Guling monarch who had invaded most of the Song counties of Wei, had to withdraw his troops under the orders of his father, Xiong Xu, the king of Chu.

It's obviously the fat meat that is already in his mouth, but he has to spit it out, which can be imagined the anger in Guling Jun Xiong Wu's heart.

"You're Ji Run?"

Guling Jun Xiongwu, who got out of the carriage, immediately asked with a gloomy face.

Hearing this, Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, frowned, and was really a little dissatisfied in his heart, he said in his heart, this palace deigns to welcome you here, and you still use this kind of unceremonious questioning tone to talk to this palace?

Enduring the dissatisfaction in his heart, the prince of the East Palace, Hongli, just shook his head and did not have a seizure.

Seeing this, his staff member Luo Ying reported the name of His Royal Highness in a timely manner: "My Royal Highness is the prince of the Eastern Palace of Great Wei, Ji Li." ”

Guling Jun Xiong Wu snorted coldly when he heard this, and the anger in his eyes decreased slightly, but his tone was still the unceremonious look of Fang Cai: "What about Ji Run?" Tell him to come to see Ben Gongzi! ”

"This ...... What the hell is going on?'

Hearing this, all the Wei people present, including the crown prince Hongli, the staff Luo Ying, and many officials of the Ministry of Rites, were all secretly speechless.

After thinking about it, Luo Ying said respectfully: "If Guling Jun wants to see His Royal Highness King Su of Great Wei, I will arrange it after the banquet......

But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Guling Jun Xiongwu.

"No need! This son has no spare time to be false and polite with you Wei people, you ask that Ji Run to come to see this son immediately! After that, Guling Jun Xiong Wu's face was a little angry, and he gritted his teeth and scolded: "He has the courage to leave Ben Gongzi and Xiong Tuo to make a private truce and peace treaty, doesn't he have the courage to come to see Ben Gongzi?" It's a shame that this is still in the royal capital of your Wei Kingdom! ”

"Don't have the guts? That His Royal Highness King Su has no guts? Hey!'

Many of the Wei people present secretly sneered, wishing that Su Wang Hongrun would be present at this moment to give this arrogant Chu man a little color.

I have seen arrogance, but I have never seen such arrogance, obviously their Great Wei Donggong Prince His Royal Highness deigned to greet him, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites also gave the prince a standard reception, but this Guling Jun Xiong Wu did not appreciate it at all, in front of the south gate of this palace, he kept asking His Royal Highness the King of Su of their Great Wei to come out to see him.

It's just arrogant!

Outrageous!

Seeing this scene, the expression on the face of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Sheyou also became gloomy.

Don't look at this lord as a scholar of the Ministry of Rites, not an official of the Ministry of War, but you must know that he supported Great Wei in declaring war on Chu from the beginning.

To put it simply, She You was not afraid of the Chu State from the beginning, not to mention that now that their Wei State's Su King Hongrun defeated the Chu State, and deployed nearly 100,000 heavy troops on the Wei-Chu border in Yingshui North County, he was even more confident in his heart.

"Guling Jun is here, what is he doing for peace? Declaring war? ”

I believe that this sentence of the Ministry of Rites is enough to surprise many Wei people around, because perhaps they never thought that this Lord of the Ministry of Rites is actually more tough than many officials of the Ministry of War.

And hearing what Sheyou said, a few traces of anger flashed in the eyes of the Guling Jun Xiongwu, and he was about to speak, when suddenly a voice sounded behind him: "Naturally, it is for peace!" ”

"......" Everyone present turned their heads to look, just in time to see another carriage slowly driving here, and from the carriage, out of the carriage came out of the two people of Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, and Huang Arsenic, a scholar from the state of Chu.

And it was the yellow arsenic that just spoke.

I saw Huang Arsenic walking a few steps closely, and saluted towards the prince of the East Palace, Hongli, and the Ministry of Rites, Shangshu Youyou, and said, "I am the deputy envoy of your country this time, Huang Arsenic." …… Guling Jun Xiong Wu Gongzi has been tired of carriage and horses in recent days, and his heart is irritable, and I hope that all the adults of your country will understand. ”

Xiong Wu is not a fool, he knows very well how huge the power behind the scholar doctor Huang Arsenic is, so naturally he will not offend this nobleman of the Ji Lian clan stupidly.

His eyes unsurprisingly fell on Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng.

But Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, didn't bother to pay attention to him, looking left and right for Zhao Hongrun's traces, and when he found that the latter did not appear at this time for some reason, he met Xiong Wu's sight with his gaze, and hummed without smiling.

Not to mention, Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, is in a very good mood at this moment, because Zhao Hongrun has already given a reply about that batch of armaments, although the two of them have not mentioned anything about grain and grass, but I believe that if Zhao Hongrun can handle that batch of armaments, why is it difficult to have some grain and grass?

Therefore, Xiong Tuo's purpose of coming to the capital of the King of Wei has been achieved.

And the reason why he followed Huang Arsenic to the palace of Wei at this moment was purely to watch a good show, to see the Wei people who he had never liked in his eyes, and Xiong Wu, who had also never liked them, biting each other.

However, because Zhao Hongrun has not yet arrived, this makes Xiong Tuo slightly disappointed.

After all, in his opinion, only when His Royal Highness King Su of the Wei State arrives, then this good show can be regarded as an official opening.

"What's going on?" This is the case...... Not quite right.'"

Whether it is Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, or Luo Ying, a staff member of the East Palace, or even Hongli, the prince of the East Palace, I believe that many Wei people present at this moment have vaguely noticed that there may be internal disagreements in this team of envoys of the Chu State.

"Everyone, please."

Suppressing the many incomprehensions in his heart, Du You, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, invited these Chu people into the palace and took them to the Zichen Palace. (To be continued.) )