"Just now Princess Zhao gave you three brands, you gave her a hug, this king gave you so many brands, why didn't you say anything at all?" Chu Xuanchen said unhappily.

"So that's it? Well, I'll give you a hug too. Yun Ruoyue didn't expect that this guy would actually cheat in public.

"Three brands and one hug, this king has twelve here, how can one be enough?" Chu Xuanchen's body stood up straight and asked in a cold voice.

"I'll give you four, right? Buy four get one free, add one more, five, is it enough? Yun Ruoyue was afraid that people would notice their conversation, so she hurried to Chu Xuanchen and quickly hugged him five times.

Then, she quickly withdrew herself, blushing, and lowered her head, staring only at her own toes.

This scene must have been seen by others, and someone must have laughed at her in their hearts.

"That's pretty much it." After Chu Xuanchen finished speaking, he was satisfied and walked away lightly.

In the end, Emperor Hongyuan also got up in person and solemnly threw his brand into Yun Ruoyue's box.

Even the emperor cast her hands on the clouds, and she immediately deserved to be the first place.

Emperor Hongyuan finally announced, "Princess Li is smart and graceful, with outstanding skills, and has won the most brands, and is a well-deserved first place, so this piece of my personal jade pendant will be given to her from now on." ”

After speaking, he put the jade pendant on the tray in the eunuch's hand.

After Yun Ruoyue thanked him, she took the jade pendant.

As for who the second and third places are, everyone no longer pays attention.

mark(“zhong“);

At this moment, Yun Ruoyue has become the focus of everyone again.

After she sat back in her seat, she pretended to bury her head in peeling pine nuts, she didn't want to be the center of attention anymore, otherwise the queen's party would be jealous.

When voting just now, the queen's party voted for second place, a niece of the queen's family.

When she was casting, the eyes of Concubine Shu, Concubine Hui and others were eager to eat her alive.

So she decided to keep a low profile.

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When the contest of the nobles was over, at this time, several envoys in foreign costumes sitting in the corner suddenly stood up together.

Among them, a minister with a long beard and a felt robe at the head said provocatively: "Your Majesty, since my Dayi State became a vassal state of Chu State, for more than ten years, I have paid tribute every year, and I have been called a vassal year after year. After so many years of tribute, it has long led to the exhaustion of our national strength and the emptiness of the treasury, and the people of my Dayi are not happy. Today, I have a question that I want to test you. In the time of a pillar of incense, if anyone can take out the holy bead of my Dayi with his bare hands in the boiling oil pot, my Dayi will continue to pay tribute to the State of Chu. If the time for a pillar of incense is up, and no warrior can take out the holy pearl, then can the state of Chu exempt me from paying tribute? ”

As soon as these words came out, the four seats were in an uproar.

This kind of diplomatic conference of envoys is usually chaotic, usually because the vassal state that pays tribute is disobedient and does not want to pay tribute, or wants to pay less tribute and take more benefits, or it is a disorder caused by the provocation of the enemy country.

Unexpectedly, it also appeared this time.

When Emperor Hongyuan heard this, his face was suddenly so gloomy that he could drip blood, "Fifteen years ago, it was you Dayi who voluntarily bowed down to my Chu State and paid tribute. In exchange, I, the State of Chu, will send troops to protect the safety of your Dayi. Your Dayi has not had a war for more than ten years, and you have not been harassed and bullied by other countries, all thanks to the protection of my Chu State. Why, you don't want the protection of Chu now? ”