"Yuan Lao is a veteran of the Three Dynasties, yes, I also respect him as a person, I have learned a lot from him, but every time he invites me over, he wants me to accompany him to drink tea and play chess." Liu Zhixia said helplessly.

"Isn't it just to rely on tea, eating, and playing chess to maintain relations between you officials?" the woman teased, not sympathizing with his experience, but gloating.

A man is a serious person, and the longer he stays in officialdom, the more difficult it is to see the true emotions on his face, which can make him show helplessness, and Yuan Lao is also a strange person.

This topic was revealed, and when the woman lowered her eyes and couldn't see, a ray of darkness quickly crossed the man's eyes.

In Yuan's Mansion, in the huge flower hall, dinner has just been put on the table.

A large square table that seats two people.

The old man with white hair sat opposite the young girl, eating quietly.

During this period, the girl raised her eyes several times to look at the old man's face, and finally couldn't help it, and said lightly, "Great-grandfather, didn't someone go to invite Lord Liu in front of you, he didn't come because of something."

"King Nanling came back and invited people to the palace first," the old man spoke slowly, too old, his eyes seemed to be unable to open, and he couldn't see the emotions in his eyes, but he could hear his dissatisfaction, "Your great-grandfather is so easy to find a chess friend who can play chess, hmph, I won't be able to sleep tonight." ”

The girl smiled, "Why don't you Yun'er accompany you to the next game"

"You still forget about your chess skills, playing chess with you, the old man has to be angry."

"Strange rhyme is not good at chess."

"It's not fine, and I'll be more diligent in the future."

"Okay."

The banquet was quiet, the great-grandfather and grandson did not speak again, and the girl's half-lowered eyes were not in her mind.

On the sixth day of the first month of August, the Xiliang envoy arrived at the wharf on the outskirts of Beijing, and the leader of the delegation was the new emperor Ba Nian of Xiliang.

Nanling had the news in advance, and before the group went ashore, someone went to answer in advance, and sent a palace eunuch, just one person, and a few carriages.

Emperor Nanling and none of the courtiers came.

After the Xiliang envoy went ashore, he looked at the empty dock and didn't see a single official from Nanling, and his face turned blue with anger.

"Your Majesty, Nanling is acting like this, obviously despising me Xiliang and deliberately humiliating us"

Ba Nian didn't seem to be affected at all, and said lightly, "Now it's my Xiliang who is weak, and it's normal for others to be arrogant." Let's go. ”

"Emperor Xiliang, ambassadors, please get in the car." The Nanling eunuch did not smile, but his tone was respectful, so that people could not make mistakes, and he made a superficial style to the fullest.

Before coming, the emperor specially explained that he could not be too rude to the other party, but he must not treat the other party as a guest, and he must combine the domineering spirit of the host with the guests to show the prestige of my Nanling country.

He understands. He didn't dare to say anything else, but when it came to pretending to be forced, he knew it well.

The carriage took the group to the inn, and after arranging for them to stay, there was no follow-up.

The envoy group was directly hung for three days, and on the third day, when he went up to the fold again to ask for a face, there was an edict from there, and the Xiliang envoy group entered the palace to meet him.

In addition to Ba Nian, the ministers were angry.

They had never been out of Xiliang before, and they had never dealt with other dynasties. In the capital of Xiliang, they are all high-ranking officials and ministers, and they are courteously flattered everywhere, how can they ever be treated like this.

It's inevitable that you can't hold your breath.

Ba Nian did not dissuade, nor did he stop them from complaining.

Their dissatisfaction always needs someone to help spread it to the ears of Emperor Nanling.

Although Xiliang is now at a disadvantage, he can't swallow everything.

When the envoys entered the palace, Feng Qingbai was still in the palace, accompanying his little girl to paint.

"You really don't want to go into the palace to see"

"No, you don't."

"Ba Nian is a city government, you can't underestimate it, Xiao Feng'er doesn't necessarily have a chance of winning against him."

"If there is a city, he will have to ask for help." Feng Qingbai smiled, "Just let Xiao Feng'er receive him, I'll go in person, I look up to him too much." ”

Liu Yusheng was silent, I really didn't find that men had such an arrogant side before.

The eyes are higher than the top, and he looks down on the Xiliang Emperor.

"When we were in Xiliang, we seemed to be being hunted down by others."

"With such a big geographical advantage and so many manpower and material resources, he couldn't keep us in Xiliang," the man raised his eyes and stared at Liu Yusheng faintly, "What do you think he is powerful?"

"Liu Yusheng is so jealous that she doesn't slap her ass, "In this way, I really don't think he is powerful, and he can't catch up with my husband anywhere."

"Which is which"

"That's a lot. He is not as good-looking as my husband, his eyes are not as narrow as my husband, his nose is not as tall as my husband, his lips are not as beautiful as my husband's, his posture is not as long as my husband's, his temperament is not as elegant as my husband's, his brain is not as smart as my husband's, and his kung fu is not as advanced as my husband."

The sycophants were slapped very slippery, but the man narrowed his narrow eyes, "You look so carefully"

"I'm looking at you, and no one can catch up with you."

"Keep that in mind in the future."

"It must be remembered."

The man lowered his head again, his hands kept moving, and the sketching movements were smooth, "This time the matter is over, take you to the red maple forest"

"Okay, by the way, let's go to the osmanthus forest again"

"Hmm." She likes it, and she can go anywhere with her.

After sitting in a posture for a long time, Liu Yusheng couldn't hold it back, stretched her neck to look at the painting in front of the man, the painting was her, simple white paper and black ink, a simple sketch, but her charm was vivid on the paper.

In particular, the eyes are smart and energetic, and the veins are affectionate, as if looking at the person who paints.

After the last stroke, Liu Yusheng had time to take a closer look, and saw that after the man dried the ink on it, he carefully rolled up the painting and put it into a wooden box on the bookshelf behind him.

When I looked at it, there were a lot of pictures rolled inside.

"You've drawn a lot of paintings, so let's see."

The man reached out and easily pressed down the woman who was standing on tiptoe to peek, "It's all you, if you want to see, you can look in the mirror." ”

Liu Yusheng wrinkled her nose and bared her teeth at the man, still hiding it, so mysterious. Find a chance for her to come over and take a sneak peek by herself.

"There is a palace banquet in the evening, I will stay for half an hour and come back, no need to wait for me to eat."

"Don't have me to go"

"No female dependents."

Liu Yusheng nodded, she actually didn't like this kind of entertainment.

After the palace banquet was opened at night, Feng Qingbai was late, and when he arrived, the banquet hall was already full, just waiting for him to come to the banquet.

The powerful ministers and important ministers of the court are all there, and they all have their female dependents around them, and they come to meet the situation.

With women in the area, the atmosphere will be more relaxed, so as to avoid the men getting together and only talking about state affairs.

"Uncle Huang, why didn't Aunt Huang bring her along, I specially instructed the imperial chef to make it, she loves to eat jade balls."

Feng Qingbai took a seat and looked at Xiliang Huangba, who was raising a glass to him from afar, "She doesn't like to be noisy, so she won't come, let's have a banquet." ”