Chapter 27: The Banquet Begins
"It's really sad to disturb the emperor's ministers" At this moment, Wei Soul also walked into the main hall with Wei Zilie.
"It's okay, child, who hasn't been young yet," Emperor Han Lin smiled.
"I heard that Uncle Ming encountered an assassin on the way back, I don't know if there is such a thing?" Emperor Han Lin then asked.
"Yes, I did encounter an assassin, but the target of the assassin was not me, but my grandson," said the old marshal.
"I don't know who did it, but he has such a big courage," Emperor Han Lin also asked with a worried face.
"If what I expected is right, it should be the Kawasaki family of Fuso," the old marshal said directly.
"It seems that this Fusang is still not giving up on my Hanlin," Emperor Hanlin said lightly.
"Could it be that there is another war?" said Wei Soul.
"Lord Wei Ge drafted an order, inform me to camp everywhere in Hanlin, and prepare to defend against the enemy" Emperor Han Lin felt bad, and immediately ordered to make preparations before the battle.
At this moment, Ming Jiutian had no interest in this process of court deliberations at all, so he simply fell asleep on the chair.
When Ming Jiutian woke up, the deliberations had ended, the emperor ordered, the queen mother's birthday banquet officially began, and the venue was set in the imperial garden of the palace because there were too many participants.
Ming Jiutian followed the old marshal to the imperial garden with sleepy eyes, sat down next to his grandfather, and Hu Yuan and the others sat down behind Ming Jiutian, although they sat down, but Ming Jiutian still felt that he hadn't slept enough, and his sleepiness had not decreased, and he wanted to sleep again.
"The Queen Mother has arrived"
"The Queen Mother has arrived"
"The Queen Mother has arrived"
I listened to it for I don't know how many times the queen mother arrived, and I didn't feel a little sleepy in the nine days of the disturbed tomorrow, so I simply sat up to see who the queen mother was.
Ming Jiutian looked up at the intersection, and saw a team composed of all palace maids approaching here little by little, and the two palace maids in front of him were holding flower baskets in their hands, and the petals contained in the flower bar were scattering petals all the way.
And the queen mother is in the middle of this group of palace maids, as the team approaches little by little, Ming Jiutian finally saw the true face of the queen mother, uh..., how does this queen mother look like she is only in her thirties, and her grandmother is about the same, could it be that this queen mother is also a master of the late stage of the martial god? Ming Jiutian thought secretly in his heart. As the Queen Mother walked to the highest position, she sat down next to the Emperor.
"Report..., the envoys of all countries have arrived," the little eunuch announced.
"Dexian, proclaim" Emperor Hanlin said.
"Fengtian carrier, Emperor Hanlin summoned and said, today is the birthday of the empress dowager, I am grateful for the common people, the whole world celebrates, may the four seas be peaceful, the people are happy, Qin this" The old eunuch Wei Dexian read out the emperor's holy decree.
"This Empress Dowager's birthday banquet, it is an honor for Hanlin to have envoys from all over the world come to congratulate her birthday.
"Emperor Han Lin, in the Lower Morton Royal Court Baka, on the order of my Morton Da Danyu, I will offer 10,000 cattle and sheep, 5,000 war horses, and two sweat and blood horses, and wish the Queen Mother a long life..."Morton Royal Court Envoy Baka said.
"Haha, okay, don't say a few years, I don't know if I'm good for the evil order recently?" Emperor Huanglin said politely.
"Thank you Emperor Han Lin for your concern, my Lord Body Kangtai" Baka returned to his place after speaking.
"Emperor Han Lin, on the orders of my lord, I offer 5,000 pearls, 5,000 silk horses, and 100 pieces of jade, and wish the Empress Dowager a thousand years old," Lu Changyun, the envoy of the Violet Empire, said.
"Haha..., Lord Lu is polite, say hello to the Lord of the Violet Empire for me," Emperor Huanglin replied.
"That's a must" After speaking, Lu Changyun returned to his position.
"Shen Yuan, the envoy of the Radiant Empire, is on the orders of my lord to present a blue water sword," Shen Yuan said.
"Hiss" Suddenly the entire Imperial Garden fell into tranquility, not that the Radiant Empire sent a sword that looked too shabby, but everyone knew in their hearts that the value of this blue water sword was more than just a city, and it was really generous.
"Hehe..., take me to say hello to your master," Emperor Han Lin greeted.
"Konosuke Kawasaki, the envoy of Fuso, was ordered by my lord to offer 100,000 taels of gold and 200,000 taels of silver," Konosuke Kawasaki said.
"General Kawasaki is polite," Emperor Han Lin said lightly.
"On the orders of our lord, the Goguryeo envoy Song Minzhong presented ten pairs of jade coral and a hundred beauties," the Goryeo envoy Song Minzhong stepped forward and said.
"Lord Song, go back and tell your lord that you are welcome to come to my Hanlin when you have time," Emperor Hanlin responded.
The next thing is for the ministers of the court to send their blessings and gifts, and of course, the Ming family is also indispensable.
Ming Jiutian felt that this kind of occasion was very unsuitable for him, and there were few acquaintances, so he could only sit beside the old marshal and drink by himself, and after all parties gave the gifts, the next thing was casual, and the whole banquet became much easier.
"Ming Shuai, excuse me, this must be the little marquis, I asked me to ask, what I told you last time, I don't know what you thought about?" Just when Ming Jiutian was drinking alone, Song Minzhong, the envoy of the Goryeo Kingdom, came to the old marshal.
"Don't you say it, I forgot, this is my grandson, Ming Jiutian, I think it's better to listen to my grandson's opinion on this kind of thing" The old marshal directly threw the matter to Ming Jiutian.
"Looking for me? Lord Song, I don't know what is going on" It stands to reason that the issue of diplomatic relations between the two countries should have nothing to do with him, and Ming Jiutian is also very different.
"That's right, ten years ago, my lord had made an agreement with Ming Shuai that when the time was ripe, I would let my country's Jinxiu princess marry into the Han Lin Ming family and marry the little marquis," Song Minzhong said with a smile.
"Poof..., why didn't I know about this" Ming Jiutian directly squirted out a sip of wine.
"Little Hou Ye, you were still young at the time, so naturally you didn't know about it," Song Minzhong responded.
"But I'm only fifteen years old this year, I think it's better to wait a few more years, what do you think" Ming Jiutian thought to himself, I haven't even seen anyone yet, you say marry me, marry me? What do I do if I'm an ugly bastard?
"Hehe, this matter is not urgent, I just asked on the orders of my lord, if there is no problem on both sides, you can find a place to settle this matter" Song Minzhong directly said what Emperor Goryeo thought.
"Of course, if I decide, I will send someone to deliver the letter" Since it is not good to refuse directly, it is still no problem to be somewhat perfunctory.
"Okay, since that's the case, then I'll wait for good news in Goguryeo," Song Minzhong turned around and returned to his seat after speaking.
"I said, old man, what is all this? Inexplicable, "During this period of time, the matter of making a marriage contract made Ming Jiutian anxious.
"Uh..., in fact, it's nothing, that Goryeo is a sea island country, a small country with widows, and is often harassed by some other countries' armed attacks, so the Goryeo emperor came to me back then, and wanted to marry the two families, so that Goryeo can be safe" The old marshal came one by one.
"But shouldn't this kind of thing be found by Emperor Hanlin, what's the use of looking for us" Ming Jiutian rolled his eyes.
"Emperor Shangao is far away, waiting for Emperor Hanlin to give the order to help, the country has already been destroyed," said the old marshal.
And at this moment, the already noisy banquet suddenly remembered a series of cheers, which immediately attracted the attention of many people.
"Your Majesty Emperor Hanlin, I have long heard that the people of the Ming family, the generalissimo of your country's soldiers and horses, are talented and unique, and today I want to take this opportunity to ask for advice from Shen Xifeng, so I will be entertaining the emperor and the empress dowager" Just when the grandfather and grandson were chatting happily, Shen Yuan, the envoy of the Huiyao Empire, got up and proposed.
As soon as this idea was raised, the entire banquet quieted down again, and the people in the entire Xuanxin Continent knew that the youngest generation of the Ming family was only Ming Jiutian alone, and he couldn't cultivate, and the Huiyao Empire put forward this idea, obviously bullying people, and for a while, there were those who were worried, and there were also those who wanted to see the excitement.