The Story of Leaping from the Dragon Gate

The sixth prince didn't take a nap for too long, when he was shocked by the sound of "papa" footsteps.

Master Qing of Honglu Temple was thoughtful and asked someone to set up a bamboo pole in front of His Highness the Sixth Highness, with a section of red silk hung on the pole as a sign of the finish line.

The one who tore off the red silk first, rushed in front of Song Wei excitedly: "Your Highness, it was me, I won."

Song smiled and nodded: "That's right, you won." Recognizing his clothes, he asked, "Your envoy is from Gaochang?"

"Yes, it's Gao Chang." This man was the fastest runner in the mission, but his status was not high.At this time, I had the opportunity to show my face, and my face was flushed with excitement, and I didn't even bother to wipe off the sweat on my brow.His summer language is quite good, and communication is not hindered.

Song Wei asked: "What request do you have?"

The envoy glanced at him, and then tentatively asked: "Can, can we also live in the Huai'an Pavilion?"

When the relationship was good in the past, the Gaochang Mission not only lived in the Huai'an Pavilion, but also lived in a superior courtyard.Of course, there has been no such treatment in recent years.But like this year, it was the first time that he was reduced to sharing a house with the small tribe who came to invite him.

Song Wei dragged his voice, seeming to hesitate: "Huai'an Pavilion..."

Wei Houde was really afraid that he would mess things up, so he hurriedly reminded: "Your Highness, the Huai'an Pavilion is full."

Song Wei spread his hands, with regret on his face, and said to the Gaochang envoy: "You heard, the Huai'an Pavilion is full, what should we do?"

Seeing his gentle refusal, the Gaochang envoy refused to let go: "We brought very precious tributes and lived with unreliable people. If it is stolen, how can we go to see His Majesty the Emperor? Only the Huaian Pavilion is the safest..."

The Tocharian envoy didn't understand Xia language, so he didn't hear this sarcasm.Because he lost the game, he stood aside and was very annoyed.Song Wei evaded a few more words with the Gaochang envoy, whetted his appetite, and then reluctantly said: "I thought you thought the place was too small and wanted to live alone in a house, but I didn't expect you to enter the Huai'an Pavilion—this is not for you. Do I have a problem? Forget it, this king can’t keep his word. Since I have promised to meet your request, then I will do what I say..."

Wei Houde was in a hurry: "Your Highness!"

Song Wei waved his hand: "Lord Wei, Lord Lao Wei went in and asked... By the way, what is the name of the little prince of Huihe?"

Wei Houde didn't know what his plan was, he frowned and replied: "His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness Prince Huihe's name is Qi Gu Luo."

Song Wei hummed: "So it's called Gu Qiluo. Lord Wei, please go and ask my nephew, Gu Qiluo, if he would like to stay in my Prince Xiu's mansion for a few days."

When Wei Houde heard this, he immediately reacted.King Xiu personally invited him, so how can the prince of Huihe not agree?Once the Huihe mission left, enough space was naturally made available for the Gaochang mission.It's just that it would greatly disrupt the original arrangement, and I'm afraid it's inappropriate.Just when he was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of the sixth prince's calm face, and retracted a few words.His Majesty the Emperor temporarily handed over the matter of receiving the mission to the Sixth Prince. This behavior may not be without His Majesty's acquiescence or even his instruction.The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this was the case, and when I looked at the sixth prince, I couldn't help but see that it was a bit unpredictable, so I responded and went in to invite someone.

Song Wei turned around and called Li Yi, who was quietly standing behind the line, squinting and dozing off, and asked, "Is my palace able to accommodate people?"

Li Yi nodded: "It has already been cleaned up. The backyard should be arranged separately, but it needs to be considered in the long run."

Hearing what he said, Song Wei knew that the traces left by the assassination incident had been well covered up, and the Bitao Forest hadn't been leveled in time, so it just didn't affect the hospitality.Ask Li Yi to send a servant back to the mansion, ready to receive him.

Turning around, he saw the Tocharian envoy standing beside him dejectedly, he was very pitiful, so he simply called over to talk.The interpreter of Honglu Temple hurried forward to help, but unexpectedly, he stuttered after translating a few sentences.It turns out that Tocharian uses the localized Persian language, which is somewhat different from the common Persian language.Song Wei waved the interpreter to the side, and chatted directly with the other party in Persian.Although the pronunciation of the two is not the same, they can understand each other.

The Tocharian envoy finally met someone who spoke easily, and his mood was no longer depressed.When he heard that the entire Liaoyuan Garden belonged to his mission, he immediately felt that His Royal Highness was benevolent and kind, and he really deserved to be called the Prince of Shangbang.

After a while, the Huihe Mission came out.Song Wei made a perfect appearance, apologizing and welcoming at the same time.Guqiluo grew up beside Princess Xianxi and was also quite sociable.Besides, he originally planned to get close to King Xiu, so of course he should seize such a god-given opportunity.The two tacitly omitted the question of seniority, and exchanged pleasantries with humming and haha.

The matter was so important that Steward Li personally accompanied the Huihe Mission to the Prince Xiu's Mansion.Song Wei then led the crowd back to the palace to report to the emperor.

This time it was easy to solve the unexpected situation, and everyone was happy.

Song Wei worked for half a day, hungry and sleepy.After entering the palace, he gorged himself for a while before reporting to the emperor.At this time, Dugu had already seen the emperor leave the palace and went back to the mansion.If Song Wei didn't ask, the emperor would certainly not take the initiative to bring it up.

Hearing that the Uighur mission was sent to live in the Palace of Prince Xiu, the emperor said, "You can really make your own decisions." His expression was flat, neither admiring nor criticizing.

Song Wei's mouth was full of food, and she puffed her cheeks and mumbled: "I'm so tired, I don't have time to chat with them. Isn't it, hurry up, it will be done in a quarter of an hour."

He was in a hurry to sleep, so he rushed to the warm pavilion after eating.On the way back, I have already made up my mind that I must stay with my father these few days.Since the crown prince was surrounded by the emperor, Prince Xiu's mansion could allow Huihe envoys to live freely.It's just that King Xiu himself doesn't have to go back to accompany him around the clock. To be honest, attracting people's suspicion comes second. It's too sad to accompany guests during working hours and to accompany guests after get off work.As for the Xianhou's Mansion, he finally got a chance to escape, so he threw himself into the trap because of his mental illness.

Unexpectedly, when he entered the door, he found that Ming Guogong was waiting inside.When the eldest grandson Ruchu saw him, Shi Shiran got up and saluted: "The old minister has been waiting for His Highness here for a long time. There are still many things that need to be familiarized with the rehearsal in advance for the grand ceremony of the court meeting tomorrow. I implore Your Highness to take care."

Song Wei wailed, wishing she could turn around and leave.He still thought about staying with the emperor, but unexpectedly, the emperor had no intention of letting him go.

That night, Song Wei's Xingshen Incense didn't close the bottle cap, and the scent made his eldest grandson Ruchu sneezed countless times with him.

The sixth prince closed his eyes and muttered like chanting sutras: "The guard of honor goes first in twelve columns. After all of them are lined up, the envoys step into the Hanyuan Hall one by one. Huihe is the first, Turkic is second, and Mohe is second..." The voice became louder and louder. The lower it gets, it ends up being a string of lilting little grunts.

"Crack!" Master Changsun was unambiguous, picked up an antique copper ruler and knocked down hard.Even though it was just knocking on the case, Song Wei trembled and opened his eyes.Without waiting for the old man's words, he quickly began to memorize: "The states in the Western Regions are headed by Qiuci, followed by Yanqi and Gaochang..." Tocharo, who recited to the end in one breath, stared provocatively at his eldest grandson Ruchu, "I Don’t you just wait to stand beside the emperor to receive the tribute? These orders should be taken care of by Honglu Temple, don’t bully me because I don’t understand the rules.”

The eldest grandson Ruchu was not angry at all, and gave him a casual look: "Your Highness, the order is equal to the weight of status, but also the distance of closeness. Your Highness does not need to personally take care of the rankings, but there is a difference between them, but you must know."

Song Wei stopped talking.It would certainly fail to be reasonable, and it would be impossible to resist sabotage, so he had to accept the assault training honestly.

The next day was dark again, so I was taken to the morning court with clothes and hats on.Song Wei slept for only two or three hours, she was swaying around and let the maids serve her, and when she was about to go out, she still closed her eyes.

Ever since the emperor was disobeyed by King Xiu because of a series of trivial matters related to his marriage in the previous court, he was so angry that he was bedridden, the prince had always been acting as the presiding officer in the early court.Who would have thought that in the end the crown prince also claimed that he could not afford to be ill, so the morning court was closed for three consecutive days.

Song Wei stared in a daze and couldn't move his legs, his toes were actually knocking on the threshold, the pain made him wake up, and he yelled "Ouch".

The little servant hurriedly pleaded guilty and wanted to help him cross the threshold again.Song Weitong woke up, waved away the palace attendants, walked out of the Nuan Pavilion with his hands behind his back, and saw the emperor was already fully dressed, standing in the palace.

The interior is brightly lit.The emperor was dressed in dignified court clothes, his body looked a little shriveled due to his emaciation, but his back was straight, without any sign of slump.Song Wei subconsciously straightened her waist and looked up to her father.

As he walked closer, he noticed that the emperor's face was rosy, which was quite different from yesterday's lifeless appearance.Shocked, he observed carefully, only to find that the ruddy color was rather abrupt, obviously the result of careful makeup.

Seeing his son approaching him for a closer look, the emperor said casually: "Don't worry, Mei Niang's craftsmanship is very good, besides, the ministers and envoys are also two zhang away recently, so you can't tell."

Song Wei only felt an indescribable soreness welling up in her throat from the bottom of her heart, and she couldn't say anything.

He blinked vigorously, cleared his throat with a hmm, nodded and said, "The craftsmanship is really good."

The father and son went to the front hall respectively.The emperor had a special ostentation for the emperor, and Song Wei was led by Lan Di, and walked out of the harem by another road, and went around to a side gate connecting the front hall with the outer imperial city.Sun Ruchu, Duke of Ming, and Yu Wengao, Duke of Cheng, were already waiting here.After greeting each other, King Xiu and the two Dukes walked slowly into the palace.As for the Duke of Xiangguo, because of his eldest son, he said he was sick at home and had not been in court for several days.

The prince suddenly contracted an emergency, and the sixth prince temporarily replaced him to welcome the envoy from the foreign kingdom. All the ministers of high rank knew about it.Seeing Song Wei and the two princes coming together, because it was too strange, he couldn't help but take a few extra glances.However, after thinking about it, he is a dignified prince, his family is prosperous, and he is taking on a big responsibility for the first time, so he should appear in this way.Therefore, although many people were muttering in their hearts, they didn't show much surprise on their faces.

If it is really calm inside and out, there are two people.One is Ouyang Minzhong, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, who knows Song Wei's essence well.The other is Yao Zigong, the fourth eldest of the Yao family, who still holds the idle position of a fifth-rank court councilor, but has received his father's explicit order to replace his eldest brother as the Duke of Xiangguo.Young Master Yao, who was about to take office, stood at the end of the courtiers, looking at His Highness King Xiu who was in front of him from a distance, feeling embarrassed.

Who would have thought that by chance and chance, due to the circumstances, thanks to the sixth prince's blessing, the title of the Yao family would fall to her without any warning.This is really... life is like chess, life is like play, life... that is like a dream...

Some are happy and some are sad.Yesterday, King Xiu welcomed the foreign envoys at Xuanwu Gate, and the news spread very quickly among the upper echelons.There was no movement from King An, so King Duan couldn't help but rushed into the palace to complain, was panted and scolded by the emperor, and walked back to his palace in desperation.

In the morning, the two stood beside Song Wei.The fourth prince stabbed Lao Liu with his eyes from time to time, and the second prince only glanced at him at first, but then didn't respond anymore, pretending that he didn't exist.As for Song Wei himself, it took all his strength just to hold on not to fall asleep, so he had no time to care about others.

After the early court, it was time for the court meeting to receive the Fan missions.Song Wei cheered up and was ready to start working.

Taking advantage of the little space in the middle, Dugu Mian specially came over to talk.He had seen the emperor yesterday, and he already knew why the sixth prince stood in front of the Xuanwu Gate, scaring himself.It's just that the emperor and him are on point, no matter how hard Xianhou guesses, it is impossible to guess the real intention of the king.Or, subconsciously, he didn't dare to guess in that direction at all, he only thought that the emperor wanted to teach the prince a lesson, and save capital for his youngest son by the way.

The two sides met and greeted each other. Marquis Xian was very courteous, but King Xiu was indifferent.After the greetings were over, Song Wei asked seemingly unintentionally, "How is General Dugu's residence?"

After Dugu felt a little abrupt.Before thinking too much, he replied: "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness, everything is fine."

Song Wei nodded and said nothing more.

The sixth prince was accompanied by the Minister of Honglu Temple and a large group of court officials, and the Marquis Xian himself was eager to go out of the palace to busy with city defense duties, so he chatted lightly, thousands of words, and finally turned into a deep-seated man who wanted to talk. His eyes, like the shadows of a frightened bird, flashed past.

This kind of embarrassment, which seemed far and near, was already doomed as early as the day the other party became the prince.Dugu Mian accepted this very frankly.

At least, no matter how close the world is, or how close the world is, it is a visible distance.He knew that Song Wei hadn't calmed down, so he turned and left full of satisfaction and bitterness.

Song Wei couldn't help watching his back, and didn't come back to his senses until Wei Houde asked.Thinking to herself: It seems that Duguying hasn't told her father honestly yet.The girl didn't have time, or did she have other plans?It's best for her to sleep for two more days so that she can figure it out on her own, and don't make trouble for nothing.

At the end of the early court, officials who were not of high rank or had little relationship had all stepped down, so they should do what they should do.Even so, there were almost a hundred people waiting to participate in the court meeting ceremony, and it was a magnificent sight to gather together.

The honor guards of the court guards wore brocade robes and silver armor, held knives, guns, swords and halberds, wore cloaks, and held colorful flags. They came in groups and lined up on the left and right sides of the hall. There were twelve rows in total. Arrange to the bottom of the white jade steps outside the hall.The queue was orderly, except for the slight sound of armored soldiers colliding with each other, there was no other sound.In this way, it became more and more imposing and soul-stirring.

Lead by the officials of the Honglu Temple, the Tibetan missionary group bowed down collectively and performed three kneeling and nine kowtow rituals to express their loyalty and submission to the Shangbang Celestial Dynasty.After that, according to the order drawn up in advance, one by one, they presented tributes in front of the throne to pay tribute to the emperor.The one who was really responsible for receiving the gift was actually the minister of Honglu Temple.For particularly important envoys, the emperor will personally greet them with a few words to show his honor, and the rest will be done by King Xiu.Fortunately, the words in the scene are the same, Song Wei only needs to repeat the lines a few times.

There were dozens of missions, large and small, and it took half a day to see them all like a revolving door.When the emperor finally left, he was staggering on his feet, and his hands hidden in his sleeves were trembling.Others don't know, but Song Wei is close to him, but she can see clearly.

All members of the mission had lunch in the palace.Most of them left the palace after eating, and the rest were waiting for the private interview in the afternoon.Song Wei was dragged by Wei Houde to patrol around the banquet site, seeing that nothing happened, she hurried to the bedroom.

The emperor was drinking the medicine, leaning on the bed and closing his eyes to rest.Song Wei walked closer, but he didn't see his father open his eyes, nor did he speak.After staring silently for a while, he finally couldn't help but say: "Father, if you are too tired to panic, don't hold on in the future. If you have something to say and do, I will explain it for you."

The emperor reluctantly supported it for a long time, and was already exhausted.The cheeks were rosy with intentional make-up, which looked weird and sad when viewed from a close distance.

Song Wei turned her face away, couldn't bear to look more, and added: "Don't worry, I promise not to mess around."

In fact, the emperor had already heard that it was him.Everyone in the palace tiptoed around, except for the carefree youngest son, who walked like a human being, unscrupulous.

After resting for a while, the emperor slowly whispered: "No matter what, Daddy has to meet the Huihe and Turkic envoys in person. As for the rest, I'll let you meet Daddy for him. What rewards and admonitions are there for you? The duke of the state has made an agreement with the Minister of Honglu Temple, you just do it. It's just that... your attitude is measured, you have to be careful between leniency, kindness and power, don't let people underestimate you..."