The Story of Leaping from the Dragon Gate

In the afternoon, the emperor received important foreign envoys alone in Mingsi Hall.The first one is the prince who came from Huihe to make Guqiluo.

In the morning, the tribute is about the righteousness of the monarch and his ministers, and the meeting in the afternoon is about housework and family affection.Gu Qiluo greeted the emperor's grandfather on behalf of his parents, and the emperor also greeted his cheap daughter and son-in-law.The emperor Huihe spoke well. Everyone spoke Xia language in the first half and Huihe language in the second half, which was very harmonious.

Gu Qiluo met Song Wei for the first time yesterday, and today they are like old acquaintances.Speaking of not seeing the master in the palace sooner or later, I express my deep regret.Song Wei said haha, and made nonsense about going back late, getting up early, neglecting the guests, Han Han Hai Han.Gu Qiluo naturally praised him for his hard work and ability, Song Wei boasted, "Where is it?" The emperor actually nodded with a smile.Song Wei only thought that his father didn't want to lose face in front of his vassals, so he spared no effort to lie for himself, and didn't think about anything else at all.

In addition to the regular rewards, because the emperor missed his daughter, he also gave a bunch of special foods and rare snacks that the princess loved, earnestly exhorting her.The Huihe prince was so moved that tears filled his eyes, and Xi Zizi resigned.

When Gu Qiluo went out, Song Wei asked: "Princess Baohua, why haven't I heard you mention it?"

The emperor said: "Baohua does have royal blood, but it is very far away. In order to be worthy of the king of Huihe, the position of entitlement is equal to that of Minghua. Guqiluo is very filial to his mother, and these food and snacks cannot be put too much. After a long time, I think he will set off as soon as possible after the banquet tomorrow."

Only then did Song Wei understand that even though Gu Qiluo planned to stay in Shangbang Capital for a while, after receiving the reward, he might have to change his mind immediately.The old man was arguing with the boss, and in such a troubled time, of course, the sooner these officials should be sent away, the better.Sure enough, I am still too naive...

After the Huihe envoys came the Turkic envoys.The Turks have not yet been unified. This time, the three largest tribes, either the chiefs themselves, or the heirs as representatives, came to the state to pay tribute.The three tribes originally coexisted peacefully under the deterrence of Xianxi, but in front of the emperor of Shangbang, they would inevitably blame each other and fight each other.

The emperor only knew a little bit of Turkic language, and the interpreter of Honglu Temple was full of energy, and was about to show his skills in front of the imperial court, but was stopped in time.The emperor pointed at Song Wei beside him, and the Conflict Jue envoy said, "If you have anything to say, tell the sixth prince."

Song Wei had no choice but to act as an interpreter for the emperor.Whenever I saw the old man smiling and listening to my report, and the interpreter standing by doing nothing, I felt strangely that I understood the delicate mood of a father who wanted to show off his son in front of outsiders.

Persuading the Turkic envoys took up a considerable amount of the emperor's time.At the end of the mediation, it was nothing more than [-] boards for each, and a few carrots for each.

As soon as the Turkic envoys retreated, the emperor explained the situation in the northwest to his son: "Turkic people are brave and warlike by nature. Dividing and conquering them, making them consume each other, and avoiding dominance is the best strategy. Only this, of course, is not enough. The Tibetans have always been afraid of the strong bullying the weak. My Xianxi Northwest Guan defense army has only [-] armored soldiers, but it is an elite soldier. Among them, Mi Qingrui, who rides and shoots, was practiced by the Marquis Xian. Commander-in-chief. Although Du Gu is not as brave as Dugu Xing, he is cautious and steady, and he is good at strategy, which is also enough to shock the frontiers..."

Song Wei looked at the emperor's appearance that he couldn't even catch his breath, inexplicably the more he listened, the more irritable he became.

"Okay, don't be a jerk. It doesn't matter if you want to show off or teach me a lesson. Another time. There are still a few people waiting outside. If you don't hurry up, you might have to keep someone for dinner. You don't think it's troublesome, but I don't think it's troublesome!"

The emperor paused.With a smile, he stood up slowly with the help of the servant: "Xiao Yin, I will leave it to you later."

The long-winded posture before frightened people to death, but now he said no matter what, it was simply unexpected.Song Wei was still in a daze, the emperor had already bypassed the screen behind the throne, stepped out through the back door, got into the soft sedan chair, and went straight back to the palace to rest.

It was the first time that Honglusi Qing saw how the sixth prince talked to the emperor, and he was so shocked that he couldn't recover for a long time.Song Wei yelled twice, and Wei Houde suddenly realized: "Wei, Weichen is here!"

"Who's next?"

"His Royal Highness, it's time for the Gaochang envoy."

Song Wei nodded: "Let's declare."

Probably felt that something went wrong by accident, I'm afraid my father couldn't handle it.Song Wei cheered up, and fully cooperated with Mr. Wei, sometimes soft and sometimes hard, singing rice balls and singing white songs, doing his best and devoting himself to take the initiative to play the role of Mingjun's spokesperson.When you work hard, you forget about dozing off.The official articles are done by the Minister of Honglu Temple, His Royal Highness King Xiu only needs to be in charge of being kind and serious at times, giving both kindness and majesty, and suppressing the situation.

Finally, it was the turn of the last group of Tocharian envoys, and the newly promoted Tocharian King came in with a confidant, who was the one who lost the run yesterday.Talk again, feel more cordial.Originally seeing the last wave of mood was a lot easier, and the matter of asking for a seal was much easier than persuading a fight, mediation, coercion and temptation, Song Weijue chatted with the two from Tocharo.King Tocharo was born at the bottom of the class, with a straightforward personality and a grassy habit, which is not as good as the Huihe Turkic nobles who have been passed down for several generations, and the degree of summerization is extremely high.In the end, they hit it off with the sixth prince, riding horses and archery, drinking and singing, all of them are fine.King Tucharuo took the opportunity to make some additional requests, Song Wei weighed them in and thought it was reasonable.It would be timid not to make a statement, so he agreed on the spot.

When the people left, Wei Houde had already held back for a long time, and immediately said: "Your Highness has agreed to the matter of King Tocharo, but I have never asked His Majesty for instructions. I am afraid..."

Song Wei raised her eyebrows: "Inappropriate? Why didn't you say that just now? Hurry up, you haven't left the palace yet, just chase him back and refuse."

Wei Houde didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Your Highness, how could it be like this..."

Of course Song Wei knew that Shangbang Tianchao couldn't afford to lose face, so she deliberately said: "It's really inappropriate, it's okay to regret it immediately, it's better than endless troubles."

Wei Houde was helpless: "It's not that inappropriate..."

Song Wei patted his chest, and heaved a sigh of relief: "With your words, I feel relieved! I think that Tuhuo Luo Wang is reckless, and he has a very serious heart. The previous Prince Gaochang, who clearly came to ask for help, was not arrogant. , I want to leave him alone. King Tucharo is much more pleasing to the eye. You see, he got good from me, and he will definitely go around talking about it, and make Gao Chang's gang of pretending grandsons mad! Haha..."

The envoy of Gaochang successfully moved into the Huai'an Pavilion, and presented a rare tribute at the court meeting in the morning. He thought it would be easy to restore the old state with Shangbang, so he could not restrain his complacency.I stayed in the afternoon to meet alone, but it was not the emperor of Shangbang who personally received him, and I couldn't help showing a bit of dissatisfaction in my words.Song Wei was dozed off for no reason yesterday, and today she was neglected by others. Originally, she had a bad temper because she didn't sleep enough, so she simply held a grudge against the other party.

Mr. Wei has nothing to do with the sixth prince's rogue style, not to mention that he clearly knows the essence of dealing with vassals by stepping on the high to make up for the low, and weeding the strong and supporting the weak.In the end, I could only sigh: "In any case, His Highness should report to His Majesty as soon as possible."

His Royal Highness King Xiu looked at Lord Honglusi with an air of brotherhood: "Don't worry, don't worry, I'll tell my father right now."

Song Wei thinks that she has successfully completed the task, and she feels quite a sense of accomplishment.When they arrived at the bedroom, they found out that the emperor had fallen asleep after returning and hadn't woken up, so he felt quite disappointed.In addition to being disappointed, I was also a little worried.A kind of inexplicable confusion lingered in the bottom of my heart, but because of the repeated situations and fatigue in the past few days, I couldn't take time to calm down and think.In fact, because of his experience and intuition, he has always possessed extraordinary sensitivity. However, he neither likes nor is good at difficult challenges such as in-depth analysis and grasp of the overall situation, and almost instinctively rejects them.

He went to see the emperor first, and saw that his father was sleeping soundly, and that he should not fall into a long sleep, so he felt relieved.He was so sleepy that he didn't even have time to eat, so he patted his head, walked into the warm pavilion, fell on the bed and fell asleep.

After a while, he was awakened by Lan Di, and he was in a daze and didn't know where he was.Lan Di said: "Your Majesty has gotten up, and is waiting for His Highness to eat."

It took a long time for Song Wei to realize that he was not in the east courtyard of Xianhou Mansion, but in the emperor's bedroom.Slowly walked out of the door and came to the dining table, the emperor had already sat down at the head, and the old man Changsun Ruchu was also there.Song Wei immediately understood, don't think about An Sheng again tonight.I sighed from the bottom of my heart, at least there was only one day left, if I survived, this matter would be over.After that, it may be possible to change the ear roots for a period of time.Next time there is such a hard job again, it doesn't matter if you pretend to be crazy or foolish, you can't be fooled no matter what.

Rubbing his eyes, he first thought about observing the emperor's complexion.

The emperor was eager to know the details of the meeting in the afternoon, and before he could sit still, he opened his mouth to ask about business.

Song Wei yawned, and replied vaguely: "Very good..."

Seeing the eager and solemn look of the emperor through the sleepy eyes, I somehow thought in my heart that once, I thought that being the emperor was the easiest and most refreshing job in the world, how naive and stupid...

Sitting in front of him is his dear father in this life.Regardless of other things, as far as the emperor's position is concerned, it is not an exaggeration to say that he works hard and works hard after death. He is indeed worthy of a generation of prosperous Mingjun.

Song Wei didn't feel awe-inspiring, her sleepiness disappeared, and she didn't even make a half-sentence of nonsense, she was serious and answered every question she had.

After listening to the youngest son's report, the emperor was noncommittal, and just said indifferently: "When I see King Tochara tomorrow, tell him to learn Xia language well. You can't ask the prince to be his interpreter every time."

As soon as Song Wei heard this, she knew that her father was actually quite satisfied, so she agreed with a smile.After eating enough, he sent the emperor to have a rest, and with the feeling that long-term pain is worse than short-term pain, it is better to die this time, and for the first time, he proactively discussed the work of the next day with Duke Ming.

August [-]th, the Mid-Autumn Festival feast.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is a big festival celebrated by the whole world.Family gatherings, viewing lanterns and worshiping the moon are fixed events at night.Therefore, the banquet in the palace begins at noon and does not end.After that, both the emperor and the officials should go back and stay with their families.There is no curfew on this day, which is also an excellent time for night tours.Honglu Temple had already made arrangements, and the palace banquet was nothing more than a special person to accompany the Tibetan envoys to appreciate the grand festivals of Shangbang Kyoto.

At noon, courtiers, officials and all the envoys of the Fan tribe gathered in the Zichen Hall.Due to the large number of people, the banquet was arranged from the inside of the hall to the open square outside the hall.Fortunately, the weather is beautiful and sunny.In addition to various dishes of the Xia nationality, the imperial chef also directly set up large barbecue grills on both sides of the square, making barbecue according to Hu customs.Those who are eligible to occupy a place in the hall can even enjoy the performances of Jiaofang Kabuki and music and dance performances presented by various missions.

For a time, the food and wine, the singing and dancing, the prosperity and prosperity are close to the eyes and ears, making people addicted to it and lingering.

The emperor had a few glasses of wine with him symbolically, stayed for a while, said a few words on the occasion, and found an excuse at random to get out of the way temporarily.Such a big stall, all thrown to Yao'er.

As soon as the emperor left, everyone present was inexplicably relaxed, and the mood became more and more high. With new acquaintances and old friends, the atmosphere became more and more enthusiastic.

Because King Xiu presided over the banquet for the prince, he sat in the chief seat, accompanied by King An and King Duan, and sat with the highest-ranking guests such as the Huihe prince and the Turkic chief.Several veteran officials did not show up at such a noisy occasion. On the left and right were Cheng Guo Gong Yu Wengao and Xianhou Dugu Mian, who led important civil and military officials to entertain Mohe, Qiuci and other slightly lesser envoys.The leaders of the missions all sat in the hall, and the rest of the entourage, of course, went far outside the hall.

In Song Wei's view, such occasions are nothing more than big guys getting together to eat, drink and have fun.It's just that there are many rules in the palace, and there are many distant guests. As the host, the task of entertaining is naturally heavy.Fortunately, the people who came here were all familiar with temperament, and with wine in hand, it was easy to say anything.As the saying goes, "Three cups of turmoil, the five mountains are light. After the eyes are dizzy and the ears are hot, the spirit is born."His Royal Highness King Xiu made a round of wine toasts, and all the officials wished they could confide in each other and treat each other with sincerity, they were closer than a family.

Toasting is a matter of coming and going.Song Wei boasted that she has a large number of people, never rejecting those who come, and won a lot of applause.The fourth prince Duan Wang Song Fei knew that the sixth son was a good drinker at the royal family banquet where he recognized his ancestor and returned to the clan. Now it seems that the situation is not what it used to be, and it is completely unclear.Song Wei got drunk, and subconsciously blocked An Wang Song Yu a lot, which made Song Fei speechless in secret.In fact, Song Wei's thinking is very simple: this group of foreign ghosts is very difficult to deal with, the second child is a sick child, with a small mind and a poisonous mouth, no matter if he is offended or drunk, it will be extremely troublesome.

But he didn't know that his cheeks were flushed from drinking, his eyes were shining, and he raised his eyebrows and moved his eyes to hold the wine glass to the side, soft but hard, with needles hidden in the cotton, and said insincerely perfunctory words with a smile on his face: "My second emperor Brother is born weak, don't make trouble with him, come to me, I will give up my life to accompany the gentleman. His Highness King An is willing to sit here, even if he doesn't touch a drop, it is enough face, understand?" Look at Song Yu In the eyes, it was as if a red-hot soldering iron was suddenly immersed in cold water, causing a burst of boiling mist.The heartbeat fluctuated from fast to slow, obviously not drinking much, but also throbbing and flustering like drinking too much.

Song Wei was carelessly holding back someone's drink, but unexpectedly an arm came across and forced the West Turk chief's glass of wine away halfway.A familiar voice said with a smile: "He Ye Khan, could it be that he completely forgot me as an old friend after seeing His Royal Highness?"

That He Ye Khan raised his head to see who was coming, his hands holding the cup shook in shock, and the wine overflowed immediately: "Du, Dugu General, how dare, how dare you work for Your Excellency General..."

The bravery of Xianhou may only be heard by others, but he has personally experienced it in the past when he followed the team of the former great chief who had already been executed.Ever since they met in Beijiao Chuanshe, they have been honest all the way, keeping a respectful distance, and they don't want to be able to get a toast in person at this moment.He Ye Khan only felt that the cup was hot, and a cup of wine weighed more than a thousand catties, so he didn't care about His Highness King Xiu.