Chapter 159: Scholars fight against barbarians

After the imperial case, Zhao Ji's face after the crown bead only showed a smile but not a smile. His eyes shot towards Prince Ni Bora through the crown bead. Finally, his eyes turned and fell in a corner of the hall.

In the corner, Chen Ao held his head, turned a deaf ear to the situation in the hall, cared about the affairs in front of him, and had an indescribable calm temperament.

Zhao Ji smiled slightly, but was not angry, and said calmly: "The snow scenes in Bianjing are indeed rare, and your country is rare. You should take a good look at the beautiful scenery of the Song Dynasty to make the trip worthwhile."

The implication of this statement seems to be that Nibora is a small border country, and it is common sense that he has never seen the world before, so Zhao Ji does not blame him.

With Zhao Ji's character and the importance of the Nibora State for national policy, this kind of hidden needle in the cotton will not be expressed. The person who comes is a guest, so how can he be neglected? However, the prince of Nibora State was despised and retorted with a retort was already very polite.

The prince seemed to disagree and smiled strangely. He hurriedly said, "Your Majesty is right. The beautiful scenery of the Song Dynasty is dazzling. Xiao Wang is in this place. Seeing that the Song Dynasty is rich, he was deeply impressed." He paused for a moment and continued, "Ni Boluo is both small and poor. If he can be contaminated with the grace of the Song Dynasty, then the whole country of Ni Boluo will be grateful for Your Majesty's kindness and will be willing to surrender to the heavenly dynasty for generations and never break his oath."

Countless contemptuous eyes in the hall fell on the prince, especially Chen Ao, who was suddenly attracted by the prince's turtle aura and was intimidated by his style.

The prince said it was like Chen Ao running to the emperor and said, "I, my son, your family is so rich. Can Your Majesty give some gold, silver, jewelry, food and antiques to students every year, and be regarded as helping the poor. As long as the emperor gives it to them, the students will recognize you as the boss for generations. OK?"

Even if Chen Ao is so thick-skinned, he will never be able to say this. He is shameless to ask for money. As for it?

But the prince didn't agree with it, as if he was a little satisfied. He was obviously very satisfied with his Chinese language and was extremely proud.

Zhao Ji snorted coldly for the inauspiciousness and opened his mouth to speak. Unexpectedly, the prince smiled and continued: "Your Majesty invites Xiao Wang to a banquet. Xiao Wang is very grateful. In Xiao Wang's hometown, there is a fruit and fruit that is unique to the southern border. Therefore, I specially brought it to you and you all to taste it."

Since the other party gave the gift, Zhao Ji no longer cared about the prince's arrogance just now and smiled and said, "Oh? I love rare things the most, I will come and have a look."

A strong man in darkness behind the prince led several eunuchs out. After a while, he led a series of eunuchs in carefully carrying a tray covered with red silk. First, someone sent them to the imperial case, and then placed one on each table.

When everyone lifted the red silk, they saw that it was a big round fruit the size of three or four fists, which looked orange and yellow. It was really a rare thing, never seen.

Zhao Ji picked up the round fruit curiously, looked at it carefully for a moment, and said, "I just don't know what kind of fruit is this?"

Prince Surya of Nibora said, "My country calls it stone fruit, and its juice is the most delicious. Please ask Your Majesty and all of you to taste it."

Zhao Ji nodded: "Shiguo, this name is strange."

But soon, his face suddenly changed.

After saying so much, the prince has never said how to eat this stone fruit. Judging from his appearance, I am afraid that it will not say it. The shell of this stone fruit is indeed harder than a stone. It is said that it is placed in the mouth, but I am afraid that even the teeth will be bitten off.

It turns out that Prince Surya is uneasy and sincerely wants the emperor to make a fool of himself.

A sharp look flashed in Zhao Ji's eyes, but he had to keep calm and composed, stroked his long beard with his hands and kept silent.

His highness's ministers also guessed the prince's intentions and were both angry and anxious. If the official family was humiliated by the prince, he would be furious. The king was worried about the humiliation of the ministers. The most urgent task at the moment was to find a way to taste the stone fruit. As long as someone ate it first, the official family could follow suit and eliminate this embarrassment.

So some ministers bite the teeth with their teeth regardless of their dignity. Some put the stone fruit in their hands and pierced them hard. Some eunuchs brought a small dagger and cut the stone fruit with different methods. However, no matter what method is used, whether it is biting, piercing, or cutting, the stone fruit remains unmoved.

On the contrary, the guests' funny and embarrassed appearance caused the two behind Prince Surya to burst into laughter, and the laughter was unscrupulous and disdain was implicit in their laughter.

Zhao Ji's face turned pale, and Yang Jian beside him whispered: "The official family... do you ask the slave to go down and ask Prince Ni Bora, how to eat this stone fruit?"

Zhao Ji remained motionless, his eyes fell on the stone fruit. A small stone country caused the entire court to lose face. If this was spread, what was the emperor's majesty? What was the majesty of the court?

His eyes became unpredictable, suppressing the anger in his heart, and whispered to Yang Jian: "Don't ask, I don't believe that my great heavenly kingdom is so I can't even deal with the small stone fruit."

Yang Jian was silent and retreated aside. He knew the government too well. If the government became stubborn, even ten cows could not hold back. This time, the government was really angry and insisted on competing with the prince.

Although the match between the official and the prince has been in harmony, there are countless intrigues hidden in secret.

The ministers below tried their best to do everything, but they still couldn't figure it out.

Prince Surya stood in the hall, standing calmly, with a faint smile on his face, watching the good show he directed and acted leisurely, his eyes as dark as ink, flashing with contempt.

But no one heard the mocking and sarcastic words in Prince Surya’s heart: “So what about the country above the Celestial Kingdom? I used a little trick and taught them to be in a mess. Ha, the country above the Celestial Kingdom is just like this.”

There was heavy snow floating outside the hall, and the incense burner was rising in the hall, and many people had cold sweat oozing from their foreheads. Facing the hard stone fruit, there was nothing we could do about it.

At this time, a man laughed: "How can coconuts be eaten like this? Only the barbarians only hold a coconut and open their mouths to eat. People... go and help me find the reeds and some ice cubes."

Zhao Ji was alarmed by the sound, looked up and saw the person who was talking clearly through the Crown Pearl. Zhao Ji was immediately overjoyed. Who was the person who was shouting in the hall?

Shen Ao yawned repeatedly and sneered lazily: "You might as well go."

As soon as he finished speaking, an eunuch finally came to his senses. In a moment, he immediately flew away.

Shen Ao lay on the table, but was laughing in his heart. This prince was so funny. He actually used a coconut to fool people and said something about stone fruit. However, the ministers in the hall were really a bit unsatisfied. This coconut was also available on Hainan Island. Yes, it should be called Qiongzhou Prefecture now. It is obvious that there are coconuts there, but the ministers in the hall had never seen this coconut before.

Just as I thought about it, I realized that all the officials here were Beijing officials, and they didn’t leave the gate and didn’t step in the second gate. Qiongzhou was an isolated island on the border. To put it bluntly, only officials who committed the crime were demoted or exiled to be sent there, so that they could know what coconut was, and they had to commit something first.

Chen Ao smiled slightly, and when he saw Prince Surya look at him coldly, he was angry and was so angry that he didn't see a handsome man from China. He sneered and said, "Hey, this is obviously a coconut fruit from Qiongzhou, but why did he get to Nipola but he took a name like a stone fruit without taste. It's okay if the name is vulgar. Since His Highness, since the prince presented the coconut fruit for His Majesty to eat, why didn't he prepare tableware? Could it be that your country just use his hands when eating coconut fruit? Oh, sin, sin, student has a saying like a thorn in his throat, and he has to say it, but he will inevitably offend international friends. If he doesn't say it, But it is inevitable that they are sincere. Well, since all the adults are so loving and giving students encouragement eyes, the students will say boldly. The method of eating coconut fruit in Nibau is really barbaric. Oh, there is nothing wrong with barbaric. In the past, the Huns were eating raw and drinking blood, but now the prince of Nibau is instigated to eat coconut fruit by hand. Oh, by the way, I don’t know where Nibau is? After all, the students are well-educated people who know all about astronomy and geography. I heard that the Khotan Kingdom, the Uighur Kingdom, and the Black Khan tribes have never heard of the three words Nibau. It’s really strange and strange.”

It was so satisfying to say these words. Chen Ao said in one breath what the people in the palace wanted to say but dared not say. Although they were unrestrained, they were deeply loved by the people.

First, we compared the Turks to analogy. What is the Turks? Anyone who has some understanding of the history of the Han Dynasty knows that the Turks are barbarians, beasts, and barbarians who were not yet civilized and chased and beaten thousands of miles by the Han army. The implication is that the Nibrura, like the Turks, is it a foreigner, a country of Diyi?

Later, Chen Ao even said that many small countries came out, but he had never heard of Nipola. This meaning was very obvious, which was nothing more than contempt for Nipola.

Although Chen Ao spoke vicious words, he pretended to be very sincere and could not see any intentional contempt, as if he was currently having academic discussions with others. As for insults, wow, what these words are, they are simply naked slander, which is a slander of Shen Dacaizi's character.

After the curtain, Zhao Ji couldn't help laughing. This arrogance was both humorous and interesting, and also helped him to relieve the siege. He even swept away Zhao Ji's gloomy aura just now. He caressed the imperial desk and tried hard to hold it in order not to laugh out loud.

Prince Surya's eyes were filled with fire, and he barely suppressed his anger, and said, "Young Master said this, I believe that it is a knowledgeable person, so why not ask your master to eat it."

Chen Ao smiled and said, "Of course you have to eat it, but the Song Dynasty had a way of eating it, which was not as good as the barbarians. There are also some specialties in eating coconut fruits."
Chapter completed!