The hall was full of singing and dancing, and the princes and celebrities exchanged cups.

"Mr. Fan, I'll give you a cup."

"polite……"

...

Linghu Qingmo was wearing a white dress and sat beside Xie Jinhuan, and his hands were still pressing the coal balls that wanted to peck at the Emperor's Dragon's robe.

When she found that Xie Jinhuan was frowning, as if she was studying something, Linghu Qingmo leaned in front of her and asked curiously:

"What are you looking at?"

Xie Jinhuan was thinking about how to deal with Li Gongpu. Hearing this, he picked up the wine glass and signaled to an official sitting in the distance:

"Is this man wearing a big official robe, but an envoy from the Northern Zhou Dynasty?"

"Yes, Guo Ziyan, the uncle of Empress Dowager Guo of Northern Zhou, is here to negotiate this trip."

"What are you talking about?"

Linghu Qingmo picked up the wine glass and touched Xie Jinhuan:

"After the witch rebellion, the north and south were killed and injured, and they discussed peace with each other. Under the control of hundreds of schools of sects, the Northern Zhou Dynasty ceded the 4 towns of Yunbei to Dagan, and thus truce.

"Now that after a hundred years of rest and recuperation, Northern Zhou is dissatisfied and says that the alliance is unfair and wants to take back the four towns of Yunzhou."

The four towns in Yunzhou are located near Daganshanhe Pass. The terrain is dangerous and easy to defend and difficult to attack. It also produces a lot of minerals and has great strategic significance. Xie Jinhuan said unexpectedly:

"How can the court give up such a place?"

"yes."

Linghu Qingmo covered her sleeves and drank the wine in the glass, her cheeks turned a little red:

"How to talk on the table depends on how to fight on the battlefield. You can't get the result by just talking. According to Ling'er, the two dynasties have been on standoff for many years and the country is rich and the people are strong. They are actually guilty before taking action. Now they are just fighting skills. Whoever wants to show their timidity first will definitely suffer a great loss."

Xie Jinhuan was not very interested in court affairs, so he just nodded and smiled. He wanted to touch the coal balls casually, but for some reason his right hand picked up the chopsticks and picked up a small piece of jerky meat and sent it to Mo Mo's mouth.

"Guji?"

The coal balls opened their mouths and saw this, looking up at the sight of the scene, shocked!

Linghu Qingmo was also stunned. Looking at the food delivered to him, his face turned red from a slight intoxication:

"What are you doing?"

"Well……"

Xie Jinhuan didn’t know what she was doing, Chunchun was brought to the ghost!

But this thing is obviously not easy to explain, so I can only be a warm man with a stingy head:

"Look at you choked, you're going to eat something."

“…”

You're so weird...

But even if I want to eat vegetables, can I let you feed it?

What should I do if so many people are present?!

Linghu Qingmo felt that Xie Jinhuan was drunk too much, and was afraid of being noticed by others, so he wanted to press down his arm.

But the stinky brother beside him was quite stubborn, his arms were not moving at all, so he just leaned to his mouth.

"you……"

Linghu Qingmo was afraid of being seen, so he could only quickly hold the little pork in his mouth with lightning speed, and then carefully looked around, feeling full of stealth.

Xie Jinhuan breathed a sigh of relief, saw Mo Mo's little appearance, and smiled again...

——

In the magnificent hall, the fragrance of wine and laughter meet.

Emperor Gan sat in his head wearing a dragon robe, scanning the civil and military officials in the court and the wise men from all over the country. He was in a very good mood until he saw his stupid nephew not far away.

Zhao De was near the prince. At this time, while the adults were chatting, he quietly came to the prince:

"Brother, have you brought the money? The monthly money given by the royal palace has been used up..."

Crown Prince Zhao Jinghuan is the only son of the emperor. He has a high reputation for his talent and virtue, and he treats others humbly. Seeing his cousin coming to borrow money again, he said with a smile:

"I still have some surplus here. How much do you want? I'll send it to you tomorrow."

"Thirty thousand taels."

"three……?!"

Zhao Jinghuan is the prince, not Kaizi. He took a breath and held it in for a long time before responding:

"I only have more than 8,000 taels of silver left in total..."

"Eight thousand is fine. Brother Bulao sent someone to deliver it. I will pick it up in person later."

"?"

...

When Emperor Gan saw his stupid nephew's virtue, he felt that he was "happy and disgusted".

The joy is that Zhao De looks like this, it is impossible for him to usurp the throne and seek rebellion. Even if Zhao De wants to do so, the government and the people will not dare to bet on him. If the prince ascended the throne in the future, he will not have to consider the rebellion of his cousin at all.

But the accusation is that King Dan is his younger brother after all, and his son has developed this ghostly virtue. He is a uncle who really feels like "You are worthy of the surname Zhao?"

I couldn't bear to look directly at him, so Emperor Gan turned his gaze to Princess Changning not far away:

"Ling'er, I heard you brought Xie Jinhuan too?"

Princess Changning must have been more dignified in front of the emperor and queen, nodding with grace:

"Yes, my father thinks this son is a talented person, so I will bring him to see the world."

Emperor Gan looked along the guide and saw a young man in white with extraordinary temperament sitting in the corner of the hall, talking to others, nodding slightly:

"In recent days, I heard that this person has talent and virtue, but I didn't expect that he is also handsome and has such a talent. He is so talented that he can only hold a halberd and have a poor talent."

Emperor Gan's words obviously meant to be appointed as an official for Xie Jinhuan, who performed well recently.

Princess Changning was about to respond, but Li Gongpu, who was sitting not far away, quickly laughed and interrupted:

"Xie Jinhuan's achievements have been great recently, but the yamen is still investigating the mummy case. I want the minister to come to see it. It is not too late to reward the case after the case is settled."

The gray-haired father-in-law He is too old and looks a little confused. He nods when he hears the sound:

"Gongpu's words are reasonable. With this talent, it will take only a few days to solve the case. Now the reward is granted. If the case is solved, it is difficult to reward it again; if it is not solved, it will be even more difficult to end."

Emperor Gan thought about it, but didn't say much, and started chatting with Mr. He.

After such negotiations for a while, the royal relatives and nobles who came to Beijing to pay their birthday began to offer gifts in turn to celebrate their birthdays.

Princess Changning also took out the phoenix crown created by Danyang Academy. The exquisite craftsmanship directly made countless court officials stutter. Queen He smiled and narrowed her eyes when she saw it.

However, in this noisy atmosphere, Guo Ziyan, a foreign envoy from the Northern Zhou Dynasty, suddenly said:

"Your country has a vast territory, and its people are prosperous and wealthy. The ministers celebrated the queen's birthday, but they were all vulgar gold and silver. In the eyes of foreign ministers, it would be a loss of the dignity of your country."

“…”

The whole hall quieted down.

Even Xie Jinhuan, who was teasing Momo, raised his eyes.

There are actually quite a lot of people outside the field, but the Western Regions, Western Rong and Southern Barbarians and other places are all small countries, so they dare not speak out at all if they have nothing to do.

The Northern Zhou Dynasty is not weaker than the big fight, and with strong national strength, Guo Ziyan naturally has a bit of a sting when speaking.

Emperor Gan's smile restrained a little, but at this time, he obviously didn't have to speak in person.

Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites immediately responded:

"The queen is frugal and does not like extravagance. It is said that Empress Guo has lived a birthday and built a hundred-foot pagoda in Yanjing, which consumed tens of millions of dollars to transport stones and demolished the houses, and there were no less than a thousand bridges. I can't compare to this kind of show."

Guo Ziyan's face did not change and raised her hand to signal Bu Yuntai in the palace:

"In order to see the night view, Emperor Gan built a nine-story buyuntai, which was not smaller than that of Baizhangfutu in Yanjing. When he arrived in front of the queen, he started to be frugal, alas..."

As soon as these words were spoken, the ministers suddenly became angry, but were speechless, so they turned their eyes to Li Gongpu, who encouraged the emperor to build a spectacle!

Li Gongpu was indeed greedy and planned to build Buyuntai, but the reason was that the emperor wanted to do things according to his wishes, not his instigation.

However, even if Li Gongpu was Lingchi, he would not dare to push Emperor Gan's head. He interrupted at this time:

"As such a good day, the dispute over verbalism will only sweep the graceful atmosphere of the guests here. Mr. Guo thinks that offering gifts to the ministers is a common thing, so why don't you give some elegant things to open your eyes?"

Guo Ziyan was a diplomat. He said so much to show off and show the prestige of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and ridiculed these southern local rich men.

After Li Gongpu finished speaking, Guo Ziyan looked around the ministers of the Southern Dynasty:

"Since it is a birthday celebration, the word "zhu" must be reflected. I wonder if Mr. Fan, how can I interpret the word "zhu"?"

Fan Li touched his beard and watched the show. When he saw the Northern Zhou Dynasty's name, he responded:
To be continued...