After rebirth, I made the princes cry

Wu was still half embarrassed.

He turned around and looked at the nonchalant smile on the lips of the person behind him. He coughed twice and said, "He is from the ministry and can be trusted. Just say whatever you want to say."

Apart from Wu Huan, this was the first time that Bai Min had seen someone from the Flying Eagle Tribe in Chang'an City. She couldn't help but look at him curiously. He had an ordinary face, as if he was often traveling outside. His skin was slightly dark, and the most prominent feature of his face was his nose. His nose bridge was straight and straight, making him look quite handsome upon closer inspection. Even though she was staring at him, he remained calm.

Bai Mei still helped Wu Huan in.

Without any hesitation, she told him about the dispute she had with Xuan'an. "Before, the young lady and the Fifth Prince were very close. It was because they had played together since childhood that the young lady treated the Fifth Prince as both a brother and a friend. But now, as she grows older, the young lady has reached the age of marriage. If she had not entered the palace, she would have been engaged. Now, the young lady treats the Fifth Prince as close as before in front of others. I feel that the young lady and the Fifth Prince are in love with each other. There is nothing to be shy about now. There is no need to be shy. Sir, tell me, is my judgment accurate?"

Wu Huan: …

How could he, who had never even discussed marriage, understand the emotions between young people?

Xuan Xi was not willing to admit defeat: "I didn't say that the princess had no interest in the Fifth Prince, and I didn't say that the two of them were not a good match. Whether the princess regards the Fifth Prince as a brother or a confidant, if they really get married in the future, they will definitely be able to treat each other with respect. In this world, no one can accommodate the princess more than the Fifth Prince. I just think that the princess doesn't understand the love between men and women yet."

"All you do all day is call people brothers and sisters. Anyone who catches your eye becomes your sworn friend. What do you know about love between men and women?"

"It is because I have so many brothers that I understand that the love between brothers is different from the love between men and women."

Wu Hao was the first to raise his hands in surrender: "The two of you should stop arguing about this. The Ministry has received a secret order from the Left Deputy Envoy, and there are serious matters to discuss."

Bai Miancai and Xuan Mian "shake hands and make peace", holding hands and finding another place to continue their argument.

"Don't deny it. I can see that you have other thoughts about Fu Bai." Xuan Mei raised her eyebrows.

"No one is so slanderous as you. Fu Bai is my enemy. It's either me or him!"

"We were enemies before, but now we look more like enemies. You should pay attention to it yourself. Ever since we left Jiankang, you have been talking about Fubai several times a day. Even if you didn't say anything good about him, you always liked to talk about how you two teased each other, saying that Fubai's tongue couldn't match yours, but you didn't understand from which channels and what means he got so much information, and you were praising his ability in a subtle way."

"If I really had feelings for him, how could I not know it?"

"Forget it, I don't want to argue with you. The man just now was a disguised one."

"really?"

"Actually, I'm not sure. I just feel that I don't recognize his face, but he looks strangely familiar, so I guess I've seen him before, but because he has changed his appearance, I can't recognize him clearly."

"We have never heard of the Flying Eagle Tribe before. Where can we see them?"

"Not all the people of the Flying Eagle Tribe are in the north. Maybe this man came from Jiankang. I met him in Jiankang. But the young lady told us that Mr. Wu is trustworthy. Since Mr. Wu brought him here, no matter what his identity is in Jiankang, he will not harm the young lady. Now we still have to find a way to find out the details of Da Shangchen."

"I'll ask Li Dong out tomorrow."

Li Dong is a maidservant in the residence of Da Shangchen. She is also a remnant of Dayu. Before she was born, Chang'an was occupied by the Qiang tribe. Li Dong's ancestors did not even have the conditions to escape, and "naturally" became slaves. Fortunately, they were not taken to Wumei Warehouse. Her brother is now a eunuch in Weiyang Palace, and he fought for her the opportunity to become a maid in the Shangchen Mansion. Jiang Gaofan treats slaves who are remnants of the people more leniently than many powerful people in the Qiang tribe.

Li Dong was willing to interact with Bai Ying, of course, because Bai Ying held the Northern Qi official documents, and the owner of the business he worked for was a noble from the Northern Han Dynasty.

Bai Mei asked Li Dong to have mutton soup at a restaurant in the West Market, and also stuffed a bag of silver coins into her pocket.

"If Wudu Market is really established, all the merchants in the capital will have to compete for the initiative. The idea of ​​peace talks was originally proposed by Da Shangchen. Originally, the boss had long intended to make friends with Da Shangchen. However, the maid also knows the situation of my company. Not to mention that the boss can't come forward for many things, even my adoptive father can't come to bother him. In the past, many things were facilitated by the maid. This time, I still need your guidance."

Li Dong received the bag of silver coins, with a smile on his face: "There are rumors all over the capital now, and we don't know whether the establishment of diplomatic relations and peace talks can proceed. Your boss must also want to get some accurate information, right?"

"Isn't it? Who would have thought that the Spiritual Tower would suddenly catch fire when the Lord of the Divine Yuan Palace had already come to Shangjing? Yesterday I went to Weitai to see the excitement. Although the envoys of Dongyu swore that the Lord of the Palace was definitely not a fake, they still couldn't convince the people of Shangjing."

"The Third Prince of Dongyu also came to the Shangchen Mansion yesterday. I couldn't be there to hear what he discussed with the Great Shangchen, but the Great Shangchen ordered a banquet to be held and had a chat with the Third Prince. Then, the Great Shangchen summoned the order to go to the capital. This morning, some people were saying in the streets that the Spiritual Pagoda was burned down by heavenly fire. They were taken to the Shangchen Mansion by the officials of the capital."

"So, Da Shangchen still supports peace talks?"

"Needless to say, negotiating peace and establishing diplomatic relations was originally the idea of ​​the Great Shangchen, and it was the Great Shangchen who persuaded King Zhenyuan to serve as the envoy. The Great Shangchen naturally hopes that everything will go smoothly. In fact, over the past few decades, no matter north or south, there will be wars every two or three years. Life is always difficult and no one wants to be so worried."

"That's right. Thanks to Da Shangchen, I won't hide it from you. Our boss has heard something. It's said that Da Shangchen lived in Jiangzhou for a long time. Does he like peppercorns? I happen to know a dish with peppercorns as the main ingredient. Why don't you write down the cooking method for me? If it suits Da Shangchen's taste, I hope that when Wudu Market is really built, I can help pass the boss's name card to Da Shangchen."

"Da Shangchen prefers sweet and sour flavors. He doesn't like peppercorns or dogwood."

"Huh? Then I can't serve you anymore."

"That's not necessarily true. Da Shangchen's favorite dish is actually pickled plum meat. It's just that even though we hired a lot of chefs, it's still difficult to make it authentic. Doesn't your family have a business in Jinyang? If you can find a way to hire a chef in Jinyang to make pickled plum meat that Da Shangchen is satisfied with, then why would you worry about such a small matter?"

"How about the maid tell me more about the preferences of the Great Shangchen?"

"The Grand Minister will host a banquet for the envoys tomorrow. I heard that the Lord of the Shenyuan Palace will be present. I can't interfere with the banquet, but the Grand Minister is determined to mend the relationship with the envoys from Dongyu. There are some things I can only tell you in secret. There are many rumors about the fire in the Tongling Tower in Shangjing City, which have caused the envoys to face a lot of doubts. In the palace, Xiping *** because... ah, *** listened to someone's instigation, because she was jealous of Wang Si Niang, but she was out of reach, so she took her anger out on the Left Deputy Envoy and offended both the Lord of the Palace and the Left Deputy Envoy. In order to successfully negotiate peace, the Grand Minister must find a way to make amends.

The Grand Minister could estimate the preferences of the two princes of Dongyu to be 70% or 80%, but the Palace Master and the Left Deputy Envoy were both women, so the Grand Minister was unsure. He entrusted the task to me, and I was also confused. I was thinking that your second boss was from Northern Qi, and Northern Qi had established diplomatic relations with Dongyu a long time ago. Your boss also had a business in Jiankang, and I wondered if he had inquired about the preferences of the Palace Master and the Left Deputy Envoy. "

Bai Mian showed a somewhat embarrassed look: "I can ask my foster father, but I guess that the Lord of Shenyuan Palace has always lived in the palace in Dongyu and has not been involved in politics. Although the Left Deputy Envoy was a female official in the past and was quite trusted by the Lord of Dongyu, it is impossible for her to interfere in business. I am afraid that the branch manager of the Dongjia in Jiankang has not inquired about the preferences of these two people. However, because I like to join in the fun, I have met the Left Deputy Envoy twice, especially when he served tea and porridge at Weitai. The Left Deputy Envoy was wearing casual clothes, and the combination of clothes and skirts was very particular. The styles of hairpins and rings were even more exquisite. I think the Left Deputy Envoy has the same preferences as the other noble ladies. They all like to dress in an original way. It won’t go wrong for the maid to prepare some novel hairpins and combs as gifts."

"That's difficult." Li Dong sighed, "The skilled craftsmen of the Han Kingdom are far inferior to those of Dongyu. Even the hairpins and jewelry of the noble ladies in the palace are all purchased through merchants in Northern Zhao, Northern Qi and other countries. They originated from the jewelry shops in Dongyu. What we think is good may no longer be popular in Dongyu."

"My adoptive father's craftsmanship is very exquisite. I have an idea. We can choose some jade or gemstones produced in the Western Regions and have my adoptive father carve them into hairpins and combs. Now that the Western Regions merchant groups cannot directly reach Dongyu, maybe the Lord of Shenyuan Palace and the Left Deputy Envoy will find them rare."

"I really asked the right person. So let's do this." Li Dong was overjoyed.

Bai Mian smiled and changed the subject: "Xi Ping sir is really very interested in Da Shang Chen. It makes me curious, how handsome is Da Shang Chen that makes sir so infatuated with him."

"I have seen Da Shangchen from afar. He is indeed more handsome than the King of Zhenyuan. Da Shangchen is a military man. He is not as weak as the King of Zhenyuan, but he is much more elegant than many Qiang men. Miss Xiping, in fact, you have always preferred Han men. Otherwise, how could you be attracted to Wei Shen in the first place?"

"Who is Wei Shen?" Bai Meng asked casually following the topic.

Li Dong waved at her, leaned forward, and whispered almost close to Bai Meng's ear: "He is Madam Wei's brother. Wei Shen and Madam Wei's father is Han Chinese. The brother and sister both have the appearance and demeanor of their father. However, although Wei Shen has been naturalized as a Qiang, he is still of low status. The princess never thought of recruiting him as a son-in-law, but wanted him to be a guest official in the princess's mansion. If Wei Shen had agreed to the princess's request, he would not have ended up like that."

"How dare you refuse ***?"

"Western Yu was destroyed. Although Wei Shen was only half Han and the other half Qiang, he was a man of integrity. It was not that he could not be a guest official of the nobles. However, he knew that the emperor treated him as a concubine. How could he be a guest official? Moreover, Wei Shen had already been engaged, and he and his fiancée were childhood sweethearts. At that time, after all, there was Concubine Wen who suppressed the emperor, and the emperor was not as domineering as he is now."

Li Dong couldn't stop talking once he started. "To be honest, Da Shangchen also despises ***. Otherwise, Your Majesty has already made it clear and hinted many times, but Da Shangchen just doesn't want to agree to marry ***. It's not because of the difference between Qiang and Han people, but because ***'s domineering character is rare among the noble ladies of the Qiang tribe.

Da Shangchen is good at military strategy, but he is not as proficient in etiquette, music, and calligraphy as the children of the noble families in Dongyu. That is why he hopes that his future wife will be talented in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. However, she has only learned riding and archery, which many noble ladies of the Qiang tribe are proficient in. Apart from her good fortune of being born into an imperial family, she is completely useless.

Bai Mei didn't respond.

Wang Si Niang, who attracted the admiration and spiritual friendship of Da Shangchen, was someone she was very familiar with. Although she was not destined to be a princess, her temperament was not much better than that of the unruly and domineering princess. As for the arts of playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, she had studied them diligently since childhood, but she learned them in the wrong way, and wanted to marry into a wealthy family with such skills. Her daughter had said that the benefit of the four skills was to cultivate one's sentiments. If one had a competitive mentality and did not have extraordinary talent, no matter how much one learned, one would only learn the basics.

Wang Si Niang is actually quite good for nothing.

When Li Dong returned to Shangchen Mansion that day, she was "captured" by the female steward and assigned another task: "The Grand Shangchen has instructed that only Han servants should serve the envoys at the banquet tomorrow. I have previously summoned the servants who meet this requirement to test them, and I feel that none of them are as smart as you. It just so happens that you will be responsible for preparing gifts for the envoys later. When the time is right tomorrow, you may as well have a chat with the Lord of Shenyuan Palace and the Left Deputy Envoy, which will also help to please them."

Li Dong agreed immediately.

A maid like her, although she had experienced the national disaster twenty years ago, was only just learning to walk and had no memory of it at that time. After being reduced to slavery, she had no idea what the difference was between before and after being reduced to slavery. She had never expected that Dongyu could regain its lost territory. Such a thing was too far away for her. All she hoped for was to live a less hard and tiring life, to have enough food to eat, to have winter clothes to keep warm, and to get pills to save her life if she unfortunately fell ill.

If she thought about it more, she would hope that her master would show mercy and allow her to get married, even if it was to a servant, and give birth to her own children. Such a life would be considered perfect.

Li Dong firmly believed that Da Shangchen really wanted to do his best to promote peace talks, and she also hoped that the Han Kingdom and Dongyu could successfully establish diplomatic relations. She was now a slave in Shangchen Mansion. Her master had always been trusted by the emperor, and the lives of slaves would certainly be better. Otherwise, the master would be humiliated and the servants would die, and the days that had finally settled would become turbulent again.

Alas, for the sake of her own safety, she extremely despised the Queen Mother and Xiping Princess in her heart. She really didn't know what benefit would it bring to them if Dongyu went to war with the Han Dynasty. These noble people had already been blessed with fine clothes and delicious food, so what else did they want and how much blessings did they demand?

If curses really worked in this world, she would curse the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager to become slaves when they woke up one day, and to suffer from hardship and live in fear all day long. Only when they fell into the same situation as these slaves, perhaps they would understand how difficult it is to survive.