I am a cat in the palace

In the early morning of the next day, Rourou changed into the dress of the Prince of Four Dragons and Nine Pythons and put on a silver fox cloak and headed for the Sifang Pavilion. Like a transparent turquoise gem, the sun shines goldenly on it, reflecting the light of the snow all over the ground, making people's eyes dazzled. Unfortunately, the howling north wind is still freezing, so I couldn't help but want to ride a horse when I saw the weather was fine. The meat was still forced into the carriage.

I don't like riding a horse very much, it's bumpy and cold, how can I feel as comfortable as sitting in a carriage with a heater on?I turned over again, stretched my limbs vigorously, and stretched my body so long that I twisted and scratched on the fine lambswool carpet.

In his hand, Rourou held an envelope that Wan Ji handed over before he boarded the car. Inside were a few sheets of thin paper filled with tiny characters. He combed my hair one by one while looking at his fingers.When the few sheets of paper in his hand were read over and over again, Rourou casually threw them into the charcoal stove. The thin bamboo paper caught fire, and a huge flame ignited in an instant, even if it was buttoned up immediately. Even though the stove cover was removed, the smell of burnt paper dust in the carriage could not be covered. I rubbed my nose with my paw in dissatisfaction, and then sneezed hard at Rourou twice.

"Do you know why the Sixth Prince of Liang Kingdom is here?" I was still lazily lying on the carpet, with my eyes closed, and let him comb my hair with a small comb.

Hearing my question, Rourou paused, and I couldn't help but slightly opened my eyes and glanced at him, only to see a bit of pity in his expression: "He's here to be a proton."

"Proton?" I rolled over in doubt and got up, stretching my waist and asking strangely: "When did our Daxia have the rule of detaining the princes of other countries as protons? It seems that no country has done this in hundreds of years." Things. Those who will come to be protons, who is not ready to be an abandoned son? What else can they do besides being a spy? They have to give free rations to support them.”

Rourou glanced at me, laughed and poked my forehead with his finger, "Look, those who despise you will definitely not use your fish sticks to raise the sixth prince, don't worry, ah!"

"Cut, this makes it sound like I'm reluctant to part with a few fish sticks, but why have I seen that there are fewer fish sticks in the jar these two days, did you steal it?"

"How dare I." Rourou hurriedly shrank back in a panic.

"Then why less?"

"How about my Highness help you count how many sticks you eat every day?" Rourou suddenly leaned over his head and suggested in a low voice.

After thinking about it carefully, I coughed lightly, "No need, even if you think about it, you don't dare to steal my fish and meat strips casually. Speaking of which, what happened to that proton in Liang Guo?"

"No one knew beforehand. I only made it clear when I submitted my credentials yesterday. In the past two years, the territory of Liang State has experienced several floods and wind disasters. The affected area has almost reached one-third of Liang State's land. Neighbors have changed their sons for food, after years of wars, the treasury of Liang State is empty, and the Changping warehouse has no more grain, they hope to exchange [-] carts of grain with the sixth prince as a pledge, and agree to double the repayment in five years."

"..." I was speechless for a while, "A thousand carts of grain is really serious, can your father agree?"

Rourou frowned slightly, and nodded slightly after a while: "I'm afraid Father will agree."

"Why?" I don't understand. Although the victims are indeed pitiful, it is the matter of the Liang country. Daxia has not lost his ideas over the years, and the border line is advancing every year. I really want to It would be good to swallow Liang Guo in one bite.Now that there are continuous natural disasters in the territory of Liang State, it is a good opportunity to take advantage of his illness to kill him. Why should we lend them food to let them relax? How many lives of soldiers must be sacrificed to regain the advantage of the battle situation.

"The disaster-stricken area of ​​Liang State is too close to the border of our Great Xia. I heard that a month ago, there were victims of disasters who stormed the pass and wanted to enter our territory of Great Xia. If food is not given, the victims will probably move more and more to survive. If they flood into Daxia territory, it will not be Liang Guozhu, but I Daxia who will be in trouble. At that time, the rioters will attack the pass and disturb the border people. If the plague is brought into the country again, it will not be solved by a little food. What's more, we are afraid that there will soon be a big battle between us and the State of Yu, and we can only deal with the State of Liang with a gentle strategy first."

I licked my paws, "That's too cheap for the Liang Kingdom, let a prince live and eat for nothing in our Great Xia for four or five years, and then get back a thousand carts of grain, no matter how you think about it, we are all at a disadvantage. And what if they use this grain to fill the army and stab us in the back while we are fighting Yu State?"

"Father is not stupid. Why are you worrying so much? They raise prices all over the sky, and we have to pay back the money. How can we give them whatever they want? If we really give them a chance to breathe, we must let them drink The dove quenches thirst, and the national strength is getting weaker and weaker. Moreover, if they really dare to stab in the back, then I really have to admire their courage. Could it be that the 20 troops we put in Nanyun Pass are just for nothing As long as they dare to stab them with this knife, it is pie in the sky, and they have given us a great excuse to break their promises, cross rivers and demolish bridges, ignore the lives and deaths of the people, and use the rations donated by our country as military rations. Believe it or not, the disaster victims in Liang State will be able to tear down the palace wall of Liang State’s palace without us doing it. When the 20 troops from Nanyun Pass come out, let’s not talk about leveling Liang State, at least two more lands will be taken from them It should be effortless."

Looking at the fleshy little fox-like smile, I can only sigh with emotion, this child really gets bigger and bigger as he grows up, and my vision is not as good as his, after all, I am only a half-acre in the palace The emperor of the earth, but the vision of flesh and blood has extended to the whole world, children who are not yet 12 years old, this emperor's mind has been used properly!Looking at him, I suddenly thought: It would be a pity for such a child not to be emperor.

However, when Rourou mentioned the Nanyunguan army, although he was very proud in his words, I couldn't help but feel a little worried.The queen's father, Duke Wei, had been running Nanyun for decades, and had been guarding Nanyun long before the emperor ascended the throne. It can be said that more than half of the border troops at Nanyun Pass were Wei Guogong's retainers.Back then, the old emperor went through ups and downs in the struggle for the throne. Fortunately, there was always a group of upstarts headed by Wei Guogong behind him, and the Nanyun Army has repeatedly made military exploits in recent years, constantly expanding its territory. Its status in the northern military system is the same, and the status of Wei Guogong's government in the southern army is also extremely respected.

Although Wei Guogong had to retire and return to Beijing due to injury two years ago, he strongly recommended his second son to succeed him. The old emperor has been suppressing and refused, and only ordered the deputy general of Nanyunguan to take the position of chief general temporarily. How long to press.And the Ministry of War is also staring at this piece of fat, ready to move, and tried several times to send generals to intervene in the military affairs of Nanyunguan, but they were repeatedly excluded, until now the post of chief general of Nanyunguan is still vacant.

Such Nanyunguan, once the situation between the DPRK and China changes, its movements are extremely difficult to figure out.

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There are stipulated reception etiquette procedures for envoys entering the capital, but this time the prince of Liang Guo personally served as the envoy, accompanied by a princess and a prince, the standard of reception has naturally been improved a lot.Envoy Liang Guoguo and his entourage had already arrived at the official post ten miles outside the city yesterday, but the road was full of dust and dust, and they had to be stationed and recuperated before entering the city after formally submitting their credentials.Early in the morning, Tian Yanbo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, personally brought the bridesmaids to greet him outside the city gate. According to the estimates of the officials of the Ministry of Rites, envoy Liang Guoguo and his party would arrive at the Sifang Pavilion in about half an hour.

As for Rourou, he just needs to show up in front of the Sifang Hall when they arrive, say a few polite words, and treat them to an official banquet in the evening, and the reception will be basically completed.In the future, Prince Liang and the others will definitely ask to see the old emperor. If the old emperor has any opinions, he will invite them to sit in the palace. If he is not interested in paying attention to them, they can only wait until the big banquet in the palace. .

This is the diplomacy between a weak country and a strong country, and the old emperor must not be so casual when it comes to the envoy of Yu State, and therefore the task of flesh and blood is limited to receiving the envoy of Liang State.

Seeing that it was almost time, Rourou took the relevant officials from the Ministry of Rites to the Sifang Pavilion.

The official in charge of arranging Rourou's itinerary was very capable, and he almost arrived at the Sifang Pavilion before he arrived, and Liang Guoguo's car also arrived in front of the Sifang Pavilion.In addition to the things that need to be handed over by the national envoy, the accompanying national gifts and the like are naturally sent to the treasury for inventory and storage.

Rourou was dressed in a silver fox fur cloak, and stood tall on the high steps of the Sifang Pavilion to welcome guests. He waited until Prince Liang and his younger siblings got out of the carriage and walked up the steps. On the stairs, Prince Liang has been smiling since he got off the car, and he didn't seem to care about Rourou's slightly arrogant attitude. Instead, he consciously stood still two steps away from Rourou. At a height of one or two cents lower than Rourou, he saluted Rourou first.

This posture is really low and cannot be lowered.

Rourou, on the other hand, made a great gesture of a prince of a big country, and politely led Prince Mingrui, Princess Liang, and the sixth prince into the Sifang Pavilion.

I had already laid down on the beam of the main hall to welcome guests in advance, and after Rourou led Prince Mingrui and his party in, and divided the guests and hosts into their seats, I carefully looked at the princes and daughters of Liang Guo.

I still remember that the lord of the Luo family in Liang State always favored beauties with fair skin, small bones, and soft waists. For more than 100 years, the women who have been favored in the harem have basically been this way, with almost no exceptions.This kind of trait has been passed down through blood for more than 100 years, and it has almost become the trait of the children of the royal family of Liang Kingdom. After seeing the princes and princesses of Liang Kingdom in front of me, I can be sure without guessing, even if the capital is moved to Lingnan. In the poor mountains and bad waters, the tastes of Liang's lords still haven't changed much, because Prince Mingrui, the second princess, including the sixth prince who is about the same age as fleshy, are all beautiful and fair-skinned, and they are Prince Mingrui and the sixth prince. Also tall and slender, with a slender waist.

As Liang Guoguo's envoys, they naturally had to wear formal clothes if they wanted to see the flesh.

Liang Guo's weaving and dyeing skills are well-known among the countries. Among them, the most valuable and unique fabric is Qiansi brocade, which is woven from a single silk. Body, can fly without wind, can show the most romantic charm, and has always been loved by the nobles of the Liang Kingdom.But although brocade is good, it is extremely difficult to weave. It is said that a thousand feet of silk can only be woven into a brocade that is about an inch square, so it was named Qiansi Brocade.And it takes a skilled weaver almost three years to weave a piece of brocade, which can be said to be almost every inch of brocade.

But now the princes and princesses of the Liang Kingdom, men and women, all wear the robes of the Liang Kingdom with twelve collars and hoods covered with thousands of silk brocades. Their figures are fluttering, and the kind of delicate smell like delicate flowers shining in the water and lingering wind is simply rushing to the face.Recalling the time when the Great Xia army came to the city and the former Liang emperor fled in panic with the noble officials of the Manchu Dynasty, I just feel that the thousands of silk brocades, no matter how gorgeous and magnificent, also reveal a decadent atmosphere.

In fact, there is really nothing to talk about between Rourou and them. Serious state affairs are handled by the Ministry of Rites and the court elders. Others are at most just chatting a few words to check whether the journey is going well, because even if it is greeting the other party’s father Whether the body is safe or not may be regarded as inquiring about the secrets of other countries.So, they sighed with each other about each other's extraordinary demeanor, chatted a few words about the local customs, and made an appointment for the time and place of the indirect wind banquet in the evening, and Rourou left.

"Brother Prince." Prince Mingrui had just returned to his courtyard to take a nap after dealing with the officials of Xia Guoli Department, when he saw a slender young man coming out from the side corridor, and saw that his pretty face was already a little blue from the cold, The lip color is pale, obviously it has been frozen outside for a long time.