Overwhelming mountains and rivers

Chu Xuanlin's death did not cause much disturbance. Emperor Yuan just sighed when he knew about it, and ordered his body to be taken back for burial. In this way, an imposing prince was lost in the tide of history.

Silently.

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On the fourth day of October, envoys from Tuojia visited the Sifang Pavilion.

The next day, at the banquet, the emperor personally received Tuojia envoys.

The emperor and all the civil and military officials were in the court hall, and the palace supervisor rushed to report.

"His Majesty! Tuojia's envoy has arrived at the Xuanban Gate——"

"Put on the Luanque Terrace, and all the ministers will accompany you. Please extend your envoys."

"Yes."

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A loud cry shook both inside and outside the palace gate.

"—Please invite Tuojia your envoy!"

"Tuojia expensive envoy enters the palace—— Tuojia expensive envoy enters the palace—"

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Gergis and dozens of Tuojia people bowed their chests to the emperor on the high platform in the center of Luanque Terrace, "Tuojia made Gergis pay homage to His Majesty the Emperor, and wish His Majesty the emperor forever, and the emperor's career will last forever."

"Okay, your demeanor has not diminished over the years, you are really a hero."

"Your Majesty praises it so much that I am ashamed."

Li Weizhen took a slight step, and bowed to Gergis, "Dayuan and your country have been fighting for years, and the people of the two countries have been devastated. Now your envoy came to Yuanyuan to discuss peace. "

"The Prime Minister's praise. Your Majesty, the envoy's mission to Dayuan this time represents my king's friendship, and I present the first beauty of Tuojia, Miao Lagu, as a token of sincerity. Here, I wish both of you The country will always end the flames of war, and the national friendship will last forever."

A woman covered her face with a black veil, and she could vaguely see her pretty face, her jade feet lightly stepped on, and she came gracefully. She had beautiful eyes, a charming smile, and a soft waist and limbs. Compared with Han women, she was more coquettish.

Touching her Rushui eyes, Emperor Yuan was slightly stunned, and quickly recovered, "Your envoy's sincerity is known today. If the two countries can establish a permanent alliance, it will be the fortune of Dayuan, the fortune of Tuojia, and the fortune of the people of Li!"

"What His Majesty the Emperor said is true. Miaolagu is not only the number one beauty in Tuojia, but also the number one dancer in Tuojia. Today, with ten daughters, I want to present a dance to Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will watch it."

"Oh? If that's the case, please, your envoy."

"Yes."

After the words were finished, ten more graceful women stepped forward, all wearing tutu skirts with Hu sleeves and light veils covering their faces, and three more musicians came with drums.

"Your Majesty, this dance is called Hu Xuan Dance. It is the favorite dance of my Tuojia children. Almost everyone likes it. Please His Majesty the Emperor to watch the dance."

"Well, please."

"Dancing——, playing music—"

With the beating of the drum, Miaolagu turned around and knelt down on one knee. Dozens of women twirled their fingers behind her, descending like a Buddha.

There was another drumbeat, and Miao Lagu's jade arm swayed lightly, looking back gracefully, a pair of slightly blue eyes seemed to be hooked, causing the emperor and all the officials to quickly fall silent, staring involuntarily at the center of the Liangyi Hall A veiled woman.

As soon as the drums beat, sometimes high-pitched, sometimes long-lasting, Miaolagu danced with the sound, flying around with bare feet, and swaying her skirts and necklaces like heaven and man.

"Boom!" With the sound of drums, three hammers came down, Miao Lagu's jade wrists were retracted, and she bowed to the emperor.

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Everyone reacted, and then they all came back to their senses.

"Okay, it's really a wonderful dance! Hu Xuanwu, Hu Xuanwu, the dance is as good as its name, and the person is as good as its name! I, now make Miao Lagu the Miao Concubine, and my Empress Concubine of Dayuan." Emperor Yuan turned his head, Looking at Li Shangnuo, "Li Qing, you are fully in charge of this matter, and you have done a good job. You are still my No. [-] in Dayuan. You must feel something when you dance now. Why don't you just write a poem and dedicate it to Tuojia?"

"Yes, Wei Chen takes orders."

Cui Gui quickly asked his servant to present his pen and ink.

Li Shangnuo dipped his pen into the ink, and soon it became a poem. He lifted it lightly, faced the Tuojia envoy, and read aloud,

"Hu Xuannv, Hu Xuannv, your heart should be spinning, your hands should be drumming.

With the sound of the drum, the sleeves are raised, and the snow flutters and dances around.

Turning left and turning right is tireless, and there is no end to thousands of turns.

There is no such thing in the world, and the wheels are slow and the wind is slow. "

Gergis bowed slightly, "Master Li is really quick and thoughtful, the envoy admires him, thank you Master Li for your poems."

Gergis bowed again and saluted the emperor, "Your Majesty, I heard that Princess Yuxuan of your country is good at dancing, and I have admired her for a long time. Now I have a heartless request, and I hope Your Majesty will fulfill it."

Hearing this, Li Shangnuo's complexion suddenly turned a little dark.

"Your envoy, please speak."

"At the end of the day, I hope to be lucky enough to watch the princess dance."

Emperor Yuan thought for a while, nodded slightly, turned to Cui Gui and ordered softly, "Go pass on Princess Yuxuan, and tell the envoy Tuojia to invite the princess to dance."

"...Yes, the slave obeys the order."

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Princess Yuxuan quickly went to the hall, greeted the emperor and Gergis, and turned her eyes to Li Shangnuo who was sitting below.

Li Shangnuo was staring at her, frowning, a little restless, hesitant to speak.

Princess Yuxuan shook her head imperceptibly at him, signaling him to stay calm.

"Yuxuan, Tuojiagui envoy heard that you are good at dancing, so please take a look. Go down and get ready."

"Yes, father, my son is going to change clothes, come as soon as you go."

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The princess came back soon, wearing azure robes and azure blue clothes, with a three-foot water sleeve on her left arm and a closed arrow sleeve on her right arm, holding a dagger in her right hand.

It can be said that she is a fairy princess with her left hand and a general with her right hand.

There was only one musician, holding a fiery red lacquered phoenix-tailed guqin of nanmu wood.

The guqin was clanging, the princess's water sleeves were not stretched out, and a dagger was rustling like a wind and rain.

The sound of the zither suddenly rose, followed by a silence. The princess's water sleeves suddenly waved, like a nine-day waterfall, engulfing the flying flowers into the battlefield.

The dagger rubbed against each other, the wrist flew, there was steel in the softness, and softness in the steel.

For a while, the pearl tassels dazzled and the stars swayed, and the flower garlands trembled and dragons and snakes moved.

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When everyone was drunk, the guqin was as calm as pieces of Kunshan jade, and then stopped abruptly.

The princess's water sleeves crossed the hall, she drew her dagger, and bowed slightly to everyone.

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"It's Yuxuan showing her ugliness." Seeing that everyone hadn't recovered, the princess had no choice but to speak out.

"The princess dances so beautifully, it can be said that she has descended from heaven!" Guergis reacted, and extended a salute to Princess Yuxuan.

"Your envoy is too famous." Emperor Yuan said.

Li Shangnuo got up and made a bow, "Your Majesty, I just wrote a poem for Tuojia Dancer, and now, I also have a poem for Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess."

He turned to look at Princess Yuxuan again, "I hope Her Royal Highness will not give up."

The tips of the princess' ears were slightly red, and her eyes were drooping. Fortunately, no one noticed this, "How dare you, Mr. Li, please."

Li Shangnuo waved his hand and sprinkled the ink, and suddenly, he lifted the paper, showed it to everyone, and read aloud again, but his eyes couldn't help looking into the eyes of the princess.

"The nine autumns of the Huayan fall, and the clouds and rain fly away.

Light as blue and green, like a dragon swimming. "

The poem is not long, just a five-character quatrain, but it is concise and concise, and the essence of a dance is all in it.

"Thank you Master Li for your ridiculous praise, Yuxuan is just dancing around, she is really ashamed."

"Yuxuan, since Li Qing gave it to you, you can keep it."

"Yes, my son obeys the order." The princess signaled the maid to take the poem, and bowed to the emperor and Gergis each, "Yuxuan will leave."

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A feast did not rest until nightfall, Li Shangnuo, under the emperor's instruction, brought Tuojia's envoys into the Sifang Pavilion and entertained them with all his might.

Li Shangnuo, who was tired all day, thought of Gergis' eyes on the princess and his request, and felt a little depressed, and it was difficult to fall asleep most nights.

And Princess Yuxuan, who came back from Liangyi Hall in Luanque Terrace, read Li Shangnuo's poems over and over again, with a smile in her eyes and endless emotions in her heart, and she couldn't sleep all night.

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"Qingjun, have you rested yet?" Chu Xuanzhao came to Yazhuxuan and saw that the candle was still burning in the study beside Shen Qingjun's bedroom, so he raised his hand and knocked on the door.

After the feast was over, when Chu Xuanzhao came back from the palace, it was nightfall.

"Come in."

Chu Xuanzhao opened the door in response, "Qing Jun, you haven't rested yet?"

"It's obvious." He knew that Chu Xuanzhao would definitely come, "Did the Tuojia people come to discuss peace?"

"Yes, Gergis has always maintained peace, and will go to Dayuan almost every one or two years. However, Dayuan and Tuojia are still bound to fight, and they have not been able to seek long-term freedom from war as he said. After all , Tuojia is still not his caller." Chu Xuanzhao has a good impression of this gentle and elegant prince Tuojia.

"Even if he becomes King Tuojia, Tuojia is not what his family says." Shen Qingjun recalled that Tuojia is different from Dayuan, they are not a rule in which the emperor says everything and everyone obeys.

Tuojia has a Tuojia king, and under it there are tribal kings whose princes occupy one place. The tribe respects the tribal king, but war is peace. Tuojia king needs to see the number of supporters of each tribal king, from less to more , Therefore, King Tuoga has no absolute decision-making power.

"You're right, Tuojia, the tribal king's power is far greater than that of Prince Dayuan, almost comparable to the princes in the history of Dayuan. It’s just a lot of peace. On the contrary, the country of Gele on the west side of our two countries, Dayuan and Tuojia, is ruled by one king, which is similar to our Dayuan.”

Speaking of the Gele Kingdom, Shen Qingjun raised his eyes and asked: "I heard that the ruler of the Gele Kingdom is a woman?"

"Well, yes, this person, although she is a woman, is a ruthless character. The lord of Gele is named Nashu. She was originally the daughter of the previous lord, and she was the princess at that time. Noble, but the former ruler of Gele favored sons over daughters, and Nashu's mother was favored by him, which aroused the jealousy of others. After giving birth to this daughter, it was regarded as being caught by others. Under the actions of several people at that time, Nashu's mother She was rejected by the Lord Gele. And Nashu was also said by the great witch to be a witch who misunderstood the country. She was kicked out of the royal city at the age of six and disappeared."

Seeing that Shen Qingjun listened carefully, Chu Xuanzhao moistened his mouth and continued, "This matter did not cause much trouble. Many people in the royal family thought that Nashu was dead. Who would have thought that after 13 years, Just when the Lord Gele was dying and the two princes had a quarrel over the throne, Nashu, who was only 19 years old, suddenly appeared in the royal city with a jockey. She took the Gele throne, and her two elder brothers were executed by her on the spot."

"She's really a woman not to be underestimated." It was the first time Shen Qingjun heard such a detailed old history of Ge Le.

"Yes, after she came to power, she almost killed the royal family. When people thought they were going to start a dark life, Nashu successively promulgated many national laws that benefited the country and the people. In just three years, Gele Kingdom The people all know Nashu, and the people basically have enough food and clothing. It’s just that it’s located in the northwest, so it’s impossible to achieve prosperity and prosperity. Therefore, in the past three years, whenever Tuojia invaded Dayuan, Queen Gele often ordered her country to take advantage of the situation to plunder. One or two, this point makes the people of Dayuan very resistant to Ge Le."

"Oh..." Shen Qingjun went over what he said before asking, "What is the relationship between Tuojia and Gele?"

"Well, on the surface, Gele has no other obvious alliances other than fighting on the sidelines when Tuojia committed crimes. As for this in private, the specific situation is not something that we, Dayuan, can easily learn about. .”