Ying Tianchang

Chapter 15 (1)

Everything that should have happened happened, and everything that shouldn't have happened didn't happen.

The smoother it was, the deeper the worry in Shen Yue's heart. Who knows when the other boot will fall off?The routine tribute from the Witz mission exacerbated his worries.Although the mission comes every year, this is the first time he is eligible to attend a state banquet.If his appearance is as Ren Weichang said, very similar to his mother, it will be difficult to avoid the possibility of being discovered.It's not a big deal when he was at the bottom of the court during the day, but what if the emperor asks him to come forward to compose a poem for the banquet today?However, his father had already reported illness, so it would be shameful if no one from the Shen family came to the banquet.

While thinking this way, Shen Yue browsed through the personnel information of the Witz Mission, trying to memorize their names, positions and affiliations.Seeing that the time was almost up, he closed the thick stack of files, frowned and said, "Father, can't you simply resign and return to your hometown like Liao Xiang and Uncle Fan?" How much trouble he caused.

"No." Shen Chifeng leaned back in the grand teacher's chair, enjoying his wife's shoulder-beating with moderate strength, and replied very straightforwardly.

Shen Yue sighed, "Dad, what is the deep hatred between you and old man Ren? If it weren't for Dad, you can't even kill a chicken, I would suspect that you want to kill him yourself."

"Lifelong wish." Shen Chifeng snorted, and continued to close his eyes and meditate.Shen Yue sighed, knowing that the persuasion was fruitless again, and went back to the room to change the court clothes.

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It was night, and there was a lot of ceremony and music. There were painted palace lanterns on one side of the road, and giant butter candles as thick as a child's arm on the other side. Guests from the Witz Mission, Khalkha and Nanli, and invited officials from the country passed by. Under the guidance of the officials of Honglu Temple in Yingguo, they walked into the Lichun Garden outside the imperial city in an endless stream surrounded by the bright fire and the crowd.Shen Yue mixed in the crowd, observed the expressions of the representatives of the three parties carefully, and found it very interesting. Looking at them, it seemed that the world was in a peaceful and prosperous world, and the continuous small wars on the border were just floating clouds, which had long since faded away.Before going out, Shen Yuena glued the tails of his eyebrows down a little, and filled the lower eye sockets a little to make it look less deep. Although it was only a small change, it cleverly concealed the alien aura on his face. When you drill in the crowd, you can't see the specific appearance at all.

The banquet was held in the Chongxiao Hall, and when Shen Yue arrived, there were already celebrities gathered in front of the hall, but the scene was completely silent, and the scene of mingling wine and chips as he expected did not happen at all.Shen Yue slowly found his position, while pretending to observe the surrounding situation casually.Sitting opposite were the Northern Qi Mission and the Dongyi City Mission, but Ying Guo's guest of honor included many ministers and princes and nobles whom Shen Yue had never seen before. It was a bit sentimental, most of the young faces he was familiar with were not qualified to sit here, but he saw Su Baosheng on the way here, organizing security work at the door.

It seems that he still has a long way to go if he wants to control Yingguo Chaotang. Shen Yue reckoned that real power can only be competed with these generations of dignitaries when he has real power in his hands. Survival becomes power?Shen Yue is secretly vigilant, power is poison, since ancient times, the dangerous pleasure of manipulation and games, once addicted, it is difficult to get rid of.

But people always want to have some fun for themselves, and their minds inadvertently drift back to the charming dreams of the past, and Shen Yue can't help revealing a trace of self-deprecating desolation in the depths of his eyes.

Gotta do something, focus on something.

Shen Yue is from the third rank at this time, although it is enough to bluff people when he goes out, he is still considered a lowly official here, and he only sits in the fourth row from the left, surrounded by senior senior officials. The Ci people are far away, and there are many weak civil servants who don't know each other around. Shen Yue only feels extraordinarily safe, and doesn't bother to pretend to be respectful and fearful. Wandering around, trying to find where Ren Hui is.At this moment, he heard a familiar voice next to him: "Yansheng was caught by a general in the Witz mission. I'm afraid there will be a while." Shen Yue turned his head and couldn't help laughing, but it was his current His immediate boss, Fan Xicheng.

"Which one is so ungrateful?" Shen Yue knew that Fan Xicheng's words were tactful, what was "stuck", most likely because he was blocked in the garden and asked for a martial arts competition, recalling the materials he had read before coming here, only two of them would do this Waiting for something reckless, he smiled and asked: "Jin Yu or Feng Tang?" Fan Xicheng smiled and said: "Sure enough, the one who did his homework is Feng Tang."

Shen Yue secretly mourned for the brave and capable Vice-General Feng. Ren Hui has been angry since Li Mingfeng's accident, and he has been beaten out several times to make amends. He provoked him at this moment. Anyone with a little brain knows the consequences .He didn't want to talk about this matter, so he asked instead: "You moved your seat without permission, is that okay?" Fan Xicheng is the third rank, and should sit in front of Shen Yue's left.

Fan Xicheng smiled slightly, and narrow eyes appeared in his eyes: "Brother Yan Sheng said that the state banquet is a serious matter, let me treat you more carefully, and it would be better if you don't lose your dignity in front of the emperor for a while." He only said that it was Ren Hui who told Shen Yue Guan Ai's obsessive-compulsive disorder broke out, but Shen Yue could hear the sarcasm in the words, so he could only smile wryly: "He is, don't beat Vice General Feng until his nose is bruised and his face is swollen, it will be ugly if His Majesty asks about it later."

Fan Xicheng raised his eyebrows and smiled, "That's okay, since Wiz was defeated in Feizhi City two years ago, he never dared to invade my Daying territory, and now he complies with the agreement and submits confessions on time every year, so naturally I won't harass him If Feng Tang wants to avenge today's revenge, I'm afraid he will have to wait for many years." Like the vast majority of Ying people, Fan Xicheng was extremely excited when he talked about showing off the country's prestige, and Shen Yue frowned imperceptibly, feeling Feeling slightly disgusted, he laughed and said, "If Ren Hui loses, it will be interesting."

"How is it possible?" Fan Xicheng laughed, "Yansheng is a young hero, he has fought hundreds of duels in his life, and he has never been defeated." His tone was extremely sincere and natural.Shen Yue felt even more angry, and said with a snort, "How old is he, one mountain is taller than another, don't underestimate others." Fan Xicheng only thought that Shen Yue's jealousy was rising and he couldn't hide it, smiled and nodded, without saying a word.

At this moment, a zither came from the back of the hall, and all the people in the hall stopped whispering. After the drums and music on both sides rang together, an eunuch spoke loudly: "The emperor is here—" All the officials of Yingguo in front of the hall immediately Kneeling down in awe, singing loudly: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live." The guests of the mission also bowed and saluted.Accompanied by the crown prince, His Majesty Ying's honorable emperor and queen took their seats safely, and said in a harmonious voice: "Everyone, please be at peace. The embassy has come a long way. It's hard work. Tonight, we don't distinguish between seniority and inferiority. We just want to have fun together and have a feast." The scene was immediately harmonious, and the missions from both sides paid frequent salutes and took turns praying and presenting gifts to the emperor and the prince. If we ignore the occasional expressions of displeasure in the eyes of Witz and Khalkha missions, there will be an illusion of unity in the world.

Because of Master, this time Shen Yue left something for Nan Li's visitors. This time the state banquet was of a very high standard. The hostages, Duan Yuanjun, Marquis of Wei Ning, and Shen Yue have the final say, they are probably master's distant grandsons or something, and they are only in their twenties, so they should replace their father or uncle. This kind of hostage is treated in Yuechun Yes, although they cannot maintain their noble status in the country, it is no problem to live a pampered life, so most of them raise some spineless wimps, even if they return to their homeland after middle age, they cannot become good talents.

I don't know if it's the master's genetic mutation or this young master is too useless, Shen Yue frowned secretly, his body was exhausted, and he still had two black wheels under his eyes. points, but also reduced to flow.I really don't want to admit that he is a relative of the master, Shen Yue felt quite sullen, and glanced at the emperor on the high platform, thinking that this man really played tricks to the extreme, and he didn't even miss the opportunity to soften the descendants of the enemy country.

Unexpectedly, the emperor was also taking a look at him, Shen Yue was startled, and suddenly lowered his eyes and buried his head in eating.Although I have entered the palace several times, the feeling of oppression caused by sitting on the dragon chair for a long time is still unbearable for ordinary people.Shen Yue wondered in his heart, whether it is the crown prince or Wei Ninghou, where have all the grandparents inherited from their fathers?

After the maid changed the dishes, Shen Yue was already half full, but he didn't dare to look up, so he stopped eating and sipped the wine instead.Ren Hui hadn't arrived for a long time, and his seat was near the front. I don't know if the emperor found out?Just as he was thinking, he suddenly heard an inquiry from the high dragon chair, and His Majesty the Emperor asked with some doubts: "Where is Ren Hui?"

Although the people in the whole hall were busy with their own work, they actually left most of their ears to pay close attention to the movement on the dragon chair, for fear that they might miss something for a while.So when His Majesty the Emperor spoke, a palace in Nuoda suddenly fell silent.His Majesty didn't specify the target of the sentence just now, and he didn't know who he was asking, so no one dared to speak first.

You can't report to the Holy Majesty that your most beloved minister went to fight with members of diplomatic missions from other countries before the state banquet, right?

Finally, a minister who didn't know how to count stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, I just saw that Mr. An He and Vice General Wei Zfeng were exercising martial arts." The minister is a famous general, he is more than eight feet tall, his appearance is not very good, but he does not have a rough and majestic air, he secretly cried out in his heart.

"Nonsense", His Majesty the Emperor felt unhappy, shook his head and reprimanded: "Da Ying and Witz are both martial artists. If we want to compete, wouldn't it be great to cheer everyone up in the hall? Li Huahong, go and get Ren Hui Find it with Vice General Feng."

"I obey the order." Li Huahong bowed calmly and took the order to leave.

"Who is this person?" Fan Xicheng asked with a frown, he was neglected in martial arts, so he only felt familiar at this moment, but he couldn't remember it at the moment.Shen Yue lowered his head and took a sip of the wine, concealing the strange expression on his face, and said in a low voice: "In the great victory of Feizhi, he led his army to slaughter more than [-] generals in the city, and Feizhi City was renamed Anyuan and given to this person."

"Uncle An Yuan, Li Huahong."

To be continued