si-mexico Chapter 492: The Khan of the Grassland Brings an Envoy to Seek an Audience
Chapter 492: The Khan of the Grassland Brings an Envoy to Seek an Audience
"Please, Queen Mother and Emperor, save me."
Hou Xiaoxiao wiped her tears and suggested, "Why don't I stay with the Queen Mother for the next period of time, worship Buddha and recite scriptures with her, live in the palace, and not go back."
After hearing what Hou Xiaoxiao said, the Queen Mother and the Emperor looked at each other.
Hou Xiaoxiao took the initiative to ask to live in the palace, which was equivalent to putting herself under the emperor's nose.
This is a good way to prove your innocence.
Hou Xiaoxiao's nose twitched: "If the Queen Mother and Your Majesty don't believe that Jiang Lili rushed to bully me, you can go ask my personal maid, the gatekeeper, and the vendors across from the Prince Jin's Mansion. They can all prove that the Prince Zhao's Mansion sent someone here."
The Queen Mother handed Hou Xiaoxiao a handkerchief and asked her to wipe her tears: "Alright, alright, look, you are a princess, what do you look like now? If anything happens, I will protect you, right?"
The Queen Mother was actually very happy that Hou Xiaoxiao was going to move to the Cining Palace.
Not only because this can prove Hou Xiaoxiao's innocence, but also because Hou Xiaoxiao, as the richest man in Beijing, would bring expensive and exquisite food, clothing and daily necessities with him as soon as he arrived, and would also prepare some for the empress dowager, making all arrangements very thoughtful.
The Queen Mother adjusted the cat's eye stone hairpin that Hou Xiaoxiao had given her, and said, "But if you want to live and eat with me, you can't bring your weird insect-attracting powders and poisonous insects. I'm old, and I can't bear these things."
Hou Xiaoxiao nodded, "I understand, granddaughter-in-law. Before moving into the Ning Palace, I will definitely check the nanny next to you carefully."
Seeing that Hou Xiaoxiao took the initiative to stay in the palace, the Empress Dowager and the Emperor temporarily dispelled their suspicions about Hou Xiaoxiao.
When they heard what Hou Xiaoxiao said, they felt much more at ease knowing that this girl would live under their noses. However, they never thought of a possibility: even if Hou Xiaoxiao had no contact with people outside the palace and even if she did not carry the poisonous insect, she could still pose a threat to the empress dowager.
Who is monitoring whom, and who is the real bird in the cage?
【@周居善: Li Li, the emperor has already planned to destroy Prince Zhao's mansion and Xue Wei at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet. 】
【@江麗麗: This is a plan to take down the whole group. Why don't we invite someone else he hates? @燕朝越, are you and our third sister, the grassland Valkyrie, ready to come to the capital? 】
[@Yan Chaoyue: I have brought my wife to Xue Wei to get some money! (Picture)]
Yan Chaoyue posted a selfie of the three of them.
The woman next to Yan Chaoyue had a bronze complexion due to years of fighting outside. Her eyes were bright and sharp, just like Xin Che's. Her appearance gave people a healthy and heroic feeling, like a female leopard with full aura, ready to stretch out her claws to tear the enemy apart at any time.
This is Xin Ningyu, the third sister of the Xin family, who was sent to the grassland to marry a foreign princess, but became a Valkyrie worshipped by all the people on the grassland.
Jiang Lili was impressed by her third sister's beauty and had begun looking forward to the day when she would return to Beijing. By then, the family would be reunited and Prince Zhao and his wife would probably be even happier.
【@薛蔚: Wait, the Mid-Autumn Festival Palace Banquet will be a big reunion for all of us who have been allies for three years. I estimate that the surprise for Emperor Qingning should be delivered in the next two days.】
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The morning of the second day.
The guard who delivered the message hurriedly entered the imperial study with a letter.
"Your Majesty! Xue Wei sent an urgent report from the northwest!"
When Emperor Qingning heard the name Xue Wei, he immediately narrowed his eyes.
Ever since the last time Yao Chengping escaped, I scolded Xue Wei, who caught him, and demoted him. Since then, I have not received any letters from Xue Wei.
Emperor Qingning rubbed his brows and said, "Zhou Jushan, take a look at what it says."
After Zhou Jushan received the letter, he glanced at it and then showed a surprised expression on his face: "Your Majesty, Lord Xue wrote to say that the Khan of the Bol Grassland, Alun Nadanzhuo (Yan Chaoyue), will bring an envoy group to visit my Dasheng during the Mid-Autumn Festival!"
"To discuss peace between the two countries."
Emperor Qingning opened his eyes wide. It was really like the sun rising from the west. It had been three years since the country of Bol and Dasheng had cut off relations.
In the past three years, under the leadership of the grassland Valkyrie, as Bol's strength grew, Emperor Qingning was still worried that Bol would invade the territory of Dasheng at any time. After all, the opponent's strength was now unfathomable, and Dasheng had a vast territory.
I didn't expect that the other party would take the initiative to write a letter and even send an envoy delegation to visit and negotiate peace!
"Strange, really strange."
The suspicious Emperor Qingning was puzzled. "Did the Khan of the Bol Grassland mention the content of the peace talks?"
If he brings people to his capital to show off his power and threatens him to cede the city, or else he will send troops to attack, that would be really worrying.
"Lord Xue said that the Khan of the grassland was very satisfied with the goods sold at the Jingshui County market. From food, clothing, housing and transportation, every product was deeply loved by the grassland people, especially the goods from the Li family of Linzhou and the He family of Lingnan, which they had never seen before and were very rare."
When Emperor Qingning heard this, although he showed no expression, he was very proud in his heart. The goods produced by his Dasheng really fascinated these ignorant grassland people!
"So the purpose of the grassland Khan's visit this time is..."
Zhou Jushan presented Xue Wei's letter to Emperor Qingning of the Qing Dynasty: "The Khan of the Grassland wants to purchase a large number of goods from the south of Dasheng, and wants to request Dasheng to set up a caravan to transport goods directly from Lingnan to Boer."
“Precious goods such as flowers and porcelain are transported by land, while bulk goods are transported by water.”
The territory of the Kingdom of Bol was originally in the northwest inland, but after annexing the northern border to the east last year, it also had a seaside port. However, the port is prone to freezing in the autumn and winter seasons, so land transportation is very necessary.
"Good good."
Emperor Qingning smiled. He finally heard something that made him feel relieved during this period of time.
After being happy for a while, Emperor Qingning became unhappy again: "But now Bo'er is very strong, we have to be on guard... But Yao Chengping has been replaced by me without any alternative."
"The Northwest Army is now leaderless. Which general should this man choose to send?"
Emperor Qingning wrote down the names of the available military officers in the court with a brush on a piece of paper, sighing as he wrote. Either they were not qualified enough or he could not trust them enough, so none of them satisfied him.
Zhou Jushan placed the snacks in the food box in front of Emperor Qingning one by one, "Your Majesty. This is made by Princess Jin herself in the Queen Mother's small kitchen. I heard that it tastes better than the ones made by the master chef of Xiaoran Dim Sum Shop, and it has added new ideas."
He advised: "Have some tea first, and think about these brain-consuming things later."
Emperor Qingning was stunned when he heard this, and suddenly grabbed his hand excitedly: "Hahahaha! I figured it out!"