Chapter 667

Chongming Palace.

Tables and chairs have been prepared inside and outside the palace.

The seats have also been arranged.

The etiquette officer stood at the door, personally greeted the distinguished guests, and led them to sit down in their respective seats.

Princes from neighboring countries, senior officials of the five major sects, and members of the royal family all entered the palace.

The remaining guests could only sit outside on the seats on both sides of the red carpet.

When the distinguished guests in front sat down and began to enjoy the royal reception, the people behind were still walking towards Chongming Palace.

Everyone in the Qin family followed behind.

When turning the corner to enter the gate of Chongming Palace, Luo Qingzhou suddenly saw the slender, aloof and cold figure in Tsing Yi under the big tree at the intersection.

Bai Ling also looked over.

Linghu Qingzhu stood under the tree, looking away, with a cold face, as if waiting for someone in the other direction.

When everyone in the Qin family passed by her, she still looked into the distance with a calm expression.

Song Ruyue glanced at her, her gaze lingered on her tall Yuexunkou, then lowered her head to look at her own Yuexunkou, and left silently, muttering something in her mouth, not knowing what she was talking about.

When Luo Qingzhou passed by her, she was still looking in the other direction without squinting.

Luo Qingzhou didn't dare to look more, didn't dare to stop talking to her, and continued walking forward.

But at this moment, a cold voice suddenly came from his ears: "Chu Feiyang, my uncle hopes that you can come to the palace today to win glory for our Lingxiao Sect. The Huashan Sect is also here, and we must defeat him. You can pretend later. I will leave the palace to pick you up when you are about to compete in martial arts."

Luo Qingzhou was startled when he heard this, but still did not turn to look at her.

But Bai Ling's crisp voice suddenly came from behind: "Sister, what's your name?"

Luo Qingzhou's face stiffened, he stopped and looked back.

Bai Ling stopped in front of Linghu Qingzhu and looked at her with a smile on his face, looking innocent.

Linghu Qingzhu retracted his gaze from the distance, looked at her coldly, and said, "Is something wrong?"

Bai Ling smiled and said, "It's okay, I just see that my sister is good-looking and I want to talk to her."

Linghu Qingzhu took one look at her pretty, pink face and her beautiful, harmless eyes, and said expressionlessly, "I don't want to talk to you."

Bai Ling blinked and said, "Why?"

Linghu Qingzhu gave her a cold look, ignored her, turned around, and walked straight towards the palace.

When passing by Luo Qingzhou, she still looked ahead, without squinting, as if she didn't recognize him.

Bai Ling looked at her arrogant back, pursed her lips and snorted, walked to Luo Qingzhou and muttered: "Isn't it just bigger there? What's the air?"

Then he added: "She is still growing, and sooner or later she will be better than her, hum!"

Luo Qingzhou ignored her and continued walking forward.

Bai Ling quickly followed behind and chirped again: "Uncle, do you really not know her? Is it just because she is older that you keep peeking at her? Uncle, you... um..."

Luo Qingzhou suddenly stretched out a finger, blocked her chattering mouth, and threatened in a low voice: "Stop talking. If you are found to talk too much later, you will be pulled out and have your tongue cut out."

Bai Ling opened his eyes wide and froze in place, his mouth slightly opened, wondering if he was frightened.

"Boo~"

Luo Qingzhou took his fingers out of her mouth and walked forward quickly.

"Bah! Bah! Bah!"

Bai Ling froze on the spot for a few breaths, then suddenly spat, wiping his mouth with his sleeve, and chased after Wu Wu: "Uncle, how could you..."

Luo Qingzhou turned his head and glared at her.

Bai Ling shivered in fear and immediately suppressed the words in his mouth.

The group entered the palace and, greeted by a ceremonial officer, sat down in the last row of the courtyard.

There was a red carpet on the middle road leading to the palace. The roads on both sides of the red carpet were filled with tables. At this time, there were already people sitting behind the tables.

Of course, only two people can sit in one seat, while the rest stand in the back.

Qin Wenzheng and Song Ruyue sat down.

Luo Qingzhou and Qin Chuan, as well as Bai Ling and Mei'er, all stood behind them.

Tea and cakes were served on the table first.

Everyone stood in the square for most of the day. Naturally, they were hungry and thirsty at this time, so they all kept talking, drinking tea and eating.

In the palace, the eunuch's sharp voice could be heard faintly.

The emperor and the queen mother arrived and came out of the curtain at the back.

The distinguished guests in the palace immediately stood up, bowed their heads and bowed their heads to pay homage respectfully.

Although people outside the house were envious, they did not dare to go in at will. They could only stretch their necks and peek inside.

At this time, an old eunuch came out, came to the back, took out the list in his hand, and read: "Jiangnan talent Liu Sansi, Zheng Yinong, Baiyulou, Yujing talent Zhang Hua, talented girl Su Wanqiu, please Come into the palace with our family."

At this time, several scholars in Confucian robes walked out from behind the seats on the left and right sides, following him into the hall with faces full of excitement and nervousness.

After they all left, Song Ruyue whispered in a low voice: "Master, why is there no Qingzhou in our family?"

Qin Wenzheng looked into the palace with a calm expression and said nothing.

At this time, Nangong Xueyi, dressed in a snow-white dress, walked out of the hall quickly and waved excitedly: "Master Luo, come in with me quickly."

Just as Luo Qingzhou was about to walk towards her, someone suddenly grabbed his large sleeves. He turned around and saw Bai Ling blinking his eyes and pleading pitifully: "Uncle, can you take Xiao Bai Ling with you? Xiao Bai Ling." Bai Ling also wants to go in."

Luo Qingzhou frowned slightly and was about to refuse. Nangong Xueyi, who came over, immediately said: "Bailing, follow me. You can go in as my maid."

When Bai Ling heard this, he immediately smiled. He immediately let go of Luo Qingzhou's sleeves, went over and grabbed her sleeves affectionately, and said with a flattering face: "Princess Xueyi, you are so kind."

Nangong Xueyi smiled and said, "Just stop talking nonsense later."

Bai Ling immediately covered his mouth and said, "Yeah, I just won't say anything."

Luo Qingzhou glanced at her and followed behind.

Nangong Xueyi led them into the palace, walked directly behind a row of seats on the right, and stopped behind Prince Nangong and the princess.

Nangong Meijiao and two maids were also standing there.

The talented people who had just come in were also standing quietly in the corner.

At this time, in the main hall, the princes from neighboring countries were making introductions.

On the high platform.

Emperor Nangong Yang was sitting on the dragon chair. Behind the room was a bead curtain. Sitting there was the elegant Queen Mother and the eldest princess in a fiery red dress. Only their clothes and outlines could be seen, but their faces could not be seen clearly.

The dishes have already been served on the table, and there are all kinds of delicacies.

The aroma of food and wine spread throughout the hall.

This time, a total of five princes from neighboring countries came, including Damore, the third prince of the Badan Kingdom, Gray, the fifth prince of the Mongolian Empire, Lang Xiao, the second prince of the Beicang Kingdom, Jin Shitai, the crown prince of the Gaoqi Kingdom, and Qi, the Loulan Kingdom. Prince Louzijun.

Behind each prince stood several scholars and warriors.

At this time, Gray, the prince of the Mongolian Empire, was introducing the most talented and brave man behind him, looking quite proud.

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The Mongolian Empire is located in the north of Dayan, and its land area is even larger than Dayan. It is the most powerful among the five countries, even compared to Dayan, it is not inferior.

There are often some minor frictions between the Mongolian Empire and Great Yan, but they are both wary of each other's strength, so they both exercise restraint and mostly focus on negotiation.

So this time the Mongolian Empire came to congratulate and proposed a marriage with Dayan. Dayan, from the Queen Mother to the courtiers, all agreed.

Of course, as for the marriage partner, there is a lot of controversy.

Some people are in favor of the eldest princess getting married, while others are strongly opposed.

Those ministers or nobles who objected, most of whom were veterans, reported that the eldest princess was Dayan's national treasure, a military genius, and she could never take advantage of the Mongolian Empire, etc.

In addition to the Mongolian Empire, the Badan Kingdom is located to the west of Great Yan. Its location is also extremely important, and its national power cannot be underestimated.

Beicang Kingdom has a feud with Dayan, and hopes to turn the feud into friendship through this marriage.

As for Gao Qi and Loulan, they are both small countries. Neither the queen mother nor the court officials would agree to marry the eldest princess to them.

However, after all, the other party is also a neighboring and friendly country, and it is still very important to maintain a good relationship. Therefore, after discussion, the emperor and ministers of Dayan unanimously decided to send other princesses or princesses to make peace with them and win them over.

"Dear Your Majesty, this is Su Tu, the most talented man in our Dameng Empire. He has loved your Dayan culture since he was a child. He is proficient in your Dayan's poetry, songs, music, chess, calligraphy and painting..."

"This is Ashlan, the number one warrior of our young generation in the Mongolian Empire. She has been gifted with extraordinary talent since she was a child and has immense strength. She is only twenty years old this year and has just broken through to the mid-term level of a great martial artist. She just won first place in the martial arts test last year... …”

Prince Gray of the Mongolian Empire spoke the language of Dayan that was not very fluent. After the introduction, he smiled and said: "They have always admired the scholars and warriors of Dayan. This time, in addition to wanting to see Dayan's people, they came here In addition to being prosperous, I also want to have a discussion with the scholars and warriors of your country and exchange the culture and martial arts of the two countries..."

"At the same time, my father also asked me to bring some gifts to wish your country prosperity and hope that the friendship between our two countries will last forever..."

After he finished speaking, Nangong Yang expressed his gratitude politely, and then said: "The exchange of culture and martial arts between the two countries has started since the ancestors' time. Naturally, I will not let the fifth prince down this time..."

Upon hearing this, Gray withdrew with satisfaction.

Then, Damore, the third prince of the Badan Kingdom, also came forward to give blessings and gifts, then bowed his head and asked for it with a crescent moon, and sincerely requested: "I hope your majesty can allow the eldest princess of your country to marry me, the Badan Kingdom." , I have long heard about the unparalleled style of the eldest princess of your country, and I have admired it for a long time. , I came here specifically to ask for marriage... If your Majesty agrees, I, the Bataan Kingdom, are willing to offer Luoyan City, which our two countries have been arguing for a long time, to show our sincerity. At the same time, I, the Bataan Kingdom, will help your country to conquer. The ten countries in the Western Regions will have everlasting friendship with your country and will always be a country of brothers!"

As soon as these words came out, not only the eyes of the Great Yan monarchs lit up, but the prince of the Dameng Empire and the other three princes also had different expressions.

If this is really such a return, it would be so sincere.

Even so, Nangong Yang still did not express his position in advance, thanked him politely, and then asked him to sit down for a while.

Then, Langxiao, the second prince of Beicang Kingdom, Jin Shitai, the crown prince of Gaoqi Kingdom, and Lou Zijun, the seventh prince of Loulan Kingdom, all came out one after another to send congratulations and gifts. At the same time, they put forward their own requests, hoping to marry Dayan. .

Lang Xiao, the second prince of Beicang Kingdom, also directly stated that he had been in love with Dayan's eldest princess for a long time and hoped to marry her.

As for the crown prince of Gao Qi and the seventh prince of Loulan, they did not indicate that they wanted the eldest princess, because they knew that with their national strength, they could not compete with the other three countries, so they settled for the next best thing and hoped to send any princess to marry. That’s it.

As for whether she is a real princess or a fake princess, I guess they won't care.

It is worth mentioning that Jin Shitai, the prince of Gao Qi State, spoke Dayan language very fluently and was a very talented scholar in his own right.

He even said directly: "I heard that there is a girl named Changsun Wan'er next to the Queen Mother, who has unparalleled literary talent. I hope to meet her and exchange poems."

The implication is that if Changsun Wan'er suits his heart, he wants to marry Changsun Wan'er directly.

Nangong Yang still didn't give him a clear answer.

Although Changsun Wan'er was not a princess, she was the Queen Mother's biological niece, and she was very popular with the Queen Mother. He did not dare to make any arbitrary decisions.

Lou Zijun, the seventh prince of the Loulan Kingdom, grew up with a jade tree in the wind and was graceful. It was said that he was both civilized and martial, and he spoke the Dayan language extremely fluently.

I don't know if he got the news in advance and knew that the emperor and ministers of Dayan intended to marry the princess of the Nanguo County Prince's Palace to him, so he kept looking towards the Nanguo County Prince's Palace.

However, there are two princesses there, their facial features are quite similar, they are both first-class beauties, one looks cold and proud, the other looks gentle, I don’t know who they are.

So he had been looking at the beautiful sisters from time to time, feeling quite happy.

Nangong Yang also thanked him with a smile on his face for his gifts and requests, but did not explicitly agree.

Because the royal family needs to win over not just small countries like his.

After the five princes finished speaking, Nangong Yang stood up from the dragon chair and personally helped introduce the people from the five sects of Dayan.

The five major sects of Dayan are Jinchan Temple, Qingyun Temple, Xianyunge, Lingxiao Sect, and Huashan Sect.

Today the sect leaders of the five major sects gathered together, looking quite powerful.

Even the prince of the Dameng Empire, who had been quite unruly just now, now looked solemn and polite when he saw the masters of these five major sects.

When they were greeting each other, behind Prince Nangong, Nangong Meijiao calmly pushed Nangong Xueyi aside, then approached Luo Qingzhou and whispered: "Did you see that the prince of Loulan Kingdom has been secretly Stare at me."

Luo Qingzhou whispered: "Yeah."

The fingers in Nangong Meijiao's sleeves hooked the hands in his large sleeves and whispered: "Are you angry?"

Luo Qingzhou ignored her.

At this time, Emperor Nangong Yang was introducing people from the Lingxiao Sect to the five princes. After the introduction, he suddenly looked at Fairy Zixia and asked: "Master Zixia, I heard that your sect has recently accepted a talented disciple. What is his name?" Chu Feiyang, didn’t you bring it today?”

Fairy Zixia said calmly: "He is temporarily busy, so he will come over later."

Nangong Yang smiled and said, "It's good if you can come over. These five princes want to compete with us Great Flame warriors later. I don't have any good candidates in this palace, so I can only rely on your five major sects."

Fairy Zixia said: "The students of Longhu Academy are no worse than the disciples of our five major sects."

Nangong Yang said with a smile: "Fairy also knows that our Dean Li is very strict in management and is not willing to let the disciples from the academy come over. Alas..."

Fairy Zixia smiled and said no more.

Nangong Yang looked at the woman in green behind her and said with a smile: "This is the Master of Linghu Peak of Guizong Sword Peak. I have admired you for a long time. I have admired you for a long time."

Linghu Qingzhu still looked calm and lowered his head slightly.

At this time, Nangong Meijiao's fingers, under the cover of the sleeve robe, reached into Luo Qingzhou's sleeve robe, began to scratch his palm, and whispered: "Good brother, your uncle seems to recognize You are, right?"

Behind the two of them, Bai Ling, who was wearing a pink skirt, was standing there quietly, looking at the sleeves of the two people's robes next to each other, with the moonlight shining in her eyes.

By this time, everyone had finished their introductions.

Nangong Yang returned to the dragon chair and announced the start of the feast with a smile on his face.

The eunuch shouted a message to the outside.

The musical instrument team that had been waiting in the corner began to play music.

A group of dancing girls wearing long-sleeved dance skirts with graceful figures, lowered their heads, moved lotus steps, filed in from the door in an orderly manner, and began to dance to the music...

Under the hem of the gauze skirt, no one was wearing shoes, revealing a pair of white and tender girlish feet.

At this moment, Luo Qingzhou clearly felt that several pairs of eyes were suddenly looking at him.

The palm of my hand suddenly felt itchy, and the princess' cold snort came to my ears: "Does it look good?"

Luo Qingzhou ignored her and suddenly turned around and found that Bai Ling standing behind was also looking at him, with his eyes slightly narrowed, and the look on his face looked quite wrong.

Seeing his gaze, Bai Ling's eyes passed by him and looked at the dancer who was dancing in the middle, quietly and with a calm face.

Luo Qingzhou suddenly took a step back and avoided the princess's fingers. The hand in his sleeve suddenly grasped Bai Ling's small hand behind him, and whispered: "Does it look good? Remember to look carefully. When you get back, show it to your uncle. .

Bai Ling narrowed his eyes slightly and remained motionless and silent.

At this time, Nangong Yang picked up the wine glass and said with a smile: "Only wine and poetry can liven up the atmosphere. Didn't the princes just say that they wanted to discuss poetry? Now I will ask a question first. Of course, I have to offer a prize."

As he said, he took out a jade pendant from his arms and said with a smile: "The winner of the first round will be awarded this piece of Qilin jade."

The guests below all cheered and applauded.

At this time, the Queen Mother's voice came from behind the bead curtain in the inner room: "Your Majesty, let Wan'er go out and try. If Wan'er wins the Qilin Jade, you can't take it back."

Nangong Yang laughed and said, "Don't worry, mother, if Sister Wan'er wins, it will naturally belong to her. I am not a stingy person."

Then he suddenly looked at the bead curtain behind him and smiled, "Royal sister, do you want to send someone out to make some fun too?"

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