The whole process of reading and writing was very smooth.
When Zhou Dequan's last sentence fell, the faces of most of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were already full of smiles.
"Please ask the Hun envoy to take over the peace book."
After reading the peace book, Zhou Dequan hung up with that smile, folded his hands together, gathered up Daxia's peace book, held it high, walked down, and presented it to the Hun envoy Hall, who was standing below him. pause.
Holden's thick eyebrows fell as his head lowered.
He raised his head high with both hands, and shouted "God bless my country, God bless Daxia" in the words of the Xiongnu before he respectfully accepted the book.
The two countries have negotiated peace, and at this point, it has been preliminarily completed.
Then came the solemn and onerous ceremonies.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple came up with various tributes of three animals and six animals, and presented them to the incense table. Xiao Che led the civil and military officials to sacrifice to the sky. Then, holding a red pen, he placed a stroke on the jade bi that symbolized peace, and gave the jade bi to the Xiongnu.
The whole ceremony is completely over.
At this moment, all the officials in the court shouted in unison, "Long live my emperor", and bowed down again.
Lu Jin regretted it as a last resort. Although he didn't want to kneel, he could only kneel at this time. It's just that she didn't know if it was an illusion. The moment she raised her head, she felt that there seemed to be a line of sight that came from Dan Chi's height, staring at her.
But when she raised her eyes to look, she only saw Xiao Che, Emperor Qing'an, who was sitting back on the throne, and the official of honor who was retreating from above.
Those officials were either from the Ministry of Rites or from the Honglu Temple, and Lu Jinxi didn't know any of them.
But after seeing Emperor Xiao Che of Qing'an and calling everyone down, he went to talk to the Huns' envoy named Holden with a friendly face, and asked him to take a seat beside him. , Life is about to have a feast.
It seems that the line of sight just now did not come from him.
Lu Jinxi's brows suddenly wrinkled quietly.
She is quite sensitive to the sight of others. It's just that this feeling often comes very quickly, and it is difficult to confirm because the peripheral vision is too blurry.
So, many times, it may be an illusion.
Did she have an illusion because her nerves were tense
Lu Jinxi looked at it, and finally withdrew her gaze. She was not going to investigate the matter, but for some reason, she felt an uneasy feeling in her heart, which distracted her.
Even when Princess Yongning next to her was talking to her, she almost didn't respond.
"… Aunt?"
"What's the matter with you? Suddenly you lost your mind."
The whole solemn and tedious peace negotiation ceremony has ended. Empress Dowager Ji is not interested in the rest of the matter, so she drives back to the palace directly; the queen has to rush to the Rouyi Hall to host the palace banquet, so she also hurriedly left.
Only Princess Yongning and Lu Jinxi are left here.
But looking at Lu Jinxi's dazed appearance, Princess Yongning frowned slightly, and her dignified phoenix eyes were a little bit more surprised: "But where is the discomfort? If you can't hold it, even if you accuse yourself, it's okay to go back to the manor."
Her face is indeed not very good, and it is normal for Princess Yongning to mistakenly think that she can't support this heavy ceremony.
It's just that after Lu Jinxi reacted, she couldn't help but break into a cold sweat for herself.
Facing Princess Yongning's concern, she put a smile on her face again, and only replied: "It's okay, there's nothing serious. It's just that I didn't rest well last night, and I woke up early today. Please don't blame my aunt."
"You're just a body of paper. Although the weather is getting warmer, it's better to be more careful."
In recent days, she has taken care of the entire general's mansion in a proper manner, and she thinks that she has spent a lot of effort, and Princess Yongning is sincerely admonishing her.
"The ceremony is over, and you have to go to the Rouyi Palace in a while. There are women from inside and outside, and there are a few who are worried. If you can't hold it, don't pay any attention to them. You stand by."
Don't bother at all...
After all, Ben Gong is behind you to support you...
Hearing this, Lu Jinxi raised her head, only to see the indifferent expression on the face of this high-ranking aunt, as if what she said was just an ordinary sentence.
Only the subtle points of the brows and eyes stained with nobleness can detect that bit of arrogance and domineering.
Should she be flattered, or flattered
Lu Jinxi couldn't help but smile in her heart. She accepted the blessing of this aunt gratefully, and bowed, "My niece can still hold on, if she can't hold on, you should think of her aunt's instructions."
"You'll be fine with what you have in mind."
Princess Yongning nodded and said nothing more.
With her current status, she naturally does not need to go to the banquet in the harem. On the contrary, Xiao Che has reserved a place for her next to her.
So she waved her hand and entered the main seat with her guard of honor.
Lu Jinxi bent over to send her off, and when she saw that Princess Yongning was already seated, she walked down the long steps beside the Hall of Supreme Harmony under the guidance of the palace attendant, walked around half a circle, and entered the first-level palace gate.
On both sides are vermilion palace walls, standing tall.
The palace road sandwiched between them is still wide enough to pass a carriage.
At this time, the ceremony has just ended.
Many palace maids and eunuchs bowed their heads and walked hurriedly on the palace road, holding the ritual utensils used in the ceremony just now.
There are also some officials of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple in official uniforms, holding books in their hands, walking in front of the palace maids and eunuchs.
Apparently, this was something that was withdrawn after the ceremony.
Naturally, it is not thrown away after use, but has to be re-collected into the treasury, which is why it seems so busy.
Although Lu Jinxi was walking in the road, the palace servant who led the way, glanced at it roughly, and knew what was going on. He didn't have much curiosity in his heart, and just watched casually as he walked.
Rouyi Hall is located in the northwest of Taihe Hall, and there are three palace gates in the middle.
When passing through the second palace gate and turning the direction, there were already fewer palace people walking on the palace road to store the utensils. In addition, the sun had not yet risen to the center, and the palace wall cast a heavy shadow on the ground, so look at it. There was some quiet darkness.
"You go this way, and the Rouyi Palace is not far ahead."
The palace man in charge of leading the way spoke softly. Although his footsteps were ahead of Lu Jinxi, he was only three steps ahead from beginning to end, a lot of steps, not a few steps.
"The Queen Mother just drove over. The palace banquet should be held in a moment, and it should be in time."
This palace maid is very careful.
Lu Jinxi listened and nodded, but did not answer, but just began to try to describe the legendary concubine Weiyi in her mind.
But before she could recall what she knew, she suddenly heard an abrupt sound—
"Lady stay!"
Not to mention Lu Jinxi, even the palace servant who led the way was startled.
Although this place is still above the palace road, why is it also in the palace ban, who dares to be so presumptuous and make a loud noise
The palace servant who led the way stopped.
Lu Jinxi felt that the voice was unfamiliar, and the sense of unease that had disappeared before appeared again. She frowned secretly, stopped and looked back.
In that instant, it was right.
It was one of several officials who had previously stood on Dan Chi in charge of the ceremony.
The stature is not burly and tall, but rather thin.
Wearing a white pheasant suit of a fifth-grade civil official on his body, it gave people a feeling of not fitting well and too loose. The face is handsome, the facial features are clean and elegant, and the eyes that look at people reveal a kind of natural softness. It can be seen that he is not someone with deep scheming or a strong personality.
He also held a book with cinnabar in his hand, which seemed to be an official of the Ministry of Rites.
Just now, he suddenly made a sound and stopped Lu Jinxi.
At this moment, after taking a few steps quickly, he panted slightly and stopped in front of her about two feet away to look at her. In those clear and moist eyes, there is a bit of real joy, overflowing with fullness of friendship, and almost tears...
It is the bitterness that contains thousands of words, but cannot express a single word.
At this moment, Lu Jinxi realized that something was wrong almost instantly.
But it's too late.
She had never seen the man in front of her, and she never expected that she would see him in such a situation. Everything was unexpected!
Even the highest pretender can't make an effective response in such a short moment.
At the moment of seeing the other party, the unfamiliarity and confusion subconsciously revealed had completely betrayed her. If you change the situation and change the person, she may be able to make up for it seamlessly.
But at this moment, what she was facing was a man who grew up with the Lu family and loved her deeply.
Everything has been in vain.
The man standing in front of him, looking at her, finally changed slowly.
Lu Jinxi could clearly see that the joy and bitterness in his eyes slowly disappeared like a low tide, but what gradually appeared was endless cold and despair.
It seemed that he had doubts about her identity for a long time, but he didn't expect it, and he confirmed it at a glance.
Although she had already heard the unusual rumors of the General's Mansion and had doubts, the letter, written in the same handwriting as usual, dispelled her suspicions.
He thought that even if she rejected him, it would be fine as long as she had a good time.
Knowing that she was going to the palace banquet today, although he tried his best to control it, he couldn't hide his joy. For this reason, he even asked Ping to be transferred to the Ministry of Rites and became the chief minister of the Qing officials, just to see her at this moment.
But this is the side...
It shattered the little remaining hope before, all self-deceiving fantasies.
The woman standing in front of him had the same facial features as the Lu Jinxi he knew well.
But never had a feeling so piercing, so clear-
Not her.
The book that was attached to the ceremonial device in his hand almost fell to the ground. Song Zhiyan had to use all his strength to hold it firmly and to stop the uncontrollable trembling.
That question was almost squeezed out from between the teeth, with a kind of oppression!
"who are you?!"