The imperial eunuch opened the way in person, and the Beili royal guard of honor was splendid, attracting the crowds of Xikun people all the way.
This guard of honor came with Bei Li's envoys yesterday, the officials who were in charge of receiving the envoys were taken aback, thinking that Bei Li had sent a royal child here unexpectedly.
The two countries have never had diplomatic relations, and the Xikun court only knew that the second-rank Beili Honglu Temple minister came, and the Xikun minister sent to receive him was a first-rank court official.
If the other party came really from the royal family, it was necessary for them to let the crown prince Kun Junyue greet them in person, so as not to neglect this powerful country in the north.
Minister Xikun breathed a sigh of relief until Chen Jingxing showed up and declared that the guard of honor was empty.
Yu Fu and his entourage headed towards the palace, and soldiers with fast feet rushed back to the palace to report. When they arrived in front of the Xikun Palace, they saw the middle door wide open, and a group of ministers in brocade clothes stood respectfully in front of the door.
Chen Jingxing got out of the sedan chair first, but it was Kun Wushang who greeted him, and the courtiers behind him were all first-rank officials, which shows that Emperor Kun attached great importance to it.
Kun Wushang stepped forward and cupped his hands and said: "Please forgive me. The emperor heard that the prince was not kind to Princess Yufu. According to the etiquette system, the prince should have greeted the princess in person, but now I can only take her place. But the emperor respects the princess, and I am here to show my respect." Please enter the palace through the middle gate, the princess guard of honor."
The central gate of the palace has never been opened, and only the emperor and empress began to enter and exit from here, and the prince can only enter and exit with the empress during important ceremonies.
Emperor Kun opened the middle door today, which shows that he attaches great importance to Beili, and it also means to make up for the bad influence caused by Kun Junyue.
As the Minister of Honglu Temple, Chen Jingxing was sensitive to every diplomatic move, so he naturally understood what Emperor Kun meant.
He raised his eyebrows, recalling what Yu Fu said on the sedan chair just now, and immediately raised his chin and hummed softly, "I remember the sincerity of Emperor Kun, but the rude behavior of the crown prince of your country is also indelible. Seeing Emperor Kun, I have only one reason."
Before Kun Wushang could speak, the faces of the first-rank ministers behind him had changed.
Emperor Kun opened the middle door wide, and ordered the prince to lead a group of important court officials to greet him, isn't it enough to treat Beili's envoys with courtesy
Chen Jingxing, who is a mere second-rank official, dared to be so rude to them, and he didn't mean to be respectful when he mentioned Emperor Kun in his words.
Kun Wushang smiled slightly, and cupped his hands towards Chen Jingxing, "I have heard about the matter of the prince's other courtyard. It is indeed that I, Xi Kun, did not treat guests well. Father is also very angry, and please envoys—"
He looked at the bright yellow sedan chair at the back, his eyes were dim and unclear, "Let's accompany the princess into the palace, father is waiting outside the hall to welcome the princess."
When Chen Jingxing heard the words of greeting from Emperor Kun outside the hall, his face brightened a little, and he went back to the big sedan and said something to the inside through the sedan curtain, then got up and raised his hand, "Let's go!"
The long procession of guards of honor walked ahead, and Kun Wushang and a group of ministers could only stand sideways, waiting for the guard of honor to pass before they followed behind.
These ministers have never been wronged like this, and when the guard of honor passed by, they couldn't help complaining to Kun Wushang, "Seventh Prince, this noble envoy Mr. Chen doesn't think much of us, even though he is Bei Li's envoy Minister, how can you be so rude if your rank is not as good as ours?"
Kun Wushang smiled slightly, "When he came yesterday, wasn't he very polite and polite? Why are you so angry and arrogant today? Don't you adults think of it?"
All the ministers suddenly realized, "Your Highness means that the crown prince really offended Princess Yufu..."
Kun Wushang glanced back at them, "She is no ordinary princess, she is the crown prince who was established as the crown prince at birth, and her status is higher than Prince Xikun's."
Although Xikun said that all the people are soldiers and women can also participate in politics, there is no precedent for a princess to become a prince or even a king. Therefore, it is still hard for everyone to imagine the prince of Beili who is a woman.
I don't know what kind of posture she will have in front of Kundi in a while
The guard of honor stopped in front of the main hall. On the high steps, Emperor Kun, dressed in bright yellow, was wearing a nine-beaded glazed crown that was only worn on important occasions. The long crystals hung down so that people could not see his expression clearly.
He did stand outside the hall to greet him in person, but he did not come down the steps, still displaying a lofty imperial majesty.
Chen Jingxing lifted the curtain of the sedan chair himself, and Supervisor Hua hurriedly stepped forward to help, only to see the slender hands of the woman in the sedan chair stretched out, her fingers were as white and tender as freshly peeled water onions.
When everyone saw this delicate hand, they suddenly had an idea in their hearts. This is a princess as weak as a Dongling woman, and people can't respect her.
Women who can be respected in Xikun must be tall, strong and possess martial arts.
What Chen Jingxing said in front of the prince's other courtyard has long been spread to the palace. It is heard that this princess grew up in Immortal Valley since she was a child, and was later adopted by Guhou Lord of Dongling. No wonder she has developed the appearance of this Dongling woman.
Across the high steps, Emperor Kun looked down from above, a pair of majestic eyes showing an obscure smile, and he thought that Prince Beili was nothing more than that.
It's because he thinks too highly of each other.
With that hand resting on the back of Hua Neijian's, the woman in the car slowly leaned out, with... a slightly messy bun
Kunti frowned suddenly.
What was then revealed was a peerless face, a girl with snowy skin and beautiful features, which complemented her slender hands.
Then, she stepped out of the sedan chair, and appeared in front of everyone in blood-stained and torn plain clothes. There was a gasp in the crowd.
Kun Wushang immediately narrowed his eyes, and his eyes fell on the corner of Yufu's torn skirt. The glaring scarlet blood made him lose all reason, and a burst of anger burst into his brain.
He thought that Yufu would never let him get hurt, not to mention she was only taken away by Kun Junyue for a while, just for a while...
If he knew it would be like this, he would never let Yufu be taken away!
Emperor Kun froze in place in shock. He had long heard that Kun Junyue brought Yufu to another courtyard and had a quarrel, but he didn't expect it to be so serious. He couldn't stand anymore, he quickly supported the servants of the palace servants to meet him.
The ministers behind Kunwu finally didn't dare to talk about anything anymore. It turned out that the princess was injured all over, no wonder Chen Jingxing was so angry!
Yufu stood there with her back straight, her chin raised slightly, her plain dress was blown by the empty square in front of the temple, and blood and skirts were blowing up high.
Her figure remained unmoved, as if she was not wearing a broken dress, but a gorgeous palace dress, so proud and noble.
Her gaze was indifferent, and fell on Kundi who was rushing towards her.
With just one glance, Emperor Kun suddenly understood that he underestimated the woman in front of him. If the prince of Beili is just a weak boudoir lady, how dare she come to Xikun, a place of tigers and wolves, alone? !
Standing five steps away from her, Emperor Kun subconsciously wanted to ask about Yufu's injury, but he held back his lips.
As a king, no matter how the other party is just the crown prince, one level lower than him, how can he speak first
Yu Fu was supposed to speak to Emperor Kun first, but relying on the illusion that she was injured, she looked at Emperor Kun arrogantly.
Neither of them spoke but looked at each other. Kundi was tall and strong, compared with the slender Yufu, he was twice as wide as her. A calm square face with Chinese characters shows the majesty of the emperor.
The eyes of the two were putting pressure on each other. This was a kind of psychological warfare that outsiders could not reconcile. The ministers of Xikun secretly guessed that Yufu would lose the battle soon.
She is still a young woman no matter what, how can she intimidate this person who has been the emperor for decades
Time seemed to have stopped, Chen Jingxing gave Kun Wushang a displeased look, his eyes seemed to tell him that our princess's injury is still recovering, what's the matter with staring at her like this
Kun Wu looked back at him and shook his head slightly.
When Kundi and Yufu met for the first time, they were putting pressure on each other, and no one could disturb them at this time.
Whoever speaks first will to a large extent mean who will take the initiative in the negotiations between the two in the future, which should be more important to Yu Fu than the injuries on his body.
Chen Jingxing was vaguely aware of something, and still put on a displeased expression, after all, he didn't step forward to stop it himself.
After a while, Emperor Kun couldn't hold it anymore.
"Princess Yufu, what's going on? Why are you covered in injuries?"
Everyone was amazed at Emperor Kun's surrender. In their impression, this king who always said one thing and seldom compromised with others. The injury on Yu Fu's body was the reason why he had to compromise.
Yu Fu raised the corners of her mouth in satisfaction, she won.
"Thanks to the crown prince of Xikun. I have long heard that the people of Xikun are tough, and I don't want the prince to be so barbaric. Dongling is a well-known state of etiquette. It seems that I should go to Dongling as an envoy first." yes."
Kunti suddenly changed his face.
When she said in front of her face that she was going to Dongling as an envoy, it was tantamount to a provocation. Emperor Kun was displeased. Since Kun Junyue hurt others first, he could only swallow his anger, "Please speak in the princess hall, first It is important to heal the wound. Come here, send the imperial doctor quickly!"
"Royal father."
Kun Wushang came out from the crowd, "I used to study art in the Immortal Valley, and I have a relationship with the princess as a senior sister, why don't I let my minister treat the princess!"
Emperor Kun asked him to welcome the guests on behalf of the prince today, and there was a reason for this, so he nodded, "That would be great, please, princess."
Yu Fu nodded towards Emperor Kun, "Emperor Kun should invite you first, my Beili is also a place that pays attention to etiquette, so it's natural for guests to do as they please."
The smile finally returned to Kundi's face, "Okay, the princess is really a polite person!"
…
On the main hall, Emperor Kun sat at the top, and all the officials on both sides of the bottom had already taken their seats. Only the two seats at the front were vacant, which were reserved for Yu Fu and Chen Jingxing.
At this moment, Kun Wushang was checking Yufu's wounds in the side hall, Chen Jingxing was staring at him, and there was no one else.
Kun Wushang looked out of the hall and saw that there was no one around, and the guilt suppressed in his heart suddenly flooded.
He held Yufu's shoulder, "Yufu, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! If I had known that Kun Junyue would treat you like this, I would never have let him take you away! I thought... I just..."
Chen Jingxing wanted to step forward to stop his rude behavior, but Yu Fu shook his head slightly at him, and he retreated back to the original place.
Yu Fu looked at Kun Wu's injury, "You just want to use me to let Kun Junyue take the blame, the more seriously I am injured, the more guilty Kun Junyue is, isn't it?"
"No! No!"
Kun Wushang hurriedly explained, "I just want you to be taken away by him, and let my father's people know about it immediately. I never thought that you would be injured! Father has always been suspicious of Kun Junyue, as long as I give you some guidance , Father will think that Kun Junyue is making friends with Bei Li privately, and his suspicion will be even deeper! Once he is suspected, I will have a chance to seize power again!"
It turned out to be like this.
Yu Fu was thoughtful, and when he was about to speak, Kun Wushang said urgently: "I regret it so much, I shouldn't have let him take you away! No matter how difficult my situation in the middle school is, I shouldn't have risked you Yufu, I really regret it, will you never forgive me again?"
His eyes were red, Yu Fu was startled, he didn't expect him to be so excited.
She took advantage of the situation: "You clearly know what I value more than this injury, why do you want to assassinate big brother?"
"I didn't kill it! Yin Shuo promised that as long as I raided Zhuguan to cooperate with his actions, he would help me regain power in Xikun! I was at the end of my rope, and I knew he was not a good person, so I could only agree to him. This opportunity to assassinate Gu Shubai, Gu Shubai was already assassinated when my men sneaked in, I could only bring him back and try my best to heal him, who knows that he was actually rescued by me."
It turned out to be like this.
Yu Fu scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed, "So I misunderstood you, I should apologize, I should thank you for saving big brother. You don't have to blame yourself, take a closer look at what is going on with my injury."
Kun Wu was taken aback, and lifted up the dress on her calf, only to find that there was no wound underneath, but the blood was smeared scary.
Yu Fu spread out his palm, "Here, I scratched the skin on my hand, I squeezed out the blood on purpose and wiped it evenly. I thought I could hide it from others, but I couldn't hide it from you, a former disciple of Immortal Valley. I didn't expect... "
Kun Wushang blushed immediately.
He didn't even see whether Yu Fu's injury was real or not, and even apologized crying and howling, he was really stupid.
There was a soft sneer sound behind him, he turned his head, and saw Chen Jingxing, who was always serious, covering his mouth and snickering.
His face suddenly turned from red to purple, like a pig's liver.
"Okay, you go out first, I will come after changing into clean clothes."
Yufu was about to get up as she said that, Kun Wushang pressed her shoulder, "Sit down first, and bandage your palms, how do you wear clothes like this?"
…
The clothes were in the style of Beili prepared by Chen Jingxing. There were layers of wide-sleeved palace clothes, but they didn't look heavy at all, but rather fairy-like.
The red floor-length skirt is covered with a hollow gold wide-sleeved shirt, which is both precious and dignified. When she walked slowly from outside the hall, all the Xikun ministers couldn't take their eyes off—
Then quickly lowered his head.
Just think about the majesty of Princess Yufu who dared to look at Emperor Kun and let Emperor Kun lose the battle.
Yufu walked in from outside the hall, Emperor Kun smiled and said: "Princess, please sit down. I specially set up a banquet to welcome the princess. I don't know if the food and drink suit the princess's appetite."
Yu Fu smiled slightly, and sat down on her own seat, just as Emperor Kun raised his bottle to respect each other, she casually said: "There is no need for food and drink, I am here today to ask Emperor Kun for an explanation, I don't know if the prince of your country has no reason What do you mean by injuring me?"
Kundi's smile froze at the corner of his mouth, and the wine bottles that the courtiers were just about to pick up were put down again in embarrassment.
Yufu didn't raise his head, but his eyes fell on Xikun's special dishes, with great interest, "If Xikun doesn't want to make friends with me, Beili, it's okay for me to leave immediately and return home, so there is no need to resort to such disgraceful means. "
"How could it be? The princess misunderstood!"
What Emperor Kun couldn't hear the most was this sentence. He must not let Bei Li turn to befriend Dong Ling, otherwise Xi Kun's current strength would not be able to resist the alliance between the two countries.
He hurriedly apologized with a smile: "Come here, tell the prince to enter the palace, and let him apologize to the princess face to face!"
Everyone's eyes turned to the outside of the hall immediately, but Yu Fumian didn't change his face, he raised his chopsticks and took a bite of the dish.
Well, the taste is not bad.
Kun Junyue was well-dressed and walked in from outside the hall, showing no surprise at Yufu's identity on her face.
He bowed his head and saluted, "I have seen my father." Then he turned to Yufu who was eating, and made a half salute, "Princess Yufu is polite."
Everyone's gazes turned to Yufu again. It stands to reason that the two of them have equal identities, and Yufu should get up and return a half-respect to Kun Junyue.
But she didn't.
Not only did she not get up to return the salute, she still didn't even raise her head, treating him like air, she suddenly turned her head and said something to Chen Jingxing after a while.
There are well-armored guards in the palace, with extraordinary martial arts, they are the elite guards of Xikun Palace, they can easily hear Yu Fu whispering to Chen Jingxing, what she said is—
"This dish is not bad, try it."