Hua Qingxue, who was already cramped, felt even more uncomfortable when she found Xiao Han sitting opposite. She just hoped that the banquet would end soon and her suffering would end.
I am also increasingly looking forward to Fu Tingye coming as soon as possible.
But now the banquet has obviously started, but Fu Tingye didn't show up. Could it be that... he won't come
"Why didn't the general come?" The person who asked calmly was the Queen Mother.
The ministers looked confused and no one answered.
"I heard that Mrs. Fu is seriously ill. Her condition has been recurring in the past few days. It may be due to delays." It was Prince Ning who answered.
"Oh." The Queen Mother responded calmly, her gaze drifting towards Hua Qingxue: "Mrs. Si Bing."
Hua Qingxue was stunned. She didn't expect that she would be called by the Queen Mother, and she quickly stood up: "Queen Mother, what are your orders?"
The embarrassed look actually made the Queen Mother laugh: "Sit down, Mrs. Si Bing, last time the Ai family announced your entry into the palace, I wanted to talk about it, but there was no chance. You have to enjoy the palace tonight." The delicious food can be regarded as an apology from the Aijia to you."
Hua Qingxue was horrified, but she didn't dare to accept the Queen Mother's apology. She quickly replied: "The Queen Mother is serious. It is an honor for the Queen Mother to declare to me, and I am happy to do so."
These polite words made her tongue numb.
"Sit down." The Queen Mother said again: "Don't be nervous. This is the palace, not a battlefield. You are so nervous that I feel embarrassed for the Aijia."
Hua Qingxue's face turned red with embarrassment and she sat down stiffly.
I have to say that the Queen Mother's double entendre shocked her for a moment.
This was not an apology to her, it was clearly a demonstration.
Alas, being with a king is like being with a tiger, she finally realized it.
"Queen mother, let's have a drink together to His Highness the Third Highness of the Liao Kingdom. His Highness has paid tribute to me so many beauties with jewels. His loyalty is a lesson and deserves a reward." Li Jingnan diverted everyone's attention and finally let Hua Qingxue relax.
Xiao Han stood up with a glass of wine in hand and responded to Li Jingnan and the Queen Mother. His words, "Loyalty can be a lesson", sounded a little awkward no matter how hard you heard it.
Anger is rising in my heart. If your Thunderbolt hadn't been too powerful, they would never have surrendered.
But right now, it's not the time to be willful.
No matter how humiliated the little emperor was with a gun and a stick, he would endure it.
"Xiao Han pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of Qi and the Queen Mother." Xiao Han raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
"Okay! Your Highness, the third prince, really has a good drinker. He is worthy of being a strong-willed man." Li Jingnan clapped his hands and applauded, and then looked at his ministers: "My dear friends, we cannot be compared with the third prince of the Liao Kingdom. no?"
The tone was half-smile but not a smile. It looked like a joke but was not a joke.
What a provocative method.
The veterans here could still sit still, but some newly appointed young officials could not sit still. They stepped forward one after another and toasted Xiao Han warmly.
When Li Jingnan saw this, he almost burst into laughter. The Queen Mother on the side gave him a look: "It's just a little trick, not elegant."
"Mother, this is because you are too polite. Gentlemen do need to be polite, but when it comes to enemies and villains, what's wrong with using a little trick to consume their energy?"
Li Jingnan hadn't chatted so intimately with the Queen Mother for a long time, but the Queen Mother smiled and let him do whatever he wanted.
"The general has arrived."
The delayed notification finally came.
Hua Qingxue felt happy and looked out expectantly. From a distance, she saw Fu Tingye wearing regular clothes, climbing up the stairs step by step. He had a majestic figure and majestic equipment.
Just looking at it has a pleasing beauty.
But that dress looked familiar... Hua Qingxue couldn't help but take a second look, and suddenly her heart skipped a few beats.
Isn't that the clothes I made for him... If I remember correctly, it's not finished yet, and some of the corners haven't been sewn yet.
Hua Qingxue looked at Fu Tingye's clothes closely, perhaps too seriously, so that Fu Tingye's gaze towards her was automatically ignored.
Fortunately, fortunately, this guy knew how to hide his clumsiness and covered up the parts she didn't do well.
If you don't look carefully, you can't tell that the clothes are not finished.
Hua Qingxue let out a sigh of relief, and the next moment, a graceful figure followed closely behind Fu Tingye.
"Cousin, wait for me." Cheng Wanmiao said softly, taking small steps to catch up with Fu Tingye.
The two of them came together to pay homage to Li Jingnan and the Queen Mother.
"Cheng Wanmiao, a citizen girl, pays homage to the Emperor, the Queen Mother." Cheng Wanmiao's voice was as soft as an oriole.
Someone was whispering around Hua Qingxue.
"I heard that this is the cousin of the General's childhood sweetheart. This time, I received a special message from the Queen Mother to attend the banquet."
"This is an honor given by the Heavenly Family. You must know that only first- and second-class wives who have passed the royal decree can participate. This shows that the Heavenly Family favors the general Zhenglong."
"You mean, this Cheng Wanmiao may be the future general's wife, but the folk legend is not that the general's wife..."
"Keep your voice down, Si Bing's wife is right next to you."
Hua Qingxue was stunned for a moment, sitting blankly in her seat, a little at a loss.
The person who had been looking forward to it all night finally arrived, but there were still others around him...
She couldn't tell what it felt like.
She had known about Mrs. Fu's matchmaking for a long time, but just because she believed in Fu Tingye, she tried not to take it to heart.
But she didn't expect that she would face such embarrassment at the banquet today.
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Xiao is very grateful for tonight's dinner. Being able to hold a banquet of this scale shows Qi's sincerity to Liao. On this occasion, Xiao has a heartless invitation. I also hope that the Queen Mother and the Emperor It can fulfill an infatuation."
Xiao Han was pestered by many officials to drink, but he didn't look like he was too drunk. His words were clear and somewhat sincere.
This is a situation that Li Jingnan and the Queen Mother had never thought of. Li Jingnan paused slightly and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, please speak up and listen to your request. If it is reasonable and reasonable, we Daqi have no reason not to support it."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Xiao Han bowed his hand to Li Jingnan, and then walked slowly, heading straight towards Hua Qingxue.
Hua Qingxue was stunned.
Fu Tingye, who had just sat down next to him, was also slightly startled, and a look of caution flashed across his eyes.
Xiao Han came to stand in front of Hua Qingxue, and the smile on his face became more wanton: "Hua Qingxue, I am very happy with you, and I want to marry you and become my princess of Daliao!"
ah
What!
Li Jingnan stood up suddenly, but was held back by the Queen Mother: "Your Majesty, hold still and watch what happens."
Li Jingnan's breathing became heavier and he was a little anxious: "But Queen Mother, he is clearly a drunkard who doesn't care about drinking. He is poaching my Daqi."
"Is it too early to corner the wall? As the majestic emperor, if you act rashly in front of the ministers and make mistakes, what will be the consequences? Do we still need the prestige of the Li family's heavenly family?" The Queen Mother couldn't help but say, "Li family's family" A heavy responsibility fell on me.
Li Jingnan finally obeyed and sat down.
Hua Qingxue didn't expect Xiao Han to be so bold and propose to her in front of the entire Da Qi court.
The performances are exaggerated, the lines are exaggerated... But if this exaggeration is wrapped in a political cloak, everything will become natural.
No, no, she had to deal with it immediately, otherwise... the consequences would be disastrous!
"Thank you, Third Highness, for your kindness, but I..." Before Hua Qingxue finished speaking, Xiao Han reached out to stop him and turned towards Li Jingnan and the Queen Mother, not giving Hua Qingxue a chance to speak.
"Your Majesty, Queen Mother, Xiao did not do this rashly. Since Xiao met Mrs. Si Bing for the first time, he got out of control and swore not to marry her in this life or for the rest of his life."
Wow... someone gasped.
Fu Tingye stood up quickly.
Cheng Wanmiao was on the side, afraid that he would mess up, so she tugged on his sleeve: "Cousin, remember to act rashly."
Fu Tingye ignored her, but came to Xiao Han's side and smiled faintly: "His Highness the Third Highness of the Liao Kingdom is joking. Mrs. Si Bing is a pillar of our Qi Kingdom. She will definitely not marry to the Liao Kingdom unless the Third Highness is willing to marry into the family. , I believe that the Emperor and the Queen Mother will like you, the son-in-law of Liao Kingdom, very much."
"Yes, Your Highness, since you like Madam Si Bing so much, you can make this sacrifice for Madam." The left prime minister's thief eyes swept across the two of them. This time, for the first time, he helped. Fu Tingye spoke.
It makes people a little confused about his purpose.
The smile on Xiao Han's face never changed, and he replied loudly: "For my wife, this sacrifice is nothing. It's just that my father is old and there are many things going on in the Liao Kingdom. Xiao has a huge responsibility on his shoulders."
He paused, turned around and looked at Fu Tingye: "The general seems to have some doubts about Xiao's sincerity, but the general is hugging him..."
At this point, his eyes deliberately passed Fu Tingye and fell on Cheng Wanmiao, who was dressed up beside him, with some teasing and ridicule: "Of course I don't understand Xiao's friendship, but I, Xiao Han, am here today to solemnly express my sincere gratitude to the emperor and The Queen Mother promised that if the emperor fulfills Xiao’s infatuation, Xiao is willing to offer the land of Qin, Wei, Yuan, Xi, He and Mo."
Oh my god... If just now Hua Qingxue had the mentality of rejecting him and settling for nothing, now she realizes that this is not a proposal, this is completely a political marriage.
The land of Qin, Wei, Yuan, Xi, He, and Mozhou was the land that Li Jingnan longed for.
The little boy who was down and out in Renqiu City was thinking about something even in his dreams.
This is the throat of Li Jingnan and the throat of the entire Qi State.
The former emperor's cession of territory was a pain in the hearts of many patriotic literati.
And besides that, Hua Qingxue still felt uneasy in her heart, always feeling that the bait given by Xiao Han was more than that.
"Your Majesty, I believe that the Third Highness of the Liao Kingdom is very sincere and this matter can be put on the agenda." Prince Ning broke the momentary tranquility in the hall and said calmly.
"Your Majesty, this matter is serious, but we can consider accepting the sincerity of His Highness the Third Prince of Liao." The left minister seconded.
"no."
"no."
Those who unanimously rejected it were Li Jingnan and Fu Tingye.