The officials of the Honglu Temple of the Qi Dynasty noticed something was wrong. Even Xichi, who didn't know Chu Cheng's identity, was even more surprised. They knew what kind of temper Princess Yanqing had. Why was she being held back by a guard? Was it because the guard belonged to the Seventh Prince? But that didn't make sense. Even the Seventh Prince couldn't do anything to Princess Yanqing, let alone a guard. Maybe it was because they were in the Qi Dynasty and needed to be more cautious in all aspects, so the Seventh Prince had to be strict with Princess Yanqing
Although I'm looking for various interfaces and trying to make it justifiable, I always feel that it's not perfect.
Chu Cheng suffered internal injuries, and due to his status, he could only be treated by Xichi's accompanying doctor. For the same reason, even if Chu Ci went to Emperor Xuanren to seek an explanation, he was only dismissed with a few words. How could a mere guard dare to attack their Duke Qi Chao like that? It was already a special favor that Xichi did not let him hand the man out to Qi Chao for punishment.
One can imagine how frustrated Chu Cheng felt.
When he was in a bad mood, naturally other people would suffer as well. Therefore, the place where the entire Xichi delegation lived was filled with low pressure. Fortunately, the inn next to them was temporarily uninhabited so that it would not affect others.
However, this situation naturally could not escape Qi Chao's attention. In addition, Wei Tingyu had already learned about the abnormality of Princess Yanqing from Fan Wuguo, so he had further speculation about Chu Cheng's identity.
After he had a rough idea in mind, he would naturally not relax and continue to keep watch. Since he wanted to hide it, he would just keep hiding it. This side would definitely not take the initiative to expose it. However, out of some intuition, Wei Tingyu felt that this should not be the case. Since he came here concealing his identity, he must have some purpose, otherwise he was just joking
But this hiding seems to be too unqualified...
But now the other party has done nothing, so naturally we can only respond to changes by remaining unchanged.
As the Wanshou Festival drew closer, envoys from various countries arrived one after another. Sometimes, there were only three envoys in a day. The people from the Ministry of Rites and the Honglu Temple alone were completely overwhelmed. The others naturally could not stand idly by, and under the spur of Emperor Xuanren, they all worked actively and quickly.
The entire imperial city became more and more festive and lively, with lights and decorations everywhere. Because of the foreign guests, it seemed to be even more lively than during the New Year holidays, and various shops took advantage of this time to rip off the guests... Oh, no, it was to have friendly trade exchanges with guests from other countries. Well, both sides were very satisfied.
In addition, there are birthday gifts sent back to the imperial city by local officials. This is definitely a major attraction. Every time I see it, I can't help but guess what kind of rare treasures they are.
Of course, in this situation, those who do nothing are still doing nothing, just like a young master who just wanders around when he has nothing to do.
It’s just that the young master’s frequency of encountering Princess Yanqing is a little bit high.
Probably because of the lesson from their first meeting, Princess Yanqing did not continue to get close to him. She just looked at him from a distance and acted like a fan. Considering that she was a woman and Princess Xichi, the little bully did not bother with her too much.
In the past few days, Princess Yanqing probably spent all her time inquiring about the Little Overlord. After learning about his many "great achievements", she began to hesitate about some of his thoughts, but it was just hesitation. After all, all the bad things done by the Little Overlord were directed at outsiders. If he became an "insider", it would naturally not be like this.
However, all these things did not affect Xiaocao. She was still busy with her work, from morning till night, day after day.
As members of the diplomatic mission, it is natural for them to know the situation in the imperial city of Qi Dynasty. Therefore, even if they only know a little bit, they cannot ignore the existence of Xiaocao. Some people want to get close to her for different purposes, but she is protected too strictly, and it is not easy to get close to her.
Emperor Xuanren's birthday was on the 24th day of the first lunar month. By the 20th, all the envoys had arrived except for the one from Liuqi.
Qi Dynasty and Liukar had the most unfriendly relationship. Although no large-scale war had occurred, Liukar had never stopped its ambition to invade Qi Dynasty. It was quite surprising that it even sent a delegation of envoys this time.
Liuqi calculated the time accurately and wanted to appear last, which didn't seem strange. Of course, relatively speaking, Qichao would be particularly "solemn". Probably because of this incident, Qichao and Liuqi temporarily ceased fighting in exchange for a short period of peace. The people who escorted Liuqi's delegation this time were not handed over by officials along the way one by one, but a team directly sent by the Dingbei Army to escort them. As the current commander of the Dingbei Army, when delivering Liuqi's letter, he also handed in a letter requesting to return to the imperial city. Emperor Xuanren agreed, and Pingjin Hou became the "leader" of the escort team.
The hatred between Qi Chao and Liuqi is a well-known fact, but the most bitter hatred is felt by the soldiers guarding the northern border and the people living there. Therefore, the journey from the northern border to the imperial city can be said to be quite tense and cold. The Dingbei Army looked at the people of Liuqi with gritted teeth, wishing they could kill them all.
Liu Qi also caused all kinds of trouble and provocation along the way. Of course, since he could never suppress Qi Chao, he knew his limits and did not completely irritate him. No one is a fool.
Compared with other countries, Liuqi's envoy group is also larger. Apart from anything else, the guards seem to be from the regular army, and they are probably carefully selected elites. They give people a feeling of being tough and fierce.
The Liuge delegation and Qi Chao's guards arrived at dusk on the 22nd, attracting everyone's attention. Then, Liuge became Xichi's "neighbor". However, when settling the Liuge delegation, they encountered a small problem. There were too many people in Liuge and they could not be accommodated at all. According to Qi Chao's intention, most of the guards were directly placed in the military camp outside the city. As they came from the regular army, they were not suitable to live in the post house.
How could Liu Kai easily agree to this and let the situation become strained? According to their wishes, they would move people from both sides away.
Such tyranny and unreasonableness, then, Xichi is certainly not easy to mess with, although it is not bordering Liukar, and there is basically no contact between the two countries, but Xichi does not think that it is weaker than Liukar, but apart from expressing dissatisfaction with Liukar, it did not say much, after all, this problem should be solved by Qichao himself. On the other side of Liukar, although not stronger than several countries, they are not incompetent people who allow others to bully them, and they dare to sneer at Liukar.
Needless to say, Qi Chao's attitude is very firm. Once in Qi Chao, you have to abide by Qi Chao's rules and there is no room for negotiation.