The Queen Mother’s birthday.
On the upper floor of Jiying Hall, the music studio is singing like hundreds of birds, like luan and phoenix singing in harmony.
The prime ministers, princes, clan members, observers, and envoys from various countries came to celebrate their birthdays in the palace. Cao Bin only found a seat under the corridor near the door.
First, the clan and officials congratulated them on their birthday, and then they shouted:
"Envoys from various countries wish the Queen Mother happy birthday!"
Pu Duanguo's envoy asked someone to bring in a pair of red parrots and said some auspicious words when they came up.
Seeing this, the Queen Mother nodded slightly, as if she was very interested.
Next, the envoys from various countries sent gifts and paid birthdays in an orderly manner according to the procedures.
At this moment, Yelu Yi, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, actually asked someone to come in with a handful of loess and said with a smile:
"Empress Dowager, this is a gift prepared by Daliao. I wish you a happy life every year, a happy life every year, and a long and happy life."
When deputy envoy Liu Liufu saw this, he frowned and shook his head slightly, but didn't say anything.
At this time, all the ministers and royal relatives in the palace fell silent and stared at the Liao envoys coldly.
The envoys and deputy envoys from other countries suddenly became excited and whispered in twos and threes.
For a time, the atmosphere in the hall was so solemn that even the musicians did not dare to continue playing.
The emperor said coldly: "What does the Liao envoy mean?"
If Taishi Pang hadn't told him about the Liao Emperor's conspiracy yesterday, he would have beaten the Liao envoy out with a stick at this time.
He also didn't expect that the Liao envoy would dare to cause trouble in such a formal occasion.
This is not a congratulation to the Queen Mother, it is clearly a curse on her. If she were to let her off lightly, wouldn't it mean that the Song Dynasty was afraid of the Liao Kingdom.
That would be extremely embarrassing.
Before the Liao envoy could speak, Li Tang hurriedly stood up and said:
"Your Majesty, the envoy of Liao is rude, please follow the etiquette and use his staff!"
"The Liao envoys don't know the etiquette of the Song Dynasty, and there is another reason why our Foreign Affairs Academy has not explained it clearly."
After saying that, he was full of excitement and shouted:
"Tongzhi Yuanzhi Cao Bin! I ordered you to personally explain the etiquette of the Song Dynasty to the Liao envoy. Do you plead guilty?"
The loud voice was so frightening that Yeluyi took a step back.
Hearing this, the emperor glanced at Li Tang with disgust. If he was not afraid that Emperor Liao would take the opportunity to send troops, he would have ordered the Liao envoys to be beaten out. Do you need to say anything?
But after hearing the second reason, he couldn't help but follow Li Tang's gaze and look at Cao Bin:
"Cao Bin?"
At this moment, the emperor didn't want to care whether it was Cao Bin's mistake, he just wanted to get rid of the matter. Therefore, in his heart, he hoped that Cao Bin would plead guilty.
Cao Bin didn't expect that Ye Luyi would do this first. When Li Tang asked him, he was confused for a moment, but in the flash of lightning, he suddenly thought of a certain drama clip:
"Congratulations to the official family, congratulations to the official family, soil is land."
"The Liao Kingdom is giving land to me, the Song Dynasty!"
Prime Minister Kou Zhun also raised his hands and laughed and said:
"Officers, Uncle Zhongjing is right. In the past, Duke Wen of Jin asked for land, which was a precursor to conquering the Wei Kingdom."
"Today, the Emperor of Liao sent us soil to the Song Dynasty. It can be said that his affection is precious. Your Majesty can reward the envoy of Liao generously to express his gratitude."
Hearing this, the emperor was immediately overjoyed. He patted the imperial case repeatedly and said:
"Okay, okay, the Liao Kingdom is so kind to you, but I will be disrespectful."
"Come, accept the gift and pour wine for the envoy of Liao. I will toast him personally."
Yeluyi was stunned for a moment, then waved his hands and said: "No, no, this is not the intention of the king, this is my mistake..."
But how could the ministers of the Song Dynasty ask him to explain, so they quickly pulled him over, toasted him one after another, and drank him hard.
At this time, the emperor looked at Cao Bin with eyes full of love, and directly called him forward and asked him to serve him wine.
Next, the color chief of the Jiaofang shouted "Suiyujiu" and "Suiyujiu".
The emperor, queen mother and ministers drank together, music, singing and dancing continued, and acrobatics and sumo wrestling were complete.
After nine rounds of drinking, when everyone was full and full, the Queen Mother and the Emperor set out to drive back to Luan.
Cao Bin touched his belly depressedly and was speechless. If he had known this earlier, he might as well have eaten some fried cakes and fruits from the beginning.
Now everyone is full, but he is the only one who is still hungry.
Just as he was about to follow Taishi Pang out of the palace, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw Li Tang still sitting there with a pale face.
Li Tang's recovery was largely due to the emperor's favor for Li Meiren. Now that he has made the emperor disgusted, he may not be proud for long.
The next day there was a government meeting.
Cao Bin thought that as usual, he would discuss some trivial matters first.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he came to court, Cai Jing came out of class and started to play:
"Your Majesty, Uncle Zhongjing is outstanding in literary and military skills. Yesterday he was even more agile and defeated the Liao envoy."
"I believe that your majesty should be kind to Zhong Jingbo in order to encourage the nobles to advance."
"kindness?"
Cai Jing's compliments made Cao Bin confused.
Although this old guy didn't show enough hostility, he would never speak for himself without reason.
While thinking, Master Pang raised his eyelids slightly and said:
"Your Majesty, you can't. It is Cao Bin's responsibility to deal with the Liao envoy. If you grant him a favor easily, the rewards and punishments of the imperial court will be unclear."
Seeing this, Cao Bin also understood that Cai Jing must have bad intentions when he suddenly spoke for himself.
The emperor looked at Master Pang and asked in a deep voice:
"What else can Mr. Cai say?"
Cai Jing shook his head and said: "The old minister has some elegant words to advise. Everything depends on your Majesty's own decision."
These words not only confused Cao Bin, but the emperor was also a little confused. He originally thought that Cai Jing had other motives and would at least argue.
Unexpectedly, he just raised a question and ignored it.
Kou Zhun pondered for a moment and said:
"Your Majesty, merit will be rewarded, and fault will be punished."
"It is also the duty of a soldier to fight the enemy bravely!"
"How can we not reward people because of their responsibilities?"
The emperor nodded and said: "This is reasonable. If so, Uncle Zhongjing will be promoted to one level, to..."
Kou Zhun said: "Uncle Zhongjing was originally Zuo Siyangzhong, and he was promoted to the sixth rank Shangguanglu Shaoqing."
Cao Bin hurriedly went out and said: "I have made some small merits, but I dare not accept official gifts."
At this time, he had to be more cautious. Cai Jing was not a simple person.
Although he only said a simple sentence, who knows if there is a trap in it.
Cao Bin thinks it’s better to be more conservative...
