The next day, it seemed that he wanted to deliberately dry out Zhu Jian and others, so King Bodu did not come that day. Only a strange Oara nobleman came to the envoy's camp with a group of soldiers.
This man looked to be in his thirties, with a powerful appearance, and introduced himself as the captain of Ye Xian's personal guard.
"His Majesty the Emperor is fifteen miles away from here. The Grand Master ordered me to take you to visit him."
The guard captain, who called himself Brege, looked very cold and business-like.
But Zhu Jian and others didn't care. They were wearing formal court clothes. Zhu Jian cupped his hands and said.
"Your Excellency, please wait a moment, I'm not ready yet."
Bulleg frowned, and looking past Zhu Jian, he saw behind him that Li Shi and Luo Qi were directing people to pack up the carriages and horses, and kept loading things into the carts. Looking at this posture, they seemed to be emptying the mission.
Lifting his chin forward, Brege asked, "What are those things?"
Zhu Jian turned sideways without a trace, blocking his sight, and said with a smile.
"I, Your Majesty and the Queen Mother, have prepared some silk, Japonica rice, fish, plums, shochu, royal utensils, winter clothes and other items, thinking that the Emperor is in the bitter cold in the north, and ordered us to present them to the Emperor."
"There are a lot of things, so I need to ask you to wait a moment."
As he spoke, Zhu Jian seemed to be worried that Prege was looking around, so he extended his hand and invited him to take a rest in the tent.
Prege hesitated for a moment, then nodded and entered the tent.
After sitting down on the carpet, the envoy's entourage came forward and each poured a bowl of milk tea in front of them.
Bulleg picked it up and took a sip, but couldn't help but frown.
This tea is actually cold!
He raised his head and looked around. The brazier in the tent had also died down. The decorations were the same as the Mongolian tents he had seen in the past, but something felt wrong.
Just as he was about to ask a few questions, someone came in from outside and said, "Sir, everything is ready."
So, Bulleg had no choice but to swallow his words.
Following Zhu Jian out of the tent, he saw that several carriages were neatly loaded, and there were hundreds of people accompanying them.
Prege was even more confused, but he couldn't ask too many questions. When he saw that he was ready, he took his people and set off to the residence of the Supreme Emperor.
After returning to Wala, a special place was set aside for the Supreme Emperor to live, and it was heavily guarded.
That place was about fifteen miles away from Ye Xian's military tent.
Because they were carrying several carriages, the team didn't move very fast. It took about half an hour to arrive.
It can be seen that Ye Xian is quite good to the Supreme Emperor. This tent is very large, almost comparable to Ye Xian's own military tent.
But in the eyes of Zhu Jian and others, it is still quite crude.
After all, in the eyes of the Han people, this kind of tent on the grassland is nothing more than sleeping on the ground with curtains and curtains. It is not even the residence of ordinary people, so how can it talk about the palace?
Around the tent, there is a post every five steps and a sentry every ten steps. It seems that the guards are very tight.
Outside the tent, Ha Ming and his two followers were already looking forward to seeing what happened.
There were still hundreds of steps away from the tent, so Zhu Jian and others insisted on dismounting and walked there.
Arriving at the tent, Yuan Bin stepped forward and introduced Ha Ming.
"Ha Tongshi, this is the chief envoy of the mission, Mr. Zhu Jian, the censor of the right capital, the minister of Honglu Temple, and the deputy envoy of the mission, Mr. Li Shi, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Mr. Luo Qi, the young minister of Dali Temple, come to say hello to the Supreme Emperor. .”
Ha Ming nodded and said: "My lords have been working hard all the way. The Emperor has been waiting in the tent for a long time. He has asked the lords to come and see you if they arrive. I will go in and pass the message, please wait a moment."
So, Ha Ming turned around and went into the tent. After a while, he turned out again and led Zhu Jian and others into the tent.
The tent was very simple, at least in the eyes of Zhu Jian and others.
There was a low bed with a thick blanket on top. There were no gorgeous decorations, only a bookshelf and a few volumes of books as decorations.
There was a blanket on the ground, a fire pot burning next to it, a table in the middle, and a low pillar behind it.
The Supreme Emperor was wearing a slightly shabby orange-red narrow-sleeved off-shoulder dragon pattern robe and was sitting on the pier.
Behind the desk, there were four plainly dressed women, ranging in age from teenagers to 20s. Two of them were Han Chinese and two were Mongolian.
These were sent to serve the Supreme Emperor first. The two Han women were also plundered from the border. Because their faces were pretty, they were sent here to serve.
After a rough look, Zhu Jian found that the Emperor was very different from the high-spirited Emperor he had seen when he made his speech two years ago.
The last time he came, he was not allowed to see the Supreme Emperor. Yuan Bin was the one who relayed the message, so in fact, this was the first time he saw the Supreme Emperor after the Tumu Incident.
Compared with his impression, the current Supreme Emperor is much thinner. He is only in his twenties, but there are already a few spots of gray on his temples.
Fortunately, he was still in good spirits. Seeing Zhu Jian and others entering the tent, a smile broke out on his face.
"I, Zhu Jian, the imperial censor of the right capital, Li Shi, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Luo Qi, the young minister of Dali Temple, are here to greet the Supreme Emperor. Long live your Majesty."
After entering the tent, the three of them looked very excited. They paid homage and knelt down to kowtow again and again.
Obviously, Zhu Qizhen was not at peace when he saw them.
During his one-year stay in Wala, he could see very few Ming people, and even fewer people he was familiar with.
A few months ago, accompanied by Prince Bodu and Yesian, I met Xu Bin and others once, but they didn't say a word.
This time, I heard that the imperial court had sent another envoy, and had also promised to let them come to see me, so I was naturally upset.
Zhu Qi said with a flush on his face involuntarily.
"Okay, okay, you have worked hard all the way, gentlemen, please get up and talk."
So, Zhu Jian and others stood up respectfully and stood aside. Immediately, Zhu Jian waved his hand and motioned to the followers who were following him to move in a few boxes and said.
"Your Majesty, these are the cotton clothes, hats, shoes and other items brought by the Holy Mother and Queen Duanjing's ministers. They were all sewn by Queen Duanjing herself. Please take a look at them."
At that moment, Ha Ming asked the maids to open the box, took out the robes, and brought them to the Emperor's case.
Zhu Qizhen reached out and touched the soft robe, looking at the dragon pattern embroidered on it, his eyes were slightly red, and he murmured in a low voice: "Queen..."
This piece of cotton clothing has fine stitching and is soft and docile.
Looking at these, Zhu Qizhen seemed to see the beautiful figure sewing clothes and hats stitch by stitch in the deep palace.
Holding back tears, Zhu Qizhen took the robe with his own hands, carefully folded it, placed it beside him, and then asked.
"The Queen Mother is still in good health. The Queen...is she okay?"
This sentence seems to contain thousands of emotions, and the pause in the middle is full of guilt.
However, this question made Zhu Jian and others a little embarrassed.
Looking at the Emperor's appearance, Zhu Jian hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he still said.
"Back to the Supreme Emperor, everything is well with the Holy Mother. Queen Duanjing... Phoenix's body is slightly ailing. The imperial doctor is already treating her. Please don't worry, the Supreme Emperor."
