Around the New Year's Eve is a time for envoys from various countries to worship. Countries surrounding Daliang will send envoys to the capital before the New Year's Eve to show their loyalty.
Usually, for more powerful countries, the emperor will make a special trip to receive them in Hanyuan Hall after arriving in Daliang.
For example, Nanzhao, but some ordinary small countries do not get this honor. They often have to wait until the first day of the Lunar New Year and the Yuan Dynasty to see the emperor and worship and congratulate the emperor together with all the officials.
Now the only people who need to be received before New Year's Eve are the envoys sent by Dai Viet.
Dai Viet and Daliang Nanzhao are both adjacent to each other and are rich in timber, cinnabar, jewelry and other products... Dai Viet has always had trade relations with Daliang and other countries, and the relationship between the two countries is relatively friendly.
At this moment, in the Hanyuan Palace, Shen Zhizhi was sitting in Chu Moyuan's arms, holding a piece of beef jerky and chewing Zhengxiang. From time to time, he looked up at the ministers in the palace, and then continued to chew with his small mouth.
The sight of that pretty little appearance made everyone in the court melt. Even Xia Mengshi, who scolded the royal family in bed every day, couldn't help but take a second look.
Then he gritted his teeth angrily, why! Why on earth can't his grandchildren be so beautiful! ! !
Civil and military officials have become accustomed to the fact that the emperor carries a baby to the court every day to receive envoys.
It would be abnormal if I don’t hold it for a day!
Because of the Spring Festival special offer in the system mall, Shen Zhizhi got a bunch of snacks as gifts, including this piece of beef jerky in her hand.
Shen Zhizhi ate it with gusto, and before she finished, she obediently took out a peach-flavored candy and stuffed it into her emperor uncle's mouth in front of all the ministers.
Seeing this, all the civil and military officials gasped. The little baby had stuffed something into the emperor's mouth! ?
And the emperor...actually ate it? !
have eaten! ! !
The ministers almost fell over in shock. They still remembered the New Year's Eve banquet a few years ago. At that time, there were delicious fruits on the table from the countries in the Western Regions. The second prince ate them deliciously and wanted to show his courtesy, so he stuffed a piece into the emperor's mouth. Here, what did the emperor do at that time?
The emperor's face turned dark at that moment, and he immediately spit something on the handkerchief, and then asked the second prince if he had washed his hands.
After getting the negative answer, the emperor picked up the tea cup and rinsed his mouth several times. He also reprimanded the second prince in public, and even punished him to go back and copy the book a hundred times...
A hundred times!
Later they heard that the second prince’s hands were swollen from copying!
However... all the ministers raised their eyes and glanced at His Majesty the Emperor, who was holding Shen Zhizhi on the dragon throne.
By the way, what could the little doll be stuffed into the emperor?
You must know that their emperor is very picky about food!
When I was still the prince, the chefs in the East Palace changed batch after batch. Either the chickens killed by this chef were too hideous, or the chef used his left hand to hold the knife when cutting vegetables, which was inappropriate!
There are two things in the world that His Majesty the Emperor will not eat.
Neither eat this nor eat that.
Shen Zhizhi's long eyelashes flickered, and when she raised her eyes, she saw all the ministers looking at her curiously.
Shen Zhizhi: "..."
In fact, what she pushed into Chu Moyuan was not something strange, it was just a peach-flavored hard candy wrapped in plastic paper that she just took out from her pocket~
[The emperor's uncle has worked so hard every day in court, so let's give him something sweet! 】
Shen Zhizhi was still chewing on her own beef jerky, licking it from time to time, and then looking curiously outside the hall.
[I don’t know which envoy I am meeting today. 】
"The envoy of Xuan Daiyue is here to see you."
"The envoy of Xuan Dayue paid an audience——"
Shen Zhizhi clicked her lips.
[Hey, it’s Dai Viet? 】
[Is the hero’s country coming out so soon? 】
As soon as Shen Zhizhi said this, the problem that had troubled Chu Moyuan for many days was instantly solved.
It turns out that the so-called male protagonist is the crown prince of Dai Viet.
After the Dai Yue envoy entered the palace, all the procedures were the same as those of the Nanzhao envoy. Even the flattery method was to flatter Chu Moyuan first and then Shen Zhizhi.
Shen Zhizhi blinked her big, lively eyes and let out a hey. Although the weasel was uneasy and kind-hearted when he wished the chicken New Year's greetings, she still liked to hear flattery!
Because the territory of Dayue was much larger than that of Nanzhao, the tribute items were also doubled.
Among them, the jewelry presented as tribute to the royal family was even carried to the main hall. The Dai Viet envoy respectfully stepped forward, opened several large boxes, and bowed:
"These are the finest pearls, gemstones and various agate jadeite produced in Dai Viet this year. I present them all to His Majesty the Emperor Da Liang."
I saw that those open boxes contained various kinds of pearls, gems, agate crystals, which were all necessary for the nobles and royal families to make jewelry.
Since Dai Viet is rich in pearls and gems, the best-quality ones must be offered as tribute every year.
It's just that... there were very few in previous years, but there are surprisingly many this year.
"Although there are a lot more, but..." A minister looked at the things in the box and frowned:
"Sir Envoy, why do I always feel that the quality of these products is far inferior to those of previous years? Especially these gemstones are too small and the color is not pure. The most popular ruby in previous years is no longer available."
As soon as these words came out, the whole hall fell silent. The ministers looked at the things in the big box and thought that this was really the case...
After hearing this, Shen Zhizhi stretched her little head and looked down curiously.
[Hey, so many gems and pearls...]
[It’s just that the quality is not that good...]
[It’s far worse than what the uncle who pretended to be the prince of Pingsha County sent last time...]
Shen Zhizhi: "..."
Wait, what did they just say?
Are these specialties of Dai Viet? ? ?
There is only so much good quality every year...?
Shen Zhizhi fell silent, and three big question marks slowly appeared on her head.
Where did the person who pretended to be the prince of Pingsha County get so many from? ? ? ?
Chu Moyuan frowned slightly when he heard Shen Zhizhi's voice. He knew that someone pretended to be the Prince of Pingsha County and went to the Marquis Mansion to deliver things. For this reason, he sent people to search for a long time, but nothing could be found. Find out.
What that person sent was pearls and gems that are abundant in Dai Viet?
"Your country should know what it means to rather lack than to abuse."
The minister who kept talking was Zhong Liyan, the imperial censor. He was also the minister who had the same mindset as Shen Zhizhi when the Nanzhao envoy visited last time.
As soon as these words came out, the envoy immediately explained with a sad face: "Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand, there is a reason why things are like this this year..."
The envoy sighed and then said: "Originally, the tribute gifts had been prepared a long time ago, and they were all of top quality! But, no one expected that the treasury had been stolen! All the large quantities of good things inside were all in good condition. Gone! There is nothing left of the tribute!
"In the end, there was nothing I could do...just, this is it..."
The envoy said and sighed.
"..."
[The treasury guarded by layers of guards was stolen? 】
[Why didn’t you say that your imperial mausoleum was dug up? 】
