After everything was sorted out, Song Che and Tuya left the mansion and took a carriage to the banquet.
The banquets of the Hu people are always different from those of the Liang people. They are rarely held in the palace and prefer to be held outdoors.
Outside the east city of Dadu, there is a dense mountain forest. The Hu people specially turned it into a hunting ground to provide hunting entertainment for the royal nobles.
In winter, everything hides.
Hunting has also become unusual.
As long as they can satisfy the thrill of hunting, it doesn't matter whether they are humans or animals.
The princes and nobles would find slave owners to buy slaves, keep them in captivity for a period of time to ensure their health, and then put them into the mountains and forests, allowing them to escape and hide. They would lead hunting dogs, carry bows and arrows, and ride horses behind the slaves. Chase and hunt.
Advanced animals enjoy killing more, and this is exactly the case for humans. Their nature of caring for hair and drinking blood is only hidden, but it never disappears deep in their hearts.
When Song Che and Tu Ya arrived at the venue, almost all the princes, nobles and tribal leaders in Dadu had arrived.
"Mr. Song, please take a seat." Arr saw Song Che's arrival and took the initiative to stand up and welcome Song Che to the seat on the right.
At banquets, the order of seats is often linked to status. Except for the Khan of the host, the person who can sit in the chief position must have a noble status, but he is a Liangren.
Does it make me feel cold when I'm high up?
Song Che sneered in his heart and declined politely: "Master Arhan is the top minister of the Hu State. How can my seat be higher than yours? I'd better sit in the last row."
"Hey." Arhan pulled Song Che, "Mr. Song is an envoy of the Celestial Dynasty. Apart from you, no one else is qualified to sit as chief, let alone."
He glanced sideways at Tuya beside Song Che, touched his chest, saluted, and said with a smile: "You are the husband of Princess Tuya and the consort of our Hu Kingdom. You should be a guest of honor."
In this case, Song Che was not polite, returned the smile, and took Tuya to sit down happily.
Not surprisingly. As soon as my butt was soft and soft, I heard a strange greeting:
"Tuya, today is the Great Khan's birthday. As a junior, why don't you even show your true face?"
The person who spoke was the fat woman named "Semin" whom I met at the door of the silk shop a few days ago. She was Tuya's aunt, and naturally she was also a prince. She was sitting at the second seat on the left with a middle-aged man. His status is really not low.
"Huh? When will there be an extra princess in the capital?"
"Yeah, I don't have any impression of the name Tuya."
"Why do you want to marry a Liangren?"
With Semin's start, the other noble ladies followed suit and started sarcastic. It was obvious that they had colluded with each other. Previously, Song Che had insulted their men by verbally quarreling with other scholars in the court, and now they wanted to take revenge on Tu Ya.
A group of jackals, tigers and leopards watching the excitement, and a group of barking bitches, vividly demonstrated the despicability, selfishness and superiority of the barbarians.
"Every tribal leader who has come from afar, let me tell you, Tuya is the most beautiful woman in our metropolis. I believe you are also looking forward to it, right?" Semin fanned the flames.
The tribes outside may not have seen Tuya before, and they all looked expectantly.
Semin and the ladies were ready to laugh.
"To be honest, I'm just afraid that you will be prejudiced against the princess because of my identity. After all, the most beautiful woman from the Hu tribe married me, a Liang man. Alas..." Song Che pretended to sigh and said to Tu Ya. With a look, "Princess, then take off the mask and let them see you."
Tuya nodded and slowly lifted off the mask, revealing her flawless and well-groomed face. She was like a bright moon in the night sky, spreading her beauty to the sky and the earth, and all my ladies became a foil. The green leaves of the flowers paled in front of her.
The princes and young masters who were the leaders of the foreign tribes all stared at her intently, fascinated by her beauty, and at the same time they were even more jealous of Song Che.
Semin's jaw almost dropped in shock, "This... how is it possible! She clearly has a scar on her face! I saw it with my own eyes a few days ago! Why did it suddenly disappear!"
"Look at her skin, it's so white!"
"Isn't she practicing some kind of evil magic?"
Men are jealous of Song Che's beauty, and women are jealous of Tu Ya's fair skin and beauty.
Jealousy changes people beyond recognition.
In front of everyone, Song Che hugged the beauty into his arms and laughed loudly: "Thank you for everyone's generosity and blessings. I believe Tuya will give me a healthy and strong son, and... he can also have a surname." Song.”
Murder and heart-wrenching!
"snort!"
Finally, a young tribal leader couldn't hold back his emotions. He slammed the table angrily and stood up and asked Timur: "Great Khan, last year I came to Dadu to propose marriage three or five times, but you rejected me on the grounds that there was no woman of the right age. Then what about her?" Who? What you did, Great Khan, chills the hearts of our tribes who surrender to you!"
"Even if you, the Great Khan, look down on us tribes outside the city, you can't marry the princess to a Liang man!"
"Yes! A woman as beautiful as her should marry a heroic man on the grassland. How virtuous and capable a Liang man is!"
"Did you, the Great Khan, do this to get married to Daliang? Then why do you want us to recruit troops and horses!"
Men on the grasslands are often very possessive, and their jealousy drives them almost crazy.
Timur could never have imagined that what was originally intended to dampen Song Che's spirit would end up being denounced by various tribes.
The powerful political power of the Hu State was originally created by various tribes. To disintegrate their alliance, the most effective way is to use alienation tactics.
"Well, actually... it was not Ben Khan's wish to marry the princess off to this Liang man, but... she... she..."
Faced with the denunciation of the tribal leaders, Timur seemed a little at a loss. He could only look to Arhan for help.
Arhan glanced coldly at Song Che and Tuya.
Tuya, who had little contact with people, was at a loss when faced with the criticism. She lowered her head and leaned on her shoulder, murmuring softly: "It's better to be ugly, it's better to be ugly..."
Song Che gave Arhan a smile, picked up the wine glass leisurely, sipped it slowly, and watched the show.
Seeing that the denunciations were getting louder and louder, Arhan bit the bullet and explained to various ministries:
"Chiefs and clan chiefs, things are not as you think. The Great Khan married the princess to this Liang man not because he wanted to marry Daliang, but... but for deeper considerations! How should he treat me specifically? I will discuss this with you in detail after the banquet. Today is the Great Khan’s sixtieth birthday. Don’t let these trivial matters ruin our celebration..."
After a lot of Arhan's quibbles, the condemnation gradually subsided, but the fact that the beautiful princess married a Liang man has been like a thorn in the flesh that has penetrated deeply into the hearts of these "horse-harnessing men".
Any breakup starts with an inconspicuous crack.
Song Che has achieved half of his goal today.
