Xuanming Hall, Dachao.
An Yan did not enter the palace with all the officials. Instead, he waited in the palace early in his official uniform. He stood alone under the Jade Majesty and watched the crowd of officials in red entering the palace.
As a living minister, he has the responsibility of recording the court meeting today.
Seeing Yu Jingtang come in surrounded by several people, and hearing that Yun Jian was also there, he took the initiative to come forward and greet him.
Yu Jingtang, who was wearing a purple python pattern court dress, just nodded indifferently, while Wenren Yunjian pulled him over with a smile and introduced the people around him.
An Yan's eyes also focused on a middle-aged man also wearing purple official uniform.
"This is Lord Pei Shihe, the Minister of Civil Affairs and the right servant of the Ministry of Civil Affairs."
This man carried the nobility of having been in a high position for a long time. He had a straight waist and his hands behind his back. He looked at An Yan and smiled lightly: "Is this your future virtuous son-in-law? He is a very talented person."
An Yan had heard of this name, but it was the first time he saw it today. Just by hearing the official title, he knew that Lord Pei was also a very popular minister in the court.
Moreover, the Pei family was a well-known family in Luoyang. They were often married to the royal family and had many famous ministers in their family.
"I've met Mr. Pei." An Yan bowed and saluted.
"This is the Minister of Household Affairs, Mr. Ke Wanxian Ke."
"Who is this……"
An Yan was greeted one by one, and the topic quickly moved away from him and turned to talk about today's court meeting and the meeting of the foreign envoys of the two countries.
He stood aside and listened quietly, looking around the hall, and saw a group of people walking in.
The leader did not wear an official uniform, but a very casual but expensive tan robe. He was tall and strong, with gray and messy beard and hair, a fierce and fierce face, and no smile on his face.
Such a person who stood out from the crowd naturally became the center of attention as soon as he appeared. An Yan noticed that Yu Jingtang and Pei Shihe also glanced at that person.
Shentu wins...
An Yan looked at the man silently. He was the one Yu Jingtang was not dealing with, and Yu Jingtang seemed to be planning to touch him.
However, these things are beyond the reach of Anyan now.
There were more and more people in the main hall, and the voices became a little noisy. During this period, many people diligently came to Yu Jingtang and Pei Shihe to greet them.
Because today is a big dynasty, there are a lot of officials here. Looking around, they are almost all wearing red official uniforms.
An Yan, dressed in green, was the lowest among these people.
"The Queen of Heaven has arrived!"
Above Dan Majesty, a female official stood there and shouted loudly. The hall fell silent instantly, and all the officials returned to their seats and stood still.
In the Xuantang Dynasty, all court officials were seated and there was no need to kneel down and bow down.
An Yan's position was on the side of the jade steps, closer to the dragon chair, but it was not very eye-catching.
The Queen of Heaven was dressed in a red crown, with a dignified appearance and majestic temperament. She slowly walked up the jade steps, stood in front of the dragon throne and looked down at the officials.
An Yan sometimes thought, since the power of the Queen of Heaven has reached this level, why not just change the system and become emperor?
But An Yan didn't know what the Queen was thinking.
After the mountain call, the Queen of Heaven also motioned for everyone to sit down.
"Let the foreign envoys of the two countries enter the palace." The Queen said directly.
The female official stepped forward and shouted towards the palace door: "Xuan, the envoys of Qin and Han are entering the palace!"
The voice was passed down and repeated by the guards outside the door, over and over again like an echo.
The sound of bells rang out in the main hall, and the Ministry of Rites played ritual music.
An Yan looked at the pen and paper on the low desk in front of him. This time it was normal. After all, it was a formal event and needed to be recorded.
There was a sound of footsteps at the door of the hall. An Yan raised his eyes and saw a group of twelve people walking in. They were dressed in red and black, black for immortals and red for rough men. The leaders each held a tray.
Everyone's eyes are focused on these people. The two countries pay tribute only once in a hundred years, and some people will never meet them in their lifetime. It is a rare opportunity to have close contact with the monks outside the customs.
Several people walked to the center of the hall, and then bowed respectfully and saluted.
"Foreign Minister Mu Yuanqing/Luo Zhihuan has met the Queen of Heaven!"
The queen on the dragon chair just said a calm "hmm" when she heard the sound. Mu Yuanqing and Luo Zhihuan looked at each other. Mu Yuanqing said: "Foreign ministers are here to present the gift of our country and the letter of credence drawn up by Emperor Xian Qin himself." .”
A female official came and took the tray from Mu Yuanqing's hand. An Yan noticed that the female official did not deliver the things directly to the Queen of Heaven. There were two men in white robes with red mysterious patterns embroidered on them in the dark of the hall. Holding a strange instrument in his hand, he opened the certificate of credence and the gift slip and scanned them with the instrument before handing them back to the female officer.
Tiangongyuan...
An Yan looked at their clothes and thought.
The Queen of Heaven first looked at the certificate of credence, and then picked up the gift list and read it.
"Fire chalcedony, jade wood, ten thousand-year-old red branches, purple-eyed jade stone..."
She closed the gift list and put it back on the tray in the hands of the female officer.
"Every time you come here, you always offer these weird things."
Mu Yuanqing bowed and said: "Thank you to the Queen of Heaven, these gifts are extremely rare spiritual objects in our dynasty. They are presented here to express the feelings of our Immortal Qin and your country's personal visit to our friendly country."
However, the Queen of Heaven said calmly: "Even if it is a psychic object, according to the laws of our Xuantang Kingdom, we cannot keep it. Let's send it back to Lingzhou for destruction."
Mu Yuanqing's expression froze. He did not expect the Queen of Heaven to say this. Emperor Xuantang Mingming saw when he came last time, but he seemed very satisfied with the same spiritual creature.
The young men and women behind him all had expressions of pain on their faces, all thinking to themselves, this queen is really ignorant, it would be great if she didn't go back, why did she destroy it!
Mu Yuan couldn't help but said: "The gifts presented by our court are all carefully selected. Being close to them all year round can eliminate diseases, prolong life, and is beneficial to the human body."
The Queen said indifferently: "Don't you understand what the national law means?"
Mu Yuanqing stopped talking.
Luo Zhihuan smiled bitterly in his heart when he saw this, because almost all of his gifts were like this.
He had heard some fellow Taoists who had come to pay tribute to Xuantang say that most of the emperors of Xuantang longed for immortality.
But the woman sitting on the dragon throne right now...
There has been no emperor or crown prince for more than ten years, but once An Ran is here, this heavenly being will no longer be an ordinary person.
What I'm looking for is probably hopeless, and it seems like I need to find someone else.
The Queen of Heaven looked at the credentials and gift list presented by the Han envoy again.
An Yan looked at these envoys one by one. They all looked very young, but he didn't know how old they were actually.
The real ages of Mu Yuanqing and Luo Zhihuan may be far beyond their twenties.
He was carrying a purple jade pendant given by Master Xuanyi, and An Yan couldn't detect the spiritual energy in these people.
But just when An Yan was looking around these people, he suddenly met his eyes, that of a female Qin envoy.
He is dressed in black, has a dull complexion, and has a simple ponytail on his head.
An Yan couldn't help being shocked and quickly looked away.
"Sister Chen?"
The people next to the girl noticed her movements and couldn't help but transmit the sound into the secret.
"nothing."
"Who were you looking at just now?"
"A monk."
The people next to her were immediately shocked.
"Monk? Where are you?"
This man's gaze instantly swept across the entire hall, but except for them, no one had any spiritual energy fluctuations.
"That person has a way of concealing and detecting, so you won't be able to detect it." Chen Qingyan said through a voice message.
"How did Senior Sister Chen find out?"
"Even if a person is not a monk, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will pass through his body. This is true for everyone in the temple. Only the position of that person blocks the flow of spiritual energy. The only ones who can do this are monks!"
