Nalan Festival is embarrassing.
He didn't dare to meet Su Xian's eyes.
This Nalan Yan was so outrageous. She had promised to go out of the city with him to welcome Su Xian's arrival, but she ended up disappearing.
This alone makes Nalan Festival very embarrassing. Su Xian is clearly an honored guest, but he forcefully made people wait outside the city for so long.
What kind of hospitality is this?
That was fine, but who knew there would be something even more outrageous later? He finally calmed down Su Xian, but Nalan Yan showed up again, saying that she was in the military camp outside the city...
Isn't this a way to tear him down?
Nalanjie looked very dark, so embarrassed!
He secretly made up his mind that he must teach Nalan Yan a good lesson this time and not let her continue to be lawless, otherwise she would not be able to get married.
But these are all things for later. How to solve the current problem? How to answer the questions raised by Su Xian? He held his forehead, his head ached.
At this time, Su Xian asked with a puzzled and weird look:
"Princess Ruyi Jinzhiyuye is a princess. She actually ran to the camp outside the city. This is incredible. Could it be that she is also the commander-in-chief of the army?"
In fact, Su Xian had already seen Nalan Jie's expression in his eyes.
In the past, he would have taken the opportunity to make a joke and make Nalan Jie unable to come off stage. It was considered a joke.
But it's different now. Nalanjie has become the emperor of Liao Kingdom, and he is surrounded by subordinates, soldiers, ministers, etc. Everyone is watching. This kind of occasion is not suitable for joking.
So, Su Xian had an idea and shifted his focus to the fact that "Nalan Yan is the commander-in-chief of the army", which was regarded as giving Nalan Festival a step forward.
When Nalanjie heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. He first gave Su Xian a "thank you" look, and then said calmly: "Yan'er has the ability to lead troops in battle, and the Green Flag Army is hers." Under his command..."
"I see."
After Su Xian nodded, he suddenly looked up at the sky and laughed loudly: "Your Majesty, please look, it's cloudless today and the sun is shining brightly. It's such a good weather."
There was a hint of embarrassment in Nalanjie's smile: "Yes, let me just say that Su Aiqing's arrival is my great luck in the Liao Dynasty. Even God came to make it beautiful."
After just a few words, everyone has selectively forgotten about Nalan Yan.
Nalanjie calmed down, moved his body to the side of the road, and made a "come in" gesture, preparing to invite Su Xian into the city.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, a very discordant voice sounded:
"Didn't Your Majesty say that Princess Ruyi is ill in bed and cannot leave the princess's residence for even half a step? Why is she in the military camp outside the city now?"
As soon as these words came out, the entire city gate fell into an eerie silence.
The air also seemed to have solidified.
who?
Who dared to expose the shortcomings of Emperor Liao in public?
Everyone turned their stiff necks and listened.
In the end, everyone's eyes stayed on Zhou Wei.
That's right, the words just now came from Zhou Wei's mouth.
Nalan Jie looked embarrassed, and his face was darker than before. If Zhou Wei were one of his own, he would have gone crazy long ago. He is now the Liao Emperor, and the emperor's face is more important than anything else.
But he also knew that Zhou Wei was Su Xian's junior brother. For Su Xian's sake, all the anger in his heart suddenly disappeared, leaving only an embarrassed look on his face.
Su Xian held his forehead, glared at Zhou Wei, and scolded: "Junior brother, please don't be rude. Shut up now!"
Zhou Wei was still afraid of Su Xian. Although he was not convinced, he did not dare to say anything. He just lowered his head and took a step back without saying a word.
Su Xian was quite satisfied with this, and immediately turned around and bowed to Nalan Jie: "Your Majesty, please calm down, this junior brother is here."
He pointed to his head and continued:
"He is not very smart here. He has some problems. He often talks nonsense, and he can't do what he says. Please ask your Majesty to do more and not argue with him."
Nalanjie quickly helped Su Xian up and said with a slightly stiff smile:
"What did Su Aiqing say? Hurry up and show off your courtesy. How can I be such a narrow-minded person? Hahahaha... Lunch time is almost here. I have prepared a banquet to welcome the wind and cleanse the dust. Let's enter the city quickly."
"After dinner, I will take you to see the princes and ministers of Daliao, the leaders of the eight major tribes, and the envoys of Tibet, Shu, Nanchu, Nanchen and other countries..."
As Nalanjie said this, he put his arms around Su Xian. The two got into the same car and officially entered the city.
Everyone was relieved when they saw this. If Emperor Liao persisted in this matter and insisted on punishing Zhou Wei, things would be a little troublesome.
Zhou Wei also followed him into the city, but he was still a little unconvinced. What he said was correct. Why not let him speak freely? Why don't you let others talk about your inconsistency?
But no one cares about his feelings.
…
According to custom, the place where envoys from various countries live is the post house.
Posthouses are generally located outside the imperial city.
However, the post house of the Liao Kingdom was within the imperial city, so after Su Xian and his party entered the city, they went straight to the imperial city.
Sure enough, a sumptuous banquet was prepared for the Nalan Festival. After settling the accompanying personnel and motorcade, Su Xian, Yang Zhilan and Zhou Wei entered the palace for the banquet.
There were only three guests in the whole banquet, Su Xian, and only one person in the host family, Nalan Jie. There were four people in total. To show their closeness, the four of them ate at the same table...
After the banquet, Nalanjie indeed took them around.
They first went to meet the princes and ministers of the Liao Kingdom, and then the leaders of the eight major tribes... Everything was harmonious, and both the princes, ministers and the leaders of the eight major tribes were all very enthusiastic.
Su Xian had originally guessed that the mastermind hiding behind the scenes in the Liao Kingdom might be one of the eight leaders, but now it seems that is not the case, at least on the surface there is no clue.
Then, Nalanjie took them to see the envoys of Nanchu, Tibet, Nanchen, and Shu.
Among these people, the ones who left a deep impression on Su Xian were the envoys from Tibet and Shu.
Needless to say about the Tibetan envoy, if someone is really causing trouble, this person will definitely be indispensable. Su Xian observed secretly and found that this person was a smiling tiger with very sharp eyes.
The Shu envoy was the only one who was openly dissatisfied with Su Xian. Not only did he look at him with cold eyes, but he also spoke sarcastically.
Su Xian gradually realized that this envoy from the Shu Kingdom might have colluded with the mastermind behind the Liao Kingdom. Why? Because Shu has never dealt with Su Xian, nor with Daliang...
After meeting these people, Nalanjie took Su Xian to a warehouse because it was still early.
The warehouse was closely guarded by soldiers, and not a single fly could enter.
Stored here are the national gifts sent by Nan Chen - firecrackers and fireworks.
"These are all good things."
Nalanjie picked up a long firecracker and smiled from ear to ear: "I have heard about it for a long time. A new kind of firecracker has been released in Nanchen recently. It is very beautiful when lit at night."
"On the night of the enthronement ceremony and during the banquet, I plan to set off these firecrackers and fireworks. What does Su Aiqing think? By the way, Su Aiqing should have seen the beauty of these things in Nanchen, right?"
Su Xian smiled and said: "Yes, I have indeed seen it in Nanchen. This thing is indeed very beautiful after being set off at night. It is very suitable for celebrations!"
After watching the fireworks, I walked out of the warehouse, and it was getting dark.
Due to unforeseen events during the Nalan Festival, Su Xian could not accompany them to enjoy dinner, so Su Xian took the initiative to resign and took Yang Zhilan and Zhou Wei back to the post house in the imperial city.
Returning to the post house, they did not rest immediately.
Instead, they gathered in Su Xian's house to discuss the matter of "the mastermind behind the Liao Kingdom colluding with envoys from other countries to conspire against Daliang."
