Chapter 1318 Impatient
Zhong Xingxiao planned to send the people he brought to inquire again, but he planned to pay a visit to all the ministers who agreed with Murong Li's strategy of merging the two countries in the Great Zhou Dynasty Hall, and he must do his best to facilitate this matter .
Soon Xiao Rongyan's people came back first. It is said that the emperor of the Great Zhou was more in favor of this gambling agreement in the Great Zhou Dynasty Hall, and Lu Jin seemed to have spoken well for the betting agreement on the merger of the two countries in the Great Zhou Dynasty Hall. Emperor Zhou's uncle, Dong Qingping, was between agreeing and disagreeing, and Lu Taiwei and Shen Sikong also seemed to be inclined to agree with the strategy of gambling on the country, believing that the Great Zhou would win.
After listening to the report, Xiao Rongyan sat on the chair and thought for a long time and said: "In this case, I will trouble Uncle Guo... Take a generous gift and go to Lord Lu Jin's house in person, and you can ask Lord Lu for any suggestions. Yan Guo should walk around with those ministers, as for Lu Taiwei and Shen Sikong, they have always been of the same heart and mind with the Great Zhou Emperor, so you can wait...don't rush there."
Zhong Xingxiao quickly stood up and responded respectfully: "Yes, the Regent, don't worry, I will do my best in this matter!"
"Lord Nine, if the news is accurate, the Emperor of Great Zhou is more in favor of our majesty's bet, why not hit the iron while the iron is hot, and let's ask the Emperor of Great Zhou in private, and talk to the Emperor of Great Zhou about the benefits of the merger of the gambling kingdom, maybe it will be successful What about it?" The accompanying officials of the Yan State took two steps towards Xiao Rongyan, and said with a firm expression, "After all, it must be the Emperor of Zhou who made the final decision."
Xiao Rongyan's facial features were covered behind the mask, so people couldn't see his expression, only his deep eyes seemed to show unwillingness.
Seeing this, Zhong Xingxiao thought for a while and stepped forward and said, "Yes, the Regent! Since the Emperor of the Great Zhou also agrees with our Majesty's idea, why not go to the palace to meet the Emperor of the Great Zhou in person, so we can persuade the Great Zhou more likely."
"My lord..." The Minister of the Household Department of the Yan Kingdom cupped his hands towards Xiao Rongyan, "Your lord can send someone to send news to the Great Zhou Palace. If the Emperor of Great Zhou is willing to meet in private, it means that the chances of this matter being negotiated are great. If... ...If the Emperor of Great Zhou is not willing to meet with our envoys from the Kingdom of Yan in private, it means that we need to work harder on this matter, what do you think, my lord?"
Xiao Rongyan tapped his hand on the armrest of the seat, seemingly lost in thought, and said after a while: "How about this, let the Minister of the Household Department, the Minister of Honglu Temple and Wang Hanbing go to the palace to meet the Emperor of Zhou Dynasty , this king... will not go."
"Regent..." Zhong Xingxiao saw this, and quickly stood up and bowed to the ground with Xiao Rongyan, "Our trip to Dazhou this time is just like what His Majesty said before we left, it is our country of Yan who begged Dazhou to agree to this matter, The posture of our country of Yan should be lowered. The regent is not an ordinary prince of Yan, but the regent of our Great Yan. This time, the leader of the regent has already come to Dazhou. The weight is not comparable to that of ordinary envoys. !"
After Zhong Xingxiao finished speaking, he turned his head and glanced at the courtiers of the Empress Dowager Party who came with the envoys of the Yan Kingdom, and the courtiers immediately stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, what Uncle Guo said is reasonable. That's all, you came...but only let the Minister of the Household Department, the Minister of Honglu Temple, and Wang Hanbing go to see the Emperor of the Great Zhou, it will inevitably make the Emperor of the Great Zhou feel that our country of Yan is neglecting the Great Zhou!"
After finishing speaking, the courtier bowed to other colleagues: "I don't think that the Secretary of the Household Department and your colleagues are low-ranking officials, but with the regent in front, we are nothing!"
Behind the mask, the corners of Xiao Rongyan's lips slightly curled up. This time... But the Queen Mother's party forced him to go to the palace to meet Abao, not by himself.
Although...he was impatient.
Xiao Rongyan was silent for a while, and then said: "Let someone arrange it! My king... just go there in person!"
Zhong Xingxiao heard that Xiao Rongyan's tone was not very willing, and he became more and more determined in his heart that it was right to ask Xiao Rongyan to go to see the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Xiao Rongyan must also know that this matter can only be negotiated if he has his share to meet the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
But in order to prevent Xiao Rongyan from being unsatisfied, Zhong Xingxiao said again: "Then, the Minister of the Household Department, the Minister of Honglu Temple, and Wang Hanbing, the envoy appointed by His Majesty, will personally accompany the regent."
Xiao Rongyan did not object, but remained silent.
Seeing that Xiao Rongyan had no objection, Zhong Xingxiao excused himself to go down to prepare a gift for Lu Jin and left the meeting room in front. As soon as he returned to his room, he asked the loyal servant who followed him to close the door, and sat down on the round table by himself. , thinking carefully.
The loyal servant stepped forward and asked: "Master, are we about to set off for Lord Lu's residence soon? Do you need your subordinates to prepare the car..."
"Don't worry!" Zhong Xingxiao raised his hand to signal his loyal servant, with a solemn expression and lowered his eyes in meditation, "When our people come back, if what they find out is the same as what the regent's people have heard, it won't be too late for us to go You are like this... go prepare the gift first, the more expensive the better."
"Yes!" Zhong Xingxiao's servant responded, turned around and went out to prepare a great gift for the officials of Da Zhou.
Soon, news came from the Palace of the Great Zhou that the Emperor of the Great Zhou was only willing to see the regent of the Yan Kingdom.
After Zhong Xingxiao watched Xiao Rongyan leave the posthouse, he hurriedly called someone to inquire, and asked who the emperor of Zhou ordered to pass on Xiao Rongyan, and what was his attitude.
I heard that it was ordinary soldiers of the imperial guards who came here without even preparing a chariot. Zhong Xingxiao thumped in his heart, feeling uneasy. Good sign.
It wasn't until the people he sent out came back and found that there was no difference between the news in the Great Zhou Dynasty Hall and the people of the Regent, that Zhong Xingxiao hurriedly injured the carriage and went to Lu Jin's mansion.
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Inside the palace.
Bai Qingyan asked the wet nurse to bring the two children over early, and waited in the Ming'an Palace. Wei Zhong sent all the other palace maids and eunuchs away, leaving only him, Chuntao and Chunzhi to wait on them.
Wei Zhong knew Xiao Rongyan's identity well. When he saw Xiao Rongyan wearing a silver mask and carrying a straight skirt from a long distance, walking up the steps, towards the majestic Ming'an Palace, his eyebrows were dyed. on a smile.
Wei Zhongying stepped forward, stood beside the lifelike bronze crane lantern, and saluted with a smile: "Ninth Prince..."
Xiao Rongyan nodded, the silver mask was flickered by the flickering lights, his heartbeat was extremely fast, his beloved wife and children were in the hall, he wished to fly over with his wings since he set off from Yan Kingdom, almost It's all about trying your best to resist your impulse.
Although I saw it from afar in the court today, even though I saw it, it was far from enough for Xiao Rongyan.
The fourth change is to make up for the one owed before.