The Legend of Rebirth of the Demon Empress

Chapter 267 Summation
Xie Yao's worries are not superfluous. He is the crown prince right now. According to Dayan's regulations, the crown prince will participate in politics in the Wenhua Palace. However, the cabinet and the supervisor of rituals did not pass through him for many things.

Just like the charter of the Zhongqiu Poetry Association, Qian Minzhong didn't even say hello to him at all. After making an agreement with the cabinet, he directly reported it to the emperor.

Thanks to the reminder from Zhang Ruogu, the newly promoted Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Xie Yao knew that at this year's Mid-Autumn Poetry Fair, the emperor not only had a big banquet for the officials and had fun with the people, but also invited envoys from Beidi to participate.

Beidi's envoy arrived in the capital two days ago, so he came to Beijing this time to negotiate peace with Dayan.

The envoy from Beidi to Dayan this time was Yuan Chen, the third younger brother of Beidi Great Khan Yuan Bolu. It is said that he studied poetry and prose since he was a child, and knew the customs of Dayan like the back of his hand. Beidi regarded him as the best candidate for peace talks.

A month ago, the army of Marquis Chen Jinghui of Chang'an had already withdrawn from Luyuan's border, leaving only Xu Wentao with [-] troops standing guard at Jinlan Pass to assist Governor Xu Ling of Luyuan in defending the enemy.

Although the army in the northern border of Dayan withdrew, the cavalry of the Wupu tribe in the east of Beidi showed no sign of withdrawing. The [-] elite soldiers were devastated all the way, and they were already approaching the capital of Beidi.

When the battle was tense, Beidi's army withdrew back to deal with Upu's army, leaving only a few thousand defenders on the border with Dayan.

Right now, Dayan's general guarding the northern border is Xu Wentao, who is completely different from the previous Dayan generals. Whenever he finds an opportunity, he takes hundreds of cavalry to wander around the Beidi grassland.

In the past, it was Beidi who harassed Dayan, but now the feng shui took turns, Beidi's border was frequently harassed by Dayan's army every three days.

This time, it was Beidi's turn to have a headache.

In the past, Dayan's army was used to defending and never thought of taking the initiative to attack, so Beidi never thought about defending the soil.When I met Xu Wentao, I immediately felt the embarrassment of Dayan in the past.

Beidi is sparsely populated and the border is vast. There are not enough defenders to stop Xu Wentao's cavalry.

Over the past few days, Beidi has lost thousands of people and tens of thousands of cattle and sheep.Bei Di panicked, and quickly sent envoys to Dayan to discuss peace.

Today Dayan's domestic situation is precarious, not only the Pingjiang River in the south of the Yangtze River is flooded, but the bandit army in Guanzhong is also showing a tendency to get out of hand.

The national treasury has been empty for a long time. In the past few months, it has barely maintained its huge expenditure by relying on the summer tax collected and the salt tax collected.

Therefore, the ruling and opposition parties all regard the peace talks as a major matter of the court. Whoever can lead the peace talks will definitely gain a lot of points in the emperor's heart.

Xie Yao originally thought that the emperor would definitely hand over such an important matter as peace talks to him.But he never thought that Qian Minzhong would dare to make decisions without authorization and arrange the itinerary for Beidi's envoys in private.

Being preempted by Qian Minzhong, Xie Yao could only go to the emperor to test the emperor's attitude.

The emperor didn't express much, but only spoke a few words of comfort, and asked Xie Yao to follow the cabinet to learn more about governing the country so that he would not be manipulated by the courtiers in the future.

The Mid-Autumn Poetry Fair kicked off amidst such intrigues. Just after Shenshi on August [-]th, the sun had not completely sunk into the West Mountain, and the gate of the Forbidden City had already begun to become lively.

The sunset in the western sky was like a fire, and a faint moon mark appeared in the eastern sky.

Ever since Beidi's envoys came to Beijing to ask for peace, the emperor was in a good mood and arrived at the Wufeng Building at the Meridian Gate early.

There are limited places in the Wufeng Tower, that is, more than 20 places. In addition to the prince and princess and other royal family members, there are also some meritorious persons who are relatively close to the emperor, as well as several close cabinet ministers.

The princes and princesses got the emperor's message in advance, and they arrived early and waited. Some meritorious families also arrived with their families.

Wufeng Tower is a nine-room main building with double eaves on the upper part of the Meridian Gate of the Forbidden City. There are two pavilions on each side, and there are five pavilions in total.Because it is shaped like a phoenix's wings, it is also known as "Five Phoenix Tower".

Standing on the Wufeng Tower, with a panoramic view of the entire capital, the emperor admired the sunset with great interest for a while, and even joked with several clan disciples.

The emperor chatted a few gossips with everyone, looked around, but did not see Lin Zisu and Xie Xi, he called Zhang Gu and asked, "Didn't I explain it? Let Xiao Sier and Su Yatou go to bed early Come here, why haven't you seen anyone by this time?"

"Your Majesty calm down, this servant will send someone to look for it!"

Hearing the emperor's question, Zhang Gu didn't dare to neglect, and ordered several eunuchs to look for it separately.

After nearly half an hour, the people who went out to look for him hadn't returned yet, Xie Xi led Lin Zisu up the stairs swaggeringly.

At this time, all civil and military officials had already taken their seats, and when they heard the movement, they all looked towards the two of them.

Xie Xi acted as if nothing had happened. When he arrived in front of the emperor, Da Lala gave a salute, and before the emperor could speak, he stood up straight.

Lin Zisu walked behind Xie Xi, noticing the unkind eyes around her.She couldn't be as casual as Xie Xi, who strictly followed the rules of etiquette.

The people sitting on the Wufeng Tower are all distinguished people. After Lin Zisu and Xie Xi got married, they only needed to appear on such occasions.

With Lin Zisu's current status, she was originally not qualified to stand on Wufeng Tower.

But the emperor also thought of this, first he gave Xie Xi a sideways glance, and seeing Lin Zisu finished the salute, he seemed to say casually: "Su girl, today's Zhongqiu poetry meeting, you can also see it."

Several cabinet ministers gave each other such winks, and then they all set their sights on the Wufeng Tower.

A large open space outside the Meridian Gate has long been covered with a bright red carpet.A gorgeous high platform was built in the center of the open space, on which more than a dozen desks were placed.

A large circle of wine tables were placed in order around the table, and those Beijing officials who were qualified to participate in the poetry meeting, under the guidance of the guards of Guanglu Temple, sat down in order of rank.

Lin Yuanzhi, as the servant of the Ministry of Punishment, was not considered a high-ranking official, but he had the title of Earl of Kang Ning, and in the honor of Lin Zisu, he was assigned a position very close to the stage.

Sitting in this position, not only can you clearly see every move on the stage, but you can also clearly see the words and deeds on the Wufeng Tower.

As soon as Lin Yuanzhi sat down, he saw the emperor talking to Lin Zisu with a smile on his face, and he felt a little blocked.

This is her own daughter, who is not yet old enough to marry, but is treated as a daughter-in-law by the emperor.

These days, the emperor not only took Lin Zisu to the palace from time to time, but also let her participate in the sutra banquet.

In private, Lin Yuanzhi was teased by many colleagues, who said they envied him for raising a good daughter. When he said it, he looked envious, but there were people who said all kinds of strange things behind his back.

What's more, it is said that Lin Yuanzhi sold his daughter for glory, and it was because of Lin Zisu's relationship that Lin Yuanzhi got his current position.

(End of this chapter)