Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 271 Turbulent changes

The ceremony of demotion has existed since ancient times and was prepared for heads of state and clan leaders of various countries.

But this time the Dali Kingdom sent the crown prince and his younger brother. He was also worthy of being demoted by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty.

However, Dali is a small country. Now when you come to this heavenly country, you must first show respect to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty before you can receive the gift of demotion from Zhe Zong.

After Zhezong and Duan Zhengchun exchanged a few simple greetings, they invited everyone from the Dali Kingdom to enter the palace.

The speed of travel of the Dali delegation and the time of arrival at the imperial city were all arranged by the Ministry of Rites in advance.

When the Dali delegation entered the city, the palace heard the sound of drums outside the imperial city and began to arrange seats. After the heads of state of the two countries met for a while and exchanged greetings, they invited everyone from Dali to the Jiying Hall of the imperial palace to have a banquet.

But this time, everyone from the Song Dynasty entered the stage first, and Zhao Mu still took the lead.

After the civil and military nobles of the Song Dynasty sat down in an orderly manner, Emperor Zhezong also sat on the golden dragon throne. Then the eunuch shouted: Please invite the younger brother of the Emperor of Dali and other members of the envoy to come to the palace. People from Dali Kingdom also entered the venue one after another.

With the experience of the last mission arriving, everyone in Dali also showed the manners that a mission from a country should have.

Especially Ah Zi, in order not to embarrass her father and to let her brother-in-law take another look at her, she not only dressed up beautifully, but also behaved particularly well today. Follow mother obediently.

Duan Yu noticed Zhao Mu's eyes and just gave him a wry smile.

Zhao Mu looked at everyone in Dali Kingdom. The difference from the last time was that this time Duan Zhengchun was in the first place, and the second person was not Duan Yu, but A'Zhu who was pretending to be Mu Wanqing.

This was specially arranged by Emperor Zhezong, just to give Dali a lot of face and make future matters easier to discuss.

What was different from the last time was that this time when everyone in Dali entered the court, Zhao Mu led all the civil and military officials and nobles to stand up and greet them.

But the cold-faced woman next to Duan Yu glared at him. Duan Yu noticed her expression, and then put away his wry smile and bitter face. But the polite smirk on his face was quite stiff.

Zhao Mu and Duan Yu have known each other for so long, and he always has a cynical and carefree look, with a smile on his face all the time. It seems that nothing in this world can upset His Highness Duan.

Seeing Duan Yu's bitter face, Zhao Mu wanted to laugh, but since this was a state-level banquet and laughing in public was a major breach of etiquette, he held it back.

After Emperor Zhezong invited everyone in Dali to sit down, Zhao Mu and other noble officials sat on their seats.

This is the first time Zhao Mu has seen his bitter face.

But what surprised Zhao Mu was Duan Yu's expression.

A'Zhu's next is Gao Shengtai, followed by Duan Yu.

Seeing this woman sitting next to Duan Yu, Zhao Mu roughly guessed the identity of this strange woman. She should be Duan Yu's princess, Gao Mei, Gao Shengtai's daughter. The real princess of Dali.

A'Zhu looked much more luxurious today than last time, but the way she looked at Zhao Mu was no longer as playful as before, but full of lovesickness.

Zhao Mu took a look at Gao Mei. Although this woman was not bad looking, she could even be said to be a rare beauty. He and Duan Yu can be said to be talented and handsome. But his temper is too bad.

Now he sympathizes a little with Duan Yu. He married his grandma and his life after marriage will be tormented by him.

Looking at this woman's face, one can tell that she has a worse temper than Dao Baifeng. One mother just left, and here comes another. Zhao Mu also somewhat understood why in the original time and space, Duan Yu became a monk before he was forty years old. No one can stand being with such a strong woman all day long. Zhao Mu also noticed Gao Mei's hostility and always faced "Mu Wanqing" sitting next to Duan Zhengchun.

Zhao Mu, who had always been thoughtful, seemed to understand why this woman always had a straight face. It seems that no one would be happy if her husband came to marry his "ex-girlfriend".

The reception banquet of the Song Dynasty was still the same as before, with singing and dancing performances, followed by polite words from Zhe Zong and the head of the envoy. How do the songs and dances of the Song Dynasty compare with those of Dali? Is Emperor Baoding of Dali in good health? I wish the country peace and prosperity in Dali and so on.

But just as the reception banquet was reaching its climax, a disturbing presence came.

At this time, the eunuch entered from the side door of the hall to report. The personal eunuch whispered something in Zhezong's ear. Zhezong's face, which had been full of smiles just now, suddenly fell down after hearing this.

Seeing Zhe Zong's expression changed drastically, Sima Guang also clapped his hands to signal the palace music and dancing to stop.

When the drumming stopped, the singing girls dancing on the field were immediately embarrassed in place.

Seeing the singing and dancing stop, Emperor Zhezong's expression changed drastically on the high seat, and everyone in Dali Kingdom couldn't help but murmur in their hearts.

Especially Duan Zhengchun and Gao Shengtai, the two of them recalled the actions of everyone in Dali Kingdom just now, as well as all the details along the way. They were sure that they were not disrespectful to the Song Dynasty or had any misconduct. The two looked at each other in the distance, and both shook their heads in understanding. Make sure it's not their fault.

Seeing Emperor Zhezong's face, Zhao Mu also knew that something big must have happened. However, Zhezong's palace would not be exposed at such an important banquet. I won't ruin this party.

Zhao Mu walked out of the seat at this time, then bowed and said: "Your Majesty, are you ill? If your Majesty's dragon body is ill, I would like to ask your Majesty to take care of your dragon body. Today's reception banquet can be rescheduled."

Zhao Mu knew that Zhe Zong always valued his opinion. Today, his most prominent event was messed up. Zhe Zong must be embarrassed to announce that it was a mess. Instead of waiting for Zhe Zong to speak, it would be better to speak first.

At this time, Zhao Mu winked at his father-in-law.

Duan Zhengchun also understood it, and then Duan Zhengchun also stood up and said: "If His Majesty is ill, today's banquet may as well be stopped here. Haha, we, Dali, are a small country in the south. I am grateful to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty for receiving me with the state ceremony. It is really a shame. We are sincerely frightened. We all from Dali Kingdom have come all the way here, and we have been tired from the journey. Please allow us to return to the post for a while and rest."

Although Zhao Mu and Duan Zhengchun both said so, Emperor Zhezong's expression was still uncertain.

At this time, the huge Jiying Hall was eerily quiet, terrifyingly quiet. Everyone is so out of breath that they dare not breathe.

Sima Guang also walked out at this time. He also bowed and said: "Your Majesty, what King Zhongshan and the Crown Prince said is true."

But Zhezong ignored Sima Guang with a sullen face.

Zhezong wanted to stretch out his hand, but as soon as he raised his hand, he felt it was inappropriate and put it down again. He whispered a few words to the personal eunuch beside him, and then looked at Zhao Mu.

Then the eunuch walked down from the throne from the side and came to Zhao Mu with small steps.

The eunuch also whispered something in Zhao Mu's ear.

Zhao Mu couldn't help but frown when he heard this, and his expression was very solemn.

Faced with Zhao Mu's reaction, everyone present speculated what happened.

(End of this chapter)