Whose little lady is so crazy?

Chapter 346: The Delegation Arrives

Hong Xiaoduo faced the gazes from all around without feeling the slightest bit unnatural as she looked at the dragon carved on the pillar behind her that was circling upwards, which was truly lifelike.

A question can't help but pop up in my mind. In ancient costume dramas, there are people who were wrongly accused and banged their heads against pillars to prove their innocence, some banged their heads against pillars to wake up the tyrant emperor, and there is also the legendary Zhong Kui, who won the top spot in the imperial examination, but the emperor wanted to cancel his qualification because he said he was ugly. He was so humiliated that he banged his head against the pillar and died on the spot.

Can one person really be killed by just a collision?
Well, I’ll go into my space and ask Baidu when I have time!

At this moment, there was a whip cracking outside, and the next moment, a duck voice came: "Your Majesty has arrived."

The officials on both sides of the hall immediately bowed slightly and lowered their hands to welcome him respectfully.

After the emperor, dressed in a bright yellow dragon robe, slowly walked to the dragon throne and sat down, all the officials turned to face forward, lifted the corners of their robes, knelt down and bowed, saying: "Long live our emperor."

Hong Xiaoduo has been observing the actions of the officials. She just needs to follow their movements. It is none of her business whether they follow the standards or not.

On the other hand, Kaiyang was taught etiquette by Feiyan. Although it was not the etiquette of the palace, his movements were much more standard compared to Hong Xiaoduo's.

Now he had to kneel down. Although Hong Xiaoduo was unwilling, she knelt down anyway.

This was not in Wei Mansion. The emperor did not reveal his identity at the time, so she pretended to be confused.

At this time, there were a large group of civil and military officials in the hall. At this time, they insisted on being themselves and said they would not kneel? Haha, this is not a question of being cool or not, it's stupid!
She knelt but was muttering in her heart, she knew the origin of the word "Long live the king", which had existed as early as the Pre-Qin Period, but at that time it was another name for God, indicating eternity and omnipotence, but later it gradually became a greeting from ministers to express congratulations to the king. To put it bluntly, it was just flattery.

People shout "Long live the emperor" every day. With so many emperors in history, is there any one who can live to be ten thousand years old?
In Hong Xiaoduo's impression, the longest-lived person in history was Emperor Wu of Nanyue, Zhao Tuo, who lived to be 103 years old. There was also Emperor Gaozong of Qing, Aisin-Gioro Hongli, also known as Emperor Qianlong, who lived to be 89 years old.

Hong Xiaoduo didn’t remember anything else.

Just as Hong Xiaoduo was daydreaming, the man on the dragon throne in front of him said solemnly, "My dear ministers, please stand up without any formalities."

Emperor Jiade sat high up with a good field of vision, so he could quickly find the figure without trying hard. Well, he really brought the child with him. Thinking that he had allowed a young woman from Jianghu to help as an interpreter, it didn't seem strange that a child also appeared here!

This is the first time that I have done something so frivolous since I came to power!

That’s not right. After hearing about her secret technique of blood relationship identification that night, didn’t I lose my mind and go to find her impulsively?
As expected, this kind of thing should not start. After the first time, there will be another time today!
When the ministers saw the woman brought by Minister Wei standing behind the Minister of Rites, some of them had already guessed what was going on. However, they still couldn't believe it.

They already knew that the interpreter was unable to speak.

Today, a foreign delegation has arrived, and the interpreters cannot speak, so the strange faces that appear in the Ministry of Rites may be related to this.

But, foreign languages ​​are very difficult languages. They are not the languages ​​of other ethnic groups in the country. There are very few people learning foreign languages, which is rare.

Foreign missions did not come very often, sometimes only once every two or three years.

Our country does not often send envoys to foreign countries. The Ministry of Rites has two interpreters. Although the number is scarce, it is sufficient. But, can such a young woman know foreign languages? Impossible!

She was also silently observing the emperor's reaction to the woman next to the Minister of Rites. He was not surprised at all. It seemed that this was not the first time the emperor had seen this woman!

Although not all of them were mediocre, not many of them had a brain like Prime Minister Dong, who could connect the matter of Empress Gao being released from the cold palace with this young woman.

Feeling that the emperor was looking at her, Hong Xiaoduo really wanted to wave to that person and say hello, hi, we meet again.

But think about it, in such a serious occasion, I should be more serious! At this moment, she is standing here, and she has not done anything or said anything yet, but she is already a conspicuous bag, so it is best not to upgrade it.

If nothing else, at least we have to set a good example for Kaiyang. After all, Kaiyang has come to the capital, his home is in the capital, and no matter where he will develop when he grows up, he will basically be in the capital before he reaches adulthood.

"Your Majesty, the envoys from the Kingdom of Poppy have arrived." Mu Rongjing walked into the hall and bowed to the person on the dragon throne.

"Announce." Emperor Jiade glanced at Hong Xiaoduo involuntarily. He was indeed still calm. Then he looked straight ahead and spoke.

"The envoys from the Kingdom of Xuanying are here to see you." The palace servant standing at the entrance of the palace spoke in a sharp voice with a long lingering sound.

Then, Prime Minister Dong led the delegation into the hall.

Hong Xiaoduo roughly counted and there were eighteen people.

I was shopping with Mu Rongjing yesterday, and he said that this delegation had a total of 120 people, 20 of whom were envoys, and the rest were interpreters, doctors, servants, and the largest group of people were guards.

Hong Xiaoduo was curious and wanted to see whether the foreigner would kneel down when he saw the emperor, and how he would kneel down, such as three bows and nine kowtows.

Kneeling in politics means submission. From what I learned from Mu Rongjing yesterday, there are three countries between Fengliang Kingdom and Gong Kingdom. There is no history of war and no conquest or submission.

At this time, Prime Minister Dong, who had received the delegation, walked to the position of the head of all officials and stood still. He thought of the interpreter and looked diagonally opposite with a frown, his eyes widened in disbelief. Why does the girl next to Minister Mo look so much like that girl?

Hong Xiaoduo's attention was on the delegation. The next moment, she saw the envoys, led by the envoys, bowing to the person on the dragon throne. They took off their felt hats, lowered their hands, leaned forward about 15 degrees, stared at the emperor, and greeted him at the same time.

The envoy's greeting was not long, but even though it was just a simple greeting, the civil and military officials of Fengliang State in the hall could not understand it, and all their eyes fell on the Ministry of Rites.

Those who had personal grudges against the Ministry of Rites in the past but did not have the ability to do anything to them were naturally waiting to see the Ministry of Rites make a fool of itself at this rare opportunity, but most of them were worried that the Ministry of Rites would be embarrassed.

When it comes to translation during communication between two countries, generally speaking, if both countries have translators, they will just translate the other party's words into their own country's language and convey them to their leaders.

However, if the other party does not bring a translator, we have to translate the words of our own leader into the other country's language and give them to their leader.

No one from Fengliang Country informed the delegation that their interpreter was unable to translate today. After the envoys finished their greetings, the scene fell silent...