Hibiscus Flower West Moon Splendid

Chapter 117
An old man with thin yellow hair in the seat congratulated the Empress Dowager, "It is a great honor for the Turkic Empire to report to the Empress Dowager, and Gu Dulu begged Her Majesty the Empress Dowager and His Majesty Khan to respect Buddhism as the state religion, so that you can respect Buddhism as the state religion." Let auspiciousness forever shine on our great Turkic grassland."

A young man about the same age as Amir stood up. He seemed to be one of the thirteen riders of Yubeizhai, second only to Amir. His name was Kamal. Good. But if Shakya Buddha is allowed to enter the grasslands of the empire, where will our ancient Tengger be?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone whispered, and the dance and music in the venue quietly stopped. The debate in the hall gradually became fierce. Establish temples, spread Buddhism, govern the country with benevolence, and appease the hearts of the Buddhist countries in the Western Regions, and actively study Han culture, build cities and repair rituals, let the people change their lifestyles, and let the Western Regions lead a prosperous and stable life like the Han people.

Kamal's opinion was completely opposite to Gu Dulu's. He believed that Buddhism could not be regarded as the state religion, and since the Turks dominated the Western Regions, all the subjects should change to the Turkic customs and believe in the great Tengger instead of following Buddhism.

I stepped back a little, my legs and feet hadn't recovered from the numbness, I quietly moved to the last row of seats and sat down.Fortunately, the debate crowd continued to join in, and the servants listened attentively, gradually moving forward, and no one paid any attention to me.

I frowned, rubbed my legs, and was surprised to see a pair of wine eyes flashing over, but I saw Feijue looking at me with a smile on my face.I froze for a moment, obviously everyone present was discussing such an important issue of people's livelihood and national policy, why did he, the emperor, not care about it?

When I was puzzled, he whispered a few words to Amir, and after a while, Amir got me a portion of the same food and wine as the guests here, nothing more than beef and mutton milk tea, but more exquisite.I poured myself a glass of wine, raised my hand to him, and slightly curved the corners of my mouth to express my thanks.

He was slightly surprised, but immediately imitated me, raised his glass to me in a seemingly mischievous manner, and looked at me with a deeper smile.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager is asking you something!" Suddenly, Biying recalled Saruer's gaze, and Amber glanced at me, reflecting cold light under the crystal lamp.

I just noticed that at some point, all the eyes in the hall turned to me and Saruer.

"Your Majesty, this knowledge is great." Saruer raised his eyebrows, stood up slowly and smiled at the Empress Sunshine: "Guoerren Yehu is the elder of the three dynasties. Listen to his opinion first."

The empress' eyes flashed, and then everyone's eyes turned to Guo Erren.

Guo Erren stood up slowly and came to the center of the empty hall. His tall and tall figure blocked the ancient and gorgeous patterns on the ground. The sun cast a shadow obliquely on his cold cheeks. Only the gray eyes were as cold as silver mirrors. Qing Liang, "Before the old minister answers this question, the old minister would like to ask your two noble majesties and all the warriors present a question."

"Guoerren," the empress laughed loudly, "you are still the same as before, you always have to make a fool of yourself before answering questions."

Guo Erren smiled lightly, seeing the Empress Dowager's face became kind, softening the hard lines on his face, it was actually the gentlest expression I've ever seen in my life, "May I ask your Majesties and all of you here?" Everyone, do you want our Turks to become a sharp sword to dominate the world or a blunt knife that is getting rusty?"

"Really knowing the truth," the Empress Dowager smiled, "Your Majesty and I, as well as all the imperial warriors here, naturally hope that the Turks will become a sharp weapon to dominate the world."

"Okay, Your Majesty the Mistress is holy!" Guo Erren continued with a look on his face, "Our great Turk has a total of eleven emperors from the ancestors who were nurtured by Ashina wolf. The population of the first emperor was only as large as that of Dongting. One percent, the reason why we can compete with the rich countries in the East lies in the nomadic life given to us by Tengger. Our yurts are as light as feathers. The cattle and sheep are extremely strong, and the free horse life makes our people strong and brave. The descendants of Tengger are the descendants of the god hunters, the greatest warriors in the grassland. When we need more exquisite food, cloth, or more slaves ..." He pointed at a Han slave in the palace, and I said contemptuously: "Then we can invade and loot. When our enemies come, we can hide in the mountains and forests, even if the Han army is as thick as a cow's hair, even if the Dali infantry is the best in the world , how can we do nothing to our descendants of Tengger?"

When he spoke loudly, everyone listened with bated breath.

My brows began to frown, and Saruel looked back at my trophy again, with an unfathomable smile on his face.

"If we practice Han Chinese culture, build cities and repair rituals, we will fall into the vortex of the Han people's consolidating and arrogance. If we fail, we will be surrounded and wiped out." Persuading people to be kind and to avoid killing will inevitably lead to the weakness of our people, and it is by no means the way to win with force." His tone turned cold, "Our Great Turks will become a blunt knife, for our Turkic Empire Therefore, the old minister thought that it must not be respected by the whole country."

All the people here are either deep in thought, or frightened, or suddenly realized, or sweating coldly.

Gradually, Guo Erren's eyes became sharper, and his voice became more sonorous, "Now the Han people's land is divided, and internal struggles continue, while Dali Xinji is still weak. Whether it is east or south, it is our empire. The best pasture to strengthen the country. The descendants of Tengger, whether it is the fattest livestock, the most dazzling jewelry, or the most beautiful women, all are at your fingertips. I implore the two majesties to make up their minds and let the Turkic cavalry crush the Han family And the palace of the Bai family, let the gold and jewels in the Yeyu Palace adorn the beauty of Her Majesty the Queen and all the nobles, let the most noble woman of the Han family become the slaves of all the nobles present, let the enemies Ye Hu, Burke And Meilu will all become His Majesty's enemy-killing stones!"

For a while, the hall was eerily quiet.Some people turned pale with horror, some were extremely excited, some were mesmerized, as if the victory was just around the corner, but no one said a word.

Guo Erren knelt on one leg in the hall, looking at the empress firmly.

After a while, people in the hall began to second Guo Erren, and gradually the discussion boiled over.And the queen's face changed tragically.Saruer looked at the empress with a smile and said nothing.His mother's face was serious. After a while, she smiled suddenly, feeling like a spring flower, and she clapped her hands gently, "Your Excellency Ye Hu really has a good opinion. It's just that today is my birthday, and it's really inappropriate to talk about such a serious matter." Current affairs, how about we talk about it in detail later?"

Everyone was stunned for a while, and shut their mouths wisely, and some people began to congratulate the empress on her longevity.

Guo Erren's complexion was a little tense, he looked at the displeased empress beside the empress, sighed softly, but finally bowed down respectfully, "Excuse me for being dull."

"You are still the same." The empress chuckled for a while, wearing a variety of dazzling treasure rings in one jade hand, propping her head, tilting her head and looking at Guo Erren with a smile. His fingers tapped the wolf's head lightly a few times.

After a while, the Empress Dowager personally came down like the wind, helped Guo Erren, held his hands tightly, and laughed, "Ye Hu has been working in northern Xinjiang for the past few years, and I haven't seen Ashina's family for a long time." Hu Tengwu." She said loudly, "Where is my favorite Hu Tengwu?"

The music started again, and everyone returned to their seats. A group of fit men, wearing brocade boots and jade belts around their waists, began to dance the masculine Huteng dance.While the body is spinning, it keeps jumping and jumping, which is very surprising. It is really as described in the ancient poem:
Raising eyebrows and moving eyes, stepping on the tapestry, red sweat exchanges beaded hats.Drunk but leaning east and west, my boots are weak and full of lamps.Running around in a hurry is a festival, and the backhand is like a moon.

The turmoil of the court seems to be gently dissipated in this exciting dance.

The dancing men hold various fresh roses in their hands.The relationship between Turkic men and women is very open. It is said that these roses are collected by court noblewomen, and their respective names are boldly engraved on them. Whoever receives the roses from Hu Teng dancers will be able to win the favor of his sweetheart.Everyone laughed and scrambled for the flying roses, and petals rained in the sky, and the mirror-like gold bricks were gradually covered by petals.

The drunken men were a little depressed to find a pile of roses in front of Saruel's table. Apparently, the noble ladies bribed the dancers with a lot of money to dedicate their roses to the most powerful man in the empire in order to gain favor.The emperor naturally drank with a smile.

Guo Erren picked up a delicate red rose, put it in his nose and sniffed it, and said affectionately to the empress: "No matter where the old minister is, I will always remember the rose of the heroine, it will always be so fragrant. people."

The Empress Dowager's beautiful wine eyes, like Saruer's, smiled at Guo Erren without saying a word.

The drunken Kamal moved to the Huteng dance group with a blushing face, and jumped up randomly, causing everyone to laugh.The man who led the dance moved around, and the rose in his mouth seemed to be thrown towards Saruer. He encountered the wine jug waving in Kamal's hand halfway, changed the direction of flight, and threw it on my table. I was taken aback.

After drinking for three rounds, the Huteng dancer was sweating red and covered his beaded hat.

The Empress Dowager was overwhelmed with alcohol, so she asked Saruer to continue entertaining the ministers. Amid the shouts of "Long live Your Majesty the Mistress, live a long and healthy life", the Empress Dowager smiled and asked the Empress to help her into the inner palace.

Saruer was also worried about Biying's body, and asked the maid to help her back.When she was about to leave, she glanced at me unexpectedly, which made me startled, because that gaze was so unfamiliar.

The female family members of the royal court had almost retreated, and after a while, Saruer ordered the big men who danced Hu Teng to go down, and let the female dancers dance the soft Hu Xuan Wu of the Western Regions.I thought that I had seen the world through my open past and traveled all over the world in the past few years, but I was still dumbfounded to find that those maikos could successfully hold an unprecedented Paris fashion underwear exhibition.The smell of masculine sweat in the air has not disappeared, and the scent of maiko mixed with the fragrance of roses gradually becomes a obscene atmosphere. Naturally, the men began to let loose in their drunken eyes, and some ran to the midfield to tear the maiko Their pitiful dance skirts, some giggling and chasing those beautiful maids.

I knocked out a man with a face full of color who rushed towards me with a silver flagon, stood up, and walked out of the hall.

In the garden of Wang Ting, the moonlight streamed quietly, the clear spring gurgled, the breath of the night came quietly, the smell of wine had dissipated a lot, and the aroma of roses in his hand was strong.I sat on the rock beside Yiwangbi Lake, and slowly picked off the yellow rose petal by petal under the moonlight, seemingly carelessly.

I took advantage of the moonlight, but saw the last petal imprinted with the words "Swallow House Easter, Hibiscus Flower, West Moon Fairview", signed with a letter V, surrounded by five hibiscus flowers.

"Don't ask, what are you doing?"

Saruel's voice suddenly sounded behind me, and I trembled, and the last petal of the delicate yellow rose also fell into the lake, sinking gracefully to the dark water surface.When I turned around, I saw Saruer leaning against the flower stand, looking at me with a smile on his face, his body was actually more robust than in the daytime.

He ran over and sat down across from me.I just noticed that there was a deep alcohol dizziness on his face.

He seems to be very hot, impatiently unbuttoning the complicated neckline with his hands, his wine pupils and star eyes are intoxicated, and his tall figure envelops me.The smell of alcohol in his mouth penetrated into my nose lightly, giving me an illusion, as if it was New Year's Eve in the first year of Yongye, Yuan Feijue and we got drunk, but still pulled my clothes The sleeve desperately yelled the word "Mu Yatou".

I still remember that Feijue once said that he would take me back to the Western Regions to see how vast his territory and country are, and how simple his folk customs are, but he never expected it to be like this.

Today's Jiutong clearly hides something that I can't understand. What is the intention of this seemingly familiar yet extremely strange emperor in front of me?
Saruer stretched his waist, tapped his forehead, and muttered in Turkic: "Headache."

He spoke very softly, but I, who was sitting across from me, heard it.

I took out the silk from my sleeve, twisted it in the cool lake water, and handed it to him, "Your Majesty thinks he drank too much wine, please apply it."

He took it without looking up and wiped his face.

I couldn't help but look at him in a daze.Unexpectedly, he smiled softly under the silk, "You stared at me again."

Only then did I realize my rudeness and became uneasy.

Not far away, the magical century-old tree Mother Goddess looked at us calmly. The dewdrops were lightly condensed on the leaves, shining in the moonlight, as if sprinkled with countless broken silver.

The fragrance of roses spread in the air, mixed with the breath of night and gradually drifted between him and me, and the music and noise of the palace not far away came faintly.Saruer raised his head from under the silk, and stared at me silently.His and my shadows shattered and merged on the water, as if it was our fate to be displaced in this life.

He suddenly turned his head away, stretched out his hand from the black brocade inlaid sleeve with gold trim, plucked a white rose beside him, and handed it to me with burning eyes.

It took me three seconds to realize that this was for me.

I foolishly raised my hand to take it, but my fingertips were accidentally pricked by the rose thorns. I let out a soft cry and instinctively let go. When it fell, I caught it with my hand and was pricked again. I had to throw it into the air again.Going back and forth like acrobatics, finally I pricked a few holes in my hand, and the delicate white rose has fallen into the clear spring, sank and floated on the water surface a few times, and slowly floated on the water surface as if it was stuck. tall, looking at us quietly.

I looked at him apologetically and wanted to pick up the rose, but he took my hands, looked into my eyes, and sucked my bleeding fingertips.

The tingling sensation in my fingertips rushed to my heart.

He looked at my wine eyes and seemed to be a little confused, he quietly pulled me closer, approached my face, and asked quietly: "Who are you?" He put his lips on mine, and whispered: " It seems... I seem to have known you a long time ago."

He smelled of alcohol, and heat flowed between me and him.

Before I lost my mind, I turned my head and withdrew from his embrace, and said calmly: "Your Majesty, you are drunk."

He was taken aback, and raised my jaw with a chuckle, "Are you blaming me? Blame me for bringing you back to Turkic in such a rough way?"

I moved his big palm away, looked at the tree goddess, and smiled lightly, "Does your majesty know how many walnuts the tree goddess dropped just now?"

Saruel was taken aback.

I bent down to pick up a walnut, and gently wiped off the dust, "Just now, I heard two falling sounds, and saw five walnuts fall with my own eyes, and now I picked up another one."

In the past few times in the world, Yamagata still feels cold.

"Your Majesty is right, how can people live in the past forever?" I looked at Mingyue and sighed, and gently put the walnut in his hand, "Everything in the world is unpredictable, and eight years have passed in the blink of an eye. The vicissitudes of life have changed, and the world has changed. I have lost many friends and relatives in the past three years of Yongye, including my friend. My destiny has also completely changed.

"Even if the relationship between me and my friend has faded and changed, at least I have had that beauty. Now don't ask about everything, and only have those good memories. That's good, they will live alive forever in Mo In the mind of asking, I have achieved a very important part of my life. Now my friend must be as beautiful as you, with beautiful wives and concubines, and he has many children. I should be more happy for him." I smiled at him, "No matter what In this way, I am also the father of a child, so I... would like to implore His Majesty to let Princess Dorondome and I go back to Dali."

Saruer seemed to be fully awake from the wine, leaning against the flower stand, looking at me uncertainly, "You're still blaming me. I left you out in the cold because of the war a while ago."

(End of this chapter)