Chapter 291
Half a month has passed since the new king of Mandala, the former fourth prince Garan, came to the throne.

It was only after the successful peace talks between Dayin and Mandala that the border area returned to calm again, but the series of victories in the past period of time alone has allowed Dayin to win two cities again.

At the time of peace talks, the territorial ownership of these two cities was officially included in the scope of Dayin. In addition, Mandala also gave Dayin a large amount of gold and silver for the matter of Ji Wutian. Compensation above.

The only thing worth noting is that Jialan did not further discuss the future with Dayin. To put it bluntly, the so-called peace talks were only to suspend the current unfavorable situation for Mandala and strive for a chance to recuperate.

Once Jialan on Mandala has completely consolidated his position and is ready, he may continue to trouble Da Yin.

The emperor and Ji Wutian knew this question in their hearts, but they didn't bring it up.

Talking about things that happened several years later has no meaning other than ruining the good mood. Who knows if there will be any other changes next year or the year after?

All they have to do is to make more trouble for Mandala before it happens, so that Garan can't draw his hand.

The court was full of joy these few days, and even those ministers who were still worried about not being able to bring down Ji Wutian were too lazy to continue doing useless work.

Compared with this, they want to fight for the official places to go to the two new cities that need to be managed. It would be great if they can secretly insert people from their own faction. There is a lot of oil and water.

At the same time, the palace also began to prepare for another very important matter.

Soon, it will be the Queen Mother's birthday.

This year, the Empress Dowager is just 50 years old. Compared with previous years, of course, the banquet should be held more grandly. Even if the emperor doesn't have much friendship with the Empress Dowager, in order not to be laughed at by other countries, the banquet should be held decently.

However, the Queen Mother, who had been very quiet in the past few years, suddenly raised a frowning request.

She hoped that Prince Ping could return to Beijing to congratulate her on her birthday. At the same time, the Prince Ping in her mouth almost sent a memorial to the emperor, who also expressed sincerely that he wanted to return to Beijing to celebrate his mother's birthday.

That's right, the queen mother is not like the emperor and Ji Wutian. Because the queen mother is the queen mother, she is called the queen mother. This Prince Ping is the real son who came out of the queen mother's belly. He fought for the throne with him, and finally failed, and was dispatched to a more desolate place than the previous King Jing.

In the past few years, King Jing has done a lot of petty things in private, but King Ping is very quiet, so quiet that many veterans in the court almost forgot that there is such a prince in their Great Yin, who was born by the Queen Mother.

Unexpectedly, he ran out again to gain a sense of presence. Many people felt a little subtle in their hearts, and felt that the Queen Mother's birthday this year might not go well.

Regarding whether to allow King Ping to return to the capital, he also skipped a day to discuss in the early morning.

According to the rules of the ancestors, the prince who has been given a fief is not allowed to return to Beijing easily, or even leave the fief, unless there is a major change in the Great Yin, or the death of the emperor or the death of the empress dowager.

Ji Wuye originally thought that the group of veterans who always paid attention to rules and rigid forms would definitely object, but the fact is that a small half of them agreed to let King Ping return to Beijing to celebrate his birthday. The reason is that King Ping has been very quiet in recent years Well, the queen mother is not young, and her whole life is very meaningful. Maybe apart from this time, the next time King Ping wants to see the queen mother, he may come to attend the funeral.

The words would definitely not be so straightforward, but the meaning expressed was the same, they all said to give King Ping a chance to be filial.

Qi Susu was stunned: "Those ministers must have been bribed by that King Ping, right? The so-called peace is probably a lot of water."

Ji Wutian was noncommittal.

"And then?" Qi Susu asked: "Has the emperor agreed?"

Ji Wutian snorted lightly, "Why not."

Qi Susu thought for a while, and then laughed, "That's right, when will King Ping come to Beijing? There are not many days left for the Queen Mother's birthday. I'm afraid it may be too late for him to hurry over there."

"It will be in time, at most three days, people will arrive." And the Queen Mother's birthday is five days later.

In other words, it was said that he was asking the emperor for instructions, but in fact, he had already set off before the memorial was handed over.

Safe?The person who was able to intentionally bloodbath the entire imperial palace back then will never be able to get along with the other party in this life.

Three days passed in a blink of an eye.

On this day, a group of extraordinary people appeared outside the city gate of the capital. Nearly a hundred strong and strong guards came to the gate in front of the city gate, escorting an exquisitely crafted carriage with the royal seal engraved on the door frame.

One of the guards handed over his identity certificate to the guard at the gate of the city. The guard took a breath after seeing it clearly, and involuntarily looked at the carriage that was blocked by the curtain and could not see the inside at all.

The guard didn't let people check inside the carriage, but waved his hand to let the others get out of the way.

After this group of people entered the city, someone quickly reported the news. In less than an hour, everyone in the capital knew that Prince Ping Ji Wuyan had arrived.

Some people are eagerly waiting to watch the play, some are full of vigilance and worry about accidents, and some are not happy and don't care.

But no matter what, as soon as Ji Wuyan arrived in the capital, he went directly to the palace, met the emperor first, and then went to greet the queen mother, and had a secret talk.

Outsiders have no way of knowing what the Queen Mother and King Ping said. King Ping had a meal with the Queen Mother in the palace, left the palace before the key was released, and lived in Prince Ping's Mansion in the capital.

Although it was given a fief and sent away, the palace was built when the former emperor was still in power, and it has been left unused all these years. The emperor didn't specifically ask for regular maintenance. It only took a few days for the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send someone to clean it up. After a while, it is estimated that I can make do with it.

Many people in Beijing who knew a little about the past were watching Prince Ping's attitude, but found that the other party didn't seem to have any opinion on the dilapidation of the palace, so he just stayed there peacefully.

Could it be that after many years of self-cultivation and self-cultivation, the sex has changed?

Few people believed this, and more people thought that this was the calm before the storm. King Ping's sudden return to Beijing must have plotted something.

It's just that these people still dare not guess that King Ping is still thinking about the emperor's throne. At least, even if he is thinking about it, it is impossible to get things done easily. More likely, they want to get rid of that pitifully barren land and change it to another place that can develop more power. of the fief.

Then, King Ping must need a bargaining chip. This bargaining chip must make the emperor unable to refuse. What exactly is it?
With such a firm guess, two days later, the Queen Mother's birthday banquet was finally ushered in.

On this day, all the royal family members in the capital, officials of the fifth rank and above, and female relatives were invited to the palace to participate in the banquet. The number of people was even bigger than when Qi Susu attended the queen's Qianqiu banquet before, or the later Mid-Autumn banquet.

This is not to say that the Empress Dowager is as important as the first two events, but if I have to say, half of the people are here to find out King Ping's intentions and join in the fun.

Qi Susu also accompanied Ji Wutian to attend the meeting, and saw many familiar faces, not to mention the ones who were closer to Prince Yu's Mansion, but she also met a man who was supposed to have the closest relationship with her, but she hadn't seen them since returning to Beijing. People from the Qi family, and the grandfather Xie's family.

The two families may have given up on making friends with her, and they just pretended not to see her when they saw her, and they didn't mean to say hello.

Of course she didn't mean anything like that, it would be best for everyone not to interfere with each other.

She also saw Shen Shiqi and Aisha, who were said to have been separated, accompanying the eldest princess. There was still a distance between the two of them. It could be seen that the two were trying their best to show that they had a harmonious relationship in front of others, but there was something wrong. Anyone with eyes can see that they seem to be in harmony with each other, and that they occasionally look at each other with dislike or dislike.

Oh, what a perfect couple.

However, these people are not the main point. In this banquet, the most eye-catching focus person is the King Ping, Ji Wuyan, whose status is no lower than Ji Wutian's, but whose power is completely incomparable.

Qi Susu carefully observed this King Ping who was defeated by Ji Wuye and Ji Wutian brothers.

Although the queen mother is old, she can vaguely see that she was a beauty when she was young, otherwise she would not be the woman who was most favored by the late emperor besides Ji Wutian and his mother.

Ji Wutian's mother, her real mother-in-law's appearance is definitely not bad, and it is said that he and the emperor look very similar to the former emperor, so it can be inferred that the former emperor is not bad in appearance.

But look at King Ping, the opponent's facial features can be called mediocre. To say handsome is a bit exaggerated, it can only be said that his facial features are correct.

If she hadn't heard the voices of other officials greeting the other party, and the python robe that the other party was wearing was indeed his identity, she would have suspected that this was just an insignificant passer-by.

Could it be a genetic mutation?

Most of the ministers just greeted King Heping out of courtesy and returned to their respective positions. Few people showed closeness to King Heping. Dear uncle.

Even if they want to avoid suspicion, no one will believe that it has nothing to do with the Hou Mansion and the King of Peace.

When everyone arrived, the emperor, queen and queen mother entered the arena last, and the banquet began soon.

The music in the hall was played, singing and dancing, and the atmosphere quickly became lively.

The emperor first said two words of congratulations to the empress dowager, and then sent the prepared gift. The empress dowager also accepted the gift with a loving smile. both.

However, most of the people present knew what the real situation was.

After the emperor gave the gift, it was the half-aged prince who had followed the emperor to contact some less important government affairs, followed by Ji Wutian, King Ping, and other clan ministers.

The gift prepared by Ji Wutian on behalf of Prince Yu's Mansion was quite standard. It was an exquisitely crafted Jade Buddha with benevolent eyebrows and kind eyes.

I don't know why, no matter if it's true or not, it seems that the queen mothers all over the world like to worship the Buddha, so they can't go wrong with sending Buddhist scriptures and Buddha statues.

In fact, Qi Susu was quite distressed. The half-meter-tall Jade Buddha would be worth a lot in silver.

However, if it is replaced by other more valuable and useful things, she will feel more distressed. The Jade Buddha, from another perspective, this thing can't replenish the body, can't be eaten, and it's not convenient to sell, it's just a decoration .

Thinking of this, Qi Susu felt at ease.

(End of this chapter)

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