Mountains and rivers are waiting for you to return

Chapter 254 Lucky Star
The soldiers from all armies were very enthusiastic. Pei Nai was even surrounded by the crowd halfway through. Several foreign generals pulled her to their banquet area, toasted her, and let her taste the delicacies of their country.

Pei Nai couldn't refuse, so he ate something to fill his stomach and then said goodbye to them.

After wasting some time and asking along the way, she finally found the main banquet area.

Many generals from allied countries gathered here, and a martial arts competition was taking place in the center, with cheers ringing out one after another.

There are also some female generals here.

Pei Nai finally saw women here other than her, Da Xi Shang Le, and Grandma A Xun, and felt a little relieved.

She saw the main table where Han Ruize and the others were from afar, handed the horse to the soldiers of the Pei family army, and strode over through the crowd.

Pei Nai looked around and found that Gu Jinheng had not come to the banquet yet. It should be that Tianyao’s urgent matter had not been dealt with yet.

"Where have you been? The shrimps I peeled for you are cold." Han Ruize had been standing there waiting for her, but there was no blame in his tone.

Pei Nai said innocently: "This place is too big, I'm lost."

"Mingzhi, come and sit here!" Da Xian called out with a smile when he saw her coming.

Pei Nai looked at the seats and chose a seat between him and Han Ruize, "I'll sit here."

She turned and asked Han Ruize: "Where are my shrimps?"

Han Ruize picked up the bowl, which was filled with food that he had prepared for Pei Nai after removing the thorns and skins. "It's a little cold. Eating it will hurt your stomach. What else do you want to eat? I'll go to the stove and heat it up for you."

Pei Nai looked at the dishes on the table and pointed at a few, "Thank you, Mr. Han!"

Han Ruize took another plate, picked up some of the dishes she mentioned, and asked with a frown, "Is it enough for you?"

"That's enough!" Pei Nai nodded continuously, "I'll heat it up myself when I get hungry later."

Han Ruize turned around and left temporarily to heat up the food for her.

Seeing that she didn't come over, Da Xi'an moved the tableware and sat on the seat next to her. He found a cup and poured her some water: "Don't drink alcohol. It's not good for your health. This is grape juice. Drink this."

Pei Nai took the cup from his hand, tilted his head back and drank half of it to suppress the smell of alcohol.

"By the way, Mingzhi, I have good news to tell you." Daxian's eyes were full of smiles, and he helped her fill the cup.

Seeing him so happy, Pei Nai also looked forward to it: "What good news?"

"After Lu was incorporated into Qilu, the two small countries west of Qilu and south of Lu - Ruijiang and Porphia - also hoped to submit to Qilu and be incorporated into Qilu's territory in order to obtain protection." Daxian smiled so much that his eyes became crescent shapes, and the gleam in his eyes was more dazzling and alluring than the sun above his head.

Pei Nai couldn't deny that he had a pretty face that made people want to pinch it.

The Rejiang and Porphia he mentioned were two small countries located between the East and West. Their positions were not very firm before, and they had been wavering between the East and West.

She thought carefully about the geographical location of Ruijiang and Bofeiya, and then realized, "Ah! They are next to Lu State, and Bofeiya is even close to the sea, so the westernmost border of Qilu is connected again. This is equivalent to expanding the entire territory of Qilu to the west by thousands of miles?"

"And it is very easy to manage. This is the impact of the annexation of Lu State. In addition, these neutral countries chose to trust the East Border Alliance and chose to believe that you will defeat Yue Cang, so they came to us. The territory of Qilu is also the first time in history that it has expanded to such a large scale. Some old ministers in the court who opposed me have shut their mouths. You have helped me add one achievement after another." Da Xian smiled deeply.

Pei Nai happily picked up the glass and bumped it against his glass: "How about a clink?"

Da Xi'an cooperated with her, took a sip of wine from the wine cup, then paused, put down the wine cup and said with emotion: "Mingzhi, you are really my lucky star. Has anyone ever told you that you are a lucky charm for your husband?"

"Lucky husband?" Pei Nai was puzzled.

Da Xi'an nodded, "After meeting you, everything I do goes smoothly. The same goes for Gu Jinheng and Han Ruize."

Pei Nai almost covered his mouth and interrupted him hastily: "Don't talk nonsense! That's just you three competing for honor, what does it have to do with me?"

Daxian stopped talking and just blinked at her.

Pei Nai continued, "And if you say that, more men will attribute their failures and lack of achievements to their wives. I don't want that. You will be the ruler of a country in the future, so you must not do that."

"Okay, I'll listen to you." Da Xian nodded, his eyes slightly closed, his eyelashes drooping, his gaze fell on the dining table.

Pei Nai realized it belatedly then, "That's not right, you and I are not husband and wife or partners, you have tricked me again!" Da Xian laughed so hard that he shook, feeling a sense of triumph.

He coughed twice, stood up, got some fruits from a distance and placed them in front of her.

When Daxian stood up, Pei Nai's attention was suddenly attracted by two figures.

She pointed at Da Xi Shang Le and Shao Li Ran who were cuddling together not far away, and was so surprised that she even stuttered: "They are back together again?"

"Well, Da Xi Shangle told me that since you can forgive Gu Jinheng, she thought that there is nothing that Shao Liran cannot be forgiven." Da Xi'an glanced at Da Xi Shangle and his face turned bad.

Pei Nai burst into laughter for a long time, "Did she do it on purpose to piss you off?"

"Whatever she wants."

While they were chatting, Han Ruize brought the hot food over. Pei Nai quickly picked up her chopsticks and swallowed the shrimp meat that she had been thinking about for a long time.

"These are all my favorites!" Pei Nai ate while sighing that Han Ruize was picky about food.

Da Xi'an teased her: "Is there anything you don't like to eat?"

"Yes, but you can't see it." Han Ruize continued.

Pei Nai had just finished half of his bowl when shouts suddenly rang out from around the fighting arena in front of him, "Zhu Bei Qiang! Zhu Bei Qiang!"

The booing continued to spread, more and more people began to shout in unison, and their voices echoed through the clouds.

“Zhu Bei Gun!! Zhu Bei Gun!!!”

People all looked in this direction. Pei Nai still had food in his mouth, and was almost choked by being stared at by almost everyone.

None of them were around the fighting arena, so they didn't know what was going on.

Pei Nai looked back at everyone blankly and swallowed his food quickly.

Han Ruize took out a brand new handkerchief and handed it to her, then waved to the soldier over there and asked someone to come and ask about the situation.

Daxian picked up her cup of water and brought it to her.

Pei Nai took the cup, took a few big sips, wiped his mouth with a handkerchief, and listened to the soldiers of the Pei family army explain the situation.

"General Gu Liang of Rongjiang has just won six consecutive battles. His weapon is also a spear. He said that he has admired the Zhubei Spear for a long time and wanted to learn something from you." The soldiers of the Pei family army reported the whole story.

All the soldiers were still making a fuss, shouting the name "Zhubei Gun" in unison.

There was a sense that they would keep shouting if Pei Nai didn't respond.

The foreign man on the fighting stage was carrying his ten-foot-long, thin flame dragon-shaped spear and was looking down at them with a strong and arrogant look in his eyes.

Rongjiang is also the country that has recently disobeyed the orders of Pei Nai and others.

After all, Pei Nai had no actual title and could not be considered the marshal of the Eastern Frontier Alliance.

They also whispered about Zhubei Qiang's military achievements behind his back, believing that the Pei family and Qi Lu were exaggerating.

They speculated that Xihandao was killed by a group of people working together, and the two armies gave the credit to her alone, just to elevate Zhubeiqiang's status and better force other countries to obey.

Recently, there have even been voices of criticism, questioning her ability to compete with the Qingyun Tianji, and saying that people are not confident in entrusting their lives to her, so they demand that the candidate for the final battle be replaced by Gongyang Zisheng, or that a fair martial arts selection be held.

Da Xian looked at Gu Liangxu from Rongjiang State on the fighting stage and sneered, "You don't know your own limitations."

Pei Nai was a little unhappy to be interrupted while eating.

What's more, the other party is trying to stir up trouble maliciously.

It was obvious that he wanted to defeat her and pull her down from her high position, so as to shake the decision-making power of the Pei family and Qilu, and then propose a martial arts selection to replace the person who would fight against Yue Cang.

(End of this chapter)