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When the first snow fell from the sky, envoys from Tubo, Rouran, Gaoche and the three neighboring countries to the west of the Jin Dynasty also arrived in Kyoto.

After the Honglu Temple settled the envoys from various countries in the post station, the palace prepared a palace banquet and invited the envoys from various countries to attend the banquet in order to show the power of the Great Jin Emperor.

Court officials in important positions such as Pei Yi were also invited to the palace, and women of high status such as Xie Zhichan, who relied on their husbands for their status, were also on the list for the palace banquet.

The carriage from Prince Yan's mansion arrived at the palace gate, and Pei Yi helped Xie Zhichan get off the carriage.

Xiao Liu'er put the white fox fur cloak in her hand on Xie Zhichan and said, "Miss, Liu'er is waiting for you and the prince outside. You must be careful in the palace."

After all, her girl had offended too many people in the palace, including the queen, the prince, and the queen mother. They would definitely find any opportunity to make things difficult for her girl.

Xie Zhichan nodded and said to her, "Don't worry. Your girl knows how to protect herself, and the prince is by my side. It's cold outside, so go to the carriage and wait for us."

The moment she turned around, she saw a man dressed in Rouran costumes staring at them. The man was dressed expensively, and she thought he was the Rouran prince on this diplomatic mission. She was alert and asked Pei Yi, "Do you have any old acquaintance with the Rouran prince?"

Pei Yi spent a lot of time in the northern border. The Rouran was adjacent to the northern border of the Turks. Perhaps Pei Yi had met the Rouran prince before.

Pei Yi was stunned when he heard her question. He followed Xie Zhichan's gaze and saw that the Rouran prince smiled gently and nodded to him as a greeting.

He responded indifferently, feeling a little unhappy, and said to Xie Zhichan: "No, I have never seen the Rouran prince."

Xie Zhichan said, "That's strange. I feel like he's been looking at us for quite a while. It's definitely not just a simple greeting."

Pei Yi's tone was quite unhappy, and he said: "What's so strange? It's just that they, the Rouran, have never seen a girl as beautiful as you."

As he spoke, he pulled down the hood of Xie Zhichan's cloak, as if to cover her entire face so that no one else could see it.

Xie Zhichan pinched Pei Yi quietly under his sleeve and murmured softly, "You are about to enter the palace, can you be more serious?"

Pei Yi smiled slightly, took Xie Zhichan's hand, and walked into the palace.

As he walked past the Rouran envoy, an invisible chill emanated from his body, like a warning.

However, the Rouran envoy did not stare at him and Xie Zhichan anymore.

Instead, he still looked in the direction of their carriage.

After Pei Yi and Xie Zhichan left, the Rouran prince looked in the direction of their carriage for a long time, then turned back and whispered to his attendant, "Did you see clearly? Is it really Nana?"

The attendant nodded and replied confidently in Rouran language: "Prince, my eyes are like the eagle flying on the grassland with two or three eyes. I can see clearly. How could I be wrong?"

The Rouran prince concentrated on thinking for a moment, but there were some questions in his mind that he couldn't figure out.

After a while, he said to the attendant beside him: "Send someone to check secretly and confirm it. If she is really Nana, why didn't she return to Rouran when she is alive? Instead, she ended up in the Yanwang Mansion in Dajin and worked as a maid?"

The attendant beside him whispered back, "Yes, I'll send someone to check right away."

After saying that, the attendant whispered instructions to the warrior-like man standing next to him for a while, and then followed the Rouran prince and the eunuch who led the way into the Great Jin Palace.

There was singing and dancing at the banquet.

As the cups and plates were exchanged, the envoy of Gaoche suddenly stood up and said in fluent Dajin official language: "Your Majesty, I heard that the generals of your Dajin are all good at martial arts. We Gaoche brought a horse-catching man from the grassland to the capital this time. We want to compare him with the generals of Dajin. I wonder if your Majesty agrees?"

When the officials of the Jin Dynasty heard this, they all felt that the Gaoche envoy was too arrogant and was clearly trying to provoke them. Although the Jin Dynasty had transferred its military generals, it was still a big country in the Central Plains and would not tolerate provocations from a small country like Gaoche.

Although Emperor Jingde was angry in his heart, he appeared calm on the surface. He couldn't let a small country find fault with him and say that the emperor of the Jin Dynasty didn't even have such a small amount of magnanimity.

He even smiled gently and nodded, saying, "It's also the fault of the officials of the Ministry of Rites for not thinking carefully, thinking that people from other countries are like us in the Great Jin, and like to enjoy rituals, music and dance. I think these elegant activities are indeed boring for you. Since the warriors of Gaoche like to compete, then we in the Great Jin will also follow the guests' change and find someone to compete with your warriors."

The Gaoche envoy's face turned ugly. The Great Jin Emperor's words were obviously saying that they were vulgar people who could not appreciate the elegant activities of the Great Jin. However, since the topic had already been brought up, he could no longer argue with the Great Jin Emperor about elegance.

Then we will make these people from Dajin admit defeat sincerely through the use of force.

He turned around and said to a muscular and powerful Gaoche warrior standing behind him in Gaoche dialect: "The emperor of Dajin has agreed, so you can go up and fight with the people of Dajin."

The warrior behind him shouted back: "Yes!"

The sound was so loud that the pillars in the hall almost shook.

Some of the officials of the Jin Dynasty present were sweating in their hearts. Now that the generals of the Jin Dynasty have withered, who knows how many people are better than this man in martial arts.

On the other hand, he was also a little worried. It seemed that the Gaoche envoy knew that their military generals were declining, so he brought these warriors to pay homage. Maybe he wanted to show off his power and give the Jin court a warning on its territory.

Or maybe, some secret test? Testing the military strength of Dajin——

Some officials of the Jin Dynasty were still lost in thought when they heard Jingdedi ordering Eunuch Fu: "Pick a few men from the Imperial Guards to fight against this high-chariot warrior."

Eunuch Fu went away for a while and returned with three people. These three people looked strong and walked steadily, and they were all good fighters in the imperial guards.

Since it was a competition, Emperor Jingde set up a rule: stop when the time is right. He had a ring set up outside the hall, and the first person to be knocked off the stage would be considered the loser.

Who knew that the Gaoche warrior was so powerful? After the three imperial guards from the Jin Dynasty came on the field one after another, they were all knocked off the stage one by one after just a few dozen moves.

The moment the third imperial guard fell off the stage, Emperor Jingde's face immediately turned dark, and he almost stood up from the dragon throne and cursed "waste".

The Gaoche envoy laughed and said, "Your Majesty, don't be angry. I heard that the Central Plains ruled the world with culture. We Gaoche make a living on the grassland, and the men grew up on horseback. It is understandable that we are better than the generals of the Great Jin in martial arts. Please don't blame these three. In my opinion, they are also very powerful."

Emperor Jingde's face darkened, but he regained his composure after a moment, and said to the envoy in a nonchalant tone: "These three are just small imperial guards. I am just worried that your warriors are not familiar with the ways of our Central Plains martial arts, so I let them accompany your warriors to warm up. Now that they are all in form, let everyone see the style of our Great Jin's military commanders."

After that, he looked at Pei Yi and said, "Prince, go and let the Gaoche envoys open their eyes."