Bringing the courtyard through [delicate] lady killed like crazy

In the autumn of the 19th year of Daqing, countries around the world came to congratulate the emperor on his birthday.

The birthday banquet was held in the Hall of Supreme Harmony, and the emperor and his ministers enjoyed themselves together.

Li Jiaojiao still sat in the prince's seat, but this time the seat opposite was empty, reserved for envoys from various countries.

Just as Qi Yuyi said, the lineup of this delegation is particularly strong. Almost every leader is a prince, and he is followed by an old man who looks like an important official.

There were even a few families who brought princesses with veils covering their faces, which showed how thoughtful they were.

Time passed by minute by minute, and except for the envoy, everyone else in the hall had already taken their seats.

Qi Yuyi took advantage of the fact that the emperor had not arrived yet and leaned over to Li Jiaojiao, "Jiaojiao, where is your birthday gift? Why didn't Su Yue bring it?"

Li Jiaojiao smiled when she heard that, and turned to Qi Yuyi and said, "My birthday gift is too big, it's not convenient to put it here, so I put it next door, and you'll see it when I present the gift later."

Qi Yuyi exhaled, "Okay, as long as you prepare it, I was narrow-minded that day. You have made so many contributions to Daqing, and birthday gifts are not important at all."

Li Jiaojiao lowered her eyes to hide the smile in her eyes, then raised them again in a serious tone, "If you want to get along well, you should give gifts early. If you give a good birthday gift, the emperor will be impressed!"

She looked at the confused face of the little girl opposite her and raised her eyebrows slightly. "No matter how great your ability is, you have to say it out loud. If you don't say it out loud, no one will know. So gifts are still very important. Do you remember why we became friends? It's because you give me gifts every day."

Qi Yuyi blinked innocently: ...Is that so?

Lu Liang and Qi Yunyu on the side: ...

My hands were shaking and the tea spilled out...

Prince Rong and Princess Rong had also been observing their daughter and Princess Fuyao. When they heard this, they looked at each other and held back their laughter. They couldn't laugh because that was their daughter. If she laughed, she would definitely make a scene when she got home...

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As the sound of ceremonial music began, Qi Yuyi hurriedly straightened her clothes and sat down.

After a while, a voice came from the door, "The Emperor has arrived, the Empress Chen has arrived..."

Everyone walked from behind the table and knelt beside it, shouting, "Long live the emperor! Long live the queen!"

Emperor Qing smiled as he led Consort Chen all the way to the top of the dragon throne and sat down. If anyone dared to look up and see this scene, they would definitely think that the emperor was a tyrant who was misled by beauty...

Little did he know that Concubine Chen had finally agreed to attend the state banquet, so why would he care about anything else?

"Everyone, get up!" Emperor Qing smiled brightly. Obviously he was in a good mood today. He called everyone to get up as soon as he sat down.

After giving thanks, everyone sat down, and the singing at the door started again.

It was time for the envoys to enter the palace to celebrate the birthday and present gifts.

Usually this part is also full of various emergencies, as foreign envoys cannot simply come to celebrate a birthday.

They either bring puzzles that their own country cannot solve, or some unsolved games, or some good stuff to show off, or the princesses perform a dance and take the opportunity to admire someone and make him stay...

In short, there will definitely be problems at such a large banquet.

It's impossible for it to end smoothly without any setbacks. There must be a few climaxes.

As expected, the Liao Kingdom, which was the first to enter the palace, asked the little princess to dance after five bows.

The little princess was wearing a red chiffon dress with a golden waist chain that glowed softly around her snow-white skin. The hanging chain was inlaid with delicate and small rubies, which looked very lively.

She wore a forehead flower of the same style and a face curtain woven from fine golden silk and inlaid with tiny rubies. It swayed as the little princess danced on the drum, making her look like an elf.

After the dance, the little princess' chest rose and fell slightly, and her appearance of a bud about to bloom shocked the whole audience.

The Liao prince nodded secretly, and the brother and sister congratulated Emperor Qing in unison, "May you live a long and healthy life."

Emperor Qing smiled and nodded, "The Liao envoy has come all the way here, thank you for your hard work. Please take a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." The Liao prince and princess stood up, and then the prince continued: "In order to congratulate Your Majesty on his birthday, the Liao Kingdom has specially prepared Liao etiquette to come to the audience to show its sincerity."

As he spoke, he took out a gift list from his bosom. Immediately, a young eunuch came forward to take it and handed it to Li Jing in front of the emperor.

"Besides, I have long admired His Royal Highness the Second Prince. If our two countries can have the good fortune to establish friendly relations, everyone will be happy."

Li Jiaojiao, who had been watching the fun quietly, heard this and glanced at the people in the hall.

She knew that as long as the princess danced, she would definitely marry a prince.

Lu Liang and she have already set a wedding date, and Lu Liang has said before that there will be no second person in this life, so they pointed their spearheads at Qi Yunyu.

But why do they think they can marry whomever they want with just a casual word?

Regardless of whether Emperor Qing agrees or not, Concubine Chen, who has watched Qi Yunyu grow up, has already treated him as her own child. Would she agree?

Li Jiaojiao looked up and saw that Concubine Chen's face had turned cold.

The Liao Kingdom's action caused the entire Hall of Supreme Harmony to remain silent for a long time.

You didn't bring anything useful to the table, you just danced for a while, and yet you have the audacity to want to form an alliance? What are you thinking?

After a while, Emperor Qing smiled warmly and said loudly: "Your Highness may not know that I do not want to interfere too much in the marriage of my children. Since the little princess is interested, you may as well talk to Yu'er in private. If Yu'er is willing, I, as her father, will certainly be happy."

Li Jing observed the emperor's expression and waved his hand towards the door after Emperor Qing finished speaking. The eunuch began to sing, "The envoys of Qi, the Sixth Prince and the Prime Minister, come to see you!"

Following the eunuch's shouting, the Liao envoys had no choice but to take their seats, while the Qi envoys, the Sixth Prince and the Prime Minister, entered the Hall of Supreme Harmony with a few others.

Several people stood in the middle of the hall and performed the same five-bowing ceremony. I don’t know if it was because they had just witnessed the scene of Liao or what, but after Qi finished his congratulations, he directly presented the gift and took his seat obediently.

There were still some envoys in the rear team who offered dances, but no one asked for marriage alliance, except for one country whose unfinished business was broken by Lu Liang, and one country that wanted to know about high-yield grain varieties but was shelved by Emperor Qing. Most of the others greeted each other, presented their gifts, and took their seats.

Everyone was having fun for a while.

Until a blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigner stood in the hall.

Because the foreigners did not speak the language, they had an interpreter with them, and that interpreter was none other than the fifth elder of the boat gang.

The foreigner bowed slightly as a greeting, and then started talking to the Fifth Elder. The Fifth Elder talked to him for a while before starting to translate.

The general meaning is that the foreigners have lived on the other side of the ocean for a long time, and now, taking advantage of the Emperor Qing’s birthday, they have brought some of their specialties over for exchange.

Then someone carried a few wooden boxes into the hall.

The previous envoys were all from the surrounding inland areas, and none of them knew anything about overseas. At this moment, they all stretched their necks and looked into the hall.

Curious about what's inside the box.

The foreigner held his head high, turned around and opened the first box himself, took out the things inside, and then chattered for a while...

The Fifth Elder translated: Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this thing is called a Western clock, it is used to tell time, and it is similar to the clock made by the princess...

Foreigner: I don’t understand, but I’m very confident.

Minister of Qing: Oh, so they also have clocks.

Foreign envoy: ...Hmm? What is this translator talking about? Why can I understand each word individually, but not when they are put together? Does Qing Kingdom also have this thing?

Inside the hall, an exquisitely shaped clock in the corner ticked away, answering them.

Minister Lin, the people from the Ministry of Works, and their families straightened their backs...

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