Chapter 154 A surprising gift! (Fourth update)
When Li An came to his seat in the main hall and sat down, a figure pounced on him from behind!

Li An chuckled under the subtle feeling: "Princess Xiang, I haven't seen you for a long time, please don't make trouble."

This is the imperial palace, so there should be some rules.

Xiangge and Gina pouted, and the courage they had finally mustered disappeared in an instant with this sentence.

As the weather gets colder, the thick fur lining she wears no longer looks out of place, but instead highlights her playful and cute look!
In addition to the ninth-rank guard from that day, there was also a stranger standing beside her. He was a little older than the former, probably in his thirties.

The two guards stood on either side of the princess, both carrying weapons.

"Brother Li Li, can I call you that?"

Brother Xiang Gina said with some trepidation that she had been thinking about Li An for a long time. You must know that the barbarian country in the far north is extremely morbid in worshipping the strong, not to mention that the princess was attracted by Li An's handsome appearance at the beginning, so before returning home, she still wanted to get close to Li An again, hoping to make him change his mind.

This shows that she still has the ambition to marry a prince consort!
"Of course, I'm not much older than you."

Li An responded with a smile, looking up at Xiang Ge Gina who was blocking the sunlight. Her skin was so fair that it seemed to become transparent in the sunlight, and even the blood vessels on her face were clearly visible.

Brother Xiang and Gina breathed a sigh of relief. The handsome prince consort did not hate Gina, so she still had a chance!
Just as she was about to say something, she heard General Kang coughing behind her.

Li An was so moved that he looked to the right of the stage, directly opposite the desk where he was sitting. He saw that the person was the national teacher of Xihu, the newly promoted grandmaster - Yelu Xuan!
How dare he?

Or in other words, how dare Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother do that?

A Western Hu national master was brave enough to march alone into the palace of another country, and the leader of that country was also confident in having such a great master so close to him. Could it be that both sides were very nervous and it all depended on a gamble?
"It's that annoying old man again!" Xiang Ge Gina gritted her teeth and even the two guards behind her did not try to stop her.

Without responding to Xiangge Gina, Li An nodded to Yelu Xuan as a greeting.

Yelu Xuan, who was sitting opposite, responded, then closed his eyes and rested without saying anything more.

"Little Princess, why are you here today?"

Xiang Ge Gina was all smiles, like the plum blossoms blooming in the snow in the north, bright in color. Her voice was soft and moving, imitating the soft whispers of the southerners, but after just two sentences, her unruly nature was exposed: "My lord, have you forgotten that after the poetry defeated the people of Xihu that night, the Emperor of Northern Qi agreed to give us another chance to persuade him, so we are here today."

"Of course, it's mainly because Gina missed you and thought she would see you again at the Queen Mother of Northern Qi's birthday banquet today. Sure enough, you came just after I arrived!"

She emphasized her longing, smiling and showing her white teeth, not feeling shy at all because of Master Li Ang's cultivation.

The two guards behind them looked at each other and thought that the princess was worthy of being a princess. What a roundabout way to save the country. It was really admirable!

"Well, after the banquet, you should fight for your country! I support you!"

Ang Lee laughed out loud, and his mood became wonderful because of this elf-like person.

When Xiangge Gina saw Li An laughing, she also laughed. These laughs made Fan Xian look at them with doubt.

Li An took out a piece of paper and asked Wang Shisanlang, who was sitting on his lower right, to pass it to Fan Xian. He then stopped paying attention to what was happening on the scene and imitated the master's movements of Yelu Xuan, closing his eyes and resting.

It's not for anything else, I just don't want to see the eldest disciple destroying the fruit before the main dish is even served.
After a while, when the guests were seated, it was time to start the banquet.

"Your Majesty is here!"

"The Queen Mother is here!"

Following the eunuch's chanting, Zhan Doudou and the Queen Mother came out one after another, accompanied by Haitang Duoduo, and sat at the top seats.

Zhuang Mohan also walked out and sat to the right of Li An in the audience.

"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" "Your Majesty, your Majesty!"

After the greetings, the ministers took their seats one by one, and the opening ceremony was over.

At this time, a eunuch stepped forward and read aloud how the Queen Mother was and how His Majesty was. Under the leadership of the two, the world was like this and that.
These classical Chinese texts are totally incomprehensible to Ang Lee, who is well-read and has received nine years of compulsory education in modern society!

He strained his eyes to look at the scroll in the eunuch's hand, but was unable to recognize the characters on it.

This twisted seal script is actually a font inherited from the previous dynasty!
After a long time, the torturous foreplay was finally over, and the banquet officially began!

Next, the eunuchs sang and recited the gifts given by the officials.

"The Minister of Revenue, Lord Zhang, presented a golden Guanyin statue to wish the Queen Mother a thousand years of longevity!"

"Mr. Tian, ​​the Minister of Works, presented a pair of six-foot red corals."

"Marquis Changning presented the original painting of Maple Mountain from the previous dynasty."

"Marquis of Chang'an"

"Zhuang Mo and Han Zhuang sent me two volumes of surgery written by themselves."

When everyone was listening with great interest and sighing as everyone took out two circles of their own handwriting, the gift from the Northern Barbarian Princess Xiangge Gina surprised everyone even more!
"Princess Xiang Gejina of the Northern Barbarian Kingdom offered 3,000 cattle, 10,000 sheep, 5,000 horses, iron ore, and some tiger skins."

This! What a big deal!
You must know that this is not tribute, nor is it war reparations, it is just a gift for the Queen Mother's birthday. Besides, this is not the Queen Mother's full birthday, it is just her 36th birthday!

This shows the sincerity of the Northern Barbarian Kingdom in wanting to form an alliance!

I believe that when the deal is done, there will be gifts.

As the ministers in the field continued to talk, Brother Xiang and Gina's face became more and more proud. No matter what, they would complete their father's instructions!

Regardless of the discussions in the room, the eunuch kept talking and in a flash he was talking about the Western Hu Kingdom.

"The Xihu State Master offers 6,000 well-dressed slaves."

Fan Xian, who was sitting a little further away, frowned when he heard this. Even Wang Shisanlang and Hong Kaijia no longer had a good impression of Yelu Xuan.

"Nanqing envoy Fan Xian presents this. Presents this."

The eunuch's duck-like voice was like a duck being strangled by the neck. The sound was intermittent, getting smaller and smaller until there was no volume at all. He looked back at the emperor, looking embarrassed, not knowing whether he should continue reading.

Zhan Doudou smiled gently, making people feel like spring breeze, and said: "It's okay, just read it. No matter how valuable the gift is, I'm sure the Queen Mother won't blame you!"

The tone was set in just one sentence, and even the Queen Mother nodded in approval with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The eunuch turned around and sang loudly, "Envoy Fan Xian from Nanqing presents a load of birthday buns!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar!

Isn't this a provocation to His Majesty and the Queen Mother?
For such a big event, you, as a representative of Qing Kingdom, only sent a load of birthday buns that were worth very little!
This is really too much!
For a moment, the noise in the field could not be suppressed. If Fan Xian had not defeated many challengers standing on the roof of the car when he entered the city, someone would definitely have gone up to teach him a lesson!

Even so, those unpleasant words still came out one after another, directed directly at Fan Xian who was sitting quietly!
In the first half, Li An, Zhuang Mohan, and Yelu Xuan were all staring at Fan Xian with interest, wanting to see what kind of rat poison he was up to!
(End of this chapter)