The man in black knocked on the window frame twice with his knuckles. The candlelight in the room flickered, and Liang Chaozong's voice came out.

"Come in and talk."

The man in black skillfully opened the window and jumped in.

"My Lord, Madam, we've received a letter from the Imperial Manor saying everything is going well. Those two idiots didn't notice and foolishly sent the imperial physician in charge of the pregnancy away."

When Yao Jinse and Liang Chaozong heard this, they looked at each other tacitly, exchanged glances, and the corners of their mouths curled up slightly.

The man in black continued, "Over in the garden, everything is growing well. We should be able to harvest in a month or so."

Liang Chaozong responded softly: "I understand, you can leave now."

The man in black turned and retreated.

Yao Jinse twisted her slender waist and sat down on Liang Chaozong's legs. She wrapped her arms around Liang Chaozong's neck and gave him a flattering smile.

"Husband, your plan is truly brilliant!"

"The poison was boiled in a bowl. The amount was mild and difficult to detect. It actually fooled the Prince of Jin and his wife."

Liang Chaozong extended his index finger and hooked Yao Jinse's chin: "It's just a trivial trick."

Yao Jinse lowered her eyes and thought for a moment, then added, "Calculating it, there's still more than a month left before those things are almost fully grown. Shouldn't we make a move on the Daiyue side?"

Liang Chaozong put his arm around Yao Jinse's waist, kissed her fair cheek, and said, "Madam, don't worry about this. I've already made an appointment with the people over there."

"Ma'am, just wait and see the show."

As Liang Chaozong spoke, he put one arm around Yao Jinse's back and the other around her knees. He suddenly stood up, gave her a princess hug, and slowly walked towards the large carved bed.

Immediately afterwards, the bed curtain fell, and the whispering of a man and a woman could be heard from inside the tent.

…

A few days later, inside the Golden Palace.

Xia Miaoyuan was carried by Xia Zhengqi to the morning court, and sat on the dragon throne, leaning against Xia Zhengqi and drowsy.

Xia Miaoyuan rubbed his eyes and complained inwardly, "Really? The two gentlemen from the Grand Hall were out on business these past two days, so I finally had two days off, and Daddy actually carried me to the throne room."

[What's wrong with my dad? He just can't stand me sleeping in, right?]

[What a miserable life I have. At such a young age, I am forced to attend court.]

The teachers at the main hall were out on business these days, so they gave the students a few days off.

Xia Miaoyuan had been planning to have a good sleep in, but Xia Zhengqi pulled her out of bed before dawn.

All the civil and military officials in the hall looked up at Xia Miaoyuan with strange expressions. Several old stubborn ones shook their heads helplessly and sighed repeatedly.

They have always been dissatisfied with the fact that Princess Anguo was brought to court.

But Xia Zhengqi insisted on doing so, and even put aside his imperial majesty and made a scene in the hall in order to make the minister shut up.

They really have no other choice.

Now, Princess Anguo has gone to school and has not come to court for a long time.

These old stubborn people thought that Xia Zhengqi had turned over a new leaf and no longer brought the baby to court. But today, they saw that he actually brought the sleepy little baby to court again. They couldn't help but feel angry and depressed.

"Oh, if the news of him carrying a child to court were to spread to other countries, how would they view the King of Daxia?" the white-bearded Censor Chen complained in a low voice.

"That's right! It's really outrageous." Censor Zhang, with his round belly, echoed.

At this time, Xia Zhengqi spoke.

"My dear ministers, yesterday, a letter arrived from Dai Viet."

When all the civil and military officials heard this, they immediately calmed down.

[Ahhh! Dai Viet!] Xia Miaoyuan perked up when he heard the words Dai Viet, and pricked up his ears to listen carefully.

"Tell me, tell me, what happened to Dai Viet? Dai Viet wasn't just a minor character in the book; it actually helped a lot in the Liang Dynasty's restoration of the country."

"The letter said that Dai Viet would send an envoy to Daxia."

As soon as these words were spoken, the ministers below were immediately in an uproar.

"An envoy from Dai Viet is coming! Big news!"

"Hahaha, Dai Viet is coming!"

"The Dai Viet Kingdom is clearly here to show goodwill!"

Civil and military officials were whispering to each other and discussing things, and the hall was in chaos.

Xia Miaoyuan observed the ministers' reactions from a high position, his mind racing with thoughts. "It's no surprise these ministers are so vehement."

[I remember it was clearly written in the book that by the late period of the Great Xia Dynasty, even before the Jiang family usurped the throne, the country's strength had already declined.]

Compared to several neighboring countries, it is estimated that it can only be ranked in the middle or lower position.

Among the neighboring countries, Dai Viet was the most powerful.

Therefore, Dai Viet had not sent any envoys to visit for five years.

【From this, we can see how much Dai Viet despised Daxia.】

The principles of inter-state relations and inter-community relations are roughly the same.

As the saying goes, if you are poor in a busy city, no one will care about you; if you are rich, even distant relatives will come to you.

For example, during the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, there was a grand scene of countless nations coming to pay tribute. No matter how small the country was, they all rushed to send envoys to the Tang Dynasty.

The Dai Viet Kingdom hasn't visited for five years, but now they're suddenly saying they're coming, and it's not a special occasion. What's going on?

Xia Miaoyuan thought hard.

Xia Zhengqi listened attentively to his daughter's thoughts, and his mind was also full of thoughts.

He deliberately waited until the ministers had finished talking about it before giving Debao a wink.

Debao understood what he meant, cleared his throat loudly, and then said, "Silence!"

The ministers immediately stood up straight and kept their mouths shut.

"My dear ministers, what do you think about the envoy from Dai Viet?" Xia Zhengqi asked in a deep voice.

The white-bearded Censor Chen spoke first: "In my opinion, we in Great Xia have helped the Xiao Lin tribe complete the great cause of unifying the northern border."

"It is only natural that the Great Viet Nation would take the initiative to establish friendly relations with us, seeing that we are no longer the same as we were in the past."

"Therefore, we only need to receive them normally and don't worry too much."

At this time, the Minister of Works, Niu Baijin, stepped forward and said, "I second the motion. Censor Chen is right!"

"Now, the Northern Frontier is like a vassal of Daxia. It's natural for our neighboring countries to fear us."

As soon as Lord Niu finished speaking, several civil and military ministers stood up and expressed their support, saying that there was no need to take the visit from Dai Viet too seriously.

Xia Zhengqi glanced at these ministers and frowned.

[These people are such idiots! You are all simple-minded!] Xia Miaoyuan cursed inwardly.

At this moment, Han Qingbo, a scholar from the Imperial Academy, stepped forward and said in a loud voice, "Your Majesty, I have a different opinion."