Chapter 795: Banquet for Envoys
Shen Weifeng stayed at the inn.
He is the Prime Minister of Chu. Together with Princess Yaoyue, the most beloved of the Emperor of Chu, they are a high-level envoy team, representing the sincerity of Chu's trip.
Logically, the Regent should have met him immediately.
However, two days later, only the officials from the Ministry of Rites of the Great Zhou Dynasty negotiated with him, and he did not receive an audience with the Regent.
Although Shen Weifeng felt strange, he was not anxious.
He wrote the letter patiently, and wrote down the two words "Junior Sister"...
I was halfway through writing the following when a slender hand reached out and snatched the letter away.
"Junior sister, you have been thinking about her all the way, but it seems that your junior sister doesn't miss you at all. You have arrived in the capital of the Great Zhou, but she still hasn't come to see you." Princess Yaoyue said with a smile.
She had a slender figure and beautiful eyes and eyebrows, which was somewhat different from the Chu women who were known for their boldness.
"Since you miss her so much, why don't you go find her first." Yaoyue said again.
"Why should I go see her first? I've already come to the capital of Great Zhou, shouldn't she come to see me?" Shen Weifeng narrowed his peach blossom eyes and said with a smile.
"You are so weird. You clearly want to meet someone, but you insist on making them come to you. I don't understand." Princess Yaoyue shook her head and turned away.
Shen Weifeng took a new piece of paper and continued writing the letter.
After it was finished, he asked someone to deliver it to Du Qingyu.
At that time, Du Qingyu was appreciating paintings with Gu Huaiyu. After seeing the letter, he sneered, crumpled it into a ball and threw it into the trash can.
Chen Weifeng and Du Qingyu, the brother and sister, were obviously in the same place, but they didn't go to look for each other. Four days passed without them seeing each other.
The Regent finally responded and offered to host a banquet to entertain Shen Weifeng.
"I heard that the regent has a very close relationship with Your Majesty. I have seen many struggles for power, but I have never seen such peaceful coexistence. It is a good opportunity for me to witness it. Is this regent really as selfless as the rumors say?" Shen Weifeng said slowly, with some anticipation.
He had been away from the Great Zhou for many years. During these years, many things had happened in the Great Zhou. It had experienced turmoil and had almost declined. However, under the assistance of the regent, the Great Zhou had gradually regained its strength.
However, where there is power there is bound to be conflict; this is an eternal truth.
Therefore, Shen Weifeng felt that most of the rumors were true, and the truth was probably full of intrigue.
The banquet was scheduled to be attended by the Regent and held in the palace.
Tang Li was a little curious about Shen Weifeng, so he decided to join in with Wei Qing.
As the Regent Princess, Tang Li has the opportunity to attend most palace banquets, but she basically does whatever she wants.
The Regent is her husband, and she has a good relationship with the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, so she doesn't need to do anything deliberately.
After all, he was meeting an envoy from Chu, so Tang Li dressed up and attended the meeting with Wei Qing.
The palace maids were relieved when they knew that the princess would attend. They were all afraid of the regent, but when the princess was around, the regent's temper would be much better and he would basically not get angry.
When Tang Li and Wei Qing arrived at the banquet together, they felt a pair of eyes falling on them.
Tang Li followed his gaze and saw the man he saw on the street that day, Shen Weifeng.
Next to him sat a beautiful woman, who seemed to be the Princess Chu who was rumored to have made Shen Weifeng stay in Chu.
Soon, that gaze was blocked by the man next to her.
Wei Qing's gaze fell on Shen Weifeng, sweeping over him lightly but with a sense of intimidation.
"Prime Minister, you even dared to look at the Regent's wife. The Regent glared at you... I heard that the Regent loves his wife dearly. Don't cause trouble. If you get into trouble yourself, don't cause trouble for our Great Chu."
Princess Yaoyue approached Shen Weifeng. To outsiders, it seemed like a somewhat intimate scene, which made people speculate about the relationship between the prime minister and the princess.
After Wei Qing and Tang Li took their seats, Shen Weifeng stood up and bowed.
He said a few words, but the Regent remained cold and indifferent.
Shen Weifeng smiled, as if he didn't care at all, and sat back in his seat.
Shen Weifeng drank his wine, occasionally glancing at Wei Qing. Even though he was ignored, he looked relaxed and at ease.
"Prime Minister, you really need to stop looking around and stop being unable to walk when you see something pretty. You're in trouble now, aren't you?" Princess Yaoyue whispered.
"If I could walk, how could I be taken to Chu by you?" Shen Weifeng said softly.
Princess Yaoyue sighed softly and ignored his teasing: "You have offended the Regent, what should you do now?"
"He may not be angry about this matter. He is just taking advantage of it. This is the case when he met with me four days ago and when he just gave me a cold face. As for us, we need to calm down and not lose our composure." Shen Weifeng said calmly.
Princess Yaoyue breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the Prime Minister's calm appearance, as if everything was within his calculations. She hoped that was true.
As the dinner progressed, Wei Qing seemed to be in a better mood and said a few words to Shen Weifeng.
Shen Weifeng focused on this opportunity and talked about the benefits that the trade between Chu and Zhou brought to Zhou.
The benefits he offered and the vision he portrayed moved the others present.
Tang Li looked at her husband and saw that he was still calm.
Her husband is not a man of many sweet words, he only knows how to get things done. He also has another advantage, which is that he is firm in his own ideas and will not change them easily. In fact, he is a bit stubborn.
Her husband's stubbornness was the best way to deal with someone as eloquent as Shen Weifeng.
"Lord Shen is a disciple of Mr. Han, and Qingyu is your junior sister, right?" Tang Li said at the right time.
Shen Weifeng looked at Tang Li, who was very elegant and not at all dissolute.
"Princess, do you know my junior sister?"
"Yes, Qingyu and I are good friends. If Qingyu hadn't mentioned it, I wouldn't have known that you two had such a relationship." Tangli said with a smile.
The smile on Shen Weifeng's face deepened a little: "My junior sister mentioned me?"
"Yes, then Lord Shen is also a Zhou person?" Tang Li asked curiously.
"I was born in Chu State and was adopted by my master. I lived in the Great Zhou for more than ten years. To be more precise, it means Chu gave birth to Zhou Chang." Shen Weifeng said, "Did my junior sister say anything else?"
"Qingyu didn't say anything. Qingyu lives in my house. If Lord Shen is free, he can come to Wu Mansion to look for Qingyu."
The two chatted for a while, and then Shen Weifeng sat back in his seat.
"Prime Minister, you are Prime Minister Chu. Don't forget your identity and position." Princess Yaoyue said with a displeased look on her face.
When the Prime Minister met his junior sister, he was not as calm and reliable as usual.
Yaoyue had never expected that the princess and her junior sister had such a deep friendship. She was afraid that he might lose his mind and not gain any benefits for Da Chu, but instead suffer losses.
"Don't worry, I'll remember it. Besides, you're watching over me." Shen Weifeng smiled nonchalantly.
Tangli looked at Shen Weifeng thoughtfully. It seemed that in his heart, the position of black carp was indeed very important.
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