Thinking of this, Lu Wan made up his mind. He walked quickly to the door, opened it, and saw the princess who was anxious and stamping her feet in the yard.
"Princess, what's wrong? What happened? You seem to be more calm, why are you so irritable today?"
Lu Wan was very puzzled. He still remembered the first time he saw the princess. Although she was a little domineering, she was still a relatively stable person.
As soon as the princess saw Lu Wan, she quickly walked to her side, held Lu Wan's hand, and said to her: "Not long ago, Rouran just sent me here, and I will soon go to the palace to pay homage. I heard that other small border countries will also pay homage this time."
Lu Wan was stunned for a moment after hearing this. All the history he had come across were major events. This pilgrimage was not recorded in the books, so it was likely that nothing major would happen.
But this is the first time I have seen other small countries coming to pay homage since I traveled here. The scene must be very spectacular!
"There will be fun things to do then. With so many people from other countries coming, there will definitely be a lot of new and interesting things!"
When Lu Wan thought of this, his heart began to itch. By then, not only would there be people of all kinds coming, but also all kinds of cultures.
When I was in modern times, I actually came into contact with the history of Shen Yan and Shen Yan's country the most, and I paid little attention to other countries.
"That's true. I don't know about other things, but the Rouran have prepared special songs and dances. They also brought many Kabuki actors to Beijing this time, as well as some very precious gifts."
The princess of Rouran has always lived in the richest place of Rouran, but when he talked about those gifts, his face was full of envy, which means that they must be national treasures.
The two little girls then began to exchange gold and silver jewelry and some silks from various countries.
At the same time, Shen Yan and Lu Daxin also received news that many small border countries were going to pay homage to the capital, but they knew more details and even had a list.
Delegations from small countries do not come to Beijing to pay homage every year, but only once every three or five years. However, this time they all sent their visiting invitations in advance.
This was something that both Shen Yan and the young emperor were very worried about, because they were afraid that these people had come to test whether Dongxia was strong or not after hearing about the successive disasters in recent years.
Now Dongxia is still the number one empire in Kyushu, but the country's strength was already the work of the previous emperor. Since the young emperor ascended the throne, there was first turmoil in the court and then disasters year after year.
Although the situation has gradually improved in the past two years with the regent supervising the country and the national strength has slowly recovered, the military strength is still far less than before.
If we want to regain our peak, we may have to wait another four or five years to slowly recover, but these countries in front of us probably can't wait any longer.
"But a lean camel is bigger than a horse. Even if our numbers have declined in recent years, we are still more than enough compared to any of them. But if they unite, it will be a bit tricky."
When Shen Yan said the above, he had a look of disdain on his face. None of those small border countries would be a threat to Shen Yan.
But as Shen Yan said, if they unite, it will be a big problem.
“So this time we must not let them see the decline of our national strength and the drought. We must not let them discover it.”
The much more steady little emperor frowned and said that since the little emperor grew up, his aura has changed. In the past, he could show some of the aura of an emperor.
After hearing what the little emperor said, Shen Yan nodded. Indeed, those problems could not be discovered by their delegation.
The list in Shen Yan's hand is not a list of all countries, because some small countries still pay more attention to stable development, so not many people come to test.
Among them, the Xiongnu, or the southern barbarians, had the largest delegation, followed by the Rouran.
Chen Yan looked at the Rouran faces on the list, laughed disdainfully and said, "Is this the case with Guofeng? They just sent the princess here, and now they are testing us. Could it be that they want to use us to kill the princess? Then we have to investigate the princess's background first."
Shen Yan said with a mocking tone that the princess that He Qing came with actually had a very simple background and identity. When she was sent over, they had already investigated it clearly.
It's just that they had just sent the princess and they couldn't wait to start testing, which made people wonder what their purpose was.
"But the princess is not important. We just need to treat her well and have her food and drink. He can't find any fault with us."
The little emperor frowned and looked worried.
"It's not a big deal, actually. The disaster area in the south has been roughly settled, and there shouldn't be any more trouble before the New Year. As long as we don't let those in the court pass on this news to them, they won't be able to figure out where the drought is happening here."
Lu Daxin drank the tea in his hand, then said with a smile that the current situation was not the most difficult one for them to solve.
Indeed, the most urgent task for them now is to stabilize the group of people in the court who are on the Queen Mother's side. They hope that they can still keep a clear head and not associate them with those foreign villains with ulterior motives just because they want to seize the throne.
"The Regent and Lu Aiqing will have to act separately. Lu Aiqing, you will take charge of the Ministry of Rites and work with them to host this grand ceremony of worship."
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