Chapter 84, Envoys from Nanmei Kingdom
The days passed quickly, and Liu Wan's rescue work made no progress. The old lady couldn't sit still and often came to harass her.
She was not in a hurry. Not only did she agree to everything, but she also did nothing, and let Xu Rourou stay in prison until today.
When Li came back from the prison, she was afraid. Xu Rourou must have suffered so much punishment that it was too miserable to look at.
But she was still not released.
Today is the day when the envoys from Nanmei Kingdom come to Beijing.
Liu Wan brought Xia Wanwan to the street to join in the fun. The little girl can already walk unsteadily, and she wants to go shopping here and there.
It was only with Xie Zixing holding her hand and Liu Shi protecting her that Liu Wan felt relieved to let them go out to play.
Someone in the crowd shouted, "The envoys from Nanmei Kingdom are here."
"In order to welcome them, Your Majesty wiped out all the bandits in the border town a month ago.
" "Ah? Why?"
"More than 20 years ago, the eldest princess of Nanmei Kingdom came to Beijing and was robbed by bandits in the border town. She has been missing for two years."
"If we were not older, you young people would probably not know about this."
"In order to prevent what happened more than 20 years ago from happening again, Your Majesty specially asked the Ninth Prince to lead troops to suppress the bandits. This shows how much importance he attaches to Nanmei Kingdom."
While talking, the people took the initiative to line up in two rows, leaving the streets empty for vehicles and horses to pass.
"I heard that there are three main leaders coming to the Great Xia Dynasty this time. One is the eldest princess, and one is the eldest princess's niece, Princess Yan'er. The other is the head of the magicians of the Nanmei Kingdom, Taoist Wu Mo."
"The Nanmei Kingdom has always been famous for its Taoism. They can even ask the gods to come down to earth to bless the people. If they make friends with our Great Xia Dynasty, it will also benefit us ordinary people."
"Yes! Yes."
Liu Wan listened to all of this, holding Xie Zixing by her hand, and Liu Shi holding Xia Wanwan in his arms.
The convoy slowly entered the city, and the people gave a warm welcome.
The woman in the carriage, who was dressed in gorgeous clothes, glanced at the hot crowd lightly, put down the curtain and sighed impatiently.
Xia Wanwan was in Liu Shi's arms, and she excitedly cried out in a baby voice, "Wow... Is this... the mother that San'er... wants to recognize?"
The people around thought it was just a child's nonsense, and didn't take it seriously.
But Xia Wanwan's baby voice came into his mind.
[It seems that this eldest princess is very impatient with the Great Xia Dynasty. ]
[It doesn't matter, they didn't come to the capital to do anything good anyway. ]
[Hmm, such a familiar milky smell, could it be that the Taoist priest with a braided beard is the one who ordered the ghost of Concubine Man to harm Concubine Ling? ]
[Ah... It's them, they want to harm Aunt Dowager Concubine, they want to harm Aunt Queen Mother, how can I stop them? ]
A burst of screams made Liu Wan and Liu Shi's heads buzz.
Suddenly, the carriage stopped and couldn't move.
The horse roared at Xia Wanwan, and Xia Wanwan was so scared that she hung on her uncle's neck and shuddered slightly.
Princess Yan'er was wearing a pink riding outfit. She rolled down from the horse and glanced at Xia Wanwan, "You are really useless. Are you scared?"
"In our Nanmei, people will look down on you for your courage."
Liu Shi was about to retort, but Xia Wanwan beat him to it.
Xia Wanwan pointed at her and said in a baby voice, "There's food on your teeth."
Princess Yan'er's face froze. She quickly covered her mouth, glared at Xia Wanwan, and then got on the horse.
She didn't even dare to shout "drive", and hurriedly patted the horse's butt and left.
Taoist Wu Mo on the side glanced at Xia Wanwan silently.
Xia Wanwan pointed at his shoes and said, "Mud...shoes...dirty..."
[It's too dirty, how can there be such an unhygienic person. ]
Taoist Wu Mo hadn't said a word yet, and someone pointed at his shoes and scolded him for being dirty.
Seeing that the shoes of the common people were clean, he actually felt a little ashamed, hid his feet under his Taoist robe, and hurried away in small steps.
Liu Shi and Liu Wan looked at each other, and finally couldn't hold back their laughter and laughed. Wanwan
is not even one year old, but she knows how to make people ashamed.
These words, the adults couldn't think of.
The group laughed and chatted, drifting with the flow.
The eldest princess in the carriage saw all this and asked the maid beside her, "This kid is quite smart. They are all well dressed. Go check which family they belong to."
"Okay, I'll check when we get to the embassy," the maid replied.
The eldest princess drooped her eyelids slightly, suppressing a trace of displeasure.
She came here not only for the great event of Nanmei Kingdom, but also for her own selfish reasons. She
wanted to find the baby predicted by the gods, so she couldn't let go of any possible child.
The carriages and horses soon arrived in front of the palace gate.
Many dignitaries were invited by His Majesty to come here, and people with a little status also came.
Seeing that there was nothing to see in the hustle and bustle, Liu Wan wanted to take the children away first, but Liu Shi had already arrived in front of the palace gate with Xia Wanwan in his arms with the crowd.
Liu Wan wanted to go over and tell them to leave, but at this moment, she turned around and ran into Xia Siheng who was stepping down from the carriage.
Xia Siheng was tall, handsome, with a frosty face and wearing a black cloak, which made the women present unable to take their eyes off him.
He walked up to the few people and said lightly, "Xia Zhao and Liu Ye are here too. They have reserved seats for you. Let's go in together."
Liu Wan was embarrassed and waved her hand to refuse.
But at this time, Liu Ye came with Xia Zhao. Xia Zhao was pregnant and it was inconvenient for her to walk.
Hearing that the envoy of Nanmei Kingdom came with the blessing of the gods, she came to pray for the safety of the child.
"Hey, sister, it's a good thing you're here too. My husband just said you wouldn't come. Let's go in together."
Xia Zhao held her hand affectionately, and Liu Wan was a little reluctant to refuse.
Xia Zhao added, "Your brother doesn't understand women's affairs at all. I'll feel more at ease if you take care of me."
[I also want to go in and take a look...]
[I heard there are a lot of delicious food in there, roast chicken, roast duck, crystal pork elbow, tiger skin braised pork, and all kinds of delicacies from the mountains and the sea.]
[It's a pity that my aunt can't eat these.]
Liu Wan turned her head abruptly and looked at Xia Wanwan. Wanwan babbled and stretched out her hand to Liu Wan, "Mom... Wanwan... wants to go in..."
[I have to go in. According to the plot, my aunt gave birth prematurely at this time, and the mother and daughter almost...]
Liu Wan's palms were covered with cold sweat.
Seeing that everyone was stunned, Xia Zhao asked hurriedly, "Ninth Uncle, husband, sister, uncle, what happened to you? Let's go together."
Liu Wan nodded and agreed.
Several people entered the banquet together and sat down. Liu Wan was a little curious. The extra seat next to the fifth princess happened to be a mother-child seat.
How could it be such a coincidence.
Xia Siheng, who was sitting below the emperor, glanced at them inadvertently and smiled slightly.
The people from Nanmei Kingdom took their seats one by one. When Xia Siheng saw the Taoist priest with a braided beard,
he couldn't help but narrow his eyes. [Wow, the Taoist priest with dirty shoes is the one who asked ghosts to harm Aunt Dowager Concubine. He still smells like my milk. ]
[Hey, it's been so long, it's smelled! 】
Xia Wanwan had just finished thinking when a foul smell swept the whole place. Everyone sniffed left and right, and finally determined that it was emitted by Taoist Wu Mo.
The eldest princess couldn't stand it, and secretly ordered, "You are so sloppy in such a big occasion, why don't you go take a shower and clean yourself up, it's really smelly."
Taoist Wu Mo smelled himself, "Strange, I clearly took a shower three months ago, how could I smell bad."
Xia Siheng looked at Xia Wanwan and smiled dotingly, you are really something, Wanwan.
Taoist Wu Mo quietly left the table, and Xia Siheng sent someone to follow him.
Soon, the banquet entered the main atmosphere.
The eldest princess took out the national treasure of Nanmei Kingdom, the gold and jade glass cup.
When this thing came out, Xia Wanwan smelled the familiar aura and could no longer sit still.
【Let me see what has fallen out of my treasure Qiankun bag again? 】
【Ahhh, isn't this the urn of my ancestor? 】
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