Chu Qiuze looked at Lan An deeply, thinking that his husband's desire to survive was unmatched.

There's nothing wrong with liking to look at beautiful women. Doesn't he like to look at them too?

Little did he know that Lan An felt a chill down his spine because of his look.

In fact, it is not wrong to call it a beauty trap.

Although the woman sitting next to Maimaiti was wearing a veil, Lan An still recognized that she was the woman who sat in the sedan chair on the day he entered the city.

The envoys around the woman also had a hidden respect for her, so she must be someone with a noble identity.

When a country brings a young and beautiful woman as an envoy to another country, the meaning is self-evident.

Marriage!

Lan An knew that the emperor's brother was old and the marriage partner would definitely not be him.

As for the emperor's brother's sons, the eldest prince and the third prince both died in the epidemic more than three years ago. The second prince and the fourth prince have been married for a long time and are not young anymore. The only one of marriageable age now is the young prince.

However, in order to avoid factional disputes, the old emperor had said that he would wait until the prince ascended the throne before making a choice regarding the little prince's marriage. Of course, the explanation given to the outside world was that he did not want the prince to be obsessed with matters between men and women and should concentrate on state affairs.

As for the princes of the same generation as Lan An, that was even more impossible. Apart from him, the other princes had no real power, and the envoys would not include them in the selection of marriage candidates.

So Lan An thought about it and decided that if the Western Regions wanted to marry a princess, there was a high probability that it was aimed at him.

Although it was impossible for him to let the Western Regions envoys' plan succeed, he always felt guilty when he saw Qingqing Qiu Ze's eyes.

If he had not met Qiu Ze and was in the royal family, and faced with such a situation, his royal brother might have agreed reluctantly. Once his royal brother gave the order, he would have no room to refuse.

After all, in the eyes of outsiders, it was just that there was one more woman in his palace.

The relationship between royal relatives is never a simple one between sons and daughters, but is always filled with various interests.

Even the fact that his relationship with Qiu Ze was approved by the old emperor was only because Qiu Ze was a god. Now it seems that Qiu Ze's identity as a god is really convenient.

With Qiu Ze's status, not only would he not agree to the marriage, but his brother the emperor would also not agree.

He felt that his brother should be able to clearly distinguish between what is more important and what is less important.

Thinking of this, he looked at his beloved Qiu Ze again.

"What's with that look in your eyes?" Chu Qiuze suddenly felt a chill down his spine. "Did you do something to let me down?"

Lan An pursed her lips and smiled. He was really too sensitive.

There was nothing to hide, so he told Chu Qiu Ze his guess in detail.

For a moment, Chu Qiuze's eyes changed when he looked at the envoys.

Not only is she coveting Dahan's food, but now she's also coveting his man.

How the hell can you tolerate this?

Chu Qiu Ze was about to lose his temper and wanted to teach these envoys a lesson.

Lan An quickly grabbed Chu Qiuze's hand and said, "Don't panic. These are just my guesses. Don't take them seriously."

Chu Qiuze pouted, leaned back in his chair, crossed his arms, and felt very unhappy: "Hmph! I want to see what tricks they are going to play."

The old emperor saw clearly what the two of them were doing, and he also knew what the Western Regions envoys were thinking.

The fruits and jades presented before were not a sign of sincerity. They were just an attempt to trick Dahan into not knowing the value of things.

This marriage was probably the last resort of the Western Regions. He guessed that perhaps the King of the Western Regions had issued a death order, insisting that the grain and seeds be exchanged back.

If the male god had not appeared in the past, the old emperor would have weighed the pros and cons.

A marriage alliance could at least bring about ten or even several decades of peace between the two countries, but that is no longer possible now.

They already have their own male idols, so why should they be afraid of the Western Regions?

The lights were turned on, but the party showed no sign of stopping.

Blue Eucalyptus has prepared meals for guests to eat and drink.

Maimaiti also stepped forward at the right time. "I'm sure you have all heard of my Western Regions' fine wine and luminous cups. Today, I will present them to you, hoping to become friendly neighbors with Dahan."

Wine is indeed a major specialty of the Western Regions, and it is truly only enjoyed by the nobility and royal family. Due to its small production, countless people are vying for it. If the common people can have a sip of it, it would be a blessing.

Dahan had naturally heard of this wine, but only a few people had tasted it.

At this moment, Maimaiti has really whetted the appetite of Dahan's officials.

The old emperor nodded, had someone take the wine, and then had someone divide the wine into jugs.

This fine wine is finally presentable enough.

There was a whole box of wine, but only four luminous cups.

According to their status, they were the old emperor, the prince, Lan An, and Chu Qiu Ze, each of them got one.

Wine, red wine. When Chu Qiu Ze was young and frivolous, he learned red wine appraisal from his father for a few days in order to show off.

Putting aside the glass, in his opinion, the wine was too turbid, probably because the filtering process was not up to standard.

He shook the luminous cup twice and took a light sniff. The smell of wine was too strong, which was not a good thing for wine. After taking another sip, Chu Qiuze frowned.

This Western Region wine is of the same quality as that displayed on modern supermarket counters.

The kind that costs about 100 or 200 yuan a bottle, and sometimes there's a buy one get one free promotion.

Tsk tsk tsk, it’s thanks to the people in the Western Regions that they still treat him as a treasure.

Chu Qiuze took a sip and didn't move anymore. Instead, he sent a message to his father.

Aren't these people coveting his man? If he doesn't come out and give them a slap in the face, how can he be justified?

After a while, Chu Qiuze left the table and returned to the modern world to get the red wine prepared by his father.

Mr. Chu loved drinking when he was young, but he quit drinking after he fell ill. Now, I wonder how much wine he has hidden at home!

Since his son wanted some red wine to liven up the occasion, Mr. Chu was naturally not stingy and immediately selected several bottles of red wine from the auction and sent them to him.

Also delivered were a decanter, wine dispenser, wine glasses, and a wine corkscrew.

"Mua~!" Chu Qiuze went up and gave his father a kiss, "Dad, I love you so much."

Father Chu touched his son's head lovingly and said, "Go ahead. If you don't have enough wine, send a message to dad."

Chu Qiuze was very happy and went back to the banquet with a glass of wine.

At the banquet, their Dahan officials seemed to be captivated by the wine, and some civil officials even expressed their desire to compose poems to praise it.

Tsk, you can't keep your cool.

Chu Qiuze handed the wine and a whole box of neatly packaged cups to Lan An and explained a few words.

Lan An smiled dotingly. He was afraid that this affectionate Qiu Ze would have a conflict with the envoys from the Western Regions today.

What can he do? He just has to cooperate!

Lan An stood up, raised the luminous cup, and toasted Mai Maiti from a distance, "The wine brought by the ambassador is indeed good."

"As long as His Majesty likes it." Mai Maiti smiled complacently, thinking that he had finally regained some face.

But soon, the moment of slapping in the face came again.

Lan An took out a bottle of red wine and said, "Since the Western Regions and Dahan are on good terms, we should exchange gifts. We just tasted the Western Regions wine, and now Dahan is also inviting the ambassadors to taste Dahan's red wine."

Maimaiti was disdainful in his heart. He had never heard of Dahan having any red wine, but he pretended to be very interested on the surface. "But it's disrespectful."

The opening of this red wine bottle was different from usual ones, and Chu Qiu Ze was the only one present who knew how to open it.

Chu Qiuze stood up, opened two bottles neatly and quickly, and poured the wine into the decanter.

Both bottles of red wine are over ten years old, and the normal decanting time is half an hour to an hour.

But it's too late now, we can't just let so many people just wait.

Anyway, these ancient people didn’t understand, so just fool them first.

Chu Qiu Ze poured the red wine into the wine glass again, picked it up with one hand, shook the glass gently, pretended to look at the wine in the glass, and then put it under his nose to sniff it.

Then, Chu Qiu Ze took a sip with his thin lips and started to pretend.

First, I talked about the taste of this red wine, its sourness, sweetness and aftertaste, how high-end it is.

Then he started talking about how the grapes for making the wine were selected from a certain orchard in Dahan, how old the grape trees were, how much rain and sunshine there were when the grapes were picked, how the farmer who picked the grapes was a beautiful young girl who had just reached marriage age, how many generations of experience the winemaker had passed down... and so on.

It was all nonsense, but it still managed to scare these ancient people.

This temperament, these movements, this expression, this tone, who has ever seen this?

Elegant, these two words filled everyone's mind.

It turns out that there are so many things to pay attention to when drinking wine. Thinking about how they just drank Western wine like a cow chewing a peony, their faces felt hot.

Undoubtedly, this show was successful.

Chu Qiuze poured another glass and brought it to the old emperor. "Your Majesty, after opening the bottle of red wine, if you wait for two or three quarters of an hour to allow the aroma of the wine to fully blend with the air, the taste will be better. You might as well try it now, and then wait a little longer to taste the difference between the two."

The old emperor was so happy that he took the wine glass and took a sip just like Chu Qiu Ze.

"It is exactly as Qiu Ze said." It was indeed the first time for the old emperor to drink red wine with this taste. He did not understand it, but he could tell that this red wine was much better than the wine from the Western Regions.

I couldn't help but take another sip. "The taste of this red wine is so delicate right now. If I wait for a few minutes, how mellow it will be."

All the ministers stretched their necks. They thought that the Western wine was good enough, but did they ever think that there was something even better?

They all knew that this was brought by their idol, and as for what their idol said, they knew it in their hearts, so naturally they would not ruin it.

The old emperor waved his hand and said, "Let them divide this bottle. We'll all be waiting for a few more minutes for the other one."

Unlike the people in the Western Regions who were stingy and only prepared four luminous cups, Chu Qiu Ze prepared a whole box of cups to ensure that everyone present could have their own cup.

When they got the cup, they were amazed again. This...this...is so crystal clear, like colored glass, but much more transparent than colored glass.

The well-informed officials of Dahan naturally knew that this was a glass cup, which was currently being produced by the imperial merchant Ren family and would be available on the market soon.

Where had the envoys from the Western Regions seen him?

Their luminous cups are extremely rare, and this red wine glass... in their eyes, there is no comparison.

Also, they just heard from that male god that this red wine is made from grapes, but they have never heard that Dahan has the technology to make wine.

After taking another sip, they suddenly realized that their Western wine seemed to be unpalatable.