Chapter 293 This is Dong Yue’s intention to come to Zhao
The first thing that caught my eye was a familiar figure.
Yun Ji rode on a snow-white horse, wearing a dark green brocade robe that sparkled in the sunlight. A jade crown of the same color bound up his black hair. His extraordinary silhouette had a more mature and solemn air than before. He rode over, quickly attracting everyone's attention.
Following behind Yun Ji were two rows of handsome young men who were also dressed in brocade clothes. It was obvious that they were specially selected to escort the Dongyue delegation to the capital.
Behind it was a large carriage driven by four horses. It was made of ebony wood, carved and hollowed out, and covered with gauze. It was vaguely visible and one could not see the details inside, but one could see the shadows of the bed, tables, chairs, and cabinets, which showed how spacious it was.
Several figures could be vaguely seen, one of which was the most prominent and was black.
Most of them are black. The sacred bird of Dongyue is the crow, and black is a noble color. But it is a dark color after all. Except in special circumstances, Dongyue people will not wear black, and women will certainly not do so.
But if there was anyone who could wear it in the carriage, it would only be Princess Rong Huan of Dongyue.
According to the book, Rong Huan is the same age as Su Rui this year, both are twenty-one. How could she like such old-fashioned things?
In doubt, Yun Ji had already led the team closer.
Lord Wu, the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, reminded Su Rui in a low voice. Su Rui led his men forward and was about to exchange pleasantries with Yun Ji when he smelled the fragrance on him again.
It was the same fragrance as that time in Weicheng when he came back from Dongyue, but this time, it was even clearer.
Could it be...
"Concubine Su!" Seeing that she didn't speak even when she came to him, Lord Wu was so anxious that his palms were sweating, and he could only call her anxiously in a low voice.
Su Rui put his thoughts aside for the moment and said politely to Yun Ji, "Thank you for your hard work along the way, Prince Yong."
"I'll take care of my duties, and the rest will be handed over to Concubine Su and the people from the Honglu Temple." Yun Ji handed over with a smile, pulled the reins, and led his men to retreat to both sides.
The envoys from Dongyue came forward, and just as the news had been reported, they were all women.
The head female official, who was in her early forties, bowed to Su Rui and the others with a long bow and then began to speak a series of words. Su Rui did not understand, so the translator provided by the Honglu Temple said, "This is the head female official accompanying the eldest princess. The eldest princess has traveled a long way and is feeling unwell due to the unfamiliar climate. She asks if the formalities can be waived so that she can rest at the post station as soon as possible."
Su Rui did not reply, but her eyes fell on Lord Wu.
"The princess is unwell, so it's not appropriate for her to stay outside the city gate. Let's go inside now."
Lord Wu spoke, and Su Rui naturally followed suit, stepping aside.
The huge carriage was heading towards the city gate and passed by Su Rui. Although etiquette prohibited her from looking directly into the carriage, Su Rui, who lowered her eyes, felt a gaze.
An undisguised scrutinizing gaze.
As the carriage passed by and disappeared from sight, Su Rui raised her eyes and saw Yun Ji who was about to walk towards her. She turned around and got directly into the carriage prepared by the Honglu Temple.
As the carriage started moving, Yun Ji was puzzled as to why she seemed unhappy.
But we were far away and she turned around quickly, so I couldn't see the expression on her face. Maybe it was just an arrangement from the Honglu Temple.
Now Yun Ji cannot enter the city directly, so he can only lead his men to turn their horses around and head towards Yanzhou.
The post station is located in Ruyang Lane. It has been a place for receiving envoys since ancient times. It is close to prosperous places such as the imperial palace, Jinling Street, Chengming Lake, Lingfengtai, and East Market. It is also under the overlapping jurisdiction of the patrol camp, the Dragon and Tiger Army, and the city defense camp.
The intention was to show the prosperity of Shengjing to the visiting envoys, and to keep them under his watch and observe their every move at all times.
The post houses are divided into large and small ones. Now that only the country of Dongyue is visiting, they naturally stay in the largest one.
They were escorted all the way to the door. Su Rui and the officials from the Honglu Temple had already gotten out of the carriage and were waiting, but there was no movement in the huge carriage.
Everyone was puzzled, and the female official came out again and spoke something in Dongyue dialect.
"The lady-in-waiting said that the princess is very weak and cannot stand the cold, so she cannot get out of the carriage. She asked us to lower the threshold and let the carriage go directly into the palace."
As soon as the translation came out, all the officials of the Honglu Temple became unhappy.
The eldest princess of Dongyue is so arrogant. She claimed to be sick and refused to get off the car in front of the city gate. It would be fine if she wanted to cut down on the red tape, but now she has arrived at the gate of the post station and still refuses to get off the car. She even wants to ride directly into the palace. Doesn't she treat them like air?
Even if he didn't greet them, he still had to greet Su Rui.
"I'm afraid this is against etiquette." Lord Wu was accustomed to many storms and responded calmly.
The female official didn't get angry when she heard the translation. She just said calmly, "The eldest princess has had a rheumatic disease since she was a child, which is seriously life-threatening. She is very weak now. If the disease gets worse, can this lord be held responsible, or can this concubine be held responsible?"
No one had ever heard that the princess had a stroke, but now that she had spoken, if they forced her to get off the car, they would use this as an excuse to say that the princess's condition had worsened and that it was deliberately done by the Great Zhao, and there was a high possibility that a war would break out between the two countries.
Perhaps, this is Dongyue's intention in coming to Zhao.
Although Da Zhao is not afraid of going to war with Dong Yue, it cannot go to war because of such a small matter, nor can it go to war because of the Honglu Temple, otherwise all the officials will lose their heads, and no one wants to die.
But this matter was not up to them, so they could only look to Lord Wu and Su Rui.
Lord Wu was also taken into custody. He didn't expect that Princess Dongyue would be so difficult from the start and had no intention of making friends.
If it was me, it would be fine, but now Su Rui is standing next to me.
It’s not right to let go, and it’s not right not to let go.
"Although this is against the etiquette of the Great Zhao, the eldest princess is not from the Great Zhao. Dongyue believes that she can remove the threshold and drive into the mansion. Now that the eldest princess is unwell, Lord Wu should follow the customs of Dongyue and have the threshold removed as soon as possible so that the eldest princess can enter the mansion to recuperate as soon as possible."
Just as Su Rui was about to say this, Lord Wu immediately summoned people to remove the threshold.
The female official looked at the eloquent Su Rui and said nothing. After the threshold was removed, she immediately had the carriage driven into the mansion.
That was it, today's call ended here, without even a chance to go into the mansion for a cup of tea.
"This is too much. It's clear that they don't take our Great Zhao seriously." Before even entering the Honglu Temple, some people couldn't help but complain.
"That's right, so what if she's the Princess Regent? It wasn't our Great Zhao that begged her to come here, she came on her own initiative. Why is she showing off? Could it be that she's dissatisfied with us for only sending a concubine to receive her?"
"The status of Concubine Su is enough, so does the Princess still want the old Princess?"
He was full of complaints, but some of them were also directed at Su Rui.
If the clan lady they received today was the old princess, Princess Dongyue might not dare to do so, and naturally they would not suffer such a humiliation or be humiliated like this.
Lord Wu, who got off the carriage last, signaled them to keep their voices down with his eyes. He immediately said to Su Rui, who was still sitting in the carriage, with an apologetic smile, "Thank you, Concubine Su, for your consideration of the overall situation today."
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