Chapter 514 [Grassland Envoys Thank Emperor Qingning]
A banner with the word "idiot" hung high behind Emperor Qingning, and the entire audience was stunned. Some people who had resentment towards Emperor Qingning wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, as they would lose their heads if they laughed.
Jiang Lili and others who had their own group chat system took photos and shared their happy moments in the group.
"There's an assassin! Protect the king!"
The Empress Dowager's seat was right next to Emperor Qingning, and she was almost frightened to death by the two flying chopsticks.
She hadn't expected that even if swords weren't allowed at a palace banquet, ordinary diners could be used as weapons. She shouted to the guards to come and protect her, "Quickly capture this female assassin!"
The Queen Mother pointed at the "female assassin", but when she saw the person's face clearly, she was speechless.
“You…you…”
When the Queen Mother saw Xin Ningyu's face, her outstretched fingers began to tremble.
Emperor Qingning was still looking back at the "idiot" banner behind him, and he was furious: "Zhou Jushan! Take this banner down for me!"
@周居善: Okay, you guys did something wrong, and now I have to bear the consequences. I'm so sad.
When some of the female relatives saw Xin Ningyu, they couldn't help but cover their mouths in surprise: "Isn't this the third young lady of the Xin family..."
"Princess Dunlun is still alive?"
"So that woman on horseback when the grassland envoys arrived that day was indeed her! No wonder she was wearing Dasheng clothing!"
Concubine Ying Xin Yingshu, who was sitting on the emperor's right, saw her niece Xin Ningyu return safely and look more high-spirited than before, so she excitedly clenched the wine glass in her hand.
Although Doctor Qi had already told her that her niece who had married far away in the grassland was not only safe but also living freely there, she still couldn't help but get excited at the moment of meeting, with tears welling up in her eyes.
She had been in the palace for three years, looking forward to the moment when her family would be reunited.
Unexpectedly, despite the man-made disaster three years ago, their family can still be reunited at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, and everyone is even living a better life than before.
All this is thanks to my niece-in-law and her friends.
The Xin family was so lucky. Having served as the savior of the people living in the border areas, they also hoped for their savior in the most dangerous moment. Good people will be rewarded!
At this moment, Xin Ningyu's sharp eyes swept across the banquet hall, and her powerful voice echoed throughout the venue: "Your Majesty the Queen Mother has misunderstood. I am not an assassin. I have simply returned to Dasheng as a princess married into a foreign country for a foreign mission. I also want to showcase my talents on behalf of the grassland envoys."
Xin Ningyu walked up to Yan Chaoyue step by step and shook hands with him. This time their cooperation was perfect!
Yan Chaoyue quickly pulled Xin Ningyu to sit down in his seat. He just stood aside, pouring wine and peeling grapes for Xin Ningyu, very attentive.
Although everyone in the banquet hall had been frightened and shocked countless times today, they were still shocked to the point of dropping their jaws when they saw the ferocious and brutal Khan of the grassland being so attentive to a princess who was marrying him.
The Queen Mother widened her eyes even more. In her imagination, Xin Ningyu must have been living as a slave or a servant on the grassland, or a person of the lowest status. She couldn't bear the torture and committed suicide or died of illness.
But I didn't expect that Xin Ningyu was actually treated as a treasure by the Khan of the grassland. The two seemed to be in love and had a tacit understanding. This didn't make sense at all!
Emperor Qingning saw Xin Ningyu sitting down so carelessly, not greeting him or the Queen Mother, but instead greeting Prince Zhao and the others, and he was furious: "Princess Dunlun, you were personally conferred a princess by me. Now that you have returned to Dasheng, shouldn't you greet me and the Queen Mother first?"
Xin Ningyu glanced at him sideways: "What? Should I thank you?"
"My father and my brother fought with great military prowess, suppressing the enemy at the border and diligently guarding it for five years, benefiting the people living along the border. Yet, you turned around and sent me to marry a foreign prince and exiled my Xin family."
"I'm out of my mind. I say hello to you, and I'm more like saying hello to your whole family."
This was indeed inhumane, but no one in the banquet hall expected Princess Dunlun to say it so directly, on the territory of Dasheng, in front of the emperor.
The words were rough but reasonable. Xin Ningyu directly poked at Emperor Qingning's spine and cursed him. But he really had no reason to refute. His face had turned red as liver. He hesitated for a long time but could not utter a word.
Zhou Jushan and Yan Chaoyue exchanged glances, and at this moment, he stood up for the emperor and shouted angrily, "Princess Dunlun! How can you speak to the emperor like that?"
Before Xin Ningyu could say anything, the two grassland envoys brought by Yan Chaoyue had already spoken indignantly on behalf of their grassland Valkyrie:
"The Emperor of Dasheng is still afraid of our grassland Valkyries!"
"Why should we, the Grassland Valkyries, greet an incompetent, blind wimp like the Great Sheng Emperor?"
Yan Chaoyue was finally able to bring up his wife's identity as the grassland Valkyrie, slapping the emperor's old face. He snorted coldly: "Who cares about the princess status you gave me!"
"This is our grassland Valkyrie. Even this Khan must treat her with the courtesy of a deity. I urge you to show some respect."
Inside the banquet hall, except for Jiang Lili and other insiders, the other court officials and their wives were stunned when they heard that Xin Ningyu was the legendary Valkyrie of the grassland.
Wasn't the third daughter of the Xin family a sickly woman? They all assumed that this Princess Dunlun would soon die as soon as she married into the grasslands.
No one had expected that Xin Ningyu not only survived, but also, as a great saint, actually became a grassland Valkyrie and led the grassland cavalry to conquer Loulan and the northern border...
Are all the Xin family members, both men and women, so fierce? I can't imagine what Dasheng would have become if the Xin family hadn't been exiled and the emperor had fully supported them. With these powerful generals, what would have happened to Dasheng...
Emperor Qingning and the Empress Dowager, who were sending Xin Ningyu to marry, had lost their minds at this moment and suspected that they were hallucinating.
Emperor Qingning took a long time to find his voice: "Xin Ningyu, is she the Valkyrie of the Grassland?"
Xin Ningyu smiled heartily: "Exactly."
She chewed a grape and said casually, "It was me who annexed Loulan, it was me who defeated the northern border, it was me who subdued the kingdoms to the west, north and east of Bol, and it was me who completed the great unification of the north."
"If you hadn't sent me to the grassland, I might not have discovered how vast the world outside is. Thank you so much."
Xin Ningyu picked up the wine glass, raised it to himself and drank it all in one gulp.
The two grassland envoys were both happy and proud. They had been arrogant and looked down on people since they arrived here.
But at this moment, they humbly walked before Emperor Qingning, placed their left hands on their right shoulders, and bowed in gratitude: "Thank you, Dasheng, for sending the Valkyrie to lead our grassland to glory!"
This sentence is spoken in extremely standard Chinese with clear pronunciation, and it's obvious that it took a long time of practice.
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