Ning Xuanyan hugged the wooden barrel with a stiff face. He actually thought that Wen Yu would give him a good suggestion.
Will it float up naturally after a few days?
If he really did that, he would probably end up as a corpse swollen beyond recognition.
He looked at Wen Yu, who looked pitiful: "Princess, please stop making fun of me."
Wen Yu crossed her arms and glanced at him: "Your injury hasn't healed yet, so take good care of it. The Princess's Mansion doesn't need a worker like you. If your butt is rotten, pack up and get out."
After all, a man with a rotten butt is really an eyesore.
"Liu Qiu, pull him out."
After Wen Yu finished her instructions, she returned to her room and changed into an extremely heavy dress. This dress was specially designated by the emperor for Wen Yu to wear, under the pretext of showing the eldest princess's generosity and composure in front of the Xili delegation.
Wen Yu only felt as if there were ten quilts pressing down on her body, so heavy that she could hardly breathe.
Then he secretly asked Liuchun to remove some of the invisible inner wear, and finally he felt a little more comfortable.
As soon as Wen Yu went out, she ran into Ning Xuanyan who had just been fished out of the pond.
He was soaked through, and the weather in early February was still quite chilly, so his face was slightly pale.
Seeing Wen Yu dressed so solemnly, he subconsciously asked, "Where are you going, Princess?"
Wen Yu said casually: "Where else can we go? Of course, we should go to have fun."
Ning Xuanyan: ...
He stared at Wen Yu's back as she left, gritted his teeth, looking for pleasure? Which man was she looking for again?
As soon as Wen Yu's carriage entered the palace, unlike usual times, she immediately felt keenly that a storm was about to come, and now it was just the calm before the storm.
I guess my brother has already made preparations for everything.
Wen Yu took a sip of tea. She did nothing today except to be the most beautiful mascot of the Great Sheng Dynasty and watch the fun to see how Xili was going to commit suicide.
The carriage drove all the way to the Yongshou Palace, because the emperor asked the palace servants to tell Wen Yu to come find him first and then go to the Qinian Palace together.
When the emperor saw her coming, he said, "My sister, you are the eldest princess. You need to be presentable when attending banquets. But you didn't show any pomp and ceremony at the New Year's banquet."
Wen Yu: ...
Yes, yes, yes, she has no pomp and circumstance, but she still despises it.
Wen Yu sat on the imperial carriage and came to the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests with the emperor.
I only heard a palace maid shouting from afar: "The emperor has arrived - the princess has arrived -"
Then came the overwhelming and uniform voices of worship: "Long live the emperor -- long live the princess -- a thousand years and a thousand years --"
The sound was much louder than that at the New Year's banquet. Wen Yu could hear it clearly even from two hundred meters away.
The shouts of the ministers were quite similar to those when Lu Ren went on the expedition, and they made people feel excited just by listening to them.
No wonder emperors like people to shout “Long live the emperor!”
The emperor took Wen Yu step by step to the high seat, slowly sat on the dragon throne, and Wen Yu sat on his right hand side.
Seasonal fruits were thoughtfully placed on the table, and one could tell at a glance that it was the emperor's order, fearing that she would be bored.
As soon as Wen Yu sat down, she picked up a handful of strawberries and put them in her hand, then looked around to see if there were any familiar faces below.
Sure enough, Jiang Qi and Lu Ren were there.
Both of them had serious expressions and sat upright.
While no one was paying attention, Wen Yu threw a strawberry into Lu Ren's arms on the left.
Lu Ren pursed his lips, stared at the strawberry for a long moment, then continued with a serious expression as if nothing had happened.
Seeing that Lu Ren didn't react, Wen Yu blinked, then picked up another strawberry and threw it into Jiang Qi's arms on the right.
Jiang Qi: ...
Lu Ren: ...
The ministers who wanted to pretend not to see but were forced to see: ???
The emperor saw Wen Yu's actions from the corner of his eye: ...
He sighed faintly, shook his head helplessly and dotingly, and whispered: "Royal sister, please pay attention to the occasion."
Then his expression suddenly returned to its stern and solemn look, and he said in a solemn and majestic voice: "The Xuanxili delegation is here to see you."
Upon hearing this, the palace maid shouted, "Announce the Xili envoys to the emperor for an audience..."
A solemn drumbeat sounded, and the delegation, led by the ceremonial officer, slowly stepped into the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests.
Alice was in the lead, with El and Robert on the left and right, and eight followers following behind them.
Alice walked to the center of the hall, lifted her skirt, knelt on her knees, held the proposal high in both hands, lowered her head, and said word by word in her not-so-standard official language with great seriousness:
"Alice of Xili and her delegation have come to see the Emperor Yongchang of the Great Sheng Dynasty, the suzerain state, and wish the Great Sheng Dynasty everlasting prosperity, peace and prosperity, and everlasting friendship with Xili."
The ten people behind him also knelt down and shouted, "Greetings to the Emperor Yongchang of the suzerain state."
The emperor narrowed his eyes. Regardless of whether he was sincere or not, he had done his best in words and on the surface.
He said with great joy: "Stand up, since Xili has become a vassal state of Dasheng, we should be friends forever."
Alice stood up, but still lowered her eyes, very respectfully: "This time, according to the agreement, Xili will pay tribute to Your Majesty with 5,000 war horses, 100,000 taels of gold, 500,000 taels of silver, and 100 rare treasures and beautiful women. In addition, there are also rare and exquisite holy objects of Xili presented to Your Majesty. I wish Your Majesty a long life."
Wen Yu, who had been drowsy after listening to all this official talk, now perked up a little.
Did she accidentally enter some world of cultivation? Rare, top-notch, holy objects, the combination of these things is simply too much to mention.
Instead, the emperor became somewhat interested: "Oh? What rare and precious holy object?"
The ministers in the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests were also very curious.
Holy relic?
What kind of treasure can be called a holy object?
Even though their Great Sheng Dynasty had countless rare treasures, no one dared to claim that they were holy objects.
There was a hint of pride in Alice's eyes. She raised her hand slightly, and El immediately took a palm-sized box from the follower behind her.
Alice said: "The box contains Xili's holy objects, which are extremely rare."
"There is a unique flower in Xili, which is very rare and has a low chance of survival. It is called Diyejia. The white fluid squeezed out of its fruit can be collected, compressed and dried to become a kind of fragrant tablet. We in Xili call this kind of fragrant tablet Jiapian. Jiapian has miraculous effects. Using it every day can make people's ears and eyes clear and prolong their life."
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