Chapter 254 Queen of Nanzhao (I)

In the early morning, a gorgeous dawn light painted the entire Chang'an city with dreamy colors through the towering and majestic Chang'an city gate, intertwined with gold and purple on the vibrant May sky and earth. When the red sun finally jumped to the east, the moment it stormed and high-pitched bell suddenly rang in the Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace. The bell sounded instantly throughout the city, and the bells on each building also rang. Today will be the day when the new king of Nanzhao met the heavenly dynasty for the first time, and it will be the day when the Tang Empire spread its broad arms and embraced this small border country into its arms.

On both sides of the wide street, Chang'an citizens who like to hunt fresh and excitement flocked out. The three layers inside and outside, two dense walls of human walls stretched for miles. Tens of thousands of soldiers were desperately maintaining order, shouting, shouting, and Jiao Pan who stretched his neck. All of this comes from an interesting news that the Queen of Nanzhao will visit Chang'an in person, and it is rumored that she is also the number one beauty in Nanzhao.

Teams of Nanzhao soldiers and the Yulin army that welcomed guests from the Tang Dynasty lined up through Zhuque Street and disappeared into Zhuque Gate. After about half an hour, when the Nanzhao's horses followed the officials, the crowd on Zhuque Street began to stir up. A gorgeous carriage led by fourteen horses slowly appeared on the street. The front, back, left and right were closely guarded by thousands of Nanzhao warriors in iron armor. People only saw dense shields and murderous troops. The gorgeous carriage only saw a corner, not to mention the beautiful Queen of Nanzhao, just as Chang'an City

When the people were extremely disappointed, a burst of thunderous applause and cheers suddenly burst out from the crowd. The top of the gorgeous carriage bloomed like a lotus. A gorgeous and noble queen appeared on the roof of the carriage with a golden crown and a silver-edged gold silk skirt. She smiled, her snow-white neck was as reserved as a swan, and her black hair like a satin fluttered in the wind. She stood on the roof of the carriage frequently waved to the citizens of Chang'an. She obviously did it without permission. The guards and officials around the carriage were panicked and stared at the crowd of cheering enthusiastically.

The Queen of Nanzhao standing on the roof of the car was naturally Awan. From the time she resolutely stayed in eastern Yunnan to do something, she was destined to embark on a thorny road, but fate always liked to tease people who were unprepared. First, she found that Li Qing's flesh and blood were already in her body and had to give up the position of a witch. Just when she gave birth to a child and was about to go to the Central Plains, Nanzhao had internal conflicts due to Chengjie's death, and the God of Destiny once again pushed her to the peak of the political situation.

At this moment, she stared at the majestic capital of the Tang Dynasty, where was the man who made her dream of her. Where is he now? What is he doing? Does he still remember himself and that poor child? She asked this series of questions all the time, but she never got the answer.

Awan sighed softly, and her arms raised in the air slid down weakly. She returned to the carriage with a sad expression. The guards breathed a sigh of relief, but the people around Chang'an saw the sad scene of this beautiful queen. Unlimited sympathy surged in their hearts. Everyone was silent and cheered no longer. They just watched the carriage pass by, entered the Suzaku Gate, passed through the imperial city, and headed straight for Chengtian Gate.

Under the Chengtian Gate, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Longji, sat on the high city tower, and Prime Minister Li Linfu was leading all officials to wait in front of Baiyu Bridge. They were wearing various official uniforms and ranked according to their rank. Although Nanzhao was a border bandit, it was directly related to the peace and peace in the southwest of the Tang Dynasty. Especially when Tubo supported Feng Jiayi and peeked at the situation in the southwest, the importance of Nanzhao made the Tang Dynasty dare not take it lightly.

"Here!" Someone shouted softly, and the officials immediately raised their spirits and looked south. They saw dust flying in the distance. The leading cavalry guide teams docked on both sides of the road one by one. Then, the home team with brightly clad armor and cloudy flags finally appeared.

After a moment, the Nanzhao ceremonial guards slowly stopped a hundred steps away. The Shaoqing of Honglu Temple stepped forward and opened the carriage door. The musicians bells and drums sounded, and the long horns were blowing at the top of the city. Amid the joyful music, more than a dozen maids surrounded the Queen of Nanzhao Yu Luo Wan. Under the guidance of the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple, they walked towards the city gate.

Li Qing stood in a row on the right, silently looking at this noble and beautiful woman. This was once his unforgettable memory. In the day and night of eastern Yunnan, by the bonfire that was soaring into the sky, in the mysterious and strange temple, in the love between their spirits and flesh, on the night when they broke up passionately, they had made an appointment to see each other, but none of them thought that the date of seeing each other would be in such an occasion.

"The Emperor is here!"

The city gate opened, and hundreds of palace guards and internal officials surrounded Li Longji and Yang Guifei's dragon chariot and stopped across the Baiyu Bridge. Li Longji smiled and walked down the dragon chariot, then helped Yang Yuhuan and greeted the Queen of Nanzhao.

He had been waiting for a long time on this day. This official interview with the King of Nanzhao was the most meaningful time since the 26th year of Kaiyuan. It means that after experiencing the eastern Yunnan transformation, Nanzhao returned to the position of a vassal state and recognized that the Tang Dynasty was its fatherland. This was an ambiguous thing that the queen of Piluoge had been awarded the title of queen.

But just when Li Longji was about twenty steps away from her, the careful Yang Yuhuan noticed the strangeness of the Queen of Nanzhao. Her pace slowed down significantly. Her eyes did not look at the Emperor of Tang, but stared at the crowd of officials. With the directness of the woman, Yang Yuhuan realized that this gaze contained sadness and expectation.

Yes! Awan finally discovered the man she had been thinking about day and night, and saw the man she had unforgettable but unforgettable. The two of them suddenly met in the joy of the welcoming country of the Tang Dynasty. Thousands of words were condensed in this short moment. Time seemed to stagnate at this moment, less than ten feet apart, but it seemed to be separated by thousands of rivers and mountains.

Li Longji was less than ten steps away from her. Li Qing's eyelids drooped gently, the thread of lovesickness broke, and the drums and music pulled Awan back to the ruthless real world.

"My daughter, Nanzhao, met Luo Wan and kowtowed to His Majesty of the Heavenly Dynasty!" A Wan Yingying knelt down and met Li Longji with the great gift of her minister.

"No need to be polite, please get up!" Li Longji's face was bright, and he leaned his hands and sighed: "I also met your father in this place. He was so handsome that he was still unmarried. In the blink of an eye, the one I met again was his daughter."

"My daughters often listen to the teachings of my father. I, Nanzhao, was born according to the Heavenly Dynasty and grew up with the Heavenly Dynasty. We should do our best to be loyal to the Heavenly Dynasty and be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor. Although my father left, the national policy of Nanzhao has not changed. My daughters come to pay homage today to reiterate this position and hope that Nanzhao will flourish and prosper like the Tang Dynasty under the protection of the Heavenly Dynasty."

Speaking of this, Awan waved her hands gently, and more than a dozen servants knelt forward with red silk lacquer plates, holding the lacquer plates high, and putting more than a dozen gifts from Nanzhao to Li Longji, all of which were ordinary Nanzhao specialties, mainly symbolic.

Perhaps moved by A Wan's sincere tone, or perhaps satisfied with Nanzhao's humble attitude towards the Celestial Dynasty, Li Longji was in a good mood. He stroked his long beard and smiled happily: "Although you are the king of Nanzhao, your identity in my Tang Dynasty is still white. I officially enthroned you as the King of Yunnan, founded the three departments of the Imperial Palace, and gave you 50,000 stagnant of money and 1,000 pieces of silk."

"I thank the emperor!"

At this time, the music started again, which meant that the audience ceremony ended. Next was a state banquet held in Yanying Hall to cleanse the emperor and ministers of Nanzhao who came from afar.

Just as Awan was about to leave, she suddenly saw Yang Yuhuan ten steps away, and couldn't help but be shocked by her peerless appearance. She knew that Li Longji had no queen and no concubine, and Yang Yuhuan was actually the queen. She hurriedly bowed to Yang Yuhuan and said, "I will see the concubine!"

Yang Yuhuan smiled sweetly, stepped forward and took her arm. The two of them walked side by side intimately. Yang Yuhuan laughed in a low voice: "I never thought that the Queen of Nanzhao was so gorgeous and she was still unmarried. I really don't know which young man deserves you."

When Yang Yuhuan said this, she glanced at Li Qing intentionally or unintentionally. Just now, Awan was sad about Li Qing's soul. She could see clearly from the side. When she remembered the special relationship between Li Qing and Nanzhao, she vaguely guessed that the relationship between them must be not that simple.

Yang Yuhuan's words suddenly made A Wan's face flushed and she looked shy, but this delicacy of children was only preserved for a moment. Her face immediately returned to calm, and she smiled faintly: "Nanzhao has experienced wars for a long time and the people are in trouble. I have no time to consider marriage, so I have to worry about the imperial concubine."

Seeing that she was unwilling to mention this matter, Yang Yuhuan only smiled but didn't say anything. So she took her hand and put on another phoenix chariot and went to Yanying Hall for a banquet.

Although Awan said it was plain, her heart was filled with tides. She wanted to see Li Qing but didn't dare to look back. She looked at the magnificent Tai Chi Palace and sighed: "Our Taihe City is built on the mountainside. The palace is narrow. Compared with this, it is like a child."

Just as she looked back at a pavilion, her eyes swept back quickly, and she saw that the officials of the Tang Dynasty had been thrown out a hundred steps away. In the faint crowd, she didn't see the familiar figure. Looking back, she saw that Li Qing stood alone in front of the palace gate and was looking at her from afar. Suddenly, Li Qing turned slowly and left the city gate alone.
Chapter completed!