Manmiao breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at Lan Ting, spread her hands and shrugged, "I don't want to go back to the inn anytime soon."
Lan Ting pulled her back to his table, held her hand tightly and said with a playful smile, "You don't have to go back, I can support you."
Man Miao turned her head and pretended not to hear what she said. She walked back to Huangfu Xun's table, sat next to her nominal brother, smiled at Jiang Shang and said, "Mr. Jiang, do you have any other instructions?"
Hearing this, Jiang Shang showed a forced smile and said, "Miss Huangfu is not in good health. I have brought some rare medicinal materials and will deliver them to my house another day."
Both Manmiao and Lan Ting thanked him politely. Jiang Shang looked at Lan Ting and Manmiao together with a complicated expression. He sighed and returned to his seat. During the banquet, his eyes never left Manmiao.
Huangfuxun looked at three men in different directions, glanced at Manmei who was sitting beside him calmly, and shook his head secretly. Having a girl who is too popular is also a troublesome thing. At least these people, he
Can't afford to offend.
Compared to Lan Ting, who was like a fish in water, and everywhere he went there were people enthusiastically raising their glasses and toasting, so the Emperor of Lan State felt very depressed.
The envoys would all toast to him, but they were all very polite, especially Hua Feng and Jiang Shang, two important envoys, who supported Lan Ting together, which immediately increased Lan Ting's momentum. The emperor painstakingly created a
The atmosphere that had been there for a long time was completely destroyed.
Envoys from various countries are now in a wait-and-see mode. Even the families that had shown goodwill to him before have begun to continue to wait and see, and no longer dare to take sides casually.
The emperor was so angry that he vomited blood. He had to put a smile on his face to deal with the waiting families and appease the people who had taken refuge in him. He had to stand up and say a few words. After wearing the dragon robe for the past few years, he still has some momentum, but
Compared to Lan Ting's leisurely and confident attitude, the emperor felt like he was just trying to make a scene.
As Grandpa Mao said well, political power comes from the barrel of a gun. Compared with the soldiers and horses in Lan Ting's hands, it would be good if the emperor could guarantee his own safety. He spent all his efforts to win over a group of local princes headed by the Song family who had soldiers and horses.
I don’t know how many benefits were promised to make it happen.
It seemed that the whole banquet was in harmony. Everyone was greeting each other very familiarly. Everyone seemed so close that their faces were almost frozen with smiles. People who can stay in such a place for a long time must also have acting skills.
of.
The Song family and other aristocratic families who had surrendered to the emperor did not want to see Lan Ting so proud. Even if they regretted switching families now, they had to grit their teeth and hold on. The battle with the Xu family would only be won when the spoils were divided after victory. If the emperor lost
If he is killed, everyone in the Song family will have to be executed immediately. It is easy to determine which is more serious and which is more serious.
They introduced some envoys from other countries to the emperor. The envoys specially introduced by the Song family must be biased towards the emperor. Their weight was not as heavy as that of big countries like Wu and Li. There were a few more in number, and the emperor's face softened a lot.
, began to show a bit of a smile.
Before he could smile, he heard the chamberlain announcing the arrival of His Highness Qin Qifeng from Qin State.
The State of Qin and the State of Lan had no border with each other, so the State of Lan politely informed them. They expected that it was just an ordinary envoy, but unexpectedly it was Qin Qifeng who came in person. The smile on the emperor's face became a little deeper.
Manmiao looked at Jiang Shang strangely, and Jiang Shang frowned at Manmiao. The two looked at each other from a distance, both with confused expressions. They didn't know what Qin Qifeng was doing here.
If you want to stir up civil strife in Lan State, Qin State is too far away. Even if you can get an enclave, it will be difficult to ensure continuous control. What do you want to do with a place that cannot be actually controlled?
Besides, it is impossible for the Qin State to provide the Blue State with support other than money and publicity. If they want to borrow troops, the Qin soldiers will have to pass through the Yue State twice, and the Jiang family will only agree after being kicked in the head by a donkey.
Qin Qifeng strode in from outside the palace, walked to the imperial steps and bowed to the emperor with his hands raised, "Qin is late, I hope your majesty will show your respect."
The Emperor of Lan State smiled generously, "I am very happy that His Highness Qin can come. Did His Highness Qin just arrive in Canglan today?"
Qin Qifeng smiled and said, "I just arrived today. I came right after changing my clothes. I didn't expect it was still too late."
"Thank you so much, Your Highness Qin, why don't you hurry up and watch your Highness's seat?" the emperor turned around and ordered.
Qin Qifeng looked at Lan Ting and said, "Your Majesty, you don't have to be polite. Qin happens to be an old acquaintance of His Highness King Yi, so just sit with him."
With that said, he walked towards Lan Ting, and Man Miao quickly returned to Huangfu Xun's seat. The chamberlain beside Lan Ting quickly cleared a place for Qin Qifeng to sit down.
Seeing Manmei's stunned look, Huangfu Xun almost fainted and lowered his voice and asked her, "Is this also for you?"
Manmiao frowned and said, "I really don't know. I did know him before, but Qin and Lan are too far apart. What is he doing here?"
Huangfuxun twitched the corner of his mouth, tilted it in the direction of Manmei, and asked uncertainly, "Is it really not for you? I saw that he had already looked at you several times after sitting down. Could it be again?
One of the suitors you met when you were out recuperating, right?"
Manmei glared at him, "What are you talking about? Who cares about his old suitor? He said he is my biological father!"
Huangfuxun almost spit out the sip of wine he took in his mouth. It took a lot of effort to swallow it, and his face turned red from holding it in. "Is it true?"
Manmei glanced at him angrily, completely ignoring Qin Qifeng's gaze. There was Huangfu Xun between Qin Qifeng and her. She took a sip of the rice wine on the table and replied impatiently, "How do I know?
!He said he was, so I didn’t bother to pay attention to him.”
The matter of acknowledging a relative has always been Qin Qifeng's obsession with shaving his head, and Manmei has no interest at all. His biological parents are living well in the real world, why do you, a character in a book, come to join in the fun? What's more, you are still a person who has always given up.
The scumbag, if the original Su Youwei hadn't been lucky enough to be adopted by the Su family, whether he would have survived until now and recognized Qin Qifeng is another matter.
When the child was growing up, he didn't give anything at all. Now that the child has grown up, he can pick peaches when it is useful to him. Isn't it a wonderful idea?
"He's here to help us, right?" Huangfu Xun couldn't bear that Qin Qifeng kept staring in his direction, so he turned sideways to Manmiao, pretending to talk to Manmiao, and avoiding Qin Qifeng's eyes, "Since he is your father, I can't
Go against your own daughter."
Qin Qifeng sat down with Lan Ting so directly. It would be too blind to say that he was helping the emperor!
The emperor's face turned cloudy as soon as it turned sunny. It changed much faster than the weather. There were no four seasons on his face at all. It was winter all the way, and there was still summer in both the North and South Poles.
