Tomorrow the Qi State cocktail party will officially begin. Tonight, the Qi Emperor will hold a banquet in the palace and personally entertain distinguished guests from all over the world.
Qin Yu, Xiao Nan and Shen Binglan, led by Zhao Mengyao, headed towards the palace.
Tonight's banquet, a maximum of three people from one country can attend.
Su Fu had no interest in this, so Qin Yu brought Shen Binglan.
After three days of getting along.
Qin Yu and others became familiar with Zhao Mengyao, and also learned about Zhao Mengyao's life experience.
It was almost the same as Qin Yu expected, and even worse.
Zhao Mengyao's father is King Liu of the State of Qi, the younger brother of Emperor Zhao Jianyun of Qi. He has lived in the imperial city for a long time and is a carefree prince. He does not participate in government affairs, so his sense of presence is relatively low.
Two years ago, King Liu died of illness, and Princess Liu was bedridden. There were only three daughters in the palace, and there was no male to inherit the title.
Although Emperor Qi did not cut off his salary from the palace, it was only a matter of time before the plaque was removed.
Zhao Mengyao was a female family member. Although she was honored as the princess, she had no one to support her. It was very difficult for her to stay in the palace alone.
This was also the reason why she wanted to make a big gamble with Qin Yu.
Besides, a few months ago, Zhao Mengyao composed a poem at the Qi Emperor's birthday banquet, which overshadowed the Qi Emperor's favorite fifth princess, Zhao Meilin, and made the Liu palace even worse.
Originally, Zhao Mengyao just wanted to show off her talent in front of Emperor Qi and get a job as a female streamer, but she unexpectedly offended the fifth princess, Zhao Meilin.
This is also the reason why she was pushed out to receive Qin Yu and Xiao Nan.
Fortunately, Zhao Mengyao met Qin Yu and did not vent his anger on her.
Otherwise, it would be a trivial matter for Zhao Mengyao to be humiliated, and Zhao Meilin might take the opportunity to increase the crime and drive Liu Wangfu and his family out of Yongchang City.
Zhao Mengyao was a princess whose father was dead and had no supporter. She also offended the Qi Emperor's favorite princess.
Qin Yu can foresee how difficult her future journey will be.
After learning about Zhao Mengyao’s experience.
Qin Yu quite admired this strong princess.
But it's just admiration.
If she were in the Wei Dynasty, Qin Yu could take her under his command and serve as Xuan Yue's deputy.
But this is Qi State, and she is the princess.
Qin Yu couldn't make her one of his own, so he couldn't help her.
Qin Yu has not yet reached the stage of being a good person.
The Imperial Palace of Qi State is brightly lit at night.
Under the illumination of the lights, the red walls, yellow tiles, carved beams and painted buildings everywhere in the palace are magnificent and magnificent.
The main hall with glazed black tiles has high eaves and well-proportioned eaves. The scenery and animals around the eaves are lifelike.
In the main hall, huge vermilion pillars support the palace beams. Each of the thick vermilion pillars is engraved with a swirling and lifelike golden dragon.
The luxury and extravagance of this imperial palace alone in Qi's kingdom surpassed that of Wei by a large margin.
"Brother-in-law, compared with other people's palaces, isn't our palace a little too shabby? Sigh...I feel like I'm losing momentum..."
Xiao Nan looked around and spoke to Qin Yu cautiously.
Qin Yu smiled indifferently and said thoughtfully: "Don't be fooled by the superficial splendor. Whether a country is strong or not depends not on the splendor of the palace, surrounded by pearls and greenery. What matters is whether the houses of the common people can withstand the wind and cold.
What matters is whether there is surplus food in the rice jars in people's homes."
"In the history of more than a thousand years, countless dynasties have changed. Can you see which palace of a subjugated king does not have jade railings and jade columns, and is decorated with gold and silver? The emperor's style is not his ability. If he allows the people to live a good life, then
Only then can he be considered the Holy Lord and the Mingjun."
Qin Yu took his time and explained the way of being a king to Xiao Nan in a soft voice.
He still wants to live a stable and comfortable life in the future.
So he must train Xiao Nan well.
Xiao Nan was a blank slate before meeting Qin Yu.
What kind of emperor Xiao Nan can become in the future depends on how Qin Yu teaches him.
"Brother-in-law, what you said is really good! When you say this, I don't think our palace is shabby! We are for the common people. The purpose of the Wei royal family is to be different from the royal families of other countries!"
Xiao Nan looked at Qin Yu, his eyes full of determination.
Qin Yu nodded, "As long as you understand."
Shen Binglan couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. When Qin Yu became serious, he really looked like he was setting a good example for others.
Zhao Mengyao looked at Qin Yu, surprise flashing in her beautiful eyes.
Qin Yu's words are really sobering and thought-provoking.
She felt that Qin Yu's words were better and more profound than what those imperial masters said.
There are really not many people with Qin Yu's status and achievements who can be so considerate of the difficulties of the people.
The longer she stayed in contact with Qin Yu, the more Zhao Mengyao felt the charm exuding from him. He always had such a calm appearance and was always so approachable in his dealings with others.
It's no wonder that Xiao Nan, the crown prince of the Wei Dynasty, is so convinced of him.
Qin Yu entered the hall.
Many people's eyes fell on him.
Although Qin Yu didn't make any noise in the past two days.
But that glorious moment when he bet tens of thousands of gold in the Colosseum, collected 1.3 million taels of silver, and spent 150,000 taels to buy martial slaves, is still vivid in people's minds.
Immediately afterwards.
Under the arrangement of Zhao Mengyao.
Qin Yu, Xiao Nan and Shen Binglan sat down.
Even the seating arrangement is interesting.
They were in the position closest to the palace gate, so Xuan didn't arrange for them to go outside the palace.
Qin Yu naturally didn't care.
Xiao Nan has long been accustomed to it.
Qin Yu and Xiao Nan sat in the front, and Shen Binglan and Zhao Mengyao sat in the back.
In fact, the prince and princess have special seats.
It's a pity that Zhao Mengyao is the princess and there is no place for her.
There is only one princess in Nuo Da's palace, Zhao Mengyao. I really don't know whether she is lucky or unlucky.
But Zhao Mengyao is very strong.
at the same time.
"Your Majesty has arrived."
Accompanied by a drake's voice.
Wearing a dragon robe, Qi Emperor Zhao Jianyun, burly and with a stern face, walked from outside the palace, walking like a tiger or a dragon, heading straight for the imperial platform filled with smoke and fluttering sandalwood, heading straight for the golden and exquisitely carved statues.
He walked away on the dragon chair.
Not long after.
Emperor Qi sat on the dragon throne.
Everyone in the palace stood up, looked at Emperor Qi and saluted, "I have met Emperor Qi."
Emperor Qi nodded slightly, showing his dignity without anger. He waved his dragon sleeves and said, "You don't need to be polite, just sit down."
"Thank you, Emperor Qi." Everyone bowed again and then sat on the futon.
Qin Yu picked up a piece of cake, then picked up a cup of tea and sniffed it gently, "Well, Longjing is really tasteful."
Needless to say, this tea must come from Zhang's Trading Company.
Except for Zhang's Trading Company, no other company in the world has this kind of Longjing tea.
Xiao Nan was also very surprised, "Brother-in-law, all the tea you made has been sold to the Qi Palace. It's really awesome."