Du Houjun's brother and sister both looked a little ugly, but Yun Shang felt a little sympathy in her heart, just thinking that Luo Qingyan had said before that among the top three, except for the second, the other two were his.
people.
Yun Shang raised her eyes and glanced at Luo Qingyan. Seeing that his expression was as usual, she didn't speak.
Xia Huanyu pondered for a moment, then smiled, changed his words and said: "That's all, the prince has never known how to be charming. He always keeps a straight face and scares people without knowing it. I heard that today, besides
In addition to dancing, there are some folk acrobatics, Liu Wen'an, please come in and let everyone have a look."
Liu Wen'an responded, clapped his hands, and a bunch of people with facial makeup walked in outside the hall. It's just that they were all painted clowns, not like opera singers. The last few were better than the others in front.
It's quite a bit taller, and he came in on stilts.
Yun Shang had heard about the coastal area before. In order to facilitate fishing, many people have developed a good skill of fishing on stilts. However, Yun Shang has never been to the beach, but this is the first time to see such a performance. Watching them walk on
Standing on that tall wooden pole, it felt like walking on flat ground, and I was very impressed.
The cheerful music sounded, and the jugglers on stilts danced to the music. Some of the people below held torches in their hands and performed spitting fire. Some held iron rings and kept throwing them.
Holding iron rings. Some people stacked up Arhats together, layer upon layer, almost reaching the beams of the main hall.
Everyone was watching very intently, and so was Luo Qingyan, but Yun Shang always felt that he seemed to be in a daze instead of concentrating.
A bunch of flames suddenly shot up and flew extremely high. Everyone screamed in surprise and shouted again. Then, the person performing the fire spitting performance below stepped on the stilts and climbed up on the shoulders of the performing person on the stilts.
The people on stilts were not affected at all and continued to dance by themselves.
There was another flash of flames, and everyone in the hall was attracted by the fire. However, Yun Shang saw that those performing the fire-breathing show were holding on to the top of the stilts. Then, they heard the sound of swords being unsheathed.
At the sound of the sound, those people suddenly pulled out their swords from the bamboo poles used as stilts and flew towards Xia Huanyu.
Everyone in the hall came to their senses. Yun Shang was about to get up, but Luo Qingyan held her hand down beside her. When Yun Shang came to her senses, Luo Qingyan had already picked up the dagger for peeling pears.
He jumped up from his seat and flew over.
Yun Shang was startled and looked at Luo Qingyan, only to see that his figure was unpredictable. He could only see a dark shadow, and there was a "crack" sound, and the sound of swords connecting was heard.
"Ah..." Then one scream after another rang out in the palace, and the timid people backed away and hid in the corner, trembling slightly as they watched the situation in the palace change.
The jugglers below all rushed towards Xia Huanyu. Yun Shang saw many black-clothed guards jumping down from the beams in the palace and fighting with the jugglers. Xia Huanyu protected Queen Hua
In his arms, Liu Wen'an stood in front of Xia Huanyu, flicking the dust in his hand, but Yun Shang discovered that the flow of breath brought by the dust contained some deep internal power.
Yun Shang lowered his head, everyone said that Liu Wen'an's skills were profound, but Yun Shang had never seen Liu Wen'an take action, but this flick of the fly whisk showed how deep his inner strength was.
The leader of the juggler suddenly shouted loudly, but his accent didn't sound like someone from the Xia Kingdom. Yun Shang frowned and his expression changed, but the accent he shouted was more like the accent of the Yelang Kingdom.
However, all the artists who can perform in the palace have been screened at all levels. If they are from Yelang country, why would the Ministry of Rites allow them to perform in the palace? It is really unreasonable.
The martial arts of those acrobats were not very high, and they were all captured by the secret guards not long after. Xia Huanyu frowned and looked at the somewhat embarrassed acrobats, and sneered: "Tell me, who ordered you to assassinate me?"
of?"
None of the jugglers spoke. Yun Shang frowned and said hurriedly: "Be careful they have poison hidden in their mouths."
However, Yun Shang shouted a little too late. As soon as he finished speaking, he saw black blood oozing from the corners of the mouths of the assassins captured by the secret guards, and they all fell down in the blink of an eye.
Yun Shang quickly stepped forward and checked the breath of the assassins, only to find that they were all breathless.
"This poison is really strong." Yun Shang frowned.
Xia Huanyu frowned and raised his voice: "Search them for anything that represents their identity."
The secret guard responded, then reached out and searched around the assassins, but found nothing.
Someone in the hall had already come to his senses: "Your Majesty, I heard the assassin leader shout just now, but it sounded like the accent of the Yelang Kingdom. I'm afraid he is from the Yelang Kingdom."
He is an academician of the Hanlin Academy.
The people in the Hanlin Academy were the most knowledgeable, and what they said was very convincing. There was more than one person who heard the roar just now, and everyone nodded and started whispering.
Li Qianmo stood up and said, "Recently, people from other places in Jincheng came to buy a lot of medicinal materials, and some people bought a lot of good horses at the racecourse on the outskirts of the city. It is said that their accents sound like people from the Yelang country."
Yun Shang secretly laughed in her heart, but Li Qianmo knew how to seize the opportunity.
Everyone started whispering, "Is it possible that the Yelang Kingdom was not frightened last time? The Yelang Kingdom is so bold and dares to assassinate them? This is a buyer of medicinal materials and a horse. Is it possible?
Do you want to start a war again?"
"But this country of Yelang already produces war horses, and the horses they raise are all fat and strong. Why do they come all the way to our country of Xia to buy horses?" Some people also had doubts.
Xia Huanyu frowned, his eyes swept across the palace, and finally landed on Luo Qingyan: "Prince, what do you think?"
Luo Qingyan threw the blood-stained dagger in his hand to the ground with a soft sound, and then patted the robe on his body. His voice was calm and without any emotion: "I don't have any opinion. If he wants to fight, he will fight.
I will stay with you until the end." After saying that, he slowly turned around, returned to the seat and sat down.
Someone hurriedly said: "Your Highness's words are inappropriate. Now we have too few lieutenant generals in the court, and there are not many people who can lead troops to fight. If there is a war, we will be the ones who suffer. The people of Yelang are brave, and with the flames of war,
It is our people who suffer the loss."
Luo Qingyan sneered and turned to the old man who spoke: "What do you think, Lord Lin, should we do?"
"I think we should negotiate for peace. Although we won once before, the victory was due to our capable generals and more or less advantage of the terrain. Now if the Yelang Kingdom raises another army, it will definitely be fully prepared. The enemy will be defeated.
We are few, the enemy is strong and we are weak, so we have little chance of winning." The old man's long beard trembled slightly, "We can give some gold and silver to Yelang Kingdom to comfort them."
Hearing this, Yun Shang sneered: "Master Lin, you are trying to boost others' ambitions and destroy your own prestige. Gold and silver appease, what if the Yelang Kingdom is not satisfied? If you feed the wolf, wouldn't it be more satisfying?
Putting ourselves in a dangerous position? We are outnumbered and the enemy is outnumbered. Who said that? Haven’t our Xia Kingdom and Ning Kingdom already formed an alliance? If the Yelang Kingdom sends troops to attack, our two countries will be united with the same hatred and will definitely defeat the Yelang Kingdom.
Leave no armor behind."
Master Lin shook his head, "Ning Guo has signed a letter of credence with us, but it is best to avoid war. How can Ning Guo send troops to help?"
"I feel that the monarch of the Ning Kingdom is not as short-sighted as Lord Lin, and he understands the truth of dying lips and cold teeth." Yun Shang raised her voice and said, "And Lord Lin seems to have forgotten one thing. In addition to being a member of the Xia Kingdom, I
The Crown Princess is also Princess Huiguo of Ningguo."
Mr. Lin didn't answer any more, he just lowered his head and said nothing. But someone whispered: "What's the use of marrying a princess from a foreign country?"
Although the voice was soft, it seemed a bit abrupt in the silent palace.
Yun Shang sneered, stood up, and took out a black token from his sleeve: "What's the use of marrying a princess from a foreign country? I'll tell you, what's the use of my concubine? Do you know this thing?"
?Oh, it doesn’t matter if you don’t know each other. I’ll tell you what this is. It’s the military talisman of Ning State.”
When everyone in the hall heard this, they immediately exploded. Even Luo Qingyan was a little surprised. He frowned and fixed his eyes on the black token in Yun Shang's hand.
Yun Shang smiled, and her eyes became sharper: "I'm afraid everyone knows that when I was in Ning State, I was deeply loved by Emperor Ning. When I left Ning State, my father was very reluctant to leave, so he
I thought that I was the princess of Ning State, and I was afraid that I would be wronged in Xia State, so I gave this military talisman to my hands. With this military talisman, I can mobilize the Ning State's 500,000-strong army. But I have always been favored by Your Highness.
I love you so much, so I have never shown this military talisman to others. What kind of thing is the army of Yelang Kingdom? If your highness wants to fight, I will definitely support you. If he dares to come, I will beat him to pieces.
Keep."
Perhaps Yunshang's momentum was too strong, and everyone in the hall was stunned. For a long time, no one spoke.
Xia Huanyu's eyes fell on Yun Shang, and after being silent for a long time, he said: "It's too early to say this at this time. I will send someone to find out more tomorrow. As the prince said, not everyone in the Xia Kingdom is a good person.
Those who can be bullied, and whoever intends to infringe, must be prepared to leave without ever returning. Someone, come and clean up these people..."
The palace servants quickly dragged the bodies out of the palace. Only the blood stains on the ground told everyone what had happened.
Xia Huanyu said calmly: "The blood stains will be cleaned up later. Don't let your mood get ruined. Let's continue."
Since Xia Huanyu spoke like this, no one dared to leave. A woman wearing rouge-colored clothes stood up and said in a sonorous voice: "Your Majesty, everyone seems to be a little undecided. Why don't you let the daughter of the people play for everyone?"
A war song?"
Xia Huanyu's eyes flickered slightly and fell on Yun Shang. After pondering for a moment, he said: "Everyone was shocked just now. If you listen to the war song again, I'm afraid it will be too much, so let's forget it."
Hearing this, Yun Shang slowly raised the corners of her mouth and smiled. (To be continued)
