Chapter 104: The Flirtatious Little Emperor
After parting with Zhao Sum Zhao Su immediately went back to the forbidden guards department to postpone the meal, Pei Zhan they heard that following the emperor to go to the Huitong Hall to meet with the Western ambassadors, one by one and one two by two, they all followed to change shifts with the same group of guards, to follow.
This year, although the prosperity of shipping, but the landing of the Westerners is not much, sent ambassadors to communicate is the first of the dynasty, this kind of new thing of course to follow to see.
Fortunately, most of the guards are very good to talk to, like Liang Ying kind is still rare, so soon shift completed, agreed to meet under the Donghua Gate.
Zhao Su went home and changed into clean clothes. It is also the guards’ clothes, but it is combed hair, shoes and socks, make it more decent.
Yun want to Yi also understand some superficial courtesy of hospitality, instructed Zhao Su some matters, and then Zhao Su with flowers want to Rong rushed to the East China Gate.
The emperor is to receive ambassadors, and therefore have honor guards, Zhao Su and flowers want Rong on horseback mixed in the guards to follow – riding this kind of thing as long as it is not wildly run, not imagined difficult, not to mention that the original owner is still a little basic, body muscles have memory, Zhao Su let flowers want Rong holding their own horse, walking a few days to learn.
The meeting hall is not far from the palace, also in the inner city.
The emperor’s ceremonial chariot passed through the city streets, attracted many people to watch, are legendary today’s son of God extraordinary appearance, everyone wants to come to see, although the imperial carriage has a curtain cover, but still can see the blurred shadow, in the forbidden army is far away from the wall of the people over there, only to see the place where they passed, all heard a gasp of astonishment and clamor.
Regardless of the past and present, it really is a world of faces!
“Zhao Su, the Emperor told you to go ahead!”
Zhao Su was watching with great interest when Tong Xu in front of her waved at her.
She looked squarely, only to see that the emperor in the backdrop had indeed twisted his head, his gaze coolly looking towards her.
Zhao Su immediately stepped forward. The emperor said, “You must be seated today, do not leave my side.”
“Yes.” Zhao Su walked close to the imperial carriage.
Seeing that the emperor retracted his stance and made a closed-eye look, and the guards around him were separated by a distance, she coughed cheaply and disturbed him by saying, “Emperor, there are a lot of big girls who look at you along the way, and all of them are still as good as a flower and jade, so you’re not moved at all?”
The emperor ignored her.
Zhao Su snickered and coughed again, “It’s a pity that it’s all girls, how come there aren’t a few handsome gentlemen to look at me as a guard?”
She also wanted to be the center of attention, how good it felt to be stared at by handsome gentlemen!
“Handsome gentlemen are quite pitiful if they don’t have good eyes.”
Such a sentence came leisurely from the backdrop.
Zhao Su heard something wrong and turned her head, “What do you mean? Can’t you mean that all the handsome men who look at me have bad eyes?”
The curtain is quiet, a moment before the emperor stretched out his slender fingers, lifting a line of curtain in her favor: “Look at the road.”
“……”
Zhao Su thought he had something important to say, but she didn’t expect it to be such a solemn word, and with a foggy head, she withdrew her gaze to look ahead, and before her eyes were properly aligned, the head of her horse bumped into the ass of Han Jun’s horse in front of her!
Han Jun stumbled slightly on his horse’s back, then turned back to give her a warning look.
This was the top boss! Turning back was also a power to give her punishment! Zhao Su hurriedly hailed the emperor, then turned her head to look at him, but he had already lowered the curtain and was vaguely inside swaying pleasurably with the lurching of the carriage.
This dim emperor! Surprisingly taking her for pleasure!
Zhao Su glared at him, and when her afterglow saw Han Jun twisting his head in warning again, she had no choice but to settle down.
The Ministry of Rites and Guanglu Temple officials were waiting to welcome the driver at the Hall of Congregation, standing in a large line, among them there were several tall blonde Westerners, but stood there inexplicably staring.
Then there will be the officials of the Tong Tong Hall hastened to them to do the explanation, Western ambassadors looked at each other after, shook their heads, look like is not willing to kneel down. Among them, there was one wearing blue robe, it looks like it should be their chief.
With the mountainous shouts under the pavilion door, the imperial carriage entered the door, and the emperor got down in the courtyard.
He had just stabilized himself here, and had only raised his head to show a face when the four sides suddenly became quiet, followed by the sound of an intake of breath that came out of nowhere.
“The Emperor of Great Liang, very handsome!”
The blue-robed Western envoy spoke in a raw official language and bowed deeply to the emperor.
Zhao Sumi frowned and glanced at the emperor. Commenting on the emperor’s looks in front of the emperor, in Middle Earth this was a very disrespectful behavior.
The emperor, however, was as unconcerned as he was, raising his lips and saying, “The ambassador is also very majestic.”
After the interpreter on one side turned out the English, the blue-robed envoy smiled broadly and opened his arms to embrace, “Emperor of Great Liang, Verygood!”
Now even Zhao Su, who was standing on the left and right side of the emperor with his guards, frowned and subconsciously blocked in front of the emperor, although Westerners are open and don’t abide by red tape like the people of Huaxia, they are just ambassadors in the end, not heads of state, and they are exaggerating to the king of a country, and also calling the emperor of Da Liang, not to mention ancient times, even in modern business occasions, is it really in line with the etiquette?
But Zhao Su in his previous life was only a small social animal, not mixed to the position of being able to receive foreign ambassadors, in the end, people are right or wrong, she did not dare to ask. Can only be a meat wall with the guards.
The blue robes were isolated on the outside.
Zhao Su stole a glance at the emperor, the emperor’s face is surprisingly always unperturbed, as if not at all frightened, and the foreigner spit out this English bar, he did not have any confused look, and indeed the late emperor when he first took still wearing open crotch pants to see the folding of his, is not fooling around. Surprisingly, he is also not afraid of the foreigner to take the dialect to scold him!
“Lord Ambassador, it’s better to go into the banquet hall first to formally salute.”
Zhao Sumi said with the blue-robed man.
The official who was responsible for the matters of the Hall of Convergence then led the way, and the group slowly walked towards the banquet hall.
This way is the atmosphere is relaxed, with the news broadcast of the solemn and solemn is not the same, probably one because this period of the emperor have full national confidence, under the strength of the country, so that some of the customary arrogance, and not to see an ambassador as a big deal. At least not like the late Qing Dynasty royal family as humiliating and humiliating to be slaughtered, so that for a long time in front of the foreigners can not even straighten up the waist.
It is good to have a strong country!
“Please ask His Excellency, the ambassador, to see the Emperor of our dynasty in accordance with etiquette.”
The banquet hall is a small hall with a first-class danjie built at the top, this is the place where the emperor specially receives the envoys, after the emperor sits down at the upper seat, the ceremonial officer signals the envoys to have a formal audience.
Zhao Su was arranged to sit on the seat below the emperor’s right, and below the emperor’s left was Zhao Sum. From there, on the left were the officials of Da Liang, and on the right were the envoys of England.
The envoys were in a group of six, led by the blue-robed Johnson, and all five envoys were able to speak one or two sentences of the official language, but most of it was still translated by both sides on their behalf.
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