Chapter 43:

Bang bang bang!
The more Qin Zeyu thought about it, the faster his heartbeat, his eyes glowing.
"San Jie~~~"
Qin Zeyu called Qin Jiao with a soft tone, and Qin Jiao almost got goose bumps.
Qin Zeyu wagged the dog's tail and looked at Qin Jiao pitifully with the eyes of a little milky dog, "Make me one too."
It doesn't make sense that Gu Ju's cousin has a share, but his own brother has no share!
Qin Jiao raised his eyebrows, unmoved: "Look at your performance."
"Good, I must be good!" Qin Zeyu vowed to raise his right hand and vowed to heaven, "I must be a good brother of twenty-four filial piety!"
Qin Jiao looked at him with a smile, as if talking, saying nothing.
Qin Zeyu immediately handed Qin Jiu some tea, took the sweat towel, and even took the initiative to pound his shoulders for Qin Jiu, extremely diligent.
Qin Zeyu was planning to coax his sister again. At this time, a small servant came and said: "His Royal Highness, the Holy Driver is back."
When Gu Yu heard that the emperor was back, he was very excited and his eyes sparkled, "Cousin Ji, Cousin Yu, let's go and take a look."
So, everyone waited and went to the hunting platform outside the hunting palace.
At this time, the sun is already setting west, and many people who went hunting in the mountains and forests in the morning have returned one after another. The hunting platform is full of various prey, such as pheasants, wild deer, wild roe deer, wild boar, etc. There are all. When the wind blows, a strong smell of blood fills the air.
At this time, just by looking at the state of death of these preys, you can judge the hunter's riding and shooting skills. The more advanced the hunter, the prey is often killed by an arrow, hitting the point. Many men commented enthusiastically around the prey.
After several imperial soldiers counted the prey, they reported to the emperor, the emperor Long Xin Dayue, and announced: "The chief of the hunting day is Yu Fuyun."
As the voice fell, a ten-year-old blue-clothed youth strode onto the hunting platform.
The young man is tall and thin, wearing a blue riding attire embroidered with cranes, his skin is slightly pale, his sword eyebrows are sharp, and he looks a little weak. It makes people unable to believe that such a young man who seems to have no power to bind a chicken is actually Will be the leader of hunting today.
The eyes of everyone around him looked at this pale and weak young man, including Qin Jiu, who keenly felt the surrounding atmosphere was subtle.
Yu Fuyun respectfully clasped his fists and thanked the emperor: "The last general will thank the emperor for his appreciation."
His voice was as cold as a moonlit night, like a sword hidden in a box. At this moment, it was a bit more sharp than a warrior.
The emperor immediately announced the second and third place hunting today.
The second was Wu'anhou, and the third was Qin Zening.
Both of them also stepped forward to thank the emperor. The emperor generously rewarded the first three, and said some encouraging words. He heard that the other princes around were all excited and planned to be in front of the emperor in the next few days. Show your face.
After Qin Zening received the reward, he returned to his younger siblings.
Without even looking at his brother, Qin Zeyu asked Qin Jiu Xihan warmly: "Sister, are you thirsty? I poured you a cup of tea, the temperature is right."
"If you think it's sun-dried, I'll get you an umbrella to shade it, OK?"
Qin Zening silently raised his head and glanced at the sky. At this moment, the sky was pale yellow and the sunset had already fallen halfway.
"Big brother," Qin Jiu said to Qin Zening with a look of admiration, too lazy to pay attention to the little kid, "You are really amazing!" His big eyes were shining.
Qin Zening smiled and said: "I'm still a little short, I didn't get the first place, otherwise I will get a Western Region Scimitar!"
Qin Zening felt a little regretful. The gold and silver rewarded by the emperor was only second. What he wanted was the Western Region scimitar that the emperor gave Yu Fuyun an extra reward.
While speaking, Qin Zening looked at the diagonally opposite Yu Fuyun. At this moment, Yu Fuyun had a delicate machete in his hand.
The hilt of that scimitar is made of ivory, with intricate animal patterns carved, and the shiny silver scabbard is inlaid with red and sapphires, which is extremely gorgeous.
If this machete is given to my sister, it must be very suitable. Qin Zening thought.
Qin Zeyu walked over, patted his brother on the shoulder like a little adult, and comforted: "Big brother, losing to Yu Fuyun is not a shame!"
"..." Qin Zening's eyes twitched.
As Qin Zeyu said, losing to Yu Fuyun is not ashamed, but how could this kid speak so much, he should really be beaten!
The Yu family is Daqi’s famous military commander family, who have been famous from generation to generation. The Yu family’s son is Daqi defending the frontier and defending the country. I don’t know how many men died on the battlefield, as did Yu Fuyun’s parents and brothers.
A year ago, the military commander of Northern Xinjiang was caught in the trap set by the Beiyan people and almost completely wiped out. At the moment of danger, the Yu family led the army to reinforce them. They fought a desperate battle. In the end, they suffered a loss and suffered heavy casualties on both sides. Tens of thousands of people's elite were lost in this battle, and it was precisely for this reason that Bei Yan proposed a truce with Daqi.
In that battle, only Yu Fuyun from the Yu family survived, but because of severe heartache and damage, the emperor recalled him to Beijing for recuperation. After raising him for a whole year, he barely recovered 60 to 70%.
Qin Zening looked at Yu Fuyun, his eyes slightly tranced.
Qin Jiu also looked at Yu Fuyun, his eyes staying on the pale paper face of the other party for a moment.
She also knows the name of Yu Fuyun. In the novel, it is mentioned that the Yu family is a family of generals in the Great Qi Dynasty. Every generation is a famous general, but since the Yu family’s boys have died in battle, the Yu family has also withered since then, the only one who survived The Yu Fuyun of Yu Fuyun did not have the integrity of the Yu family. He broke his faith and forgot his righteousness and openly voted for Gu Zezhi. He became Gu Zezhi's think tank. He made many insidious strategies and made the hero and heroine hate him.
When Yu Fuyun died, he was just over twenty years old.
At this time, Qin Zening sighed quietly: "He is the only one left in the Yu family."
One will succeed.
Not only Qin Zening, but Qin Jiu also had this sentence in his heart.
In the novel, Qin Zening wanted to win a knighthood by military exploits, so that they could separate their brothers and sisters and move out of the Marquis Mansion. Later, he died on the battlefield with incomplete bones.
"Xiao Jiu," Qin Zening's voice awakened Qin Jiu from his thoughts, "Go and change your clothes. There will be a palace banquet next."
On the first day of winter hunting, as usual, there will be a palace banquet after the emperor rewards the first three.
Qin Jiu agreed, and logically ditched the little kid who was spinning behind him, returned to Luqinyuan and changed into a new dress suitable for banquets, and then went to the Huagai Palace, where the maid led her to her seat.
The seats at the palace banquet are arranged according to their status and rank. The Qin family is just an ordinary Hou Mansion, which is not a big deal among the noble families of the clan, and the seats are also relatively low.
As soon as Qin Jiao sat down, he felt an uncomfortable look on her.
She subconsciously raised her eyes and saw Yingluo walking into the hall surrounded by a group of noble ladies.
Yingluo also changed her clothes, a garnet-red butterfly wearing a flower sprinkle, a golden tuck, and a frost-white horse-faced skirt embroidered with peonies, and a blue silk wrapped in a delicate pony bun, diagonally inserted between her hair. The red gold inlaid eight treasures and phoenix hairpin set her graceful and bright.
She did not see the embarrassment of the hunting ground in the morning at all, replaced by the grace of the superior clan princess.
When the two of them looked at each other, Qin Jiao curled the corners of his lips and smiled at her.
In an instant, Yingluo's eyes darkened.
In Yingluo's eyes, Qin Jiu's smiles and frowns are extremely arrogant, as if to say: How can you do me!
Yingluo's emotions, which had already calmed down, suddenly seemed to have been ignited, burning with anger.
Qin Jiu, he was so deceiving!
Yingluo suffered a big loss at the hunting ground today. After returning, she complained to Princess Thai, and Princess Thai gave her a training:
"Yingluo, you don't have to deal with Qin Xin in the future!"
"Qin Xin is already a lowly concubine, not even the prince's side concubine, your dignified princess and a concubine will only surrender and be criticized."
Yingluo was both disappointed and unconvinced, so why? !
Qin Jiu was wrong, not sister Xin!
She thought and said so, and was given another training by Princess Thai. She almost couldn't even come to the palace banquet tonight. It was her elder brother who persuaded her from the side, and the mother and daughter calmed down.
The Princess of Thailand told Yingluo not to provoke Gu Zezhi, saying that Duan Palace has military power in his hands. Although Gu Zezhi is not the son of the prince, he is the only son of Duan Wang, and he is reused by the emperor. Who will inherit Duan Palace in the future? Hard to say.
With Gu Zezhi as Qin's backer, let alone Qin's whip didn't hit her today, even if she really scratched a little, she could only swallow the breath.
Who made Yingluo provoke Qin Jiu first, it doesn't make sense anywhere!
Thinking back to what the mother concubine said, Yingluo's eyes were bright and dark.
She endured it after all, and walked towards her seat with her head high.
Soon, there were more and more people in the temple, and they gradually came together.
Then the empress arrived, and everyone got up to salute the empress, and then sat down one by one.
With the melodious sound of silk and bamboo, the palace banquet began, and there was a lot of talk and laughter.
Qin Jiu drank the sherbet, ate the grilled food, and watched the dancer waving her sleeves and dancing gracefully.
Today's banquets are all prey caught that day, so most of them are mountain treasures.
The women are self-satisfied, and the men are much bolder than usual, and they are full of praise for the food at the banquet. What they eat is not only simple food, but also a kind of honor. Their prey can Being eaten at the palace banquet represents a kind of supreme glory.
Especially those men who have hunted wild boars, wild wolves and other beasts are even more energetic.
During the three rounds of drinking, a wave of dancers happened to retreat, and the second prince Gu Jing stood up suddenly, attracting the attention of everyone in the hall.
Gu Jing arched his hand to the emperor in front of him, and said in a cheerful voice: "Father, the son has a good news. Prince Yelu has already agreed to the son and is willing to donate 500 Turkic horses to Daqi. "
As soon as this remark came out, there was a commotion in the whole table.
Turkic horses are Beiyan’s BMWs. They are extremely precious, and they are also a weapon for Beiyan to dominate the northern grasslands. They are almost never given to other countries, let alone 500 horses.
The eyes of some military commanders in the hall are brilliant. With these Turkic horses, Da Qi can breed Turkic horses and improve the horse breeds. It will take a few years to make Da Qi's cavalry even better.
Gu Jing quickly swept the surrounding civil servants and generals, seeing the surprise and joy on their faces, and feeling even more proud.
These five hundred Turkic horses are the "deposit" given to him by Yeluluan as a sign of sincerity.
As the prince of Daqi, Gu Jing naturally knew the significance of Turkic horses to Daqi. Using this as a stepping stone, even if his father knew Yeluluan had a plan, he would not let go of these horses.
Sure enough, the next moment, he listened to the emperor with a smile: "Prince Yelu gave such a gift, but Daqi is also disrespectful."
Yeluluan also stood up immediately.
"The second prince said that the emperor loved the Turkic horses of our country very much. I thought that the two countries had ceased the war and peace talks, so I sent five hundred Turkic horses to show the sincerity of our country of Yan." Yeluluan arched his hands with a great gift. Once the country of Yan and Daqi have formed a good relationship, another 500 Turkic horses will be given as a bride price."
There was another uproar during the banquet. The five hundred Turkic horses used as a betrothal gift for the marriage, which was really generous.
In order to obtain Turkic horses during the reign of the first emperor, he once offered a price of a thousand dollars to buy Turkic horses from horse dealers in Beiyan Black Market. However, because the Beiyan people had extremely strict management of Turkic horses, they finally did It only got less than fifty horses.
The courtiers looked at the emperor with scorching eyes, especially those generals, wishing that the emperor would immediately agree, so that they could get these five hundred BMWs... plus the five hundred in front, there would be a thousand horses!
However, the emperor did not take the topic of "marriage", and said lightly: "For this Turkic horse, I respect Prince Yelu a cup of gratitude."
A servant filled the jade cup with the emperor, and the emperor drank it all in one go.
Yeluluan smiled, he didn't believe that the emperor didn't understand what he meant. Thinking of the scenes when he asked the emperor to marry Qin Jiu but was flatly rejected last time, he drank all the wine in his glass.
Gu Jing's eyes flickered, and he asked jokingly, "Prince Yelu has been here for some time in Daqi, but have you seen a girl you like?"
"There is one girl you like." Yeluluan answered calmly.
As soon as this sentence came out, many people were curious.
The courtiers all knew that one of the purposes of Yeluluan’s coming to Daqi was to make peace between the two countries. It was just that the emperor was not keen on making peace. He was not willing to let the princess make marriage, nor did he seem to plan to choose a clan daughter. The matter was put aside.
Could it be that Yeluluan himself has already selected a candidate for his marriage?
Yeluluan just gave Daqi five hundred Turkic horses on behalf of Beiyan, and promised five hundred horses as a betrothal gift. If he now proposes who he wants to marry, I am afraid that even the emperor will not shirk it. After all, this Turkic horse Horses are very valuable and extremely important to the military.
"Who is it?" Gu Jing enthusiastically suggested, "It's better to take advantage of today's good day, Prince Yelu can ask his father to give him a marriage."
Gu Jing arched his hand to the emperor and said with a smile: "Father, what do you think?"
The emperor squinted his eyes slightly, and there was no joy or anger in his expression. These two sang together in front of the civil and military presence of the Manchu Dynasty. This is blinding themselves!
Yeluluan's attempt to Qin Jiu, or the compound bow, can be seen by anyone with a discerning eye.
This is at the cost of a thousand Turkic horses, and on an occasion like today, I "forced" myself to compromise, and I had a good game!
Is he the second prince stupid, or is he smart?
The emperor played with the jade cup in his hand and glanced at Gu Ze not far away, thinking of the last time Gu Zezhi beat Yeluluan with a sack, he couldn't help but smile.
He put the jade cup down and winked at Queen Wei calmly, so as to calm her down.
Seeing that the emperor didn't talk to him, Gu Jing was a little embarrassed, and could only wink at an old man in his fifties who was wearing a stone cyan brocade robe.
The old man was Cheng En Gong, the brother of Queen Mother Liu and the grandfather of Gu Jing.
"If you can get a marriage from the emperor, this would be a good thing." Cheng En Gong immediately stood up and arched his hand with a smile, "Prince Yelu, why don't you just talk about it."
Yeluluan smiled, and his eyes slowly swept across the crowd at the banquet, falling on Qin Jiu who was at the last seat.
Qin Jiu slowly wiped his hands with the kerchief. He felt that he hit too lightly when he put on the sack last time, and he should have stepped on more feet. She squeezed the long whip around her waist, and the corners of her mouth twitched like a smile.
Yeluluan's gaze stopped for a moment on Qin Jiu, then he looked at the emperor on the throne, and said, "Your Majesty Emperor Daqi, I..."
"Prince Yelu."
At this moment, a gentle male voice suddenly sounded, interrupting Yeluluan.
The man’s voice is as gentle as Chunhui, but the words and sentences in the words are sonorous and powerful:
How can a defeated country be qualified to negotiate terms!

The speaker is Gu Zezhi.
Gu Zezhi did not get up, playing with a folding fan gracefully in his hand, like a noble son.
As soon as this statement came out, the whole room was quiet, and the needles fell.
Daqi and Beiyan have been at odds for generations, and there have been constant disputes between the two countries. In the past five or six years, there have been dozens of large and small battles. It wasn't until a year ago that the Yu family fought desperately, and Bei Yan was unable to become a soldier. In the end, he could only take the initiative to propose peace talks, which brought about a brief peace between the two countries.
After all, Beiyan is a defeated country.
It’s not up to a defeated general to decide whether to agree with and who will make the relationship!
Not far away, Yu Fuyun raised his eyes to look at Gu Zezhi, expressionless, his right hand gripped the wine cup in his hand, and the transparent wine in the wine cup shook slightly, making a circle of subtle ripples.
Many generals during the dinner were overwhelmed by Gu Zezhi's words.
Yes! Great Qi wins and Beiyan loses. As a defeated country, Beiyan is the right reason to pay tribute and seek peace. There is no reason why Beiyan will be the master and who will make the marriage!
These barbarians really don't understand the rules!
The corners of Gu Zezhi's lips twitched slightly, and with a clear smile, he looked very gentle and polite, and then said: "If Prince Yelu wants to become a big brother, you can think about it."
"But there are also rules for enthusiasm. It's not that Prince Yelu can choose whoever he wants."
"As for these Turkic horses, although they can't serve as a betrothal gift, they can still be used as a'dowry' to accompany Prince Yelu to'marry' into Daqi... What does the emperor think?" Gu Zezhi smiled and looked at the emperor.
The emperor was watching the excitement with relish, and immediately smiled and stroked his palm: "Zezhi's words are reasonable."
After speaking, the emperor once again gave a wink at Empress Wei next to him. As he expected, Gu Zezhi really took care of the little girl Qin Jiu!
Moreover, I am still very concerned!
There is a play!
The emperor smiled, but Yeluluan's face was pale, so angry that he almost wanted to turn the table and leave.
Entering? !
For any man, it is a humiliation and embarrassment to enter the family. He is the dignified king of Yan, and a famous warrior in the country of Yan. He has the opportunity to win the position of the king of Yan. Gu Zezhi dare to say that he will be the king of Yan. Qi!
Yeluluan's eyes lit up with anger, remembering that he was outside the restaurant last month, and it was Gu Zezhi's good deed that broke him.
Later, the emperor sent Gu Zezhi to receive their envoys from the Yan Kingdom to discuss the peace talks between the two countries. Gu Zezhi has repeatedly embarrassed them, and now he wants to embarrass him in public!
Yeluluan looked directly at Gu Zezhi with a gloomy look, and the burning fire in his eyes seemed to burn him to ashes.
Gu Zezhi met Yeluluan's gaze without evasiveness, smiled faintly, and asked, "Prince Yelu is not convinced?"
Yeluluan sneered, and was about to say something, but Gu Zezhi said again: "If you are not convinced, you can hold back."
"This is Daqi, not Yan Country, so you can't help it!"
The last sentence is full of arrogance.
It is obvious that Gu Zezhi's lips are smiling, gentle and harmless, just like an elegant and graceful young man, who is indisputable in the world, but what he said is loud and loud.
Qin Jiu looked at Gu Zezhi with scorching eyes, and couldn't help but said: Golden thighs are so handsome!
Yu Fuyun, who was expressionless, had a smile in his eyes, picked up the wine cup, made a toast to Gu Zezhi from a distance, and then drank the wine.
This action is heroic, which is in great contrast to his seemingly weak appearance.
But at this time, everyone's eyes were focused on Gu Zezhi, and not many people noticed.
Gu Jing also looked at Gu Zezhi, her eyes gloomy.
Originally, as long as Yeluluan spoke to Qin Jiao in public, Qin Zhun would take the initiative to propose to Daqi and be willing to let his niece and Beiyan kiss. The Qin family is so righteous, then, the father has no reason to refuse, but now, good plans have been completely destroyed by Gu Zezhi!
Yeluluan only felt that he was holding his breath in his chest, unable to go up or down, and a smell of sweetness filled his throat.
His chest couldn't help but heaving, his face sinking like water, watching Gu Zezhi provocatively said: "Gu Gongzi, do you dare to compete with me?!"
"Prince Yelu wants to challenge me?" Gu Zezhi shook the folding fan in his hand, calmly, "If you are challenging, you have to be a little bit lucky."
Yeluluan took a few deep breaths, calmed down a lot, and said blankly, "If I win, I have to kneel on the ground and apologize for your madness."
"If you win, I won't talk about marriage."
The Beiyan prince made a good calculation. Gu Zezhi smiled deeper, shook his head, and said, "No. If I win, I will also ask Prince Yelu to go to the Hall of Valor on behalf of the Kingdom of Yan to apologize to the heroes who died in the Northern Frontier Army!"
Yu Fuyun's hand holding the wine cup trembled again invisibly.
Gu Zezhi is simply hateful! ! Yeluluan glanced at her, clenching his fist tightly.
During the negotiation, Gu Zezhi made this request. He flatly rejected it at the time. This was simply putting their Yan Guo's face on the ground!
Yeluluan's eyes were fierce, and he couldn't wait to punch him alive.