Taiping Inn

Zixuebie Khan and Li Xuandu left the Nayan Mansion and went to see Xiao Yanshi.

Soon, Li Xuandu saw Xiao Yanshi, but not in Xiao Yanshi's palace, but in Zixuebie Khan's palace.

Xiao Yanshi was dressed as a veiled royal court maid, mixed in with many royal court maids, and came from Xiao Yanshi's palace to Zixuebie Khan's palace in the name of serving Zixuebie Khan's sister.

Xiao Yanshi was once known as the most beautiful woman in the royal court. Even in Li Xuandu's eyes, Xiao Yanshi, who was over 40 years old, still lived up to this title. It must be said that time has been very kind to her and has not left too many traces on her.

After she lifted the veil to reveal her true face, she always had a warm smile on her face, very sincere, without any foxy, arrogant, or cold attitude, making people feel like bathing in the spring breeze.

After Li Xuandu met Xiao Yanshi for the first time, he immediately defined her in his heart - a woman who is very good at understanding men's psychology. Because a woman who can hold a high position in the royal court and personally support Yaomuhu Khan cannot be a gentle and harmless weak woman.

Xiao Yanshi brought many followers with her, but these royal court maids were all outside the gate. At this time, there were only Li Xuandu, Xiao Yanshi, and Zixuebie Khan in the palace.

Li Xuandu took the initiative to stand up and salute the mistress of the royal court. Xiao Yanshi smiled and said, "You are not what I imagined, envoy from the Central Plains."

Li Xuandu smiled and asked, "I wonder what is the difference?"

Xiao Yanshi said, "Yaumukhan thinks you are an old man, but I don't think you are. You are just a young man who is more mature than him."

Li Xuandu neither admitted nor denied that he had read "The Records of Emperor Sejong" during his years of seclusion. This emperor may not be good at governing the country, but his political tactics are rare in ancient and modern times and very powerful. One of the keys is to make others unable to figure themselves out. The unknown usually produces awe and fear, so that they can take the initiative.

Li Xuandu said: "In fact, Yanshi is not quite the same as I imagined."

Little Yanshi did not care about Li Xuandu and changed the subject. She followed Li Xuandu's words and asked: "Why is it different?"

Li Xuandu smiled and said: "Before I came to the Golden Tent, I thought that Xiao Yanshi would be like the Queen Mother of Wei, but now it seems that you are not the same kind of people."

"Oh?" Xiao Yanshi showed a curious look on her face: "Has the envoy met the Queen Mother Xie?"

Li Xuandu nodded and said: "I wonder if Yanshi knows Queen Mother Xie. She is from Liaodong and entered the palace through the relationship of the King of Yan. She eventually became the empress dowager, and I am also from Liaodong, so it is not uncommon for me to have met Empress Dowager Xie. "Xiao Yanshi smiled and said, "I thought the envoy was going to say that he had a touching love affair with Empress Dowager Xie, but they had to separate because of the intervention of the Emperor of the Central Plains. Over the years, the envoy has never forgotten the hatred of having his wife taken away, and always wanted to take revenge on the Wei court, so he came to the royal court at the risk of the world's disapproval to seek help and overthrow the Wei court. And when you saw me, you thought of your former lover again. "

Li Xuandu was silent for a long time after hearing this. If it was Qin Su who said this, he would not be surprised at all, because Qin Su likes to write this kind of story, but it was Xiao Yanshi who said this, which made him speechless.

Li Xuandu forced a smile and said, "Yanshi is overthinking. I only met Empress Dowager Xie once. I recognized her, but she might not recognize me."

Little Yanshi smiled and said, "Fall in love at first sight? Then you can't forget it, but it's just that you can't forget it, and there may not be a response. Infatuated people always make people feel compassion and pity."

Li Xuandu said seriously, "I thought Yanshi should be a figure like the empress back then, but I didn't expect her to be such a vulgar person. How is she different from a woman in the market?"

This was very impolite. Zixue Biehan's face changed, but Little Yanshi was not angry at all. She still smiled and said, "No matter what the status of women in the world is, they are common in many places. This is human nature and does not change because of status. As for vulgarity, the empress may not be elegant, and the woman in the market may not be Vulgar, the messenger is obsessed with appearance. "

From the time they met until now, Li Xuandu finally felt the extraordinaryness of this little Yanshi. For the first time, he felt the feeling of being enveloped by someone else's aura, and said solemnly: "Thank you for your advice."

Little Yanshi continued: "I have never met Queen Mother Xie, but I have heard a lot about her deeds, and I admire her very much. Although I have never met Queen Mother Xie, I have met Qin Qing, who is a very interesting person."

Little Yanshi took the initiative to mention Qin Qing. Li Xuandu's identity at this time was a member of the Qin family, and his real identity was also Qin Qing's future son-in-law, so he no longer avoided it and asked: "I haven't heard of this."

When saying this, Li Xuandu couldn't help but complain in his heart. It is said that this Qin Shishu is clean and self-disciplined. Is this a rumor in the world? In fact, Qin Shishu is a person who is affectionate everywhere, but it is not surprising. Those who can enter Bai Xiushang's eyes are naturally not mediocre, and it is more reasonable to be favored by other women. It's just a pity for Qin Su. Bai Xiushang has become a headache for her. If there is another one, she will be furious.

"It's not strange. It happened many years ago. At that time, I hadn't been named Xiao Yanshi yet. I was still a child. I didn't know that person was Qin Qing. It was not until a long time later that I learned some secrets from many channels and confirmed Qin Qing's identity. Qin Qing may not have seen me." Xiao Yanshi said slowly.

Li Xuan breathed a little relieved. It seemed that his father-in-law's ethics were still trustworthy. But he didn't know that in Qin Su's eyes, he might not be much better than Qin Qing. Although he was better to keep himself clean, he couldn't resist the bees and butterflies coming.

Xiao Yan continued, "Qin Qing at that time was different from now. Although I am not very proficient in martial arts, I also know that Qin Qing has a good reputation in your Central Plains and rarely kills people. But what about martial arts masters? Anyone who doesn't kill people? Qin Qing just didn't kill people in the Central Plains, but he rarely showed mercy to people in the Golden Tent. That time, he broke into the Golden Tent grassland alone and traveled north for more than a thousand miles. No matter what the people he met along the way All identities were killed with one knife. It was not until he met the general sent by Wang Ting that he stopped. At that time, he was far less powerful than today, so he was defeated by Wang Ting's commander of the Qie Xue Army, but he was still Kill out of the siege and flee back to Liaodong. When I saw him, he was on his way to escape. He could have killed me with one knife, but maybe because I was a little girl with no power, he let me go I."

Li Xuandu said, "I didn't expect that there would be such a relationship. It seems that our alliance had already started a good start many years ago."

Xiao Yan glanced at her eyes and said with a smile: "The messenger is really good at speaking, and it is much better than the woods in the royal court. They always act vulgar and have only two aspects. When facing women who are lower than their identities, they are rude. Savage, when facing a woman with a higher status than her, it is like a piece of wood. The difference is like a bison and a plowing ox, which is extremely boring."

Li Xuan smiled: "A man who is willing to flatter and please women may not take women as much."

Xiao Yan pointed a little and said deeply: "So, there are many unlucky people among men, which are really annoying. I occasionally read the scripts circulating from the Central Plains. Many talented men and beautiful women are also boring."

Li Xuan didn't understand why Xiao Yan always revolved around the relationship between men and women, so he could only force the topic back to the main topic: "I wonder how Yan Yan viewed this alliance?"

Xiao Yan smiled and said, "How do you view it? Of course it is a good thing, and I agree very much. The key lies in the trust between the two parties, that is, guarantee. This is like mortgage, you always have to come up with something that is trustworthy."

Li Xuandu asked tentatively: "What does the 阿 mean?"

Xiao Yan said with a smile: "I heard that the envoy has good military strength, and even if he is a timid Xue army, he is no match for him."