Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 897 The Frustration of Xia Jin's Envoys

When they arrived at the palace, Du Jinning said to Qi Ziqi: "Brother Qi, go to the imperial medical office with your father first. I remember that grandpa Sun imperial physician has a human body map with the position of the heart drawn on it. Go and see where the heart grows."

After all, it was her writing that said "heart is in the stomach", even if she told Qi Ziqi where her heart was, Qi Ziqi would doubt it.This matter is better left to a professional to explain.

Qi Ziqi is extremely smart, once he heard what his mother said, he knew that his heart might not be in his stomach.He was also very curious about where it was.

He often followed his mother into the palace, knowing that his mother was going to discuss business with the emperor's uncle, and he was not clingy, so he nodded obediently: "Okay, mother." As he spoke, he raised his head and looked at Qi Muyuan.

Qi Muyuan nodded slightly at Du Jinning: "Then let's go first."

"Goodbye, mother." Qi Ziqi waved to Du Jinning, and followed his father away bouncingly.

Du Jinning then turned to the little eunuch and said, "Report for me."

Du Jinning had a special status in the Song Dynasty. She was not an ordinary eldest princess. She was even more favored by the emperor than the serious Lu Guo eldest princess. The eunuchs and maids in the palace never dared to treat her slowly.And as long as she enters the palace, Zhao Hu will always receive her immediately.

But at this moment, the little eunuch said: "The envoys from Xixia and Jin Dynasty have come, and the emperor and officials from Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Households are receiving them. Princess, do you think you should go to the other palace first, or go to the other side of the palace?" Waiting in the hall?"

"Xixia and the Jin Dynasty?" Du Jinning raised his eyebrows, rolled his eyes, and turned his head to tell Xia He: "Go to the Ministry of Industry and tell Master Xu to have them bring over the bicycle just now. Besides that, there are Those that have been debugged will be sent together. A total of two will be sent.”

"Yes, princess." Xia He saluted and left the palace.

Du Jinning said to the little eunuch, "I'll just wait here."

"Princess, please sit in the hall." The little eunuch led Du Jinning into the hall, served tea and snacks, and then retreated.

After a while, the Ministry of Industry sent a bicycle, followed by Mr. Xu and the young official named Ma Jun who was riding the bicycle just now.

"You go and report, just say that I have come to present a bicycle to the emperor." Du Jinning ordered the little eunuch.

Now that the Great Song Dynasty is thriving and prosperous, the officials in the capital and the people in the palace don't know that a large part of it is due to Du Jinning?Now that she knew clearly that the envoys of Xixia and Jin Dynasty were here, but she insisted on asking to see her, and she brought this strange vehicle with her, the little eunuch knew that she had deep intentions.Don't dare to stop now, so hurry up to report.

It was just a matter of turning around, he came back out of breath and said, "Your Majesty's invitation."

Du Jinning led a group of people to the main hall.

As soon as she entered the courtyard, she saw Zhao Yuzheng standing on the steps in front of the main hall. Apart from Eunuch Wu and several officials, there were also several people in exotic costumes standing behind him.

Guan Jiaze, as an official of Honglu Temple who knew Xixia, was among them.He has a talent for learning foreign languages ​​and is proficient in several foreign languages. Now he is in a very important position in Honglu Temple, and he is not slow to be promoted.For this reason, Guan Jiaze is very grateful to Du Jinning who pointed out his maze back then.

Master Xu and Ma Jun were a little confused when they saw a group of people crowded together on the steps.

Did the emperor come out of the hall to welcome the eldest princess?
What did the eldest princess do to make the emperor treat her with such a great gift?

The envoys of Xixia and Jin also thought so, so they were very unhappy.

They came to negotiate trade with Da Song.But in the middle of the conversation, when he heard that the eldest princess was coming, the Emperor Song asked them to wait a while, and ran out of the hall to wait.

The Emperor of the Song Dynasty came out, and the officials of the Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Households naturally followed. They didn't know that the eldest princess would let the Emperor of the Song Dynasty come out to greet her, so they couldn't stay inside, so they had to run out and wait.

It's just that Da Song is too negligent towards them?When they came, not only did the Emperor Song not come out to greet them, he sat there without even lifting his buttocks.Now they are even more let out to welcome the eldest princess of this dynasty, and they simply don't pay attention to the two countries at all.

Feeling uneasy, the envoys of the two countries looked at Du Jinning very unkindly.

Du Jinning looked calm about Zhao He's actions.She knew that Zhao He came out not to greet her, but to take the opportunity to let the envoys of the two countries see Da Song's first bicycle.

The reason why she asked the little eunuch to report was that the little eunuch had already guessed two points. Zhao He had a tacit understanding with her and would not fail to understand the reason why she knew that the foreign envoy was here, but still let people report.

"Brother Huang." She stopped at the foot of the steps and saluted Zhao Huo.

Zhao He raised his hand and said with a smile, "Your Royal Sister has worked hard." He looked at the bicycle behind her, "Is this a bicycle?"

"Yes." Du Jinning showed an excited expression, as if he couldn't wait to show off the new toy, "Brother Huang, do you want to see it?"

"Okay, let's take a look." Zhao Wei showed a doting expression very cooperatively.

"Master Lao Ma is here, let the emperor take a ride twice." Du Jinning said to Ma Jun.

Ma Jun swallowed his saliva.

He is a ninth-rank petty official at the lowest level of the Ministry of Industry, and he has no chance to see Zhao He at all, let alone show the emperor on a bicycle in front of the main hall.

"Push the bike there and ride it, it's roomy."

Du Jinning saw that he was nervous, and ordered him to push the cart to the side of the yard, and said in a low voice: "The emperor is buying horses from Xia Jin, please ride carefully and let Xia Jin people know that we don't need their horses. If you are nervous, Just think about the suffering people on the frontiers of the Great Song Dynasty, think about Xia Jin's aggression against us in these years."

Ma Jun nodded, thinking about Xia Jin harassing and looting, and at the same time relying on the horses he produced to trade with Da Song, hatred welled up.

With hatred together, he was no longer nervous, got on the bike, started it slowly, and started riding on the open space in front of the temple.

The main hall was built magnificently, and the place paved with blue bricks in front of the main hall is like a small square, very open.

After Ma Jun understood Du Jinning's meaning, he knew what to do.After riding for a while, he rode faster and faster, kicking the three-wheeled bicycle into the air, fully demonstrating the various performances of the bicycle.

Du Jinning turned his head to look up the steps, and said with a smile, "Eunuch Wu, do you want to go for a drive?"

At this time, the person who is most qualified to sit in the back of the car and evaluate the performance of the bicycle is naturally Zhao Wei.However, Zhao Yu wanted to maintain his majesty in front of foreign envoys, and considering safety issues, he was not a good candidate for a test drive, so Eunuch Wu, who could represent the emperor, was the best candidate.

Eunuch Wu looked at Zhao Yu.

Zhao He smiled and said, "Okay, you can experience it on my behalf."

Eunuch Wu saluted, went down the steps, and sat on the back seat of the car.

Ma Jun led him around.

After getting out of the car, Eunuch Wu reported to Zhao Wen: "Your Majesty, this car is really comfortable, it is more stable than a horse-drawn car, without the slightest bump. And according to my servant, it is safer, and there will be no worries about startling the horse at all."

(End of this chapter)