Li Xuan ordered a glass of wine and was about to moisten his throat when an official came over.
"Your Majesty the Imperial Envoy, the prefect would like to ask you to come over..." the official said respectfully.
Li Xuan followed the officials to the small conference room next to the hall.
Compared with the grand banquet hall, which has strong colors and makes you want to have all the treasures of Maplewood City mounted on the wall, the decoration of this small conference room is relatively simple and looks much more pleasing to the eye.
There were relatively few people in the conference room, and those who could enter were the most important figures from both sides. The Maplewood City side was headed by Magistrate An Rulong. After all, he was the nominal highest official of the city. He was accompanied by the two Maplewood City officials.
The heads of the wealthy family, Ding Zhen and Salang.
The visiting delegation was headed by Chen Fei and Kang Hua, and the other two were officials from the Dachu Kingdom. However, they basically played the role of soy sauce and sat aside without saying a word.
After Li Xuan entered the door, he saluted everyone and said, "Hello everyone, we meet again."
Li Xuan raised his head, and with the help of the bright lights in the conference room, Li Xuan just saw Chen Fei's appearance clearly.
It is indeed extraordinary to be able to make the regent, who is rumored to be a womanizer, temporarily put aside his busy official duties and come all the way from the imperial capital to meet his old classmates in Maplewood City.
How old is the Prince Regent?
She must be forty years old. Since she is a classmate, Chen Fei is definitely not too young. However, she looks really beautiful and well-maintained. She looks like she is in her early thirties at most.
Chen Fei has red hair, which is combed into a bun on her head, and a delicate gold hairpin is inserted sideways. It is said that this is the usual attire of Dachu women, but Li Xuan has never worn it on Yao Ting's head before.
Saw it before.
Chen Fei also has a perfect appearance, with straight facial features, a straight nose, shining eyes, and cheeks that may be slightly plump due to her age, but they exude a classical beauty.
Li Xuan could imagine that Chen Fei must have been a stunning beauty when she was young. No wonder the regent would bet on her and be obsessed with her.
Just as he was thinking about it, his soul suddenly trembled slightly, as if some kind of power came to him silently and wanted to invade his soul.
Even if the Great Luo Jinxian is dead, it cannot be invaded by just anyone. Li Xuan's spirit has a defensive power as strong as a castle. He tried briefly with that power, but found that it could not be penetrated, and immediately shrank like a poisonous snake.
I went back and was nowhere to be seen again.
Li Xuan was slightly startled, and his eyes swept over several people. The power came and went quickly, and he had no time to tell where it came from.
Chen Fei was looking towards him, her eyes were extremely bright, as if she could penetrate people.
Kang Hua was chatting and laughing with Salang, but it seemed that his attention was not here.
The two Dachu officials sat motionless like puppets, not even blinking.
Which one of them has such strong curiosity?
Li Xuan secretly became vigilant. He had already suspected the purpose of the visiting delegation's visit to Maplewood City, and this test made him even more alert.
"Li Xuan is the imperial envoy appointed by Princess Xia Ruixue. He is young and promising. This time, he will be fully responsible for the reception work in Maplewood City.
Captain Chen Fei, Mr. Kang Hua, if you have any requests, just raise them with the Imperial Envoy, and we at Maplewood City will try our best to satisfy them."
At this time, An Rulong opened his mouth and said.
An Rulong's introduction was relatively simple, which made Chen Fei, who already despised Li Xuan, even more dissatisfied.
Young and promising?
This is probably the most vague adjective. Young is indeed young. As for promising, Chen Fei does not think that Li Xuan can achieve any great achievements at his age.
Her attitude was a little cold because of this, and she frowned slightly and said: "This matter was decided on a temporary basis, and it needs someone with strong execution ability to do it. Is the imperial envoy really able to do it?"
Li Xuan could see Chen Fei's distrust. Although he didn't want to serve her, he still said: "As long as the request is not too outrageous, I will try my best to do it."
"Our requests are absolutely not outrageous."
Kang Hua on the side said, "Master Imperial Envoy, you should know that I will hold a poetry tour next year, right?"
"Uh...I know."
Li Xuan wanted to say he didn't know, but that would be too rude.
"In order to prepare for this poetry meeting, I have been collecting new poems in recent years. When I came to Maplewood City this time, I heard that the artistic atmosphere here is very strong. I hope to collect some poetry works here."
Kanghua Road.
"Just a collection of poems?"
Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, this didn't seem to be a difficult job.
With Kang Hua's reputation, as long as the news spreads, many people will be willing to write poems for him.
Kang Hua showed a meaningful smile: "I have collected new poems several times in Dachu, and received more than 20,000 poems in total, but in the end I only selected seven.
The Yunteng Empire was once the center of mainland culture, and I would be very disappointed if I couldn't even pick out seven poems."
Ding Zhen and Salang were still smiling, but after hearing these words, their expressions changed slightly.
Li Xuan didn't think as much as they thought, but he was also a little surprised.
Only seven poems were selected out of more than 20,000 poems?
It seems that Kang Hua is quite picky! The welcome ceremony finally officially started as Chen Fei and Kang Hua came out of the conference room. This was the busiest banquet in Maplewood City recently, even more than the one that welcomed Li Xuan before.
One game.
The music played, and handsome men and beautiful women danced gracefully, but the dancing on the dance floor did not attract the eyes of important people.
Chen Fei didn't stay too long. She only stayed for a few minutes to meet a few famous artists in Maplewood City, and then went back to rest on the pretext of being tired from the journey.
Kang Hua stayed and was surrounded by a group of noble women who admired him.
Other members of the delegation were also accompanied by dedicated personnel so that they would not feel bored.
As for the big shots in Maplewood City, they all gathered in a circle with gloomy faces and started talking in low voices.
"Li Xuan, you must rush to collect new poems."
Ding Zhen said with a bad expression.
"Be sure to choose the best poems!"
Sarang rarely agreed.
Li Xuan looked at their nervous expressions with some confusion, and said strangely: "Two heads of the family, you don't have to be so nervous. I'm just collecting a few new poems..." "It's definitely not that simple!"
The two said in unison.
Li Xuan was really surprised and couldn't help asking: "I don't quite understand what you mean."
An Rulong sighed and said, "Li Xuan, it seems you don't know what happened last year. At that time, the empire lost face in front of the Chu people!"
Last year, a delegation in the name of a literary delegation set out from Dachu to tour the Yunteng Empire to give lectures.
After the delegation arrived in the imperial capital, several members of the delegation went separately to visit the four great poets known as the "Four Elites of the Empire" and engage in poetic debates with them.