In the Zhennan Palace, Polo Buhua was watching a drama called "A Chinese Ghost Story" with the princess in the back garden.
Bo Luo Buhua never liked this kind of love drama, but the princess liked it, so he could only follow it. In order to show his grace, he also ordered people to call Kang Lian and Miao Daheng over and let them watch it together. p>
When Kang Lian was watching the opera, most of his energy was not on the opera, but on the princess.
If the princess showed joy, he would immediately praise her for a few scenes. Sometimes the princess would shout "Ah", and he would shout in response. If the princess shed tears, he would also burst into tears, without caring about the image at all.
Miao Daheng on the side showed a look of disdain. He looked at his nose and his heart. He seemed to be watching an opera, but in fact, his mind was no longer here.
At this moment, the palace manager trotted to the back garden. He was about to step forward to report, but when he saw that the opera was reaching a critical point, he stood aside and remained silent.
When the song ended, he whispered: "Your Majesty, the city gate guard has come to report that an overseas Australian envoy has entered the city and wants to pay homage to Your Majesty. Do you want to summon him?"
Bo Luo Buhua was startled for a moment and said: "Australia? Never heard of it?" He spoke in smooth Chinese.
Miao Daheng frowned and said: "In such a period of chaos, how can overseas envoys come over? I'm afraid there is something fishy!"
Kang Lian snorted and said: "General Miao has said it before! What is a period of great chaos, but it is just a few mountain bandits causing chaos? In my opinion, this Australian envoy came to pay homage just because he knew that our Yuan Dynasty was strong and prosperous!
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"Can bandits occupy the state capital?" Miao Daheng sneered.
Kang Lian said angrily: "It was because you Han'er followed the rebellion and gave them the opportunity to take advantage of it. Now that Prime Minister Tuotuo has led the army to go on an expedition, the rebellion will be put down in a short time!"
"You..."
"Two of you, is it too rude to argue like this in front of the prince?" Princess Zhennan suddenly spoke up, her voice clear and majestic.
The two of them saluted in unison: "This is an offence, please forgive me!"
The Princess of Zhennan was only twenty-three or twenty-four years old. She was dressed in Han Chinese clothes. She had a pretty face and fair skin. She turned to Polo Buhua and said: "Your Majesty, let the envoy come and have a look. I haven't seen you yet."
Overseas envoys!"
Polo Buhua doted on this lovely wife very much and said with a smile: "Since the princess likes it, let them come over!"
The general manager of the palace received the order and went all the way outside the palace.
The captain of the city gate had been waiting impatiently for a long time, thinking that something had gone wrong. When the steward conveyed the order to summon the Australian envoy, he breathed a sigh of relief and rushed back to the east gate with several royal guards.
"Foreign envoy, the prince has ordered you to be summoned. Please follow these royal guards there!" the captain of the city gate said with a smile.
Zhang Yangquan thanked him and followed the palace guards into the city.
Jiangdu City is worthy of being called the first city in the south of the Yangtze River. The city is bustling with traffic, and a street more than three feet wide is already crowded with pedestrians and cavalry.
Fortunately, the palace guards cleared the way, so Zhang Yangquan and others moved quite quickly.
Looking around, there are restaurants and shops on the roadside, densely packed with merchants and sellers, and there is an endless stream of hawkers.
In particular, not all of these vendors are Han Chinese, but also many Westerners with tall noses and deep eyes, so the hawking sounds are full of strange regional characteristics.
"Roasted flatbread, authentic Shangdu roasted flatbread, baked with pure mare's milk, no money if it's not delicious!"
"Happy reunion! Happy reunion in Mianyang! If you eat one, you'll want to eat two more. After eating, your whole family will be reunited, and you will be free from illness and disaster!"
"We sell Xiao Long Steamed Buns. Authentic Hangzhou Xiao Long Steamed Buns, with thin skin and juicy texture, tender and smooth mouthfeel. They only cost 500 Wen per basket. They are cheap and delicious!"
Zhang Yangquan has walked by and seen it. The grilled flat food looks like pot stickers and dumplings, but with mare's milk added; the happy reunion looks like rice dumplings, with rice wrapped in lotus leaves.
As for the steamed buns, they are steamed buns after all! Zhang Yangquan’s index finger twitched when he saw it, but he couldn’t help but be surprised when he heard that a steamed bun was sold for 500 Wen.
Walking to Qin Lingsi, she whispered: "Hey, why does that Xiaolong Steamed Bun cost five hundred coins? Isn't it too expensive?"
Qin Lingsi glanced at him in surprise and whispered: "The treasure banknotes are becoming less and less valuable. Is it so strange? You should be worried about something else now, right?"
"What are you worried about?"
Qin Lingsi glared at him and lowered her voice: "Aren't you afraid that the Tatar prince will find out about pretending to be a foreign envoy? You only said you were pretending to be an envoy, but you didn't say you were going to see the Tatar prince!" p>
"Is our second village leader afraid?" Zhang Yangquan said with a smile.
"I'm afraid of you!" Qin Lingsi stepped on his foot and snorted: "If the secret is revealed later, I won't be able to save you!"
Zhang Yangquan smiled and said: "Don't worry, even if I meet Emperor Yuan Ting, I can make him believe it!"
After leaving the city gate, there were slightly fewer people on the street, but it was still very lively. Especially in open areas, there were still many people selling martial arts and performing acrobatics on the street.
"Come and see! Dear fellow villagers, my father and son came from Huai'an Road. Because they ran out of money, I borrowed your precious land to practice some crude martial arts. If you can still see it, I would like to give it to you if you are rich.
It’s a money game. If you don’t have money, I’ll support you. I’d like to thank you in advance!”
In an open space on the left, a burly man beat a gong and shouted loudly.
A crowd of people quickly gathered around, and then a young man took a stick and started playing with it with force.
Zhang Yangquan looked at it twice and applauded in his heart.
However, when he glanced at it, he saw that the bandits were reacting normally. Qin Lingsi even looked at a restaurant on the roadside and couldn't help but ask her: "Isn't that young man good at martial arts? Why don't you look at him?"
Qin Lingsi glanced at it casually and said angrily: "It's just like a monkey!"
Monkey happened to be in the team this time. After hearing this, he leaned his head and said dissatisfied: "Second girl, I am much better than that kid!"
The wild boar pulled the monkey and said in a low voice: "Don't talk nonsense, be careful of others seeing your flaws!"
Zhang Yangquan glanced at the mountain boar and thought that although this bandit had a stupid name, he was quite measured in his actions.
Walking around and looking around, a magnificent mansion soon appeared in front of it. Two large stone lions were placed outside the door. The walls were thick and majestic, and eight majestic and burly men guarded the door.
Zhang Yangquan and others obviously received a cold reception. Not to mention that the King of Zhennan came out to greet them personally, and did not even send a person in charge to wait outside the door.
A guard went in to report and came back after a while. After checking whether he had any swords hidden with him, he took Zhang Yangquan and others in through the third gate of the palace.
The bandits didn't think anything of it, but Zhang Yangquan knew that he had been humiliated, and his face was as gloomy as water, pretending to be humiliated.
Follow a bluestone path and arrive at a side courtyard.
The chief inspector of the palace suddenly walked over with long strides, his expression was quite arrogant. After seeing Zhang Yangquan dressed in strange clothes, he stared at him with surprised eyes: "Are you the Australian envoy?"
Zhang Yangquan performed a cross-chest salute and said solemnly: "Exactly."
Chahu snorted and said, "I heard that all the tribute treasures and certificates of credence on your body are gone. How can you prove that you are an envoy of Australia?"
Zhang Yangquan said calmly: "I have something of my own to dedicate to the prince. If the prince does not believe in my identity, then I will just say goodbye!"
The King of Zhennan has already summoned him, so of course Chahu cannot let him go. He is making things difficult just to check his identity and prevent him from being an assassin.
"Forget it, come with me! Hum, you are the first foreign envoy to come to visit our prince empty-handed!" Chahu said with a dark face, not polite at all.