Liu Mingzhi saw that a group of generals, big and small, were less than thirty steps away from him. He turned around with a smile and spat out the melon seed shells between his lips and teeth.
Seeing this, sisters Ren Qingrui and Gumelanya subconsciously turned their necks and looked at each other.
When the two sisters saw each other, they both turned to look at themselves, and immediately smiled tacitly at each other.
Immediately, the two sisters Ren Qingrui stood up from their chairs in unison, turned around and walked towards Qi Yun.
After the two sisters Ren Qingrui came to Qi Yun's side together, they immediately leaned their slender waists to the left and right and whispered in Qi Yun's ears.
"Sister Yun."
"Sister Yun."
When Qi Yun heard this, the expression on her pretty face was slightly startled. She instinctively turned her head and glanced at the two sisters standing on her left and right sides.
"Sister Rui'er, sister Lanya, what's wrong? Do you two have anything to do with your sister?"
Listening to Qi Yun's inquiry, Ren Qingrui quickly pointed to a group of generals who were getting closer and closer to the main table.
"Sister Yun, as a younger sister, I am not qualified to accept formal salutes from Commander Zhang, Commander Nangong, Marshal Duan, and a group of generals.
In this case, it would be inappropriate for me, sister, to sit here with you.
Therefore, sister, I will go and stay at the palace gate first."
As soon as the soft words in Ren Qingrui's mouth fell, Gu Melanya, who was standing on the other side of Qi Yun, immediately echoed softly.
"Sister Yun, I think so too, little sister, I am different from my elder sister.
Therefore, I accompanied Sister Qingrui to stay at the palace gate."
After Qi Yun listened to what Ren Qingrui and Gumelanya said one after another, the look on her pretty face hesitated for a moment, then she hurriedly got up from the chair and came to Liu Dashao's side.
"Husband."
"Well, Yun'er, what's wrong?"
Qi Yun glanced sideways at Song Qing, Zhang Kuang, Nangong Ye, Duan Dingbang and the others, then lowered their heads and whispered in Young Master Liu's ears.
Song Qing, Zhang Kuang and the others saw Qi Yun whispering something to Young Master Liu. After quickly looking at each other for a few times, they immediately slowed down their pace intentionally or unintentionally.
Although the generals at the back didn't know what was going on, they saw that the people in front were slowing down, so they had no choice but to slow down.
After Liu Mingzhi listened to Qi Yun's story, he turned around and glanced at the two sisters, Ren Qingrui and Gu Melanya, who were looking at him, and waved to Qi Yun with a smile.
"Hehehe, as my husband, I am simply meeting the generals of the Western Expedition. This is not a formal occasion!
Just tell Rui'er and Lan Ya, the two sisters, to just sit down and be honest."
As soon as Mr. Liu's solemn words fell, Qi Yun immediately smiled and nodded twice.
"Hey, I know it."
Qi Yun responded to Liu Mingzhi in a low voice, then immediately returned to her seat and sat down again.
"Sister Rui'er, hello Guoguo. Sister Lanya, your brother-in-law, just ask you two sisters to go back and sit down."
After hearing such words from Qi Yun's mouth, the expressions on the pretty faces of sisters Ren Qingrui and Gu Melanya were involuntarily stunned.
"Ah? What, go back and sit down?"
"Ah? Go back, go back and sit down?"
Seeing the stunned expressions of sisters Ren Qingrui, Qi Yun chuckled and shook her head.
"Keke, ah, what? Your sisters' Da Guoguo and brother-in-law asked you to go back and sit down, so you two should go back and sit down.
Go back and sit down quickly, don't let Shuai Zhang, Shuai Nangong, and Marshal Duan wait too long."
After sisters Ren Qingrui and Gumelanya came to their senses, they quickly nodded their heads twice in unison.
"Hey, okay, okay."
"Yes, okay, go back now."
Ren Qingrui and the other sisters responded to Qi Yun in a low voice, then hurriedly turned around and returned to their seats and sat down again.
When Song Qing, Duan Dingbang and others saw this, they immediately accelerated their pace in unison.
Soon, a group of people headed by Song Qing, Zhang Kuang, Nangong Ye, and Duan Dingbang stopped three steps away from Liu Dashao.
Immediately afterwards, dozens of generals, large and small, quickly adjusted their armor and knelt down on one knee to Master Liu, Qi Yun, and the third princess.
"I see your Majesty, long live my emperor."
"I see you, the empress, and all the noble concubines, you may live a thousand years, a thousand years, a thousand years."
"I see you, Your Highness the Fourth Princess. The princess is a thousand years old."
Liu Mingzhi turned his head and glanced around at the dozens of generals kneeling on one knee, and then inadvertently glanced at the little cutie sitting not far from him out of the corner of his eye.
When he saw that the little cutie was looking back and forth at the generals in front of him with great interest, rather than focusing on any one person alone, an imperceptible flash of light flashed through his eyes.
A look of surprise.
Immediately, he quietly withdrew his gaze, smiled and waved gently to the dozens of generals, big and small, who were kneeling on one knee.
"No gifts, no gifts at all."
Qi Yun, the third princess, the queen and the other sisters finally spoke when they saw Young Master Liu, and they all smiled and held up their hands.
Only sisters Ren Qingrui and Gumelanya were quietly playing with their fingernails, nodding and lowering their eyebrows, pretending not to notice the situation in front of them.
"No gifts, no gifts at all."
Following Qi Yun, the third princess and the other sisters spoke in unison, and the little cutie also smiled and held up her delicate hands.
"No, all of them are free."
"Thank you so much, Your Majesty, ladies and gentlemen, Your Royal Highnesses."
Song Qing, Zhang Kuang, Duan Dingbang and the others thanked each other in unison and stood up from the ground one after another.
Seeing that dozens of generals had all stood up, Young Master Liu gently waved the jade fan in his hand, smiled lightly at Song Qing, and waved their hands wildly.
"Everyone, please stop standing and sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Dozens of generals gave Young Master Liu a hug and then turned around and dispersed towards the tables and chairs on the left and right sides.
Duan Dingbang, Ge Gonglu, Zhuge Ziqing, and other generals from the Second Route Western Expedition, walked slowly towards the tables and chairs in front of them, with excited expressions on their faces, and would look back at Young Master Liu from time to time.
Seeing that Young Master Liu was happily sitting on the chair and watching him and others, their eyes flashed with excitement that could not be concealed at all.
Although it was already confirmed from Zhang Kuangye and Nangong Ye that Young Master Liu was in the palace.
However, when they saw Young Master Liu appearing in front of them, they couldn't help but feel excited in their hearts.
Compared to the excitement of generals like Ge Gonglu, Chu Yunhao and others, Duan Dingbang's mood at the moment was relatively calm.
After all, he had already met Qi Yun, the Queen, with his own eyes last night.
After Liu Mingzhi picked up the pot and poured himself a glass of wine, he looked at the generals Duan Dingbang, Ge Gonglu, Zhuge Ziqing, Wang Minghua, Yu Datie and others with a raised brow and a slight smile.
Upon seeing this, Qi Yun, the third princess, the queen, Aunt Mo Rongrong, and the little cutie all picked up their jugs and poured themselves a glass of wine.
At the same time, Song Qing, Zhang Kuang, Nangong Ye, Cheng Kai and other generals saw Liu Dashao pouring wine, and immediately picked up the pot and poured themselves a glass of wine.
"Dingbang, Gonglu, Ziqing, Yunhao, Datie..."
Before Duan Dingbang, Ge Gonglu and the other generals had time to sit down, they heard Young Master Liu's greeting, and they all gave Young Master Liu a fist.
"I'm waiting here."
Liu Mingzhi gently shook the Wanli Jiangshan engraved jade fan in his hand, slowly stood up from the chair, and sighed with a sad expression.
"well!"
"My dear friends, we haven't seen each other for a long time since we said goodbye last year!"
Duan Dingbang, Ge Gonglu, Chu Yunhao, Zhuge Ziqing and others looked at each other after hearing this, and bowed to Young Master Liu respectfully.
Finally, Duan Dingbang took a small step forward.
"It has been more than a year since I returned to Your Majesty."
Liu Mingzhi raised his eyebrows and nodded melancholy.
"Suddenly, it has been more than a year. Time flies so fast!
If I remember correctly, young master, it seems that you broke camp and set off for the expedition on August 18th last year, right?"
"Your Majesty, you remembered correctly. I set out for the expedition on August 18th."
After Liu Mingzhi pondered for a moment, he smiled lightly and gestured to Duan Dingbang, Ge Gonglu and other generals.
"Dingbang, Gonglu, please stop standing and take your seats first."
"I obey, thank you very much, Your Majesty."
Duan Dingbang, Ge Gonglu, Tang Ershan and the other generals took the lead and hugged Young Master Liu, then slowly sat on the chairs behind them.
When Cheng Kai, Feng Buer, Han Peng and others saw Duan Dingbang and others taking their seats one after another, they quickly winked at them and made silent gestures.
Duan Dingbang saw all the uncles winking and gesticulating at him. After a brief moment of confusion, he finally understood what was going on.
Immediately, he quickly turned to Ge Gonglu, and Zhuge Ziqing and others murmured quietly.
After a while, a large group of generals from the Second Route West Expedition Army also carried pots and poured a glass of wine.
Mr. Liu gently shook the jade fan in his hand and walked around for a while. Finally he stopped in front of the table, picked up a melon seed from the plate and threw it into his mouth.
"Dingbang."
"I'm here."
Young Master Liu spit out the melon seed shell on the tip of his tongue, chuckled and sat sideways on the armrest of the chair behind him.
"My young master, I brought a large family all the way west this time. First, I went to the Gumo King's Palace in the Western Regions for marriage arrangements.
Then, a group of us rushed to the royal city of Dashi Kingdom.
On this journey to the west, although our group did not rush very fast every day, after adjusting for each other, our overall speed along the way was still not slow.
After we left the capital and rushed to the royal palace of Gumo Kingdom in the Western Regions to visit our relatives, our group then rushed from Gumo Kingdom to the royal city of Dashi Kingdom.
This long journey took us about half a year.
Excluding the period of time that my young master and our group stayed at the Gumo King's Palace, the time will become even less.
We traveled lightly and simply, and it took us about half a year.
It can be seen that your marching speed this time is really not slow!"
"Reporting to your Majesty, it took me a total of seven months and twenty-six days for this Western Expedition from the time when we, the Great Dragon Celestial Dynasty, arrived at the royal city of the Kingdom of Dashi."
Young Master Liu raised his eyebrows in surprise and nodded cheerfully.
"Seven months and twenty-six days?"
"Your Majesty, that's right!"
Liu Mingzhi chuckled and closed the Wanli Jiangshan engraved jade fan in his hand, turned around and slowly sat on the chair behind him.
"One hundred thousand troops arrived at the royal city of Dashi Kingdom from Dalong in seven months and twenty-six days.
Soldiers are valuable and swift, indeed, soldiers are valuable and swift!"
Listening to Young Master Liu's sighing words, Duan Dingbang bowed respectfully.
"Your Majesty, the reason why I was able to reach the royal city of Dashi Kingdom in more than seven months is mainly because of your sage, Your Majesty.
If it were not for the food and grass from the rear, as well as the food and grass from the countries in the Western Regions, they could be continuously supplied in a timely manner.
No matter how well I organize my troops, I will definitely not be able to rush from our dragon to the royal city of Dashi Kingdom within seven months.
In addition to the timely supply of food and grass, there is also the fact that Uncle Zhang Mo, the commander-in-chief of the Anxi Protectorate, dispatched a large number of cavalry to help the ministers and others on their way quickly.
I know very well in my heart that if it hadn't been for your Majesty's instruction, Uncle Zhang Mo would not have spared no effort to help me march on my way.
Of course, when I said this, I did not mean to say that there was anything wrong with Uncle Zhang Mo for not helping me and others.
It's because I know in my heart that Uncle Zhang Mo, as the commander-in-chief of the Anxi Protectorate, also shoulders various missions and responsibilities.
I will never have any dissatisfaction with Uncle Zhang Mo because of this!"
As Duan Dingbang spoke, he once again bowed respectfully to Young Master Liu.
"Your Majesty, it is precisely because of this that I just said that the reason why I and others were able to rush to the royal city of Dashi Kingdom in such a short period of time.
Generally speaking, it is mainly because Your Majesty is wise and has paved the way for me and others."