Chapter 103 This dazed gentleman!
Chapter 103 This foolish monarch!
After parting with Zhao Yu, Zhao Su immediately returned to the Imperial Guard Office to postpone the dinner party. Pei Zhan and the others heard that they followed the emperor to meet the Western envoys, and they both wanted to change shifts with the guards of the same group and follow them.
Although sea transportation is prosperous these days, there are not many Westerners who have landed in. It is the first thing that the dynasty has to do with envoys. Of course, we have to take a look at this new thing.
Fortunately, most of the guards are easy to talk to, and it is rare for Liang Ying to be the ones, so the shift was quickly completed and agreed to gather under Donghua's disciples.
Zhao Su went home and changed into clean clothes. She was also a guard uniform, but she just combed her hair again and tidied her shoes and socks, making her more decent.
Yun Xiangyi also understood some simple etiquette of hospitality in the court, and told Zhao Su some things, and then Zhao Su took Hua Xiangrong to Donghuamen.
The emperor went to receive envoys, so there was a ceremonial guard. Zhao Su and Hua Xiangrong rode their horses and followed them in the guards. As long as they were not running wildly, it was not as difficult as they imagined. Moreover, the original owner still had some basic foundation and had memories of his body and muscles. Zhao Su asked Hua Xiangrong to lead his horse and learned it after walking for a few days.
Huitong Hall is not far from the palace and is also in the inner city.
The emperor's ceremonial guard passed by the streets of the city, attracting many people to watch. It is said that when Zi's appearance is extraordinary today, everyone wants to come and see. Although the imperial chariot is covered by curtains, you can still see blurred shadows. On the side of the human wall separated by the Imperial Guards, you can only hear a marvelous sound wherever you pass.
No matter ancient and modern times, it is indeed a world that looks at faces!
"Zhao Su, the emperor asked you to go ahead!"
Zhao Suzheng was watching with relish, and Tong Xu in front of him waved to her.
She looked at her right, and saw that the emperor in the curtain turned his head and looked at her with a cool look.
Zhao Su immediately stepped forward. The emperor said, "You must be at the table today, don't leave me."
"Yes." Zhao Su walked close to the imperial chariot.
Seeing the emperor retracting his body and closing his eyes to rest, the guards beside him were all separated by a distance, she coughed in a humble way and disturbed him, "Master, you are not moved at all when you see many big girls along the way, all of them are still as beautiful as flowers."
The emperor ignored her.
Zhao Su smiled secretly, then coughed, "What a pity, they are all girls, and there weren't many handsome young men coming, look at me, the guard?"
She also wants to be the focus of attention, how good it feels to be stared at by handsome guys!
"If the handsome young man doesn't have a good look, it's very pitiful."
This sentence came slowly from the curtain.
Zhao Su heard something was wrong and turned his head and said, "What do you mean? Could it be that you mean that the handsome young man who likes me has bad eyes?"
The curtain was quiet, and after a moment the emperor stretched out his slender fingers and lifted a thread of curtains to her: "Look at the road."
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Zhao Su thought he had something important to say, but unexpectedly, he had two words so serious. He looked forward with confusion. Before her eyes were right, her horse's head hit Han Jun's butt in front of her!
Han Jun staggered slightly on the horse's back, then turned around and gave her a warning look.
This is the boss at the moment! He has the right to punish her when he turns back! Zhao Su quickly bows and then turns to see the emperor, but the emperor has already put down the curtain and vaguely shakes happily with the bumps of the sedan chair.
This foolish lord! He actually used her for fun!
Zhao Su glared at him, and when Yu Guang saw Han Jun turning his head to warn again, he had no choice but to settle down.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites and Guanglu Temple were waiting for the welcome at the Huitong Hall, and there were a large row of tall blonde Westerners, but they stood there looking at them inexplicably.
Then some officials from the Huitong Pavilion quickly explained to them. After looking at each other, the Western envoys shook their heads, looking at each other and didn't want to kneel down. Among them, there was a person wearing a blue robe, who seemed to be their chief.
With the mountain shouting under the entrance of the museum, the imperial chariot entered the door and the emperor got off the ground in the yard.
As soon as he stood firm, he looked up and showed his face. The four sides suddenly became quiet, and then there was a sound of inhalation coming out of nowhere.
"The Emperor of Daliang is very handsome!"
The Western envoy in the blue robe bowed deeply to the emperor in a stiff official language.
Zhao Yu frowned and glanced at the emperor. In front of the emperor, he evaluated the emperor's appearance. This was a very disrespectful behavior in Middle Earth.
The emperor raised his lips, "The envoy is also very mighty."
After the translator on the side translated out English, the blue robe envoy immediately laughed and opened his arms to come and hug: "Emperor Daliang, very good!"
Now even Zhao Su, who was separated from the guard position and left the emperor, frowned and subconsciously stood in front of the emperor. Although the Westerners were open and did not adhere to the red tape as carefully as the Huaxia nation, they were just envoys and not the head of state. They were so exaggerated to the king of a country and called Emperor Daliang. Not to mention that it was ancient times, even in modern business occasions, is this really etiquette?
But Zhao Su was just a small social animal in his previous life and had not been able to meet with foreign envoys. She didn't dare to ask if the other person was right. She could only serve as a wall of flesh with the guards.
Blue robe is isolated outside.
Zhao Su glanced at the emperor, and the emperor's face was always calm, as if he was not scared at all. Moreover, the words "foreigner" were said to him, he didn't look confused. Sure enough, the late emperor took him to look at the note, and he was not making a fool of himself. He was not afraid of foreigners scolding him in dialect!
"Sir, please go to the banquet hall to formally pay tribute."
Zhao Yu and Lan Rouzi said.
The officials in charge of the meeting hall followed and led the way forward, and the group slowly walked towards the banquet hall.
The atmosphere along the way was relaxed, which was different from the solemnity and solemnity of the news. Perhaps one reason was that the emperors of this period had full national confidence and strong national strength, so they had some conventional arrogance and did not regard seeing an envoy as a big deal. At least they were not as powerful as the royal family in the late Qing Dynasty, and they could not even straighten their waists in front of foreigners for a long time.
It’s good that the country is strong!
"Please refer to our emperor according to etiquette."
The banquet hall is a small hall with a first-class Danbao built in the upper house. This is the place where the emperor specially received the envoys. After the emperor sat down at the upper seat, the ritual officer signaled the envoys to formally meet.
Zhao Su was arranged to sit on the seat at the lower right of the emperor, and Zhao Yu was on the lower left of the emperor. From this, there were officials from Daliang on the left and envoys from England on the right.
The envoys were six, led by Johnson in the blue robe. All five envoys could speak one or two official words, but most of them were translated by both sides.
Chapter completed!