The next day, it was dawn.

Zhao Yan slowly stood up from the dragon's bed. When he saw himself in the bronze mirror, he wanted to find a crack in the wall to get in.

His handsome face was swollen, with bruises on the bridge of his nose and several slight abrasions on his cheeks.

It wouldn't be better without three to five days.

At this time, the eunuch Xizi brought a few peeled cooked eggs to Zhao Yan, and then rolled the eggs on Zhao Yan's face to help him reduce the swelling.

Xizi still doesn't know why Zhao Yan turned into this when he left the palace, but he didn't dare to ask.

After all, there are some things that I still don’t know.

Zhao Yan looked at the face in the mirror and asked, "Xizi, if I say the wound on my face was a fall, do you believe it?"

Xizi hesitated for a moment and said with a shrewd look on his face: "Of course I believe it, but the few husbands in the court probably don't believe it."

Zhao Yan gave him a blank look and couldn't help but sigh.

If the injury on the face is a fall, let alone adults, even sensible children will not believe it.

If you don’t fall for about 70 or 80 times, you can’t fall so well. Only when the angle of the fall is extremely tricky, can you scratch the sides of your cheeks be damaged.

At this moment, the eunuch outside the door came to report that Xiao Jingye and the Minister of Rites Cai You were already at the gate of Chuigong Hall, and there was an important matter reported.

Zhao Yan touched his bruised nose bridge, looked at the bronze mirror again, and said with a narcissistic look: "I am still handsome!"

After saying that, Zhao Yan tied a long light golden scarf on his face, revealing only his eyes, and then rushed to the Chugong Hall.

As a beauty controler, Zhao Yan will never let others see his ugly side, and as an emperor, no one dares to untie his long scarf.

As for why you have to tie a long scarf, Zhao Yan has countless reasons for explaining, such as: I like it, I am happy, you care about me, I can take care of you!

Being an emperor should be so willful.

Inside the arched hall.

"Weichen, sam..." Xiao Jingye and Cai You were about to bow to Zhao Yan, but suddenly saw the emperor covering most of his face and were stunned.

Xiao Jingye asked with confusion and concern: "Your Majesty, why are you covering your face?"

"Yeah...Yeah... I feel a little cold and I'm afraid of spreading it to others." Zhao Yan thought about it and said a more reliable excuse.

"Xizi, Your Majesty is in the cold and cold body. How did you take care of him? Why didn't you hire an imperial physician?" Xiao Jingye stared at Xizi beside him.

Xizi suddenly panicked and said, "Prince, servant... servant... me..."

Zhao Yan took the speech and said, "It's not Xizi's business. I don't let him hire an imperial physician. I'm not seriously injured. I'll just have two days off."

"Your Majesty, your dragon body is important. I suggest that you should immediately let the imperial physician come to take the pulse!" Xiao Jingye said.

In ancient times, a small illness could kill people, so Xiao Jingye was quite cautious.

"No, I said I didn't need it, so I didn't need it. If I wanted to summon the imperial physician, I would summon it. What's the matter for you to report?" Zhao Yan said in a slightly serious tone. Once the imperial physician was summoned, the matter of fighting after he left the palace would be leaked.

Zhao Yan couldn't afford to lose this person.

Xiao Jingye was confused and was about to ask about his condition again, but Cai You, who was standing beside him, pulled the corner of his clothes and shook his head.

Xiao Jingye looked confused and always felt something was wrong, but he stopped asking.

The Minister of Rites Cai You bowed and said, "Your Majesty, in addition to the five countries of Wanxiang, Xilimu, Hei Khan, Goryeo and Liuhai, this year's great tribute will be paid, and the Northern Meng will also send envoys to pay tribute. I wonder how we should entertain Northern Meng envoys?"

The so-called grand dynasty meeting means that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the Great Zhou Dynasty will hold a banquet, one to promote the prestige of the country, and the other to exorcise all civil and military officials, so that everyone can serve the country well in the new year.

Every year, countries around the Great Zhou come to pay tribute. This is not because the Great Zhou has good popularity or strong strength, but because it is profitable.

All countries paid tribute to the Great Zhou Dynasty, and they brought local specialties, which were not worth much money at all.

However, in addition to the huge amount of gold, silver and treasures, the return gifts of the Great Zhou also included valuable items such as tea, silk, and porcelain.

Every year at the Grand Court meeting, the Great Zhou Dynasty gave the return gifts to various countries by millions of taels.

It can be said that the visits of neighboring countries are just to fight against the local tyrants in disguise.

Of course, the Great Zhou Dynasty was not a fool. The reason why he threw money out was to use it to buy peace. He hoped that countries could live in peace in the coming year without causing war.

However, this way of using money to maintain dignity will only be looked down upon. Every year, neighboring countries have snatched the Great Peripheral Borders. However, the Great Zhou is too tolerant, and a few words of verbal condemnation will pass.

Now that Zhao Yan has become the emperor, he naturally cannot continue to be so cowardly.

"Ahem..."

Zhao Yan coughed dryly and said, "I have said that after I ascended the throne, I will not marry, I will not pay compensation, I will not cede land, and I will not give annual monies. This year's grand dynasty meeting, all countries are coming, so we only care about lunch, other food and accommodation for the day. As for the return gift, I don't need to please anyone in the Great Zhou Dynasty. Shangshu Cai, please do it. The budget of each country is as long as the Northern Mongolians is not more than 20 taels. As for the Northern Mongolians, they will come. As long as there is no trouble, we can still afford a lunch."

"Ah?" Cai You was a little stunned. The foreign envoy came to pay his respects, just having a lunch. Doing so wouldn't it make the messengers angry to death!

Zhao Yan thrust his chest and said, "What? Do you think it's inappropriate? We have driven Beimeng away, are we still afraid of those small countries?"

Cai You's eyes rolled and she said excitedly: "It's appropriate, I feel it's appropriate. In previous years, I have been serving those messengers carefully. I can finally stand up this year!"

In recent years, he has been very depressed. Now he has changed to a tough emperor, and he is very happy.

Xiao Jingye, who was standing by, also felt that there was no problem. Since the great victory in the Yellow River mouth, his confidence has increased greatly, and Dazhou should indeed become tough.

"If there is nothing else, you two will step back. I'm going to rest!" Zhao Yan said as he pretended to cough twice.

Immediately, Xiao Jingye and Cai You retreated.

In the corridor.

Xiao Jingye and Cai You walked side by side and asked in confusion: "Mr. Cai, why did you stop me just now? Your Majesty is sick, so naturally you have to ask the imperial physician to treat you!"

Cai You smiled slightly and said, "The Prime Minister doesn't know anything. Your Majesty's condition just now doesn't seem to have caused a cold. I observed that there were two small bubbles on his forehead. If I expected it, Your Majesty was pregnant with acne. How can such an embarrassing thing be promoted?"

The ancients did not know what acne was. Because it was usually obtained by unmarried older men, they named it acne. Generally speaking, if acne appears on the face, it means that the liver fire is strong, and only marriage can be resolved.

Xiao Jingye suddenly realized and exclaimed: It turns out that Your Majesty is Sichun, this age is normal!
Chapter completed!