After seeing off Tai Sui and Dongming, Zhao Zhen sat back on the case. After a while, the Eighth King Zhao Defang took Ha Fan to ask for a meeting.

After Xuan met, Kobayashi led the Eight Kings and Ha Fan, as well as the Deputy Envoy Ha Fan who was holding a ritual plate to the hall.

"Your Majesty, this is Ha Fan, the national teacher of the Khitan Kingdom." Zhao Defang introduced after seeing the ceremony.

Zhao Zhen looked at Ha Fan, and saw that the other party had a harsh look and a harsh expression, he felt a little displeased. However, after all, it was the Khitan who came to judge people by their appearance, so he nodded politely.

Ha Fan stepped forward and bowed his chest: "Ha Fan, the foreign minister, has seen His Majesty the Emperor of Song!"

"Yes!" Zhao Zhen raised his hand to help him, and said loudly: "The national teacher has been tired all the way, thank you for your hard work!"

The Eight Kings introduced the Deputy Envoy to Zhao Zhen again: "Your Majesty, this is Yi Xin, the Deputy Envoy of the Khitan Kingdom."

Yi Xin held the tribute plate and bowed to him and said, "Foreign minister Yi Xin, have seen His Majesty the Emperor of Song!"

"No gift!" Zhao Zhen said politely, his eyes turned to Ha Fan.

Ha Fan pointed to the tray and said, "This is a gift from His Majesty of the Emperor of Song Dynasty to His Majesty, with beautiful jades, nine pearls, and eighteen horses."

Zhao Zhen smiled: "The emperor of your country is intent!"

He raised his hand and Kobayashi came forward to take the gift plate.

"Give a seat!" When Xiaolinzi retreated aside, Zhao Zhen said again.

Ha Fan and Yi Xin bowed together: "Thank you Your Majesty!"

Several eunuchs walked in and sat down for several people. The chief and deputy envoy of the Khitan were seated separately, and the Eight Kings also sat down on the side.

After they sat down, Zhao Zhen said, "I am working hard for you to come from afar. Let's rest for two days. Two days later, I will hold a banquet to welcome the two nobles."

Havan bowed: "Thank you, Your Majesty."

To be honest, Zhao Zhen ignored them a little, but after all, he was an envoy of a country and had to be polite. Although he was still young, he had a lot of experience over the past year. He asked now: "Is the envoy who is just a newcomer, and he is still used to living in the inn?"

The Eight Kings interrupted: "Just about this, the Khitan envoy felt that the inn in the city was too cramped and wanted to choose a place outside the city to live."

Zhao Zhen was stunned and looked at Ha Fan.

Ha Fan bowed and said, "Your Majesty, although the inn in the city is exquisite, the foreign ministers are used to the grassland and desert, and they are empty places. They can't help but feel bored when they live in the city. So I want to choose a place to live outside, and I hope your Majesty will be able to do so."

Zhao Zhen suddenly realized: "So that's it! The noble envoy is a guest, how can you find your own residence? Since you are not used to living in the inn..."

He turned to the Eight Kings and smiled and said, "I'm sorry, please arrange the Khitan envoys and his group at the Guchutai bar."

After saying that, Zhao Zhenshuang looked at Ha Fan and smiled and said, "The scenery in Gu Chutai is beautiful and the residence is spacious, so it should be satisfying the nobles."

Ha Fan stood up and thanked Zhao Zhen: "Your Majesty is intent."

The few of them were polite for a while and didn't say anything serious, but for the Song Dynasty, they had fulfilled their etiquette. For the Khitan, being able to be received by the emperor on the first day of entering the city also shows that the Song Dynasty attached great importance to the Khitan. No matter what they thought in private, at least they were given face.

After seeing off Ha Fan and the Eight Kings, Zhao Zhen finally breathed a sigh of relief and walked into Cining Palace excitedly.

In the Cining Palace, the Empress Dowager Liu E was sitting on a chair and drinking tea. There was a plate of dried fruits and a few stacks of booklets on the table, which was quite leisurely.

As soon as Zhao Zhen came in, he sat down on the chair and said happily: "Mom! I have two great events today!"

Liu E raised her eyebrows and asked with a smile: "What a happy event, it depends on how happy you are."

Zhao Zhen smiled and asked without answering, "The first thing is that I still remember Tai Sui, who had sacrificed himself to resist the poisonous needle for his child a year ago?"

Liu E nodded: "Remember, what?"

Zhao Zhen was furious and said, "He was not dead! It turned out that he was only seriously injured at that time, but he forced himself to rely on the food from the sacrificial sect in the tomb to find a way out and ran out, haha!"

Liu E was surprised: Oh? This happened!

Zhao Zhen nodded repeatedly and said happily: "That's right! He has only recovered from health recently, but his mind is not very clear. His son has seen him today."

At this time, the palace maid on the side brought tea. Zhao Zhen paused, picked up the cup of tea and took a sip, and said happily: "What are the second happy event, mom?"

Liu E shook her head with a chuckle and said angrily: "How could you, a child, know about what happened in the previous dynasty?"

Zhao Zhen smiled and picked up a dried fruit and threw it into his mouth: "Mom, the Khitan State sent a national commander to our country and brought beautiful jade, pearls and BMW as gifts. The two countries are friendly and stopping the war. Isn't it a big happy event?"

Liu E frowned and nodded slowly: "That's right, but... the northerners have always coveted my Central Plains paradise. Son, you are the lord of a country, and you must be guarded against others!"

Seeing her solemn expression, Zhao Zhen smiled slightly and nodded slightly as if he had some insight: "Well! What I said is that people's hearts are unpredictable! My son understands!"

Seeing that he had realized something so quickly, Liu E nodded with relief, the topic changed and she stopped talking about political affairs.

On the other end, after returning to Beidoushi, Dongming immediately called Yin Guang and Liu Suifeng.

"Your descended and secretly ordered us to pay attention to the movements of the Khitan national commander, but if the Khitans do not act maliciously, they must not offend them, so as not to harm the relationship between the two countries. Yin Guang, you should be responsible for this matter."

"Okay!" Yin Guang nodded and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm the best at this kind of thing."

Dongming nodded and looked at Liu Suifeng again: "According to what I just told you, the case of Kongsang Temple should be related to that big secret. You and Yaoguang go to Kongsang Temple and see if Di Lingzi and Xuan Xuanzi found out anything. The court's meaning may be said to them."

Liu Suifeng nodded: "Okay! I'll set off right away."

"Well, go ahead and be careful." Dongmei instructed.

...

Kongsang Temple.

Taoist Master Guangxiu accompanied Di Lingzi and Xuan Xuanzi in the Taoist temple. While walking, he pointed to the house and talked about what happened that day.

There is a small pavilion in the courtyard in the distance, and Bao Zheng and Zhan Zhao stood in the pavilion and looked at them from afar.

"What are they looking for?" Bao Zheng said to himself.

"I don't know, but... they must be looking for something very important. They have searched the quiet room where Taoist Chongxuan usually sat down and the bedroom where he slept in the past two days." Zhan Zhao said carefully.

At this time, Zhan Zhao heard the footsteps, turned his head and shouted happily: "They are here."

Bao Zheng looked back and saw Liu Suifeng, Yaoguang and Taisui coming.

The two of them hurriedly met, bowed and said, "You are finally here."

Liu Suifeng bowed and replied: "How is it, what have you discovered here?"

"Where is Master? I'll go find Master." Tai Sui didn't care about the case at all. As soon as he came in, he looked around and saw Xuan Xuanzi from afar. He was happy on his face and ran away quickly.

When Yaoguang saw him running away, he immediately wanted to chase him, but Liu Suifeng said he would stop him: "Let him go. In this view, are you still afraid that he will be lost?"

Yaoguang hesitated for a moment, stopped, but his eyes kept chasing Tai Sui.

Liu Suifeng shook his head and turned to look at Bao Zheng.

Bao Zheng's voice was very low: "I didn't find anything, but our previous guess was correct. Biyou Palace must know something. Di Lingzi and Xuan Xuanzi's actions were very wrong."

Liu Suifeng smiled slightly: "I already know their secret. Come on, let's sit down and talk."

He looked around and saw a small pavilion not far away. As soon as he entered, he pulled Bao Zheng over and sat down, Yaoguang and Zhan Zhao followed.
Chapter completed!