Zhao Ji couldn't help but smile when he heard this. He didn't say anything just now because he didn't expect that the little girl was not old, but she was very free and easy. She even left without hesitation at all. After hearing Zhong Ling's shouting, he smiled and waved, "Come back, you are alone, even if you don't cause trouble, trouble will come to you. Come and let's go together. After a while, I'll send you home."

When Zhong Ling heard Zhao Ji trying to keep him, he felt a little joy in his heart for some reason, but he was still worried: "But I'm afraid I'll cause trouble for Brother Zhao..."

"Don't worry, I called out your name long ago at Zhenbei Pass. If the prince Duan had to make things difficult, he would have been unable to hold back. He is the prince of your Dali Kingdom, and his status is very high. I don't think you know that your father would hate Duan's surname to his bones." Zhao Ji immediately stepped forward and waved to Zhong Ling, and said, "What can he do if he knows? You are my friend. Even if you act wildly in his mansion, he can only endure it. Otherwise, he wants him to look good!"

Hearing this, Zhong Ling smiled and nodded, walked back to Zhao Ji, and said, "Brother Zhao, if you don't lie to me, you are really willing to take me home. I will definitely treat you well and take you to the Lancang River to catch fish. My dad, if my dad dares to make things difficult for you, I will let Diao'er bite him!"

After being separated from the mission team, Zhao Ji felt less restrained and did not let Zhong Ling be stuck in the carriage. So he waved his hand and asked someone to take a horse and rode with Zhong Ling. Under the guidance of the people in the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, he walked towards Dali City. Halfway through the journey, Qiao Feng, who had parted in Shangguan, also came over. He was not used to the vast official scene outside Dali City, so he went to the camp with the team first, and then came to meet after the matter was finished.

When he learned that Zhao Ji was invited by the King of Zhennan to live in the palace, Qiao Feng's face flashed with joy, and he opened his mouth and seemed to have some ideas but didn't say it. Seeing this, Zhao Ji smiled and said, "Brother Qiao, don't worry, if you have the chance later, I will let you learn about the Yiyang Finger, which is famous in the martial arts world in Dali."

Qiao Feng smiled and shook his head and said, "I just relied on the reputation of Yiyang's finger for a long time, and I was curious. The prince Duan had a very good martial arts skills. If I really started to compete with him, I wouldn't have the confidence to stop. If the diplomatic relations between the two countries were ruined because of a little curiosity, there was no need."

"It's okay. When we really start to discuss, we are not the envoys of the Song Dynasty. We are only two heroes who are ordinary people. It is impossible for that Prince Duan to have no such demeanor, right?" Zhao Ji said with a smile.

When Zhong Ling heard that Zhao Ji was a hero in the martial arts world, he remembered his embarrassing look in the warehouse in the goods village. He couldn't help but smile, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhao, is it that even your sparse skills in the Central Plains martial arts world considered a hero in the martial arts world?"

Zhao Ji was embarrassed when he heard this, and then glared at him, "Little girl, don't be arrogant. When I have learned the real magical skills, I will compete with you again. If you lose, you are not allowed to cry." At this point, his heart moved. If he went to Wuliang Mountain to find the Beiming magical skills, Zhong Ling could be a good guide. As long as he found the Wuliang Jade Bi on the back mountain of Wuliang Sword Sect, the rest would be relaxed.

After hearing this, Zhong Ling curled his lips: "Although I am not very capable, I have practiced martial arts since I was a child. Brother Zhao, you must beat me. Even if you really get some earth-shaking magical skills, you can't beat me without three or five years of hard practice!"

The group entered the city with a smile and said nothing. Duan Zhengchun, who had returned to the city first, immediately arranged for the mansion to welcome Duan King Zhao Ji. He asked Duan King of Song to live in Zhennan Prince's Mansion. This decision was what Duan Zhengchun suddenly thought of after receiving Sikong Ba Tianshi reminded him. Along the way, seeing the reactions of various tribes in the country to the envoy of the Song Dynasty, Duan Zhengchun felt more and more that if he could successfully accept the enthronement of the Song Dynasty, it would definitely be an extremely rare opportunity for the royal family to reverse the current situation.

Although Duan Zhengchun also learned from the information revealed by the envoys that the mission did bring the enthronement of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty this time. Duan Zhengchun was not naive enough to think that this matter had been finalized. During the reign of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty, the Dali royal family made some efforts to get the enthronement of the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. He gave up a few charming eyes by contributing to the contribution of the head of the Nong Zhigao. Unfortunately, the powerful minister Yang obstructed him. In the end, the Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty only said one sentence, "The southern border has been transformed, and there is no time to make a long-term view." Not only did the royal family not get what they wished, they have since been more and more complicated with the Yang family, and finally the internal disaster broke out more than ten years ago.

The resumption of tribute by Dali Kingdom this time was due to the great determination of the Duan brothers. They learned that the new emperor in power in the Song Dynasty was determined to be on the frontier. In recent years, the Qiang and Xixia in the northwest of the Song Dynasty had frequent actions, so the Duan brothers took a gamble, hoping to borrow the power of the Song Dynasty to compete with the Gao family. If there is no result this time, according to the current situation, Dali will be no longer the Duan country in a few years!

Duan Zhengchun invited Zhao Ji but had no choice but to give it a try. He knew that the etiquette and law of the Song Dynasty were rigorous, and this arrangement that was not in line with etiquette was difficult to agree. Unexpectedly, the Prince Duan really agreed. Duan Zhengchun was overjoyed and went back to the mansion to make arrangements first, so he wanted to make the Prince Duan of the Song Dynasty feel at home. Some of the decorations in the royal palace were not suitable, so he ordered people to tear them down and went to the palace to mobilize a batch of imperial objects for emergency response.

Such a scattered arrangement naturally disturbed the princess Dao Baifeng, who was reclining in the palace. Although she lived in the palace, she was still dressed up in Taoism. Seeing that the palace was busy in a mess, many of the decorations she liked were removed, she was a little unhappy. She immediately said in a deep voice: "What are you doing? Are you going to demolish the house?"

Duan Zhengchun looked back at the angry princess, walked over and smiled and said, "It's really not worthy of disturbing your quietness! You go to the back hall to rest, the things here are almost done."

The princess ignored Duan Zhengchun's soft jade tenderness and said with a cold face: "What are you doing? Demolition of the house like this! Why did that stone platform be demolished? When Yu'er was a child, she would sit on it every day and listen to me tell stories. And that one..."

Duan Zhengchun heard the princess pointing to the decorations in the mansion and talk about the happy life of the family in the past. He felt sad. He spread his hands and grabbed the princess's white wrist and said in a gentle voice: "Phoenhuang'er, when you go home this time, you can stay at home with peace of mind. Our family is tidy..."

"Don't bother me again. I lived home because the envoy of the Song Dynasty arrived." The princess pulled her hand back with force and continued to ask, "I'll ask you why do you need to remove these decorations at home?"

"The Prince Duan of the Song Dynasty mission is going to live in our house..."

Seeing that the princess's attitude was still firm, Duan Zhengchun sighed and turned to the important matter.

After hearing this, the princess frowned: "Is there no place to settle the messenger city? Why do you have to let them live in the house?"

Duan Zhengchun sighed, and immediately talked about the interests in this matter, and then said: "Phoenix, don't worry, although the prince Duan of the Song Dynasty is not old, his temperament is extraordinary, and he has no playboy habits. He is an extremely easy-to-get-in-law."

After hearing Duan Zhengchun's reason, the princess's face was not very good. She looked at Duan Zhengchun with a rare look of concern: "Is the situation so difficult? Why don't I go home and discuss with my father and brother and let them set up a formation, which may make Mr. Gao a little afraid." The princess' mother tribe is a Baiman clan and has great authority in this Dali country.

Duan Zhengchun stretched out his arm and hugged the princess in his arms, sighed and said, "These are all minor details. Now the most important thing is to let the emperor successfully obtain the enthronement edict from the Song Dynasty. Only in this way can Brother Gao be afraid and not ruin the friendship between the king and the subject. Later, the prince will come and I will hold a family banquet to welcome him tonight. Phoenix, please change into this Taoist outfit first?"

In the face of major events, the princess put away her little temperament and nodded gentlely: "I'll listen to you."

After a pause, Duan Zhengchun said again: "Yes, that Prince Duan also brought a female family member next to him. If you have Fenghuanger, you will come forward to receive it, it will be more convenient."

After hearing this, the princess frowned and said, "The woman from the Song Dynasty must be very arrogant. I have never left our Dali Kingdom in my life, I am afraid there is nothing to talk to her."

After hearing this, Duan Zhengchun smiled and said, "You don't have to worry about this, Prince Duan is a local family member of our Dali Kingdom." While smiling, he talked about the mistake of Zhong Ling as an assassin.

After hearing this, the princess suddenly sneered: "No wonder she praised the prince of the Song Dynasty so much. It turned out that birds of a feather gathered together to appreciate each other. The princes in the world, no matter which country they belong, are all ordinary people..."

Duan Zhengchun didn't want to talk about something casually, but it caused a lot of trouble. He quickly changed the subject, watched left and right for a moment, and asked, "Where is Yu'er? Call him and I have some things to explain. The Prince Duan is about the same age as him, so there should be more to talk about each other. If he can learn some ways to deal with people from Prince Duan, he will be more natural in the future, and I don't have to work hard every day to express my life."

"My Yu'er is well-behaved and clever, but you don't have to learn from your activities." The princess spat lightly, and then said wonderingly: "He went out with Brother Zhu in the morning, saying that he was going outside the city to welcome the envoy of the Song Dynasty? Didn't you see him? He didn't come back with you?"

When Duan Zhengchun heard this, his face suddenly darkened and he said angrily: "This guy is really not aware of the importance of the matter! At such a critical moment, he dared to wander around!"

Speaking of this, Duan Zhengchun ordered the guards in a deep voice, "Go and find the prince back. If he refuses to go home, break his leg!"

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Chapter completed!