Huh? The Tyrant Cries After My Inner Thoughts Were Exposed! Chapter 165: Southern Country’s Tribute

On the following day, the palace held a grand banquet to entertain the court officials and the foreign delegation.

Su Juan, still obeying the orders from Honglu Temple, was seated with the delegation. She wore her official uniform, looking listless, "Oh, please heaven, let these delegations leave soon, return from where they ca..."

The crowd, upon hearing this, knew at once that the Vice Director had arrived.

"Alas, these matters at Honglu Temple are truly not sothing a weak woman like can handle."

The Minister of War glanced at Su Juan, snorted coldly, thinking, won are weak, but are you really a woman?

Su Juan, deep in thought, touched her waist with a face full of worry, "I’ve gained a whole circle in these few days. If I keep eating like this, I fear that when Miaoqing returns, she won’t even recognize ."

Soone laughed out loud, truly, this Vice Director’s imagination is boundless, gaining weight at this age after just a few als?

When they looked around and fixed their gaze on Su Juan, they were obviously taken aback, her face... had indeed beco rounder.

Ah, indeed it’s ti to stop eating.

"Su Juan."

Princess Ronghua called Su Juan and asked, "That person in red who was with you that day, didn’t they co today?"

These past few days, she hadn’t encountered that person when she went out, and she hadn’t seen him even after searching for a while.

Su Juan didn’t react for a mont, "What person in red?"

Princess Ronghua: "The one with you at the racetrack that day."

Upon hearing this, Su Juan imdiately understood, the Little Princess was asking about Xie Xun, that peacock, "He didn’t co today."

Princess Ronghua frowned, "You ca, why didn’t he?"

Su Juan: "???"

"What do you an I ca, why didn’t Xie Xun co?"

The crowd instantly pricked up their ears, why suddenly bring up Xie Xun?

Su Juan looked at Princess Ronghua with wide eyes, her mind slowly processing, then she was shocked, "Oh my god, could it be?"

The crowd excitedly: What, what!?

"Could it be that Princess Ronghua fancies Xie Xun?"

The crowd eagerly: Heavens! The Princess Ronghua of the Southern Country actually fancies the Duke Ping’s son!

This is indeed sensational news.

Quickly inform the Lord Duke, finally, a girl with questionable taste fancies this Heir Xie!

Su Juan looked at the spoiled Little Princess before her, contemplating, "Why would this Little Princess fancy Xie Xun?"

The crowd speculated, there’s no need to ask, it’s said that Xie Xun had humbled the Southern delegation at the racetrack, the Little Princess must have been impressed by his power.

Many shook their heads, impossible, impossible, being impressed by soone who humbled your own delegation, that’s not possible, she’s not a masochist.

Look at you all, daydreaming all the ti.

Su Juan touched her chin, recalling Xie Xun’s looks... "I get it!"

The crowd eagerly pricked up their ears: ?

"The Little Princess must have been chard by Xie Xun’s looks."

The crowd: !!!

Indeed, Xie Xun is handso, this Little Princess being new, having not heard of Xie Xun’s notorious deeds, being captivated by his appearance is quite normal.

"Good looks are truly beneficial."

Aren’t they just, even walking on the street can attract the attention of a foreign Little Princess, what great luck.

Many older unmarried n felt a pang of envy, sourly thinking: Who knew the Little Princess from the Southern Country would be so shallow.

Su Juan rembered that this Little Princess was betrayed in battle by her own people, dying in war, quite a tragic figure.

At this mont, the Old Emperor, accompanied by the Empress and imperial concubine, attended, and after the courtiers paid their respects, everyone took their seats.

Fine wine and delicacies were served, with only a handful of singers reciting poems with music, poems longing for old friends, accompanied by elegant tunes.

The Old Emperor squinted, today’s Mid-Autumn banquet was different from previous years, considering the flooding in Xu State, this arrangent was quite fitting, neither losing face in front of the foreign delegations nor chilling the hearts of the people, perfectly suitable.

The Old Emperor regarded the Eunuch beside him, "Go and ask who ca up with the idea for the poem recital."

The Eunuch hurried off to inquire, and in a mont returned, whispering into the Old Emperor’s ear.

The Old Emperor was surprised, it was actually the son of Pingbo Hou who ca up with the idea for the Music Bureau, truly unexpected.

While the courtiers were all engrossed in the banquet, the Eldest Prince of the Southern Country, Chu Guang, stood up to pay respects and present gifts, imdiately capturing everyone’s attention.

This Southern boy wasn’t going to cause trouble again, was he?

Even the Old Emperor was slightly on guard, as the Southern people were notoriously troubleso.

Chu Guang clapped his hands, and the delegation brought forward three items, all covered in red silk cloth, lighting in the hall was significantly dimd as palace attendants extinguished many candles.

Many curiously stared, eager to see what treasures they held, considering the Southern people’s secrecy, perhaps it was sothing truly valuable?

As the silk was uncovered, there appeared an unknown item, glowing!

A blue-green glow, particularly striking.

Many widened their eyes, what could this be!?

Su Juan took a glance, losing interest imdiately.

"Thinking it was so rare treasure, turns out it’s just fluorite, which in modern tis, you could buy several pieces for a few hundred bucks."

"If I rember correctly, the Chu Kingdom has several mines of this, but finding it troubleso and unprofitable, they stopped mining it decades ago after a few months."

This drew everyone’s attention to the Chu Kingdom’s delegation, who showed no reaction, clearly unsurprised by the item.

The Old Emperor coughed lightly, oh, fluorite, who doesn’t know this, these Southern folks present it as so precious treasure.

The Southern delegation introduced, "This is called fluorite, during the day it absorbs light, and by night emits brilliant colors."

The courtiers nodded, fluorite, yes, we know.

The Southern delegation exchanged puzzled glances, they had inquired, and knew Jin Country had no fluorite, yet this seed unimpressive to them.

The courtiers each kept a straight face: Even if curious, they had to maintain their dignity today!

Chu Guang frowned, signaling for the second treasure to be uncovered.

Once the silk was lifted, it revealed a long sword, its blade unsheathed, yet even unsharpened, it emanated a chilling glow.

"This sword is called Zhonghou, made of Mystic Iron, extrely sharp. In our Southern Country, only a hero can rit possessing such a sword."

As the sword appeared, the military generals’ eyes widened...

"Keep your composure, drool is about to leak."

The generals wiped imaginary drool, "Cough cough cough, it’s just a sword, what’s so remarkable?"

The courtiers’ reaction: Yes, yes, not like we’ve never seen one.

Seeing the lackluster response, Chu Guang frowned again, ordering the presentation of the third treasure.

When the silk box opened, three pills lay quietly inside.

This piqued curiosity, even the Old Emperor was intrigued, "What is this?"

Could it be so miraculous elixir of immortality?

The Southern delegation smiled in introduction, "This dicine is called the Muscle Regeneration Pill, capable of regenerating skin, with one pill each, it can make skin as tender as a baby’s."

The courtiers including the Old Emperor showed little interest, expecting sothing extraordinary.

Su Juan’s eyes lit up, "What a great item!!!"

The crowd confused: ???

The Old Emperor puzzled: ???

At the forefront, the imperial concubine’s heart itched, indeed a marvelous item...