"The envoy of Xuan Xiangnan has an audience—" "The envoy of Xuan Xiangnan has an audience—" was passed on one after another.
Not long after, the envoy from southern Hunan slowly walked into the Jinluan Hall. Under the watchful eyes of all the civil and military officials, he walked to the center of the hall, knelt down on the ground, knelt three times and kowtowed nine times before the emperor, and said loudly: "Lunqing, the minister of the Ministry of Rites of the annexed country of southern Hunan, kowtows before the Holy Spirit."
Long live the Emperor, long live the Emperor, long live, long live the Emperor!"
Emperor Chu chuckled and said: "Your envoy is so polite. The Kingdom of Xiangnan has been no longer a vassal state of our Chu Kingdom ten years ago. Your envoy, you don't have to lower your posture! Get up quickly!"
Lun Qing, however, lay down even lower and shouted in a crying voice: "Your Majesty, our Xiangnan Kingdom will always be a vassal state of Chu State and a vassal state of Chu State. Please send troops to rescue us! Otherwise, you will be the last to
This humble vassal state will be reduced to ruins." As he spoke, he burst into tears and was very sad.
The ministers in the Jinluan Palace all sneered. No matter how you say this person is an envoy of a country, he cried in the court regardless of his image. He represents the entire people of southern Hunan. How unbecoming he is.
The Emperor of Chu is such a smart man. He has never seen anything before, so he would not have guessed Lun Qing's intentions. If he thought that crying bitterly would make the whole Chu country forget what he had done in Xiangnan in the past ten years, then he would
I made the wrong calculation. Emperor Chu remained calm and said calmly: "Get up and talk!"
There was an irresistible majesty in Emperor Chu's voice, which made Lun Qing feel awe-struck in his heart. He didn't dare to play any tricks anymore, so he immediately claimed that it was true and got up on his hands and feet.
Prime Minister Wen came out, pointed his halberd at Li Kuangze, and glared at him: "You Xiangnan betrayed Chu and refused to pay tribute. You were no longer our vassal state ten years ago, but now you are facing the crisis of annihilation.
This is a request for help from a small country, but it is so shameless!" At this point, he faced the Emperor of Chu and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please beat out the shameless people from this shameless country, so as not to pollute our sacred Jinluan Palace!
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Long Batian glanced at Prime Minister Wen approvingly, and said loudly: "I second the suggestion, your majesty, please beat this shameless person out with a stick, so that I will not feel uncomfortable!" After saying this, he winked at everyone.
Everyone understood and criticized the people of Shonan one after another, with fierce words, and they looked like they were jealous of each other.
Lun Qing suddenly sweated profusely and turned pale.
Finally, when Emperor Chu saw that the effect was almost there, he decided to stop and said with a helpless look: "Your envoy has also seen it. It's not that I don't want to send troops to help, but that the ministers are opposed to it. I am alone and powerless!"
Lunqing knelt down and kowtowed again. Tears came as soon as he could. He burst into tears and said, "I beg your majesty to send troops to rescue. Everyone in the Shonan Kingdom will be grateful. His Majesty the King has already given instructions to his ministers when he came. I would like to represent my lord and the tens of thousands of people in Shonan."
Tens of thousands of people bow to your majesty and ask for your permission! Our country is willing to be a tributary of the Chu State, pay tribute every year, and be a minister year after year, and dare not disobey orders from generation to generation."
"So, your Xiangnan Kingdom wants to pay tribute to our Chu Kingdom and return to the Chu Kingdom's tribute system?" The Emperor of Chu said calmly, with no trace of happiness or anger on his face.
Lun Qing said sincerely: "I beg your majesty to agree. The entire Xiangnan Kingdom will never dare to have second thoughts again!"
Emperor Chu narrowed his eyes and said: "Then I want to see how sincere you Xiangnan people are!"
Lun Qing kowtowed again and said with tears: "Your Majesty, in order to make up for our country's sin of not paying tribute for ten years, my king asked the ministers to bring twelve carts of gold, silver and jewels, and two thousand-year-old red fruits to the emperor.
I have fulfilled my filial piety, and my Lord has said that he is willing to pay double the tribute every year from the previous year."
After saying this, two attendants from southern Hunan carefully carried a brocade plate into the palace. The brocade plate was covered with red silk and satin, and the bags under the silk satin were bulging, which looked very heavy. When they came to the center of the palace, they unveiled the red silk at Lun Qing's signal.
I saw two fist-sized red fruits on the plate, which were bright red, round and delicate. The whole body of the red fruits was glowing with red light, and the aura was overwhelming. The whole body exuded a refreshing fragrance, which made people intoxicated.
The ministers were astonished at what they saw, pointing at both sides, talking in low voices, with astonishment in their eyes. You must know that Zhu Guo is a type of heavenly material and earthly treasure. Heavenly material and earthly treasure are also divided into four grades of heaven, earth, xuanren, and the heavenly grade is the highest.
Zhu Guo belongs to the category of heavenly products, and the thousand-year-old Zhu Guo is the best among them. It has the effect of cleansing the veins and increasing longevity, and it can also help people achieve breakthroughs in their skills.
Emperor Chu Longyan was very happy. With these two thousand-year-old red fruits, his life span would be increased by at least dozens of years. After all, every emperor hopes that his life span will last longer. Of course, Emperor Chu will not forget his father.
His Majesty, the emperor of the generation, Chu Tiange's grandfather, and the patron saint of the Chu State, if the longevity of the Supreme Emperor can be increased, the deterrent power of Chu State's super masters will continue to exist.
The Emperor of Chu waved his hand, and the Minister of Ceremonies understood and ordered the two guards to carry Zhu Guo down.
Lun Qing smiled and said: "In addition to jewels and red fruits, I also brought a happy event from our Lord!"
When the Emperor of Chu heard this, he was slightly curious, "Happy event? Where did this happy event come from?" The ministers were also curious.
Lun Qing said with a smile: "Your Majesty, when I came, my lord had ordered me to come here not only to give gifts, but also for marriage!"
Marriage! This is the favorite political method for relations between countries, but for the master and slave countries, it is the dependent country that marries its princess to the main country.
Lun Qing continued: "This time we are getting married to the most beautiful flower in our Kingdom of Southern Hunan - Princess Piaoxue. Princess Piaoxue is my lord's favorite daughter. She is more delicate than flowers. She is only seventeen years old this year, but she is already five years old."
I am an ice magician of the highest level. I hope Your Majesty can agree to this marriage!"
Emperor Chu smiled and said: "Since the king of Xiangnan is so kind, how can I go against his wishes? I agreed! Since she is a princess, I will not be pretentious and let my prince marry your princess!"
Lunqing said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty!" If this marriage can be successful, the Shonan Kingdom will be safe. This is a great achievement!
Emperor Chu waved his hands and then said loudly: "Dear lords, please give me some ideas. Which prince should I marry to Princess Piaoxue?"
The civil and military officials in the Jinluan Palace suddenly started to quarrel with each other. After each prince grew up, many ministers secretly divided their thoughts into factions to support different princes. Except for Chu Tiange, almost all the other princes supported him.
Ministers. And each minister hoped that the prince they supported could take their own daughter. Therefore, when one faction proposed a prince, another faction that supported the prince immediately opposed it strongly, and finally nothing happened.
Finally, someone mentioned the Seventh Prince Chu Tiange. As soon as Chu Tiange's name was mentioned, everyone felt it was strange, because it was always a bit unreasonable for a dandy prince to marry his favorite princess, but everyone also thought it was strange.
There is no objection because it does not affect my own interests.
In the end, the ministers unanimously agreed to let the seventh prince Chu Tiange and Princess Piaoxue marry. Emperor Chu looked at the ministers who had the same attitude and could only nod, but the playful smile on his face showed that he had no objection.
Everyone looked 'ashamed', but Lun Qing was very happy. He had finally completed the task assigned to him by the king, and the Shonan Kingdom was saved.