As soon as the Yuan-Meng delegation entered Shangjing, they became the focus of everyone.
Unlike Dongyi City, which shut out the Yuan-Meng envoys, Northern Qi not only welcomed the Yuan-Meng envoys, but also sent the Minister of Rites, the Commander of the Jinyi Guards, and the Northern Qi Saint to go out of the city to welcome the envoys.
The Minister of Rites was mainly responsible for receiving the envoys, and the Commander of the Jinyi Guards was responsible for monitoring. Begonia Duoduo, the saint of the Northern Qi Dynasty, followed them out of sheer curiosity.
The Yuan-Meng mission was headed by a man named Chi Laowen to negotiate with the people of Qi.
The commander of the Jin Yiwei was heavy, and he realized that all the members of the envoy were masters, especially Chi Laowen, who had an unfathomable feeling.
Chi Laowen is a man with a rugged build and an even rugged appearance. He is in his forties and looks more like a general than an envoy or civil servant.
Zhong Zhong and Haitang Duoduo discovered that Chi Laowen had thick calluses on his hands, and it looked like they were caused by holding a knife.
As soon as the Yuan-Meng delegation arrived in Beijing, they submitted their credentials and asked to see the Emperor of Qi.
"My envoys have had a hard journey, please go to the annex to rest first. Your Majesty will summon you tomorrow." He said politely.
Chi Laowen smiled and said, "Thank you, Master Shen."
Begonia Duoduo, the saint of the Northern Qi Dynasty, said: "I heard that the strong ones in the grassland are respected, and they are especially good at wrestling. I wonder if Sir Chi is good at this?"
Chi Laowen was stunned and said: "The Holy Maiden praises me. Prairie men have been learning wrestling since they were young. They are indeed proficient in it, but they cannot be said to be masters everywhere."
Haitang Duoduo asked curiously: "The grassland is unified. This saint is very curious. What kind of strange person is he? Can he do this unprecedented thing?"
Chi Laowen said respectfully: "Your Majesty is a man of great talent and strategy. He is capable of things that others cannot. He is indeed a strange person of his generation!"
Haitang Duoduo asked curiously: "Your Majesty? Didn't Yuan Meng found the country? Why don't you call me Your Majesty, but Your Majesty!"
Chi Laowen said proudly: "We, the Thirteen Wings, have followed the Lord in our early years and have our own privileges. I am Akainu, one of the Thirteen Wings. This nickname was given to me by the Lord to highlight my loyalty."
Haitang Duoduo asked curiously: "What is the name of Emperor Yuanmeng? Why was there no news about it before?"
He coughed heavily and changed the topic: "Lord Chi, I have prepared a banquet for you all tonight."
Haitang Duoduo's inquiring about information was so explicit that I couldn't bear to watch it.
Chi Laowen said: "Thank you, Mr. Shen. This time I am sent as an envoy to the Northern Qi Dynasty under the orders of the Lord. I also have a very important task, which is to marry the princess of the Northern Qi Dynasty."
Haitang Duoduo was stunned and asked: "Do you want to marry the eldest princess of our country?"
"The saint is joking, I, Chi Laowen, even have a child, how can I marry the princess of your country? It is my lord who wants to marry the eldest princess." Chi Laowen said with a smile.
Haitang Duoduo said disgustedly: "How old you are, isn't your master even older!"
"The saint misunderstood. My lord is of the same age as the eldest princess and has not married yet. If the eldest princess of your country marries into the grassland, she will be Queen Yuanmeng."
Haitang Duoduo said in surprise: "The leader of Yuan Meng who unified the grassland is actually a young man!"
Zhong Sheng was also surprised. He had always thought that a hero who could unify the grassland must be a man over thirty years old.
?According to what Chi Laowen meant, Emperor Yuanmeng turned out to be a young man in his twenties.
"What a coincidence, Nan Qing also asked to marry the eldest princess not long ago." Zhong Zhong said to Chi Laowen: "Your Majesty is still considering it."
Chi Laowen was not impatient and said bluntly: "Prince Nanqing, how can he compare to my lord?"
Zhong Zhong and Haitang Duoduo looked at each other, and then said: "This matter is too big, I have to report it to Your Majesty, Lord Chi and everyone should rest first."
Haitang Duoduo doesn't care about politics, but she also knows that the marriage between the two countries is not a trivial matter, not to mention that now Yuanmeng and Nanqing are asking to marry the eldest princess at the same time, and there is only one eldest princess. No matter who they marry in the end, they will offend a country.
Chen Sheng settled the Yuan and Meng envoys and immediately ran to the palace to meet the Queen Mother and explain everything.
The Northern Qi monarch was young, and the Queen Mother was in charge of the affairs. Without the Queen Mother's approval, the emperor's words would have no effect on the marriage.
As soon as Shen Sheng finished talking about the matter, the eunuch announced the emperor's arrival.
The Northern Qi Emperor Zhan Doudou and Begonia Duoduo walked into the Queen Mother's palace.
"Mother, I heard that the Lord of Yuan Meng wants to beg the imperial sister. What do you think?" Zhan Doudou got straight to the point as soon as he arrived.
The Queen Mother had a straight face and said displeasedly: "Why are you panicking? I teach you how I usually teach you. A king should have a city. If the mountain collapses in front of him, his face will not change."
Zhan Doudou said anxiously: "I heard that the grassland is a barbaric land. The people in the grassland eat their hair and drink their blood. They don't understand ethics and education. If the emperor's sister marries her, she won't be able to adapt."
The Queen Mother frowned and said: "Shen, do you think the eldest princess should marry into Nanqing or the grassland?"
He knelt down heavily and said, "I'm scared. I don't dare to say anything about this kind of family matter in the Heavenly Family."
The Queen Mother sighed and said: "The Tian family has no family affairs. The marriage of the eldest princess is both a family matter and a state matter. You can speak freely and I will forgive you."
He looked at the emperor seriously and hesitantly.
"Shen Qing, please tell me." Zhan Doudou sat next to the Queen Mother, while Haitang Duoduo stood aside, staring at a plate of pastries.
Clearing his throat heavily, he said, "I feel that the Lord of Yuanmeng is more sincere than Emperor Qing. If the eldest princess can marry into the grassland, it will be more beneficial to our country of Qi."
"Oh?" the Queen Mother asked, "How do you say this?"
Shen Yan explained: "First of all, Emperor Qing asked for the princess to marry the eldest prince. As we all know, the eldest prince of Qing Kingdom has impure blood, and his mother-in-law is a Dongyi slave girl. She is destined to miss the throne. If Emperor Qing is really sincere about marrying our country, he should choose the prince anyway. That's right.
On the contrary, if the eldest princess can marry the Lord of Yuanmeng, she will be the queen in the past. A eldest princess and a queen cannot be compared."
The Queen Mother nodded in agreement, Zhan Doudou's face turned ugly.
Yan Yan continued: "Secondly, in terms of threats, Qingguo is far greater than Yuanmeng. Our border with Yuanmeng is limited. On the contrary, we are separated from the border with Qingguo by a mountain.
The Qing Kingdom has always had the ambition to unify the Central Plains. If the eldest princess is married to him, it will only be more difficult for the two countries to go to war with the princess caught in the middle."
Zhan Doudou frowned and said, "That's why we want to marry Qingguo and become friends forever."
This chapter is not finished yet. Please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Shen Zhong disagreed: "There is a saying among the people that a married daughter throws away water. It is difficult for the princess to maintain the relationship between the two countries by herself. Unreliable.
It is better to take advantage of this marriage and borrow troops from Yuan and Meng to attack Nanqing together."
Zhan Doudou was surprised when he heard this: "You want to unite Yuanmeng to attack Nanqing and start the Three Kingdoms War!"
He squinted his eyes heavily and said: "The founding of Yuan and Meng is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Qi. If we can unite the power of the two countries and go south to destroy Qing, then we, Da Qi, can dominate the Central Plains."
The Queen Mother was a little moved and asked: "Are you sure about this?"
He said heavily: "I will arrange for some people to pretend to be Nanqing assassins in the evening and kill a few people from the Yuanmeng envoy. The alliance will definitely be completed."
"Nonsense." Zhan Doudou said angrily: "If something happens to the Yuanmeng envoy in Shangjing, everyone will doubt the Qi State. If things go wrong, Qi State will be attacked from both sides."
He said in a deep voice: "It is precisely because this is Shangjing that Yuan Meng will not doubt us.
The assassins trained by Jin Yiwei are all from Nanqing, and their identities can be checked. Regardless of whether they can complete the mission, they will die. There is no proof of death, so naturally we will not be exposed!"
The Queen Mother was a little moved, but Zhan Doudou still felt it was inappropriate.
"Mother, this matter is too important, why not ask the Prime Minister to come over and discuss it." Zhan Doudou suggested.
Zhong Zhong said anxiously: "It is precisely because it is of great importance, and the fewer people know about it, the better."
After hesitating for a while, the Queen Mother said to Shen Zhong: "Shen Qing's family, if today's incident is leaked, your entire Shen family will be involved."
He knelt down heavily and said: "The Queen Mother clearly knows that I, the Shen family, are loyal to the country of Qi and can attract the sun and the moon."
Seeing that the Queen Mother had already acquiesced, Zhan Doudou could only argue: "Queen Mother, let the Saint and Senior Brother Lang Tao accompany you! They are both ninth-grade masters, so they have greater control."
"Correct." The Queen Mother closed her eyes.
He hesitated to speak, but after seeing the look in Zhan Doudou's eyes, he swallowed everything he said.
At night, a dozen black-clad assassins came outside the embassy. Haitang Duoduo and her senior brother Lang Tao stood on the roof next door. They did not choose to attack with the assassins.
"Senior brother, even if today's action fails, your identity must not be exposed, otherwise Qi will be in big trouble." Haitang Duoduo said to Lang Tao.
"Your Majesty actually agreed to such a ridiculous thing, and you didn't even try to dissuade him." Lang Tao said angrily.
"This is the Queen Mother's decision. Your Majesty can't do anything about it, so what can I do?" Haitang Duoduo rolled her eyes.
A dozen assassins slowly sneaked into the embassy, and the embassy itself was guarded by the entire country, killing them all.
Haitang Duoduo and Lang Tao almost took action several times to save those people.
When the assassin's butcher knife reached out to the Yuan Meng people, a huge wolf howl suddenly erupted.
The expressions of Haitang Duoduo and Lang Tao changed at the same time.
"Grandmaster?!"
A dozen assassins were blasted out of the wall by a huge punch, and the entire embassy was crumbling.
?The roar of a huge wolf spread throughout the upper capital.