Wuzhen Imperial Capital - Imperial Palace Lecture Hall.
Since Wuzhen Emperor Liu Zhanxiong has been practicing in seclusion, the eldest princess of Wuzhen Kingdom, Liu Rushuang, usually presided over the court meetings in the past. Since Liu Rushuang asked herself to be transferred to Weiyang Town to guard the border, Wuzhen Kingdom's eldest prince Liu Rufeng supervised the country.
In the morning of the morning, Liu Rufeng sat under the dragon chair, looking calmly at the civil and military ministers who were filing in. He glanced at the two credentials in the hands of the eunuch next to him, and there was a faint feeling in his eyes.
There was a flash of displeasure.
"If something happens, I'll tell you early..."
When the three hundred civil and military officials stood still, the eunuch beside Liu Rufeng shook off the dust, raised his neck and spoke loudly to His Highness's civil and military officials. Hearing the eunuch's voice, His Highness's civil and military officials couldn't help but shrink their necks.
Anyone who can board this martial arts hall is an old fox who has been practicing for thousands of years. He is extremely shrewd. Not to mention that the eunuch's words are different from those in the past. Combined with the recent rumors that Liu Qi and Liu Yan are making a fuss, even if
Knowing that the two parties are not at odds with each other, but they are also relatives of the emperor, they naturally understand that today's court meeting is destined to be unusual.
"Okay, since you don't dare to say anything, I'm here to talk about what happened recently..."
Liu Rufeng's cold words reached His Highness, and all the civil and military ministers straightened their backs. Seeing this, Liu Rufeng nodded towards the eunuch beside him. The eunuch bowed to Liu Rufeng and walked up holding the two portions in his hands.
Taking a step forward and handing over the two certificates of credence, they slowly unfolded and floated in front of the eunuch.
"clank!"
There were only two sounds like swords being unsheathed, and two figures floated out from the two certificates of credence. They were the emperors of Wei Liang and Tian Wu, Cao Zhongyi and Sun Di.
"Sun Di of Tianwu Kingdom!"
"Cao Zhongyi of Wei Liang Kingdom!"
Amidst the exclamations of His Highness and his ministers, the figures of the two emperors appeared in the Military Hall. Seeing that His Highness's ministers were so surprised by the two emperors from other countries, they couldn't help but feel a little angry in their hearts.
"I, Tian Wu, am willing to form an alliance with Wuzhen and conspire with Wei and Liang..."
"I, Wei Liang, am willing to form an alliance with Wuzhen and conspire with Tianwu..."
The voices of Sun Di and Cao Zhongyi spread throughout the Martial Arts Hall, and the ministers all looked a little frightened when they heard it, but everyone had different thoughts. Liu Rufeng saw it, with a cold look on his face.
Sun Di's alliance tone was reasonable to Wuzhen, and his attitude was sincere, but Cao Zhongyi's words were like giving instructions to a servant, full of arrogance, and even asked Wuzhen to use Weiyang City to facilitate the alliance.
"What a shame! Your Majesty has been in seclusion for thirty years, and I, Wu Zhen, have been weakened by everyone's internal fighting for twenty years. As one of the three major forces in Nanzhou, do I still have the qualifications to compete for supremacy?
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"Prince, forgive me..."
Liu Rufeng's words were very cold. Some of His Highness's ministers, led by the Prime Minister, quickly knelt down on the ground, shaking like chaff. Some of them were noncommittal, and they were all from Liu Qi's group. They directly acknowledged what Liu Rufeng said, although they were not in agreement with Liu Rufeng.
The fight has been made public, but they still have to give face to the prince and bow slightly; the rest are Liu Rufeng's people, and they are filled with righteous indignation, and they are ready to throw their lives and blood for Liu Rufeng immediately.
"Your Highness, Wei Liang's strength can be said to be number one in the world of Nanzhou. This attack is so fierce that both sides will suffer losses with Tian Wu. We only need to sit back and watch. We will give him whatever he wants. Just let the two of us go."
Fighting between tigers is not a good strategy... both sides will suffer, and in the end, aren't they all ours?" Liu Qi's father-in-law, Ning Guo Gong, stood up and looked at Liu Rufeng with some expectation in his heart.
"Well...yes, this will indeed save you some trouble..."
"Your Highness the Crown Prince! The thief in Wei and Liang is so ambitious that he will kill kings and lords. If he forms an alliance with Wei and Liang, it will be like seeking the skin of a tiger. Any promises made by this thief must not be taken lightly..."
Liu Rufeng was already thinking that Fang Qi's words were not unfeasible, and there were other ways to do it. But another voice directly interrupted Liu Rufeng's thoughts. He followed the voice and saw that the person speaking was none other than Prime Minister Wu Boren.
"That's right! If we feed the ambitions of Wei Liang's wolves with my Wuzhen treasure, their butcher's knives may not be swung at our necks in the future!" Li Mu, the Minister of War who had taken refuge with Liu Rufeng, said solemnly.
"Your Highness, what you said is wrong. In my opinion, Wei Liang just asked us to provide Weiyang City as a transit point for attacking the hinterland of Tianwu. The day when Tianwu is destroyed will be the time of return. What's wrong with this?
Are you relieved?" Fang Qi quickly retorted.
"Borrow? How old is Lord Ning Guo? How can he be so naive? This Weiyang City is the most important city of my Wuzhen after the imperial capital. If you lend it out like this, Wei Liang can use it to strangle my Wuzhen by the throat.
Can they pay it back?" Wu Boren asked sternly towards Ning Guogong.
"As long as we establish a trustworthy and reliable contract, we will be safe. Wei and Liang are our best choices now. I wonder why the prime minister is so resistant to destroying Tianwu with Wei and Liang? Could it be... to repay Xie Bocheng fifty years ago?
Life-saving grace?" Fang Qi changed the topic and directly accused Wu Boren of having different intentions.
"Wow……"
"You! You are spitting blood!"
Ning Guogong's words undoubtedly caused an uproar in His Highness. The fact that the dignified Prime Minister Wu Zhen actually had a relationship with an outsider like Xie Bocheng has to make people think deeply.
Although Wu Boren was a prime minister, he was actually an ordinary old man with no spiritual power at all. Because of Ning Guogong's words, he was so angry that he was shaking all over and almost vomited blood, pointing at Ning Guogong angrily.
"What? Is the Prime Minister an ungrateful person?" Fang Qi turned around, looked at the civil and military ministers, and said pointedly.
"Your Highness! When I was young, I traveled alone. When I arrived at Fanxing City in Wei and Liang, I was helped by Xie Bocheng. This is a fact. I don't want to deny it. However, I have been the prime minister of Wuzhen for forty years and devoted all my blood to Wuzhen.
The old minister definitely has no second thoughts!" Wu Boren knelt down towards Liu Rufeng and said every word with tears.
"Oh? Then why did the Prime Minister oppose Wei Liang so much? It's not selfish!" Fang Qi stood up and said sternly.
"Not to mention the cold lips and teeth..." As he spoke, Wu Boren took out a jade slip from his arms, took a look at it, and looked up at Liu Rufeng as if he was frightened, "I am indeed not ungrateful. I have been sending people
Secretly investigating the reasons for the death of the Xie family, this jade slip contains the reasons why the main force of the veteran resisted Wei Liang, please preview it!"
"Well, please present it..."
Seeing that Wu Boren was so determined, Liu Rufeng winked at the eunuch beside him, and the eunuch walked up to Wu Boren, and under the astonished eyes of the civil and military officials in the palace, he brought the jade slip in front of Liu Rufeng.
"What! Prime Minister Wu, is this serious?"
After taking one look at the jade slip, Liu Rufeng stood up directly and looked at the devil, His Highness Wu Boren, with a changed expression.