Standing next to Lu Caihuang intently, Fang Chen listened to the questions and answers from Her Majesty the Empress and Hu Yanzhuo, the special envoy of the Xijin Empire below, and felt the urge to doze off.
Neither party got straight to the point at the beginning, and both talked about unnutritious topics.
How is the Emperor of Xijin’s health lately?
The Dayan Dynasty was truly a prosperous country and a strong people!
After a lot of business flattery, the two of them started talking about business.
After listening to it for a while, Fang Chen understood a little bit. It turned out that the Xijin Empire was a tributary of the Great Yan Dynasty before.
Under the protection of the Great Yan Dynasty, he grew into the hegemon he is today.
In the past, every ten years, the Xijin Empire had to pay a valuable annual tribute to the Dayan Dynasty.
Today is also the day when the Xijin Empire pays annual tribute.
In order to show the sincerity of the Great Yan Dynasty, the empress Luo Ningxin called Lu Caihuang to receive the special envoy Hu Yanzhuo.
After all, this is the first time Luo Ningxin has accepted tribute from the Xijin Empire since she came to the throne.
The former prince Luo Pengcheng died suddenly when he was six years old.
In order to stabilize the overall situation, the late emperor had no choice but to let her disguise herself as a man from an early age. But what she didn't expect was that the late emperor also died when she was ten years old.
It is indeed not easy for Luo Ningxin to grow from a ten-year-old child to the current emperor of the Yan Dynasty.
Therefore, she attaches great importance to the tribute paid by the Xijin Empire this time.
It’s just that what you receive from others with sincerity may not be the sincerity of others.
Hearing Luo Ningxin mention the annual tribute, the special envoy Hu Yanzhuo raised his lips, stood up and said: "Dear Your Majesty Dayan, the annual tribute our Xijin has prepared for Dayan is right here."
He waved, and the subordinate behind him immediately took out a wooden box and handed it to him.
Seeing this scene, the civil and military ministers were immediately confused.
Someone asked aloud: "Is it just a wooden box?"
"Special envoy, what's going on?" Luo Ningxin lowered her gaze, her tone was somewhat solemn, but she still suppressed her displeasure.
Huyanzhuo laughed and said, "Your Majesty and all your lords, please don't be impatient. Please listen to me and explain in detail."
As he spoke, he opened the wooden box and took out a strange-looking thing from inside.
It is in the shape of a long cylinder, with small holes and iron rings distributed on the circular tube, interlocking with each other.
Many people's interest was aroused, and someone asked: "What is this special envoy?"
Hu Yanzhuo said: "This thing is made by the skilled craftsmen of our Xijin Empire. It is called the Nine-curved Exquisite Lock, Your Majesty!"
"The tribute of the past ten years has been sent to me by the Xijin Empire, and it is in your country, but the exact location has been locked in this nine-curved exquisite lock by my emperor. Only by untying all the rings and falling off can we
Open the exquisite lock and let’s see if there are smart people in the Great Yan Dynasty who can unlock it.”
When Fang Chen heard this, he glanced at the nine-curve exquisite lock made of wood, and shook his head in his heart, what's so difficult about this rubbish?
Luo Ningxin's face darkened. She had now realized that the Xijin Empire was making things difficult for her.
It's obvious that he didn't want to pay the annual tribute this time, so he came up with this nine-curved exquisite lock.
Holding back her anger, Luo Ningxin maintained her calmness and said, "Oh, I didn't expect your country to have such thoughts. Gentlemen, is there anyone willing to give it a try?"
All the civil and military officials looked at each other, and someone smiled and said, "Your Majesty, how about I give it a try?"
"Please, Master Zhang." Her Majesty the Empress nodded with satisfaction.
Zhang Yu, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, stepped forward, took the nine-curve exquisite lock from Hu Yanzhuo's hand and began to play with it.
Many people here in Dayan looked at him expectantly, and they all knew that the Xijin Empire was trying to make things difficult for them.
As the sovereign state, this is something they cannot bear. They will give Yanzhuo a good slap in the face after waiting for Zhang Yu to untie him.
However, soon, the forehead of the waiter Zhang Yu was covered with cold sweat, and the rings of the nine-curved lock clanged in his hands.
After a while, Zhang Yu gave up and looked at Luo Ningxin with embarrassment: "Your Majesty, I am incompetent. This thing is interconnected. I am afraid there are thousands of permutations, combinations and changes that I cannot solve."
"Hahaha!"
Before Luo Ningxin could speak, Hu Yanzhuo laughed and took the exquisite lock, and sneered: "It seems that Mr. Zhang is not good at it. You must know that this exquisite lock is in our Xijin Empire, but a three-year-old child can unlock it."
Zhang Yu's face suddenly turned red. He was so humiliated in front of all the civil and military officials. How could he swallow this? He said angrily: "Fart! This is simply not something that humans can solve!"
"Master Zhang, forget it if you don't believe it."
Hu Yanzhuo mocked and turned to look at the others: "Is there anyone else who wants to give it a try?"
This time Luo Ningxin didn't even need to speak, someone volunteered to come forward.
Because what Hu Yanzhuo said just now is so sarcastic. Your three-year-old child in Xijin can solve things that our Minister of Industry and Engineering in Dayan cannot.
Doesn't this humiliate the incompetence of us officials?
Immediately, more than a dozen people gathered together and insisted on unlocking the exquisite lock. However, after more than half an hour, these ministers all looked horrified because they found that no matter what their solution, they could not open the lock at all.
The clasp on the exquisite lock.
All of them looked pale.
Hu Yanzhuo was sarcastic again at this time, and said to Luo Ning: "Your Majesty, it seems that there are no capable people in your country. If this is the case, I am afraid that I will not be able to pay the tribute this time!"
Hearing this, Luo Ning was so angry that she lost her composure and slapped the table: "Whoever can unlock this thing! I will reward you greatly!"
Fang Chen, who was on the dragon steps, was immediately happy when he saw a group of ministers approaching and studying the exquisite lock.
He couldn't help but laugh out loud.
At this moment, everyone was busy untying the exquisite locks but had no choice. None of them dared to speak.
Therefore, the laughter seemed very abrupt.
Suddenly countless angry looks came over!
Oops!
Fang Chen quickly covered his mouth, and Luo Ningxin glared over, this damn slave doesn't know the occasion!
"why are you laughing!"
"Well, I remembered something happy." Fang Chen said awkwardly.
After hearing this, the civil and military ministers in the audience became angry, and some said angrily: "You eunuch are sincere, aren't you!"
"That's right, I already had a train of thought, but I was interrupted by the laughter of you damn eunuch!"
"That's right, I'm about to untie it, now it's better!"
Everyone quickly shifted the blame.
They all knew that they could not unlock this exquisite lock and would definitely be punished by His Majesty later. At this moment, they all had a tacit understanding and put the blame on Fang Chen.
Your Majesty, it's not that we can't untie it, it's just that we were disturbed, otherwise it would have been untied by now!
It's all that dead eunuch's fault!
Fang Chen was shocked, is there such a shameless person in this world?
He laughed angrily and couldn't hold it back, and mocked: "So it's the villain who disturbed the ingenuity of all the adults, and that's why you can't even solve such a crappy thing?"
"Fuck! You damn eunuch, if you can do it, come and do it!"
"Even a rootless eunuch dares to humiliate us! How dare you!"