"Mr. Yang Xiu, please enter the palace." Kong Tong, the young lady in charge, greeted her with a polite smile on her face.
In the hall, the family members were basically all present. After all, it was a marriage between city-states, and it was as grand as a festival. Even the avenue into the city of Zulong City-state was decorated with colorful lights.
"Her Majesty, I haven't seen you for a while, and our soldiers in Lingxiao City miss you very much." Yang Xiu took a step forward and walked towards the hall.
Yang Xiu only brought two guards with him, and the others were waiting outside the palace. Even in the enemy city, this Mr. Yang Xiu didn't look nervous at all, as calm and relaxed as if he was visiting a neighbor's house.
"The servants should be washing and dressing up the lady." The little lady Kong Tong said.
"That's good, that's good. Speaking of which, I'm a little surprised that Your Highness is so obedient, but a female monarch is always a female monarch, and she is willing to give everything for the future of the two major city-states, even if it is to kneel down and become a concubine." , Hahahaha!" Mr. Yang Xiu laughed, and his voice spread in the hall.
Everyone in the Li family didn't look so pretty.
No matter what, the party who took the initiative to negotiate a peace is tantamount to a compromise after all.
I thought Yang Xiu was a courteous and thoughtful envoy, but I didn't expect him to have a bit of irony when he first entered the palace.
"This is the peace agreement. Mr. Yang has reviewed it. If there is no other problem, please sign it." Li Ying also spoke at this time.
Yang Xiu saluted perfunctorily, which was regarded as a respect for the master of the Li family.
He took the peace agreement and quickly scanned the contents.
In the process of reading the peace agreement, a soldier with a vermilion corsage came quickly and whispered something in Yang Xiu's ear.
Yang Xiu wrote the pen and never touched the ink. It seems that he didn't intend to sign it from the beginning, let alone stamp it.
When the soldier retreated, Yang Xiu made an unhappy expression, first uttered an unpleasant click, then put down the pen in his hand, and said, "Patriarch Li, our Lingxiao City-State has sent so many betrothal gifts. , can be regarded as full of sincerity, why didn’t you write the regulations for ceding the four cities in the west in this peace agreement, and even now you don’t want me to wait to see the queen?”
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the Li family couldn't bear it any longer.
Ceded the four cities in the west?
The four cities to the west are rich and prosperous, and they are the most important territories and cities besides the main city of Zulong City-state. Even if the two city-states continue to fight, the Li family will never cede these four cities to Lingxiao City-state! !
"What about ceding the four cities in the west? The condition we negotiated before is that Li Yunzi will marry into your Ling family in Lingxiao City as a concubine!" Mrs. Kong Tong said a little annoyed.
This Yang Xiu, even if no one is in his eyes, speaks so lunaticly.
"Oh, I didn't say it before, but now it's not too late to add this condition, I can wait." Yang Xiu moved a chair from the seat by herself .
Putting the chair in the center of the hall, Yang Xiu sat on it, and brought a fruit plate in front of a lady from the Li family, and ate the fruit as if no one else was around.
"Presumptuous!! You are a little envoy, you can't treat our Li family's royal courtyard as your own backyard!" A Li family's dragon shepherd general said angrily.
"I, Yang Xiu, represent the Ling family of the Lingxiao city-state to negotiate peace with your patriarch. War is nothing more than decided by some people sitting in our hall. To negotiate peace is a matter of a few words, and to fight with swords." See, it’s a matter of a few words. But not only can some small characters not be able to decide anything, they may be slaughtered because of some stupid words. I don’t know if this young general is the former? If not, just close it Mouth!" Yang Xiu laughed, her mouth was still full of unchewed fruit.
Just now Yang Xiu was wearing a feather crown and was polite, but now he is no different from a mountain ruffian, rude and overbearing!
"Excuse me, Your Excellency, why do you suddenly covet the four cities to the west of us? If you want peace at such a price, why not start a war?" At this time, Commander Cheng said.
"Commander Cheng, Patriarch Li, as far as I know, your Dongxu Fortress City has been breached by the rioters, and the rioters are probably going to attack the east of the Lichuan Plain... Your granary cities will be looted. Ah, bah, It's really unpalatable jujube." Yang Xiu said while spitting the core and phlegm on the ground.
Li Ying looked serious.
Mrs. Kong Tong showed even more surprise.
They had just learned of this news, Yang Xiu, as an envoy who had just arrived in Zulong City-State from the west, had no way of knowing about it!
Someone leaked the news?
The soldier just told Yang Xiu about this, and then Yang Xiu changed his face
The question is how did he know, even Zulong City-State's own army has just learned about it.
"Mr. Yang, you just said that the war is just a matter of a few words from the people in front of our palace. You asked us to cede the city for no reason, just because you heard about the riots in the east? Let's not say whether the source of the news is true or false. , the riots are just a group of greedy people wanting to be the masters of the city, and it is not difficult to put down the riots. I want to know if you are smart enough to start a war in the west, or your master didn't plan to negotiate peace from the beginning. If you want the former, I thought you were pretending to be a monkey for everyone's fun, if it's the latter, then tell your master, we don't mind a bloody battle with your Lingxiao City to the end!" Li Ying kept calm, using these words to frighten the entire domineering envoys.
However, Yang Xiu didn't listen to these words.
He picked up the fruit plate again, took a mouthful of big crystal grapes, and casually spit the skins onto the ground.
His ignorance of the Patriarch instantly annoyed everyone, and the young Dragon Shepherd just stood up, with the momentum to kill the envoy directly!
Li Ying appeared calm on the surface, but he was already worried.
If the Lingxiao city-state sends troops at this time to attack the four rich cities from the west, the Zulong city-state will be attacked by the enemy, and it is very likely that the defense line will be breached and many lands will be lost.
The problem is that if the defense is lost, how can the military situation be delayed!
The hall became inexplicably quiet, and the eyes of everyone in the Li family involuntarily fell on Li Ying.
Has Dongxu Fortress City really been breached?
The Lichuan Plain is a large plain. Once the rebel army enters, it is equivalent to a pack of wolves entering the grassland. It will take a long time to kill them all, and it will take an unknown number of troops to dispatch.
Moreover, the eastern part of the Lichuan Plain, which had been trampled by the tyrants, would be in a mess even if it was regained. There would be no taxation, no grain, and the Zulong city-state would seriously decline.
"The head of the family didn't answer, and let this envoy act like this, I'm afraid that the thing about Dongxu Fortress City is true!" Someone already whispered.
"Then our Ancestral Dragon City-State is really going to be slaughtered?" Some people in the clan understood the current situation.
The atmosphere suddenly became dignified, and everyone was discussing, but they still could only wait for the Patriarch to make a decision.
"Patriarch, let me kill this bastard. I don't think Lingxiao City-State intends to make peace with us at all, and even sent this person to insult us!" The young general just now finally couldn't bear this kind of rampant person, angrily road.
"It is said that the Li family is not as good as the previous generation, and there are countless fools. It is true. You can come up and kill me now. If no one stops you, I will pierce my throat with a sword. If someone stops you, kneel down and chew it for me." The core and skin I spit out!" Yang Xiu laughed loudly, her voice extremely arrogant.