The Halloween Palace is dominated by black tones, and the various buildings and palaces with strong Japanese colors have their own charm among the sand and stones.
In a tea room with round windows full of Zen atmosphere, Lu Ming knelt at the tea table and waited quietly.
A few minutes later, there was the sound of footsteps, and a maid came in from the side door. She knelt down gently and spread a black gauze blanket. Although it was an extremely low-key meeting and both parties had agreed to keep everything simple, the Queen still had her own special etiquette.
After a moment, there was the rustling sound of complicated clothes, and a petite figure entered gracefully from the side door.
Lu Ming looked up and was slightly startled. The person who came in was a woman wearing a colorful kimono of a very simple style. Apart from the bright colors, the beautiful kimono did not have any exaggerated shape or decoration. However, the woman was wearing a silver mask, and her beautiful bun was piled up high like dark clouds. Her snow-white earlobes had gorgeous silver tassel ornaments. She was simple, noble and generous, and had a very mysterious charm.
"Your Majesty, Lu Ming is right!" Lu Ming bowed slightly.
Queen Yuezhao said softly: "Your Highness, there is no need to be so polite. I am just a floating duckweed. Your Highness still considers my face. I am very grateful for your kindness!" Her voice was very clear and tender.
After the queen took her seat, the maid left, leaving Lu Ming and Queen Yuezhao alone in the room, their conversation absolutely confidential.
Lu Ming had a general idea of Queen Yuezhao's background. Although her father had few children, he still had two sons and one daughter. However, both sons died in accidents, and the throne was eventually passed to the youngest daughter.
It was the period of Ashikaga Kanpaku, and Queen Tsukishiro was only four or five years old when she inherited the throne, and she would only be sixteen or seventeen now.
The queen was young, and Ashikaga held all the power, but he failed to balance the interests of the Kansai Group, which led to Yamamoto Yu launching a coup and placing him under house arrest.
Ashikaga looks like an old man now, but he was actually a strong man in his time. The deaths of the queen's two elder brothers are even more suspicious.
"Your Majesty, you are too polite. It is really presumptuous for Ming to come to Kyoto. However, there are many misunderstandings between Japan and my Black Mountain Principality, and we have fought each other before. If we don't handle it well and leave old grudges to our descendants, it will be a huge mistake of our generation. I came here to take a look, and I also hope to find a way to eliminate the gap between the two races. In the future, technology will change dramatically. We should work together to move towards the future, rather than missing the opportunity to embrace the new era in endless internal friction."
After listening to Lu Ming's words, the Queen was silent for a long time. After a while, she said softly, "Your Highness suggested that we meet and chat like friends, put aside everything and be honest with each other, and don't want any ceremony or pomp, and don't give the reporters any images. All the considerations are very appropriate. So, I have something I have always wanted to ask Your Highness. Where do you want Japan to go? Your Highness divided Japan into north and south. Do you want to divide and rule so that Japan will always fight internally and have no hope of rising? Or do you have other ideas? Did I misunderstand Your Highness?"
The tone is gentle, but the meaning expressed is powerful.
In fact, the division of Japan into north and south, without resolutely defeating the Kansai Group, put the Ashikaga regime and the Kansai Group in a delicate balance, in which neither could swallow the other.
Ashikaga and Yamamoto Yu understood this intention, but they were powerless and could not defeat their old rival, and they did not want to give up the power in their hands. As long as they could maintain their power, they would be happy to see the current division.
And obviously, the little queen also understood this, and now she has broken the window paper with more sharp words.
Queen Yuezhao is a god in the eyes of many Japanese people, but in the game between countries, she is completely insignificant, so it is okay for her to say these words out loud.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "People's ideas always change, and politics is even more so. When the situation changes, politicians like me will change their response methods from time to time. At the beginning, Yamamoto Yu was eyeing the Northern Territory. When he sent troops to the Northern Territory in the delusion of taking advantage of the internal struggles of the four major families, I just had a small territory. If I had biological weapons at that time, I would have used them on you, Japan, because the threat to me was too great. Later, the independence of the north and south of Japan was also something I had to do, because even if Ashikaga Kanpaku really unified Japan, then the people of Montenegro would be the ones who would affect his power expansion, not the current life-and-death conflict with the Kansai Group. So, I used the art of splitting and balancing at that time."
He paused, took a sip of the teacup, and seeing that the queen was listening very seriously, he continued, "But now it's different. Even if Japan is unified now, it's insignificant to me. My opponents are the William V Group and the Henry II Group. I now hope that you and I can prosper together, work together as one, and create a new era together."
Queen Yuezhao was obviously slightly startled at this time, and said: "Are you going to deal with Westerners in the future?"
Lu Ming smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you are wrong. I am talking about the William V group and the Henry II group. As for the many ethnic groups in the West, in my eyes, there is no difference between us Central Asians and you Japanese. A republic among all ethnic groups is the kingly way. Otherwise, as long as slavery still exists, there will be disasters in the future. We can't learn from Henry II's Nazi groups and carry out genocide?"
"No matter what you say, I didn't expect you to reveal your ambition in front of me..." The clear eyes of the Moonlight Queen stared at Lu Ming in the mask, "Because I don't matter, right?"
Lu Ming nodded: "That's one reason, but I also hope that you can play a greater role in the future of the two-race republic, so I'm being frank with you. You still have a strong appeal among the Japanese people, but your voice can't be heard. Besides, you're also protecting yourself. Otherwise, if people find out that you're really starting to influence the people, you might get into trouble soon, and the next king of Japan will have to be chosen from your uncle's lineage."
Queen Yuezhao was silent.
Lu Ming smiled: "But now that I'm here, think about it, is there anything I can do to help you?"
Queen Yuezhao remained silent.
"Why don't we just become sworn brothers and sisters? According to the tradition of our Central Continent!"
Lu Ming's words were earth-shattering. Queen Yuezhao trembled slightly and looked at Lu Ming in disbelief.
Lu Ming smiled and said, "I know that my proposal is a bit absurd. Some people in Japan will certainly not be able to accept the God King's unified system for all eternity. Suddenly, a mortal will become the brother of the God King. But many things are just a matter of getting used to. And since you are my sister, I will naturally open my heart to you. There is no need to worry about raising a tiger to cause trouble, right?"
Queen Yuezhao wanted to say something, but she didn't seem to know how to respond.
Lu Ming smiled: "I am just like this. I always do things inexplicably, but over the years, the rewards I get from doing inexplicable things are mostly good. Yuezhao, you should think about it carefully."
In the end, no polite words like "Your Majesty" were used anymore. Instead, she addressed the Queen of Japan directly as "Yue Zhao Yue Zhao", as if she was really holding the Queen of Japan in the palm of her hand.
"If I don't agree, will it be as you said, that the next king will soon be the youngest son of my uncle's family, and you will even force him to be your adopted son?" There was a deep sadness in Queen Yuezhao's voice.
Lu Ming was slightly startled, and smiled: "You seem to have opened up a new idea for me, but of course the best choice is you. You have been the queen for more than ten years. Although you are not very old, time is everything. You are the current incarnation of the God King system and have been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Therefore, I still hope that you can seriously consider it."
As he spoke, Lu Ming stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I'm leaving now!"