After the gifts from various countries were almost given, the envoys turned their curious eyes to the envoys of the Jin Po Kingdom. This overbearing country who ran to provoke Jin from time to time, and was beaten to the point of crying, would send it to Jin. What gift
Kimper knows everyone else is watching their jokes, they're pissed, they're pissed, but they… just let them see the jokes.
As a defeated country, they can't send pictures that can be seen but not eaten like the tortoiseshell country. Knowing that in this hundred state banquet, it was Emperor Changlong who was showing off to beat them, and they still smiled and stretched out their faces to be beaten.
When Jin Po read out the name of the long gift list, the envoys of other countries were silent. It seemed that Jinper was really scared of being beaten this time, and even lost so much.
"Respected His Majesty Emperor Changlong, the ministers and others are here with the sincerity of His Majesty." Jin Po, the envoy, said, "It's just that the second prince of my country has been a guest in your country for a long time, and I also ask your majesty to send it back to His Royal Highness the second prince of my country. The eldest prince of my country has always admired the culture of your country, and my country is willing to send the eldest prince to your country to study."
Everyone was shocked, Jin Po was going to exchange the eldest son of the emperor for the second son of the emperor? It seemed that the eldest prince really had no status in Jin Po Kingdom, and his father regarded him as an exchange item.
"The eldest prince of your country is interested in coming to my Grand Jin to study, I naturally welcome it." Emperor Changlong nodded calmly.
Jin Po's envoys were delighted, and it seemed that Emperor Changlong was willing to return to His Royal Highness the Second Prince.
"The envoys have made a few mistakes." The prince said with a blank expression, "Prince Ava is not a guest in my Dajin, but a prisoner of my Dajin. He led troops to slaughter innocent people in our country, and his hands were stained with blood. Dajin has no such guests."
"His Royal Highness, the country is willing to exchange five cities for His Highness the Second Prince."
"Five Cities?" The prince stood up. He stood tall and stood tall and looked proudly at the envoy Jin Po who was under the steps, with an imposing manner, "I have great warriors and millions of heroes in the Great Jin Dynasty. Don't talk about the five cities. , even if it is to take down the ten cities and twenty cities of your Jinpo, why is it difficult?"
"We don't want to fight again, just because we are teachers of benevolence and righteousness, and we don't want the world to be ruined, and we don't want you Jinpo civilians to suffer and be displaced." The prince walked down the steps slowly, his tone merciless, "But Ah Wa is the sinner who harmed my people in Dajin, if this sinner is put on Jin Po, how will our Ji family face the people of the world?!"
"What the prince said is very reasonable." Emperor Changlong turned his attention to the other sons and courtiers, "Tell me, what should I do about this?"
"Father, my son thinks that what the third brother of the crown prince said makes sense." The fifth prince was the first to stand up, "Prince Ava has committed many evil deeds in our Great Jin Dynasty, and he should not be released back to Jinpo."
"My son agrees." King Ning stood up and saluted, "The resentment of the people of Huzhou has not been dispersed, how can Ava return?"
King Ying glanced at the showy prince, snorted coldly, got up and said, "My son... I agree with the prince."
"Fourth, what do you think?" Emperor Changlong looked at the fourth son who didn't speak.
The fourth prince stood up and saluted with a stern face: "My son seconded the proposal."
Seeing that the fourth son had finished saying this, he didn't want to say another word. Emperor Changlong didn't want to ask any more questions, and turned his head to look at the courtiers.
At this time, even if there were courtiers who disagreed with the prince, they would not dare to raise objections on this occasion.
When the prince said something just now, he almost didn't say clearly, whoever lets Ava go back will be the sinner of the people of the world. Everyone here, who is willing to bear this notoriety
Some officials who took Jinpo's bribe didn't even dare to lift their heads and said nothing.
"The minister agreed." The first minister to stand up was not the prince's future father-in-law, but the son of Du Taishi. Master Du stood up and cupped his hands, "I think that if Ava is captured, it must not be released."
The courtiers were secretly surprised. The Du family has not always been very strict with the prince, especially Du Taishi, who has to pick on the prince's fault every three or five years. Why is the Du family the first to stand up to support the prince today
On this occasion, the Du family took a stand, the meaning is not so simple. The Du family is telling everyone that they support the prince.
Even the flower family is not so positive.
It seems that Master Du is seriously ill, and the Du family is unable to support the tree alone, and wants to rely on the big ship of the Prince.
With the Du family taking the lead, many courtiers came forward one after another, expressing their agreement with the Prince's proposal.
The tortoiseshell princess didn't understand politics, but she vaguely felt that the Jin State, in front of Jin Po's envoy, came to discuss the fate of Prince Jin Po, as if he had no intentions.
"Brother Three Emperors," she knew she shouldn't ask, but her experience at the Royal Academy in the past few days gave her courage, "Why did Jin deliberately discuss this matter in front of the envoy Jinpo?"
He Yuanting glanced at the tortoiseshell princess in surprise. When did his half-sister have such courage and curiosity
"Do you know how many civilians were killed when Ava led the soldiers to attack Huzhou?"
"How many?"
"More than ten thousand."
"It's all unarmed ordinary people?" Princess Tortoiseshell said in surprise, "Don't they even spare women and children?"
"If they let it go, with the temperament of the emperor of Jin, they would not deliberately embarrass Jin Po on this occasion." He Yuanting lowered his head and took a sip of the wine, "The land of Jin is fertile, and the people are persevering. . The people who live in this land are both tolerant and vengeful.”
"Fifty years ago, when Jin State suffered a severe drought, Qingshi State gave Jin State food for free. Twenty years ago, Qingshi State was in civil strife. Jin State helped Qingshi to pacify the chaos and gave them agricultural tools, craftsmen and artists. Over the years, you can hear it. Difficult for the Kingdom of Jin and Qingshi?"
The tortoiseshell princess shook her head slightly.
"People on this land remember both kindness and revenge." He Yuanting rubbed the wine glass gently, "We have had many small frictions with the Jin Kingdom in the past 100 years, and even because of different ideas, there are often quarrels. Now that Kimper has been defeated, who knows if the next country to cede the city will be us?”
The tortoiseshell princess shook her head: "But didn't the lower part of the Prince's Palace of Jin state say that he can't bear to see the people displaced?"
"How can the words of those in high positions be trusted?" He Yuanting looked at his timid but beautiful sister, "If you can marry Emperor Changlong or a prince, and give birth to a prince, maybe you can protect my tortoiseshell for the next thirty years. Peaceful year."
"Brother?" Princess Tortoiseshell looked at this gentle brother in surprise, "I'm just a weak woman, how can I change the mind of the lord of a country?"
"Forget it, if you don't want to, I don't want to force you either." He Yuanting lowered his eyelids, "Don't worry, if those civil servants have an opinion on you, I will suppress it for you."
When Princess Tortoiseshell heard these words, her chest felt a little tight. She felt that there was something wrong in what the emperor said, but she didn't know what was wrong.
"Hua Aiqing." Emperor Changlong looked at Hua Yingting, "What do you think?"
"Your Majesty, the last commander is a rude person and can't tell any profound truth." Hua Yingting looked at the envoys of Jinpo, "The last commander just felt that if Ava was released to Jinpo, the people of Huzhou would be wrongly killed. I can't rest my eyes, and those sons who died on the battlefield can't rest my eyes either."
The whole hall is silent.
Even the civil servants who were still whispering just now became quiet.
As we all know, the Hua family has been guarding the frontier of Jin for generations, and the generals of his family who died on the battlefield cannot be counted with both hands.
The Hua Family Army had gone through untold hardships to capture Ava back to Beijing. If he were to be released like this, what would the Erlang, who was desperately fighting on the battlefield, think
"I think that what the prince and the courtiers have said is justified." Emperor Changlong said to the envoy Jin Po in a gentle tone, "This matter does not need to be mentioned in your country in the future. As for the first prince of your country who yearns for the Dajin culture, You have to deliver it earlier. In summer, the weather gets hot, and the eldest prince will suffer on the way."
All the envoys: "..."
This means that he is unwilling to release the second prince Jin Po, and wants Jin Po to send the eldest prince as well.
Jin Guo's move is really ruthless, and it doesn't give Jin Po any face.
Without the first prince and the second prince, Jin Po's future king is the stubborn and stupid third prince. With such an emperor in the future, what strength does Jin Po have to fight against Jin
But if Jin Po did not agree, the army of Jin might attack in a big way, and the outcome would be even worse.
This is simply asking people, do you choose to kill yourself slowly, or let me kill you on the spot
The envoy Jin Po was dumbfounded. They never expected that Emperor Changlong, who seemed to be kind and talkative, was so shameless in his actions.
"This is a big matter, and the ministers and others dare not make promises." Jinpo's envoys saluted, tremblingly, "Please, the great emperor, forgive us for some time, and the ministers and others will give your opinion quickly and quickly. into the hands of your Majesty."
"Since this is the case, I will wait for your country for another month. After a month, I hope that you will give me a satisfactory answer." Emperor Changlong smiled, "I think it is the first time for all of you to come to my Jin Dynasty, so this is the case. , please stay in our country for a while, and wait with me for your majesty's reply."
Ambassador Kimber: "??"
Does this mean they won't let them go
As the emperor of such a big country, can you have some face, can you? !
They were roaring angrily in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show half of it on their faces. Not only can't be angry, but also thank you with a smile: "Thank you, Your Majesty Changlong, this is an honor for the ministers and others."
"Yeah." Emperor Changlong nodded with satisfaction and waved them back to sit back.
The envoys of other countries were afraid that Emperor Changlong would leave them in the capital and not let them go, so they raised their wine glasses and flattered them, afraid that Emperor Changlong would suddenly say, "I think it's your first time here?"
He Yuanting had long noticed that the rank of civil officials and military generals in Jin State were similar, and the relationship between civil officials and military generals was not as conflicted as their tortoiseshells.
He put down his chopsticks and frowned slightly.
"Brother Huang, if only our tortoiseshells could be like Da Jin..."
"Nonsense!" He Yuanting scolded in a low voice, "You only came to Jin for a few days, and you said good things about Jin?"
The tortoiseshell princess trembled with fright and did not dare to speak.
"Jin people are too unrestrained and lack self-cultivation and etiquette. Even if such a country is strong for a while, it can't be called a civilized place." He Yuanting whispered, "In this case, you must not say it again, if it is heard by other civil servants Go, your reputation will be ruined in tortoiseshell."
"Yes." The tortoiseshell princess felt even more uncomfortable, and couldn't even watch the singing and dancing on the stage.
"It's so stuffy in here." From time to time, envoys would come over to toast Hua Liuli, and some envoys brought their female relatives. After learning that Hua Liuli was the future crown princess, they asked the female relatives to come over.
"Ma'am, I'm sorry, my county is weak and can't drink alcohol."
"Marquis, I'm sorry, my county master doesn't understand martial arts and art of warfare, so I can't answer your questions. Why don't you ask General Wei?"
Hua Liuli took advantage of the gap when Iris was blocking the person, lifted her skirt and slipped out of the hall.
Compared with the noisy inside of the hall, it was quiet outside the hall. She let out a long breath, walked down the steps, turned and walked into the small garden next to her.
"Who's there?" As soon as she walked into the small garden, Hua Liuli heard the faint sobbing sound, she stepped down and looked towards the source of the sound.
"Miss Du?"
Du Xiuying wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes, got up and forced a smile: "Fu Shou County Master, why did you come out?"
"It's a little stuffy in the hall, I came out to get some air." Hua Liuli saw the tears on Du Xiuying's face, pretended not to know that she had cried, and looked up at the sky, "The stars tonight are so beautiful."
"Really?" Du Xiuying raised her head vaguely, the moon and stars in the sky were few, the bright moon covered the brilliance of the stars, and a few stars were scattered, it was really not very beautiful.
"Can Miss Du climb over the tree?" Hua Liuli asked.
Du Xiuying shook her head: "A gentleman pays attention to manners, so..." Before she could finish her words, she saw Hua Liuli lift her beautiful skirt and jumped onto the branch in a few moments.
She lay on the branch, coughed twice, leaned over and stretched out her white and clean hand to Du Xiuying: "Sitting on a tree and watching the scenery will make people feel better. Miss Du, come and try."
Du Xiuying stared blankly at this delicate palm and stammered, "This, this is not, this is not right..."
"It's okay, no one else saw it anyway." Hua Liuli stretched out her hand in her direction, "Come on, I'll hold you and give me your hand."
Probably because the girl in front of her looked too good-looking when she smiled, or because her eyes were too sincere, Du Xiuying put her hand in her palm in a vague way.
She had never acted so rudely since she was a child.
But, only this time, only this time.
It's okay too, right
When the prince saw Hua Liuli leaving the palace alone, worried that she was bored, he tried his best to sneak out, and saw his fiancee lying on the tree trunk, smiling very tenderly at the other woman.
And that outstretched hand, what does that mean? !
The author has something to say: Liuli: A beauty worthy of pity, regardless of gender.
Prince: Who is in the ear, saying, love me forever