When Lu Zifeng heard the emperor say this, he finally realized why the emperor asked him to stay. From this incident, it can be seen that the emperor's intelligence work is very good! He even knew that the Tatar prince wanted to compete today.

Hearing the emperor's words, Lu Zifeng shouted directly,

"Your Highness, the Duke of Dingguo, requests an audience."

Emperor Situ Yong knew that Lu Zifeng was waiting outside the palace. When he heard the request for an audience, he felt very relieved: See, at the critical moment, it has to be one of our own people. This kid probably already knows what's going on in the palace. Then he nodded.

"Please come in, Prince Xuanding!"

After hearing the approval, Lu Zifeng walked in.

The ministers in the hall were also a little excited. They had heard that the prince of Duke Dingguo was an expert in martial arts, but they had never actually seen him. They had only heard about it. If the prince of Duke Dingguo could show off his skills here today, everyone could see it, right?

Moreover, although the ministers belonged to different factions, they were relatively united in their external relations. They all disliked the arrogance of the Tatar prince.

"Your Highness, your Majesty, is greeted by your servant Lu Zifeng."

"Well, Prince Dingguo, this is the Grand Prince of Tatar. He's here as a representative for peace talks with our Dayu Dynasty. They previously proposed that each country send warriors to compete. Since you're here, how about you fight?"

Lu Zifeng raised a smile. "I'm honored to be able to compete with the Tatar warriors, but a competition always has to have a prize, right? I wonder what the Tatar prince is going to put up as a bet?"

The eldest prince of Tatar noticed Lu Zifeng when he came in, but the young man did not look like a person with great martial arts skills, so he felt a little secretly happy in his heart. This warrior under his command was no ordinary person. In Tatar, he was invincible and had not met an opponent yet.

When the Tatar prince thought of this, a hint of arrogance unconsciously appeared on his face. When he heard Lu Zifeng talking about betting so shamelessly, he became even happier in his heart. In this way, wouldn't he have more chips?

"Haha, the Duke of Dingguo's son is indeed a remarkable hero. Since the Duke of Dingguo mentioned the bet, then Your Highness naturally agrees. I, Tatar, am willing to bet ten thousand taels of gold, plus ten thousand sheep, five thousand cattle, and five thousand horses. How do you think?"

When Lu Zifeng heard what the Tatar prince said, he was very happy and looked at the emperor. The bet had to be decided by the emperor, after all, he was fighting for his country.

Situ Yong naturally knew why Lu Zifeng was looking at him, and said while stroking his beard.

"Since the Tatar prince is so generous, I will bet the three cities of Bingzhou Prefecture. I wonder what the Tatar prince thinks of this position?"

All the ministers were shocked after hearing this, and looked at the emperor in disbelief. Some of them even spoke anxiously.

"Your Majesty, this absolutely cannot be done! Since the Duke of Dingguo has agreed to fight, the stakes must be paid by the Duke of Dingguo's mansion."

Situ Yong's face darkened when he heard this. Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Crown Prince Situ Jin.

"Nonsense! The Duke of Dingguo's son is fighting for his country, so why should the stakes be paid by the Duke of Dingguo's mansion? What the emperor said is correct. Lord Hu, those who know you think you are considering the country, but those who don't know you think you are not distinguishing between public and private matters."

When Dali Temple Minister Hu Tianming heard what the prince said, he was shocked and knelt down immediately.

"Your Majesty, my patriotic heart is witnessed by heaven and earth, and the sun and moon can testify to it. Please investigate!"

Situ Yong squinted his eyes and looked at the back of Hu Tianming's head for a while before speaking.

"Alright, Lord Hu, get up! I know you're patriotic, but the Crown Prince is right. The Duke of Dingguo fights for his country, and I can't bring myself to ask the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion to take a gamble. Besides, I have great confidence in the Duke of Dingguo's martial arts. After all, the Second Prince of Tatar was captured by the Duke of Dingguo!"

As soon as Situ Yong finished speaking, the Tatar prince who was standing below suddenly opened his eyes wide. He looked at the emperor in surprise, and then looked at Lu Zifeng who was standing beside him.

Lu Zifeng felt that he was looking at him, and grinned at the Tatar prince.

"Your Highness, the Grand Prince of Tatar, may we begin the competition?"

The Tatar prince suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart. He felt that he was going to lose this time, but things had come to this point and it was not something he could change. He just hoped that his warriors would not lose too badly, the prince forced a smile.

"Of course we can, but I'm wondering if we'll be required to pay compensation if we accidentally injure the Prince of Dingguo."

Lu Zifeng smiled and shook his head.

"Don't worry so much. Whether we win or lose, it's the same thing! It's just a matter of money. Can't the eldest prince afford to lose it?"

Looking at Lu Zifeng's innocent face, the Tatar prince really wanted to tear it off. He didn't care about this little bit of money, but the indifferent look of the prince of Dingguo made him want to bite him.

In fact, no one knew that the Tatar prince already knew that he had lost. He just remembered who the person in front of him was. He had been in the capital of Dayu Dynasty for several months and had heard about the story of the prince of Dingguo. He had transformed from a farm boy into the prince of Dingguo. Naturally, he had also heard the rumor that he was a very good martial artist. It was said that he had not met an opponent so far, but he didn't know whether it was true or not. However, seeing the confident look on the face of the emperor and the prince of Dayu Dynasty, he knew that he had lost.

But now the arrow is on the string and we have to fight. For now, we can only take it one step at a time.

"Haha, since Prince Dingguo said so, let's fight!" After saying that, he looked back at another warrior. In fact, the warrior who just fought for the first time was not the strongest. Now at this time, only the strongest one can fight, hoping to defeat Prince Dingguo of the Dayu Dynasty.

The warrior naturally understood what his eldest prince meant. He nodded and walked out to see Lu Zifeng.

"Boy, I will definitely give it my all. Let's see who's the winner with our fists!"

Lu Zifeng looked curiously at the Tatar warrior who was nearly two meters tall in front of him, but President Yan was thinking, this guy is actually proficient in Chinese studies and can even use idioms?

Lu Zifeng's expression made the warrior feel a little embarrassed and he scratched his head.

"Well, my great-grandmother was Han Chinese, and I read a lot of Han Chinese books with her." After hearing what the warrior said, Lu Zifeng finally understood why this man had some features of the Central Plains Han Chinese on his face.