Chapter 342: The Western Envoys Enter the City for the First Time
For a moment, the entire hall was filled with these words and the determination of King Nanxin and his ministers to work together to seek justice for the people.
The envoys from the Western Front, including Butler Zhu, looked at each other, not knowing what to do.
Emperor Nan Xin raised his hand slightly, signaling all officials to stand up.
After everyone stood up, the old official with white beard who had spoken first advised the envoys from the Western Fort:
"Last year, our Nanxinsang King and Si King instigated their former crown prince in Dongji to seize the throne. They also provoked a war, which led to civil strife in Dongji."
"At that time, His Majesty learned of this and used three cities on the southeastern border to redeem the two princes."
"Among them, King Sang has also become a corpse."
Thinking of what happened last year, the old minister couldn't bear to bring it up again.
"This is my attitude, Nan Xin. I dare to act and take responsibility."
"Emissary from the Western Frontier, I, Nan Xin, do not expect you to be as kind and righteous as we are, but at least do not humiliate the spirit of the Western Frontier that has been passed down for thousands of years."
"Your 30 million gold is too little, not even enough to quell the public anger."
That old minister was one of the few with a good temper sent by Nan Xin.
He was also asked to act as a peacemaker and persuade the people in the West Fort.
"What the Grand Master said makes sense."
Emperor Nanxin suddenly spoke up, confirming that the old minister's meaning was exactly what he, the emperor, meant.
"Envoy from the Western Front, if you have not discussed this clearly with His Majesty, you may as well go back and discuss it again."
"Don't worry, Princess Jiaxiang is well taken care of in Nanxin!"
After saying these last two sentences, Emperor Nan Xin stood up, shook his sleeves, and left with his hands behind his back.
Now that the emperor had left, the meeting naturally adjourned.
The ministers saluted towards the empty dragon throne before leaving one by one.
Jiang Yu and other officials from the Honglu Temple had to suppress their annoyance and settle the envoys from Xilei.
"Dear guests, please follow me out of the palace and move into the square residence that Nan Xin has prepared for envoys from various countries."
Sifangdi, as the name suggests, is a place used to receive guests from foreign countries.
A few months ago, the envoys from Dongji came to Yuncheng for the first time and stayed in this place.
It was only later that Deng Youning, Deng Yan'an and others followed Li Tianzhuo to live in his Changle Palace.
The envoy from the Western Fort was helpless.
Although they were dissatisfied with Emperor Nanxin's attitude, he was the emperor after all, and they were on his territory, so they had to bow their heads.
"At 3:30 pm, His Majesty will hold a welcoming banquet for you all, and I will send carriages to pick you up for the banquet."
After sending the person to Sifang Residence, Jiang Yu casually gave some instructions and was about to leave.
Before leaving, he seemed to remember something and turned around and added:
"By the way, our Majesty will also attend the dinner."
"This is for you after all, so don't pretend to be sick and not come!"
After saying this, Jiang Yu left.
I could vaguely hear the people from Xilei cursing at me in their Xilei dialect.
But Jiang Yu didn't care too much.
After Butler Zhu and the others from Xilei packed their luggage, they gathered together to discuss.
Now Nan Xin thinks their money is too little and refuses to return it to the princess, which is indeed a troublesome situation.
They all came with a mission, and they only wanted to succeed on this trip.
Moreover, if Nan Xin refused to release Jiaxiang, they could also execute him directly.
General Zhu didn't care about Jiaxiang's life or death. He only cared about controlling the powerful people in Xilei and securing his position as regent.
In the current Xilei court, the young emperor is just a puppet, and all matters of the country, big or small, are almost all decided by General Zhu.
Even though he is now over sixty years old, he still refuses to admit his age and covets the throne.
He cooperated with the Yuan family and sold the good people of Nanxin as slaves. He wanted to use these Nanxin slaves to control the powerful people in the entire Xilei.
As long as these powerful people purchased Nanxin slaves, they would have offended Nanxin, and only the 200,000 troops of his Zhu family could protect them from being troubled and hunted down by the Nanxin people.
Correspondingly, they need to turn a blind eye and support him to become the regent.
As for the true wishes of the Xilei royal family, no one cares.
For his great cause of the Spring and Autumn Period, sacrificing Jiaxiang was simply worth it.
The Zhu family's plan was that if Nanxin did not agree to return Jiaxiang, they would directly eliminate her in Nanxin, and pin the blame for her death on the Nanxin people, causing trouble between the two countries and leaving Nanxin with no energy to continue to crack down on human trafficking.
Of course, Zhu Guanjia and his men can do even better.
As long as the utilization rate of Jiaxiang can be maximized, it doesn’t matter whether this person is dead or alive.
General Zhu believed that Butler Zhu, who had been with him for most of his life, had the ability to do this, so he appointed him as an envoy and asked him to do this.
Princess Jiaxiang has been living under house arrest since she was sent to the Nanqin Palace by Li Tianzhuo a month ago.
The only place she could set foot in was the Jiawan Palace given to her.
Moreover, half of the entire imperial guards were guarding her, fearing that she might have any problems or get into trouble.
It was even more foolproof than when the Dongji delegation sent King Yi back to Nanxin a few months ago.
At this time in Jiawan Palace, there was a crackling sound in the room as if firecrackers were being set off.
"Let me out, you are imprisoning me in disguise."
"I know that all our people from the West Fort have arrived. Why don't you let this princess go and reunite with my people?"
Jiaxiang said this through gritted teeth, smashing the porcelain on the shelf to the ground.
The man pinching his waist and looking angry looked like a rabbit about to bite someone.
She went on a rage in the room, and none of the palace maids and eunuchs who were responsible for serving her dared to come forward.
Everyone was afraid of being hurt by her by mistake.
One of the palace maids who could write was holding a pen and paper and writing and drawing.
Every time Jiaxiang broke a piece of porcelain, she would write something.
Not just today, but in the past as well.
Jiaxiang was also very curious about what she was recording. Taking advantage of her particularly bad mood today, she ran to the palace maid and snatched her record book.
"30 taels of silver for the pastel-colored vase, 5 taels of silver for the white porcelain vase, 200 taels of silver for the enamel rice bowl, 300 taels of silver for the colored glass wine cup... gold!"
"What the hell is going on here? Are you keeping accounts?"
Jiaxiang asked the palace maid angrily.
The maid timidly bowed and replied:
"It is indeed an account, these are the things you just broke."
"Our Prince Changle said that Nan Xin will be responsible for the princess's food, clothing and other expenses, but if anyone maliciously destroys Nan Xin's things, it will be recorded and people from Xilei will come to ask them to pay back."
Jiaxiang was also shocked when he heard this.
This is the first time I’ve seen such a calculating prince!
But this kind of thing does seem like something that crazy prince would do.
"Just scratch him to death!"
"Does Dongji have to pay for the things that Princess Dongji broke?"
Jiaxiang crossed his arms across his chest angrily, his face flushed with anger.
"Of course, Princess Dongji doesn't need it. She is our designated princess consort and the future queen. The entire Nanxin Kingdom will belong to her..."
When the palace maid finished speaking, she realized that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly covered her mouth, bowed, and ran away.
Although each of them knew about the affair between the prince and the princess, His Majesty had not passed away after all. He hated to hear words like "the entire Nanxin will belong to Princess Dongji in the future" the most.
Jiaxiang was also certain in his heart that the two southeastern countries would definitely form an alliance through marriage.
By then, it will be extremely disadvantageous for their Western Fort!
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