Chapter 343: Your head is enough for eighty-one cuts
After the You hour, large patches of sunset glow appeared in the southern sky.
Singing and dancing began, and thousands of bright lights looked like stars in the sky.
Yuncheng’s nightlife has officially begun.
The welcoming banquet held in the palace for the Western Lei delegation also kicked off with singing and dancing.
The officials from the four departments and six bureaus chose very good songs and dances this time, which were interspersed with the two countries of Xilei and Nanxin.
Several Dongji dances and minor tunes were also arranged in the middle.
Hearing this unfamiliar Dongji music, Emperor Nanxin glanced at the empty seat of his sixth son.
He called Eunuch Cai over and asked in a low voice, "Where is Prince Changle? Hasn't he come yet?"
Eunuch Cai hesitated and said in an awkward tone, "Your Majesty, this morning, the prince openly ran on the street with Princess Dongji in wedding dresses, and the people kept saying that they...they..."
"They what?"
Seeing that Eunuch Cai was speaking with such difficulty, Emperor Nan Xin couldn't resist his curiosity and asked loudly.
Eunuch Cai was determined to take risks. "They said they wanted to elope!"
Sure enough, as soon as these words came out, Emperor Nan Xin’s expression instantly paled a little.
"So, I think the prince may not be able to come tonight!"
Eunuch Cai added another sentence, which made Emperor Nan Xin's face turn completely as black as ink.
But soon, his face returned to normal.
"Forget it. It's not an important occasion anyway. If he doesn't want to come, forget it."
There is no other way. No matter how willful his son is, he, as a father, has to support him.
When the emperor finished speaking, the performance changed to a Dongji dance surrounded by beauties.
Looking at the graceful figures of these dancers, Emperor Nan Xin seemed to feel much better.
Even the Western Legation and others drank and had fun to their heart's content.
Just as everyone was toasting, a eunuch outside the palace uttered a sharp voice: "Prince Changle and Princess Dongji are here!"
Everyone present was attracted by the sound and looked towards the door.
The two people, dressed in the formal attire of a prince and a princess, walked into the hall hand in hand.
Seeing their tightly clasped hands and the red ropes on their wrists, Emperor Nan Xin felt like he was having a heart attack.
But he had seen it so many times that he was no longer surprised.
Jiang Yu, who was sitting in the minister's seat, was so shocked that his pupils shrank when he saw Deng Youning's appearance clearly.
Isn’t this the cousin of the female owner of Xiangrongfang who shares the apartment with me?
It turned out to be the Princess of Dongji!
So, that Miss Han is the granddaughter of General Han from Dongji, Miss Han Xinxin.
He was really lucky.
He was a poor student of such a humble status, yet he could share a shop with Princess Dongji and the granddaughter of the general.
Thinking of this, Jiang Yu felt quite happy, as if he had succeeded in chasing his idol.
When the Western Legion saw how inseparable the two of them were, they all looked at Li Tianzhuo with contempt in their eyes.
This is the first time I see a prince who lives off his wife!
Could it be that Nanxin has become a vassal state of Dongji?
"Greetings to His Royal Highness Prince Changle."
Li Tianzhuo arrived and everyone stood up to salute him.
The Western Legion naturally had to pay their respects as well.
Only Emperor Nanxin was present and did not need to do so.
Deng Youning followed Li Tianzhuo to receive the gift, and as everyone bowed and saluted, she walked towards the empty seat closest to Emperor Nan Xin.
Li Tianzhuo also sat at the table with Deng Youning.
The sharp-eyed palace maid immediately added another set of tableware.
"Father, everyone, I am late, so I will drink a glass of wine as punishment."
Li Tianzhuo sat in his seat, holding a glass of wine, and spoke to everyone.
He drank a glass as punishment but didn't even stand up, which showed that he had no sincerity at all.
But that’s King Changle!
Even if he wanted to lie down and drink the wine as punishment, no one dared to say anything against him.
Naturally, no one dared to accept his self-punishment except Emperor Nan Xin.
Everyone raised their glasses, and his self-punishment turned into a drinking event for everyone.
After finishing this glass of wine, everyone was allowed to sit down.
Li Tianzhuo symbolically looked towards the Western Legation again.
He pretended to be amiable and said:
"The Xilei delegation has just arrived in my Nanxin. If there is anything you are not used to, or if there is anything that is not well taken care of, please be patient. After all, our Nanxin is not as rich as your Xilei."
In the morning, Lao Geng and the others also told Li Tianzhuo about how Butler Zhu humiliated Yuncheng at the gate of Yuncheng and said that Yuncheng was not as prosperous as Xilei Imperial City.
It is impolite not to reciprocate. Tonight, he must satisfy his desire to eat the man from the West Base.
Since they say that Nanxin is not prosperous enough, let them reap what they sow and there is no need to treat them too well.
After Li Tianzhuo finished saying this, the ministers from Nanxin, headed by Jiang Yu, couldn't help laughing.
The expressions of the Western Legation gradually turned ugly.
Seeing that Princess Dongji beside Prince Changle was making fun of them, Butler Zhu couldn't help but started to fight back.
"His Royal Highness Prince Changle is such a busy man!"
"I heard that you eloped with Princess Dongji this morning?"
"I was late for the banquet tonight. Could it be that my ability to serve people is not as good as that of the eunuchs in the Jiaofang Bureau, and I was punished by the princess?"
He is indeed a slave who blocked the envoy. Such obscene words could be regarded as a joke at a banquet of such scale.
Even the other envoys from the Western Fort who traveled with him felt ashamed.
But in order to please him, I had no choice but to smile awkwardly.
They thought it was funny, but Nan Xin and his group were furious.
Emperor Nan Xin slammed the table heavily.
Before he could stand up and curse, Jiang Yu came to Butler Zhu and gave him a loud slap in the face.
"Master Zhu, with what you just said, even if your Xilei Emperor himself came, he couldn't save you."
"You dare to compare His Royal Highness the Prince of Changle with the young prostitutes of the Imperial Music Bureau? Your head should be chopped off ninety-nine eighty-one times!"
Don't be fooled by his quiet and weak appearance, but when he gets really angry, the ferocious and terrifying murderous intent spreads between his brows.
Apart from him, almost all the Nanxin officials present had the same expression.
Some generals with bad tempers were even ready to draw their swords.
Emperor Nanxin, who was in a high position, was even more furious and was ready to order their execution at any time.
Except for the person involved, Prince Changle, who was still eating as if it had nothing to do with him, and Princess Dongji, who was blocked by him and whose face and expression could not be seen at all, everyone present seemed to want to kill him.
"Envoy from Xilei, although there has been a saying since ancient times that grievances between two countries should not involve envoys, but we in Nanxin have thousands of ways to make your life a living hell!"
"You will pay the price for your disrespect to our prince just now!"
The white-bearded Grand Master spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice.
Butler Zhu also knew that he was in trouble.
He swallowed.
Cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and the chopsticks in his hand fell because of the trembling fingers.
It is no exaggeration to say that this was the closest moment to death in his life.
But even though he was scared like this, he still remained stubborn.
He continued to commit suicide:
"I'm not wrong. Prince Changle of Nanxin was going to marry into the Dongji family and become the son-in-law of the Dongji Zhenguo Princess!"
"Nanxin will become a vassal state of Dongji sooner or later!"
A slave who has never seen the world, read a book, or learned etiquette becomes an envoy. He is like a newborn calf that is not afraid of a tiger - ignorant but fearless.
Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo both admired his courage.
When Nan Xin and his men couldn't wait to kill him as a warning to others, Li Tianzhuo suddenly clapped his hands.
"Well said!"
He actually praised it with appreciation.
No one knew what he was going to do.
At that moment, the whole audience held their breath, not daring to breathe, let alone be distracted.
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