Chapter 140: Top-Tier Bulls and Horses
"But I'm not full yet..."
[Tell me, what's wrong with Rong Yi? Why did they have to find out right now, of all times, while I was eating? I didn't eat enough breakfast, and now I'm stunted growing taller. I'm definitely going to yell at him.]
Ah...you're just too kind. If it were me...I'd secretly curse him too.
"Your Majesty..." the Empress began, but before she could finish speaking, the Emperor waved his hand and said, "Eat, and come over quickly after you finish."
Hey, not bad!
Ji Yingying nodded and began to eat. She ate slowly, and the Emperor sat down to eat with her.
Once the Emperor was seated, Eunuch Cao immediately arranged for dishes to be served. With the Emperor eating with them, several more dishes were added to the menu.
After she finished eating, Ji Yingying was taken away by the Emperor.
The Minister of War was also summoned to the palace and learned that someone in Haixiang Kingdom wanted to use witchcraft on the Emperor to usurp the throne, which panicked everyone.
General Luo also came.
As for the envoy, they haven't come to a conclusion yet, so naturally they can't be informed of this matter.
"Long live the Emperor!"
"Yes, get up, all of you. You've all heard about this, haven't you?"
"I've heard about it, but I don't know who is so bold as to come alone to..." destroy a country!
"Bring her up." Not long after, the person was brought up; it was a woman.
Moreover, she was a woman who appeared harmless. How could they possibly guess that she was a treacherous person who wanted to destroy another country?
[I suddenly remembered something.] Ji Yingying only remembered it after seeing the strange appearance of these old men.
【What's up? 】
[It seems this group of people didn't consider her at all; how could a woman destroy a country?]
This doesn't seem like a big deal, after all, these people look down on women.
Yes, I'm overthinking it. You always say that, but you don't actually care. You really do care about me...
[Hmm, these lyrics are really nice.]
I have even better songs, do you want to hear them?
[Come on, come on, let's slack off!] Xiangxiang seemed to be sitting on a small stool, waiting for her to sing.
Good luck, wishing you good luck, good luck, bringing joy and love, good luck, may we all have good luck, welcoming good fortune and prosperity that reaches all corners of the world...
[We've traversed the mountain paths, singing folk songs; cast our fishing nets, singing fishing songs; and sang pastoral songs, plentiful are the cattle and sheep!]
Ji Yingying
"I'm..." She was singing so happily in her heart, but when he called out, he responded immediately. Just as she thought: he's a top-notch horse!
"Your Majesty, let's change the shipbuilding technology and then build our own ships."
"Good idea..." The Emperor was also very satisfied. Hai Xiang Kingdom possessed shipbuilding technology, so replacing the ships should be possible.
He's a traitor; would the other side be willing to replace him?
"Since that's the case, then why don't you try to exchange, Young Master Ji?" General Luo said, only to hear her complain a second later: [Knowing it's impossible to exchange, you still make me do it. Are you crazy?]
"I can't change it. I'm too young. You can't take advantage of my age."
"I'm afraid we can't exchange shipbuilding technology. Once we find out that Pang Wen'an is a traitor, the other side probably won't be willing to exchange it. My dear ministers, please think about it again."
Coastal countries, I don't even know what they have?
[Xiangxiang, find out if the other party has anything that could replace that woman?]
I estimate it will be difficult. It's not that it's hard to replace her, it's that they originally wanted this woman dead, and they don't care who killed her.
【Oh, I get it!】
Ji Yingying immediately raised her small hand and said seriously, "Your Majesty, just send it back. There's no way to exchange it; we can only ask the other party to give it to us."
"Very well, I'll leave this matter to you, my dear minister. If you do a good job, I will reward you with a promise."
"Is your promise worth anything?" Despite thinking this, she still agreed.
"Minister Hong, send someone to invite the envoy from Hai Xiang Kingdom to an audience."
"yes"
Not long after, the envoy from Haixiang Kingdom arrived. Upon seeing the person on the ground, his brows immediately furrowed.
The person paused for a moment, just a second, and then immediately bowed respectfully.
Pang Wen'an's eyes widened when she saw this person, clearly not knowing why their Minister was here.
"This person was captured by our Sixth Prince. At first, he didn't know she was from your country. Later, when our soldiers were checking her, they inadvertently learned her identity, so we specially returned her to you," Minister Hong finished speaking.
Ji Yingying immediately chimed in: "Envoy, how audacious she is! She actually dared to use Gu worms to try and bewitch our emperor. Not only that, she also impersonated him and tried to get the sixth prince to marry her. Furthermore, our soldiers discovered that she has 10,000 troops, some of whom have sneaked into our country."
"Our dynasty is still investigating the people she brought. You can't do this, taking food and money... feigning surrender and then sending people to plant spies in our dynasty, trying to kill our emperor. You are not being fair. If you do this, then don't blame General Luo for leading the troops to conquer your little country."
“Envoy, this is not boasting. Our weapons are constantly being updated, there are no old ones, only new ones. Our food is also abundant, there are only surpluses, no one starves to death, and we don’t have to suffer from the cold in winter. Even if we attack you in winter, we will not be afraid. Therefore, it will not take long to deal with you.”
Ji Yingying's words shocked the envoy.
It's nothing else, it's just that they have weapons and the people here don't have to suffer from hunger and cold.
"Your Majesty, this person is a traitor to our country. We do not know why she is here. Our country has sent people to arrest her as usual."
"In that case, I urge the envoy to keep a close watch on your people. Otherwise, if anything goes wrong, our dynasty will certainly not let your country off the hook!"
"The princess's words are my words." The emperor finally spoke, looking at Ji Yingying with eyes full of satisfaction: this little girl is finally willing to help Tianyou Dynasty.
“It takes us a lot of effort to arrest people, and our emperor was also frightened. You should give us some compensation, otherwise this matter will not be over.”
"What kind of compensation does Her Highness require?"
"Then let's see how sincere you are." The conditions have been set; it's up to them to decide how to weigh them.
This tactic of "courtesy before force" was used so well by a young girl that General Luo couldn't help but take a second look.
I heard that his position was also recommended by the eldest princess, so it seems I should repay her well in the future.
Ji Yingying was unaware that she had unknowingly gained a powerful backer.
"How about this, we'd like to extend the usage rights to the salt lake for another five years, what do you think?"
"Ten years!" Ji Yingying immediately stretched out her hands, her chubby little hands were so cute! The Emperor couldn't help but laugh, and with this gesture, he doubled the amount.
"Too much, Your Highness!"
"Fifteen years?" Ji Yingying looked at Pang Wen'an. She felt that taking the entire salt lake wouldn't be a problem, it just depended on whether they were willing to part with it.
"Alright, fifteen years it is!" The envoy was also afraid. If they continued to argue, not to mention fifteen years, they might actually lose the salt lake to the other side. Although their country was not short of salt, it was still their own property. How could they give it away so easily?
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