Pei Zhiyuan finally rejected Fu Yi's request, and he felt very conflicted.
Wanting to investigate the truth but also fearing that they might get to know each other, Shen Xu followed the Yanyang man and left.
Fu Yi didn't mind. He thought it was just a coincidence. After all, his sister had a whole cabinet full of drawings.
Murong Yan and Jiang Yu both knew that it was her painting.
He just wanted to show off his outstanding sister, but he didn't expect that there was such a talent in Haoyue Country, which made him a little unhappy.
Pei Zhiyuan finally calmed down and, according to Shen Xu's plan, hosted the envoys of the two countries for a banquet after the military review.
The first dish is goat meat with Houttuynia cordata.
You can smell the unpleasant smell from a long distance away.
"Several envoys have come from afar. I have specially prepared Haoyue Country's special lamb stew for them. You must try it."
The envoy from the North Sea Kingdom frowned slightly, picked up a small piece and put it in his mouth, but almost spit it out. Out of courtesy, he swallowed it.
Pei Zhiyuan began to tell him how much his favorite concubine loved eating goat meat, and during the meal she kept inviting the envoy to pick up the bowl of hard-to-eat goat meat with her chopsticks.
Fu Yi sat at the table and quietly said to Director Jiang, who was at a loss for words, "Houttuynia cordata is a specialty of our southern region. People in Haoyue never eat it this way. He did it on purpose."
Director Jiang frowned and whispered, "So what does he mean? Is he going to wipe us all out?"
"I don't know, let's see first."
The envoy from the North Sea Kingdom finally couldn't stand the strong smell and said that the mutton from the North Sea Kingdom did not have the smell of mutton. He also asked the accompanying chef to make a stewed mutton immediately.
Pei Zhiyuan asked someone to call his concubine Yun Ji, and the two flirted with each other during the meal.
Pei Zhiyuan tried his best to act out his stupidity and arrogance without any trace of acting.
Yun Ji pretentiously picked up a piece of meat with her chopsticks, sniffed it, took a bite, and said with disdain, "This is not goat meat."
"Yun Fei, the mutton in the North Sea Kingdom is delicious. Why do you insist on eating goat meat?"
Yun Ji pretended to be wronged and wiped away her tears, "Your Highness, Regent, you don't know my patriotic heart."
She began to talk about the king's army and Jiangling Prefecture. She said that Jiangling Prefecture of Haoyue Kingdom was mostly mountainous, and the traitor who sold out his country for personal gain had the surname Yang, so wasn't that a goat?
That scoundrel of the Yang family colluded with foreign nations, intending to provoke a war, murdered the female prime minister, and attacked the negotiating envoys.
When he rebelled, he threatened the lives of the people. When he was defeated, he took the initiative to surrender the city to Beihai.
The people of Haoyue Country wish they could eat the flesh and sleep on the skin of such an evil son.
As a woman, I am too weak to contribute to the army, but I still have a patriotic heart. I love to eat goat meat, but I want to avenge our female prime minister.
Upon hearing this, Pei Zhiyuan acted pleased and praised Yun Ji repeatedly. He then turned to look at the envoy from Beihai Kingdom and put pressure on him, saying that he could give up Xieyang City, but the thief Yang Chonghu must be handed over.
The envoy from the North Sea Kingdom did not agree immediately, but only said that he would convey his request to the King of the North Sea Kingdom.
Yun Ji continued flatteringly, "I think we should order every household in Haoyue Country to kill a goat during the New Year, and let the people of Haoyue Country eat its meat and sleep on its skin!"
"How can that be possible? We have millions of people in Haoyue Country. How can we have so many sheep for them to kill?"
When Yun Ji heard Pei Zhiyuan reject her proposal, she threw herself into his arms and started to act coquettishly, "I don't care, Your Highness cannot go against my patriotism. The people eating goats is patriotism.
Please issue a decree quickly, requiring the people to kill and eat sheep, otherwise, I will go on a hunger strike in protest! "
Pei Zhiyuan pretended to be doting and coaxed her, "Okay, okay, I'll do as my beloved concubine wishes. This year, every household will be allowed to raise goats."
"You are not allowed to raise it!" Yun Ji shouted. She sat on Pei Zhiyuan's legs, and her soft and boneless hands climbed up Pei Zhiyuan's neck, acting coquettishly and tenderly.
She said unreasonably, "Your Highness, how can you feed the rebels with fodder and grain? Order the people of Haoyue Country not to raise goats. Anyone who raises goats is a rebel!"
Pei Zhiyuan, however, acted extremely doting, not at all angry at her weakness. Instead, he coaxed her with kind words, "My beloved, you are making things difficult for me. You forbid raising goats, yet you want the people of the country to eat goats. Where will the goats come from for the people to eat?"
"I don't care, I don't care! The people of Haoyue Country must eat goats to show their loyalty. Anyone who refuses to eat is a traitor. Your Highness should arrest such people and put them in prison and execute them."
The envoy from the North Sea Kingdom sat at the table and couldn't help laughing, "Your Highness, the Regent, you really dote on this lady."
Pei Zhiyuan coughed awkwardly and said, "Alright, my beloved concubine, please stop making a fuss. There's an envoy here. Don't make a fool of yourself."
"Your Highness, I don't care. I just want the people to eat goats."
At this time, Xue Yu cleared his throat, looked at the messenger and said, "I heard that the North Sea Kingdom is almost entirely pastureland. Why don't we pay the North Sea Kingdom to buy some goats? Don't disappoint Concubine Yun's enthusiasm."
Upon hearing that business was coming, the North Sea envoy agreed, "Yes, our North Sea lamb is all grass-fed, so the meat is tender and has no mutton smell. Since Your Majesty likes it, I'll sell you some."
Yun Ji climbed onto Pei Zhiyuan's neck and said in a soft and tender voice, "Your Highness, our Haoyue Nation has a population of 300 million, so let's buy 300 million goats."
Hearing this, a burst of uncontrollable laughter came from the table. Yun Ji looked at the people at the table angrily, shook Pei Zhiyuan's body, and said angrily: "I am so patriotic, who dares to laugh at me?"
"My dear, we don't have that many goats, and we don't have that much money to buy them."
Xue Yu suggested, "Let's order 50 million adult goats. Each goat weighs about 50 to 60 kilograms. That way, we can give each citizen a kilogram of mutton during the New Year."
The envoy from the North Sea felt overwhelmed by wealth, but how could the entire country possibly have 50 million goats? So he said, "50 million is too many."
Pei Zhiyuan also looked embarrassed, and said to Xue Yu with a look of great pain, "Look, they don't have 50 million goats at all."
He turned to the North Sea envoy and said, "Money is not a problem. As long as my concubine Yun is happy, that's all that matters."
"Can I use another sheep instead?"
"I want a goat!" Yun Ji started to act like a spoiled brat and made a fuss.
"But the North Sea Kingdom doesn't have that many goats."
"Don't they know how to raise them? If they raise them now, they should have enough for the New Year. Besides, we ask them to place orders every year. How can they be so stingy with money?"
Pei Zhiyuan looked at the envoy from the North Sea Kingdom and said helplessly, "Your Majesty, could you please help me with this?"
Xue Yu immediately discussed the price with the envoy. In the end, after some negotiation, he ordered 20 million goats at a price of one tael and two cents, requiring that they be adult goats weighing 50 to 60 kilograms.
He also said that in order to maintain peace between the two countries, he would still order goats from the North Sea Kingdom next year.
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