"Xingzi...Yitian, send someone to negotiate with them." Emperor Go-Oi said this in a low voice. It seemed as if these words had used up all of Emperor Go-Oi's strength, and the low voice seemed to have no breath left.
"Father..." Xingzi didn't know why Queen Mizuowei changed her mind so quickly. Although she didn't know what she should do, she knew that surrendering at this time would be fruitless.
"Go and rest early. There will be no reinforcements. Our royal family has been weak for so many years, and there are not many people who can be loyal to our royal family. Even if there are troops coming to rescue our foreign country this time, I am afraid they will be stopped by those people on the way. Even with the power of our entire Japan, I am afraid we are not their opponents, let alone such a torn Japan." Emperor Go-Mizunoo smiled, and the smile was full of bitterness. The light of the oil lamp reflected in his eyes, and it seemed a little erratic with the flickering light. Xingzi vaguely saw the traces of tears in her father's eyes.
Xingzi didn't know what to say or how to comfort her father. She silently saluted Emperor Go-Mizunoo and quietly retreated. Then she heard the Emperor Go-Mizunoo singing. It was a Japanese folk song, which roughly talked about the scenery a person saw in the spring. The song should have been a melodious and cheerful song with a little pride, but when Emperor Go-Mizunoo sang it, Xingzi stood silently listening in the night wind, and suddenly felt that it was like a elegy.
This was like the last elegy of their Japanese nation. Feeling the sadness in the song and the night wind, Xingzi suddenly burst into tears. Although her life was only a dozen years, she had no idea how many times she had shed tears. But this time, it was the first time that she was not crying for her own country, which was in ruins and the people were no longer the same. It was the first time that she felt in her heart that some feelings in human life did not belong to individuals, but she was powerless to do anything about it.
Tang Lu looked at the negotiation envoy sent by Heian-kyō in surprise. He never thought that the female emperor of Japan, Empress Nozomi, would come to negotiate in person. This reminded Tang Lu of the situation of the Zhao father and son in the late Northern Song Dynasty. They also had an emperor retired and the troops were approaching. However, the Zhao father and son were really a pair of idiots. They sent themselves to be slaughtered by others at will. In the eyes of the Empress Nozomi, Tang Lu saw the calmness of a person who was determined to die.
The Empress in front of him is a beauty. Although she is not a stunning beauty, her status is enough to make many men want to get her. In addition to Ding Guoyu, Tang Yu's subordinates are Zheng
There was also an expression of interest in his eyes. Although Tang Lu admired the calmness of the Emperor's daughter, he would not show mercy to the female emperor of Japan. Admiring the enemy is a kind of flattery, and being kind to the enemy is very stupid.
"Haha, Miss Xingzi, please sit down." Tang Qi extended his hand to invite Xingzi to sit down, deliberately ignoring her identity, and also to downplay the confrontation between them. Because Tang Qi was developed overseas, the Han army under his command was far less in number than the auxiliary army. Therefore, Tang Qi had to adopt a conciliatory policy in many cases to avoid arousing the disloyalty of the auxiliary army. Although Tang Qi was not afraid, it would ultimately damage his own strength. What's more, the Japanese auxiliary army under his command was the largest in number and very useful on the battlefield. Generally speaking, Tang Qi hoped to get more Japanese as cannon fodder on the battlefield, so his policy towards Japan was also hard on one hand and soft on the other.
Tang Lu did not want to kill the two Japanese emperors at once. He also wanted to use their influence to allow the Japanese to integrate into his team more quickly and serve him in the future battlefields of conquering America and Europe. It was not Tang Lu's wish to use the Japanese cannon fodder and bring the Japanese people to the battlefield to die.
After thanking Tang Qi, Xingzi sat down as elegantly as possible. She had carefully looked at Tang Qi from the beginning, but could not see anything special about him. This man, who had made his fortune from a small captain in Dalian, looked very ordinary except for his sharp eyes. Xingzi had read about Tang Qi a long time ago, and always thought that this man who had led his men to destroy several countries in such a short time must be so powerful. However, when she met him, she found that he looked like a very ordinary person, and even his demeanor was very gentle. He did not look like the kind of person who had killed millions of people.
The meeting place of the two sides was a conference room temporarily built in a tent. There was a circular conference table in the middle. The personnel of both sides sat down on each side. As a negotiation, Tang Qi came forward just to show respect. The real negotiators were Tang Qi's subordinates. As an emperor, Xingzi personally led the negotiation team, but she was not the main person in the negotiation. So after Tang Qi and Xingzi started, the rest of the negotiations were handled by the subordinates of both sides.
Xingzi and her companions represented the Japanese royal family. The requirement of the negotiation was to ensure the safety of the Japanese royal family members and their interests after surrender, while Tang Li's side demanded the unconditional surrender of their Japanese royal family. Since Xingzi and her companions did not come to negotiate, it was impossible for them to surrender unconditionally. The two sides argued for a while without any result, and Tang Li and Xingzi sat there watching their subordinates argue without interrupting. Tang Li was the stronger party, so he did not need to say much, and Xingzi, the emperor, was the last line of defense of their Japanese country, and now was not the time for her to step forward.
By the time the negotiations were over, neither side had reached a preliminary conclusion. However, Tang Qi was not in a hurry. He still needed some time to lure out all the foreign nations that dared to rescue Heian-kyō, so he was not in a hurry at all. After the first day of negotiations, Tang Qi invited Xingzi: "Miss Xingzi, we've been arguing all day. How about having a meal here?"
"Cook a meal? Yes, Your Highness." Xingzi was slightly stunned when she heard Tang Yu's invitation, but from the word "cook a meal", she thought it should mean eating. However, she didn't know what "cook a meal" was, so she agreed out of curiosity.
In fact, as the weaker party in the negotiations, many times they have no choice. No matter whether the other party's invitation is well-intentioned or malicious, many times as the weaker party they have to agree. Xingzi and his subordinates Feng Tangluo came to another large tent, which was actually where Tangluo and his generals had dinner.
There is a canteen in every company under Tang Li. Tang Li does not have a special canteen in the army, but there is a special canteen in his staff department. Because the people in the staff department are all officers, the standard of this canteen is higher than those in the company. When Tang Li was in the army, he also ate in the canteen of the staff department. As long as Tang Li is here, the food standard will definitely be improved.
After bringing the empress Xingzi to the staff room, Tang Yu took a bowl for Xingzi and said, "You have to cook your own meals. Just follow me."
Xingzi nodded, and her subordinates also took their bowls curiously and followed Tang Qi. Tang Qi was the first to stand in front of the window with the bowl. With Tang Qi's status, if Tang Qi did not step forward, those Tang Qi's subordinates would never step forward to get food. The soldier in charge of serving dishes immediately became energetic when he saw that it was Tang Qi. He took the big bowl from Tang Qi's hand and served Tang Qi the food that Tang Qi liked to eat. Tang Qi often ate in the kitchen of this staff headquarters. If the soldiers in the kitchen did not find out what Tang Qi liked to eat, they would be hopelessly stupid.
After Tang Qi took his bowl, he thanked the soldier and said to him, "Those who come here are guests. Please don't neglect them and embarrass me."
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The soldier put down his food and saluted, and responded with a sound. Tang Qi smiled and shook his head slightly, and also saluted according to military rules. Xingzi stood behind Tang Qi and saw them saluting each other. He felt very strange and thought, are there etiquettes for eating here? These Daqi people really have so many etiquettes.
After Tang Qi moved out of the window, Xingzi also handed her bowl to the soldier who was eating vegetables, just like Tang Qi did. After taking the bowl, the soldier glanced at Xingzi and wondered why a Japanese woman came here to eat. The soldier didn't know that the Japanese emperor had come here to negotiate, but when he saw Xingzi dressed like a Japanese woman, he remembered what Tang Qi said about not losing face, so he picked up the vegetables and filled Xingzi's bowl with food, thinking that you people in Japan are a poor place, and you don't have many opportunities to eat a full meal. I'll let you eat your fill, so it won't lose face for us.
Xingzi took the full bowl and looked at the soldier hesitantly, which made the soldier look a little confused.
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