Chapter 185: Cede Land and Pay Compensation or Submit to Chen Chen

Among the Beidi delegation, there was a foreigner with blond hair and blue eyes.

He always wore a scarf, wrapped himself tightly, and pretended to be the princess's servant.

So no one paid attention, but who knew that when the piano was placed, he lifted up his headscarf, sat in front of the piano, and a series of notes came out.

Then he actually played a nice tune.

However, the people of Daning have never seen this thing before. Although the music is very nice, they just don’t know how to play it.

Jiang Jiu got angry. Isn't this bullying?

"Give them a flute, but they can't even play it. What's the point of the suona, guqin, or that broken piano showing off here?"

Looking at the people of Daning in the court looking at each other in bewilderment, Princess Beidi was extremely arrogant.

If none of them could shoot this huge beast, she would have to take the delegation back.

They wanted her to marry someone from Daning, but she didn't want to. They, Beidi, were much better than Daning.

They completely forgot that they were the defeated country.

The other ministers lost face and asked Zhao Zhuoran for help.

"My Lord, what is this thing? Can you do it? Think of a way."

Zhao Zhuoran didn't know either, and he had never seen the Northern Di people play such musical instruments. Besides, he was going to fight, not to appreciate musical instruments.

When the song ended, the Beidi people all applauded.

Their envoys held their chins high and spoke the not-so-fluent Daning dialect.

"Your Majesty, is there anyone who knows this? If not, we have to go home. Our Princess of Beidi must marry a man who is both civil and military, and not just anyone can marry him."

The emperor also looked unhappy, and it was obvious that he was trying his best to endure it.

At this time Jiang Jiu whispered to Zhao Zhuoxi: "I can play it. I have seen this thing before. However, the princess cannot marry you. Go and ask His Majesty for a condition..."

Zhao Zhuoxi stood up with a very arrogant attitude.

"It's just a piano. Not to mention the rest of us in Daning, my princess can play it. But Your Majesty... Princess Beidi obviously looks down on us... She asked three questions in a row to embarrass us. I think even if we win, we should give them some counterattack."

The emperor agreed: "What do you plan to do?"

Zhao Zhuoxi smiled confidently: "We won, which shows that Beidi is a small country. We don't need a princess to marry, but we want them to be our vassal and pay tribute to us with beautiful women, gold and silver every year..."

When he said this, all the court officials were furious.

On the one hand, I think Zhao Zhuoxi is too arrogant, on the other hand, I think he should raise his ambitions with Daning.

But they said they had never seen that thing before. How could Princess Zhaoyang’s granddaughter be able to play it?

All the officials of Daning stood up and said, "I second the proposal."

Zhao Zhuoran also stood up and said, "I think it's okay."

It was the Northern Di people's turn to look at each other in bewilderment.

Maybe they never thought they would lose.

The Beidi princess looked unhappy, and the Beidi delegation discussed for a long time before answering.

"We need to discuss this with our king..."

Zhao Zhuoxi snorted coldly: "What's there to discuss with a defeated country? Just fight back."

Zhao Zhuoran also agreed: "Do you still want to fight?"

The Northern Di envoys finally said, "If we lose, we can cede land and pay compensation, but we will never submit to the enemy."

Zhao Zhuoxi smiled evilly: "You still have some backbone, Sixth Brother, you are not good enough, you didn't scare them..."

Zhao Zhuoran remained silent.

Princess Beidi remained firm: "Let's shoot first and then we'll see. It's useless to say anything now..."

Just shoot.

Jiang Jiu came to the piano and adjusted the position of the stool first. Her legs were not as long as the blue-eyed man's legs, so she moved the stool forward.

Then, I played a few more keys to test the pitch.

When she was testing the pitch, everyone thought she was going to play, but to their surprise, she couldn't even play a tune.

Just when the Daning people showed doubts on their faces and the Beidi people were about to look smug.

A series of beautiful melodies flowed out from Jiang Jiu's fingers.

To be honest, Jiang Jiu's family is not well off, and she is not a professional piano player.

It happened that when she was in college, she participated in a club activity and was forced to practice a "Turkish March" for half a year.

I can play it, but I can only play this one song.

Indeed, there is a saying that is true: anything you learn when you are young will definitely be useful in the future.

If it were in modern times, Jiang Jiu would definitely not dare to bring this out and embarrass himself.

But, this was in ancient times.

The cheerful music flowed wildly under her fingertips, and when she finished playing, it drew applause from the court officials of Daning.

"It sounds good. It sounds really good."

At this time, Jiang Jiu angrily took the flute from the orchestra member next to him and handed it to the blue-eyed musician.

"Music knows no borders, and musical instruments just require practice."

"I have never seen the piano you brought, but we can play many musical instruments, and you may not be able to play them. Let's not talk about other things, just take the flute. Everyone in Daning can play it. You can try it... If you can't play a tune, you lose..."

The blue-eyed foreigner took the flute helplessly.

He didn't even know how to blow it, so he put it to his mouth and tried it, and the people of Daning around him laughed at him.

At Jiang Jiu's request, the court musician came to teach him how to do it.

As a result, the blue-eyed foreigner still failed to blow the whistle, and he shrugged and shook his head helplessly.

"I can't."

Jiang Jiu smiled: "See, you are not as good as our people. Our people can learn without a teacher..."

The Northern Di people lost, the emperor was overjoyed, and the people of Daning gave Jiang Jiu and Zhao Zhuoxi a thumbs up. Even Princess Zhaoyang was honored.

"This girl secretly learned this skill, and this princess didn't even know about it."

Whether to cede land and pay compensation, or to submit, the next thing was the Ministry of Rites and Zhao Zhuoran's business.

After the banquet, Zhao Zhuoxi carried Jiang Jiu back to the palace.

Jiang Jiu was in the spotlight today and was forced to drink too much. He had just taken a few steps when Zhao Zhuoxi picked him up and held him in his arms.

"This is not good..."

Zhao Zhuoxi didn't care at all: "She's my own princess, I can pamper her however I want, there's nothing wrong with that."

Besides, there was no one else in the palace.

Jiang Jiu leaned drunkenly in Zhao Zhuoxi's arms.

"Playing the piano today reminded me of the past..."

Jiang Jiu misses home.

In fact, when she blew up the palace, she had already thought about her death.

She is not afraid of death. After death, the worst that can happen is that she can go back or be reincarnated.

Who knew that her soul was trapped by someone and she came back to life in someone else's body.

Don't even mention how aggrieved I am.

Zhao Zhuoxi knew that Jiang Jiu had suffered a lot when she was a child, but he didn't know that she was actually a soul from another world.

There is no way to sympathize with Jiang Jiu.

As soon as I returned to the palace gate with her in my arms, I saw Zhao Zhuoran waiting there alone.

"Xiao Jiu, you even gave up the throne for this woman. Is it worth it?"