Chapter 210: Cessation of Territory in Pursuit of Peace

"This is Otsuki's sincerity. I hope you, who are revered as gods, can accept it."

Inside the palace, the messenger in moon-white clothes spoke in an extremely humbly manner.

This is a royal palace.

A palace that is even more luxurious than the Wanshou Palace in Dayue.

The Imperial Palace of Daqi! This is the most powerful country around Dayue. In the past, it was just a stubborn people in the poor mountains and bad waters. Later, after annexing two countries in succession, the vast territory filled its appetite, enough to digest for a long time, and temporarily settled down.

For such bad neighbors, the best option is to ignore them.

Unfortunately, under the falling stars, Dayue still fell into Daqi's eyes. This once ferocious beast bared its fangs again and bit Dayue fiercely.

It was obvious that Otsuki didn't hold on.

So on the eve of Emperor Kang Jing's birthday, he quietly sent envoys to try to negotiate peace.

“These conditions.”

The man sitting on the throne held the letter written by Emperor Kang Jing himself, with a mocking smile on his face, "Are you sending away beggars?"

The arrogant and cruel voice echoed throughout the palace, and all the civil and military officials sneered and mocked loudly.

"I killed Dayue, what else do you want? It's not your turn to offer sacrifices!"

"I recently bought a new house and I'm still short of a servant. Um, are you interested in staying in Daqi?"

"Yuzhou, Yangzhou? Who are you trying to fool with these two states? Giving the things you conquered to Daqi? How shameless!"

Various mocking and sarcastic voices rang out one after another.

The Great Moon Messenger buried his face even lower, wishing he could lower himself into the dust.

The cession of two states and the division of territory can be regarded as a great humiliation.

Unfortunately, such conditions may not even satisfy the other party.

As an envoy of a country, he represents the face of that country when he goes abroad. Being humiliated like this, he should draw his sword and either die bravely or die to show his integrity.

But, he can die, what will Otsuki do?

If Daqi is willing to withdraw his troops, the Four-Nation Alliance will have a chance to fall apart, and Da Yue will still have hope of survival without having to endure the pain of national destruction and extinction.

Even for this tiny possibility, he had to accept the ridicule.

So the messenger from Dayue simply closed his eyes in the face of such ridicule, pretending not to hear it.

These people who are clamoring are just mouthpieces for the person above. The person who can truly decide everything has not yet made a decision.

"Well, there's a saying that goes, 'A guest from afar is a guest.' Please show some respect to my guests."

Emperor Daqi clapped his hands to stop the chaotic voices, "However, guests should not be rude."

The tiger-like eyes narrowed, and the lion opened his big mouth, "Yuzhou and Yangzhou, these places have already been taken, and if you give them to Daqi again, wouldn't you think Daqi is a fool?"

"That's not my intention!"

The Dayue envoy shook his head repeatedly, finding an opportunity to persuade, "Yuzhou and Yangzhou are four countries together."

"stop."

Emperor Daqi interrupted directly, "I am not interested in discussing those things. It is easy to ask Daqi to withdraw its troops. Since we have conquered two states, how about giving away two more states? Yuzhou was originally a granary, which is just right. As for the imperial capital, I heard that there is a place called Wanshou Palace, which is extremely luxurious and was built in imitation of the residence of immortals. I am also very interested in it.

This will make up for the hard work and fatigue of the soldiers who went out to fight, and I can also give an explanation to the civil and military officials."

The Dayue messenger's face turned from red to blue, and he wanted to curse loudly.

Yuzhou and Yangzhou are not enough, and they also want Yuzhou and the Imperial Capital? Why not just merge Dayue into Daqi! I've heard of ceding land to seek peace, but I've never heard of ceding land to the Imperial Capital! This is no longer a negotiation, but a pure humiliation!

But no matter how angry he was, the messenger from Dayue still forced himself to hold on.

This is what a weak country is like. If others want to talk to you, you can only listen obediently. Regardless of whether you agree or not, losing your temper will lead to death.

Death is not scary, but failing to complete the tasks assigned by superiors is more painful than death.

His expression changed several times, and the envoy of Dayue gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sorry that Dayue cannot agree to this condition. Dayue has shown the greatest sincerity, hoping to gain the friendship of Daqi. But Dayue is also ready to fight, and cannot accept such a rude request."

"If you don't agree now, the news will come later, and it will be too late to agree."

Emperor Daqi said casually.

"Um?"

The Dayue envoy was stunned. What worse news was there that he didn't know?

"Come here, take the envoy down to have a good rest, and wait a few more days to see if my conditions are too generous."

Emperor Daqi waved his hand.

Immediately, two guards stepped forward and carried the Dayue envoy out.

The Big Moon Messenger did not struggle, because he knew that struggling would only add to the humiliation.

He had prepared himself mentally for this humiliation before it came. He was not even afraid of losing his life, let alone his face.

I just hope to complete the task assigned by my superiors and protect the remaining people of Dayue who have not yet been affected by the war.

The Great Moon Messenger thought so in his heart.

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Until he saw the residence prepared for him by the Daqi officials.

“Is this too much?!”

Even the Great Moon Messenger, who had been trying to calm himself down, felt an overwhelming urge to die together with them the moment he saw their residence.

In front of him was a stable.

A place for raising horses.

Of course, after all, it is still in the palace, so the stable cannot be said to be shabby, but there are inevitably bursts of bad smells floating in the wind, and there are servants cleaning it.

"This is the palace of Daqi. It's already good enough to find a place for you to live. Do you still want to be picky?"

The Daqi official threw him there nonchalantly, "If you don't want to stay, you can leave by yourself. Don't you have long legs?"

After saying this, he actually turned around and left without any concern.

Only the messenger from Dayue was left standing there in a daze.

I stood there in silence for a long time.

The messenger from Otsuki walked towards the stable.

He still has his own mission.

In a blink of an eye, five days have passed.

He seemed to have been forgotten here.

There was not even anyone to deliver food.

They could only grab some food from the trough - not just grass, but also beans.

The servants treated him as if he were air and ignored everything he said.

He also thought about going to the palace again, but as soon as he walked out of the stable, he was thrown back by people outside.

In a foreign country, I have no relatives.

If a country is burdened with heavy responsibilities, it will be weak and perish.

When the sixth day arrived, the messenger of Dayue lay powerlessly in the stable, ignoring the smell of feces next to him.

Isn’t death a kind of relief?

He will die together with countless people in Otsuki, both those who can be named and those who cannot be named, without having to struggle and suffer anymore, which is like being a human being.

Until a deafening roar sounded outside, awakening the soul that was about to fall asleep.

"Urgent news from Otsuki!!!"

(End of this chapter)