Volume 1 Chapter 18: Golden Palace Martial Arts Tournament
Xiang Yun remembered Zhao Pan, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Inspectorate, in his heart, perhaps he could be kept and used in important positions when there is a change of personnel in the future.
"Okay, what's the point of making a fuss in the court? Censor Zhao, please leave!"
Xiang Yun had spoken, so Zhao Pan could not continue to get angry. He just bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I am an old minister who was moved and spoke out of my heart. I apologize for my impoliteness."
When Zhao Pan returned to the ranks of officials, Xiang Yun stood up from the dragon chair, stared down at Qin Yu, and said in a cold voice: "Master Qin is very loyal to the Great Sun Dynasty, and even to me?"
Qin Yu was wiping his official hat. Upon hearing this, he quickly put it back on and said, "Being loyal to Your Majesty is the duty of an old minister."
Xiang Yun laughed loudly upon hearing this. It was true that a shameless person was invincible. With the support of the Sand Barbarians, it was no wonder that Qin Yu dared to come back. He just didn't know how much benefit Qin Yu had given to the Sand Barbarians.
This posed a difficult problem for Xiang Yun. As an emperor, he had many things to consider.
Xiang Yun paced back and forth in the Golden Throne Hall several times, thought carefully, and said: "What a duty! If the Sand Barbarians are truly willing to surrender, I can agree to these conditions, but there will be some changes."
Seeing that Xiang Yun did not refuse on the spot, Yasdada smiled and said, "Your Majesty, please believe in the sincerity of the Sand Barbarians!"
"Okay!" Xiang Yun looked directly at Yasdada and said, "I can agree to the first condition, but the amount of food, cloth, cattle, sheep and horses must be halved!
It is true that our Great Sun Dynasty is rich in resources, but the territory is also vast, and many people cannot even solve the problem of food and clothing, so assisting half of the Sand Barbarians is already the limit.
The second condition is that I can issue a trade order, but it must be two-way. Merchants from the Great Sun Dynasty must also go to the Sand Barbarians to trade, and the safety of merchants from the Great Sun Dynasty must be guaranteed!"
Xiang Yun suddenly stared at Qin Yu and said with a smile: "As for the marriage, Sir Qin, do you think it is feasible to send Concubine Qin to the Shaman tribe for marriage?"
Qin Yu was shocked and looked at Xiang Yun deeply. Seeing that Xiang Yun looked indifferent and didn't think it was a joke, he smiled bitterly and said, "I think it's OK."
Xiang Yun burst into laughter upon hearing this and said in a cold voice: "Great! What a great Lord Qin who works for the country and the people!"
Then Xiang Yun flicked his sleeves and said to Yasdada, "I agree to the marriage, but it's not a girl from my Great Sun Dynasty who will marry over, but a girl from your Sand Man tribe!"
Yasdada was surprised and asked, "What?"
"You heard it right. I heard that the women of the Sand Barbarian tribe are graceful and beautiful, and now there is a little princess who has just reached the age of marriage. Then I will bear a little injustice and give you a great gift. I am willing to take the little princess of the Sand Barbarian tribe as my concubine. On a certain day, my dynasty will send a wedding team to the Sand Barbarian tribe to marry the noble princess!"
"As for the issue of intermarriage among the people of my Great Sun Dynasty, let's not talk about it anymore. I don't agree to it." Xiang Yun said lightly, and then sat back on the dragon throne.
There is no possibility of compromise when it comes to matters between races. If they are mixed up and their genes are no longer the same, can the humans of the Great Sun Dynasty still be called pure humans in the future?
Yastada couldn't believe his ears at this moment. What kind of joke was the Emperor of the Great Sun Dynasty playing at? It would have been fine if he didn't send a woman to marry the princess, but he actually wanted to marry the little princess of their tribe?
The other seven Shaman men were also extremely angry at this moment. One of them shouted, "Your Highness the Princess will never marry us! We came here with sincerity. Why is the Emperor so deceiving?"
Yasdada was also unhappy and said: "It seems that His Majesty the Emperor is unwilling to agree to our Sand Barbarians' conditions?"
Xiang Yun smiled and said, "I have already given you my conditions. You cannot make the decision. I advise you to go back and talk to your clan leader. Maybe he will agree to it!"
Yasdada said with a sullen face: "Since it has come to this, then I am also dissatisfied with His Majesty the Emperor. The chief of my tribe, Ya Yuan, has already gathered 300,000 Sand Barbarian warriors to line up in the northern border!
The tribe leader has issued an order that if the emperor does not agree to our terms, or does not see us returning with the bride escort team, then 300,000 Shaman warriors will march north and attack the capital directly!"
"Ridiculous!" Xiang Yun said indifferently: "If we want to start a war, the soldiers of the Great Sun Dynasty have never been afraid. My northern border has two million elite troops, and you barbarians only have 300,000 people. How dare you bark here?"
"Hahaha!" Yastarda laughed wildly, pointing the lion-headed scepter in his hand at Xiang Yun, and shouted: "My people are natural warriors. Each of us can fight ten people at once. I'm afraid that by then, what we'll get is not just these few resources, but the emperor's head!"
"How dare you!" Xiang Yun slammed the dragon throne and shouted angrily. Immediately, a large number of imperial guards rushed in with knives and surrounded the entire court.
At this moment, everyone in the court changed their expressions, and the expression of the envoy from the Shaman tribe became even uglier. Judging from the situation, it seemed that this was premeditated.
The emperor of the Great Sun Dynasty had no intention of negotiating with them and had been playing tricks on them. Otherwise, why would he have prepared so many troops!
Yastarda looked at the imperial guards and said angrily, "Even when two countries are at war, they don't kill envoys. Is the emperor going to attack us?"
The eight Shaman people began to feel a little scared. Although they were envoys, if the young emperor in front of them was immoral, their fate would be death.
Although their clansmen will avenge them after they die, their lives are their own and what happens after death has nothing to do with them.
The person who felt the most uncomfortable at the moment was Qin Yu. He originally thought that Wang Teng was in control of the political situation in the imperial city. So as long as he had the support of the Shaman tribe, Wang Teng would not dare to touch him.
Because Wang Teng, who had not yet taken control of the court situation, would definitely not be willing to go to war with the Shaman tribe, and he had a golden medal of immunity from death, so he could continue to fight with Wang Teng in the court.
But when he returned to the capital, he found that the situation had changed drastically. The emperor had woken up and regained control of the court.
But Qin Yu remained calm. He knew Xiang Yun very well. He was a coward who bullied the weak and feared the strong. He was afraid that he would be scared to death as soon as he saw the appearance of the Shaman people and thus agreed to the conditions.
At that time, Qin Yu would still be second only to the emperor and above everyone else.
But ideals are beautiful and reality is cruel.
He was wrong, completely wrong. He would never have thought that Xiang Yun would become so powerful and even have the courage to go to war with the Sand Barbarians.
Now that things have come to this point, no matter what the final outcome is, he cannot escape blame, and this place can no longer accommodate him.
But Qin Yu still wanted to make a final struggle and resistance!
Just when Yastarda was extremely nervous, Qin Yu bowed again and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please think twice. The envoy of the Shaman Kingdom cannot be killed, and the war cannot be started..."
But before Qin Yu could finish his words, he was grabbed by one of his feet by three ministers behind him and dragged into the crowd, where dozens of people then punched and kicked him.
I could vaguely hear someone cursing, "They've already assembled their army and are here to cause trouble, but you're still so siding with the foreigners. I think you're a barbarian in human skin. Since you don't have a spine, let me break it!"
"Traitor, beat him to death!"
An old official in his eighties came over tremblingly and shouted at the top of his voice: "Everyone, get out of my way and kick me twice!"
Xiang Yun was sitting on the dragon chair and watching this scene. He was immediately furious. Seeing that Qin Yu was about to die, he shouted, "That's enough! Fighting and kicking in the court is not decent!"
As soon as Xiang Yun spoke, everyone dispersed, but they did not forget to kick him a few more times as they left.
Qin Yu was lying on the ground motionless at this time, obviously having been knocked unconscious.
"Drag him out!" Xiang Yun waved his hand, and two soldiers of the Imperial Guards stepped forward. One of them grabbed one of Qin Yu's feet and dragged him out of the Golden Palace.
"Look at what you look like. You don't look like court officials at all. If you don't know, you might think you are just street hooligans!" Xiang Yun pointed at the officials and said unhappily, "Be careful next time!"
The ministers laughed when they heard this. Xiang Yun looked at Yastarda who was stunned by the scene just now and said, "Let's be frank. I don't even take your 300,000 sand barbarian warriors seriously. I can destroy them with a wave of my hand!"
Yasdada sneered when he heard this, obviously not believing it.
The Sand Barbarians have invaded the borders of the Great Sun Dynasty for many years and have a full understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Great Sun Dynasty soldiers. Any adult warrior among the Sand Barbarians can fight against more than a dozen ordinary Great Sun Dynasty soldiers alone.
Xiang Yun continued, "You said before that one of the Shaman people could defeat ten people at once, but I don't believe it!"
Yastarda snorted coldly and said, "Your Majesty, you can give it a try. No matter who comes up, our Sand Barbarian warriors can crush them to pieces with one hand!"
"Haha, Jiang Yue, go up and give it a try!" Xiang Yun smiled with satisfaction, just waiting for this sentence.
"Yes, sir!"
Jiang Yue, who was standing by, couldn't wait any longer. His blood was boiling with excitement. He strode down the hall platform, glanced at the eight people with cold eyes, and said arrogantly, "Are you coming one by one, or all at once?"
Yastada became even angrier when he saw that the person who came up was a young man who looked only about twenty years old.
There were so many military officers and officials in armor present, all of them were generals, but the emperor sent such a little kid up here. Did he look down on the Shaman tribe so much?
Since coming to this court, they have been humiliated everywhere. This little emperor doesn't give them, the Shaman tribe, any face at all. He is really ignorant and fearless. Well, let's give this little emperor a warning!
Yasdada pointed at the most muscular Sand Barbarian warrior among the eight with his lion-headed staff and ordered, "Badilu, show His Majesty the Emperor how powerful our Sand Barbarian people are!"
As Yasdada was speaking, the lion-headed staff suddenly turned, with the human skull side facing the sky. When Badilu saw this, his eyes lit up, and he understood what was going on. He said loudly, "Master Dada, I am a warrior. I only know how to kill people, not fight!"
Jiang Yue snorted coldly and replied: "What a coincidence, I am the same!"
The atmosphere in the Golden Throne Hall was filled with tension. Xiang Yun immediately ordered, "I allow you to fight to the death. Let's begin!"
Badilu immediately shouted: "Bring me my axe!"
Two soldiers of the Imperial Guard came in carrying a giant iron axe one meter long. This axe was the weapon that Badilu brought with him, but it was taken away when he was about to enter the Golden Palace to meet the emperor.
Badilu couldn't wait for the two imperial guards to carry it over, so he walked over and picked up the huge axe weighing more than 100 kilograms with one hand, and said to Jiang Yue: "Little kid, it's not too late to kneel down and beg for mercy now, otherwise I will chop you down with the axe later, and you won't have a chance to speak!"
Jiang Yue just stared at him coldly without saying a word, and slowly pulled out the golden knife from his waist with one hand.
The sword gleamed with a cold light. The military officers around were still fine, but all the civil officials retreated in fear, all the way to the edge of the Golden Palace.
Upon seeing this, the military officers stepped aside and left a space in the Golden Palace for Jiang Yue and Badilu to freely display their martial arts.
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