Amidst the warm welcome from the princess of Dongdao, Zhu Yunwen was brought to the capital city of Dongdao Kingdom.
They arranged for Zhu Yunwen to stay in a relatively luxurious palace outside the royal palace of the Eastern Island Kingdom.
In terms of protocol, Zhu Yunwen was not neglected.
Zhu Yunwen was also aware that the Eastern Island nation seemed to have always been quite good at maintaining appearances.
It's just a pity that they have too many tricks up their sleeves, are too hypocritical, and are good at hiding their evil and terrifying side.
Describing the Eastern Island nation as a wolf in sheep's clothing seems to have been very fitting since ancient times.
After moving into the palace, the princess of the Eastern Island Kingdom remained very hospitable to Zhu Yunwen. She not only prepared many local delicacies for him, but also found many young and beautiful girls from the Eastern Island Kingdom to serve him.
Although Zhu Yunwen showed no interest in this matter.
Zhu Yunwen was very curious about what kind of tricks the princess of the Eastern Island Kingdom was up to.
However, he was also quite careful in all aspects, but after several days, the princess of the Eastern Island Kingdom did not seem to have done anything.
Aside from showering Zhu Yunwen with concern and providing him with all the daily necessities he could, it seemed there was nothing else he did.
On the fourth day, Zhu Yunwen was taken to the palace by the princess of Dongdao to meet the emperor.
When he met the Emperor, Zhu Yunwen put his hands behind his back, showing no sign of humility.
Zhu Yunwen even seemed to have a higher status.
The Emperor was somewhat displeased and said:
"The Crown Prince of the Ming Dynasty seems to have no manners."
Zhu Yunwen sneered and said to the Emperor:
"Rules? Most of the culture and rules that are popular in your country now were introduced from the Tang Dynasty of my great China. And you still want to talk to me about rules? By the way, you call yourself the Emperor, aren't you being a bit too arrogant?"
Upon hearing Zhu Yunwen's words, the Emperor immediately realized that Zhu Yunwen was retaliating against him and finding fault, saying that he was not qualified to call himself Emperor.
After all, throughout Chinese history, they were only called emperors, and no one was called the Heavenly Emperor.
However, this island nation, having learned a great deal about Tang culture during the Tang Dynasty, returned and proclaimed itself the Emperor, which Zhu Yunwen found laughable and couldn't help but mock.
In Zhu Yunwen's view, the royal family of this Eastern Island Kingdom was somewhat like a dog trying to draw a tiger but ending up with a dog instead.
Faced with Zhu Yunwen's mockery and provocation, the emperor was somewhat angry, but for a moment he didn't know how to refute him. So he thought for a moment before saying:
"Your Chinese emperors throughout history can be called emperors. Why can't my Eastern Island Kingdom be called the Emperor? Now my Eastern Island Kingdom is powerful and can be considered the absolute ruler in this sea area. Even if we were to become the Emperor, it wouldn't seem inappropriate."
Zhu Yunwen chuckled and said:
"You seem to have a good opinion of yourself, but unfortunately, sometimes you are too arrogant, which prevents you from recognizing your own strengths and weaknesses."
In any case, your existing culture and many other things you possess are basically learned from the Tang Dynasty.
I said you were all educated by our Chinese nation, but it's only been a short time, and you've already started to become arrogant.
Thinking they have some power, they want to turn on their former master. But don't they even consider whether they're qualified?
To put it simply, your culture and many other aspects are still stuck in the Tang Dynasty. But our Chinese civilization has already reached the Ming Dynasty.
Many things are separated by hundreds of years, yet you still dare to dream of extending your ambitions to the Ming Dynasty; it's utterly laughable.
Zhu Yunwen did not mean that the Tang Dynasty was inferior to the Ming Dynasty, but rather that the Eastern Island Kingdom was still at the level of the Tang Dynasty in many aspects, while China had already developed for several hundred years.
The gap between the two sides has continued to widen.
This is a mockery of the Emperor's male ambition, and also a reminder to the Emperor that he should be grateful, not repay kindness with enmity.
Although the Emperor was furious, he did not know how to refute him.
Seeing Zhu Yunwen's impolite words, Princess Dongdao quickly stepped in to smooth things over:
"Grandson of the Ming Dynasty, there is no need for this. We invited you here not so that you could criticize us."
Zhu Yunwen suddenly realized something and said:
"Oh? So you invited me here not to criticize you? I thought you realized your mistakes, so I was called here to give you a good talking-to. It seems I was overthinking it. So, what exactly did you invite me here for?"
Faced with Zhu Yunwen's question, the emperor did not know how to answer and turned his gaze to the princess of Dongdao.
Princess Dongdao smiled and then said to Zhu Yunwen:
"Don't you think there were some misunderstandings between our Eastern Island Kingdom and the Great Ming Dynasty before? These misunderstandings have only deepened and continued to develop in a bad direction."
This is not a good thing, so our Eastern Island Kingdom also wants to change this situation and prepare to befriend the Ming Dynasty so that we can achieve more cooperation in the future.
This way, we can benefit each other and develop together. Being friends is always better than being enemies, Your Highness. Don't you think what I'm saying makes sense?
Zhu Yunwen nodded and said:
"Of course it makes sense, and it makes a lot of sense. It's just a pity that being friends with you is probably far more dangerous than being your enemy."
Princess Dongdao was taken aback and asked:
"How could His Highness the Crown Prince say such a thing? I don't understand what he means by that?"
Zhu Yunwen: "Literally, after all, you once had a very good relationship with the Tang Dynasty, and you humbly went to the Tang Dynasty to learn. The Tang Dynasty also imparted a lot of culture and things to you, including various important technologies."
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