Actually, the reason why the Princess of Dongdao had said so much rambling and irrelevant nonsense was simply to make Zhu Yunwen relax.
If Zhu Yunwen can make the meeting and conversation seem like Dongdao has ulterior motives, then Zhu Yunwen will relax during the meeting.
If there is any relaxation, then the Eastern Island Princess's conspiracy can be completed, because all of this is just a prelude, and the key is to get Zhu Yunwen to drink that cup of wine.
In reality, Zhu Yunwen was indeed quite unguarded when it came to alcohol.
Perhaps this is the aspect of his exceptional skill and daring.
He didn't trust the Eastern Island Nation; they wouldn't dare do anything to him.
If the Eastern Island Kingdom dared to poison the wine, it could harm Zhu Yunwen, or even kill him.
Then his ten Imperial Guards and Zhao Qingzhu would definitely try to escape from Dongdao Kingdom as quickly as possible, and then give orders to the five hundred soldiers stationed on the coast of Dongdao Kingdom.
Those five hundred soldiers would carry fifty cannons and wreak havoc throughout the entire island nation, even blowing up the royal palace as they marched in.
Therefore, Zhu Yunwen believed that after witnessing the power of Zhu Yunwen's cannons and knowing that Zhu Yunwen's five hundred special forces soldiers were using cannons to intimidate the island nation, the Eastern Island Kingdom would absolutely not dare to do anything to harm him.
However, Zhu Yunwen never expected that although there was no poison in the wine, there was a drug in it, a drug that would make men unable to resist.
Indeed, the people of the Eastern Island dared not harm him, but they were determined to make it a fait accompli.
Zhu Yunwen, without much suspicion, picked up his wine cup, glanced at the princess of Dongdao, and said with a smile:
"Then I will drink this wine!"
He then downed the drink in one gulp.
As Zhu Yunwen drank the cup of wine, the Princess of Dongdao looked at him with even more tenderness.
She couldn't be anything but gentle, because in her mind, after tonight, Zhu Yunwen would be her man.
There's no need to harbor such intense hatred towards your man as before.
Such a person is more than a match for her, the princess of Dongdao. Now that this matter is settled, the princess of Dongdao naturally cannot have any more hostility or dissatisfaction towards Zhu Yunwen.
She even had to take good care of Zhu Yuntong and do everything possible to be good to him, so that Zhu Yuntong could develop feelings for her and eventually accept her.
Of course, all of this was just the East Island Princess's own idea; to put it bluntly, it was just wishful thinking.
Zhu Yunwen clearly didn't have much thought about the cup of wine; he just felt that the two of them had been talking for so long, seemingly completely ignoring the presence of the Emperor.
This island nation is truly peculiar; an emperor actually listens to a princess in making decisions and handling certain matters. Even the emperor's son, a prince, has very little involvement in many affairs.
Could it be that the Emperor and Prince of this island nation are so incompetent?
Is the princess in charge?
Of course, this was just Zhu Yunwen's guess, after all, the Eastern Island Kingdom was indeed relatively chaotic at this time.
Some generals wielded too much power, posing a threat to the Emperor's position. The Ashikaga Shogun was the most prominent example of this. Although he appeared to be very subservient to the Emperor, he secretly colluded with other factions.
He harbored ambitions to control all the military forces on the eastern island. If all the troops were concentrated in his hands, then His Majesty the Emperor would probably have no choice but to listen to this Ashikaga Shogun on many matters.
Some civil officials also wielded supreme power.
Positions such as the Prime Minister have also effectively sidelined a portion of the Emperor's power.
Currently, among the royal family of the Eastern Island Kingdom, the Emperor and princes sometimes do not have as much say as the Eastern Island princess in front of them.
Because this princess of the Eastern Island was relatively intelligent, she was able to deal with some of the generals among the military officials, and she was also able to find ways to suppress some of the civil officials.
She can be considered a heroine in politics.
It's a pity, in Zhu Yunwen's opinion, although the princess of Dongdao was somewhat clever and quick-witted, she used it for crooked ways and things that couldn't be brought to the table, which was a real shame, as she was ultimately not fit for respectable behavior.
Just then, the princess of the Eastern Island Kingdom stood up, holding a cup of wine, walked to Zhu Yunwen, picked up the wine pot in front of him, poured him another cup, and said:
"Whether His Highness the Crown Prince is willing to befriend our Eastern Island Kingdom, whether he is willing to open trade between the two countries, or whether he is willing to provide some assistance to our Eastern Island, none of these matters."
Regardless, we are old acquaintances. Today, I sincerely wish to set aside past grievances and offer a proper toast to His Highness the Crown Prince. I salute your genius and wisdom; I salute your unparalleled talent.
Zhu Yunwen smiled; those two sentences sounded somewhat agreeable, but he still spoke rather bluntly:
"Perhaps it is precisely because the Ming Dynasty produced someone like me that your Eastern Island nation has engaged in a series of perplexing behaviors?"
Although these words were another mockery of the Princess of Dongdao, Zhu Yunwen still drank the wine in his hand in one gulp.
Princess Dongdao was a little angry. She thought to herself, "You, Zhu Yunwen, how dare I, Princess Dongdao, speak to you so humbly and obsequiously under these circumstances, and have repeatedly tried to curry favor with you?"
But you don't know how to be gentle with women at all, and you always talk back to me.
But thinking of this, she took another deep breath and continued to ponder:
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