"Of course it's different." Lu Ren walked forward quickly, "The princess is ready to go to bed. Lord Lin, if you have anything to say, we can talk tomorrow."
Lin Yuzhi nodded: "It's not a big deal, I just wanted to ask the princess if she is used to sleeping in this tent. Now it seems that the princess has adapted well. If so, I am relieved."
The two of them remained silent all the way and returned to their tents.
Because Michel and four others were killed, Alice sent a message back to the Xili royal court that night, asking them to select new people.
Wen Yu woke up at noon the next day, but the people from Xili had not arrived yet. It would take another hour.
Sitting on the left side of the meeting tent were Lu Ren, representing Da Sheng, the chief envoy Lin Yuzhi, four deputy envoys and four interpreters.
On the right side, there is only Alice.
Seeing the calm look on the opposite side, and thinking of the unexpected plans that might be caused by the death of Michelle and other three, she took the initiative to ask to go out of the camp to pick them up.
However, it was rejected by Lu Ren and Lin Yuzhi.
"Princess Xili, just wait for good news."
Lin Yuzhi held the tea in his hand and took a sip slowly.
Lu Ren was too lazy to say anything. If there were no such red tape and envoys from both sides were required to be present, he would have directly forced Alice to sign the agreement.
But the envoy from Xili arrived faster than they expected, arriving in half an hour, which could be said to be non-stop.
They were led into the tent, and when they saw Alice, they placed their palms on their chests and saluted: "Greetings, Princess."
Alice frowned slightly when she saw the four people who were reassigned, but soon calmed down: "It's you, come and sit over here."
Then he looked at Lu Ren and said, "General Lu, everyone is here, let's get started."
Lu Ren said expressionlessly, "The chief envoy appointed by His Majesty is Lord Lin, and he will be in charge of the proposal."
Afraid that she didn't understand, he added, "What I mean is, don't talk to me."
Alice: ...
She clenched her fist, sneered, and then looked at Lin Yuzhi: "Then Lord Lin, let's get started."
Lin Yuzhi held the teacup unmoved. After a while, he put it down and said lightly, "Everyone is here, let's start."
Alice showed a trace of embarrassment when she heard this. This was a deliberate ignoring and warning to her, to tell her that from now on, it was not up to them, Xili, to have the final say.
On the other side, Wen Yu finished dressing, stretched, and asked, "By the way, are we going to sign the agreement today?"
Liu Chun nodded: "It should have started."
Wen Yu paused: "That's impossible, I'm the eldest princess, and you're starting without waiting for me?"
Liu Chun was full of questions: "Princess, are you going? That kind of occasion..."
"Of course I have to go. Being a mascot is fine. There's a princess on the other side too. How can Dasheng be without me? I've gone through so much hardship to get here, but I didn't see the handsome Xili guy. He didn't even call me to talk to him. I guess I came here for nothing."
Wen Yu snorted and hurried towards the meeting tent.
At this time, the Xili side was just swallowing their anger in silence. It was really too much!
This Envoy Lin looked like a man as indifferent as a chrysanthemum and indifferent to the world, but in fact he had a very evil heart.
Looking at other vassal states of Da Sheng, none of them were exploited so much!
Lin Yuzhi didn't care about their angry attitude, and his tone was calm without any emotion: "If Princess Xili agrees to these terms, you can officially write them on the letter and stamp them, and I can give an explanation to His Majesty."
Alice looked at the various terms proposed by Lin Yuzhi and took a breath: "Lord Lin, this is not right? Are the other vassal states of Dasheng also subject to the same terms?"
"Hmm?" Lin Yuzhi raised his eyebrows. "Does Princess Xili think that Xili should be the same as them? Then where will Dasheng put the people in Xiqinguan who have been affected by war and invasion? You don't think that if you surrender, you don't have to pay any price, right?"
"If it was just a customary subsidiary clause, why did Your Majesty go to the trouble of sending me, the Prime Minister?"
Alice's face was grim. She gritted her teeth and said, "That being said, it's too unreasonable. Five thousand war horses, one hundred thousand taels of gold, five hundred thousand taels of silver, plus all kinds of rare treasures of Xili. Such tribute every year? Does that mean we in Xili will starve?"
"How could that be? It's exactly the amount Xili can afford, but not enough to make him starve." Lin Yuzhi smiled slightly.
Alice: ...
"Let's put that aside for now. Do you want to cede fifty miles of land at the border of Xili?"
"Yes, how?"
Ai Li was so angry that she was shaking at Lin Yuzhi's extremely calm tone. He actually made it sound as easy as cutting pork.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the tent became tense.
At this moment, Wen Yu lifted the curtain and walked in. Everyone paused and turned to look over.
Who would dare to intrude without notifying others at such an important moment? Are they seeking death?
When the four new followers from Xili saw Wen Yu, a hint of surprise flashed in their eyes.
Up to this point, they didn't even know the reason for the death of Michelle and the other four, because Alice's message was written under the supervision of the Dasheng translator, and it only stated their deaths and that four more people needed to be sent, without any extra elaboration.
As soon as they arrived, they were taken here without even having time to talk to Alice.
Just as they were wondering who this bold and beautiful woman in front of them was, the Dasheng officials who had been sitting quietly opposite them, speaking coldly and ignoring them, suddenly stood up together.
"Meet the Princess."
Then they tacitly moved one seat down, freeing up the seat at the top.
Seeing this, the four people from Xili looked at each other and then looked at Alice.
Alice glanced at Wen Yu, a cold look flashed in her eyes, then she winked at them, and the four of them quieted down.
Wen Yu looked around and glared at Lu Ren and Lin Yuzhi: "Okay, you guys, you held a meeting secretly without calling me."
Neither of them expected Wen Yu to come. Shouldn't she still be asleep at this time?
They didn't bother her because they knew Wen Yu didn't like to get up early.
Wen Yu asked, "What did you talk about?"
Lin Yuzhi replied: "Princess, we haven't reached a consensus yet."
Upon hearing this, Wen Yu curiously picked up the terms of the agreement on the table. The writing was quite neat, not like the scribbles of her brother's. The Xili language in the bottom line was extremely familiar.
After reading it, Wen Yu's evaluation was: A little cruel, but not much.
Wen Yu blinked and asked a question with an innocent look that shocked the five people from Xili.
"Is that all? In addition to paying tribute of these gold and silver treasures, don't the vassal states need to surrender their national sovereignty?"
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