"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?"
When these words were spoken, not only the officials in Xili, but also the officials in Dasheng were shocked.
National sovereignty? This is an interesting term that can be understood literally, but it has never been used in this way.
"What sovereignty?" Alice stared at Wen Yu.
"Is it difficult to understand?" Wen Yu said as a matter of course, "All the affairs of Xili are under the jurisdiction of my royal brother. You have no right..."
"How is that possible!"
Before Wen Yu finished speaking, Alice firmly rejected it.
Lin Yuzhi's eyes sparkled, and he raised the corners of his lips slightly: "Princess, you are right. The sovereignty of Xili will naturally be handed over to the emperor of our Great Sheng Dynasty."
"You are going too far! If I sign this clause today, my country will cease to exist. Will Xili still be Xili tomorrow?"
Wen Yu nodded: "Yes, yes, yes, if you don't sign this clause today, Xili will become history today. Lu Ren, what do you think?"
Lu Ren raised the corners of his lips: "Princess is right."
Alice said coldly: "The Emperor of Sheng Dynasty accepted Xili's surrender. How are you going to explain to your Emperor if you want to destroy Xili!"
"Look at what you said. The emperor's brother is my emperor's brother. Besides, it was you who unilaterally expressed your refusal to accept the terms. Doesn't this mean that you are unwilling to submit? Since you are unwilling to submit, then it is right to destroy you, right?"
"That's because your terms are too outrageous! Other vassal states of Da Sheng don't have such terms!"
Wen Yu blinked: "Oh, I'm happy with that. I just want to collect more. Do you have any objection?"
Lin Yuzhi: "The princess is right."
Lu Ren: "Princess is right."
Alice closed her eyes and laughed in anger: "The princess is right, the princess is right, what did she say, you two are her dogs?"
"That's wrong." Wen Yu stretched out her index finger and shook it. "If you insist on calling it a cute puppy, only one of them is. Don't wrongly accuse the other one."
After the words fell, Alice was filled with question marks.
Lu Ren's ears turned slightly red.
Lin Yuzhi's eyebrows moved slightly.
The deputy envoy and interpreter of the mission: !!!
Then his eyes kept scanning the faces of Lin Yuzhi and Lu Ren. What was going on? !
Wen Yu got back to business: "Sign or not?"
Alice turned her head away and said nothing. How could she possibly sign such a clause that would humiliate the country? If she did, she would be a sinner of Xili!
The four followers behind her whispered in Xili language: "Princess, the overall situation is more important."
"..." Alice curled her lips. If they signed, it would be a loss of sovereignty and humiliation to the country. If they didn't sign, the country might be lost.
But she changed her mind and realized that it was only a temporary humiliation. When the plan succeeded, she would get it back a thousandfold.
"Of course we have to sign. After all, Xili is truly loyal to the Sheng Dynasty, but sovereignty is really impossible. Princess, please think twice..."
Wen Yu touched her chin and pretended to be embarrassed.
Then he pondered for a long time and looked at Lin Yuzhi: "Prime Minister, I think we still need to show the demeanor of a great country. Then we should each take a step back and not give up the sovereignty of Xili. They just need to set aside a piece of land for us to send people over. What do you think?"
"Also, if they want to change the King of Xili, it must be the royal brother who says he is the king, otherwise it doesn't count."
"Oh, right, there's also the proposal just now, about the annual tribute of war horses, gold, silver and treasures, and the cession of land."
Lin Yuzhi raised the corners of his lips: "Princess is right."
Alice: ...
I thought that Envoy Lin was a horribly evil person, but I didn't expect that the Princess was even more evil. She said that she wanted to be a great country and didn't want sovereignty, but she still proposed so many outrageous terms.
She took a deep breath, but compared to sovereignty, these terms pale into insignificance and she could actually accept them.
If I had known this, I would have signed it before the princess came in. At least I would have only lost some gold and silver. But now look what happened!
Alice gritted her teeth: "Okay, let's sign."
At this time, she heard Wen Yu say: "Well, if you have any beauties, please offer them to me. My royal brother likes them very much. He likes both men and women. Send them to me, both beautiful women and handsome men. The more the better."
Alice: ?
Dasheng official: …
Wen Yu urged, "Why are you guys in a daze? Hurry up and write it down."
Upon hearing this, several deputy envoys and interpreters hurriedly redrafted the terms.
Lin Yuzhi chuckled and looked at Wen Yu thoughtfully.
Wen Yu was puzzled: "Why are you looking at me?"
"The princess is smart."
Wen Yu:?
Wen Yu was speechless: "You are the first man who said this to me, but I don't like it. You are flattering the wrong person."
Lin Yuzhi: ...
However, Lu Ren was not surprised by Wen Yu's performance.
He poured a cup of tea and handed it to Wen Yu: "Princess, have a drink and take a rest."
After a while, the complete terms of the proposal came out.
In addition to the existing annual tribute of war horses, gold and silver, and cession of land, two more were added.
One was to demarcate an area of ten miles in Xili, where Dasheng would send officials and troops to be stationed and set up a protectorate.
Second, the enthronement of the King of Xili must be granted a seal by the Emperor of the Sheng Dynasty and recognized by the suzerain state to be considered orthodox.
Wen Yu was dissatisfied: "Where is the beauty I just mentioned?"
The deputy envoy said, "Princess, it's written in the first item. Five thousand war horses, one hundred thousand taels of gold, five hundred thousand taels of silver, plus all kinds of rare treasures and beauties in Xili."
Wen Yu was satisfied.
After the content of the proposal was finalized, everything went very quickly afterwards, and it was finally stamped smoothly and the dust settled.
Alice clenched the proposal in her hand and said, "In this case, I will return to Xili. We will prepare tribute and arrive in Shengjing City for pilgrimage in early February."
After saying that, he glanced at Wen Yu and left with the four of them.
After packing up their things, Alice and the other four rode their horses at full speed. They ran for nearly three miles before gradually reining in their horses and slowing down.
"Princess, what happened? Michelle and the others..."
Alice switched back to Xili language and asked, "Why are the four of you here? Where's your brother? Aren't you supposed to be with him?"
Er Dao said: "The eldest prince has gone to Shengjing City alone."
"Shengjing City? How can brother pass the checkpoints without a pass? Didn't we agree to wait until the agreement is signed and then go with the pilgrim delegation?"
"The eldest prince said he has his own way."
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