Lu Huan said nothing, but looked coldly at the emperor on the stage, who was wearing a black robe inlaid with gold thread and decorated with a flying dragon, the pillow with a dense pattern of gold-thread dragons under his arm, the green crane glazed teacup, and other items.
The treasury is empty? If we take out all these luxurious things and put them into the treasury, wouldn't it be full?
Left Prime Minister Lu He also stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, it is indeed important to consider your reputation, but the most urgent priority is to stabilize the Yan bandits and their men. If Yan Xuanye continues to fight like this, our country's important cities will be in danger."
"If peace talks are feasible, we can recapture those cities in a year or two. There's no need to rush."
The emperor didn't like what he heard and turned his gaze to Lu Huan in the military officer team. "General Lu Huan, what do you think?"
Lu Huan bowed, holding the jade tablet. "I believe this is inappropriate. Yan Xuanye has been victorious, and he must be full of confidence. If we send someone to sue for peace again, what do you think...how will they react?"
"They must have thought we were incapable of resisting them and had been beaten beyond the point of being unable to fight back, so they sued for peace."
Lu Huan curved his lips into a smile, looking disdainfully at the group of ministers who were talking about peace talks. "And if we want to negotiate peace, what kind of conditions should we offer? Have you ministers thought about this?"
As someone who had dealt with Yan Xuanye many times, he naturally knew that what Yan Xuanye wanted most was Su Qian.
However, the ministers in the palace could never have imagined that the princess Yan Xuanye married was now living in Lu Huan's residence disguised as a man.
So Lu Huan's question hit the sore spot.
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