Chapter 285: Killing the Chicken to Frighten the Monkey
"Twenty thousand." Xie Tingzhou said, "I don't know when the King of Wei added these extra eight thousand people."
After hearing this, King Wei knew that he could not hide it from Xie Tingzhou.
Xie Tingzhou must have known his background, otherwise he would not have come here rashly with only his guards, so there is really no need for King Wei to pretend to be strong at this moment.
"Sure enough, I can't hide it from Your Highness." Prince Wei said bluntly, "I really only have 12,000 soldiers at the moment, which is not as strong as the frontier king of Beilin. If you and I join forces, it will be icing on the cake. Otherwise, Your Highness will have to fight against Xuanping Hou and Shengjing later, and fight all the way..."
King Wei stopped talking here at the right time.
Xie Tingzhou stroked the wall of the cup with his fingertips, "Then I have to ask, what position does the King of Wei want to give the county lord with these 12,000 soldiers?"
When King Wei heard this, he thought that there was room for negotiation. Of course, he had to raise the price first and then lower it. This was the same principle as negotiating business.
Prince Wei laughed, "My daughter is extremely beautiful, and is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. In the past two years, countless people have come to ask for her hand in marriage. If you don't believe me, you can come and see her."
"No need." Xie Tingzhou decisively refused and fed a piece of meat to Bai Yu on the shelf. "We are talking about business. It doesn't matter what the princess looks like."
"Okay!" Prince Wei patted his knees. "Your Highness is a man of few words, so I'll be frank. I heard that your Highness and your Highness have a deep love for each other and have supported each other in Shengjing. Your Highness is a man who values love. My daughter naturally doesn't dare to dream of the position of the Highness, but she can still bear the position of a concubine."
Xie Tingzhou stared at King Wei's face, and the eagle behind Xie Tingzhou, which had just eaten the meat, also stared at him, which made King Wei feel scared.
King Wei had heard that Xie Tingzhou had a bad temper and was hard to predict. Now it seemed that it was not just hearsay, for his expression really did not reveal what he was planning.
Xie Tingzhou suddenly smiled and tapped the table with his fingers, "Pour the wine, I want to toast King Wei."
When King Wei heard this, he was delighted to see that the matter had been settled, but he did not show it on his face.
Now she is just a concubine, but when Xie Tingzhou ascends the throne, she will be the imperial concubine or the noble concubine. If she gives birth to a child, it is not impossible for her to become the emperor.
Xie Tingzhou stood up with the cup in his hand. King Wei did not dare to be negligent and also stepped forward with his glass. As long as the glass was finished, they would have reached a consensus.
The two cups clinked in the air.
King Wei said:
"I'll drink first as a sign of respect."
After drinking, he saw Xie Tingzhou holding the cup without drinking, looking at him with a slight smile.
"Why doesn't your Majesty drink?"
"Cheers to you." Xie Tingzhou tilted his cup and poured the wine onto the carpet. "Cheers to King Wei. Of course, I'd like you to drink underground."
King Wei's face changed and he turned around to run.
With a clang, the laughter stopped abruptly.
King Wei was kicked to the ground by Xi Feng who came forward and a knife was put to his neck.
"Don't move." Xi Feng looked around at everyone in the hall, "If anyone dares to move, your King Wei's head will be moved."
Prince Wei was so frightened that he tried to retreat using his hands and feet, but the knife came closer and he dared not move.
Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes and glared at King Wei, throwing the empty cup in his hand at him, "With your twelve thousand men, you want to negotiate terms with me."
Queen Wei tilted her neck, "If you kill me..."
"What if I kill you?" Xie Tingzhou interrupted, "Weizhou can still be taken into my pocket. Let me tell you, only Chen Yu is worthy of the position beside me. Your daughter is not worthy of it."
"Thank you for stopping the boat!" King Wei said stiffly, "You could have taken Weizhou without any soldiers, but you insisted on taking it. It seems that you don't care about the lives of the soldiers at all. You let the soldiers fight for you for a woman. They followed the wrong person. You don't deserve to rule this world."
Xie Tingzhou laughed, "You want to attack my heart now, but it's too late. I'll let you know that you are all wrong. The world is important to me, but it's because my Ah Yu is in it, and she doesn't want to see people suffer. It's not that I want this world, but I want to bring peace to it for her. You are so naive to think that I would trade my position by my side for peace in the world."
King Wei stared at Xie Tingzhou blankly, as if he had never thought of such a possibility.
How can a man not love power? How can anyone not want that supreme position?
Therefore, Chen Yu is the only one in this world who can understand Xie Tingzhou.
He once cared about the world, but when his life was hanging by a thread, all he thought about was Chen Yu. Then he understood that the world was important, but without Chen Yu, nothing else mattered.
Blood splattered on the carpet in large patches and screams continued in the hall.
Amid the noise, Xie Tingzhou touched his blood-stained robe in disgust, and some blood stained his fingers.
Xifeng quickly put away the knife and handed over the handkerchief.
Xie Tingzhou wiped his fingers slowly and glanced at the screaming singers and dancers in the corner. Everyone shut their mouths under his sharp gaze.
Xifeng listened to the noise outside and said, "Someone has started to fight outside."
Xie Tingzhou threw down his handkerchief and said, "If I don't kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, no one will dare to negotiate with me."
They are going to take over several states later. If anyone wants to get a piece of the pie like Prince Wei, there won't be enough room around him.
After what happened today, everyone has to think carefully: either submit or be swallowed up.
Xie Tingzhou needed to find someone to establish his authority, but King Wei was unlucky and became the first one to be killed.
Xie Tingzhou returned to the yard, and Changliu hurriedly stuffed the little turtle into his clothes and stood up.
"Your Majesty."
Chen Yu spoiled him, and seeing that he was always talking about the little turtle, she asked a messenger to bring the little turtle to him from Beilin. Changliu would hold the turtle in his arms every day until he fell asleep.
Xie Tingzhou nodded and saw that the light in the bedroom was on. "Did the princess take the medicine?"
"I drank it." Chang Liu said, "But he said he had no appetite and hasn't eaten anything yet."
"Ask the kitchen to make it and send it over." Xie Tingzhou was about to enter the room, he looked down at his blood-stained robe, then turned and went into the bathroom.
Chen Yu woke up a long time ago. She couldn't fall asleep after a whole day and lay in bed feeling sick and didn't want to move.
Xie Tingzhou came into the room after taking a shower. He walked to the bed and looked at her face in the light. He then reached out and touched her face. "Why don't you eat?"
"No appetite."
Xie Tingzhou scratched her red nose and said, "You look so pitiful, are you still trying to show off?"
Chen Yu said with a nasal tone, unyielding, "I am a woman like an eagle."
"Yes." Xie Tingzhou smiled and coaxed her, "It's time for Xiongying to get up and eat."
Shen Yu sat up slowly, and Xie Tingzhou changed his robe with his back to her. His clothes fell off, revealing the scars on his body.
In the past few months, Xie Tingzhou has finally gained some weight and doesn't look so thin anymore.
Chen Yu traced the scar on his waist with her fingertips, and Xie Tingzhou grabbed her hand and turned back to warn, "Don't provoke me."
"I'm still sick." Chen Yu said gloomily.
Xie Tingzhou pinched her chin and shook it, "If you know you are sick, then be a good boy."
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