The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1057: rely
Chapter 1057 Reliance
The envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom was used to being flattered in Xiliang. When he saw the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty were all scowling, especially the generals, whose eyes were as big as copper bells, as if they were ready to swallow him up at any time, and they kept saying that their Tianfeng Kingdom was a small country, he became angry and said with a stern face: “The Tianfeng Kingdom is arrogant… naturally relying on strength. We have an invincible elephant army in Tianfeng Kingdom.”
Bai Qingyan smiled, lowered his eyes to look at the bamboo slips spread out in front of him, and casually placed them heavily on the table, speaking at a leisurely pace: “Your country relies on the elephant army, and the Great Zhou relies on the brave warriors of our country who have fought bloody battles time and time again. If the envoys of the Tianfeng Kingdom want to compete, the Great Zhou will never disappoint them.”
The envoy of Tianfeng knew that his words were too arrogant and made Bai Qingyan unhappy, so he bowed and said, “Although the Tianfeng Elephant Army is the support of Tianfeng, Tianfeng has no intention of going to war with Da Zhou. We are here to seek peace, and we ask the officials of Da Zhou to be careful with our words. Tianfeng just hopes that Xiliang, Da Zhou and Yan can live in harmony, which can be regarded as Tianfeng’s fulfillment of Xiliang’s earnest entrustment.”
The Xiliang envoy had sweat all over his forehead, and he stood at the back with his back hunched, not saying a word.
“The Tianfeng Kingdom’s elephant army is stationed on the border of Great Zhou, and now they have sent envoys to Zhou… and they are so arrogant, are they threatening our Great Zhou?” Dong Qingping glanced at the Tianfeng Kingdom envoy, and spoke slowly with airs, “Presiding over the alliance has always been a strong country mediating wars between weak countries. The Tianfeng Kingdom envoy claimed that he relied on the elephant army, and he took a high-handed attitude towards our Great Zhou Empress, and even dared to use the four words ‘must arrive’. How come… you think our Great Zhou is afraid of your Tianfeng Kingdom elephant army?”
Dong Qingping was already very dissatisfied when he heard the attitude of the envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom when talking to Bai Qingyan just now, but as the former Minister of Honglu Temple, Dong Qingping had dealt with envoys from various countries before. Now he was the Minister of Civil Affairs, so he could not speak easily anymore. But now he could not help it. How dare such a dog-nosed and cat-faced thing dare to tell their Great Zhou Empress that he must… Bah!
Shen Jingzhong, the Minister of Works of the Great Zhou, turned his head to look at Dong Qingping beside him and said with a smile, “Lord Dong may not have understood it yet, but I understand what the envoy of the Tianfeng Kingdom meant. They simply said that they have an elephant army, so they want to be the boss of several countries and make us all obedient. This time the envoy of the Tianfeng Kingdom brought up the elephant army to intimidate our Great Zhou. If the Great Zhou and Dayan go, it means they acknowledge that the Tianfeng Kingdom is the leader.”
“Sikong Shen, Situ Dong, please calm down.” The envoy from Tianfeng Kingdom still had a smiling look on his face, but before he could finish his words, he heard the angry generals of the Great Zhou rushing directly in front of the envoy from Tianfeng Kingdom, scaring the envoy.
Looking at the tall and strong general of the Great Zhou Dynasty, he was forced to take a step back.
The general’s eyes were as big as copper bells: “Shen Sikong and Dong Situ are too polite. For such a shameless and shameless scoundrel… just let him get out.”
“That’s right! Just tell him what to say! How dare this small country that came out of nowhere to be so arrogant in my Great Zhou! Throw him out and let him be!”
Bai Qingyan, who was sitting on the throne, looked at the envoys from Tianfeng Kingdom who were surrounded by the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty with a calm and smiling expression. He adjusted himself to a more comfortable posture and gently stroked his abdomen, watching with great interest the increasingly intense verbal battle that even Shen Sikong and his uncle had joined in.
The Tianfeng Kingdom envoy looked at Bai Qingyan, who was sitting on the throne with a smile on his face, as if asking for help, and asked hurriedly: “Your Majesty, is this the way the Great Zhou treats guests?”
Bai Qingyan smiled and said, “When you are a guest in someone else’s house, you should be aware of your status as a guest. If you are a guest without self-awareness, you will be arrogant. The temper of my officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty is good enough. They did not take action… It is really because my officials are too well-mannered and too soft-hearted.”
The envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom remembered the instructions given by General Akshay, and asked him and another envoy going to Yan to make sure that the Empress of Zhou and the young Emperor of Yan Kingdom attend the meeting no matter what means they use.
“Your Majesty, the Tianfeng Kingdom has no intention of being arrogant, and the foreign ministers have no intention of looking down on the Great Zhou. The Tianfeng Kingdom is separated from the Great Zhou, Yan and Xiliang by the majestic Baishen Snow Mountain, and we just hope to see our neighbors being friendly! Moreover, the king of our Tianfeng Kingdom came in person to meet with the majesties of the Great Zhou and Yan, and he deeply felt that this was a good opportunity!”
The envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom finally put aside his attitude and tried his best to maintain a neither humble nor arrogant appearance: “This is my first time in the capital city, and I am not very good at learning elegant language. If my words offend you, please forgive me! In addition, Tianfeng Kingdom is also interested in trade with Dazhou. My king would like to discuss these in detail after meeting with Your Majesty and the Emperor of Yan.”
“If the envoy had said this earlier, the scene just now would not have happened.” Bai Qingyan straightened his sleeves and looked at the envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom with a smile on his face, deliberately testing, “The envoy’s elegant language is very good…”
After hearing what Bai Qingyan said, the envoy smiled and said, “Before we went to Xiliang, after knowing the existence of Da Zhou, Yan State, and Xiliang, our king had already sent people to invite people from Xiliang to teach us officials to learn elegant language, so that we can avoid being unable to communicate with the other countries in the future. This shows our king’s sincerity!”
Bai Qingyan’s palms tightened slightly, this was all prepared…
“The Tianfeng Kingdom has only been learning elegant language for a short time, how many months? The envoy can speak it so well, he is truly gifted.” Bai Qingyan continued to test with a smile, waving his hand to signal the court officials who were about to beat up the Tianfeng Kingdom envoy to retreat first.
“It’s not like your majesty said that he only studied for a few months. Foreign officials are not that good, but your majesty is really good… Now he can not only speak elegant language, but also understand written language, and even the ancient writings of the royal families of various countries.” The envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom mentioned his own monarch, and his respect was overflowing. “Our king was smart when he was young, and he was good at both literature and martial arts. He was a great leader…”
Seeing that Bai Qingyan only smiled and said nothing, the Tianfeng Kingdom envoy cleared his throat, stopped boasting about his own emperor, and bowed to Bai Qingyan again, saying: “This time, I feel sorry for troubling the Queen of Great Zhou to travel so hard, so I will also present a gift money, please take a look at it!”
When Wei Zhong saw Bai Qingyan nod, he came down from the high steps and took the gift list handed over by the envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom.
The envoy from Tianfeng Kingdom had two gift lists hidden in his sleeves. If the Empress of Great Zhou was easy to talk to, the gift would be small. If not, he would present a heavy gift.
After Bai Qingyan lowered his eyes to look at the gift list, he put it on the table with a smile. It turned out that… this gift list was the envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom who had offended Da Zhou and could rely on to turn the tide.
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