Chapter 210 Envoys Enter the Palace
On August 12, the regent received the documents from Xiqi and ordered the Ministry of Rites to hold a banquet in the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the palace to entertain the envoys of Xiqi and Lin Baozhu, the daughter of the regent and Princess Ruyi.
As soon as this decision came out, Su Chang, the Prime Minister of South Vietnam, and Duan Muyu, the Prince of Northern Xinjiang, submitted their respective documents one after another, requesting an audience with the Emperor and Regent of the Zhou Dynasty.
Rong Yu agreed.
Two rows of seats spread out in the huge square. Rong Yu, who was dressed in a black royal robe woven with gold, sat at the main seat, leaning against the armrest of the carved rosewood chair with one hand, closing his eyes and relaxing, with a hint of leisure and laziness between his indifferent eyebrows. , a little different from usual, but still made it impossible for the ministers who were already seated below to tell whether he was in a good or bad mood.
The newly appointed commander of the Royal Forest Army, Ling Ling, led the carefully selected master guards to greet the distinguished guests at the palace gate. The first to arrive was the general who escorted Lin Baozhu - the nephew of the Regent of Xiqi and Lin Baozhu's cousin. Lin Wu.
General Lin dismounted, walked to the palace gate, and showed his identity jade plaque and customs clearance document.
Ling Ling looked at the fifty armored guards with swords following him, and said calmly: "General Lin and his men, please remove their weapons. The regent has an order that no one can bring weapons into the palace."
"Is a general still a general without weapons?" Lin Wu frowned, with a look of displeasure on his face, "I am not a courtier of your Zhou Dynasty, and you have no right to ask me to remove my weapons."
Ling Ling didn't care whether he was happy or not, and said in a calm but firm tone: "This is the regent's order."
Lin Wu's expression suddenly turned cold: "What if I, the general, cannot obey your order?"
"Then please forgive me for not letting you enter the palace." Ling Ling said calmly.
Lin Wu was coldly angry: "Is this the way you treat guests in Dazhou?"
Ling Ling's eyes turned slightly and landed on a gorgeous sedan behind him: "In addition to taking off the weapons, we also asked the girls in the sedan to get off the sedan and walk into the palace. The regent's rules do not allow anyone to enter on horseback or in a sedan. palace."
Lin Wu's face was livid, and he almost wanted to draw his sword at him: "Don't go too far!"
Ling Ling remained unmoved.
Lin Wu's eyes were cold and gloomy, and the two sides were almost at a stalemate.
But the final result is actually destined, and there is no point in him messing around here.
Since the Regent of the Great Zhou Dynasty issued this order, he is not afraid that anyone would dare to act wild here and not want to abide by the rules of the Great Zhou Dynasty? How dare you act so arrogantly with the troops stationed at the border of Xiqi?
Sorry, you can only be obedient when you are on the territory of Dazhou. It is useless to station a hundred thousand troops on the border. He cannot immediately order those soldiers and horses to attack Dazhou immediately.
Not convinced?
Then go back to where you came from.
Lin Wu thought about the embarrassing situation of being ignored by the regent of the Zhou Dynasty these days, and no one paid attention to him even after entering the imperial city. At this time, Lin Wu was really angry, until another wave of horse hooves sounded behind him.
He turned to look.
The carriage stopped slowly, and Su Chang, the Prime Minister of South Vietnam, who was dressed in royal blue clothes, got out of the carriage and said politely: "What's going on?"
"Prime Minister Su." Lin Wu suppressed the anger on his face and spoke calmly, "The Regent of the Great Zhou Dynasty has just set rules for us. We are not allowed to bring weapons into the palace, and we are not allowed to ride in sedan chairs. Is this to give us power?"
Su Shang smiled lightly: "It's no wonder that the regent, Xiqi, Nanyue, and Northern Xinjiang gave Dazhou a blow first, and they are not allowed to fight back?"
Lin Wu was stunned for a moment, looked at him expressionlessly, and secretly pondered the meaning of his words.
Is the Regent of the Great Zhou Dynasty deliberately bluffing to show his fearlessness?
I am afraid that I will be frightened by the situation of the Three Kingdoms encirclement.
Lin Wu snorted coldly, but did not insist anymore. He only took off the sword he carried and handed it to Ling Ling: "Please put away my weapons, general."
Ling Ling took the sword from him and said calmly, "Don't worry, the weapon will be returned intact when you leave the palace."
As soon as he untied his sword, the fifty masters following behind him naturally had no choice but to untie their weapons and hand them over.
Compared to the tough and upright generals of Xiqi, Su Chang's attitude was obviously gentler, and he knew that the Imperial Guards were only following orders, and there was no need to waste each other's time in entanglement. It was meaningless.
"Men and women are not allowed to be intimate. I, the Princess of Xiqi, have a distinguished status and a delicate body. It is inconvenient for me to go out to see people. I would like to ask the commander-in-chief to let her enter the palace in a sedan chair." Lin Wu said in a calm tone, "This request should not be too much."
Ling Ling said calmly: "I'm sorry, I can't be the master. Please ask the princess of your country to get off the sedan chair."
Lin Wugu's face had just calmed down and turned livid again. He was about to speak when he heard a soft and gentle woman's voice coming from behind: "It doesn't matter. Do as the Romans do. Since this is the rule of the Great Zhou Dynasty, I will just walk into the palace with my cousin."
While talking, a petite and slender woman stepped down from the sedan. She was wearing a goose-yellow dress full of Xiqi characteristics. The shoulders and skirt were lightly draped with tassels. She wore a tasseled hat on her head, which made her look girly. Her face is fresh and bright, her eyes are bright, and she is pretty and cute.
After entering the Imperial City of Dazhou, he was left in the cold, and today he entered the palace feeling very angry. Lin Wu was in a particularly bad mood, so much so that when he was walking in the vast and majestic palace of Dazhou, he heard the chamberlain who came to greet the guests shout loudly: "The envoy from Xiqi has arrived——"
"The envoy from South Vietnam has arrived——"
He felt extremely irritable and wished he could kill the eunuch with the duck voice on the spot.
"General Lin, calm down." Prime Minister Su said casually, "If you are angered so easily, I am afraid that you are playing into the hands of the Regent of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Don't forget the purpose of our coming here. Only by remaining unchanged can we cope with all changes. It’s the best policy.”
The Hall of Supreme Harmony is right in front of you.
Lin Wu frowned slightly and said calmly: "It is said that the regent of the Great Zhou is brave and good at fighting. He is a natural god of war. His skills are so powerful that they make people tremble. Prime Minister Su thinks that the rumor is credible?"
Su Chang walked calmly, and his expression was even more calm and elegant: "Since he led the army to fight, the only ones who really fought against him were the Northern Frontier and Shu armies, but the results were extremely beautiful every time. The Northern Frontier Iron Cavalry was so glorious in the past. Almost no army in the Nine Kingdoms dared to challenge their tactical edge. However, this undefeated myth suffered a miserable defeat at the hands of Rong Yu. The Divine Eagle Army, known as the Immortal Eagle, lost most of its troops in just half a year. Even Situ Ying, who was known as the first general of the Northern Frontier, was beheaded by him."
The Northern Frontier was also seriously injured in that battle with the Great Zhou. After the death of Situ Shenying, who personally established the Divine Eagle Army, the Northern Frontier did not recover for several years. It can be seen that Rong Yu is not in vain.
Su Chang smiled faintly: "It is said that the regent was only fourteen years old at the time."
"Do you believe that a fourteen-year-old boy really has such terrible abilities?" Lin Wu sneered, "If he is really so powerful, why hasn't he thought about conquering other countries and unifying the world in these years?"