Chapter 242: Invitation
That night, before falling asleep, Liu said to Xiao Hong worriedly: "There is no impermeable wall in the world, before, the prince was still young and didn't think much about it, but now that Zhao Baomu said this, it is impossible for him not to think nonsense in private." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
The Liu family is not worried about what the second prince Xiao Diyuan thinks, she is most worried about the prince, if the prince learns the truth of the matter, he will definitely hate Xiao Hong and her. She didn't want him to be cruel to them.
Xiao Hong listened to it for a while, and said, "When it really comes to the day when I need to explain, I will explain it to him, don't worry so much." Then he added: "When he knows our painstaking intentions, he will not be resentful of what we have concealed from him." β
Liu pouted and said, "It was only a decision made by His Majesty alone, and the concubine only learned about it later." β
If she had known earlier, she would not have allowed Xiao Hong to do that.
Xiao Hong smiled and said, "Okay, okay, it's all my fault, I made this decision without consulting you." Then he said, "But you should also be considerate of me, and think about it, if I had consulted with me before I acted, how could I have been in this situation today?"
Xiao Diyuan helped Shuguo win the strategy competition for two consecutive terms, which is also a fact, no matter how unwilling the Liu family is to admit it.
Liu sighed and said, "Okay." β
"So," Xiao Hong kissed Liu's beautiful lips and said, "Don't keep showing the second prince with a face, he really doesn't owe you anything." Of course, you don't have to try to please him too much. β
Liu glared at him and said, "The concubine knows." β
On the afternoon of the tenth day of the Lunar New Year, Xiao Hong, the emperor of Shuguo, received a letter from Li Pei, the emperor of Zhaoguo, in which Li Pei warmly invited Xiao Hong, Liu, Xiao Dikai and Xiao Diyuan to Zhaoguo for a friendly visit, and said that next month will be the full moon of the little prince of Zhaoguo, and hoped that they could come to Zhaoguo for a friendly visit and participate in the full moon wine of the little prince.
After reading the letter, Xiao Hong immediately sent someone to invite Xiao Dikai, Xiao Diyuan and a small group of important ministers to come to the meeting.
It didn't take long for the invitees to arrive.
After everyone arrived, Xiao Hong read the content of Li Pei's letter to everyone.
As soon as one of the important ministers heard this, he immediately objected: "Your Majesty, although we have been friendly with Zhao Guo for decades, we have not made a friendly visit to each other for nearly twenty years, and now that they have suddenly invited each other so warmly, I am afraid that there will be some trap in it." β
Another minister also immediately chimed in: "Yes, Your Majesty, we have won them two times in a row, what if they want to take this opportunity to take revenge this time?"
Human nature is that the more you want to get what you can't get, the more you can't get it, the more you don't want others to get it, an outstanding person like Jiang Chuanxiong actually lost two consecutive terms to Xiao Diyuan, just this reason is enough to make them doubt the intention of Zhaoguo's invitation this time.
Xiao Diyuan listened to it but solemnly proposed to Xiao Hong: "Father, in terms of national strength, now that Shu and Zhao are equal, they don't dare to do it easily, and besides, if they do it at this juncture, it will inevitably cause the dissatisfaction of Yun State, Yu State and Ye State, and these three countries will definitely immediately come up with measures to deal with them, so, with their cleverness, Erchen thinks that they will not do such a thing at such a time." β
"You said it lightly and nicely, have you ever thought that if a few of us go to Zhao Guo and back Zhao Guo, the emperor will send someone to arrest him and put him in prison as bait, at that time, I wonder if anyone with a little brain will dare to come to the rescue?"
At that time, what will the few of them do? In the face of life and death, I am afraid that those backbones, dignity, and principles are not worth mentioning.
Xiao Diyuan replied calmly: "Of course we are not bound by our hands, we can go prepared." β
"How can you prepare for it?" Xiao Hong said with a smile as he looked at Xiao Diyuan.
Xiao Diyuan replied and wrote a few words on the paper to Xiao Hong.
When Xiao Hong saw it, his heart suddenly became steady.
Three days later, Xiao Hong sent a letter back to Li Pei, saying that he would go to Zhaoguo for a goodwill visit as promised (February 12 this year).
At that time, Xiao Hong will go with one of Xiao Dikai and Xiao Diyuan.
The problem is here again - Xiao Dikai wants to go, and Xiao Diyuan also wants to go.
However, Xiao Hong knew very well that if he took both of them with him, there would be no successor to the throne of Shuguo in case of danger, so he insisted on taking only one person with him.
Xiao Dikai believes that as a national prince, he should see and learn in order to accumulate experience for diplomacy between countries between Japan.
Xiao Diyuan thought that the national prince was the foundation of a country, and if something happened to the national prince abroad, it would be a great loss for the country, so he thought that it was a wise choice for the prince to stay and guard the rear.
In the end, most people's opinions were inclined to be Xiao Diyuan, but the final decision was still in Xiao Hong's hands, so everyone focused their eyes on Xiao Hong.
Xiao Hong looked at the two sons, then at the ministers present, and said loudly: "Let the prince go with me, Yuan'er will stay and guard the rear." β
For a while, the audience was silent.
After a while, Xiao Diyuan said: "Erchen obeys!"
I am afraid that only he knows best how much Xiao Diyuan wants to go to Zhaoguo for a friendly visit, he did not fight hard, not that he retreated and compromised in this matter, but that there was no need for father and son to become enemies.
Since Li Pei sent this letter, the Queen Mother has been looking forward to a reply. When she really received the reply, she was disappointed again - the monarch of Shu did not plan to bring the second prince, but brought the crown prince Xiao Di.
The reason why she proposed to Li Pei to invite them to come for a friendly visit was to meet Xiao Diyuan, not to see Xiao Hong and Xiao Dikai.
So, she went to the Yinghua Hall to see Li Pei.
After sitting down in the chair, the Empress Dowager said to Li Pei: "Your Majesty, don't you think that the Emperor of the Shu Kingdom is a little unreasonable?"
"I can see it, too. Emperor Li Pei said, walked over and sat down beside her, patted her on the shoulder and said, "Although we haven't been able to see him in person this time, we can make another appointment next year, and then I will directly ask the second prince to come, now you are at ease, right?"
"Who can say for sure what will happen next year?" Xiao Diyuan sighed lightly, and then said: "Okay, then hope for next year." β
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Dear friends, the second watch is here. I have a cold today.,Lightheaded.,Dizzy.,The brain seems to be full of paste.,It's been a full three hours of coding this chapter.,The effect is not very satisfying.,I hope the next chapters can be written better.γ The weekend is over in a blink of an eye, and tomorrow Monday is going to be busy again, so get a good night's sleep! Good night, everyone!! I'll revise this chapter tomorrow.