Chapter 193: Negotiations
Lunch and dinner that day were eaten in the Thousand Buddha Cave.
After dinner, Xi Zhen said to the cave guards who came to deliver the food: "I plan to spend the night here at night, please talk to the guards outside." ”
The cave keeper waved his hand again and again: "Guang'an wait, this is absolutely impossible, one is for your safety, and the other is for the sake of not breaking the rules and regulations." ”
"Don't worry, I promise not to touch the things inside, if I destroy the things here, I will be responsible, and I will never shirk the responsibility." Xi Zhen patted his chest and said.
This reassured the cave keepers, but after all, the stone cave was dark and closed, and Xi Zhen was still not at ease when he was alone inside. So he said, "That'...... Do you need to send one or two people in to guard you? ”
"There's no need for that, just leave me alone." Xi Zhen said busily.
Meditation is supposed to be quiet and quiet, so what is the matter if a few people stand next to you?
The cave keeper thought for a moment, and finally nodded reluctantly.
Soon, she was left alone in the stone cave again, and she closed her eyes again to cultivate.
The next morning, Xi Zhen walked out of the cave to see the sun, and two quarters of an hour later she returned to the cave.
On the first day, there were still all kinds of complicated thoughts in the mind during the retreat, but from the second day onwards, it became extremely calm. And she found that as long as she wasn't exercising, the little wooden box wouldn't glow. And what struck her strangely - from the next day, she walked out of the cave without the gravitational pull behind her, and she couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Now. As long as Xi Zhen sits down and closes his eyes, he will soon be able to enter a state of concentration during the exercise period. The small wooden box in her pocket still glowed, but it reverted to its original state as soon as she stopped exercising, perfectly addressing her original concerns.
Fifteen days passed in a flash, and it was time for Xizhen to return to Beijing, and on this day, Xizhen mustered up the courage to stare into the eyes of the big Buddha statue for the first time. After staring at it for nearly two quarters of an hour, the eyes of the big Buddha statue suddenly shot out two white rays of light, and they shot straight into Shen Xizhen's eyes.
Xizhen only felt a burning pain in her eyes. Hurriedly look away.
After a while, she felt that her eyes were no longer painful, and she slowly opened them. But this opening of her eyes made her almost frightened by herself. It turned out that she could suddenly see all the Buddha statues in the dark stone cave. But when she blinked again, her vision was gone.
What's going on? Is it the meaning that one's cultivation has improved? Shen Xizhen pondered.
Outside, the guards were already waiting for her to come out of the cave, so she didn't linger much inside, took a deep look back at the Buddha statue and walked towards the entrance of the cave.
Because there is some reluctance in my heart. So the corners of her eyes were a little moist.
Xizhen has just returned to the capital. Emperor Guangzhao passed on her to enter the palace immediately, so she didn't have time to change her clothes and went to the Zichen Palace.
Emperor Guangzhao stood in the Zichen Hall with a stern face, and in front of him stood the left and right prime ministers, Chu Zican, and Chu Zihou.
When her eyes swept over Chu Zihou, the latter was also looking at her, and the two of them tacitly pursed their lips and smiled.
As long as she saw Chu Zihou, tenderness would flood in Xizhen's heart, and her face couldn't help but turn red.
Chu Zihou looked at the pretty face that turned red because of him, and his heart was also palpitating, thinking that he hadn't seen her for half a month. It's good she's back!
"Guang'an, Gong Guo and Zhang Siguo have agreed to hold a peace treaty negotiation meeting with us. The date was just three days later, and the location was in our palace. Emperor Guangzhao said to Xi Zhen.
"Okay, then Wechen will work with you to give you advice in the next two days." Shen Xizhen said very simply.
Emperor Guangzhao was very happy to hear this, and he knew that some things had to be done well by Shen Xizhen's presence, so he smiled and said, "Well, sit down." ”
So all six of them sat down and began to discuss the matter.
The six of them kept talking until the sun went down before leaving the Zichen Palace.
Chu Zihou and Xi Zhen immediately took the carriage back to the prince's mansion.
Three days later, Yan Hao, the monarch of the Gong Kingdom, and Yan Yuan, the monarch of the Zhang Si Kingdom, came to the Xi Kingdom to meet Emperor Guangzhao in person.
Since they had already learned the power of Emperor Guangzhao and Shen Xizhen, even Yan Hao, who had always been arrogant, had become a lot more humble this time.
Emperor Guangzhao received them with the highest etiquette, and the people who accompanied them included the left and right prime ministers, the three brothers Chu Zican and Shen Xizhen.
As the only woman in the meeting, and such a beautiful person, it is inevitable that the monarchs of the two countries will glance at Shen Xizhen from time to time.
Their behavior made Chu Zihou very unhappy, but out of politeness, it was not easy to attack, so he had to open one eye and close one eye.
Yan Hao, the monarch of the Gong Kingdom, first said his intention to sign a peace treaty.
"In this way, everyone will cooperate more standardly in the future." Yan Hao said.
Shen Xizhen said to him with a smile: "The peace treaty is nothing more than for the signatory countries to recognize each other's territorial sovereignty and promise not to invade each other, but non-aggression does not mean that it cannot be peacefully banned." ”
Yan Hao and Yan Yuan were both stunned - peaceful banning? How dare she say it.
"Yes, of course we recognize your absolute ownership of your territory, but if you are not comfortable with signing a peace treaty, then we should make conditions." Shen Xizhen added.
"What conditions? Guang'an waits, please say. The two asked timidly, the smiles on their faces a little uncomfortable.
"We have already signed a contract with the Development Alliance, and I think we can talk together in conjunction with that contract...... Since we all want development and peace, let's use these 30 treaties to bind each other. Shen Xizhen unhurriedly took out the treaty that had been prepared in advance and negotiated with Emperor Guangzhao and others.
They did not dispute the first twenty-nine articles of the Thirty Treaty, and it was indeed beneficial to both of them, but the last one froze them - but if one of the parties did not govern the country according to the requirements of the contract, so that the country did not develop as expected within the prescribed date, it must be peacefully outlawed. Therefore, the contract is not called a peace treaty, but a joint declaration.
This is what she calls a peaceful ban? This is simply asking them to sign the right to renounce the territory, and the two of them couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat, so they didn't dare to express their stance for a long time.
"How? Do you think it's better to sign a peace treaty or not? Emperor Guangzhao reminded with a smile.
"We want to think about it before we make a plan." The two monarchs exchanged glances and said.
That night, Yan Hao came to Yan Yuan's accommodation to discuss with him: "If we really sign it, we will be clearly calculated by them, we wanted to get more protection rights, but we will be restrained by Xi Guo, so we can't sign it." ”
Yan Yuan also thinks so.
In the end, the two decided not to sign the treaty. (To be continued......)