"Shengming?" Hearing this word, Zhang Chao smiled self-deprecatingly, if he could agree to the other party's request, it would not be Shengming but stupidity.

The current situation is clear, it is clear that Dongwu saw the strength of the Celestial Empire and did not want to be an enemy of it, but he also did not want to submit to it, so in the name of the alliance, so everyone is an ally, in this way, you are always embarrassed to use troops against us. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Soochow can get time for great development. And even if the Celestial Empire suddenly broke the alliance in the future, and suddenly sent troops to Dongwu, it would be unreasonable first, so Jiang Wu would definitely fight back with all his might, because they had a reason.

Good things and bad things have been thought of by others, and I have to say that Soochow is very smart in doing this. It's just that there is one point, and he looks down on the people of the world too much, and he can't hide this little bit of thought from smart people, at least he can't hide it from him Zhang Chao.

After knowing Lu Fan's intention, Zhang Chao didn't want to talk to the other party anymore, because it was meaningless. He just looked at Guo Jia and Lu Su for a while, then sat down on the dragon couch and began to close his eyes and recuperate.

Guo Jia and Lu Su naturally saw Zhang Chao's meaning, and the two of them looked at Lu Fan and said: "Lord Lu, I want to ally with my Celestial Empire and with Xishu, do you think this is realistic?" The kingdom is about to fall, how can there be an egg? ”

"The establishment of people should be valued by harmony. Life has been rushing for decades, so why do you have to fight to the death? Wouldn't it be beautiful if it could turn hostility into jade silk? For this kind of questioning, Lu Fan also replied.

"The unification of the world is for better development, if you just stay in your own one-third of an acre, how can you say development?" After hearing this, Lu Su finally couldn't help but start to interject. He didn't expect Dongwu to be so shameless, and he actually allied with everyone, wanting to stay out of the matter and look for opportunities? You can't give them that chance. At this moment, he also thought that there was no problem in greeting Lu Fan and only sending two iron guards to him, so what if such a shameless person didn't go to greet him?

With Lu Fan alone, facing the questioning of Guo Jia and Lu Su, he naturally will not be his opponent, and after a few rounds of debate, he really has nothing to say, so he hugged his fists and said to Zhang Chaofang: "Even if your country is unwilling to ally with my Dongwu and look down on us, then please put our eldest lady back." The king and queen of my family are heartfelt, and please fulfill it. ”

In the blink of an eye, Lu Fan actually began to talk about the sixth lady Sun Shangxiang, and for a while, Guo Jia and Lu Su interjected again, such a thing is not something they can do.

Zhang Chao, who was originally closing his eyes and resting, suddenly heard Lu Fan's voice, and his eyes suddenly opened angrily, it was like a sleeping lion, waking up, hungry, and trying to eat people.

As soon as he was stared at by this kind of gaze, Lu Fan felt a shiver all over his body, and he involuntarily took a step back.

"What did you just say, say it again?" Zhang Chao didn't even bother to use the honorific title, and directly underestimated Yu Lu Fan with a Ru character.

Originally, because of the anger in Zhang Chao's eyes, Lu Fan was still a little scared. But as soon as he heard the word Ru, he immediately lost his temper, so he took a step forward and said, "Foreign Minister Lu Fan asks the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty to be gracious and let our eldest lady go home for a reunion. ”

Seeing that Lu Fan dared to propose it for the second time, Guo Jia and Lu Su couldn't help but look up to this person, but at the same time, they were also a little worried that Emperor Zhang Chao would kill this person in a rage. If you really do this, after all, it is still rude first, and it is likely to be blamed by the world.

Zhang Chao was very angry at this meeting, but his sanity was still up, and he had not yet reached the point of killing. It's just that the capital crime can be avoided, but the living crime is inescapable, thinking that Zhang Chao could have cut off one of the ears of Zhang Wen, the nephew of Zhang Zhao, an important minister of Eastern Wu, and now he can also embarrass Lu Fan by the same means.

"Come on, cut off the ears of this thief who was disrespectful to Concubine Hua." In anger, Zhang Chao slapped the dragon case with his hand.

Xu Chu, the chief of the guard, who had been waiting on the side for a long time, heard this, and after answering the order, he strode towards Lu Fan in the hall.

"What are you going to do? I am an envoy sent by the State of Wu, you must not insult me, otherwise it will be disrespectful to my State of Wu. At this moment, Lu Fan was still talking angrily. He is not afraid of death, but such an insult is indeed worse than death.

It's just that Lu Fan said something, where would Xu Chu care? All he had to do now was do what he did.

strode forward, not giving Lu Fan any chance to struggle, he took out a waist knife, stepped forward and grabbed the other party, the knife fell in his hand, and one of the snow-white ears fell on the main hall.

"Throw that filthy ear out and feed it to the dogs." Zhang Chao's voice with thunder and anger sounded again, at this moment he really wanted to kill Lu Fan directly, as for the discussion of the people in the world, he didn't care much. But he knew that after doing so, Concubine Sun Shangxiang was afraid that she would be sad when she knew it, and he didn't want to embarrass his woman, so he spared the other party's life.

Lu Fan, who had one ear cut off, was already emotional at this moment, and now he can't care so much, because the other party has insulted himself and the entire Wu Kingdom, and there is no possibility of peace talks between the two sides, what he has to do now is to angrily reprimand Zhang Chao, even if he dies in the palace, he also lets the other party know that he is a literati with backbone.

"Someone, cover his mouth, hold him out of the city gate and throw him away. And tell you the so-called King Wu, let him wash his neck, and wait for the crusade of the army of the Heavenly Dynasty. Zhang Chao didn't give Lu Fan a chance to go crazy at all, and directly asked Xu Chu to let people out.

As soon as Xu Chu stepped forward, he blocked Lu Fan's mouth, making him speechless. Then four more guards entered, completely imprisoned him, and carried him out of the palace hall.

In an instant, the entire hall fell silent, and Guo Jia and Lu Su did not dare to make the slightest sound at this moment.

Zhang Chao was really angry at this moment.

I think that at the beginning, when the relationship between the two sides was not bad, Soochow said that he would turn his face, and even all the Zhangjia trading companies in Soochow at that time were seized, the personnel were killed, and the assets were confiscated. Now that I know that I am powerful, and I want to come to seek peace, where is there such a good thing in the world?

Well, if you can't make peace, you have to think about bringing your wife back. It's really a joke, as the emperor of the Celestial Empire, if he can't even save his wife, what does this emperor mean?

Sitting there, his chest was constantly panting, and he didn't know how long it took, Zhang Chao's anger was suppressed, and then his eyes fell on Guo Jia and Lu Su, and he just said: "You go and arrange it, and march into Dongwu in the spring next year." ”

This is Zhang Chao's decision, although Guo Jia and Lu Su both think that they are in a hurry, but the emperor's order is difficult to disobey, and Lu Fan's behavior is indeed too radical, so it is also self-inflicted to be attacked.

Knowing that there was no possibility of change, the two ministers respectfully agreed, and then retreated and began to prepare.

There is still half a year between now and the beginning of spring tomorrow, and it is enough to prepare.

There were no others in the hall, only Xiao Xiangzi, the chief eunuch standing beside him, Zhang Chao said with some interest: "Back to the palace, just go... Go to Hua Guifei for dinner. ”

Shenghua Palace is Sun Shangxiang's palace.

Since the Eastern Wu attacked the Celestial Empire, Sun Shangxiang has been in a dilemma.

With her father and brother on one side and her husband on the other, it is really difficult to choose between being a woman. Because of this, she has rarely been happy for more than a year.

When several other concubines gave Zhang Tian a ding, she was indeed never pregnant, which made the palace where she was located a lot more deserted.

When Zhang Chao came, Sun Shangxiang was sitting on the edge of the bed in a daze, afraid that she didn't know what was going on in her heart at this moment.

"Xiang'er." As soon as he entered the house, Zhang Chao noticed Sun Shangxiang, and then called softly, and then stepped forward and hugged him in the back.

Hearing that voice and feeling warm doubts, Sun Shangxiang's eyes couldn't help but shed tears at this moment.

Feeling that Sun Shangxiang was crying, Zhang Chao was even more distressed. At this moment, he thought a lot, thinking that for himself, Sun Shangxiang traveled thousands of miles to find himself from Dongwu, which in this era at that time, a woman dared to do this, but it took a lot of courage.

He also vowed to give Sun Shangxiang a good life and a carefree environment, but because of what Sun Jian's father and son did, they had to stand on the opposite side, and he really didn't know what to say at this moment.

The two hugged each other like this, speechless for a long time. In the end, Zhang Chaotie made up his mind and told Lu Fan about his coming.

Sun Shangxiang listened quietly like this, until after listening to everything, he tightened his arms, hugged Zhang Chao a little tightly, and said: "Your Majesty, Shangxiang has already married you, and he is your person, and he will never return to Dongwu again." ”

"Okay, okay." Hearing Sun Shangxiang say this, Zhang Chao breathed a sigh of relief, he was really afraid that she would bring up the matter of going back, so he would be really sad.

Hearing Zhang Chao say yes, he also looked very excited, Sun Shangxiang hesitated for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, the concubine has a reluctant request, and I hope the emperor can agree." Of course, it's okay not to say yes. ”

Feeling the cautious attitude of Sun Shangxiang in his arms, Zhang Chao smiled and said, "It's okay, Xiang'er just say it."

"Hmm. Your Majesty, you can promise Xiang'er, if once the army captures Eastern Wu, if possible, can you not kill my parents and brothers, even if it is to imprison them for the rest of their lives, is it okay? When he said this, Sun Shangxiang raised his head slightly and looked at Zhang Chao expectantly.