Zhao Zijian is also thinking about his son now, but there is no way, even if he is worried, what is the use?

I can only care about my son's recent situation from the relatively short family letter, but after knowing that Zhao Zichen was summoned by the emperor, he couldn't help but feel a little angry in his heart.

Wouldn't my father even want the last bit of fig leaf? He is a son, he is a grandson! My dear grandson!

But think about it, my son's father and emperor don't want it, so what do you care about whether your grandson is a grandson or not?

However, Zhao Zijian was soon told that Yuan Wu had sent an envoy to the capital, and he was a little strange.

Now that Emperor Yuanwu has just succeeded to the throne not long ago, shouldn't he be cautious about development? Do you dare to come over? But then I thought about it, at this time, the new emperor must establish a good relationship with the apocalypse to avoid being suddenly attacked.

Not only Zhao Zijian thought so, but also the ministers of the other Apocalypse.

Therefore, in the main hall, when they listened to the envoy's righteous indignation asking them to give an explanation for the disappearance of the Seven Princes, they were stunned.

Exactly, what happened?

They looked at the messenger in disbelief, and the other sneered and continued to say what their new emperor thought.

"The marriage between Yuanwu and Tianqi was originally the will of the emperor. But when greeting the Seven Princesses, the Seven Princes disappeared for no reason, and now they can't see anyone alive or dead, you must know that the Seven Princes are the most favored and beloved sons of our former emperors, and the most beloved younger brother of our new emperors, the Emperor of the Apocalypse, you must give us an explanation, otherwise, ......"

He narrowed his eyes and snorted coldly with a heavy expression.

"Otherwise, we'll see the real chapter under our hands!"

Few people would believe his words.

The competition for the throne of several princes of Yuanwu is more ferocious than the other, saying that the new emperor wants the seven princes to die, and they can still accept it, but if the seven princes are the new emperor's most beloved younger brother, it is simply nonsense.

Who loves someone who is a threat to them?

But this kind of thing, it's one thing for everyone to know in their hearts, and it's another thing to say it, for example, some people have already guessed why the four princes were arrested and arrested by the emperor, but even if you know it, you have to endure it, and think that you are blind and deaf, and you don't know anything.

"Hmph, see the real chapter under your hands? Is Emperor Yuanwu going to war with the Apocalypse? Your internal worries have not been eliminated, if there is another external chaos or something, I'm afraid it will be difficult, right? ”

The newly appointed military department Shangshu snorted coldly and spoke disdainfully.

Are they all fools? If there is any change in the current emperor of Yuan Wu, maybe he will be jointly eliminated by his imperial brothers, and he will still fight with them at this time? Are you kidding?

The envoy's face changed, and he directly changed his expression, and spoke arrogantly.

"Then we might as well try to see if we can fight, if we can fight. Besides, we just want the apocalypse to give us an explanation, otherwise there will be no living person as big as the Seven Princes, and even if our Emperor Majesty sees the first emperor a hundred years later, he will not be able to face it. ”

Who said there had to be a war? Our goal is just to get an explanation.

The messenger once again interpreted the purpose of his coming.

The people in the hall, you look at me, I look at you, their expressions sank, and their eyes were a little treacherous.

What exactly is the situation? What do they want to explain?

The envoy didn't give them much time to think, but quickly smiled and told his emperor's thoughts.

"We don't want much, 500,000 taels of silver, and 50,000 stones of grain."

Not much? That's it?

The people in the entire hall immediately glared angrily at the envoy, if the eyes could kill, this envoy would have been pierced by now.

However, he was not frightened by them, but solemnly saluted the emperor.

"Our emperor is very concerned about the relationship between the two countries, and I also hope that our two countries can conclude a friendly alliance, but this depends on your thoughts, Your Majesty. Our emperor thinks that you are wise and martial, and you will definitely agree. ”

The Emperor sat high in his seat, looking expressionlessly at the bottom and trying to talk, his fingers slowly tightened.

Since he sat in this position, he has not been threatened like this for a long time, and those who can threaten him have either gone to hell early or have been tortured in all kinds of ways, and he has not escaped until now.

He looked at the messenger below with an expressionless face and spoke slowly.

"Someone, take him down first."

The envoy was not in a hurry, and smiled when he heard the words and performed their courtesy to the emperor again, and then left here with the guards.

Only then did the emperor squint at the civil and military ministers below.

"Do you think, to give this explanation, to give or not to give?"

"Your Majesty, Weichen feels that he can't give it. Once this kind of thing sets a precedent, it will be more troublesome in the future. If you can't give it, you have to fight it. ”

The secretary of the military department has just been transferred this year, and he is not that old, so he is full of enthusiasm and advice to the emperor.

"If the emperor speaks, Weichen also feels that he can't agree, Yuanwu wants us to give them an explanation, but our seventh princess is also unknown in life and death, shouldn't they give us an explanation? Moreover, he came here today to threaten, persecution, and great disrespect to you, so I resolutely cannot agree. ”

Others chimed in.

This time, both civilian officials and military generals felt that this matter must not be agreed to, let alone tolerated.

The civil officials felt that they were just a small messenger, and they dared to threaten their emperor with all the audacity, which was simply tired and crooked! The most important thing is that civil officials have the integrity of civil officials, and they all say that the king humiliates the ministers to death, and their emperor has been insulted, do they still have to endure it?

For military generals, it is easier to understand.

Many of this year's generals are newly selected capable ministers, as well as Wu Zhuangyuan and others, they don't have a lot of blood on them, and when they heard this threat, they didn't rush up and beat the messenger to death directly, which is already his fate!

Seeing the situation of the court's one-sided collapse, the emperor couldn't help frowning, this was completely different from the scene at the beginning of spring.

What is the reason?

Someone is playing tricks behind your back? Or is it because there are new people in the court? But in this way, he couldn't speak.

In the face of the threat of Yuan Wu at the beginning of spring, he was clearly divided into conservatives and radicals, and he could still talk about it and let Xiao Qi marry him, but now, what should he do?

Things are unexpectedly tricky.

He knew that the last words of the messenger must have been a threat, a threat that if he didn't do what they said, he would expose the thing that he had tried so long to hide.

Therefore, the emperor's expression sank directly, looked at the group of civil and military officials in front of him expressionlessly, and spoke coldly.

"Retreat."

Quanfu immediately stood up, chanted loudly below, and left in the footsteps of the emperor.

And below, everyone looks at me, I look at you, and their expressions are a little unnatural.

The emperor is gone? That's it? Nothing is said, what does this mean? Could it be that the emperor was just upset about what they said?

In other words, the emperor doesn't actually want to fight?

But now that people have been bullied to the door, it's not a way to go down like this?

So, after many ministers left the court, they gathered together directly, and a few old foxes immediately entered the theme after a few minutes of chatting.

"What do you think the emperor means? I'm getting more and more undecided now! ”

"Who's to say it isn't? Now the emperor looks at us with a strange expression, and besides, haven't you noticed that on the issue of Yuanwu, the emperor has retreated step by step! ”

"Could it be that because the emperor is old, he doesn't want to fight if he can't fight?"

There's nothing impossible.

Several people glanced at each other, and felt that this matter was more credible.

It's just that the next day, after the emperor went to court, he directly said that it was not easy for Emperor Yuanwu, there was such a beloved younger brother missing, and he went back last night and dreamed of Xiao Qi, who was also missing, so he understood Emperor Yuanwu's feelings very well, so he did not deny all the requests of the Yuanwu envoy, and agreed to it all.

The crowd was stunned.

How can you say yes to all of them? At least this will require the Ministry of Rites to argue with the other party for a while, right? That's a bit unscientific!

As soon as the emperor's words came out, several old ministers had already spoken.

"Your Majesty, this must not be!"

"Your Majesty, please think twice!"

……

The emperor listened to the words of the following old ministers, and even had an impulse to replace them all, but his cloudy eyes narrowed, and he looked coldly at the group of people below.

"Then you say, what am I going to do?"

"Back to Your Majesty, in Weichen's opinion, this matter should be delayed first, and it will drag on for a year and a half, and the other party may go back if he sees that he can't get any bargains!"

"No, no, the procrastination trick doesn't work, in Weichen's opinion, it's better to send troops to Yuanwu, take advantage of their defenselessness, and fight quickly!"

"Your Majesty, our country can also send an envoy to Yuanwu and let Yuanwu give us an explanation, after all, our seventh princess doesn't know whether she lives or dies."

……

The voices below grew louder and louder, and the emperor sat on the dragon chair with a blank face, watching a group of people make a fuss over this matter.

Father-in-law Quanfu stood beside the emperor, looking at such an emperor, and couldn't help but reach out and wipe the cold sweat on his forehead.

Your Majesty, I'm angry!

He had the heart to remind the princes and ministers not to say any more, otherwise he might not be able to protect the black gauze hat on his head, and even his life was in danger!

The current emperor, he is also a little incomprehensible!

Seeing that the voices were getting louder and louder, the emperor suddenly raised his voice and said angrily downward.

"Presumptuous!"

Suddenly, the entire court was silent, and everyone seemed to have pressed the pause button, and suddenly froze in place.