Chapter 143: The Trap
The emperors of the four kingdoms attended the banquet of the seven states, politely conceded to each other, and each took his seat.
At this time, the drums are ringing, singing and dancing, Long Xiguo's dancing girl is traditional and conservative, the water sleeves are flicked lightly, the slender waist is slightly shaken, the face is beautiful, the eyebrows are shy, and the reserved demeanor has a unique charm.
The accompanying officials of various countries began to praise each other, of course, this is limited to strong countries and strong countries, and weak countries are simply ignored on such occasions, such as the Feng Ming Kingdom.
But today it is not only the Feng Ming Kingdom that has received a cold reception, but there is also another country that is not welcomed, that is, the biggest problem of the Seven Nations - North Vietnam.
The North Vietnamese Kingdom uses high mountains as a natural barrier to isolate other countries, and the mountains within its territory are not verdant and verdant, but pure earth mountains.
The land was barren and prone to drought, and the abundance of salt mines meant that crops barely grew, and the North Vietnamese lived a very hard life mainly by fishing in inland rivers and raising some well-fed livestock.
In the early years, the North Yue Kingdom and the Feng Ming Kingdom only established diplomatic relations with each other, and the North Yue Kingdom needed to exchange salt for the food and medicinal materials of the Feng Ming Kingdom, although the Feng Ming Kingdom often starved to death, but compared with the North Yue Kingdom, it was definitely a country rich in products.
It is such a country, when the people are not well fed and clothed, and all the country's assets are used for military spending, causing the already poor country to become even poorer.
Of course, the so-called poverty refers to ordinary people, and Han Zheng, the emperor of North Vietnam, is not poor, even if the whole country is yellow-skinned and thin, he has a way to make himself fat into a ball.
Han Zheng is in his early Chinese New Year's Eve, looks like a ball, his head is like a ball, his body is like a ball, and a small ball grows on a big ball. He was dressed in the finest linen cloth produced in North Vietnam, and against the backdrop of silk and satin from the Seven Kingdoms, it was a sweet potato that had just been dug out of the soil.
However, in the face of all kinds of ridicule, Han Zheng could still put on an arrogant appearance of "Lao Tzu is the strongest in the Seven Kingdoms", turning a blind eye to all kinds of sarcasm around him, or he didn't find out that those were ridicule at all.
The first time Chenguang saw Han was when she had just descended from Shengzi Mountain, when Han Zheng came to Feng Ming to persuade Emperor Feng Ming to attack Nanyue with him, and the annexation of Nanyue was the dream of several generations of Beiyue Kingdom.
Instigated the war Si Yuan would agree and categorically refused, at that time, Han Zheng was so angry that he jumped up and scolded Si Yuan for being a "coward" and a "turtle with a shrunken head". Si Yuan's face turned blue with anger, if it weren't for the need for the North Yue Kingdom to provide salt to the Feng Ming Kingdom, he would never let Han Zheng get out of the Feng Ming Kingdom alive.
During the banquet, Han Zheng kept staring at the morning light from afar.
Chenguang knew the reason, when Han Zheng sent someone to Fengming Kingdom to ask for marriage, he was very arrogant and ordered Chenguang to go to Beiyue Kingdom to be his concubine, after Chenguang refused, he immediately agreed to Long Xiguo's marriage proposal, Han Zheng has been worried about this matter, with his temperament, he will not be comfortable if he does not retaliate fiercely.
Chenguang stood up and walked out.
"Second sister-in-law, what are you going to do?" Shen Qingyi was a little uneasy, and when she saw her standing up, she hurriedly asked.
"I'm going to change my clothes."
"I'll go with my second sister-in-law!"
Chenguang glanced at Shen Qingyi, slapped her hand with a smile, Shen Qingyi pursed her lips and no longer insisted.
Chenguang took advantage of people's inattention, walked out of Yaotai Palace, and walked towards the small garden to the south.
She held Huo Wu's hand and walked forward slowly, and after a group of patrolling soldiers walked by, when she came to the dark shadow on the back of the rockery, a deep male voice called behind her:
"Princess Morning Light!"
The morning light stopped, the corners of her lips hooked up a smile, she turned around, and what caught her eye was indeed a big ball with a small ball.
"The Emperor of Beiyue is blessed." She smiled and bowed.
Han Zheng snorted coldly, walked over with his hands behind his back, and looked at her from top to bottom with contemptuous eyes.
"Princess Chenguang, don't come to harm's way, in the end, it is the feng shui of Long Xiguo, and it is becoming more and more radiant."
Chenguang lowered his eyes slightly and smiled shyly.
The soft appearance made Han Zheng even more unhappy in his heart, he had a cold face, and said:
"The princess rejected the widow's marriage proposal because of Long Xiguo's proposal?"
Chenguang was stunned for a moment, raised his head, looked at him with puzzled eyes, and asked puzzledly:
"Marriage proposal? What Proposal? Did the Emperor of Beiyue propose to Chenguang? ”
Han Zheng looked at her big round eyes full of confusion and surprise, and suddenly realized that she didn't know about it. This is not surprising, the parents are in charge of the marriage event, her marriage was decided by Emperor Feng Ming, and Long Xiguo is more in line with Emperor Feng Ming's wishes, so Emperor Feng Ming omitted him Han Zheng when he told Chenguang. Thinking of this, Han Zheng was furious, his face was gloomy, and he gritted his teeth and said:
"Emperor ...... Phoenix"
"Emperor Beiyue, what's wrong with you?" Chenguang asked suspiciously.
Han Zheng came back to his senses and sneered:
"Emperor Feng Ming simply doesn't know whether to live or die!"
Chenguang glanced at him, and without answering his words, she spoke, and said in a worried tone:
"Emperor Beiyue, I vaguely heard that this year, the Beiyue Kingdom did not inform the Chiyang State that it had raised the price of salt privately, and there was a conflict with the Nanyue State on the border, but these things are true?"
Han Zheng glanced at her and said in a disdainful tone:
"The salt is made in my North Vietnam, and the widow can sell as much as he wants, and he can't let the Chiyang dog bark. What is the South Vietnamese Kingdom, let alone a conflict on the border, you wait and see, it won't be long before the iron hooves of the North Vietnamese Kingdom will break through the entire territory of the South Vietnamese Kingdom and leave no pieces of Chiyang Country behind! ”
"Emperor Beiyue, now is not the time to talk about it, I heard King Rong say that the Chiyang Kingdom is very dissatisfied with the North Yue Kingdom, because this time the North Yue Kingdom raised the price of salt without authorization, and the Chiyang Kingdom could not bear it, and planned to use this as an excuse to send troops to help the South Yue State use force against the North Yue State, and prepare to directly annex the North Vietnam State in one go, so that the two countries can be merged into one country." Chenguang frowned and said in a panic, "Emperor Beiyue, you must not let the Chiyang Kingdom move troops, once the Chiyang Kingdom attacks the Beiyue Kingdom, it is estimated that the Fengming Kingdom bordering the Beiyue Kingdom will not be able to save it." The Chiyang Kingdom is so powerful, it angers the Chiyang Kingdom, and the consequences are unimaginable, Chenguang asks the Beiyue Emperor to think twice, and must not let the two countries fall into a catastrophe for the sake of a momentary spirit. Even if our two countries are combined, we can't defeat the Chiyang Kingdom, why did the Emperor of Beiyue bother to poke this hornet's nest, isn't it honest good? ”
At first hearing the news that Chiyang Kingdom wanted to join forces with Nanyue Kingdom to attack North Vietnam, Han Zheng was also taken aback, but Chenguang's next persuasion completely angered Han Zheng.
"Honestly? Bah! Han Zheng said angrily, "What is Chiyang Kingdom? The widow doesn't believe it, this hornet's nest widow has to be stabbed! The country of South Vietnam was originally the country of North Vietnam, a group of small traitors fled the country of treason, and he was already a widow's kindness if he didn't destroy it, he even wanted to join forces with the country of Chiyang to annex the country of North Vietnam, dreaming! You wait and see how the widows destroyed the South Vietnamese Kingdom! ”