Chapter 516: Unequal Negotiations

"Are your injuries healed?"

"If you go back to your father's words, it's not all right, but because Luo Bing is here, you can be cured soon."

After Chu Ruoyan finished speaking, he realized that he seemed to have said the wrong thing, he secretly raised his eyes to look at Chu Zhuangyan, and found that he didn't realize this detail, so he breathed a sigh of relief.

Now he is completely unsure of Chu Zhuangyan's attitude towards the relationship between the two of them, whether he supports or opposes it, there is no way to confirm this.

"See the Emperor." Li Luobing saluted Chu Zhuangyan.

"Okay, get up, this is neither the Bright Moon Country nor the Imperial Palace, so there is no need for these rituals, I am here this time mainly to see the two of you, and also to have some negotiations with Izumo Country."

Hearing Chu Zhuangyan mention the matter of negotiation, Li Luobing and Chu Ruoyan exchanged glances, it turned out that Chu Zhuangyan really came here because of that letter, they didn't expect Chu Zhuangyan to be so concerned about this matter.

"Why did you come here in person, Your Majesty?"

"For such an important matter, I naturally have to meet with the monarch of Izumo Province."

"Your Majesty, the time has come, and it's time for us to go to the Imperial Palace of Izumo Province." The father-in-law reminded Chu Zhuangyan in a whisper beside him.

"King Yan, Princess Xie Wu, you just have a good rest here, and you don't have to worry about other things." When Chu Zhuangyan was leaving, he deliberately called Li Luobing and Chu Ruoyan like this, obviously dissatisfied with their current state.

"Yes." The two didn't say much, and only after seeing Chu Zhuangyan leave, did they dare to start talking.

"Guo Dong, you go and secretly find out how many troops are coming from Mingyue Kingdom this time." Chu Ruoyao commanded Guo Dong, and Guo Dong took the order and left.

"Why do you want to find out the strength of this time?" Li Luobing asked with some puzzlement.

"I feel that my father is not only here to negotiate this time, but since he has come in person, he must have brought soldiers. It's more like a conquest than a negotiation. ”

"The Imperial Driver? Is it just because you were injured by the assassins of Izumo Province? ”

"How is that possible?" Chu Ruoyan smiled helplessly, "He's just for profit." ”

Chu Ruoyan was right, Chu Zhuangyan came for the benefit this time, and when his father-in-law took him to the gate of the Izumo Kingdom Palace, Tuoba Lie had already greeted him in person.

"I've seen the emperor...... Ahem, I've seen Emperor Chu. When Tuoba Lie saw Chu Zhuangyan, he subconsciously wanted to call him the emperor.

But now he suddenly reacted, he was no longer the prince before, and now he had become the emperor of Izumo Kingdom, and the status of the two was equal, there was no difference between who was higher and who was lower, and after hesitating for a while, he changed his name.

"Emperor Tuoba doesn't have to be like this, our Mingyue Country and Izumo Country are originally close neighbors, so it seems that we are too outside."

Compared with Tuoba Lie's nervousness, Chu Zhuangyan's whole person was very relaxed, who let him stand up by himself this time? Once Tuoba Lie has any disrespectful words to himself, others don't say it, and the people of Izumo will be unwilling to do it.

And he had already heard about Li Luobing's reputation on the way here, but he didn't expect it to spread throughout the entire Izumo Kingdom, he originally wanted to put her under house arrest after Li Luobing went back, but now it seems that there is no way.

Li Luobing didn't know at this time, because of her act of healing injuries, she escaped a catastrophe in her life.

"This is the imperial palace of our Izumo Kingdom, and there are still many differences compared to the imperial palace of the Bright Moon Kingdom."

Tuoba Lie and Chu Zhuangyan walked side by side, and introduced Chu Zhuangyan to the furnishings in the Izumo Imperial Palace, and Chu Zhuangyan was also very interested in this, and kept turning his head left and right to watch carefully.

"It's really different from our Mingyue Kingdom."

When they walked all the way to the front of the main hall, the two still had a very friendly conversation.

After entering the main hall, Tuoba Lie and Chu Zhuangyan sat on the same side, which was also carefully arranged by him.

Although he was a guest from afar, Tuoba Lie didn't want to be subservient to others at all, but fortunately, Chu Zhuangyan had no objection to such an arrangement for him.

While watching the dancing girl dance, Tuoba Face was also paying attention to Chu Zhuangyan's expression at all times.

"I wonder if the emperor is satisfied with my arrangement?"

"Naturally, I am very satisfied," Chu Zhuangyan nodded as he watched, "But I'm not here to see you Izumo Kingdom dance, but there are more important things." ”

Tuoba Lie's expression froze, Chu Zhuangyan finally got to the point, and he knew that this matter was not so easy to turn the page.

After the dancing girl retreated, Chu Zhuangyan did not shy away from the ministers present, and opened his mouth to Tuoba Lie directly.

"I wonder if Emperor Tuoba has found the murderer who stabbed our King Yan of the Bright Moon Kingdom?"

"Now we know who it is, but I don't know where the corpse is, the murderer has been killed by King Yan."

was killed by King Yan. After hearing Tuoba Lie's words, Chu Zhuangyan's face changed.

"Why is Emperor Tuoba so careless when he speaks? What does it mean to be killed by King Yan, that is clearly a kind of protection for himself, if King Yan does not do this, it will be himself who will die, doesn't Emperor Tuoba think it's wrong? ”

Tuoba Lie is not saying it now, and it is not if he does not say it. Everyone, including the ministers of Izumo Kingdom, was waiting for his answer, once he answered wrong, he would lose face in front of everyone, but if there was no way to follow Chu Zhuangyan's wishes, it was likely that there would be another big army press, and the consequences would be unbearable for himself.

"I don't think it's a good topic to discuss at this banquet." After thinking for a long time, Tuoba Lie squeezed out such an answer from between his teeth.

Chu Zhuangyan didn't expect Tuoba Lie to give him any answers, he just wanted to give him a dismount, telling him that although this was in Izumo Country, he Chu Zhuangyan would not be afraid of these at all.

"I also heard that Princess Jiewu's maid was also poisoned, I don't know if the emperor has found the murderer?"

"This matter was also done by Feng Yue, the son of the Prime Minister's family."

The son of the Prime Minister's family...... After Chu Zhuangyan heard this, a puzzled expression appeared on his face.

"The son of the prime minister's family should have no grudges and no hatred, why would they be so ruthless? Is there someone behind it? Or is it the emperor, you already know who it is, but you don't deal with it? ”

"What do you mean by that?" Tuoba Lie also gradually lost his patience, from the time he entered the palace to the present, Chu Zhuangyan looked down on himself all the time.

Didn't he just go to Mingyue Country as a prince? Now that he is the emperor, why does Chu Zhuangyan turn a blind eye?

"It's nothing, I just came here to seek justice for the people of our Mingyue Kingdom, originally we were invited, but now one is dead and one is seriously injured, how do you want me to explain to the people of Mingyue Country after I go back?"

"And what do you want?" Tuoba asked coldly.

"My request is very simple, as long as Emperor Tuoba apologizes to the people of our Mingyue Kingdom, as for the silver and the city, the compensation that should be compensated, but the apology is the most important thing."

What the? Reparations for silver and cities? After hearing this, Tuoba Lie couldn't sit still anymore, and immediately stood up.

"Chu Zhuangyan, don't deceive people too much, don't forget how I gave you those cities in the first place."

Tuoba Lie here refers to the several cities he gave to Mingyue Kingdom when Chu Ruoyu came to be a concubine.

"Didn't we negotiate the contracts of those cities before?" Chu Zhuangyan had been prepared for this for a long time, and he knew that Tuoba Lie would talk about these cities.

The ministers below looked at the two people on the stage like this, you and I quarreled with each other, and they didn't dare to come out.

What these two people on the stage say now, every word may affect the future of Izumo Province and Mingyue Kingdom, if these two people can talk together, it will be a vicious battle.

After the two quarreled back and forth on the stage for a few words, they realized that they were a little out of shape in the face of so many courtiers, and then their faces changed to smiling expressions.

"It's not interesting to talk about this here, why don't we go and have a few drinks in another place?" Tuoba Lie said to Chu Zhuangyan.

"That's exactly what I mean." Chu Zhuangyan nodded.

Then the two of them left the entire hall of ministers and left the place, and only after they were gone did the ministers dare to discuss their voices.

"You said that this time the emperor of the Bright Moon Kingdom came here, what impact will it have on our Izumo Province?"

"In my opinion, that attitude is clearly here to bully our Izumo country."

"But the Yan King of the Bright Moon Country is indeed injured in our Izumo Kingdom, there is no way to refute this."

"Here's the trouble." Several ministers shook their heads and sighed when they said this.

"No matter what our emperor says, as long as the emperor of Mingyue Kingdom mentions this matter, we will not have any confidence."

The ministers discussed and discussed, but the thoughts of Tuoba Lie and Chu Zhuangyan were not so easy to guess.

Tuoba Lie was in front and Chu Zhuangyan was behind, and the two came to a palace, this palace was originally used by Tuoba Lie for deliberations, and it had not been used for a long time, but because Chu Zhuangyan was coming, he ordered someone to clean it in advance.

"It's right here, there are some things that are inconvenient for people to know, just talk about it between you and me."

After Tuoba Lie and Chu Zhuangyan sat down here, the servant served them some tea and pastries, and then retreated.

After only the two of them were left in the room, Chu Zhuangyan also revealed his true thoughts.

"Tell me, what are the conditions for coming to Izumo Province this time?"

"There are no conditions, the previous cities are too barren, and they won't have any big effect on our Mingyue Country at all, if Emperor Tuoba feels that he is at a loss, he can give us six more cities, including the people inside, all of them will be given to Mingyue Kingdom."