The Royal Palace, a large hall.

This is a place specially used to receive envoys from various countries, the east of the emperor sits in a high position, the following ministers sit on the left, according to the official position in order, the right is the envoys of various countries, at this time both sides sit well, the emperor smiled: "The hours come thousands of miles to my quiet pilgrimage, I am very pleased, come, I accompany you to have a drink!" ”

The envoys raised their wine glasses, "Xie Dong is the emperor!" ”

Then the envoys of various countries offered tribute, some were rare treasures, some were the best beauties, in short, there were countless of them, and in the end, everyone offered tributes, and only the Wind Country was left without moving.

Mo Li was here, with an evil smile on his lips, and in the envoys of the Wind Country opposite, there was no figure of King Qi, and he didn't come directly, which was already completely not giving face to Donglin.

Sure enough, a man came out of the envoy group of the Wind Country and saluted the emperor, the emperor had already learned of the arrival of King Qi, and he didn't see anyone at this time, so he naturally wanted to ask, "Envoy, where is your King Qi of the Wind Country?" ”

The envoy smiled, "I'm really sorry, the emperor in the east, the prince is tired of traveling and driving, and the work is suddenly caught in the cold, so today I will let my subordinates express an apology to the emperor in the east." ”

A touch of gloom flashed in the emperor's eyes, his face suddenly darkened, and the black dragon continued: "Donglin has always commended and treated people leniently, presumably the emperor Donglin should not be a little surprised, right?" ”

Everyone present could hear that he was obviously making inches, the faces of the Donglin officials were a little angry, and the faces of the envoys of various countries were wonderful, some were gloating, some were watching the excitement, some were disdainful, and a long and extremely rough man got up, "I said, how can you talk to the Donglin Emperor like this?" Donglin Huang's decision, is it something you can decide? ”

This sentence is obviously that the matter is not big enough, deliberately intensifying the contradiction, the prince can't see it, recently he made several suggestions to his father, his father agreed to him, and was praised by his father many times, he consciously got a lot closer to his father, at this time, seeing the envoys of the Wind Country so arrogant, he couldn't bear it anymore.

When he got up, he wanted to help, but he was held down by the prime minister, and the prime minister warned him, "Don't mess around, the prince still depends on what the emperor does about this kind of thing, after all, it is a matter between the two countries, and the prince is not qualified to touch it, don't make trouble for the emperor." ”

What the prime minister said was the truth, but more importantly, he really didn't want the prince to get involved, he just used the prince to use it simply, but he didn't expect the prince to really restrain Murong Wenbin, such a good chess piece, how can it be said that he can put it away.

The crown prince was a little hesitant by the prime minister's words, but he was worried that if he didn't say anything, what if his father was worried about it? The look on the prince's face was fully seen by the prime minister, he couldn't see the prince's thoughts, he laughed at the prince's innocence in his heart, and his face still didn't show mountain dew, but he persuaded with a serious expression, "You have to think about it, you finally achieved a little bit a few days ago, what if you rush out so rashly and give up all your previous efforts?" Besides, what you can think of, can't you think of King Li and King Lan? They don't go out, don't you want to think about why? ”

At this moment, the hesitation in the prince's eyes disappeared all at once, he glanced in the direction of Mo Li and Mo Lan, both of them did not move, the prime minister saw that the prince would not make any more moves, and his heart became proud, and at the same time, he was more determined to raise the prince as a puppet.

The little episode on the prince's side did not affect the situation in the palace, the emperor's face was ugly, and the black dragon's expression was undisguised, and then, even more excessively, I saw the black dragon take a step forward, "The emperor is in the east, His Royal Highness King Qi did not come today, but His Royal Highness King Qi has an order for me to convey." ”

After speaking, no matter what the emperor's reaction was, he said to himself: "The business of the Wind Country is developing rapidly, and it has advanced too fast in recent years, and it is a bit difficult to make ends meet. ”

Everyone thought there was nothing surprising when they heard the previous words, but that last sentence...... Fart!

Wind Country Treasury Tight? This is even more unbelievable than hearing that Donglin will be destroyed tomorrow, the business of the Wind Country has spanned several large countries in recent years, and the rapid trend has monopolized the local leading business of some small and medium-sized countries, and the business of some large countries is also ranked first, and they can survive and occupy a high position in the sandwich of local forces, which does not prove the strength of their Wind Country business? Will there be a shortage of money? It's just a fart!

Everyone secretly scolded the black dragon shamelessly in their hearts, but no one said anything, the officials in the east were because the emperor hadn't spoken yet, so they obediently shut up, and the envoys of various countries on the other side were completely because they wanted to see what medicine was sold in this black dragon gourd, and it didn't look like it would end so calmly today, and the wind country was obviously prepared.

The emperor looked at the black dragon, his voice couldn't hear the emotion, but asked lightly, "So, what do you want to say today?" ”

In fact, the emperor already had a faint guess in his heart, but he was still waiting, waiting for the black dragon to say it himself, and in the audience, Hubu Shangshu, who had always been smiling, also restrained his usual smile at this time, and it seemed that he finally had a little bit of the majesty that an official should have, but a pair of eyes were locked on the black dragon, and his eyes were deep.

The moment Mo Li picked up his wine glass, he glanced at Tobe Shangshu, and confirmed that he really didn't know what he thought.

The black dragon finally said what he was going to say today when everyone was in the spotlight, "The treasury of the Wind Country is empty, so this time the emperor sent us to discuss with the Donglin Emperor, from now on, can the matter of paying tribute be stopped for the time being?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the hall fell silent, everyone was silent, the expressions of the envoys of various countries were different, Donglin's power has indeed become a little smaller over the years, but Yu Wei is still intimidating the countries, and they are reluctant to pay tribute, but they haven't thought of saying in front of Donglin Emperor like this, and they also ran to the boundary of Donglin, which is a naked provocation!

The only thing everyone wants to see now is the reaction of the Donglin Emperor, the faces of the Donglin officials are not good-looking, and some people are about to hold back it, Murong Wenbin glanced at the black dragon, a touch of deep thought flashed in his eyes, and then he scooped up the wine glass in front of him and drank it himself.

The emperor snorted coldly, and was about to speak, when he was suddenly interrupted by a voice, "It seems that the Wind Country is really poor, and he can't even take out the little thing of paying tribute, tsk." ”