After learning about the general situation from the housekeeper, Shen Lingxi knew it in his heart.

After resting for a few days in the Pingbei General's Mansion, Shen Lingxi called His Majesty the Xuanwu Kingdom into the palace, mainly because he heard that the newly accepted son of the Pingbei General Tuoba Jun had returned to Jianye, so as an emperor who relied on the Pingbei General Tuoba Jun to expand his territory, this attitude of Corporal Lixian still had to be done.

So Shen Lingxi changed into a formal new dress in the palace under the supervision of a eunuch, and then followed the eunuch to the palace.

To be honest, Shen Lingxi is still a little nervous about going to the palace, after all, his identity is fake, so he is going to see the emperor of Xuanwu Kingdom, how can this calm people down.

However, Shen Lingxi's apprehension did not last long, and he was shocked by the extravagant decoration of the Xuanwu Imperial Palace.

From the moment he entered the walls of the palace, Shen Lingxi opened his mouth wide, looking like he had never seen the world.

"Wow, it's all gold, and the walls are inlaid with precious stones, isn't this too extravagant!

Walking on the periphery of the palace had already made Shen Lingxi dumbfounded, for such a luxurious palace, Shen Lingxi felt that this Xuanwu Kingdom would not die in the future.

By the time he followed the eunuch to the main hall of the palace, Shen Lingxi was already a little numb.

This palace was full of gold, as well as countless colored gemstones, and even Shen Lingxi saw a tree-lined path paved with precious stones.

Shen Lingxi thought, if he could walk on the road paved with this gem every day, of course this silver and gold would not be eye-catching!

Thinking wildly in his heart, Shen Lingxi followed him into the main hall of the palace of Xuanwu Kingdom.

After taking off his shoes and stepping on the floor of the main hall, Shen Lingxi found that the floor of the main hall was all fine whole pieces of white jade inlay, walking on this huge jade floor, Shen Lingxi had an urge to vomit blood.

Mainly based on the experience of the previous life, the value of such a pure white jade is quite high, and it is a bit too much for a local tyrant to use a whole piece of jade as a floor like Xuanwuguo.

"Wow! The jade on the floor of this entire hall must be worth at least hundreds of millions! I didn't expect this Xuanwu Kingdom to really enjoy it!"

Shen Lingxi sighed in his heart, but he didn't dare to show the slightest disrespect.

Continue to follow the eunuch, and after walking a hundred steps, he came to the bottom of a high platform in the middle of the main hall.

Shen Lingxi quietly glanced up at the person sitting on the high platform, it was obvious that the middle-aged uncle in the dragon robe was the monarch of the Xuanwu Kingdom, and most of the people sitting next to him were the queen.

Shen Lingxi hurriedly crawled on the ground at the signal of the eunuch, Shen Lingxi was not used to kneeling, so he simply lay on the ground half-ly, just like to appreciate the jade on the floor up close.

Seeing that Shen Lingxi was so frightened that he fell to the ground when he saw him, the Emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom, Tuoba Tian, who was sitting on the dragon chair, laughed.

The queen who was sitting on the side, Luo Feiya, also covered her mouth and laughed.

Speaking of which, Tuoba Jun is still the cousin of Emperor Tuoba Tian, of course, it is said to be a cousin, but in fact, Tuoba Jun's bloodline is a big difference from the current royal orthodox bloodline.

So theoretically speaking, Shen Lingxi, the righteous son of Tuoba Jun, can also be regarded as a relative of the emperor Tuoba Tian, but this depends on whether the emperor admits it or not.

Anyway, Shen Lingxi didn't have much hope, at least from Shen Lingxi's reaction as soon as he came in, Emperor Tuoba Tian's reaction.

Shen Lingxi, the righteous son of General Pingbei, is a dispensable person in the eyes of the emperor.

"Are you the newly adopted son of General Pingbei, why didn't you come to Jianye to take the initiative to meet the widow?"

Emperor Tuoba Tian opened his mouth to make a stern accusation, and what made Shen Lingxi at a loss was a shock.

So Shen Lingxi lay down even more, feeling that his face was about to stick to the floor.

"Return, return to Your Majesty! I just came to Jianye, I don't know anything, I don't know anything, so I don't know that I have to come to see Your Majesty. Besides, I don't know the procedure for meeting Your Majesty, so please don't blame Your Majesty!"

Shen Lingxi lay on the ground and didn't dare to raise his head, but in his heart he was scolding the emperor of Xuanwu Kingdom.

Of course, the high-ranking Emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom couldn't hear Shen Lingxi's abuse, but he just felt that it was funny to scare Shen Lingxi like this by saying a few casual words.

"Haha, well, the widow knows you're from the country. So it's not surprising that you don't understand these things of etiquette, and the widow won't blame you. ”

From the intelligence officer, I learned that Shen Lingxi, the righteous son of General Pingbei, was actually a guy from the countryside who had never seen the world, and sure enough, as soon as he said this, Shen Lingxi showed that he had never seen the world, and he felt a little happy in his heart, so the emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom, Tuoba Tian, laughed a little more.

Feeling that Shen Lingxi was almost amused, Tuoba Genius waved his hand and signaled that Shen Lingxi could get up.

Shen Lingxi was lying on the ground, where could he see the gesture of the Emperor of Xuanwu Kingdom, so he continued to lie on the ground motionless.

Shen Lingxi deliberately lay on the ground motionless, as if he was asleep, which made the eunuch on the side a little unbearable.

"The young general of the Pingbei General's Mansion, Your Majesty has flattened you, why are you still lying on the ground motionless! Hurry up and get up......"

As he spoke, the eunuch walked over and helped Shen Lingxi up.

After Shen Lingxi was helped up by the eunuch, he immediately burst into tears.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you, Your Majesty...... It is a big sin for Weichen not to come to see His Majesty in advance, I didn't expect His Majesty to forgive me, Weichen is really grateful, Your Majesty is the best Majesty in the world, the greatest Majesty......"

Shen Lingxi wiped his tears while praising the high Xuanwu Emperor Tuoba Tian.

Tuoba Tian couldn't stop laughing at Shen Lingxi's brainless sycophant, mainly because of Shen Lingxi's clumsy praise.

"Okay, if you don't shoot a widow's ass, don't shoot it. It's a laugh!"

Shen Lingxi looked at Xuanwu Kingdom, a stupid man who likes to laugh, like an idiot, to be honest, Shen Lingxi made these actions on purpose, but he didn't expect this Xuanwu Emperor to be so careless and laugh so uncultivated.

Shen Lingxi stood still and looked at the emperor on the high platform and smiled, to see how long he could laugh.

After a while, the emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom, Tuoba Tian, smiled enough, and this began today's topic.

"I heard that your Pingbei General's Mansion has developed well in Donghua County, and the tax revenue of Donghua County has increased several times. In that case, we don't need to distribute grain and grass to the defenders of Donghua County in Xuanwu Country! Then, when you come back from Donghua County this time, have you brought some good things to the widows?"

Emperor Tuoba Tian had long heard that Donghua County was run by Tuoba Jun and was extremely prosperous, so he wanted to test Shen Lingxi.

Shen Lingxi is not stupid, if he follows the emperor's words, Tuoba Jun's military expenses are said to be gone, then it will be strange if he is not killed by Tuoba Jun at that time.

Thinking of this, Shen Lingxi hurriedly denied it: "Back to Your Majesty, Donghua County is after all what we took from Fengguo, and the people there are all the people of the original Fengguo, so we are a little ruthless about their collection, it seems that the tax has increased a little during this time, but this is not sustainable, if Your Majesty does not give the soldiers on the front line grain and grass here, then when Donghua County can't collect much grain and silver, won't our soldiers on the front line starve at that time?"

Shen Lingxi can pretend to be stupid in other things, but he really doesn't dare to mess around with military expenses, in fact, Shen Lingxi can't wait for the Xuanwu Kingdom court not to give food and grass to the Xuanwu soldiers on the front line, so that it will be easier for the Feng State army to defeat the Xuanwu Kingdom, but reason told Shen Lingxi that if he did this, he would probably be beaten half to death by Tuoba Jun, so he quickly explained.

Emperor Tuoba Tian, who was sitting on the throne on the high platform, actually tested Shen Lingxi, but he didn't expect Shen Lingxi's reaction to be so strong, so he didn't continue to bargain with Shen Lingxi about military expenses.

"The widow is just talking, since the people of Donghua County can no longer support the soldiers on the front line of my Xuanwu Kingdom, then Tuoba Jun should continue to attack other counties and counties in Feng Kingdom, so that he can fight to support the war. To be honest, it is already quite difficult in our Xuanwu country, and this war has been fought for several years, and the treasury can no longer support it. ”

Emperor Tuoba Tian said as he complained that the treasury was running out of money.

I don't know if what this Xuanwu Emperor said is true or false, anyway, Shen Lingxi kept this in his heart.

"Your Majesty, our soldiers on the front line have been working hard to expand the territory for Your Majesty, but Feng Guo has become more and more prepared in recent years, so several battles have had little effect. So Your Majesty still has to give us some support for the front-line soldiers, what do you think, Your Majesty!"

Shen Lingxi heard the abnormality from the tone of this Xuanwu Emperor, and knew that he still didn't want to continue to pay for food, so he also began to complain.

Tuoba Tian didn't expect that this stupid-looking country boy would be able to say so much when it comes to business, and he will be a little helpless.

"Is it? Since the Feng Kingdom is so difficult to deal with, it is better for the widow to let the soldiers of your Pingbei General's Mansion withdraw. The treasury of the widow really can't stand your annual military expenditure of tens of millions of taels! Yu Wenlong, what do you think of the widow's proposal?"

Tuoba Tian saw that Shen Lingxi was still biting on the matter of military expenses and did not relax, so he simply said that he wanted to withdraw from the army.

When Tuoba Tian said this decision to withdraw from the army, Shen Lingxi was shocked, he didn't expect that the emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom really planned to stop fighting. If this thing can become a reality, of course, it is the best, after all, this truce between the two countries is what Shen Lingxi wants to see the most now.

It's just that Shen Lingxi can see some suspicions from the tone of the Emperor of Xuanwu Kingdom and the attitude of the queen next to him.

Shen Lingxi found that the emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom was using an inquiring tone about the withdrawal of troops, and judging from the reaction of the queen next to him, the emperor asked this, and the queen didn't feel anything abnormal.

So Shen Lingxi suddenly understood, it turned out that the emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom had long since wanted to continue to fight with the Feng State, and the treasury of the Xuanwu Kingdom had been stretched thin under such a large military expenditure over the years, not to mention that the emperor himself was still so poor and extravagant, so the Xuanwu Kingdom could not support this war for long.

And the emperor actually told himself about the withdrawal of the army in an inquiring tone, which can only show that the emperor cannot be the master of the withdrawal of the army.

"It turns out that the real driving force behind the war is not the emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom, could it be Tuoba Jun?

Shen Lingxi thought quickly, and Shen Lingxi was silent for a while about Emperor Tuoba Tian's inquiry.

"It won't be the queen's, because from the queen's current acquiescence to the emperor's withdrawal of troops, it can be seen that the queen is also advocating the withdrawal of troops. Then it's only up to the prime minister or Tuoba Jun. ”

Thinking about this, Shen Lingxi knew why the emperor even had to ask himself, the righteous son of the general of Pingbei, about such a thing as retiring from the army, it turned out that the emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom did not have military power in his hands, no wonder this emperor gave himself a strange feeling.

Shen Lingxi had already guessed a little, the emperor of the Xuanwu Kingdom was probably a guy who didn't have much real power, no wonder the palace was made into poverty and luxury, maybe the emperor's real power couldn't even get out of this palace.

After thinking about this, Shen Lingxi looked at the Xuanwu Emperor with a little more sympathy, so after thinking about it clearly, he replied cautiously: "Back to Your Majesty, the war has been fought to the point where it is now, and it is no longer that our Xuanwu Kingdom can retreat if it says that it can retreat. Feng Guo has already stationed a large number of troops on the border, if our side can't take the initiative to reach an armistice agreement with Feng Guo. Our side has retreated, but the army of the Feng Kingdom will definitely take advantage of our retreat to attack us. ”

Shen Lingxi casually made some excuses, because she knew that Tuoba Jun would not really withdraw immediately because she agreed to the emperor's withdrawal, and it was Tuoba Jun himself who could really control the power to withdraw from the army.

So Shen Lingxi had no choice but to continue to postpone, but he already had an idea in his heart. If you want to end this war quickly, it depends on whether Shen Lingxi's idea can be realized.

"Your Majesty, in fact, Weichen is also in favor of retiring from the army. Weichen also knew that the annual military expenditure was too large, so he must go back and persuade his father-in-law to withdraw from the army. Please rest assured that Your Majesty is just before we officially withdraw from the Pingbei General's Mansion, I also ask Your Majesty to continue to give some food and grass to the front-line soldiers. As for Fengguo's side, His Majesty can actually send some envoys to test it. I think Feng Guo actually hopes for a truce, after all, this war has been fought for so many years, and the treasury of the two countries has been stretched. ”

Shen Lingxi said something after careful consideration.

Emperor Tuoba Tian felt that what Shen Lingxi said was very reasonable, so he nodded in agreement.

"Okay, then the widow will send an envoy to talk to Feng Guo about the truce. Then General Pingbei is there, and you will have to lobby for it. ”