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Chapter 400 Is she a good person or a bad person?

Shen Shi.

The mid-spring afternoon is neither cold nor dry, which is the best time of the year.

But the atmosphere in the assembly hall on the east side of Honglu Temple was not as harmonious as the weather.

On both sides of the long and narrow case were officials from Qi and Jin. On the Jin side, headed by Wan Yanwu Dubu, there were nearly ten people including Li Chuan, Gao Qingyi, Han Qixian, as well as translators and clerks.

On the Qi side, Cai Yuan, Zhang Chunxiao, Du Zhaoqing, and Zhang Xingyan took the lead, but there was an additional military representative, Yao Changzi.

As a Tongshan native, Lao Cai was naturally very familiar with Yao's eldest son, who started his career following Chen Chu, but he was even more confused because of this. The eldest son, Han Lu, was not good at talking, so what was he doing here?

However, Lao Cai soon understood Chen Chu's intentions.

Due to his background, Cai Yuan, who has been promoted too quickly in recent years, has no relevant experience in negotiations between the two countries. In the past two days, he read a lot of ancient books at home, studying how to win for Qi as much as possible while maintaining national character and demeanor. Come to benefit.

But just a quarter of an hour after the negotiations began, the meeting began to spiral out of control.

". Your army will return to the north of the boundary river and return the two places that we have forcibly occupied in Dajin, Hejian and Shenzhou. Your country will compensate for the damage caused to these two places according to the price. Return Ruan Xianfang, the governor of Dajin's Hejian Prefecture, and his family to our country. In addition, I heard that Wanyan Xiebao, deputy commander of our army’s southern expedition, and his subordinates were killed in the Fucheng prisoner-of-war camp. Your country bears unshirkable responsibility for this! The Qi generals responsible for guarding the camp need to be severely punished!”

The above are some of the demands of the Jin Kingdom, which were read out by Gao Qingyi, Secretary of the Hongyi Mansion of the Jin Kingdom.

He naturally knew that Qi State would not be able to agree to all the conditions, but asking for a high price and sitting on the ground to pay back the money, if he did not even dare to make excessive demands at the beginning, then it would be nonsense.

Unexpectedly, Du Zhaoqing, Minister of Rites of the State of Qi, had the same idea as him. His appeal was, "The line from the original boundary river to Hutuo River has become our new land of Qi, and it is not included in this peace negotiation. This time the Jin Kingdom The southern invasion wreaked havoc in Fucheng and other places, destroying a total of 1,064 people's houses and trampling on more than 8,000 acres of wheat fields. The price was 1.3 million guan and 910 taels, and the Jin Kingdom needed compensation!

In addition, our army has always had a fine tradition of treating prisoners preferentially. Wanyan Xiebao and his subordinates died of an acute illness. His Royal Highness and the King of Chu expressed deep regret and expressed condolences to his family.

Our army has buried his bones, and the Jin envoy can take them back when he returns home."

When Du Zhaoqing said this, the translator from the Kingdom of Jin had just translated, "Wanyan Xiebao and his subordinates died of an acute illness. Your Highness and the King of Chu express their deep regret."

A young Jin general sitting next to Wanyan Wudubu stood up angrily, pointed at Du Zhaoqing and screamed angrily.

Wanyan Wudubu also had a dark face and did not stop him.

The translator from Qi State immediately translated to Du Zhaoqing and others, "He said that the acute disease only infected the golden warriors? And not a single one of the more than a thousand golden warriors was spared! It was obviously you who murdered them with your own hands!"

Du Zhaoqing only raised his eyes and glanced at the young golden general, but still said calmly: "I haven't finished speaking yet, why are you making such a fuss! If you don't know, I thought you were the envoy of the Kingdom of Jin!"

Du Zhaoqing secretly poked at Wanyan Wudu and added, "In addition to the above requirements, in order to avoid another war between the two countries, our country proposes to transfer Ding, Bao, Xiong, The four states of Mo are designated as jointly managed by the two countries. Neither Qi nor Jin have stationed troops in these four states, and they have formed a joint agency to exercise judicial and governance powers."

As soon as these words came out, Li Chuan and Gao Qingyi shook their heads, and even Han Qixian, who was ready to cut the meat, changed his expression.

Well, you guys are not satisfied with taking over Hejian and Shenzhou, they are eyeing Dingbaoxiong Mosizhou again!

Damn, Qi and Jin have no troops stationed there. These four states are obviously the territory of Dajin, so why don’t they station troops?

Without these four-state barrier, Qi could attack Nanjing at any time!

Qi State really dares to open its mouth like a lion!

If this condition is not removed, peace talks between the two countries will inevitably be difficult to achieve.

"Lord Du"

The Korean company first wanted to persuade Qi to put forward some more realistic conditions and stop asking for such exorbitant prices.

But over there, the translator from the Kingdom of Jin had just finished translating Du Zhaoqing's words. When the young general of the Kingdom of Jin heard this, he felt so humiliated that he grabbed the writing brush used to record the documents and threw it away.

Du Zhaoqing didn't react in time and was hit in the chest by the brush, leaving a thick black ink mark on the purple official robe.

He was sitting here now, representing the Qi State. He was so angry that he grabbed the inkstone next to him and threw it over.

The venue turned into a battlefield. When the young Jin general climbed over the table, the eldest son had already stepped forward to greet him.

The scene suddenly became chaotic.

Li Chu dodged the quarrel between his eldest son and the Jin general, walked around the wall to Du Zhaoqing, and said hurriedly: "Master Du! Please stop, I, the Dajin envoy, are visiting Qi as guests, and this is you How to treat guests!"

Du Zhaoqing, who was angrily wiping the ink on his chest, punched Li Chuan in the chest, "Go to hell with you."

Seeing that the civil servants were taking action, Gao Qingyi hurriedly stepped forward to help the elderly Li Chou, but was blocked by Zhang Chunxiao.

Cai Yuan was stunned.

Is this a peace negotiation between the two countries?

Fortunately, Zhang Xingyan, the minister of Honglu Temple, quickly dragged Cai Yuan and hid outside the door of the meeting hall.

Goutou took a look at the situation in the hall and found that his side had the upper hand. Zhang Xingyan let out a sigh of relief, then smiled at Cai Yuan and said: "It depends on their young people to fight, Cai Yuan." Let’s see, Minister, how powerful Du Shangshu is! We are old, so we won’t join in the fun anymore.”

Cai Yuan, who was experiencing this kind of battle for the first time, glanced through the window at Du Zhaoqing who was attacking Li Chou, and couldn't help but worry: "Is this appropriate? Are we not going to persuade him?"

"Eh~"

Zhang Xingyan waved his hands first, and then sighed, "The soldiers on the front line are fighting to the death. If we get along with the Jin envoy as soon as we come up, we will be sorry for the soldiers who died in Hebei!"

Zhang Xingyan spoke grandly, but Cai Yuan immediately understood. No wonder Du Zhaoqing had repeatedly provoked him since the beginning of the negotiations. No wonder he took the initiative to ask Yuan Zhang for Yao's eldest son to be a military representative to participate in the peace negotiations.

Du Zhaoqing had already planned this fight!

Only in this way, the military who had fought with the Jin people on the front line would feel that the civil servants of Qi who participated in the peace talks were of the same mind as them.

Only in this way, the thousands of people in Qi who are paying attention to this peace talk will not feel that they are weak.

Sure enough, none of the high-ranking officials who can hang out in the center of Qi are thoughtful people.

Cai Yuan's understanding of this group of colleagues has deepened.

At this moment, Han Qixian, whose robe was torn, escaped from the meeting hall in embarrassment. Perhaps because he saw Cai Yuan and Zhang Xingyan's good-looking faces, he hurriedly walked towards them, raised his hands and said: "Two old men, hurry in. Please give me some advice! If we continue to fight, how can we continue talking!"

Cai Yuan and Zhang Xingyan looked at each other silently.

But Zhang Xingyan suddenly pointed back and said in surprise: "Ah! King Chu is here!"

It seemed that only King Chu could suppress the current situation. Han Qixian turned his head quickly. However, there was no one behind him.

Before he could turn around, he suddenly felt a pain in his scalp.

"Cai Shangshu, enter!"

At three o'clock in the morning, a surprising scene happened in Honglu Temple. Zhang Xingyan, the minister of Honglu Temple, who was already in his sixties, pulled the hair of Han Qixian, the prime minister of the Nanjing Road of the Jin Dynasty. Cai Yuan, the minister of the Ministry of Personnel, who was over fifty years old, spun around and kicked Han Qixian.

So lively.

At the same time, in Renming Palace, a few miles away in the imperial city, although the atmosphere was not as explosive as that of Honglu Temple, there was still a trace of tension floating in the palace.

Jia Rou had people carry Mian'er to the back hall.

After Cai Hua was introduced into the hall by Huang Doudou, she first looked at herself, not only at the furnishings in the hall, but also at Jiarou, who was sitting majestically behind the imperial desk, and then at Jiarou, who was forcibly left in the hall and stood beside Jiarou. Seal cloud.

Zhuan Yun lowered his head, wishing he could turn into a transparent person.

Unfortunately, contrary to expectations, Cai Hua's narrow and charming eyes finally fell on her, and Cai Hua chuckled, "No wonder Zhuan Yun suddenly left Huaibei last year. It turned out that he climbed onto the high branches of His Highness. You guys. Master and servant, you have done such a big thing that you and I were kept in the dark."

The 'master and servant' in Cai Hua's words refers to Ayu and Zhuan Yun.

When Zhuan Yun heard this, he knelt down with a pop and said hurriedly: "Ms. Cai, spare your life. It was the prince who arranged for the slaves to come and serve His Highness."

Cai Hua had heard Chen Chu talk about this matter a few days ago, and now the anger in her heart had long gone, "Get up."

"Thank you, Miss Cai"

After Zhuan Yun stood up, he couldn't stop trembling slightly.

But this scene, in Jiarou's eyes, was not so satisfying. No matter who Zhuanyun was with before, she was the female official in her palace now. Cai Hua taught her people such a lesson in front of Jiarou. Where to put your face?

Unexpectedly, before Jia Rou could speak, Cai Hua said again: "Zhuan Yun, come here."

"Yes." Zhuan Yun came over immediately.

"Wait a minute!"

Jiarou, who was already unhappy, couldn't help it. She felt that Cai Hua was showing off her power in front of her. Jiarou lowered her eyelids and said calmly: "Who is in the palace? Why don't you bow to me when you see me?"

Indeed, when Cai Hua entered the main hall, she neither greeted Jia Rou nor introduced herself to the family. Instead, she taught the servants a lesson as if no one was around.

Jia Rou naturally knew that the person coming was Cai Hua. She said this deliberately to let Cai Hua understand their identities as monarchs and ministers!

Humph, even your imperial concubine status and concubine status were sealed by me. Why are you so powerful in my palace! I'm not afraid of you

Zhuan Yun, who was halfway through, stopped awkwardly in the middle of the hall. He couldn't move forward and didn't dare to go back.

However, Cai Hua raised her lips and smiled with foxy eyes. She just heard her say: "Jia Rou."

As soon as this title came out, everyone in the hall was shocked.

Even Huang Doudou, who was standing aside, couldn't help but glance at Cai Hua secretly.

It is taboo to call the princess by her first name, because only the royal father and brother are qualified to be the King of Chu, and they are also addressed as 'Your Highness' in front of outsiders!

This Mr. Cai is so courageous.

From the moment Cai Hua entered the house, Jia Rou's displeasure was aroused exponentially, and her chest was rising and falling rapidly at this moment.

Fortunately for Cai Hua, she took the time to pay attention to Jia Rou's undulating curvature, and then looked down at her own chest. After comparing it, she found that she was slightly better, and then she smiled with satisfaction.

"Jiarou, if you want me to treat you as one of my own, I will call you like this, and I will treat you like a family member from now on; if you want me to treat you as a monarch and my minister, I will call you Your Highness, and from now on I will call you Your Highness. I will treat you as a king and a minister."

After Cai Hua said this, she narrowed her eyes.

She paused deliberately for the last two words before saying that her tone was calm and there was no deliberate threat.

But for some reason, Jia Rou's back suddenly felt a chill, as if a poisonous snake had gotten into her clothes and was swimming on her back.

Jia Rou, who lost her mother at a young age, was able to grow up safely in the palace. In addition to being low-key and cautious, she also had a natural talent for perceiving danger.

Jiarou was frightened for a moment and didn't think about how to answer, so she simply chose the smartest way and remained silent.

In the entire palace, Zhuan Yun was probably the only one who could understand what Cai Hua meant. Although there were occasional fights for favor in the back house of the palace, with the cooperation of the princess and Empress Cai, they were all harmless fights. It's not as dark as other houses.

Therefore, Cai Hua's phrase "Treat you the way a family member would treat you" represents a small struggle with a bottom line; if Cai Hua treats you "the way a monarch and his ministers would treat you," it's hard to say what means he will use.

The history of Empress Cai is not difficult to find out. When she was a teenager, the Tongshan scholar who dared to use tricks to speak rudely to her was drowned in a wild lake.

Later, he killed hundreds of Suzhou gentry in one night in Caizhou to pray for the unborn prince, and forced Sun Changhao, the former magistrate of Caizhou, to kill his wife in public.

There are even rumors that Wu Weiguang, the former Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, and Dan Ninggui, the former envoy of the Jingnan Army and the hussar general, were all tortured to death in prison by Empress Cai.

Back then, as Ayu's dowry maid, Zhuan Yun heard with her own ears that Chen Jingyan had told her several important matters before her daughter got married, including the one that "you should never become enemies with Sanniang of the Cai family."

Cai Hua's reputation was accumulated piece by piece.

Is it possible for such a person to be in awe of 'the emperor and his ministers'?

Seeing that Jia Rou was pretending to be mute, Cai Hua smiled charmingly and said to Zhuan Yun, who was standing halfway, "Come here."

This time, Jia Rou naturally didn't stop it.

Then, he saw Cai Hua taking out a necklace from her sleeve and handing it over. Zhuan Yun was stunned for a while. He didn't understand how Cai Hua, who had just shown off her power, could come up with such a valuable ornament.

Yingluo is a kind of jewelry that hangs around the neck and hangs down from the chest.

The piece Cai Hua took out had a collar made of pure gold, with a gold double dragon safety lock attached to it, and four small bells attached to the safety lock.

The lock is inlaid with mutton-fat jade and red agate, which is transparent and crystal clear.

The links are engraved in the shape of auspicious clouds

This string of necklaces looked rich and fresh. Even after seeing many of the precious heads and faces given to Ayu by the prince in the palace, Zhuan Yun still secretly praised Empress Cai for this treasure.

At this time, Cai Hua sighed quietly and said: "When Sister Rao was born, I gave her jade rabbit-pounded medicine and red jewel earrings as a gift; when Sister Ran was born, I gave her a jasper hairpin for a boy riding a deer; Ji'er got it. Qilin pattern double-eared flower lotus jade pendant. Mian'er, both are children of my Chen family, I can't treat one favorably over the other. This white jade, red, and gold lock necklace should be my meeting gift to her."

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At this time, not only Zhuan Yun was confused, but even Jia Rou couldn't figure out the purpose of Cai Hua's visit.

A moment ago, it was fierce.

The next moment, Cai Hua took out a very expensive gift. Is Cai Hua a good person or an evil person?

Jiarou was a little confused.

(End of this chapter)