Lu Mingfei Development Program

Chapter 527 Daxia Dragon Bird?

In the Weiyang Palace, the envoy of the Xia Kingdom sat beside the king's seat, and two guards in heavy armor stood behind the envoy. In the Weiyang Palace, no one was allowed to wear weapons except the guards personally appointed by the king.

Zhongshan State was an ally of Xia State, so naturally the envoys were escorted by unarmed guards. However, their bright armor reflected the lights in the main hall, making them look so powerful that the ministers at the banquet did not dare to look up.

The power of the Xia Kingdom can be seen from this.

The officials of Zhongshan at the banquet changed out of their western clothes and put on traditional clothes of the Xia Kingdom. Almost everyone in the world knew that the person that the monarchs of the Western countries feared the most was not the Emperor Xia, the nominal leader of the Eastern countries, but Chu Shunhua.

The emperors and kings of Western countries all wished for his death, and every knight's ultimate goal was to take his head. On the contrary, Chu Shunhua's soldiers also hated Westerners the most, including Western art and clothing.

Therefore, whenever the envoys from Xia State came to visit, especially when the envoys from Chu Shunhua came to visit, the small country of Zhongshan State would also be serious for a rare moment. The king was no exception, changing out of his rather fashionable Western-style formal suit and wearing ancient clothes, which was quite gentlemanly.

Of course, his mask of hypocrisy did not last long, otherwise he would not have been so "famous" among the Eastern countries.

The ministers who usually behaved unruly were now as obedient as grasshoppers in autumn. They dared not even glance at the dancers, and even replaced the wine in their glasses with tea.

The dance troupe that Yuan Cheng was very proud of performed hard, but their movements were inevitably stiff, as if they were thorns in the back. A normal envoy would probably have his eyes on them, but this was not an ordinary envoy from Xia Country, but an envoy from Chu Shunhua.

Their eyes naturally fell on the dancers, but rather than wanting to "eat" them, it was more like they wanted to peel them open to see if there were any weapons hidden under their limited clothes.

When the King of Zhongshan proposed marriage to the Xia Kingdom, Princess Chun mocked Chu Shunhua, the Duke of Daxia, saying that he was a monk-like man and his soldiers were also monk-like soldiers like him.

No one had ever heard that Chu Shunhua would look at that woman more than once because of her beauty. It seemed that to him, all women in the world were just pieces of wood, not worth his extra glances. If the leader was like this, there was no need to say more about his subordinates.

Now that the king is not here, and the minister who is acting as the king to host the banquet is not here either, the envoy from the Xia State who is staying next to the main seat seems to be the host of the banquet.

The acting monarch's minister left them in a hurry and has not returned since then. The envoy was not in a hurry either, sitting beside the main seat like a soldier. Chu Shunhua's subordinates, even the civil servants, came from the military camp.

They had actually heard about the speculations of the Eastern countries about the Duke, but they ignored them. The truth would give those who talked about the Duke a blow. When the Xia Kingdom's fleet arrived in Marston, the Duke would give the Papal States and even the whole world a "surprise".

As for the matter of conferring the title of princess, the envoy was actually a little puzzled. There were actually many women in the Xia Kingdom's royal family, but the title of princess was not something that could be obtained just by wanting it. As the Duke's confidant, the envoy did not question the Duke's decision.

However, was it really true that the Emperor Xia would not be informed of the conferring of a title on a princess? The Emperor Xia, who was far away in Tongtian Palace, probably didn't know that he would have a younger sister.

However, that girl who was as stunningly beautiful as a fairy from heaven... no, Her Royal Highness the Princess, probably would not admit that she had such a brother.

Even when facing the Duke, the newly crowned princess could draw out the ancient Japanese sword and put it on the Duke's neck. She felt that the identity of a princess from Xia Country living among the people was an insult to her, even if it was just a disguise.

The hundreds of thousands of generals in the army were helpless against her. This princess was too strong. Even without the armor that looked like an Asura demon, she could still resist thousands of troops by herself.

Throughout the world, there are princesses who prefer weapons over red. Most of the territory is in the east, but the northern ice kingdom of Yenisei, which is in the western camp, has a princess named Valentina who can drive armor at the age of fifteen. Now, at the age of less than twenty, she has become the deputy leader of the Knights of God's Wrath.

However, she was still far inferior to the newly crowned princess.

...Looking at it this way, the identity of a mere princess seems unworthy of such a goddess-like girl.

Yuan Cheng returned to the king's seat without haste. The envoy took a look at him and did not pursue the accusation of disrespect. He stood up and said, "Now that the king has returned, I will leave after conveying the Duke's words."

"Please speak, messenger." Yuan Cheng said casually.

The envoy glanced at him. The attitude of the Zhongshan ruler who called himself a real villain tonight was a little subtle. But he didn't care. Since the Duke had cancelled the cooperation with Daxia's vassal states, he didn't need to pay attention to them.

The messenger stood up, and the soldiers behind him respectfully presented the plain white silk book with both hands. Silk books originated in the Spring and Autumn Period before the Warring States Period, when various countries wrote important texts on silk. Now, with the birth of mechanical technology, paper is no longer a scarce commodity.

However, according to the tradition of the Xia Dynasty, important documents had to be written on silk to show their importance.

Yuan Cheng also stood up. The ministers at the banquet naturally had no reason to sit down. Everyone in Weiyang Palace was interested. He wanted to make the whole world know about the title of a princess. Was he still Chu Shunhua, who regarded women as wood?

The messenger glanced at them and said nothing more. He read out loud the contents of the silk book: "The Chu family of Daxia has a daughter named Yuyu..."

Before he finished the first sentence, a sound suddenly came from a corner of the table. Lu Mingfei wiped the water from the corner of his mouth and stood up in surprise: "What did you say?"

……

While Yuan Cheng was still admiring his goods, Lu Mingfei had already brought Lucrecia and Patsy to the Weiyang Palace. They found a hidden corner and sat down to observe the envoys from the Xia Kingdom.

"He seems to be a difficult person to deal with." Lucrecia observed the appearance of the Xia Kingdom envoy. The envoy looked like an ascetic monk, which reminded her of Chu Yuwei, who also looked like an ascetic nun in the Middle Ages.

Or are all the people with the surname Chu and their subordinates like this? Even she, who was far away in the desert, had heard of the name of the Duke of Xia, Chu Shunhua. But what surprised her even more was the fact that the Xia royal family was doing this for the Chu family.

Unlike the Chinese who think their surname is just a surname, she is proud of her surname Gattuso and attaches great importance to the origin of a surname. Knowing that the royal family of a country is surnamed Chu, and thinking of the only... only two people with the surname Chu around her, she will naturally be curious.

Lucrecia also knew that the two were just coincidences and had no real connection, but that didn't stop her from being curious. Just like they knew that the Duke of Xia had another nickname, the Great Xia Dragon Bird, which sounded familiar, right? But that was just a coincidence. In other words, if a royal family had the last name Lu, she would also be curious.

Today, Lucrecia was wearing a red oriental traditional dress, which made her waist look very thin. This color was not common in traditional clothes, and was more common in wedding dresses.

When Patsy took out the clothes, Lucrecia liked them and was annoyed that she had discovered them last night. She also asked Patsy to put her hair up because she heard that women in ancient times in the East would put their hair up after getting married.

Patsy corrected her with a smile, saying that it was not after marriage that people could tie their hair up, but that they could tie their hair up when they reached a certain age. However, they were not Orientals, so they didn't need to care about this.

Lucrecia put her bright golden hair up, and found a hairpin from somewhere, imitating the ancient noble ladies of the East, and then waved it in front of Lu Mingfei, which gave him a headache. This girl had obviously forgotten that before her identity as a wife, there was also a future title.

Patsy hadn't changed much. No one knew where she got the maid outfit from. She followed them like a dignified housekeeper. However, there was a white lotus on the hem of her skirt, which made her look much cuter than usual.

This lotus is not real, of course, but was made by the residents of the ancient city of Loulan using silk. As the national flower of the city, they did not pick the lotus that seemed to have bloomed by miracle, but used silk to sew it as a souvenir.

Lucrezia also had a red lotus, which she asked Patsy to wear in her hair, because she heard that Eastern women would wear red flowers when they got married.

In fact, when she heard that the envoys from Xia might not like Westerners, she thought about using a red veil to cover her bright golden hair. However, Lu Mingfei rejected her idea because he thought it would be easy to prevent others from discovering them.

Lucrecia felt a little regretful after being rejected, because now she no longer had anything to serve as a red veil.

The three of them watched the Xia Kingdom envoy speak in the Weiyang Palace, evaluating the food of Zhongshan Kingdom, and then when Xia Kingdom said that name...

Lu Mingfei choked on his tea, and Lucrecia also choked. Standing behind them, Patsy also showed a look of surprise. After lifting the domain of the dark light, Lu Mingfei ignored the surprised Zhongshan officials at the banquet.

He stood up and asked the Xia envoy: "Let me ask you, the Xia princess you just mentioned is called Chu Yuyu?"

In the East, addressing a member of the royal family by name is considered disrespectful. However, the envoy from the Xia Kingdom was stunned, as were the guards behind him. Yuan Cheng was also stunned, and suddenly the name Chu Yuwei seemed familiar... Wasn't it the one that Mr. Lu and the others mentioned just now?

The Xia Kingdom envoy looked at the three extra people in the hall with some excitement: a boy with short hair and two blonde girls, one with long hair and one with short hair... Aren't these the people Her Royal Highness the Princess is looking for!

"Excuse me, sir, is your surname Lu? And for the two ladies, is your surname Gattuso?" the messenger asked excitedly.

Lu Mingfei slapped his forehead and said, "It's us."

"That's great! Her Royal Highness the Princess has been looking for you three!" The messenger stepped forward excitedly.

Sometimes, coincidences are like this. Lucrecia actually thought that Chu Yuzhen would have her own way to find them. But she never thought that she would announce her presence to the world as a princess of a great country.

The convoy that had just arrived at Zhongshan State from the desert left Zhongshan State in a hurry and headed for the place where the Xia State fleet was stationed. The speed was so fast that it took Yuan Cheng a long time to react. His guests were kidnapped by Xia State!

Lucrecia was wondering all along the way. They had entered the gate at about the same time, but how come one of them became a bandit in the desert and the other a princess of the Xia Kingdom?
Lu Mingfei was in a very calm mood, but he couldn't help laughing when he thought that Chu Yuzhen, who was not good at speaking, could get such a prominent status behind the door. This made Lucrecia unhappy, but she was obviously very happy with her experience as a horse bandit.

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In the early morning, the sun shines on the blue surface of the Dashi Sea. The towering fleet begins to show its ferocious appearance in the morning light. Daxia's most elite East China Sea Fleet and the Central Army directly under the royal family are waiting on the ship, waiting to catch the Westerners off guard.

...Originally it should have been like this, the most elite troops set out early and raided the coast. This way, even if the Westerners had iron golems and chariots, they could be caught off guard before they were ready.

But suddenly, the Duke ordered the army to stop marching, and the stop lasted for a month.

Speed ​​is of the essence in war, but even the fastest soldiers will be exposed if delayed for a month. Western spies have come to the Sea of ​​Dashi several times before, and the news of the arrival of the Xia Kingdom's East Sea Fleet must have been placed in the Pope's Palace a long time ago.

With enough time to prepare, the troops used by the Papal States to respond will naturally not be the Crusader Guards and Seraphite Cavalry as expected at the beginning. The Western powers will also react and send troops to aid the Papal States, and may even send out the Armored Knights.

By then, the pressure they will face may double. Some people in Xia country were puzzled by this and sent people to ask, but the Duke just smiled and said to wait a while.

And this time, the Duke brought back a girl. Before his men could guess the identity of the girl, the Duke announced that this was his sister who was living among the people... But his sister objected to this and pulled out a knife to his neck.

After a period of chaos, Her Royal Highness the Princess accepted her identity as a princess and stayed on the fleet. All she did every day was to look into the distance from the bow, as if she was waiting for someone.

Today the princess also came to the bow early. Her gorgeous court dress concealed the viciousness she had when she drew her sword that day, but the sword she carried with her still spoke of her bravery.

After seeing the princess's bravery, the soldiers seemed to understand what the Duke was waiting for. But now the princess, who could hold her own against ten thousand men, was already in the fleet, and the fleet still had no plans to set off. It seemed that what the Duke was waiting for had not yet arrived.

The piercing alarm bells rang throughout the fleet, and some were surprised to find that two iron golems were approaching quickly on the sea. One was black, and the other was white. The former looked ferocious like a crying devil, and the latter looked holy like an angel.

Seraph! Someone recognized the identity of the armored figure behind, and everyone was ready to intercept him, but they were suddenly stopped by the princess.

Some people were surprised to find that the princess, who they thought would not smile when she arrived, smiled. They didn't know whether the thing the Duke was waiting for had arrived, but the person the princess was waiting for had arrived.

(End of this chapter)