The heavens set sail from the courtyard

Chapter 1266 Framing
Northern Qi Shangjing City.

As soon as the Yuan-Mongol delegation entered Shangjing, they became the focus of everyone.

Unlike Dongyi City which turned away the Yuan Mongolian delegation, Northern Qi not only welcomed the Yuan Mongolian delegation, but also sent the Minister of Rites, the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Holy Maiden of Northern Qi out of the city to welcome the delegation.

The Minister of Rites was mainly responsible for receiving the delegation, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard was in charge of surveillance, and the Saint Maiden of Northern Qi, Haitang Duoduo, followed them purely out of curiosity.

The Yuan-Mongol delegation, led by a man named Chilaowen, negotiated with the people of Qi.

Shen Zhong, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, discovered that the delegation was full of experts, especially Chi Lao Wen, who seemed unfathomable.

Chi Lao Wen was a man with a sturdy build and an even rougher look. He was in his forties and looked more like a general than an envoy or a civil servant.

Shen Zhong and Haitang Duoduo discovered that Chi Lao Wen had thick calluses on his hands, which were obviously caused by holding a knife.

As soon as the Yuan-Mongol envoys arrived in Shangjing, they submitted a letter of credence and requested an audience with the Emperor of Qi.

"Messengers, you have worked hard on the journey. Please go to the villa and rest first. His Majesty will summon you tomorrow." Shen Zhong said politely.

Chi Lao Wen smiled and said, "Thank you, Lord Shen."

The Saintess of Northern Qi Haitang Duoduo said: "I heard that the strong are respected in the grasslands, especially good at wrestling. I wonder if Lord Chi is good at this?"

Chi Lao Wen was stunned and said, "Saint, you are too kind. Grassland men have been learning wrestling since childhood and are indeed proficient in it, but it cannot be said that there are many masters everywhere."

Haitang Duoduo asked curiously, "The grassland is unified. This Saint is very curious. What kind of person is this? Can he do this unprecedented thing?"

Chi Lao Wen said respectfully: "My Lord is a man of great talent and strategy, capable of doing what others cannot, he is truly a remarkable man of his generation!"

Haitang Duoduo asked curiously: "My Lord? Didn't Yuan Meng establish a country? Why don't you call me Your Majesty, but My Lord!"

Chi Lao Wen said proudly: "We are the Thirteen Wings. We followed the Master in our early years and have our own privileges. I am Akainu, one of the Thirteen Wings. This nickname was given to me by the Master to highlight my loyalty."

Haitang Duoduo asked curiously: "What is the name of the Yuan Meng emperor? Why was there no news about it before?"

Shen Zhong coughed and changed the subject, "Master Chi, I have prepared a banquet tonight to entertain you all."

Haitang Duoduo's inquiry for information was too blatant, and Shen Zhong couldn't stand it.

Chi Lao Wen said: "Thank you, Lord Shen. I am here on a mission to Northern Qi under the order of my master. I have a very important mission, which is to ask for the hand of the eldest princess of Northern Qi."

Haitang Duoduo was stunned and asked, "Do you want to marry our princess?"

"Saint, you are joking. I, Chi Lao Wen, already have a child, how can I marry the princess of your country? It is my master who wants to marry the eldest princess." Chi Lao Wen said with a smile.

Haitang Duoduo said disdainfully: "How old are you? Isn't your master even older?"

"Saint, you misunderstood. My lord is about the same age as the eldest princess and has not yet married. If your country's eldest princess marries into the grassland, she will be the Queen of Yuanmeng."

Haitang Duoduo was surprised: "The leader of the Yuan Meng Kingdom who unified the grasslands is actually a young man!"

Shen Zhong was also very surprised. He had always believed that a hero who could unify the grassland must be at least thirty years old.

But from what Chi Lao Wen said, the Yuan Mongolian emperor was actually a young man in his twenties.

"What a coincidence, not long ago Nan Qing also asked to marry the eldest princess." Shen Zhong said to Chi Lao Wen: "Your Majesty is still considering it."

Chi Lao Wen was not anxious and said bluntly: "Prince Nanqing, how can he compare to my master."

Shen Zhong and Haitang Duoduo looked at each other, and then said: "This matter is too big, I have to report it to His Majesty, Lord Chi and everyone else please rest first."

Haitang Duoduo doesn't care about politics, but she knows that a marriage between two countries is no trivial matter. What's more, now Yuan Meng and Nan Qing are both seeking to marry the eldest princess, and there is only one eldest princess. No matter who she marries in the end, she will offend one country.

After Shen Zhong settled the Yuan-Mongol envoys, he immediately ran to the palace to meet the empress dowager and report everything.

The king of Northern Qi was young and the empress dowager was in power. As for matters of marriage, without the empress dowager's approval, the emperor's words were of no avail.

As soon as Shen Zhong finished his story, the eunuch announced the arrival of the emperor.

The Northern Qi Emperor Zhan Doudou and Haitang Duoduo walked into the Queen Mother's bedroom.

"Mother, I heard that the King of Yuanmeng intends to ask for my sister's help. What do you think?" Zhan Doudou went straight to the point as soon as he arrived.

The Queen Mother had a stern face and said unhappily: "Why are you panicking? I have always taught you that a ruler should be shrewd and not change his expression even when a mountain collapses in front of him."

Zhan Doudou said anxiously: "I heard that the grassland is a wild and barbaric place, and the people there eat raw meat and drink blood, and they don't understand etiquette. If my sister marries there, she won't be able to adapt."

The Queen Mother frowned and said, "Shen Zhong, do you think the eldest princess should marry into Nanqing or the grassland?"

Shen Zhong knelt down and said, "I am very terrified. I dare not say anything about this royal family affair."

The Queen Mother sighed and said, "There are no family affairs in the royal family. The eldest princess's marriage is both a family affair and a state affair. You can speak freely and I will forgive you." Shen Zhong looked at the emperor hesitantly.

"Shen Qing, please tell us." Zhan Doudou sat next to the empress dowager, while Haitang Duoduo stood aside, staring at a plate of pastries.

Shen Zhong cleared his throat and said, "I feel that the ruler of Yuan Meng is more sincere than Emperor Qing. If the eldest princess can marry into the grassland, it will be more beneficial to our Qi State."

"Oh?" the Queen Mother asked, "What do you mean?"

Shen Zhong explained: "First, Emperor Qing is seeking a princess for his eldest prince. As everyone knows, the eldest prince of Qing is of impure blood, and his mother is a slave girl from the Dongyi tribe. He is doomed to have no chance of becoming emperor. If Emperor Qing is really sincere about forming an alliance with our country, he should definitely choose the crown prince.

On the contrary, if the eldest princess could marry the ruler of Yuan Meng, she would be the empress in the past. A consort of a great prince and an empress cannot be compared. "

The Queen Mother nodded in agreement, and Zhan Doudou's face looked already very ugly.

Shen Zhong continued: "Secondly, in terms of threat, Qing is far greater than Yuan Mongolia. We have limited land borders with Yuan Mongolia, but there is only a mountain between us and Qing.

The Kingdom of Qing has always had the ambition to unify the Central Plains. If the princess marries there, once the two countries go to war, it will be even more difficult for the princess to be caught in the middle. "

Zhan Doudou frowned and said, "That's why we must form an alliance with Qing Kingdom and stay together forever."

Shen Zhong disagreed, "There is a popular saying that a daughter who is married off is like spilled water. It is difficult to maintain the relationship between the two countries by relying on the princess alone, and she herself is unreliable.

It would be better to use this marriage to borrow troops from Yuan and Mongolia to attack Nanqing together."

Zhan Doudou was surprised when he heard this: "You want to join forces with Yuan Meng to attack Nanqing and start the Three Kingdoms War!"

Shen Zhong narrowed his eyes and said: "The founding of the Yuan and Meng Kingdoms is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Qi. If we can unite the two countries and go south to destroy Qing, then our Great Qi Kingdom can dominate the Central Plains."

The Queen Mother was somewhat moved and asked, "Are you sure about this?"

Shen Zhong said: "I will arrange some people to pretend to be assassins from Nanqing to kill a few people from the Yuan and Mongolian envoys at night, and the alliance will be successful."

"Nonsense." Zhan Doudou said angrily: "If something happens to the Yuan-Mongol envoys in Shangjing, everyone will suspect Qi. If they do something wrong, Qi will be attacked from all sides."

Shen Zhong said in a deep voice: “It is precisely because this is Shangjing that Yuan Meng will not suspect us.

The assassins trained by Jinyiwei are all from Nanqing. Their identities can be checked. Regardless of whether they can complete the mission or not, they will die. Without evidence, we will not be exposed!"

The Queen Mother was somewhat tempted, but Zhan Doudou still felt it was inappropriate.

"Mother, this matter is too serious. Why don't we ask the Prime Minister to come and discuss it?" Zhan Doudou suggested.

Shen Zhong said anxiously: "It is precisely because this matter is of great importance that the fewer people who know about it, the better."

After hesitating for a while, the Queen Mother said to Shen Zhong: "Mr. Shen, if what happened today is leaked out, your entire Shen family will not be able to escape responsibility."

Shen Zhong knelt down and said, "Her Majesty, I, the Shen family, am loyal to the State of Qi and can summon the sun and the moon."

Zhan Doudou saw that the Queen Mother had already acquiesced, so he could only argue: "Mother, let the Saint Girl and Senior Brother Langtao go with us! They are both ninth-rank masters, so they have a better chance of success."

"Okay." The Queen Mother closed her eyes.

Shen Zhong wanted to say something but stopped himself after seeing Zhan Doudou's eyes.

At night, a dozen black-clad assassins came to the outside of the embassy. Haitang Duoduo and her senior brother Langtao were standing on the roof next door, and they did not choose to join the assassins in attacking.

"Brother, even if today's operation fails, we must not reveal our identities, otherwise the State of Qi will be in big trouble." Haitang Duoduo said to Lang Tao.

"Your Majesty actually agreed to such a ridiculous thing, and you didn't even try to persuade him." Lang Tao said angrily.

"This is the Queen Mother's decision. Even Your Majesty can't do anything about it, so what can I do?" Haitang Duoduo rolled her eyes.

A dozen assassins slowly sneaked into the embassy and killed all the Qi guards in the embassy.

Haitang Duoduo and Langtao almost rescued those people several times.

When the assassin's knife reached out to the Yuan Mongols, suddenly a huge wolf howl broke out.

Haitang Duoduo and Langtao's faces changed at the same time.

"Grandmaster?!"

More than a dozen assassins were knocked out of the wall by a huge punch force, and the entire embassy was on the verge of collapse.

The huge wolf howl spread throughout the capital city.

(End of this chapter)