I really don't want to be a traitor

Chapter 39
"Am I going to die?"

Xiang Ning had exhausted his spiritual power after using the Overlord Spear just now.

At this moment, she was completely defenseless.

Looking at the swooping bright yellow dragon energy, she felt like she was a lonely boat in the vast ocean.

A mere lone boat is not qualified to contend with the sea!

despair……

decadent……

confused……

As the same emperor, the gap is so big, maybe he should surrender the whole country to Daming?

Xiang Ning glanced at Fan Li next to him again. At this moment, he was probably as desperate and helpless as himself, right?

"He is weaker than me and in the body refining realm, he must have been frightened a long time ago."

Xiang Ning thought this way, but found that Fan Li was smiling, and he had the aura of not changing his expression even if Mount Tai collapsed in front of him.

"Lu Chunqiu, escort."

Fan Li didn't make any movements, he only spoke five words in a flat manner.

Xiang Ning had an expression of disbelief on his face!
In such a critical moment, Lu Chunqiu really dared to express his position and swear to protect the life of her, the emperor of Chu Kingdom?

As soon as Xiang Ning's suspicious thoughts appeared for a second, he felt that within a radius of ten feet all over his body, a barrier wrapped himself and Fan Li.

It is a rustic and thick barrier, with colors like earth and rock.

It is indeed as thick as soil and as solid as rock!
The bright yellow dragon energy hit the barrier, and Xiang Ning felt the ground shake!
However, after the shock, the dragon energy dissipated between the heaven and the earth, and even let out an unwilling dragon chant!

Xiang Ning himself was unscathed.

Fan Li was standing beside her, and nothing happened.

Lu Chunqiu, the lord of Lu City and Marquis of Wenxin, had already come to stand in front of the two of them.

Lu Chunqiu spread his arms out, like an old hen guarding its chicks!
Three feet above his head, there was a book suspended.

Xiang Ning only took one glance and firmly remembered the four words on the cover of the book: Lu's Spring and Autumn Period!

"The treasure of Confucianism and Taoism [Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals]? Humph!"

Emperor Jiajing failed to succeed in one attack and did not pursue again.

After all, he has the demeanor of an emperor, and he can't do stalking behavior.

Emperor Jiajing said coldly: "Lü Chunqiu, do you really want to go against me?"

A drop of cold sweat broke out on Lu Chunqiu's forehead, but his face was calm and calm.

"This Marquis knows that he is definitely not His Majesty's opponent, but if His Majesty insists, I have absolute confidence that he can escort Emperor Chu back to Pengcheng, the capital of the Great Chu Kingdom, with all his might."

Emperor Jiajing glared angrily: "You would rather die than stand on Emperor Chu's side?"

Obviously, he admitted that what Lu Chunqiu said was true.

As long as he resists desperately, he can really escort Xiang Ning back to the country!
Lu Chunqiu stopped talking.

Calmness is determination.

After Emperor Jiajing was angry, he also fell into deep thought.

He couldn't understand, what was there in Chu that was worthy of Lu Chunqiu's persistence?

It's just that Lu Chunqiu's resolute and calm expression made Emperor Jiajing, who claimed to be a hero of his generation, feel an absurd sense of powerlessness in his heart?
Is it necessary to continue the war?

To kill Emperor Chu in public, Jiajing would definitely be able to do it!
Because if he doesn't kill him today, in the future when he conquers Chu, he still has to stand on the head of Emperor Chu with his own hands and burn Xiang's ancestral temple!
But, in front of three thousand Confucian scholars, kill Lu Chunqiu, the world's Confucian and Taoist teacher?
Emperor Jiajing absolutely believed that if he really did this, probably half of the civil servants of Ming Dynasty would resign and return to live in seclusion.

The Son of Heaven, ruled the world with the scholar-bureaucrats.

Scholars are divided into scribes and warriors.

Isn't an emperor abandoned by scribes a coward?

Emperor Jiajing wants to be the pioneer who unifies the world, and he wants to leave his wisdom in the annals of history.

Thinking of this, the last bit of murderous intention in his heart was finally suppressed.

Jiajing said in a deep voice: "Very good. For your sake, Lu Chunqiu, I can let Emperor Chu go."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Lu Chunqiu spoke respectfully, but the bodyguard [Lu Shi Chunqiu] did not dare to neglect at all, and still exerted his power with all his strength.

"You don't need to say thanks." Emperor Jiajing said coldly: "How can you give the emperor's kindness for nothing?"

Xiang Ning's face changed slightly, worried that something bad would happen.

Fan Li seemed quite relaxed, he knew that Emperor Jiajing was going to negotiate terms now.

Forcing a hero to the negotiating table is already the limit of what Fan Li can do.

Do you really want to defeat Jiajing?
For him now, even if he completes another ten or one hundred system tasks, it's probably just a daydream.

"Your Majesty's grace, Lu Chunqiu has nothing to repay. As long as His Majesty speaks, as long as it is reasonable, Lu Cheng will do his best to serve His Majesty."

Lu Chunqiu bowed deeply to show his gratitude.

But he only bowed and did not kneel down. Emperor Jiajing did not feel happy at all.

After all, the ministers of their own country do not worship the lord of other countries.

For Lu Chunqiu, Jiajing was already the lord of a foreign country.

"I have three conditions, and Marquis Wenxin must fulfill them."

"Your Majesty, please speak!"

"First, what happened today must not be circulated."

Lu Chunqiu nodded without hesitation: "Three thousand Confucian scholars, I can still restrain them."

Emperor Jiajing's face was gloomy, and he seemed to resent Lu Chunqiu for having such influence but unwilling to serve him.

"Secondly, the Lu family is not allowed to publicly admit their submission to the Chu Kingdom within ten years."

Since Lu Chunqiu has such a great reputation in Confucianism and Taoism, once the news of his surrender to Chu is spread, it will inevitably have a great impact on the civil officials of the Ming and Han.

Even some officials of the Ming Dynasty and the Han Dynasty might quit their jobs once they heard the news, and maybe they went to Chu to follow Lu Chunqiu?
But Lu Chunqiu said: "This Marquis is already a subject of His Majesty the Great Chu, and the matter still needs to be decided by His Majesty the Great Chu."

After saying that, he didn't care what Emperor Jiajing was feeling and turned around to look at Xiang Ning with questioning eyes.

The four of them were all on a high platform several tens of feet above the ground, and their voices were not loud.The three thousand Confucian scholars in the audience knew that something big was happening, but they didn't know exactly what happened.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision." Lu Chunqiu said to Xiang Ning.

Xiang Ning panicked and forgot how to make a decision.

Fan Li said for her: "Your Majesty approves."

This was a serious rescue for Xiang Ning. Even she didn't think Fan Li had gone too far, and instead nodded in agreement.

"Your Majesty's second condition, His Majesty the Great Chu Emperor also agreed. Within ten years, Lu Cheng will not publicly acknowledge his relationship with Great Chu."

Emperor Jiajing took a deep breath, as if resisting the urge to take action.

He said coldly: "Third, there is no need for the next session of the Three Emperors' Alliance. After returning home, Emperor Chu must unilaterally declare that he will no longer participate in the Three Emperors' Alliance."

Xiang Ning's expression changed upon hearing this.

By her to pronounce the 'death sentence' of the League of Three Emperors?
This is tantamount to telling the world that she, the emperor of Chu, gave up the peace that has been maintained for thousands of years.

Since then, the Three Kingdoms have entered a period of war?

It would be reasonable for Emperor Jiajing to send troops for conquest.

And all the infamy of destroying peace will be borne by her, Emperor Chu?

"I..." Xiang Ning wanted to refuse.

But before she could say a word, she heard Fan Li crossing over again beside her.

"This one, I, Da Chu, also recognize it!"

Xiang Ning's eyes were red with anger.

It turned out to be Fan Li who pushed himself into the 'Abyss' and endured eternal infamy?

(End of this chapter)