Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

Qin Ji blushed in embarrassment—he was really seen by this guy just now?It turns out that the previous exposure was intentional...

"Your Majesty, there is nothing."

Qin Ji spoke very calmly. If you just listen to his tone, you will never hear anything.

"I can see that you are a crime of deceiving the king."

As Xia Yuxiao said, she got closer to Qin Ji, and Qin Ji could smell the scent of incense left on her body.

Wait a minute, what happened to this guy today?Who gave her medicine or what?

"His Majesty......"

"If you like beautiful women, it will make it easier for me," Xia Yuxiao looked up at him, with a trace of resentment in her eyes - by the way, there is still a big gap between her height and Qin Ji's "But I don't think you seem to be such a person."

Ah no, Your Majesty, you may not know me, but I actually like beauty very much. The problem is that I have to choose between beauty and life, and I still prefer the latter.

"Qin Ji, this time, you will be on my side, right?"

When she said this, her tone was very sincere, almost like a request.

"I have always stood by His Majesty's side." Qin Ji said imperceptibly, "I have always been like this, Your Majesty, you can trust me."

"Is this the truth?"

"It's true."

"Then let me show you something."

Xia Yuxiao turned around, and then hugged all the piles of memorials to Qin Ji.

"To participate in my memorial?"

"Not all, take a closer look."

Qin Ji flipped through the memorials inside curiously, many of which were shared with Xia Yuxiao, and hoped that Xia Yuxiao would not appoint a treacherous minister. As for who this treacherous minister is—hahahaha, I can’t say .

But soon, Qin Ji's expression changed.

Some memorials are a bit off.

Not in language, but in what they suggest, too much.

Qin Ji admits that he has provoked a lot of bureaucrats, but most of those guys filed complaints and that's basically it. After all, Xia Yuxiao still has military power, so at most they just use their mouths, or they hope that His Majesty will show their respect. Wake up and kill him.

However, some of the memorials in front of them are becoming more and more dangerous.

What was revealed in the words was full of the idea of ​​"cleaning the emperor's side".

Hey, his grandma, are you still ashamed to say Qingjun?Are you Qing Jun's side?I am too embarrassed to say you!

"The abacus is very loud, isn't it?" Xia Yuxiao squinted her eyes slightly, "Qin Ji, I know why they attacked you, and I also know what I need now. I can ignore these memorials, but I can't help you Block all hostility."

"I know that I will handle my own affairs properly."

Qin Ji understood what she meant. What Xia Yuxiao meant now was that even if she didn't want to believe him, she still had to believe him.Because once he is killed... Xia Yuxiao's throne may not be secure.

Now this position has been controversial, Qin Ji oppresses the court, says what she can't say, and does what she dare not do, so that she can be stable-although from her point of view, this is equivalent to driving a tiger away. Wolf.

Now that she said this, she was compromising to herself to a certain extent, and she had indeed reached a dangerous point now.It's not that her throne is stable, Xia Yuxiao now holds the power (although a considerable part is held by Qin Ji), she won't worry about anyone shaking her position.What she was worried about was the unrest in Daxia.

Chapter 41 Special Messenger

Naturally, Qin Ji would not make Xia Yuxiao unhappy.

However, when he sat on the Temple of the Four Seas, he was still a little stunned.

Good guy, no wonder I didn't mention it sooner or later, but I mentioned it at this time, so I wanted him to deal with the envoys of the Thrall Dynasty together!

Qin Ji never expected that this job was originally followed by the prime minister, but it ended up on his head.According to Xia Yuxiao, the old prime minister was old and in poor health, so he was simply allowed to support the scene.

Lie ghost, just the loud voice of the old prime minister when he confronted him head-on at the beginning of the court, do you think he is old and in poor health?Who believes it? !

Qin Ji sat on Xia Yuxiao's left, and on Xia Yuxiao's right sat an envoy sent by the Saar dynasty.

However, to Qin Ji's surprise, the envoy sent this time was actually a girl.

If the Xia Kingdom looked down on women so slightly, then the Saar Dynasty did not regard women as normal citizens of the country at all.At least, female civilians in Daxia are not discriminated against, at most they will be targeted to a certain extent when they are officials (this is why Xia Yuxiao, the emperor, is not secure).

But this is not the case in the Saar Dynasty. Except for the girls from the princes and noble families, most commoner girls can be bought and sold as goods, so that the Xia Kingdom has been unable to stand it many times and warned many times.

Therefore, when the girl in front of him stood in front of Qin Ji, he couldn't help but wonder if he was wrong.

"The seventh princess of the Saar Dynasty, Uheya, hereby pay the highest respect to His Majesty the Emperor and His Excellency Anguogong."

The girl performed a classic Xia Guoli in a steady manner.

Probably King Saar Tuvana found a beautiful wife. As his daughter, Wuheya was completely inconsistent with her father Tuya's sturdy appearance, which was almost written on his face.On the contrary, this girl has a slender figure, bright eyes and white teeth, and a dignified and elegant manner. She doesn't look like a princess from the Saar Dynasty at all.

In Qin Ji's impression, when he went to the Saar Dynasty for military exchanges, he had seen those princesses with his own eyes. Basically, all of them can't be said to be beautiful, at least they can be regarded as five big and three rough.Riding on a horse and swinging a saber is like cutting a person alive in two.

But this Seventh Princess is just the opposite. She is obviously a woman from the northern dynasty, but she looks like a southern girl in Daxia. This princess is from Xia Kingdom.

Just as Qin Ji was looking at the other party, Wuheya suddenly turned his gaze to him, and then showed a gentle smile: "Your Excellency An Guogong, it's been a long time since you came to our country last time, I have always missed you Woolen cloth."

......

Qin Ji could only smile, and then said: "Where is it, you are the one who really reminds me of you, Your Highness, Princess. After all, you are the most outstanding among your brothers and sisters."

"Do you know?"

Xia Yuxiao asked curiously.Qin Ji had known this princess for a long time without telling her, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

"It can be regarded as a bit of fate. When the late emperor was here, my father went to the country of Saar for exchanges, and the minister also followed. At that time, it was the minister who was received by His Royal Highness the Seventh Princess."

"Oh? Qing was not very old at that time, right?"

"I'm still underage, but I just followed my father for a while."

Qin Ji frankly told about the fact that he was traveled with public funds by his father back then.Of course, although my father left him a lot of mess in many things, at least he is still very concerned about the cultivation of his son.Qin Ji didn't want to go at first, but it was his father who personally persuaded him to come up with the idea of ​​going to the north to see the world.

Of course, after going there, I was basically messing around with the Seventh Princess.

Don't think about it, I really didn't do anything. The seventh princess was younger than him. At that time, both of them were hot-blooded teenagers/girls who were in the second stage of middle school. They did a lot of things that seem extremely stupid now, such as Said that they called themselves "Prairie Heroes", and the two of them wielded a big blade and the other a long sword to fight for justice.

Of course, this is something that the two of them made up in their own minds. In fact, the so-called chivalry is to beat up a few gangsters who owe money to the restaurant.While beating, he also shouted the names of various moves.

Now, Her Highness the Princess has put away her previous sharpness and is doing her best to be a gentle woman.

"Your Excellency An Guogong still remembers me, I am deeply honored." Said, the daughter of the grassland in front of me picked up two steps forward, and then held up a machete: "This is the national treasure of my Saar country. Meet with Your Excellency, and present it to Duke Anguo as a gift."

Qin Ji took the scimitar solemnly, and as the scimitar was drawn out of its sheath, a cold light flashed like lightning, making everyone choked.

"Thank you princess for your concern."

Qin Ji sat down and looked at the princess.

However, the princess did not continue talking, but looked at Qin Ji strangely.

Ah, no, sister, why are you not moving?Why don't you present a gift to His Majesty?

Qin Ji glanced back and forth between His Majesty and the princess in front of him. By the way, he looked at the whole body of the princess—this waist, these legs, this...cough cough!

No, she doesn't seem to have any other presents on her, does she?

Broken, this product will not be completely absent...

Qin Ji realized a terrible thing.

The Tsarist Dynasty has never set up a special diplomatic department, and it is rarely possible to train diplomatic talents.Even the so-called foreign affairs department has only barely been saved in recent years.In terms of diplomatic etiquette, they are even worse.

There have been cases where envoys were sent to discuss peace with the former emperor, and in the end they were able to use "I" to refer to themselves-you know, that was on a formal diplomatic occasion, and the Saar Dynasty had already surrendered to Daxia at that time.

so......

Didn't the princess prepare a gift for him alone?

I am super, no, Wuheya, you are fucking plotting against me!

If another guy from Saar’s army came over, he would still believe that he only prepared a gift. After all, the Saar dynasty really doesn’t know how to communicate with diplomacy, but you, Wuheya, said that you don’t do diplomacy, it’s pure nonsense. How could it be possible that Wuheya, who grew up classics, did not know the etiquette of Daxia?

However, Qin Ji could only think about it in embarrassment, then turned his head to look at Xia Yuxiao:

"It's a good knife. However, I am An Guogong of Great Xia. When this country communicates, this knife should be a token of friendship between the two countries."

Hurry up and throw this thing on the country's head, otherwise the goodwill I have finally built up with Xia Yuxiao will be gone.

Chapter 42 Diplomatic contacts

Xia Yuxiao's expression was very calm.

The other party only gave gifts to Qin Ji. Although this is a serious issue of diplomatic etiquette, Xia Yuxiao is not a fool.

These Thrall people really have bad intentions, and they will use this kind of method to disgust people if they lose.Fortunately, that fellow Qin Ji was quite reliable, and he managed to get over such an embarrassing situation with one sentence.

Xia Yuxiao nodded at Qin Ji's suggestion. Of course, she couldn't take this knife, so she had to return it to Qin Ji—she was not short of a knife.

"Emissary Thrall, what important business do you want to discuss with me when you come to Great Xia this time?" Xia Yuxiao asked.

"Your Majesty, I, King Tuva of the Saar Dynasty, hope that the envoy will apologize to Emperor Daxia. This fact is a misunderstanding, and our country has no intention of invading your country."

"Misunderstanding? Well, I am willing to believe that this is a misunderstanding," Xia Yuxiao said with a smile, "However, this has nothing to do with my taking back Cold Yin City. Daxia doesn't want to invade your territory, but we don't either. I hope you will invade our country at will. Your Tuva king personally swore allegiance to Daxia in front of the late emperor. But now, a misunderstanding has forced us to reconsider our relationship. "

You, a vassal state, were beaten up by the army led by the former emperor, but now you see a female emperor succeeding to the throne, and you immediately jumped out. Even if you forgive me, you should pay a price.

"This matter was indeed caused by our misjudgment. After the conflict, our country immediately launched an investigation. The cause of the incident was actually the conflict caused by the people on both sides not being clear about the boundaries between each other's grazing cattle and sheep."

The princess in front of her was indeed worthy of the position her father gave her, and she didn't even blush when she lied.

Also border conflicts caused by grazing?The border between the two sides in Hanyin City is the city wall. Could it be that the cattle and sheep on both sides can still cross the city wall while grazing?

"Since it is really a misjudgment, then we might as well act according to the misjudgment." Beside, the old prime minister suddenly snorted coldly, "The Saar Dynasty has been rich and strong in recent years, so they must have saved a lot of money? I think a little necessary compensation is still affordable.”

The old prime minister was never used to the Saar Dynasty, because he tried to reason with those Saar people when he was young, but found that these Saar people did not make sense at all, or you If you reason with them, they will just not listen to bastards chanting scriptures.

Even if there is a little bit of etiquette nowadays, the people who are sent are often full of loopholes in etiquette, and they don't know how to be polite at all. That's why he has a good attitude.

"Thanks to Daxia Hongfu, our country has indeed prospered a lot over the years, and many businessmen are willing to come to us to do business," Wuheya was not angry. Facing the old prime minister's rudeness, she just said lightly, " However, if Your Majesty wants to replace our compensation with cattle and sheep, then our country has enough compensation to pay His Majesty. But now, if we talk about other things, our country really doesn't have much to offer."

"Your Majesty naturally knows the truth about killing people and paying debts. However, our country really can't afford enough money now. If His Majesty doesn't mind, our country is willing to dedicate the cattle and sheep for the next few years to His Majesty..."

"Am I short of cattle and sheep?"

Xia Yuxiao looked at the other party calmly, and asked in a calm to frightening tone.