The Eldest Daughter is Beautiful and Saucy

  Chapter 999 Just paying tribute

  The Empress of Xiliang suddenly came to the post in casual dress. She had just stepped off the horse and before stepping into the main entrance of the post, the commander of the Forbidden Army hurriedly reported in Malay, saying that the King of Yan Li Zhijie had sent back new news from the metropolis.

  Li Tianjiao stopped after hearing the words, stood in front of the post house, and reached out from the commander of the Forbidden Army to take the letterbox with the secret letter wax-sealed.

  She opened the letter box, poured out two thin pieces of parchment from the inside, threw the letter box to the commander of the imperial army, and stood in front of the post house and looked at it carefully.

  After reading the letter, Li Tianjiao didn’t get over for a long while. The commander of the imperial army looked at the appearance of the empress and carefully asked: "Your Majesty...Is there something wrong with King Yan?"

  She closed her eyes and refolded the letter. She firmly grasped the letter in the palm of her hand, and put the letter in her heart. Without answering, she turned and stepped into the post.

  Li Tianjiao is dressed in a plain shirt with narrow sleeves and a white jade crown on his head.

When she arrived outside the main hall, Bai Qingqi and Bai Jintong had already stood in front of the door to greet her. Although Bai Qingqi had grown up on her side, she did not conceal his outstanding appearance. His face was deserted and his temperament was indescribably deep and elegant. .

  Li Tianjiao saw Bai Jintong standing one step behind Bai Qingqi, he saw her, and took the lead in saluting: "I have seen your Majesty!"

  She took a step, glanced at Bai Jintong, her eyes fell on Bai Qingqi again, wondering in her heart whether Bai Qingqi already knew that Cui Fengnian was a woman.

  Bai Qingqi adjusted his sleeves, and then he saluted Li Tianjiao: "I don't know if your Majesty is coming, if you have lost a long distance to welcome... I hope that your Majesty will forgive me."

  Li Tianjiao pressed his lips tightly, raised his foot and stepped up to the high level, and walked straight into the hall.

  Bai Qingqi then straightened up, looked at each other with Bai Jintong, and stepped into the main hall with the empress of Xiliang.

  Li Tianjiao took his seat quickly and neatly: "Sit down!"

  Bai Qingqi and Bai Jintong responded and sat down under Li Tianjiao's head.

  Li Tianjiao looked back and forth between Bai Jintong and Bai Qingqi, before speaking for a while: "Today, I came here alone, and I want to ask clearly..."

  "Your Majesty, please ask." Bai Qingqi nodded, calmly.

"Gongxing, you and I can be called friends. Today I want to ask you, are you a masterpiece sent by the Jin Kingdom..." Li Tianjiao smiled and lowered his eyes, lifted the hem of his long shirt, raised his legs and elbows. Carried on the armrest of the seat, raised his eyes and then looked at Bai Jintong's sight to hide the murderous intent, "Or the detailed work arranged by the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty in advance?"

  Li Tianjiao used me, not me.

  Bai Jintong got up and bowed to Li Tianjiao: "Your Majesty, Cui is just a businessman!"

  Li Tianjiao looked at Bai Jintong and only smiled, before asking Bai Qingqi for a long while: "Does the Zhou Shi know that Cui Fengnian is a woman?"

  Bai Qingqi nodded shallowly: "Last night, Gongxing had told his foreign ministers according to the facts. After all, this world is unfair to women, and it is understandable that women are inconvenient to walk outside."

"Yes, I forgot..." Li Tianjiao chuckled, "The Bai Family, a century-old general, never underestimated women, otherwise... how could there be such a character as the Emperor of Zhou, the battlefield is considered exhaustive. Policy, invincible."

  As a woman, Li Tianjiao knew about the Bai family's affairs in Jin, so... he admired Bai Qingyan very much and pushed the Bai family from shaky to today's position.

  Speaking of the implementation of the New Deal, the resistance in Dazhou is indeed less than that of Xiliang.

   "I still want to ask the envoy of Zhou, what happened to the granary of the eight major families, can your envoy know?" Li Tianjiao asked again.

  Bai Qingqi nodded: "Last night Gongxing's subordinates came to report, but only knew that the granary of the Yun family and the Zhai family was on fire. That is why...I left Gongxing in the post house."

   "So, the fire... really Cui Fengnian let it go?" Li Tianjiao looked at Bai Jintong.

"Your Majesty..." Bai Jintong bowed to Li Tianjiao again, "Respectful subordinates, because they have a lot of dealings with the Yun family and the Zhai family, so they know the location of the Yun family and the Zhai family's granary. The Yun family’s manpower was not enough, so my subordinates helped transport the grain, and stayed there and drank some wine with the servants who guarded the granary. Unexpectedly, the Yun family’s granary was on fire when they were leaving, and they were too few... ...The granary was flooded with fierce fire oil again, and they had to ask for help from the Zhai's granary, which was closer. Who knew that the Zhai's granary was also on fire, and they noticed something was wrong and immediately reported..."

Bai Qingqi followed and nodded: "At that time, we were having a banquet, and there were a few Yunjing nobles. Your Majesty could ask. Later, the news that the eight big family granaries were on fire entered the city, and he was afraid of being involved. The foreign minister thought... no matter how respectful he is, he is now a citizen of the Great Zhou. As the envoy of the Great Zhou, the foreign minister can't watch a business man of his duty being involved, so he will be the master and stay respectfully. "

  Li Tianjiao's eyes narrowed, and his smile became colder: "So, Zhou Shi meant to protect Cui Fengnian?"

"This is natural!" Bai Qingqi said without hesitation, indifferent and resolute, "If your Majesty knew the Bai family and the Bai family army, you should understand... Our female emperor of the Zhou Dynasty overthrew the Jin Dynasty and enthroned in order to protect us. People of Zhou, the Bai family's army fought in all directions to protect the people! So... the people of Da Zhou...none of them can be bullied by other countries."

  The meaning of Bai Qingqi's words was a little threatening. If Xiliang really dared to treat this Cui Fengnian, Da Zhou would never let it go.

  Li Tianjiao chuckled, "Okay...very good! Cui Fengnian can take away the Great Zhou, can the covenant between Great Zhou and Xiliang be made?"

  Li Tianjiao meant that if Da Zhou had to go to war, then Cui Fengnian and Bai Qingqi would not even want to leave.

  Now that Xiliang is in danger, Li Tianjiao just wants to make the last fight, even if he loses... he admits it.

   "I mean the Empress of the Great Zhou Dynasty, naturally I also want to form an alliance, depending on what kind of sincerity Xiliang has shown..." Bai Qingqi said indifferently.

   "Twenty-five cities..."

"Your Majesty, the foreign minister thought that it would be most appropriate for Xiliang to proclaim and pay tribute to the Great Zhou. After all, Rong Di is now looking forward to it, and Dayan will only wait for the three-year period with Rong Di to come forward. Ryo...Can you resist it? The fate of being divided and eaten is bound to be inevitable." Bai Qingqi said.

  Li Tianjiao's palms suddenly tightened, and her anger rushed to the sky. She forcibly suppressed the anger in her heart and couldn't control her expression: "How is this different from dying Xiliang?"

  "The difference is that Xiliang is still your Majesty who governs by yourself, but you are only proclaiming ministers and paying tribute! This will prevent the people from suffering from war..."

  　The first more... ask for a monthly pass...

  (End of this chapter)