klisemfg Chapter 692 Giving tribute
Chapter 692 Giving tribute
The gifts presented by the small countries surrounding Daxia were all carefully crafted. Liang Chongyue had a thick stack of lists of gifts from various countries at hand.
"The Dai Viet delegation presented ten rare and precious horses."
Dai Viet suffered heavy losses in that battle, and even the food and grass that had been stored for many years were eaten up. Liang Chongyue fully suspected that Dai Viet could not afford to support them and sent them to her.
Daxia has a vast territory with many places for raising horses. Even the camp outside the capital has hundreds of rare and precious horses.
Liang Chongyue was not interested in Dayue's horses. The people were defeated by her, and the horses could not pretend to be much better.
"Where is the horse now?"
"Your Majesty, they are all kept in the stables of the post station."
When the Dai Viet delegation spoke, they even raised their chins high when talking about Dai Viet horses. I don’t know whether it was the arrogance or stupidity that the Dai Viet horses brought them.
Liang Chongyue's hand stroked the jade twist, and without saying anything, he sent a message to the system to investigate. He looked up and met Lian Chi's gaze, who was sitting at the end of the court. Lian Chi shook his head slightly, and only Liang Chongyue, who was sitting at the top, noticed it. Liang Chongyue retracted his gaze and spoke calmly:
"Then leave it at the post station. Please take a seat."
The Dai Viet delegation seemed to have not expected that their BMWs would be treated like this when they came to Daxia. The elder in the lead was able to hold his breath. After a moment of shock and daze, he forced a smile on his face and responded, but this smile was not as genuine as before.
"Our Dayue horses are the best. They are fed with the finest herbs. Even after death, their bodies are treasures. After all, they are tributes. How can we keep them like this in the stables of the post station? That place is so small..."
A reckless young man rushed out from the Dai Viet delegation. His words and actions were not polite at all. Only his face was pretty good-looking. Before he could finish his words, he was stopped by a look from an elder beside him.
But even so, he still stared at her with his eyes wide open and a face full of dissatisfaction. Liang Chongyue lowered his eyes and sneered. Without her saying anything, Ping An beside him had already started to reprimand:
"How dare you! How dare you speak before His Majesty? Come, slap him in the face."
Liang Chongyue did not stop him, and a young eunuch immediately stepped forward and pulled the person who had just spoken out from the Dai Viet delegation. He slapped him left and right, and the crisp sound of slaps echoed throughout the hall.
"Your Majesty, the Queen of Great Xia, I am a child of ignorance. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."
Just now, when this group of young eunuchs came forward to pull people out, the elder who was in the lead had already felt that these people were not ordinary during the pulling. The rumors were true. The Queen of Daxia was surrounded by top-notch masters. After these slaps, they were almost unrecognizable.
"child?"
Liang Chongyue looked as if he had heard a joke, and raised his finger to point at the young man who was forced to kneel on the ground and had been beaten into a pig's head in a moment.
"You guys in Da Yue call this a child?"
That boy looks like he's almost an adult. Is this the kind of person Zhizi is talking about?
"Uncle, save me. These people are about to beat me to death. The plan you proposed won't work at all."
"Shut up, or I'll feed you to the wolves when I get back."
The boy who was beaten spoke in Da Yue language, which Liang Chongyue only understood a little. But while the boy was speaking, the old man first scolded him, and then his eyes drifted to her, as if he was guessing whether she could understand him.
The boy was still crying, tears streaming from his eyes and sliding down his swollen cheeks, looking so pitiful.
Liang Chongyue directly opened the panel and translated the few sentences in Dai Viet. After seeing the content on the panel, Liang Chongyue became more curious about Dai Viet's evil thoughts and wondered if there were any new tricks.
"Your Majesty, the Queen of Daxia, in Dayue, all men under the age of 18 are considered children. Children are ignorant and I beg for your forgiveness."
The old man in the lead knelt down in front of Liang Chongyue as he spoke, and the Dai Yue people who followed behind him also knelt down. Liang Chongyue's attention was attracted by a pair of beautiful brown eyes. The man knelt beside the old man. He looked a bit like the one who was beaten, but had a more beautiful face.
"Your Majesty, please let my brother go. Please."
Li Yu'an, who was sitting next to them, saw through the calculations of these people at a glance. When the late emperor was alive, he sent foreign beauties to His Majesty. Now that Your Majesty has ascended the throne, he is still sending these beauties. Do they really think that Your Majesty is a lustful person like the late emperor?
Li Yu'an thought so in his heart, his eyes still fixed on the man's profile. He was quite good-looking, like winter snow melting in spring, with deep and soft features, a look that His Majesty would like.
Liang Chongyue sat at the top, taking in all of this. She did inherit some of her father's lustful genes, but she valued her life and could not sleep with an unclear man.
"Your Majesty, the man has fainted."
Liang Chongyue didn't call for a stop, but continued beating him until he knocked the man unconscious and slapped him a dozen more times before stopping.
Liang Chongyue glanced over there and saw that the man had been beaten so hard that his nose was bleeding. He thought it was not fake.
"Then take him to the side hall to rest, and ask the imperial physician to see him."
Don’t die in the palace, it’s so unlucky, Liang Chongyue felt disgusted in his heart, but this scene became the source of their confidence in the eyes of others.
The Dai Viet delegation wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Ping An who was waiting on the side:
"Give me a seat——"
Ping An's voice was sharp and carried far, interrupting the Dai Viet delegation's next words.
After the Dai Viet delegation, it was the northern border. When they returned to their seats, a pair of fiery gazes were fixed on Liang Chongyue, but she ignored them. With new tricks right in front of her, those old moves didn't seem so interesting anymore.
"kneel--"
The Northern Border delegation came forward and knelt in front of Liang Chongyue. There were two people in total. One was old and had a long scar on his face. The other was pale and his lips looked like they had been painted with lip balm, but they were not much better. They were not much redder than the snow outside. It seemed that Lianchi had done a good job.
"The northern delegation presented ten boxes of black wolf furs from the Beishan Plateau, along with countless rare jewels."
The northern border is rich in resources, and these tributes were set by the two uncles. Liang Chongyue knew this a long time ago.
"Very good, please take a seat."
Liang Chongyue waved his hand, and the ceremony ended. The Minister of Rites was about to lead the group to their seats when he saw the two men still kneeling.
"This is the Ninth Prince of the Northern Territory. He fell deeply in love with Your Majesty the moment he first met him in the Northern Territory. He wishes to come to Great Xia to pay his respects and see Your Majesty again. He would like to remain by Your Majesty's side and serve you. Your Majesty, please grant this request."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions on everyone's faces in the hall changed. Putting aside Beijing's evil intentions, Liang Chongyue thought that the poisonous insect hidden in his body might have just crawled out of a little mouse after sucking its blood and essence. He felt nauseous and couldn't bear to look at him for even a second. As for what the person looked like, he didn't even bother to take a closer look.