#465 - Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xiao requests an audience

Walking through the palace, the Eldest Princess of Chu looked around at the palace of Wu, feeling that this palace was not much different from her own imperial palace. The architectural styles were quite similar, except for the addition of some elements unique to Wu. That was all.

But thinking about it, it was normal, because the influence of the Tang Dynasty was too great in the past. Basically, the architectural styles of many dynasties in the Central Plains were influenced by Tang culture.

Now, the architectural styles and cultures of various countries in the Central Plains are basically based on the Tang Dynasty as their foundation, so it is very normal to have many similarities.

And although she was in a foreign palace, and even the relationship between this country and her own was not good, Tang Ningzhi was not flustered at all.

Her straight chest and straight willow waist, and her well-behaved square steps, generously showed the arrogance and nobility of the girl herself.

Tang Ningzhi didn't believe that this Wu country would be so unethical.

If something really happened to her, not only would the Chu country directly go to war with the Wu country, but the Wu country would even become a laughing stock to the whole world.

Liu Feng was also looking around here and there along the way, and in those vicissitudes of eyes, one could see a bit of nostalgia.

For this old man, he had also participated in the construction of this palace.

Once in such a palace, this old man also talked with the founding ancestor about the affairs of the world, and also had many beautiful fantasies about the future of Wu.

But unfortunately, things are unpredictable.

As for what happened after Wu and the intensity of the battle for the throne, no one really expected it.

Compared to the composure of Liu Feng and the Eldest Princess of Chu, Wei Xun, who led the two of them, was a little bit cold sweating.

One is the founding prime minister, and the other is the eldest princess of one of the ten human dynasties.

The two people following behind Wei Xun gave Wei Xun a sense of inexplicable pressure.

"Your Majesty is waiting for you two inside." At the entrance of the Imperial Study, Wei Xun lowered his head and smiled at the two of them.

"Thank you, Eunuch Wei, for leading the way." Liu Feng nodded, and directly pushed the door open and walked in.

After the two entered, Wei Xun quickly and respectfully closed the door.

"This old man pays respects to Your Majesty."

"Tang Ningzhi of Chu pays respects to Your Majesty."

Seeing Emperor Wu sitting in front of the desk, Liu Feng and Tang Ningzhi bowed.

"Please rise, both of you." Emperor Wu gave a false support to the two of them, walked down with a smile on his face, and instead bowed respectfully to Liu Feng: "I have long heard of Mr. Liu's great name, and I have admired him for a long time. I thought that if I could meet Mr. Liu in this life, I would have no regrets. Seeing him today, Mr. Liu is indeed an immortal."

Liu Feng smiled: "Your Majesty praises me too much. This old man is just a commoner. How can I let Your Majesty value me so much? I am really terrified."

"Eh, you can't say that." Emperor Wu shook his head, "Wu was able to have today, Mr. Liu has definitely made great contributions. I wonder if Mr. Liu still has the intention to return to Wu?"

Looking at the fiery eyes of Emperor Wu, Liu Feng shook his head and declined: "Thank you for Your Majesty's kindness. Now I just want to be a carefree person, that's all.

Moreover, the talent of Prime Minister Xiao of Wu is definitely not inferior to this old man. Wu not only has Prime Minister Xiao, but also has the Zhuangyuan Lang. It is really the luck of Wu. I think the two of you will definitely be able to share a lot of worries for Your Majesty."

"Mr. Lao, don't say that. It is true that with the assistance of Prime Minister Xiao and Mr. Xu, the affairs of the court are much easier than before, but the affairs of the country are not simple, and I am walking on thin ice every day."

Although Emperor Wu said so, he was actually secretly happy in his heart.

If other people were to flatter Emperor Wu like this, Emperor Wu would definitely not take it to heart.

But the other party is different.

The other party is the founding hero of Wu, the former number one counselor in the world.

Being flattered by such a famous person, Emperor Wu still felt very comfortable.

Emperor Wu looked at the graceful girl beside Liu Feng: "This is Princess Tang Ningzhi, right? She is indeed as beautiful as a fairy."

"Your Majesty praises me too much." Tang Ningzhi nodded in return.

Emperor Wu walked back to the desk and picked up a letter: "The monarch of Chu sent a letter before, wanting to ask my Wu for marriage?"

"That's right." Liu Feng smiled, "I have been living in Chu before. One day, the monarch of Chu found me and wanted me to be a matchmaker to propose marriage to Xu Ming, the young master of Xu Guofu, and also wanted to form an alliance with Wu to jointly resist Beihuang."

"Hahahaha..."

Emperor Wu smiled, his expression looked very kind.

"Xu Ming is indeed a young talent in my Wu, and I value him very much. Although I don't want Xu Ming to go to Chu, for the sake of friendship between the two countries, I am definitely very supportive of this marriage.

It's just that, Mr. Liu must have heard that Xu Ming is a bit stubborn. He told me that he doesn't plan to get married in recent years, and he even rejected my marriage proposal, which was a great embarrassment.

When Mr. Liu went to Xu Guofu before, I heard that Xu Ming did refuse, so I really have no choice.

It is very likely that Xu Ming really doesn't want to be a son-in-law."

"Maybe the Lord of Chu didn't make it clear." Liu Feng smiled, "Actually, it's not that Young Master Xu comes to Chu to be a son-in-law, but that the Princess of Chu marries into Wu."

"..."

After Liu Feng finished speaking, the Imperial Study fell into silence.

Even Emperor Wu didn't know what to say for a while.

If the other party asked to be a son-in-law, then Emperor Wu would still have some confidence to refuse.

But what I didn't expect was that Chu didn't ask Xu Ming to be a son-in-law, but to marry his eldest princess over.

With Xu Ming's status, the Eldest Princess of Chu marrying over is definitely a condescending marriage.

Not to mention that the relationship between Wu and Chu is not good in the first place. Now that Chu is showing goodwill to Wu, it is a bit unreasonable not to accept it.

Emperor Wu even felt that if he refused, the Chu court might be in an uproar, and the Chu people would think that Wu looked down on Chu.

In this way, the already fragile relationship between the two countries is really likely to directly break out into war.

But Emperor Wu is not a fool. The other party's sudden show of goodwill must be for something, but Emperor Wu really doesn't know what the other party is plotting.

What else can Chu plot by sending the princess over?

Just as Emperor Wu was in a dilemma, Wei Xun's voice came from the entrance of the Imperial Study:

"Your Majesty, Prime Minister Xiao requests to see you."