There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 619
As soon as the queen walked out of the royal study, she met a palace maid. The palace lady said:
"Your Majesty, Lieutenant Zhang wishes to see you."

"he?"

Empress Emei froze. At such a critical moment, she disliked the disturbing people who could not relieve her worries. Zhang Huaiyi's request to see her at this time gave her a somewhat "ignorant" feeling.

For some reason, the upset Queen actually felt a trace of disgust towards the ignorant Zhang Huaiyi... She kept walking and casually ordered Nangong Wan'er:
"Go and send him away."

"According to the order!"

After receiving the order, Nangong Wan'er followed the maid to the other side of the corridor, where Zhang Huaiyi was waiting. He watched the queen leave in a hurry and did not agree to his request, which made him puzzled.

"Lieutenant Zhang." Nangong Wan'er greeted.

"Nangong Secretary." Zhang Huaiyi bowed in return, his attitude was more respectful and polite.

"Lieutenant Zhang, please come back. Your Majesty has rushed to the main hall to hold a small court meeting. The lieutenant can come back later." Nangong Wan'er remained polite, but after saying that, she turned around and left without stopping.

"Nangong..."

Zhang Huaiyi stretched out his hand to try to stop her, but he did not dare to touch the Queen's "personal female officer" and could only watch Nangong Wan'er gradually leave.

One day, I will trample this little girl under my feet. Aren't you arrogant and looking down on me now?Soon, hum, I will make you beg me to destroy you!
And all the women in the harem are... mine!
Soon, you will all be at my disposal!
Zhang Huaiyi clenched his fists secretly, looking at Nangong Wan'er's graceful back as she retreated, uncontrollably having evil thoughts in his mind.

……

Vientiane Shrine.

main hall.

Umrah has begun.

The envoys of the Shu Kingdom, dressed in black python robes, stood in the main hall and boasted impassionedly, high-spirited, and carefree about the wealth of the Kingdom of Shu and the wisdom of the Emperor of Shu.

His voice was the only one in the entire hall.

It sounds so harsh.

From the empress sitting on the dragon chair, down to the prime ministers who are divided into two classes, all of them have ugly complexions.

When the Shu envoy met the Queen earlier, his salute was very sloppy and his attitude was particularly arrogant, as if he had completed his mission...

As the saying goes, the emperor worries about the humiliation of his ministers, and the emperor is worried about the humiliation of his ministers. Although it is not so serious, the queen is the queen of the Liang Dynasty after all. The envoys of the Shu Kingdom were disrespectful to the queen, which made the prime ministers feel very humiliated!
They secretly slandered:
"It's true that the Kingdom of Shu is rich. As for the Emperor of Shu... is he wise? He's so wise! He's just squandering the wealth acquired by the late Emperor of Shu!"

"Sooner or later, that rich family fortune will be ruined by him!"

"I'll see how you still behave when the time comes!"

"..."

Although they were slandered in their hearts, the prime ministers did not dare to say it verbally. The situation was stronger than the others, and the kings and ministers of Daliang had to endure the rude behavior of the Shu envoys.

"Our country of Shu is thousands of miles of fertile fields. The weather has been good for decades, and the grain harvest has been bumper year after year. The price of grain on the market is even as low as two cents a liter!"

"My lord, Emperor Shu, is often worried that with so much grain, the granaries in various places are no longer enough. The newly built granaries cannot keep up with the increase in grain production, and a lot of grain has gone bad."

"The people of Shu Kingdom were very surprised when they heard that the people of Daliang had no food to eat and were hungry. Some children even asked: Is there really a place in the world where there is no enough food to eat?"

"..."

The envoys of the Shu Kingdom boasted a lot, and when they saw that the Liang monarchs and ministers looked ugly and said nothing, they couldn't help but feel happy.

After speaking for so long, his throat felt uncomfortable, and the effect of "promoting national prestige" had been achieved, so he stopped speaking.

The hall fell silent for a while.

The prime ministers stood in silence for a while, and finally Liu Shizhong took the initiative to stand up, smiled and bowed to the Shu envoy, and after praising Shu, he took advantage of the situation and proposed Daliang's willingness to purchase grain from Shu.

"This is..."

The Shu envoy frowned and fell into deep thought. He seemed to be in a dilemma and said, "We, Shu, and you, Daliang, have always had bad relations with each other!"

Then, he listed in detail the decades of friction between Liang and Shu, as well as the "humiliation" suffered by Shu, with a hint of polite rejection in his words.

Upon seeing this, the kings and ministers of Daliang couldn't help but feel their hearts sinking. The Shu Kingdom did not agree to purchase grain, what should they do?
While they were worried, they were also very angry. Your Shu Kingdom is unwilling to sell grain to Daliang, so why send an envoy to Daliang?Show off your wealth?
When the prime ministers were about to get angry, the Shu envoy suddenly changed his words and said with a smile:
"However, my lord, Emperor Shu, has said that the Kingdom of Shu is willing to sell grain to Daliang regardless of the past grievances. It is willing to be friends with Daliang forever and restore the long-severed diplomatic relations."

After hearing this, everyone in Liang Dynasty breathed a sigh of relief.

However, before he could relax, the Shu envoy's tone changed again, and he said with a matter-of-fact expression:
"But, the price of grain and the amount of grain sold each month are all determined by our country, Shu."

"presumptuous!"

A grumpy prime minister jumped out and yelled:
"I, Daliang, buy grain from your Shu Kingdom, but it's not like I don't give real money and silver. Why are the grain prices and monthly sales quota determined by your Shu Kingdom? How can there be such a good thing in the world!"

The monarchs and ministers of Daliang are not stupid people. If the price and quota of grain are in the hands of Shu, then Daliang will be blackmailed, and its lifeline will also be in their hands!
This is absolutely unacceptable to the Liang Dynasty, which has always claimed to be the orthodoxy of the Central Plains!
The Shu envoy did not accept this at all. He raised his head high, looked at the ceiling of the hall, and said nonchalantly: "In that case, let's stop buying grain!"

"you……"

The prime ministers were immediately speechless and blushed at the words of the Shu envoy. Although they were furious, they could only wave their hands in the end to show that they were helpless.

Who asked them to ask for help?
Eh!
It is inevitable to be manipulated by others...

The Queen's hands on her legs secretly used force to pull out a large wrinkle in the dragon robe, but she remained calm on the surface.

After all, she is the emperor of Daliang, and she should not show her emotions easily on her face, especially when receiving foreign envoys.

The memorabilia that reads "Millions of ordinary people will starve to death if they don't buy food from the Kingdom of Shu" flashed before her eyes, and the hand tightly grasping the dragon robe slowly loosened, and then relaxed again...

At this time, she felt that the weight on her shoulders was too great.

After all, she is a woman, but she has to hold up the Liang Dynasty alone, and there is no one to help her... The queen quickly regained her mood, looked at the Shu envoy and said:
"Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Everything can be discussed. I believe that since Emperor Shu has sent you here, he doesn't want you to return empty-handed... How about you tell me what conditions your Majesty has, and we can discuss them one by one?"

"..."

at the same time.

On the road from Hanjiacang Castle to Miyagi.

An old eunuch was running wildly.

The old eunuch had an important purpose for this trip, which was to tell the queen the good news that Su Xian had discovered 600 million stones of grain in Hanjiacang City!
(End of this chapter)