Zhao Defang, who was standing at the side, was moved when she heard Xiao Chuo's request. The top novel, x.
In his opinion, Xiao Chuo, who had been so disrespectful to him earlier, was lucky enough to have saved her life a few days ago. After becoming enemies with her, he immediately threw him, her savior, to the back of his mind.
Just yesterday in the Purple Mansion Hall, it still made Zhao Defang feel somewhat exasperated in his heart. If he had known earlier that this day would come, it would really make him regret saving her back then. If he hadn't done that heroic act of saving the damsel in distress, he and the Song Country wouldn't have been humiliated today.
And at this time, Xiao Chuo, who was still a heroine who was not inferior to men in Zi Chen Hall yesterday, had turned into a gentle and gentle woman, lovingly making a request that did not seem too difficult to Zhao Defang. It was said that a man's heart changed, and a woman's face changed. This was true.
However, in the eyes of Zhao Defang, who was principled in the face of major issues, if it was any other woman, even if it was a strange woman, as long as she opened her mouth to ask for his help, he would not hesitate to lend a helping hand. However, now that he was facing the princess of a hostile country who was at daggers drawn, Zhao Defang, as the King of Great Song, naturally could not have any selfishness. He secretly made a decision: He couldn't easily agree to Xiao Chuo's request.
"Princess of Liao Kingdom, it's not that I'm petty and don't want to give you the items that you've just mentioned, but because these items are rare in the Great Song and are limited to the palace. Only with my Imperial Father's approval can this king give you everything you need without taking a single cent. If it wasn't for my father's permission, then I'm sorry. I'm deeply regretful that I can't satisfy the princess's request.”Zhao Defang thought for a moment and pretended to be helpless as she sighed.
"Uh, since that's the case, then I won't let your highness make things difficult. When I meet your officials in the future, I will ask them about this matter.”Xiao Chuo originally thought that he would be able to easily get these magical things from Zhao Defang by acting coquettishly. However, after hearing Zhao Defang's prevarication, the clever him guessed that she was just perfunctory, but he still took the opportunity to say it.
"Isn't that so, young princess of the Liao Kingdom? Don't hold a grudge against His Highness the King of Qin of our Great Song because of this. What he said just now was not false. Truth be told, Your Highness, even I, a third-grade official of the Chamberlain of Dependencies, have never possessed even one of these items. Just now, the things that I told Your Highness the princess had only been heard a few times from a few colleagues who were close to the King of Jin and the King of Wei.
These things were indeed only limited to the use of the imperial palace and the royal family. Even the King of Jin and the King of Wei, who were the direct relatives of the royal family, only had the 'beauty. Human Fragrance Dew. If even the King of Jin and the King of Wei were like this, then there was no need to mention Your Highness, the princess from the Liao Kingdom.
"In this Li's opinion, unless you have the approval of the Great Song, you won't be able to get any of those things.”Li Guanyu, who had been standing aside and watching, saw Zhao Defang, who was both his subordinate and the King of Qin, reject the request of Xiao Chuo, the princess of Liao Kingdom. He was good at observing people's expressions. With just a glance, he saw a trace of displeasure on Xiao Chuo's face, who was pretending to be calm and collected. He immediately stood up and spoke up for Zhao Defang.
Although Li Guanyu did not mention the names of King Jin and King Wei, Xiao Chuo had done his homework before he came to the Song Kingdom. He knew that the names were referring to Zhao Guangyi, the brother of the Song Emperor, and his second son, Zhao Dezhao.
Even the two of them could only share the beauty that could be used to drive away mosquitoes. As for the other items, they didn't have them. Thinking of this, she realized how precious these things were. Therefore, she swore in her heart: I must bring those things back to the Liao Kingdom.
There was a saying that seemed to be called: The more unattainable something was, the more it felt like a good thing. This was the case for Xiao Chuo.
At this moment, Xiao Chuo knew that she had an extremely important matter to attend to when she was sent to the Song Kingdom. She had to use all sorts of methods to force the Song Emperor to bow down to the Liao Kingdom and pay the tribute listed in the letter written by the Great Khan of the Liao Kingdom to the Song Emperor.
Not only that, but they also wanted the Emperor of the Great Song to personally admit that the Sixteen Prefectures of the Dark Cloud Country that the Liao Kingdom had occupied under the pretext of a hundred years ago would officially become the Liao Kingdom's land and divide the territory between the two countries. In this way, they could achieve the goal of occupying the sixteen states of the Dark Cloud Region for a long time, and then make sufficient preparations for them to march south and invade the Central Plains in the future. This preparation could be long or short. If it was long, they would have to wait for dozens or hundreds of years. If it was short, they would have to wait for three to five years or even three to five months before the war could begin.
It could be said that there would definitely be a war between the Liao Kingdom and the Song Kingdom. As for when the battle would start, it would depend on the outcome of the negotiations between Xiao Chuo, who was shouldering such a glorious and great mission, and the Song Emperor. Therefore, Xiao Chuo felt that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders, so he appeared in front of the Song Dynasty's monarch and minister with a lofty attitude.
After all, for the people who lived on horseback and wandered in the grasslands and deserts all year round, after they stole the fertile land of the Sixteen Prefectures of Dark Cloud from the Later Tang Dynasty a hundred years ago, some of them had been farming together with the local Han people in the Sixteen Prefectures of Dark Cloud. They deeply felt how stable and rich a self-sufficient farming society was. From then on, more and more Khitan tribesmen felt that it would be great if they could go to the hinterland of the Central Plains to experience the fertile land and rich life! This experience was naturally not something they could experience as they wished. They had to resolve this matter through war, and Xiao Chuo was here to test the bottom line of the Song Kingdom.
At this moment, Xiao Chuo felt that if she was rejected by the powerful Song Emperor, the negotiations would break down. If she returned empty-handed, her father, Xiao Siwen, who held a high position in the Liao court, would naturally be impeached by his political enemies.
If her father was caught by the political enemies and made a big fuss about it because of her bad start, then the good days of the Xiao family would probably come to an end.
Originally, Xiao Chuo's father, Xiao Siwen, should have been the envoy for this mission to Song. However, due to her father's age of over fifty years old, and the fact that he had recently been assisting the bedridden Jing Zong Ye Lui Xian in handling the court affairs, he was unable to do so. If he came personally, Liaojing Sect had just ascended the throne not long ago. There were still many hostile forces in the Khitan tribe who were still harboring evil intentions. They secretly seized the opportunity to rebel and force Liaojing Sect to abdicate.
Putting aside the other crimes, just the charge of 'colluding with the enemy' was enough to make the entire Xiao family suffer. In the mindset of the Liao Kingdom's officials and ministers, the Han Chinese Emperor of the Song Kingdom was as respectful to the Liao Kingdom as the Later Tang and Later Zhou. If the Liao Kingdom made a request, it was expected that the Song Kingdom, which had just been established and had an unstable foundation, would agree. However, the news that Xiao Chuo brought back was completely different from what they had imagined. It would definitely make people with ill intentions take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to spread the words that the Xiao family had deliberately done throughout the Liao court. Regardless of whether these four rumors were true or false, it would cause a big stir. Xiao Siwen, who was in a high position, would probably be labeled as a "spy of the Song Kingdom" because of this.
It was precisely to prevent such an upheaval in the Liao Kingdom's political situation that Xiao Siwen, who was now the Prime Minister and Regent, had to stay in Shangjing to stabilize the morale of the army. However, Xiao Siwen, who was in a high position, had lived to such an old age. What made him extremely regretful was that he had no children. Since he didn't have a son he could rely on, he could only let Xiao Chuo, who was chosen to be the imperial concubine,'send Song on behalf of his father'.
In fact, Xiao Chuo had always been dressed like a man since he was young. If she didn't put on makeup and wear feminine accessories, people who didn't know her wouldn't be able to recognize that she was a woman. In addition, Xiao Chuo had been riding a horse and practicing archery since he was a child, so Old Xiao raised him like a son. This made Old Xiao, who had no choice, have the idea of letting his third daughter Xiao Chuo replace him as an envoy to the Song Kingdom. Unexpectedly, this thought actually became a reality.
Although Old Xiao had more than a hundred women with status and no status in his life, he did not have a son with a son. This was not a pity. However, it was fortunate that Old Xiao had three daughters who were quite capable. On the contrary, all three of his daughters had married into good families, which allowed him to mix in the Liao Kingdom's officialdom like a fish in water. He had gone from being the little prince consort during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Liao Dynasty to the current Grand Preceptor of the Liao Jing Sect.
Xiao Siwen's eldest daughter, Xiao Hunian, married the younger brother of Liao Muzong, King Taiping. The second daughter married the younger brother of Liao Jingzong, the King of Zhao. After Emperor Jingzong of Liao ascended the throne, because of Xiao Siwen's support, his third daughter, Xiao Chuo, was chosen as the imperial concubine. As long as Xiao Chuo completed the task assigned to him, he would be able to become the imperial concubine of the Liao Jing Sect. Not only that, if this matter was successful, Xiao Siwen would join forces with his accomplices in the imperial court to jointly submit a petition, requesting for Liao Jingzong to make his daughter empress.
However, after yesterday's fight in the Purple Palace Hall, Xiao Chuo, who had some love rivals, felt that the Emperor of Song Country was not as respectful to the Liao Country as those ministers of Liao Country said before he came. Judging from yesterday's performance, the Emperor of Great Song was definitely not a weak and incompetent person.
Putting aside the fact that Xiao Chuo had witnessed the majestic Song Emperor yesterday, the fourth son of the Song Emperor, Qin Wang, was not only eloquent, but also skilled in martial arts. As the saying went, a tiger father would not have a dog son. From the Song Kingdom's King of Qin's tit-for-tat performance in the Purple Mansion Hall yesterday, she could feel that the Song Kingdom was not easy to bully.
Since the Song Kingdom was likely to reject the unreasonable request of the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Chuo, as an envoy, would naturally return empty-handed. However, she could not let herself return empty-handed.
Coincidentally, she had learned from Li Guanyu that the King of Song, who had saved her life by the Bian River a few days ago, had invented something that she had never heard of or seen before. She wanted to bring these things back as an explanation to her future husband and father.
After all, even Xiao Chuo, the daughter of a high-ranking official in the Liao Kingdom, had never heard of the things that Li Guanyu from the Honglu Temple of the Song Kingdom had told her, let alone the other people of the Liao Kingdom.
Moreover, she had heard Li Guanyu say that these things were only used in the palace. Even the King of Jin and the King of Wei, who were relatives of the Song royal family, could only enjoy them. It's just human fragrance. From this, it could be seen that these things were definitely rare in the world, which made it even more valuable for her to bring them back to report.
Xiao Chuo's current priority was to obtain these rare items. She needed the approval of the Emperor of Song before she could obtain them. Now that the relationship between Song and Liao had been strained, the Emperor of Song would probably not show her any mercy. Then, she had to think of another way to get those rare things as soon as possible. She had to wait until the Emperor of Song summoned her to reply to the letter written by Liao Jing Zong, so that she could immediately return to Liao Kingdom with these rare things.
However, it was strange. Ever since Xiao Chuo was rescued from the Bian River by Zhao Defang, he performed the so-called mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on her and saved her life. From then on, Xiao Chuo would occasionally recall the unbearable scene when he opened his eyes. Every time she thought of this, she felt ashamed and resentful. After all, Xiao Chuo was still a virgin. Although she had long been chosen as the Imperial Consort, she had never spent her wedding night with her husband, Ye Lui Xian of the Liao Jing Sect.
That was the first time Xiao Chuo felt his mouth being pressed against a man's. What made her feel disgusted was that although this man had saved her life, he was an unfamiliar man. Moreover, he was from the Song Dynasty. Later on, they found out that this man was the King of Qin of Song Country.
Thinking of this, Xiao Chuo's mood was as if he had knocked down a bottle of wine. His heart was filled with sour, spicy, bitter, sweet, and salty. It could be said that he had all five flavors.
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