C2314 Change of Attitude
On this day, Princess Qi and Xiao Huan did not leave the Palace again. Instead, they wandered around the Imperial Palace and carefully looked at these familiar scenes. They firmly remembered them in their minds.
The news of the defeat at the front line seemed to have spread in the Palace. And as Princess Qi expected, the marriage became the focus of people's attention once again. After all, everyone knew that the Great Lu Dynasty could not defeat the Fengjue Country. At least, it would be like this for a short period of time. Therefore, they wanted to protect the empire of the Great Lu Dynasty. This negotiation must be carried out. As for the people of the Fengjue Country... Previously, they had made it very clear that if they wanted to negotiate, they had to first agree to the marriage alliance.
Because of this, many people understood that this marriage seemed to be unavoidable. And in the entire Imperial Palace, there seemed to be only Princess Qi who was suitable for the marriage alliance. This way, everyone understood that Princess Qi would marry the Fengjue Country from afar. It was unavoidable.
Regarding this, some felt pity, some were sad, and some gloated.
What kind of place was the Fengjue Country? Even though it was someone from the imperial palace... He had basically never been there before. However, the Great Lu Dynasty and the Fengjue Country had been fighting for so many years. The people in the palace had more or less heard about the situation of the Fengjue Country. It could be said that the Fengjue Country was definitely a land of bitter cold. There was no way it could be compared to the Great Lu Dynasty. There was no way to compare it with the life in the Imperial Palace. Even if Princess Qi married into the Imperial Concubine, but... In terms of life, it was definitely much worse than in the Imperial Palace. Especially in this place, Princess Qi was even loved by the Emperor. That life was even more blissful.
However, with the arrival of the marriage, many people understood. Princess Qi's good days had finally come to an end. She had arrived at the Fengjue Country. Her life would definitely not be as good as it was here. Especially since... She had married in the form of a marriage alliance. She wouldn't have any status in the Fengjue Country either. And when the Great Lu Dynasty was on the decline and the Fengjue Country was on the rise... Princess Qi's status as a princess wouldn't be able to help her much. She would even be bullied by the people of the Fengjue Country because of this.
Therefore, many people in the palace pitied Princess Qi in their hearts. When they saw the master and servant walking around in the palace, many people looked at them with concern and pity. However, no one went forward to speak. The people in the palace... Compared to Princess Qi, most of them were servants. They were not Xiao Huan. Therefore, they did not have the qualifications to initiate a conversation with Princess Qi.
Of course, there were also those who gloated. For example, that Imperial Concubine Wu. Ever since she found out from her father that the troops at the front line of the Great Lu Dynasty had been defeated, her mood had been very good.
Ever since the emissary of the Fengjue Country wanted to negotiate, Noble Consort Wu had always wanted to promote a marriage alliance. Because of this, she had unknowingly blown a pillow wind by the ear of the Emperor.
However, even though the Emperor's previous attitude had loosened, however, he had never decided on the marriage and had never thought of marrying Princess Qi over. After all, in the Emperor's heart, Princess Qi was too important. Because of this, Noble Consort Wu was quite angry.
However, the most important thing now was that a turnaround had occurred. The Great Lu Dynasty army had lost at the front line. If that was the case, Great Lu Dynasty's bargaining chips on the negotiation table were much less. They no longer had much confidence. They went to argue with the emissaries of the Fengjue Country, and the marriage that the emissary requested... It was already very difficult for the Great Lu Dynasty to reject it.
Princess Qi, this huge problem in her heart was finally about to be removed, so Noble Consort Wu's mood was naturally very good. Without Princess Qi making a fuss, she already saw the hope of becoming the sixth palace lord.
In addition, in the Imperial Court, she and her father were not going to deal with Li Yuangu. She had already died at the front line, and her father had one less enemy. Her power had increased, and she was now able to provide her with help. And that was even greater. When all these things were added together, it would be strange if Noble Consort Wu was in a bad mood.
As for Princess Qi wanting to marry the Fengjue Country far away, Noble Consort Wu naturally took pleasure in Princess Qi's misfortune. Of course, she also did not go in front of Princess Qi to show off. She was not stupid and knew that the Emperor was very guilty towards Princess Qi in his heart. If Princess Qi were to sue him before she got married, it would affect his position in the king's heart.
In any case, Princess Qi was already leaving. Noble Consort Wu felt that... She was still enduring it for a bit during this period of time. There was no need to anger Princess Qi anymore. Give her a chance to take revenge on him and wait for her to leave him. He could do whatever he wanted.
And on this day, the Emperor rewarded Princess Qi with a lot of things. Just as Imperial Concubine Wu thought, for the sake of the country, he actually wanted to give her his favorite sister. Marrying her to the Fengjue Country, the Emperor felt very apologetic in his heart. He felt very guilty.
That was why he had asked the eunuch beside him. He let Princess Qi go out of the Palace to play, and if Princess Qi had any requests... The Emperor would also agree. At the same time, he also rewarded Princess Qi with a lot of things. It was to make up for the guilt in her heart, and at this moment... If Noble Consort Wu still went to provoke Princess Qi, then the idiot Princess Qi would report it. Needless to say, the Emperor would definitely stand on Princess Qi's side.
Might as well, Noble Consort Wu was not that stupid. To be able to survive in the Palace Battle and become a Noble Consort, naturally, she would not be too stupid. A person who was too stupid would not live that long and live so well.
However, Princess Qi did not take the rewards from the Emperor to heart. Those things, she herself was concerned about jewelry, jewelry and other things. She also did not care too much about the most important jade pendant on her body. It was the jade pendant that her mother gave her on her tenth birthday. Unfortunately, she had also lost the jade pendant.
On the other side, Wu Yan continued to negotiate with the Fengjue Country envoy. However, at this moment, he realized that the attitude of the Fengjue Country envoys towards him had changed. They had become arrogant and rude.
"Minister Wu, please return. The envoys will not be seeing you today." At the entrance of the inn, Wu Yan was stopped by the servants beside the Fengjue Country envoy.
Normally, when these servants saw Wu Yan, their attitude would be very respectful. After all, Wu Yan was also Minister of the Great Lu Dynasty Official Department, and he had a prestigious status.
However, today, what Wu Yan saw was... The arrogant expressions on the faces of these servants were as if they had a higher status. What was even more excessive was that he was actually stopped outside the door. Not allowed to enter, you have to know, during that period of time before... He often came to see the emissaries of the Fengjue Country, and every time, he would be able to smoothly enter. The special envoys of the Fengjue Country, other than Lu Yizha's slightly arrogant attitude, the other two had good attitudes.
However, everything had changed now. It wasn't even easy for him to enter the door anymore. He was actually stopped by a servant.
Wu Yan frowned and said, "I wonder what the special envoys are up to today."
"It's not like us servants know what the special envoys are up to." The servant said, "Master Wu, please return. The special envoys will not be seeing guests today."
"Go in and tell them that I'm here. I believe the special envoys will see me." Wu Yan said.
During that period of time, Wu Yan and the few special envoys from the Fengjue Country... At least, that was what he thought. In order to facilitate the marriage, he had married Princess Qi. He had helped the special envoys of the Fengjue Country come up with many ideas. In fact, they even revealed a lot of information about the Great Lu Dynasty to the special envoys.
Therefore, Wu Yan felt that he and the special envoys of the Fengjue Country could be considered friends. When friends came, there was no reason not to see them.
However, the truth was not what he thought.
"There's no need to inform them. The special envoys had already instructed us not to see anyone." The servant did not go in to help Wu Yan report. He continued, "Including Master Wu, it's the same!"0
Obviously, the special envoys of the Fengjue Country knew that Wu Yan would come to see them today. Hence, they specially instructed the servants to not see Wu Yan even if he came.
To be exact, those special envoys of the Fengjue Country shut their doors and refused guests today. The main reason was that they did not want to see Wu Yan, because during the period that the special envoys had arrived at the Great Lu Dynasty... After all, Wu Yan was the one in charge of the peace talks. Therefore, it was reasonable to meet the envoys of the Fengjue Country. As for the other ministers, it was obvious that they did not dare to have too much contact with these envoys from the Fengjue Country. At least, on the surface, it was to avoid arousing suspicion. The two countries weren't that friendly right now.
Therefore, the reason why the special envoys of the Fengjue Country said that they would not see anyone was actually because they did not want to see Wu Yan. After thinking about it for a while, Wu Yan also thought of it.
Thinking of this, Wu Yan became even angrier.
Wu Yan could roughly think of the reason behind this. However, he didn't think that the special envoys of the Fengjue Country would change their attitude so easily and not give him any face.
The reason why the special envoys of the Fengjue Country didn't want to see Wu Yan was because... They already knew about the victory of the Fengjue Country. The initiative was on their side, so they were not in a hurry. The ones who were in a hurry were the people of the Great Lu Dynasty. The longer they dragged on, the more time they had. The more torturous it would be for the people of the Great Lu Dynasty. When they truly began to negotiate, they would not be able to hold on much longer.
The people of the Fengjue Country were using too much pressure to deliberately cool Wu Yan and give him a taste of his own medicine.
After understanding this point, Wu Yan became extremely angry. These people of the Fengjue Country had been chatting and laughing with him before, but now, it had suddenly become too much.
"These Fengjue Countries bastards! I wonder who sent them this news. Who was the one who helped you send so many messages? These bastards are heartless!" Minister Wu cursed in his heart.
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