Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

When Emperor Jingwen saw him, he didn’t say anything but asked, “How is Beiting doing recently?”

It turns out that Wu Yi’s mission back then was to lead a group of people to collect intelligence about Beiting, and now the time has finally come when it can be put to use.

After receiving the order, Wu Yi rushed back without stopping and finally arrived just before the envoy arrived.

Wu Yi briefly reported the recent situation in Beiting to Emperor Jingwen.

As expected by others, the envoys from Beiting came with ill intentions. It has rarely rained in Beiting since spring this year, and there was no rain at all throughout the summer. The grain planted by the people of Beiting this year was almost a failure.

That would be fine, as even without food there were still cattle and sheep, but the problem was that there was no rainfall, the grassland was so dry that a large number of cattle and sheep also starved to death.

Beiting is now facing a famine. According to Beiting’s brutal nature, once it reaches the end of its rope, it will inevitably march its troops southward, start slaughtering the people of other countries, and occupy other countries’ lands in order to survive.

The question now is whether the enemy’s target is the Great Zhou or the Chen State in the west.

Although Chen was the weakest of the three countries, it was easy to defend but difficult to attack due to its complex terrain and many mountains and rivers. In addition, Da Zhou had just experienced a flood, so Emperor Jingwen was almost certain that the enemy was most likely targeting Da Zhou.

Fortunately, Zeng Mohuai led his disciples to take action in time, otherwise if the flood was allowed to rage, Beiting would probably have taken action by now, and would not even have gone through this.

Especially this time, the envoy sent by the other party was Huyan Jue.

Huyan is the surname of the Beiting royal family, and Huyan Jue is the uncle of the current Beiting Wolf King. Such an important identity is naturally extraordinary.

The other party is probably trying to determine whether the Great Zhou still has the strength to fight against them.

If there is another war, the current treasury can still support it, but the key is that in order to survive, Beiting will certainly do its best. This time the outcome is unpredictable. Even if it wins by chance again, Da Zhou will inevitably suffer heavy losses, and the neighboring Chen State will inevitably take the opportunity to cause chaos.

The best outcome would be to let Beiting confront the State of Chen, while the Great Zhou would sit on the mountain and watch the fight between the two tigers, and reap the benefits.

But how to make Beiting give up this idea is a problem.

The envoys from Beiting will stay in Shangjing for about seven days. A solution must be found within these seven days.

The most important thing today is tonight’s banquet.

“I understand. You go down first.” After pondering for a long time, Emperor Jingwen waved at Wu Yi.

Wu Yi bowed his head and said, “I will take my leave.”

Soon, the Qinzheng Hall returned to peace.

The other side.

Ye Shuo pondered for a long time and finally decided to join in the fun.

It was so hard to have an outsider come, and he was very curious.

“Let’s go and take a look.” Ye Shuo wrapped the food in oil paper and handed it to Xiao Luzi beside him. He wiped his mouth and stood up.

Ye Yan and the other three were stunned for a moment, then quickly stuffed the remaining steamed bread into their mouths and followed.

After spending a few days with the Ninth Prince, Ye Yan and his companions clearly discovered that the Ninth Prince seemed to particularly love joining in the fun; wherever there was fun, he would be there.

Led by the Minister of Rites, the envoys’ team soon arrived at the post station.

Beiting is Beiting after all. Even if it was defeated in the war, its treatment was different from that of other small countries. The Ministry of Rites entertained Beiting envoys according to almost the highest standards. A few days before the Beiting envoys arrived, the Ministry of Rites had ordered people to vacate the entire post station.

People from other small countries have now temporarily moved elsewhere.

The Great Zhou was still the same Great Zhou, seemingly no different from many years ago.

When Huyan Jue got off the car, he gave a subtle wink to the servants around him.

The servant understood, and after entering the room, he started making a fuss in a short while.

According to the servants, the beds in the rooms that were nicely arranged by the Ministry of Rites have now become garbage. Either the quilts are not soft enough, or the wooden beds are unstable, or the surrounding furnishings are not of high enough quality.

That look was as if Huyan Jue had lived in a fairy palace before.

If the Minister of Rites had not known that the people in Beiting, from the common people to the royal family, were all barbarians who ate raw meat and drank blood, he would have been deceived by them.

In the past, people in Beiting were not so particular. I guess they must have lost the war and were looking for trouble on purpose.

When Ye Shuo arrived at the inn, he heard the quarrel inside.

Originally, Ye Shuo wanted to go in and find out what was going on, but now, there was no need to go in. The other party was making so much noise that he could hear it even from outside.

Looking at Ye Yan and the others standing aside, I don’t know when their facial features were wrinkled.

“This envoy from Beiting is so rude!”

“Yes, yes.” Ye Shuo nodded repeatedly.

Although the people of Beiting look tall and powerful, they are not real fools. They probably do this not just to vent their dissatisfaction.

Going to the capital nowadays is probably to welcome bad guests.

Since they are bad guests, there is no need to be polite to them. Ye Shuo was very interested in this group of so-called envoys at first, but now, he suddenly finds them boring.

It would be better to go to other places in the capital to have some fun.

Look at the poor Minister of Rites, who is now haggling with the other party all the time, not knowing that even if he says something beautiful, the other party will still find fault with it.

“Forget it, forget it, let’s go.” Ye Shuo didn’t know the other party’s purpose, and he didn’t know whether his cheap father had other plans. Anyway, his cheap father would take care of it in the end, so he didn’t worry about it.

However, Ye Yan and his group, who were from Beiting and had seen a lot of such things at the border, were immediately angered by the other party’s behavior.

But when they thought about not causing trouble for their father, they became discouraged again.

“Okay, okay, don’t be unhappy. The ninth uncle will take you to some fun places.”

Ye Yan and the others finally followed Ye Shuo reluctantly.

Time passed by, and in the blink of an eye it was already late in the evening. After a morning and an afternoon of adjustment, the people of Beiting, who were already full of energy, had already recovered their spirits.

Seeing that the night banquet was about to begin, Huyan Jue boarded the carriage almost on time.

About half an hour later, when the carriage arrived at the gate of the imperial city, the guard almost subconsciously stretched out his hand to stop it: “Stop.”

Noticing that the eight people, including Hu Yanjue, all had scimitars on their waists, the guards could not help but say, “This is a restricted area of ​​the imperial city, and weapons are not allowed. Please take off your swords before entering.”

As if he had heard a joke, Hu Yanjue laughed loudly and patted the scimitar on his waist. Then his face changed and said, “It is a rule set by the Great Zhou Dynasty in the early years that our envoys are allowed to carry weapons. Who do you think you are? How dare you stop me?”

Hu Yanjue’s eyes were as sharp as knives.

The guards had never heard of such a rule, and they naturally did not dare to take the initiative because of the other party’s noble status. Finally, a captain surnamed Li, who was a seventh-rank officer, came over and ordered people to intercept the envoys outside. The guards quickly restored order. “I’m really sorry, I have never heard of such a rule in our Great Zhou. I will send someone to ask the emperor. Please wait here.” The captain surnamed Li was neither humble nor arrogant. He was polite, but his actions showed no intention of letting them in.

Huyan Jue wanted to get angry, but when he saw his move, the other party seemed to want to unsheathe his sword. Huyan Jue paused, narrowed his eyes, and smiled: “Little guard, you are so brave.”

The captain surnamed Li remained unmoved.

Hu Yanjue finally gave up. He crossed his arms and said, “Okay, I will wait here. I want to see if what the Great Zhou Emperor said before still counts.”

Emperor Jingwen soon learned about this matter, and he naturally also knew who made this rule.

No doubt it must be the late emperor.

The late emperor granted permission for envoys from Beiting to carry swords when entering the country in order to maintain diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Even Emperor Jingwen couldn’t openly disobey the late emperor so blatantly. His face was as gloomy as water and he nodded to the guard who came to report.

The guard then went back to report.

The captain surnamed Li received the order and then let them go.

“Pretending.” After taking a deep look at the other person, Huyan Jue sneered, and finally, under the watchful eyes of a group of guards, he swaggered into the imperial city with a sword in his hand.

Huyan Jue deliberately arrived a little late, and combined with the time he spent at the palace gate, by the time he arrived, the banquet was almost full, with only the eight of them waiting. This showed how much importance he attached to the event.

Although the Great Zhou won the battle, it was still so weak.

Huyan Jue bowed slightly towards Emperor Jingwen who was sitting at the top of the table as a greeting. Without even waiting for Emperor Jingwen to call him, he found his own seat and sat down.

Emperor Jingwen’s face darkened slightly, and the eldest prince and the crown prince were even more furious.

As for other ministers, most of them knew that Beiting was not easy to mess with, so no one said anything.

Just when Emperor Jingwen was about to express his dissatisfaction, he inadvertently saw that there seemed to be a few empty seats not far away.

Emperor Jingwen knew who was sitting in the empty seat without even having to think about it.

Emperor Jingwen was startled for a moment, then he felt relieved.

As for Hu Yanjue, not long after he sat down, he seemed to have just noticed his impoliteness. He said perfunctorily, “I am really sorry. I didn’t follow so many rules when I faced the Wolf King in Beiting. When I came here, I forgot about it for a moment. I hope that Emperor Zhou will forgive me.”

He kept asking for forgiveness, but his expression did not show much fear, as if he had already known in advance that Emperor Jingwen would not do anything to him.

However, just as he finished speaking, there was a sudden noise outside the Luanqing Palace.

Ye Shuo never thought that he had just been playing around, and had done nothing except drinking tea, eating, listening to operas, music, storytelling, shopping, etc., how could it be dark in the blink of an eye?

Seeing that the time for the night banquet was about to end, Ye Shuo was startled and ran to the palace in a hurry.

When he arrived, he was covered in sweat from running.

But thinking that those envoys didn’t look like guests at all, Ye Shuo didn’t care much. He was afraid that his cheap father would be angry, so after Ye Shuo rushed in, he hurriedly apologized to the envoys and then shifted all his attention to his cheap father.

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I’m late, but considering my young age, I think you won’t mind, right?”

Why does this sound so familiar?

It seems like I have heard it somewhere before.

Everyone’s attention inevitably shifted to Huyan Jue and his companions.

In an instant, Huyan Jue’s expression became extremely ugly.

Zou Wu and the others who had already taken their seats did not take this scene to heart. They were not interested in such things, and it was not their job, so Zou Wu and the others just watched at first.

Until they noticed the jade pendant hanging around the visitor’s waist.

The jade pendant is densely carved with various flowers, which are so eye-catching.

It was the first time they had seen such a fancy jade pendant, but that was fine. The key point was that surrounded by thousands of flowers, right in the center of the jade pendant, was a jade hairpin.

The one wearing the jade pendant with a jade hairpin flower around his waist is the mysterious master they have been thinking about all the time.

Zou Wu and the other eight young men were all stunned.

Having no time to pay attention to them, Ye Shuo only noticed that the moment he walked in, two pairs of eyes full of resentment suddenly fell on him.

One of the pairs was, as expected, the little princess’s. As for the other pair…

Looking at the four people following Ye Shuo, Ye Xun gritted his teeth.