vrcanaries Chapter 288 Where is the ancestral grave? Show me
Chapter 288 Where is the ancestral grave? Show me
"Then you can arrange any prince to go quickly. Don't delay and set off immediately!"
Tang Xinyi shouted coldly.
After presiding over state affairs for two months, Tang Xinyi also developed the domineering aura of a superior, and her orders were very authoritative.
At her command, Feng Chang quickly wiped away his tears, and took the ninth prince, Prince Kang, who was quietly eating melons in the court, and walked out. Then he sent guards to carry a box of gold and silver from the inner treasury and threw it onto the carriage.
The young King Kang was bewildered.
No, what happened? In less than an incense stick of time, he became an envoy to the Yan army camp?
Before you have even worked hard enough, you suddenly receive a great mission?
"I'm not going, I'm not going. Let my second brother go. The crown prince is dead, so it's his turn in line now. I'm not going."
The ninth prince, Prince Kang, rolled around in the carriage, as if he was not going on a diplomatic mission this time, but was going to a dangerous place.
Uh...it seems not much different.
"Oh, Prince Kang, please stop shouting. This is our responsibility at a time of national crisis. You can't get a tiger cub without risking it."
"I don't want Hu Zi, I want to go home, I want to go home..."
King Kang was still throwing a tantrum.
Feng Chang looked at him and suddenly a plan came to his mind. He said,
"King Kang, please calm down. Listen to me, this is a good thing for the world."
"Hmm? What good thing? Something that could cost you your head?"
Prince Kang looked at Feng Chang in shock.
"Of course it's a good thing. Think about it, His Majesty is now terminally ill. To be disrespectful, he might die one day.
But until now, His Majesty has not yet appointed a crown prince.
Why is this? Firstly, the Crown Prince's rebellion has made His Majesty disheartened.
Secondly, His Majesty is also observing you, wanting to see which prince is more capable, which prince can take on important responsibilities and make great contributions.
If this peace negotiation is successful, whether it means ceding territory or paying compensation, as long as it is successful, this will be your political capital.
Just think about it, the armies of the Three Kingdoms were approaching, and the troops of Yan State were at the gates of the city. You, with your own strength, signed a treaty, saved the imperial mausoleum, saved Shengjing, saved Your Majesty, the royal family, and the entire court, and even saved the destiny of my Da Kun. This is an enormous contribution.
Ask all the civil and military officials and princes in the court, who can do this? You are Da Kun’s savior.
Things have come to this point, we have no choice but to go, but since we have gone, we must do our best, for our lives and for your throne.
Think about it, isn't this the truth?"
"The throne?"
King Kang muttered to himself, but his eyes became brighter and brighter.
Yes, if he can succeed in this mission, he will be able to quickly establish his prestige with this achievement, and the throne will be within his reach, right?
When the emperor dies, won’t the beautiful queen stepmother be his?
The thought of this made his blood boil.
"But...what if we fail?"
"Failure? To be frank, Your Majesty, if we fail, we will only die a few days earlier than those people in Shengjing.
Shengjing can't stop the Yan army, because the Yan army has cannons!
With the civil and military officials and the royal family accompanying me, I will not be alone on the road to the underworld.
Your Majesty, since we are all going to die anyway, why not fight for yourself?"
"Fengchang, you are right. I will listen to you and fight hard. This opportunity is given to others, but they still can't get it."
"Oh, that's right."
A group of horse-drawn carriages and dozens of guards arrived at the gate of the Yan army camp in a mighty procession.
"What?"
The soldiers at the door immediately surrounded the carriage.
"We are envoys from the Yan army. We wish to see your commander. Go and inform him immediately."
"Just wait."
The soldier went to report to the Southern King Ma Ling and then came back.
"go in."
When they arrived at the door of the general's tent, Prince Kang and Feng Chang got out of the car, and the guards carried the box down.
"Leave the weapons behind, and let the people go in."
"Yes."
The two men and the guards entered the general's tent.
Inside, the three-eyed Horse King sat on a handsome chair with a big horse and a golden sword, looking at the two people in front of him with indifferent eyes.
After placing the box on the ground, the two bowed deeply and said,
"Kun Ninth Prince Kang Yuangou pays his respects to His Royal Highness the Southern King of Dayan."
"Tai, a member of the royal family of Kun, pays homage to the King of the South."
The royal family of Kun State had the surname Yuan. Kun was the name of the country and Yuan was the royal surname. Among all the countries, only the founding emperor of Yan State used his surname as the name of the country.
Ma Ling looked at them indifferently and said,
"If you have something to say, get out of here."
Fengchang looked down on the King of the South in his heart, thinking that he was indeed a barbarian from Yan, who had no knowledge of etiquette at all.
But now the enemy is strong and we are weak. If they need help from us, we still have to lower our posture.
"Your Highness, Prince Nan, we are here on the orders of the Empress to negotiate peace with the Yan army camp."
"Hmph, are all the men of Kun Country dead? They actually let a queen call the shots."
The Southern King sneered contemptuously.
Feng Chang secretly criticized,
Aren't women in charge of your Yan State? Are all your men dead too?
Oh yes, almost all the royal relatives of Yan State died.
"Your Highness the Southern Prince is joking. Our Da Kun is also following the example of the Empress of Dayan. Women also hold up half the sky.
Our Empress has great respect for the Empress of Great Yan and has always wanted to meet her, but she has never had the chance to do so."
"That's easy. After we conquer Shengjing, we won't have to kill her. Instead, we can bring her back to Yanjing and let her meet our Emperor.
This wish is simple, and we will help her realize it.”
"Forehead…"
Old Fengchang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said with an awkward smile,
"Your Highness, Prince Nan, let's first discuss the terms of peace. Our terms are..."
"We in Dayan haven't put forward any conditions yet, but you in Kun are already putting forward conditions? What a joke! Don't you know your own limitations?"
"Um... Your Highness, it's not that we can't recognize him, it's just that the situation is urgent. It's too urgent. There's nothing we can do. We heard that Prince Lanling has already set out with his army. We can't delay any longer."
Hearing this, Ma Ling's heart moved and he said,
"You, the Kun Kingdom court, want to protect it?"
"How can I not protect it? It's too important."
The two people were talking about completely different things, but miraculously they ended up chatting about the same thing.
"Then tell me, how are you going to protect it?"
Ma Ling sneered.
"We are willing to give Dayan ten thousand taels of gold, five hundred thousand taels of silver, and a county of land in exchange for our imperial tombs being safe from invasion and the resting place of our ancestors not being disturbed."
"Imperial Mausoleum?"
Ma Ling was stunned when he heard this, then he suddenly realized and then it became clear.
There are countless gold, silver and treasures in this imperial tomb!
He stood up, pointed at the map and said,
"Where is your family's ancestral grave? Show it to me."
"what?"
Feng Chang was stunned.
"No, you don't know where our imperial mausoleum is? The army we sent..."
"If you hadn't told us, we wouldn't have remembered it. Tell us now, where is the imperial tomb?"