"Your Majesty, the special envoy of the Fire Empire wishes to see you!"
Officials in charge of diplomacy came out to report: "They said they must summon your Majesty today."
"How outrageous! Will it be their turn to dictate whether or when His Majesty will summon them? Even if the Emperor of the Fire Empire comes in person, he will not receive such treatment!"
Immediately, Prince Longbang jumped out and yelled!
Firstly, as he is now the quasi-king of the country, he naturally has to protect Liu Ziyu's authority. Secondly... it concerns the Fire Empire, and he feels somewhat guilty.
The civil servant in charge of diplomacy blinked innocently. He was just passing on a message. Why did he seem to have committed a heinous crime?
Liu Ziyu originally wanted to announce the news of her wedding in public, but was interrupted and felt slightly unhappy.
He could only glance at Lin Yi, who was still bored beside him. Seeing that his cousin had no expression, Liu Ziyu could only wave in a deep voice: "Xuan!"
"Xuan——The envoy of the Fire Empire is here to see you!"
"Xuan——The envoy of the Fire Empire is here to see you!"
"Xuan——The envoy of the Fire Empire is here to see you!"
The envoys from other countries were waiting a little far away, and they were shouting and spreading the word.
After a while, the envoy from the Fire Empire quickly walked up to the palace with small steps in a dignified manner.
"Tuoba Tou, envoy of the Fire Empire, pays homage to His Majesty the Emperor of the Hongshang Empire!"
The envoy named Tuoba Tou just bowed slightly and faced Liu Ziyu with ordinary courtesy.
Not to mention kneeling down and worshiping, it was just the attitude of ordinary people greeting each other when they meet.
But Liu Ziyu didn't think anything was wrong, but those ministers couldn't bear it!
Immediately, someone jumped out and yelled: "You are bold enough to Tuoba Tou. When you see His Majesty, you still don't pay homage! Could it be that the envoys sent by the Fire Empire are all vulgar people?"
"Haha, our Fire Empire is naturally a country of etiquette, but etiquette naturally must be used by those who have etiquette. What etiquette can you, the Hongshang Empire, have at all?"
Tuoba Tou straightened up, with a hint of disdain in the corner of his mouth: "Let's not talk about the methods you used to steal this huge empire from the Shanlian Empire. Just letting untrustworthy people occupy high positions is enough. I see how ridiculous your empire is!"
Hearing the words "untrustworthy person", Prince Longbang suddenly trembled all over. Even though he was standing, he still felt like he was sitting on pins and needles!
Obviously, Tuoba Tou was talking about him!
"presumptuous!"
Prince Longbang was not the only one who held a high position. There were also many ministers of the subjugated country who had surrendered and were still being used in important positions. They began to take the initiative and felt that Tuoba Tou was scolding them for their betrayal. How could they endure it?
These people jumped out one by one to scold Tuoba Tou, causing the hall to become filled with smoke and noisy!
"quiet!"
The guard of the Golden Palace who was responsible for maintaining order gave a loud shout and snapped his whip. The clear and loud voice drowned out all the shouts and curses, attracting everyone's attention.
After the noise calmed down, Liu Ziyu looked at Tuoba Tou indifferently and said slowly: "You represent the Fire Empire, pay attention to your attitude! If you want to start a war, I won't be afraid at all - you want to Fight, I will fight!"
When it came to the last six words, Liu Ziyu said it in one breath. Although her voice was not loud, it felt deafening.
Those old officials of the Shanlian Empire couldn't help but feel their blood boiling!
In the past, the Shanlian Empire and the Fire Empire fought against each other, but it was difficult to suppress each other, so they never showed a strong side in diplomacy.
Most of the time, they send envoys to each other and then push and push each other in vain. Have you ever seen Liu Ziyu with such a tough attitude?
Lin Yi, who was bored, showed a satisfied smile, that's what being an emperor should be like!
When you should be domineering, you will never be timid!
If Liu Ziyu becomes emperor and still has to swallow his anger when someone comes knocking on his door, Lin Yi will definitely be disappointed.
Such an emperor would not be able to do much even if he had a stronger blood ghost in his hands!
Fortunately, Liu Ziyu's performance did not disappoint Lin Yi. At the very least, this was a good start for a qualified emperor!
"His Majesty the Emperor is so courageous, but it's a pity that he can't scare me!"
Tuoba Tou laughed and glanced around indifferently: "The Fire Empire was not afraid of the Shanlian Empire before, and now it is not afraid of your Hongshang Empire!"
In his opinion, it was very strange that the Shanlian Empire was destroyed. Most of its troops were destroyed before even being used. There must be something fishy in this.
Now that the Hongshang Empire is newly established, there will definitely be a turbulent transitional period. The Fire Element Empire will take the opportunity to bite a piece of meat, and they will take a share of the pie when the Shanlian Empire is destroyed!
"So we're going to fight? Are you declaring war on behalf of the Fire Empire?"
In the main hall, a high-ranking general from the Imperial Military Department of the Mountain Company looked at Tuoba Tou with evil intentions, as if he were looking at a delicious prey.
For the generals of the Ministry of War, there is no merit without war!
After surrendering to the new dynasty, they had not made any achievements. They were also worried about whether they would be purged after the situation stabilized, so they eagerly wanted a war to give them a chance to make achievements.
Tuoba Tou was so arrogant that the generals in the Ministry of War were extremely happy!
Each of them was already planning how to fight, and they looked at each other warily, fearing that this opportunity would be snatched away by the other party.
"Whether to declare war or not depends on the sincerity of His Majesty the Emperor!"
Tuoba Tou was not frightened at all, and looked up at Liu Ziyu with joy and fearlessness: "Your Majesty the Emperor, during the previous Shanlian Empire period, someone promised to give Hu Yue's Titled Kingdom to our Fire Empire. For this purpose, our Fire Empire spent a huge amount of money. resources and troops. Now that the Shanlian Empire is dead and Hu Yue’s title kingdom is still there, is the agreement valid?”
Ga!
Prince Longbang was no longer sitting on pins and needles this time, but was being roasted directly on the fire!
At this time, he was sweating profusely, but he did not dare to open his mouth to distinguish and explain this kind of thing. The more he talked about this kind of thing, the more mistakes he made!
Tuoba Tou did not mention the Prince of Longbang, nor did he mention that the Longbang Titled Kingdom was originally going to be merged into the Fire Empire. His purpose was to bite off a big piece of fat, not to actually start a war with the Hongshang Empire. .
Hu Yue’s title kingdom is that piece of fat!
Of course, this is also a test to test the bottom line of the new Hongshang Empire!
If it can really take over Hu Yue's title kingdom smoothly, it means that the Hongshang Empire is strong on the outside and weak on the inside, and it doesn't dare to take action against the Fire Empire!
At that time, new temptations can continue!
Whether it is the Long Kingdom or another titled kingdom, there is no problem in encroaching on it step by step or directly launching a full-scale war.
"Nonsense! You know that the Shanlian Empire is dead, why are you bringing up the past? If you want to fight, fight. Where do you come from so much nonsense?"
The people in the Ministry of War were eager to fight now. They must have rushed to fight no matter what, and they invisibly helped Prince Longbang relieve the siege.