"Master, your performance just now was so wonderful."
Xue Rengui's eyes shone and he said, "You haven't seen that the King of Silla and all the civil and military officials of Silla are like eating flies."
Hearing this, Muchuan couldn't help rolling his eyes at Xue Rengui, "You mean I'm a fly?"
"This is not what I meant."
Xue Rengui waved his hand quickly.
Muchuan shook his head and turned to look at Mu Yingchen who was holding a pig leg and gnawing on it.
"Xiaoying, are you afraid you were reincarnated as a starving ghost?"
Muchuan's head was covered with black lines.
Since the dinner party, this little girl has started to eat a lot. Unexpectedly, her appetite has not weakened at all.
"Master, you can't waste food."
Mu Yingchen gave an answer that made Muchuan dumbfounded.
"There's a lot of food in there, why don't you go back and eat it?" Muchuan said jokingly.
Mu Yingchen quickly shook his head, "That's other people's food. I'll be beaten if I take it. I'll only eat what the master gives me."
Muchuan smiled and touched Mu Yingchen's head.
After getting along for a long time, Muchuan felt that this little Sanwu loli was quite cute sometimes.
"Old Xue, you should have noticed it just now, right?"
Muchuan glanced at Xue Rengui, his eyes slightly narrowed.
"This King of Silla doesn't seem to have much respect for the Tang Dynasty. I'm afraid this negotiation will be very difficult."
Hearing this, Xue Rengui also frowned and nodded.
"What the young master said is absolutely true. The King of Silla dares to embarrass the young master in this way. He must be trying to give us a blow."
"Thanks to the young master's cleverness, he defeated the opponent's army."
Muchuan shook his head, "That had no real effect, it just made them sick."
"Master, what should we do?"
Muchuan didn't speak, just thinking quickly in his mind.
If an agreement cannot be reached with Silla, the mission will basically fail.
After all, just convincing Baekje is useless.
If Silla did not join the Communist Alliance, Baekje would never dare to send troops to Goguryeo.
After all, once he sends troops, if Silla takes the opportunity to march in, Baekje may be destroyed overnight.
Therefore, negotiations with Silla can only succeed and cannot fail.
For this reason, Muchuan didn't even mind using some special means.
"Old Xue, you go."
After giving Xue Rengui instructions, Xue Rengui's eyes gradually widened.
He never expected that Muchuan would be so courageous.
"Master, do you really want to do this?"
Xue Rengui swallowed his saliva, "If this fails, I'm afraid it will bring great disaster to the Tang Dynasty."
Faced with Xue Rengui's worries, Muchuan just smiled and patted him on the shoulder.
"Old Xue, don't worry, this is just a backup plan."
"If the King of Silla knew the current situation, maybe we wouldn't have to adopt this plan at all."
"Yes." Xue Rengui could only nod with a wry smile.
He really doubted whether Muchuan would one day take action against the Tang royal family.
When that day comes, how should he make a choice?
I hope that day will never come. Xue Rengui prayed secretly.
At this moment, the atmosphere at the dinner party without Muchuan was a bit solemn.
The face of the King of Silla was quite bad. After all, he was a king, but he was mocked openly and covertly by a minister from another country. How could he not be angry?
"Dear envoys, I am tired and will go back to rest first. You can continue to enjoy the delicious food."
Seeing the King of Silla getting up and planning to leave, everyone in the envoy group had bitter expressions on their faces. They knew very well that the King of Silla was angry with the entire envoy group because of what had just happened.
However, it is not convenient for them to say anything now.
After all, I'm so angry that I probably can't listen to anything right now.
This Muchuan is bound to cause trouble!
Some envoys and ministers cursed secretly in their hearts.
Everyone now knows that it is probably quite difficult to reach an agreement with Silla this time.
As expected, during the interview on the second day, the envoys were met with disappointment.
No matter what benefits they promised, the King of Silla treated them coldly.
After three whole days of no progress, the envoys also understood. It seemed that the King of Silla was unwilling to compromise no matter what.
"Master Mu, do you still have the heart to eat? Look at the good things you have done!"
Muchuan, who was enjoying exotic delicacies at his residence, was greeted by a group of angry envoy ministers.
Looking at the frustration and anger on the faces of these ministers, Muchuan knew it well.
It seems that this Silla king is really unwilling to cooperate with the Tang Dynasty.
"My lords, why are you so angry? Let's have something to eat first." Muchuan said with a smile.
"Master Mu, do you have bad ears?"
One minister said angrily: "This mission is unfavorable, and it will definitely affect your Majesty's plan to attack Goguryeo. If this matter is not solved perfectly, we will not be able to eat, and we will not even be able to return home alive!"
The rest of the people also stared at Muchuan coldly.
In their opinion, if Muchuan hadn't openly offended the King of Silla at the banquet, this outcome would never have been possible.
Hearing this, Muchuan couldn't help but narrowed his eyes slightly.
He chewed the food in his mouth and swallowed it. Then he glanced at everyone and said with a half-smile: "My lords, are you blaming me?"
"Huh, there's no blame. It's just that Master Mu's words at the dinner must have hurt the face of the King of Silla, so I waited for these geniuses to make no progress." Some people did not hide their resentment at all.
"Yes, Lord Mu, just feel aggrieved and go to the King of Silla to apologize. Maybe things can be reversed." Someone advised earnestly.
After hearing what everyone said, Muchuan smiled and shook his head.
"I said you are all over fifty after all, how come you don't even have this bit of vision?"
"What do you mean by Master Mu?"
Several ministers were so angry that their beards were blowing. They really didn't expect that Muchuan, a newly promoted No. 1 scholar, would dare to comment on them like this.
You know, many of them have been in charge of diplomatic matters since the previous dynasty. How could they withstand the nonsense of a fool like Muchuan.
Muchuan took a sip of tea and said calmly: "Even if I were obedient to the King of Silla at the dinner, would things really be different?"
"Aren't you adults too naive?"
"Have you not noticed that the King of Silla showed little respect to us envoys of the Tang Dynasty from the very beginning?"
Hearing this, everyone was stunned.
If you think about it carefully, compared to the King of Baekje, the attitude of this King of Silla is indeed much more negligent.
Snapped!
A pile of letters was slapped on the table by Muchuan.
"Actually, Mu has not been idle these days. This is a summary of Silla's internal activities that my staff secretly collected. Your Excellencies, you'd better take a look."
The ministers picked up the letter dubiously.
After a brief review, everyone's expressions changed drastically.
