Bai Tu deliberately chose to meet Liu Ye in the "royal palace" instead of Jiangshanyuan where he works.
The so-called "palace" is just a larger residence with an excellent location where you can go to work right away.
And this "bigger" is compared to the fact that Bai Tu's family members are too few. There are countless wealthy families and wealthy businessmen who hope to build Bai Tu's "palace" larger...
Some of them are so sincere that they are even willing to be unsung heroes - the size of Chu Palace is such that no one else in Jinling dares to build a larger palace!
Although the "Law of Chu" does not have this requirement, who doesn't have this kind of discernment?
It's okay for a noble family, and their family situation is not extravagant at ordinary times, but among those Gu Quehaoyou, who is not used to being surrounded by hundreds of people to serve them?
However... when they come to Jinling, they don't have the guts to exceed the size of the Chu Palace. Even some sensitive people will reduce the size of their hometown's mansion to be smaller than the Chu Palace. At worst, they will build a few more!
Of course, in Bai Tu's view, the size of the Chu Palace is already quite large - the Han system is two miles square, is it small?
In short, for Bai Tu, the palace is definitely not a place to work. Unless there are urgent matters or private matters, no one except Zhang Chunhua, who is the minister, will come to the Chu Palace to disturb him.
As for meeting the envoy, Bai Tu invited him to the Chu Palace only to win over Zhang Song...
Meeting Liu Ye in the palace was undoubtedly the best treatment Liu Ye had received during his many visits to Jinling.
Although he was not Xia Houyuan, Bai Tu was still a little nervous, and even reminded Zhang Chunhua that if Liu Ye dares to ridicule him as a scumbag, he should help him immediately, otherwise I will be embarrassed.
While Zhang Chunhua was speechless, he repeatedly assured Bai Tu - don't think so much!
What worries Zhang Chunhua now is that soon she may have to serve as the last line of defense for the interests of the Chu State...
After all, His Highness the King of Chu made a mistake again. He was already at a disadvantage even before he saw the envoy. He would definitely be noticed by an old man like Liu Ye, who might take the opportunity to make some suggestions to take advantage of Chu State.
Especially since the King of Chu was still meeting with Liu Ye in the palace, he was not accompanied by any ministers, only himself, the Minister, was by the side...
In addition, the position of Chief of Guards fell to Zhou Tai again during Lu Lingqi's maternity leave, but Zhou Tai was obviously not the type to negotiate.
Soon Liu Ye arrived at the Chu Palace, and Bai Tu also pretended to be calm, but he didn't have the "arrogant" arrogance that he had when he directly refused the marriage.
However, there was a commotion outside the front hall. Someone came in to report that Liu Ye had to bring a guard in, and that the person was not a guard, but also a messenger...
"It doesn't matter, let's let both of them in." Bai Tu looked at Zhou Tai and thought about it in his mind. In terms of motivation and feasibility, Wei Guo should not want to assassinate him now.
Soon Bai Tu also understood why his former bodyguard didn't want to let anyone in.
First of all, the middle-aged man following Liu Ye is not only dressed as a guard, but also...different from ordinary guards, he looks tall and powerful. Although he is wearing a passerby's helmet, you can still see his long, light, yellow hair, which stretches from the middle
He began to braid his dreadlocks, his eyes were sharp, and his whole body exuded a fierce aura that had been battle-hardened.
It is true that letting this person in is not only against the rules, but also... quite suspicious!
He doesn't look like an ordinary guard, but if he were an assassin, it would be too eye-catching, giving him the feeling of a spy wearing rabbit pajamas.
After the other person came in, Zhou Tai suddenly became energetic. Zhou Tai, who was originally a dark-faced god, stared at the other person even more intensely after sensing the danger of this person.
Even Zhang Chunhua, who was not familiar with martial arts, instinctively realized that this guy did not look like a guard. He calmly looked at the white picture, the pillars in the hall, and the tungsten steel seal on the table...
He decided that if a fight broke out later, he would shout: "Wang Juxi, smash it."
After that, he took out the pocket repeating crossbow given to him by Huang Yueying from his sleeve, shot Liu Ye with a few arrows, and escaped to call for help.
"Zi Yang, long time no see. I miss you so much!" Bai Tu greeted him somewhat hypocritically.
When Liu Ye heard this, he just smiled awkwardly but politely and said: "Foreign minister Liu Ye, I pay my respects to the King of Chu."
How long?
It hasn't been long. In the past year, Liu Ye spent more time in Jinling than in Yecheng. He didn't meet Cao Cao so frequently as Bai Tu...
Of course, the most time is spent on the road and facing the driver!
The middle-aged man next to Liu Ye not only did not salute at this time, but instead made a "hum" sound in resonance with his nose, chest and abdomen.
Zhou Tai was about to wear armor - he didn't even have basic etiquette when he saw the King of Chu. He was just here to cause trouble, and looking at his aura, he was probably quite dangerous.
Liu Ye immediately said: "His Royal Highness the King of Chu, this...General Xiahou, I want to tell you something private."
"General Xiahou? Which General Xiahou?" Bai Tu asked very sensitively.
"This...this is Zhang...Shang Shulang, right?" Liu Ye looked at Zhang Chunhua with difficulty.
Obviously, he wanted "outsiders" to leave. After all, Xia Houyuan's coming to Jinling was not worth publicizing.
In particular, Zhang Chunhua's identity was very embarrassing in Liu Ye's opinion, and he was obviously not suitable to appear when meeting Weng's son-in-law.
As for Zhou Tai?
No matter how you think about it, you know that there is no way that Bai Tu will let Zhou Tai leave. Without this precaution, Bai Tu will not survive today!
As for Xia Houyuan's safety? Liu Ye is not worried at all.
After all, although Xia Houyuan had a high status in Wei State, he was not Cao Cao after all...
Except for Cao Cao himself, the Chu State had no intention of detaining or killing anyone from the Wei State who appeared in Jinling.
"Chunhua, please go out first." Bai Tu said nervously.
However, Zhang Chunhua took the initiative and said: "If your Majesty wants to meet General Xiahou in private, I can go out with Mr. Liu!"
There was no way, Zhang Chunhua felt that with Bai Tu's condition and being caught off guard by "General Xiahou", if Liu Ye was present, he might take the opportunity to make some unreasonable demands.
Although Zhang Chunhua also knows that he may not be suitable to be present for the subsequent topic, but... at least Liu Ye must be replaced because he is not suitable to be present either!
Liu Ye was stunned when he heard this. He did have some ideas, but since he had been seen through, he obviously didn't want to stay any longer.
In addition, Xia Houyuan had no intention of keeping him, so he had no choice but to say: "It should be so."
"Chunhua, by the way, help me tell the kitchen to prepare a family banquet later. It doesn't need to be too big. Please help me keep an eye on it." Bai Tu specially asked.
Hearing this, Zhang Chunhua looked at Bai Tu understandingly, and then responded: "Here."
The family dinner doesn't need to be too large, which means asking her to invite Xia Houjuan; watching over it for me means asking Zhang Chunhua to keep an eye on Lu Lingqi...
Although Lu Lingqi would not deliberately cause trouble even if she knew about it, she was afraid that if she didn't know about it, it would be embarrassing!
"Hmph!" Xia Houyuan didn't know what Bai Tu meant, but when he saw him and the female officer flirting and calling each other affectionately, he made another sound that sounded like he was wearing a passerby's armor, but his nasal cavity, chest cavity, and abdominal cavity resonated.