The next day, Jía met the 2 envoys of the Shadow Empire in the council hall.
Yesterday was the last day of the 7-day deadline given by Catherine. It was also the day when Jía and Crawford agreed to start the negotiation. However, after seeing the newspapers and magic television, Crawford temporarily changed his strategy. He used the excuse that Celine's mental state had not recovered from the Princess Villa incident and she needed to rest for a day to postpone the negotiation.
In fact, Crawford used the communication talisman to get in touch with Catherine. After receiving new instructions, he brought the "recovered" Celine to the palace.
There was a long white table in the council hall. Jía sat on the throne in front of the table. There were several chairs on both sides. Disjaro, Stiller, and others were sitting on the left, and the right was empty. It was obviously reserved for the 2 envoys.
Crawford and Celine bowed to Jía. Jía raised her hand and gestured for the 2 to sit on the right. She said, "Ms. Celine, you were shocked by what happened the day before yesterday. After investigation, the kidnapping incident was planned by the elder family, the Mishan Family, and the Mishan Family is a spy of the Bloody Empire. The true identity of the patriarch, Angley, is the Bloody Empire Marquis. He has been lurking in the Fallen Angel Empire for many years. Due to Obsidian's incompetence, he has not been discovered. The purpose of Angley's kidnapping incident this time is obvious. He wants to destroy this peace negotiation, sow discord between our 2 empires, and let the Bloody Empire benefit from it. I have destroyed the Mishan Family as quickly as possible. Lawson. Boll, who offended Ms. Celine last time, was also abolished all his power and accepted a life imprisonment that is worse than death. I hope General Crawford and Ms. Celine can be satisfied with this punishment. "
It was indeed a very heavy punishment to kill the entire elder family, and the heir of another elder family (on the surface) became a cripple and imprisoned for a lifetime. Living a life worse than death was indeed a very heavy punishment.
However, the people on the side of the Fallen Angel Empire understood the trick, especially Stiller, who was grateful. The focus of Her Majesty Empress's words was to push the blame to the Mishan Family. Lawson's punishment seemed miserable on the surface, but Stiller personally did it at that time. In order to let Rolla spare his life, it was completely different from the envoy.
This was the benefit of choosing a side. If they didn't submit to the empress, not only Lawson, but the entire Boll Family would be in trouble.
Crawford glanced at Celine. Celine immediately stood up and smiled like a spring breeze, "As I said, Your Majesty is the host and I'm just a guest. No matter how Your Majesty deals with it, I have no objection. I'd like to thank Your Majesty for your concern and help."
Jía nodded, "Now that we have an insight into the conspiracy of the Bloody Empire, we should unite as one and truly show sincerity for cooperation. We should establish a mutually beneficial and good-neighborly relationship to walk together on the road to prosperity."
Crawford said, "Your Majesty is right. We were ordered by Catherine the Great to come to the Fallen Angel Empire's capital from thousands of miles away with sincere friendship in order to further promote bilateral relations and development."
Both sides had spoken well, but they were well aware that the so-called friendship was just a nice-sounding outer shell. The relationship between countries was a relationship of pure interest.
One mountain could not accommodate two tigers. If there were no powerful Bloody Empire eyeing covetously, the Shadow Empire would have long annexed the Fallen Angel Empire. The Fallen Angel Empire also used this most important point to deal with it. Just like when the Lord of Midnight Sun was in power, Catherine sought survival in the gap between the Bloody Empire and the Fallen Angel Empire.
The game relationship between the 3 empires was a bit similar to the Three Kingdoms Era at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty in Chen Rui's memory. It was quite subtle.
Over the years, the strong and the weak had waxed and waned, but they had always stood firm. It was still unknown which of the 3 empires would perish first and which one would have the last laugh.
After the scene was over, the rest was to throw away the shell of hypocrisy, and it was time for the naked interest negotiation.
Now Jía used a strange strategy to intimidate the elder families and royal families, and her control of the empire was greatly strengthened. Catherine's original plan had failed, but Crawford's attitude was still very tough. He proposed a series of harsh conditions such as the Shadow Empire stationing troops in the Dark Moon, sharing the secret recipe for land improvement, and "talent exchange" including the Dark Moon's financial officer, Chen Rui.
These conditions sounded unbearable at first, and they had the urge to beat Crawford up. However, Disjaro, Stiller, and others were also experienced negotiators, so they were not in a hurry. They used a slow and careful strategy to resolve Crawford's offensive bit by bit.
In fact, both sides of the negotiation had a base price in mind. On this basis, they would ask for a sky-high price and return the money on the spot. After intense negotiations, Crawford finally relented. The issue of the Dark Moon garrison could be negotiated again. Requirements such as land improvement and the battle ball formula could also be considered in an alternative way … However, there was one "talent exchange" that he firmly refused, which was Chen Rui.
Judging from the current situation, the Shadow Empire's attitude had greatly eased. This was a good start. The Fallen Angel Empire was weaker than the other party, so it must make certain concessions. Sacrificing some people or interests was inevitable. If handing over Chen Rui could promote the key to the 2 empires reaching an agreement, then it was definitely worth it.
The negotiators, Disjaro and Stiller, turned their consulting eyes to Her Majesty Empress, but Her Majesty Empress's expression remained unchanged. She did not seem to be moved at all. They had to avoid the issue and not give a formal answer. Crawford's side was naturally very dissatisfied. Some parties who had originally relented began to press again. After a few hours of verbal battle, the 2 sides did not reach any substantive agreement.
It was already noon. Jía arranged for Crawford and Celine to have a meal and rest, while the Fallen Angel Empire's negotiation team stayed.
Disjaro said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being straightforward. I think we can consider agreeing to the Shadow Empire's talent exchange request. Although Chen Rui is a rare internal affairs talent who has made great contributions to the prosperity of the Dark Moon, now that Your Majesty has ascended to the throne, you should focus on the overall situation instead of the Dark Moon Estate. Therefore, it is necessary to make some sacrifices. "
Stiller and the others also echoed, but Jía rejected this proposal in one sentence, "We can use a large number of soil crystals to replace the soil improvement formula, and we can also give up the battle ball formula. We can even share the magic television technology, but Chen Rui cannot make any concessions on this matter!"
This resolute attitude made Disjaro and the others look at each other. A mere human actually has such weight in Her Majesty Empress's mind? More important than the battle ball and the magic television secret recipe?
If it was in the past, some representatives of the elder families would have jumped out and debated fiercely, but now they did not dare to say much. Stiller just asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, do you consider the Dark Moon's representative lord, Athena …"
"It's not Athena's problem." Jía looked at the puzzled crowd, "There are no outsiders here, so I will reveal a little to you. Think about it, battle ball, magic water conservancy system, aromatic millet wine … including newspapers and magic television, have they appeared in the Demon Realm? "
Everyone shook their heads. These were all new things that had never been seen before. A few quick-witted people had already reacted, and their faces were full of horror. Disjaro could not help but ask, "Your Majesty, do you mean that these are all …"
"Yes," Jía nodded, "Every one of these new things has his shadow. The ideas such as magic television, battle ball, magic water conservancy system, etc. were developed by Master Fonsaq and Master Xingxing inspired by him when he was in the Dark Moon. The newspaper was proposed by him some time ago, and the aromatic millet wine formula was also provided by Chen Rui!"
Everyone was shocked at the same time. I didn't expect this human's talent to reach this level. I finally understood why Jía did not relent on this matter.
Teaching a man to fish and teaching a man to fish are completely different concepts. How can such an incredible talent be lost to other countries!
Jía said with a solemn face, "Everyone, remember, the matter about Chen Rui is top secret. It must not be leaked at all!"
Everyone nodded in unison. In fact, Her Majesty Empress still has one of the biggest secrets that she did not say- This human is the future Royal Highness Prince Consort and the only man that Her Majesty Empress has fallen in love with since Princess Royal. How can she give him to others?
Chen Rui didn't know that he had become a hot "commodity in high demand" in the negotiations. At this time, he was taking Isabella to the Rainbow Valley to discuss the [Light Annihilation Seal] with Rolla.
"Space magic is not as simple as you think." After Rolla asked Chen Rui about his intention to go to the human world, she shook her head, "The human magicians should have created a fixed facility after countless experiments to detect the materials with spatial coordinate attributes where the Demon Realm is located. Then, they use the approximate location coordinates of these coordinates to launch a random teleportation through the space jump. This kind of teleportation is quite dangerous. It is likely to fall into the space turbulence and be destroyed. I don't have such facilities now. Even if I have them, it will take a few months to detect and test the space coordinates of the human world. Coupled with the debugging of machines and teleportation experiments … it will take at least a few years … "
Chen Rui felt as if a bucket of cold water was poured on his head. He suddenly felt cold, "Is there any other way to go to the human world?"
"There is a summoning secret technique in the human world. It will use a special magic circle to summon creatures from a different space. Under the condition that both parties sign a contract voluntarily, this situation should be able to achieve safe teleportation. However, it is generally summoned Demons with lower strength, and there is a considerable element of luck. It is difficult to encounter them. Obviously, this method is not suitable for the current situation."
"Do you have a way to suppress the [Light Annihilation Seal]?"
"If it is the early stage of the curse, I may be able to neutralize or strip it with dark elements, but the curse has passed for 200 years. It has penetrated deep into the soul. If it is eliminated by force, it will be erased along with the host's soul." Rolla thought for a while, "Now I can only appropriately alleviate the pain of this curse, but I can't prolong the time of the final outbreak. Let Inni stay here to do a few tests later."
Rolla's answer made Chen Rui's mood extremely heavy, "Isabella, you stay here. I will go to the Dark Moon now. The Earth Elemental King should already be on his way to the Dark Moon."
Isabella smiled slightly and nodded, "Okay."
The 2 women watched Chen Rui's figure disappear into the Rainbow Valley's teleportation portal. Rolla pondered for a moment and asked, "Why don't you let me tell him that there is another way to reach the human world?"
Isabella asked, "That method … are you confident?"
Zola shook his head. "No. If I were to break through space directly, the danger would be much greater than the human's teleportation. Even I myself might fall into the Space Turbulence. I believe that even a Demigod Powerhouse would not dare to try it easily."
"You should know him. If there is no other way, he will definitely try it." Isabella shrugged, "So, as a woman, are you willing to watch your beloved man risk his life for another woman?"
Isabella met Rolla when she came to the Dark Moon to "save" her best friend Krobelus. The 2 got along very well. This time, before coming to the Rainbow Valley with Rolla, Isabella deliberately asked Rolla about the method to go to the human world before Chen Rui, so she asked Rolla to keep the last method a secret.
"Of course not."
Zola answered without hesitation. After pondering for a moment, she added another sentence, "However, if he is not a man with a sense of responsibility, he will not become my man."
Isabella was slightly startled. She looked at Rolla with a strange gaze, "Really? I suddenly thought of something he said that I couldn't understand inexplicably. When the Nazis came to catch the communists, I remained silent because I was not a communist; when they came to catch the Jews, I remained silent because I was not a Jew; when they came to catch the trade unionists, I remained silent because I was not a trade unionist; when they came to catch the Catholics, I remained silent because I was a Protestant; when they came to catch me, no one spoke for me. Do you … have this intention? "
"What?" Rolla frowned. She was not pretending to be stupid, "Why haven't I heard this before?"
"Is he different from what every woman says? My Sister Rolla, it seems that you have to take some time to teach this guy. " Isabella smiled and said, "But before that, you still want to help me get rid of the [Light Annihilation Seal]. I'm afraid of pain."
"Oh." Rolla responded blankly, "I suddenly want to listen to a song. I heard from Jía that it is called … 'The End of the World'?"
It was the first time that Isabella encountered the black-bellied nature of the fake daze. She couldn't help but be startled, "No problem."
"By the way, I heard Olypheus say that it seems … he often drinks a drink at your place for a few hours."
"Drink?"
"What?"
"It's called tea. It tastes a little bitter. You may not be used to it."
"What?"
"Okay … I'll make it for you to drink …"
"Oh."
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