Forget it, we still have things to do.
King Lian found it hard to believe that the Profound Emperor would receive such a reply after lowering herself to invite him. He clearly remembered what his father had told them when they were young: A person's importance is relative. When a person rejects your invitation and is not willing to spend any time on you, it means that you are not important to the other party at all.
And our Gu Clan is one of the three most important clans in this world.
When his father said this, his tone was very calm, but it was unquestionable. Of course, no one would question it. The three clans that divided the world into three were the three most important clans in this world. This conclusion was very reasonable.
Because of this, the Gu Clan naturally believed that no one would reject them, say that they were busy in front of them, and no one would say that they had no time. Especially to the person with the highest authority in the Gu Clan, the Profound Emperor. There would definitely not be such a person.
But today, King Lian had met one.
When he said that the Profound Emperor was waiting in the tea pavilion ahead, the other party did not even look in the direction he indicated, much less shed tears of gratitude. He did not even look in the direction he indicated, and did not even think about it before directly rejecting the invitation. Ever since King Lian could remember, he had only heard the words "we still have things to do" from his father. But now, this youth had rejected him and the Profound Emperor so disapprovingly.
King Lian moved his lips, but found that he did not know what to say. He was used to giving orders, but what he needed to do now seemed to be pleading with the other party. Pleading? What kind of attitude would that be? What kind of emotion would that be? King Lian did not even have a rough idea.
Both sides fell into silence, but the boat continued to drift down with the current. Lu Ping did not chase him away, but after discovering that he did not seem to have much hostility, he became slightly more relaxed.
"The two of you …" King Lian turned his head to look. The boat had already sailed past the teahouse in such a short amount of time, and the Profound Sovereign was still waiting there. At this moment, he was probably blaming him for taking so long for such a small matter. He probably didn't expect that the other party would reject his invitation so easily and ignore his courtesy, right?
He really did not know what to say …
Liao Wang tried his best to open his mouth to call out, but under Lu Ping's gaze, he did not know what to say in the end. He raised his hands and cupped his fists at the two of them. Then, with a shake of his body, he floated away from the boat and landed on the riverbank. When he looked back, he saw that Lu Ping was looking away. Lu Ping didn't pay much attention to his actions. He just glanced at him subconsciously and then ignored him.
The Prince of Liao, who was walking towards the teahouse, had a dejected expression on his face. The boat that had yet to stop could be seen clearly from here. The guards and important ministers who were accompanying the teahouse looked at the Prince of Liao and then at the boat that had yet to stop. All of them revealed extremely perplexed expressions.
"He refused?" In the pavilion, Profound Sovereign sat alone, and before King Liao came over, he had already asked.
"Yes," King Liao replied from afar.
"What did he say?" the Profound Sovereign asked.
King Lian took a deep breath and said, "He said, 'Thank you, Profound Sovereign, but let's forget about it. They still have things to do.'"
He repeated Lu Ping's words without missing a single word. Even his tone was perfect. He suddenly realized that he was rather familiar with the attitude that Lu Ping had used just now. Wasn't this the same attitude that he usually had when he was high and mighty and treated others casually? It was just that compared to Lu Ping, he seemed more dignified and shrewd. However, Lu Ping's words seemed to be straightforward and without any hesitation. This was even more inconceivable. It seemed to be even higher than his lofty status. He was high and mighty, but he still cared about the people in front of him. He would think about how his attitude and tone should make the other party feel. However, Lu Ping didn't do that. He was simply expressing what he wanted to express. As for what others would think after hearing it, he didn't care at all.
Thus, he left now, following the flow of the river, and didn't even turn his head back. If it was the Profound Sovereign or a peddler who invited him at the teahouse by the shore, he would probably give such an answer, right? King Lian had this kind of feeling.
"What do you think of him?" the Profound Sovereign asked at this moment.
King Lian felt troubled. What should he say? Should he say to the Profound Sovereign that he felt that in the eyes of Lu Ping, he was no different from anyone else? This was really disrespectful. Even if they were brothers, even if he was the King of Lian who had a sword in the Upper Palace, he couldn't treat the Profound Sovereign like this.
Thus, after thinking for a while, he finally said, "I remember that information about this Lu Ping was written in the beginning. The Canyon Peak City Guard wanted him to go to the City Lord Mansion, but he refused. "
In the end, he didn't say that the Profound Sovereign was no different from a peddler in the eyes of Lu Ping. He used the example of Xiabong Castellan, and he believed that this was enough for the Profound Sovereign to understand what he was trying to say.
The Profound Sovereign stood up in the teahouse and looked towards the river. The boat was getting further and further away, and he still didn't say a word. After a while, he said, "He refused me, but will he also refuse Yan Fan and Li Ji?"
Yan Fan and Li Ji were the three most important people in the world along with the Profound Sovereign. Probably only the Profound Sovereign would call them by their names.
Yan Fan was the Qing Emperor, the ruler of the Qingfeng Empire, and he controlled half of the world's territory. Li Ji was the emperor of the Changfeng Empire, and the Zhu Family, which was said to be the best at scheming, was just a vassal of the Li Clan in the southwest.
Lu Ping refused the highest ruler of the Xuan Army Empire, so he probably wouldn't care about the Qingfeng Empire and the Changfeng Empire's kings, right? But after thinking for a while, the King of Lian gave another answer.
"Or maybe, when Yan Fan or Li Ji invited him, he happened to be free?" the King of Lian said.
If he was free, then forget it.
If he was free, maybe he would come and sit?
The King of Lian said this possibility, but this possibility finally clearly described Lu Ping's behavior.
It didn't matter who invited him.
What mattered was whether I had the time, and whether I was willing or not.
"If that's the case." The Profound Empress walked out of the teahouse and looked at the small boat that had become a small dot on the river. She said, "I have to wait until he has time."
Wait!
Everyone was shocked. The Profound Empress, who had always been arrogant, aggressive, and unyielding, was going to make herself suffer like this? No one dared to speak, and just waited to see what the Profound Empress would do next.
"You come with me." The Profound Empress pointed at a King of Lian.
"Yes." The King of Lian bowed.
"Wei Pingqian, Qin Chuan, Liang Tongbei, tell them to come with me." The King of Lian said.
"Yes." Immediately, one of the guards responded. He immediately arranged to contact these three important figures.
"We will also leave the city and have Wei Pingyi go to the nine gates to make custom orders." The Profound Empress said.
"Yes." Someone also responded and went to carry out the orders, but the rest were secretly shocked.
Were they going to completely compromise with Lu Ping? The Profound Empress, the King of Lian, Wei Pingqian, Qin Chuan, and Liang Tongbei could be said to be the most powerful figures in the Xuan Army Empire, and now they were going to move together to wait for Lu Ping to "have time"?
"The others don't need to follow," the Profound Empress said.
"This … this is too dangerous!" The close guard commander turned pale with fright, and hurriedly stepped forward to say this.
"Can't you all see through this Lu Ping's methods?" The Profound Empress said.
Everyone was confused.
"If people don't offend me, I won't offend them." The Profound Empress said.
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