The letter was Gu Shu's request for peace. It was stamped with the jade seal of the Gu Shu ruler. After Xuan Tianming read it, he casually handed it to Feng Yu Heng and said at the same time: "It's within expectations. However, we still need to discuss the conditions."
Feng Yu Heng read the letter. It said that Gu Shu was willing to make peace and was deeply apologetic about taking the initiative to attack Dashun. As compensation, they did not plan to take back the three cities that Dashun had taken. They also offered large amounts of gold and silver and were willing to return to being under Dashun.
She raised an eyebrow: "Those three cities were originally taken by us. They're using our things as compensation. They're really generous, huh?"
"That's why we still need to discuss the conditions." Xuan Tianming pondered, "Why don't we use Gu Shu's capital as the standard. All the cities to the north of the capital will belong to my Dashun. If they agree, the Dashun will agree to make peace. If they don't agree, I's army will directly invade their capital and not leave them with anything." After saying this, he turned his head and said to Bai Ze beside him: "Then it's decided. Have someone write a report and send it back to the capital. Have the old man look over it."
Bai Ze happily accepted the task. He only felt that after his master married the princess consort, his ability to trick people had improved. It was even better than before ah! However, he was still a bit confused: "We've already fought. Why do we have to agree to make peace? Can't we just destroy Gu Shu? " The lightning that the princess had given him was truly useful. Not to mention a mere Gu Shu, even if it blew up the entire world, it would be as easy as blowing up dust.
Feng Yu Heng could understand why Xuan Tianming would accept the peace. She told Bai Ze: "The closer we get to Gu Shu's capital, the hotter it gets. When we fought our way to Yue Ping City, the situation of the soldiers suffering from heatstroke was much more serious than in the previous two cities. If all of Gu Shu was under Dashun's command, just managing it would be enough of a headache for us. Based on His Highness' judgment, the heat that the people of Dashun can endure at most is to the north of the capital. Any further south would be too taxing. It would be better to leave it to Gu Shu to manage and pay tribute each year. As for the remaining few cities, even if they have the heart to overturn the heavens, they don't have the power to do so. "
Xuan Tianming nodded. His wife's analysis was the most thorough.
Bai Ze also admired Feng Yu Heng. He quickly went to write the booklet. Meanwhile, Xuan Tianming also brought Feng Yu Heng back to Yue Ping City. They settled down in this most beautiful city in the desert and quietly waited for Emperor Tianwu's reply.
During this period of time, Xuan Tianming and Feng Yu Heng talked about the matter of "consummating their marriage" the most.
Xuan Tianming's opinion was: "I have been waiting for you since you were 12 years old. Now that you're of marriageable age, you need to relieve I of the pain of yearning."
Feng Yu Heng's opinion was: "With a great enemy in front of us, you still have the mind to consummate your marriage? Also, you're only living here as a guest. It's not considered entering the door. " However, under Xuan Tianming's repeated questioning, she finally said what was on her mind: "My parents have passed away. It's fine if I don't mourn for three years, but at least mourn for 100 days. To consummate my marriage with you at a time like this, I can't quite accept it. "
Xuan Tianming sighed and pulled the person beside him into his embrace, "It's been hard on you." He could understand his wife's feelings. Their parents had both passed away. Regardless of whether their relationship was good or bad, there were still taboos. It was only 100 days. He could endure it.
Enduring it was one thing. Since they were already married, they had to live together. As a result, Feng Yu Heng was hugged to sleep the entire night. In the beginning, she could endure it, but later on, she could not stand the heat of the desert. As a result, the two of them simply went to sleep in the space. The constant temperature environment and the facilities of the 21st century were incomparably comfortable.
The memorial to the capital was sent out by eagle. The goal was to get it done quickly. The so-called memorial was just a piece of paper folded into a small square. It did not look like a memorial at all. However, Emperor Tianwu did not care about this. He and Old Ninth were already used to this method of communication. He did not feel that there was anything wrong with it. Especially when he saw that the letter said that they had already taken down three cities in Gu Shu, including Gu Shu's largest and most beautiful city in the desert, Yue Ping City. He was so happy that he could not close his mouth.
At that time, the old Emperor was eating lunch in Winter Moon Palace. Consort Yun gave him special permission to take a nap after lunch. Of course, the bedroom was separate, but it was enough for the old Emperor to enjoy. He handed the letter to Consort Yun to read and poured himself a small cup of wine. While Consort Yun was not paying attention, he raised his head and downed it. Consort Yun only glanced at him out of the corner of her eyes. The old Emperor scratched his head: "Happy, happy."
Compared to Emperor Tianwu, Consort Yun was much calmer. Holding the letter in her hand, she read it once before saying: "Heng Heng's contributions are great."
Emperor Tianwu also nodded and said: "I heard that a type of lightning was used. The people of the South call it heavenly lightning. A single lightning bolt would kill a large group of people. The most amazing part is that we took down three cities in Gu Shu without losing a single soldier. It was a complete victory! "
Consort Yun coldly snorted: "Isn't that so! Fighting the enemy did not take much effort, but the mess that your eighth son left behind caused those two children to worry quite a bit. "She had lived in the depths of the palace for a long time, but that did not mean that she did not know anything about the outside world. Consort Yun also had spies. Furthermore, her spies were either sent by Xuan Tianming or arranged by Xuan Tianhua. None of them were given for free. Compared to the spies by the other princes, her spies were more skilled. The situation in the South was something that Imperial Concubine Yun would hear about every few days. In regards to the legendary Lei, she was also very curious.
Hearing Consort Yun mention the Eighth Brother, Emperor Tianwu felt a bit guilty. In reality, he really wanted to harden his heart like how he had dealt with the Third Brother and just slap him to death. However, that was his own son. Not only was he connected by blood, but because of Consort Yun's matter, the old Emperor felt a bit of guilt toward his other sons. It was to the point that he could not help but be soft-hearted when dealing with them.
Consort Yun knew what he was thinking and did not force him. She only reminded him: "Don't go too far. If your soft-heartedness harms even more innocent people, then you, as the Emperor, will need to reflect on yourself." She was referring to the jade mine matter. With enough witnesses, the Eighth Prince, Xuantian Mo, was called to the Ministry of Justice every day. He was in a very passive position. However, this time, he had created quite a bit of a ruckus. The number of concubines in the harem that had been neglected was equivalent to the number of officials in court that favored him. As a result, whenever the Ministry of Justice moved the case a bit to the left, those people would immediately think of all sorts of ways to pull it back to the right. The case was in a stalemate like this. There was one good thing about it — it made Xuantian Mo unable to attend to the war in the south. He only managed to cause trouble for the Second Prince's grain delivery team and did not have the ability to do anything else.
Tianwu was very annoyed by this, but he really could not do anything. His lifetime of wisdom was about to be ruined by his eighth son in his old age. However, when he thought about how he had loved Xuantian Mo when he was young, the viciousness in his heart was suppressed.
In the end, he could not bear to be cruel! He patted his head and said helplessly: "It's all my fault. It's all my fault. When I'm old, I don't know how to repay it." After saying this, he downed another cup of wine.
Today, the Emperor drank a little too much and Imperial Concubine Yun did not advise against it. She knew that this old man was not in a good mood. They were both his own flesh and blood. Even though he could let go of his feelings for those imperial concubines, his son was still of his own blood. It was not good for her to say too much. She just felt that it was not a good thing for this old man to miss his family so much. As the maternal families of the concubines leaned toward the Eighth Prince, the atmosphere in the palace became even stranger. The women who had not made a fuss for a decade or two now seemed to be restless. However, who knew what kind of trouble they would cause? She only hoped that her son and daughter-in-law would come back soon. It would be best if things did not change before they returned to the capital.
A month after Xuan Tianming's letter was delivered by a flying eagle, Emperor Tianwu's reply arrived in the south. It was delivered by Bai Ze to Xuan Tianming. With regards to his decision to take all the cities north of Gu Shu's capital, Tianwu expressed his full support. At the same time, he praised him for his consideration. The unique climate of the desert made it very difficult for Dashun to govern the entire Gu Shu country. The north of the capital could barely be maintained. This also required a large amount of investment. If they attacked again, they would not be able to digest it.
With Emperor Tianwu's reply, Xuan Tianming immediately sent people to negotiate with Gu Shu. The Gu Shu ruler seemed to have realized that using only three cities, and the cities that the other party had already taken, to compensate the other party was not acceptable. When Xuan Tianming's envoy arrived, he did not think much and nodded in agreement.
For Gu Shu, giving up the north of the capital meant that the capital had to move further south. They were not afraid of the heat, but their hearts ached for the cities that they had given up. The Gu Shu ruler hated Bi Xiu's family. With one order, the Bi family was executed!
Gu Shu's so-called peace negotiations were actually surrendering. The other ten small countries saw this and despised it, but they could not do anything about it. In the past, they were not close to Dashun and lived their own lives. Although the country's power was weaker, they were still considered free. However, it was different now. Xuan Tianming gave them an ultimatum. If they wanted to live, if they wanted their own country, they had to surrender obediently and become vassals. They had to pay tribute every year. If they were not satisfied, Dashun's army would immediately bring Heavenly Thunder and blow up those vassal countries.
How could the ten small countries withstand such a threat? Moreover, they had seen the power of the Heavenly Thunder. It was too terrifying, simply too terrifying. Hence, the ruler of the ten countries pondered. Fine, surrender, accept your fate! Who asked them to stand on the wrong side from the start?
In the battle of the South, Dashun took over half of Gu Shu and obtained ten new vassal countries. Xuan Tianming's military exploits made him the idol of the entire Dashun. The rumors of the God of War were even more exaggerated. Of course, his wife, Princess Yu, and Princess Ji An were on the same level as him! Because the matter of the Heavenly Thunder had already spread throughout the world, Xuan Tianming did not deliberately hide it. He simply announced to the world that the Heavenly Thunder was made by Princess Ji An. Just like steel, it was Princess Ji An's great contribution to Dashun.
The citizens were even better at talking than him. They said that it was the dowry that Princess Ji An had prepared for her wedding. Others had ten miles of red dowry, while she had ten miles of military attire, mighty and domineering.
In a short period of time, the legend of Princess Ji An spread throughout the world. This kind of praise was enough to turn a person into a god. Feng Yu Heng felt that it was too high profile, but she could not control the speed and range of the people's spread. However, Xuan Tianming was more open-minded. He said, "Spread it. We can't do anything about it, so we might as well gladly accept it. Moreover, I's wife is a fairy. The rumors are not false. "
On the 24th year of Tianwu's reign, on the fifth of the sixth month, the God of War returned to the capital …
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
