Chapter 741
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The Crown Prince also did not dare to speak. Prince Rui of the Great Liang made a trip to the Palace and one did not know what he said to Emperor Wen Hui. After Prince Rui left, Emperor Wen Hui flew into a rage and smashed tables and cups, almost flipping the Imperial Study.
The Crown Prince guessed that he had said something presumptuous, else Emperor Wen Hui would not be so angry that he lost his composure.
Emperor Wen Hui's heart was indeed thundering with rage. He was clearer than anyone else about Ming Qi's current national strength, and it was no longer as strong as when the Old Emperor was alive. Facing the slightly superior Qin country and the rich and powerful Great Liang, there was nothing to be proud of. In this tribute banquet, to put on such a large country's style, it was just to cover up one's guilty conscience, and to let the Great Liang and Qin country see that Ming Qi still had some ability.
It was just that this was a self-deceiving action. HuangFu Hao of the Qin country treated him with respect on the surface, but in fact he was not that good. Because of Princess Ming An's death, till now he was still holding onto the people from the Supreme Court of Justice, and the Ming Qi's officials were busy redressing the Qin country's Princess' grievances, and were not afraid of others laughing at them. But Emperor Wen Hui did not dare to refuse, after all he wanted to rope in the Qin country to deal with the Great Liang together.
There was no need to talk about the Great Liang. This Prince Rui had his own way of doing things, and HuangFu Hao at least on the surface respected Emperor Wen Hui. Prince Rui however did things his own way, and one could not see any respect for him. Emperor Wen Hui kept comforting himself that this Prince Rui's temperament was like this, but one did not expect that yesterday when Prince Rui made a trip to the Palace and talked in the Imperial Study, Emperor Wen Hui had the intention to befriend the Great Liang, but was faintly rejected by Prince Rui.
Even though he did not say it explicitly, but his attitude did not leave any face for Emperor Wen Hui. Emperor Wen Hui was after all the ruler of a country, and after losing face, naturally his face did not look good and sunk. Who knew that Prince Rui did not care if he would be angry or not, and casually mentioned the few cities at the border of Ming Qi and the Great Liang, and his words implied that he wanted to take back the cities.
Emperor Wen Hui's expression immediately changed.
Those few cities were not very big, but there were several mines in the cities. The ores that were extracted from those mines could be used to forge large weapons. The city was coincidentally at the border of Ming Qi and the Great Liang. In the past, the Great Liang did not care about these and the people living in the city were all commoners of Ming Qi. What did these words mean? This meant that the Great Liang wanted to occupy these cities!
No matter how muddle-headed Emperor Wen Hui was in other matters, he was very sensitive to every inch of land. Great Liang first seized a few cities, who knew what else they would seize afterwards. Now he had his eyes on these few cities and after a few more days, what would happen if he had his eyes on those cities and after a few more days, what would happen to the Ding capital? After a few more days, he might as well lead his troops to flatten Ming Qi!
With Ming Qi's military strength, it was impossible to contend against the Great Liang.
Prince Rui was the envoy that the Great Liang sent over and also represented the intention of the Great Liang's Emperor Yong Le. Prince Rui's seemingly casual words revealed some of the ambitions of the Great Liang. What made Emperor Wen Hui's heart cry bitterly was that he knew the other party's ambition but he did not dare to directly detain Prince Rui, this treacherous person. Because he couldn't withstand Emperor Yong Le's rage. If there was an alliance with the Qin country, there would be some confidence but if it was only Ming Qi alone … He could only endure.
There was no dignity at all to be an Emperor and Emperor Wen Hui's heart was burning with anger.
"Who knows what the Great Liang would do next with this ambition. You and Shen Miao's marriage is not urgent. "Emperor Wen Hui said," Now Zhen cannot provoke Shen Xin as it is the crucial time. If Shen Xin were to be dissatisfied with Zhen, it would not be good for the Great Liang to take advantage. "
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