We'll have you impersonate the Crown Prince and create a prosperous era for the Great Qian Dyna

Kazan was sent here as an envoy, so he's certainly not stupid; in fact, he's quite clever.

The gold medal and the handwritten letter were his trump cards for survival. No matter what he did in Daqian, with these two things, the people of Daqian would not dare to make things difficult for him.

But he happened to encounter an unreasonable crown prince.

Should I kneel down and apologize now?

He hesitated.

The deputy envoy immediately stepped forward, looking furious.

"You're just being unreasonable!"

"We have your Emperor Emeritus's letters and his gold token, yet the letters have been turned into fakes by the time they reached you. Clearly, you are being unreasonable!"

He spoke loudly, but the smarter ministers had already turned their heads away and pretended not to see him.

What a joke!

The Great Qian Dynasty now has an emperor.

Who would bring back an emperor emeritus?

From the very beginning, the Northern Xia envoys had ill intentions.

They claimed they were sending the retired emperor back, but in reality, they were just trying to disrupt the internal affairs of the Great Qian Dynasty and cause trouble.

You're here to do bad things, yet you act all high and mighty. Who's going to put up with you?

If it weren't for the Emperor Emeritus's special status, this envoy would have died countless times already.

But while some civil officials could pretend not to hear, some military generals couldn't.

The deputy envoy had barely finished speaking when he was sent flying.

Shi Cheng stood behind him, his foot still extended from the ground.

He glanced at the deputy envoy with a hint of disdain.

"His Highness the Crown Prince's words are reasonable and well-founded, even your envoy has no objections. Who do you think you are, trying to back out now?"

"Who knows if the retired emperor you arrested over there is real or fake?"

"You think you can trample on the dignity of our Great Qian with this? You're not qualified!"

The deputy envoy gritted his teeth and turned his head to stare intently at Shi Cheng.

"How dare you!"

"Aren't you afraid that my Northern Xia will go to war with your Great Qian?"

Shi Cheng laughed when he heard this.

"Start a war? Do you even know who I am?"

"I will never change my name or surname; my name is Shi Cheng!"

"Six years ago, I personally killed that prince of your family, what was his name, Tuoba Tao!"

"I dared to kill even your prince, who do you think you are!"

As soon as he finished speaking, several more military generals appeared behind him.

"My name is Hou Feng. There was a rather famous general over there named something-something-something-something-something-something-Ye, and I killed him."

"I killed the King of Beiyuan from your family. My name is Sun Tong."

"And me..."

One by one, people stepped forward.

The deputy envoy's expression changed repeatedly.

Because he had genuinely heard of these people's reputations!

He was now facing the Northern Frontier War God Team of the Great Qian Dynasty. Any one of them could stop the crying of children in the Northern Xia at night.

Now, these people are standing in a row in front of them!

Kazan's face paled slightly, and he instinctively took two steps back, afraid that he would also be kicked.

now.

Shi Cheng looked up directly at Zhou Rui and Zhou Tiancheng.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince, why waste words with this kind of person? Just drag him away and behead him."

"I don't think the retired emperor they're holding looks real."

Zhou Rui's lips curled up slightly, but he still didn't say anything.

Shi Cheng can say that because he was just a military general.

But Zhou Rui is the emperor. If he doesn't verify the truth, he will be branded as unfilial.

However, Chou Tien-cheng can step in.

He ignored the deputy envoy and stared intently at Kazan.

The oppressive feeling is like this: if his fans were here, they could see all the roles he played in his past life, such as the owl and the murderer, all those indifferent and sharp eyes were gathered in those eyes!

"Envoy of Northern Xia, are you truly not going to acknowledge your debt?"

"Since that's the case, then I have nothing more to say. In any case, even if what happened in court today gets out, my Great Qian will still stand firm!"

"Father, drag him away and execute him. As for that one in Northern Xia, whether he is truly my grandfather or not, let's wait until our army reaches the Northern Xia imperial court to verify his authenticity!"

Kazan met Zhou Tiancheng's gaze, and his heart skipped a beat.

He also realized the seriousness of the situation.

He thought he could control the entire Daqian court by virtue of filial piety, but he never expected that at least half of the civil and military officials would not want the retired emperor to return!

Especially this crown prince!

He quickly raised his hands, his legs went weak, and he knelt on the ground.

"I'm willing to accept defeat!"

"Kazan, the envoy from Northern Xia, greets the Emperor of Great Qian! Long live the Emperor of Great Qian!"

Zhou Rui wasn't particularly happy; on the contrary, his eyes narrowed slightly and his brows furrowed tightly.

He was seething with resentment. Why wasn't Kazan a tough nut to crack?

If only Kazan wouldn't admit defeat, he could kill Kazan, and Beixia could kill the retired emperor, tying things up, and Zhou Rui could rest easy.

Unfortunately, Kazan slid to his knees too quickly.

He sighed with regret, and then asked.

"You say the Emperor Emeritus is in your hands. What would it take for you to allow me to send someone to bring him back?"

Kazan breathed a sigh of relief and pulled a list from his pocket.

"My Emperor is very fair. He said that as long as the Great Qian is willing to compensate your retired emperor for the losses caused to my Northern Xia, we can send your retired emperor back."

The list is as follows!

"We have over 5,300 horses in Xia, rounded down to 300 taels of silver per horse, totaling 1.5 million taels of silver!"

"Two hundred thousand shi of grain and fodder, this cannot be converted into cash."

"Two thousand cattle, converted to silver..."

He reported the news in columns.

The civil and military officials grew increasingly troubled as they listened.

In the end, the total amount owed was over 13 million taels of silver, 800,000 shi of grain, and various kinds of refined iron, tea, salt, etc. In addition, they also had to relocate 50,000 people.

This is outright robbery!

Zhou Rui glanced at Kazan suspiciously.

"You're not lying about this, are you?"

Kazan immediately shook his head.

"Emperor of the Great Qian Dynasty, your retired emperor has been staying in our Northern Xia for sixteen years. During these sixteen years, although they only have tens of thousands of troops, they have been continuously destroying our Northern Xia tribes."

"If it weren't for the impregnable borders of Northern Xia, they would probably have already broken through the encirclement and returned to your Great Qian."

"Over the years, the losses they have caused to our Northern Xia are countless. Not only is this not an overstatement, but it's actually an understatement, with many losses not even being accounted for!"

What does thirteen million taels mean?

The entire year's tax revenue in the Great Qian Dynasty wasn't this much!

Zhou Rui made it clear that he did not want to agree.

Zhou Tiancheng glanced at Zhou Rui and spoke on Zhou Rui's behalf.

"Kazan, stop talking nonsense. Your Northern Xia has been plundering my Great Qian's Northern Frontier for many years, and we have never asked you for compensation. There is no point in you bringing this up."

"Just tell me straight, what's your bottom line!"

If Kazan sets a price, then there's always a chance to negotiate.

Zhou Tiancheng opened his mouth and Kazan revealed his bottom line.

Kazan hesitated for a moment, glanced at Zhou Tiancheng, and then quickly spoke.

"Sixty percent is the bottom line that His Majesty has drawn for me."

"But why should I offer you this price?"

"You need to show some sincerity."