This matter naturally reached Zhou Hao’s ears as well.
What Yan Fei thought of, Zhou Hao could naturally think of as well. After learning that this matter was actually related to Zi Ling, Zhou Hao immediately felt somewhat disappointed in her.
However, he hadn’t expected that Zi Ling was simply trying to manipulate Mu Yunge into falling for Suo Tu. Instead, he thought that Zi Ling was already Consort Shu’s person and was doing things for Consort Shu, so she deliberately targeted Mu Yunge.
In that instant, Zhou Hao secretly decided to keep his distance from Zi Ling from now on, and he would no longer allow Zi Ling to come to his palace.
She was Consort Shu’s person, which meant she was the Second Prince’s person. However, Zhou Hao was bound to clash with the Second Prince and his faction sooner or later, so it was best for them to avoid any further involvement, lest outsiders think he was in league with the Second Prince.
Zi Ling was unaware of all this, secretly relieved that she hadn’t left any evidence.
At the same time, she was secretly alarmed by Yan Fei’s methods and deeply regretted that he hadn’t been implicated in Consort Yi’s case. If she had saved Yan Fei, then someone like him would have become the sharpest knife in her hand.
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Twenty days later, envoys from the barbarian tribes beyond the Great Wall entered the city and were accommodated in a post station within the capital by the Second Prince.
The next day, the envoys from beyond the Great Wall came to the palace to pay their respects. They then launched into another long plea for poverty, saying that they had already sent over their best possessions.
These so-called good things were nothing more than cattle, sheep, and horses from beyond the Great Wall. However, because the barbarians were very good at raising horses, the Emperor was extremely satisfied with the horses they sent.
After the audience, the envoys were entertained in the Imperial Garden that evening.
Suo Tu and his entourage were already dazzled by the extravagance and prosperity of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Seeing their envious expressions, the Emperor was extremely pleased, secretly thinking that he would reward them even more this time.
At the banquet, Suo Tu and his entourage cried their hearts out about being poor and pitiful, and the Emperor’s pride was greatly satisfied.
Unbeknownst to them, after returning to their lodgings, the barbarian princes and envoys revealed greedy and ferocious expressions.
“The Great Zhou is so wealthy, yet we barbarians live in misery year after year! It’s truly unfair!”
The Second Prince, Suo Er, also gleamed with wolfish intent, saying, “When will our barbarians be able to possess such things?!”
Hearing their words, the barbarian priest immediately said, “The Great Zhou’s power is far beyond what our barbarians can currently compare to. Your Highnesses, please remember my words. In the future, you must play the victim in front of the Great Zhou’s ministers. The things that the Great Zhou produces from its very fingertips will be enough to keep our barbarians from worrying about food and drink for several years.”
After saying that, the other party continued with a deep gaze: “Furthermore, I heard that the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty dotes on the Ninth Princess Zhou Yu the most. If Your Highnesses encounter Zhou Yu, you must not offend her. If Your Highnesses can get Zhou Yu to take a liking to either of you, as long as she can marry into our barbarian tribe, given the Emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty’s favor toward her, her dowry would probably be enough to support my barbarian tribe for ten years!”
Upon hearing this, Suo Tu and Suo Er’s eyes lit up, and they nodded emphatically.
Regardless of whether the other person was beautiful or ugly, as long as there was money, even if she were a sow, they would praise her to the heavens!
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Lucien On ABRWF Chapter 66.1