Chapter 496: The Prince's Mansion
"Prince..."
"Prince..."
"Prince..."
…
In the Wei State Traveler's Building and the residence of the Shu State envoy, voices kept ringing, but they did not attract Empress Du's attention at all.
He seemed like a walking corpse, just walking forward on his own, not paying attention to the slightest movement around him.
"boom……"
"I want to be quiet for a while and not see anyone for a while."
"boom……"
Empress Du's door suddenly opened and then closed quickly, leaving only Empress Du's stern-sounding voice in everyone's ears.
Faced with Empress Du's behavior, the surrounding Shu envoys all looked at each other in confusion. No one knew what was going on with their prince.
You were obviously in high spirits when you went out, why are you so different after not seeing each other for a long time?
However, although they were confused in their hearts, the prince was still the prince after all, so they could only go about their own affairs with this confusion.
For a long time after that, the door was still not opened, and Empress Du was still sitting alone in the room.
Until there was a sound of footsteps, the deputy envoy of Shu appeared outside the door, walking in a hurry but with a bit of joy on his lips.
"Prince..."
But as soon as his voice rang out, he was immediately blocked by two guards.
"The prince is destined not to see anyone for the time being."
"I have something to ask the prince for." Facing the two personal guards, the deputy envoy immediately showed an unhappy look on his face.
But these two people were Empress Du's personal guards, how could they let the deputy envoy be scared away so easily.
"The prince has a destiny..."
"It is related to the diplomatic relations between Shu and Wei. If there is any neglect, will you be able to bear it?"
Seeing that the two guards were so stubborn, the deputy envoy directly moved out such a big stone from Shu Wei State.
It seemed that if the two guards did not retreat, the boulder would be smashed on them, smashing them to pieces.
Faced with this situation, the two guards looked at each other and finally chose to take a step back and let the deputy move forward.
He quickly came to the door, and just as he was waiting for the deputy to knock on the door, the door in front of him opened first.
A pair of red eyes first caught the deputy envoy's eyes, followed by Empress Du's ugly expression.
"Prince..."
"Sir, come in."
With the same doubts as the others just now, the deputy envoy followed Empress Du into the room.
After both parties sat down after their respective cases, the deputy envoy immediately asked: "Prince, this is..."
Ignoring the doubts in the deputy envoy's words, Empress Du just asked calmly: "I wonder, sir, which one of us, Shu or Wei, is stronger or weaker?"
"Of course Wei is strong and Shu is weak." Faced with the obvious answer, the deputy envoy blurted out immediately.
"So if our country of Shu and our country of Wei were to fight each other, what are the chances of our country of Shu winning?"
Empress Du asked again, which made the deputy envoy on the other side look a little ugly for a moment.
Like Empress Du, the deputy envoy saw with his own eyes the power of Wei on the way from Chengdu to Anyi.
Comparing the Wei State with its own Shu State, the gap between the two sides is self-evident.
"If it were just a competition of combat power, if we, the Kingdom of Shu, were to compete with the Kingdom of Wei, there would be almost no chance of winning."
"But Prince, don't belittle yourself. There are high mountains and ridges between Guanzhong and our country of Shu. It will not be that easy for the Wei State to take our country of Shu."
"As long as our Shu army officers use their lives and rely on the steep passes, we can completely keep the Wei army out."
The deputy envoy's words immediately sobered up Empress Du, who was overly immersed in Wei's powerful national power.
Seeing the expression on Empress Du's face gradually improving, the deputy envoy immediately reported while the iron was hot: "Besides, our country of Shu may not be able to fight with the country of Wei."
"What do you mean, sir?"
"I would like to congratulate the Crown Prince. Previously, someone from the Crown Prince's Palace of the State of Wei sent a silk letter, inviting the Crown Prince to attend a banquet at the Crown Prince's Palace tomorrow."
Congratulating Empress Du, the deputy immediately smiled and said, "The Crown Prince of Wei State, Wei Shen, has a distinguished status. He also has Situ Gongsun Yang as his disciple, so he has a very important position in the Wei court."
"The fact that he was able to send people to invite the crown prince is enough to show Wei's attitude towards our country, Shu."
"If we can take this opportunity to express the goodwill of our Kingdom to the Crown Prince of Wei and even the King of Wei, plus the generous gift that our Kingdom of Shu is about to offer, then the relationship between Shu and Wei will definitely be reconciled, and the worries in the Crown Prince's heart will disappear.
exist."
"That's it!" The defeat on Crown Prince Du's face was wiped away, and the whole face was filled with excitement. "Thank you sir for your forgiveness. I will definitely seize this opportunity and complete the task entrusted to me by my father."
duty of."
…
"Xu..."
After a sound of the driver controlling the horse, the carriage slowly stopped in the open space in front of the Prince's Mansion of Wei State.
"Prince, we are here."
Shortly after the words fell, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Empress Du, the crown prince of Shu, dressed in full attire, slowly stepped out of the carriage.
Just at this time, Wei Shen, the crown prince of Wei, who had received the news from Xingren Mansion in advance, appeared at the gate of the mansion with a smile on his face.
"A distinguished guest is coming, but I'm late."
Empress Du, who had just stood still, faced the sudden arrival of the uninvited guest, and it was obvious that she did not react for a moment.
After a few breaths, Empress Du, who understood the identity of the visitor, immediately bowed and said, "Empress Du of Shu, I have met the crown prince of Wei."
"Prince Wei, that's so polite." After quickly stepping forward to help Empress Du up, Wei Shen realized that the two of them were calling each other a bit awkward, and Wei Shen immediately said with a bit of heartiness: "It's inconvenient for you and me to call you this. I'm sorry for that.
The prince of Shu feels like old friends at first sight. If you don’t dislike me, how old am I? How about calling you my younger brother?”
"It's what I asked for." Listening to Wei Shen's hearty and kind words, Empress Du immediately felt a good impression in her heart, and she immediately bowed again and said, "Empress Du, meet my brother."
"Okay." Hands moved down naturally. Wei Shen took Empress Du's hand and walked directly towards Empress Du and towards the door of the mansion, "Let's go, I will follow my brother into the mansion for the banquet."
The scene before the residence of the Crown Prince of Wei really flattered Empress Du, who had come from afar, and he could only be dragged all the way into the residence.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Walking through the winding corridors of the Prince's Mansion, passing the elite soldiers on both sides, Empress Du was taken all the way to the banquet.
The place.
It wasn't until Wei Shen pinned her down on the seat that Empress Du reacted belatedly.
"Pop!"
Two crisp slaps sounded, and the musicians who were already ready at the banquet venue immediately started playing loudly, and a group of beauties also danced along with this wonderful music.
Queen Du's eyes were quickly attracted by the singing and dancing in front of her, and she was immersed in the enjoyment of beauty created by this wonderful music and moving dance postures.
"Step brother, step brother..."
It wasn't until a call sounded in her ears that Empress Du gradually woke up from her immersion.
When Wei Shen's obviously smiling face appeared in his sight, Empress Du felt her face getting hot.
"Brother, forgive me, but I lost my temper later."
"What are you talking about, my younger brother?" As he spoke, Wei Shen's eyes fell on the beautiful woman dancing in the field, "My younger brother, does he know what kind of dance this is?"
"Brother, please give me some advice." A trace of curiosity suddenly arose in Empress Du's heart, and she asked humbly.
"Zhao Wu."
"Zhao Wu?"
"Exactly." With a smile in his eyes, Wei Shen explained to Empress Du: "My mother was born in the State of Zhao, and she often misses the dance of the State of Zhao."
"Two years ago, Marquis Zhao came to Anyi to pay tribute, and among the gifts he presented was this group of dancing girls. I also thought that my younger brother had come all the way from Chengdu, so I asked my mother to bring them to wash your dust."
"Thank you, brother."
After listening to Wei Shen's explanation, Empress Du felt more favorable towards him.
At the same time, another touch of envy emerged in Queen Du's heart.
Wei is so powerful. It not only has a vast and wealthy territory, an elite and ever-victorious army, but also has tributaries such as Zhao and Qin.
The power of Wei State is indeed not comparable to that of Shu State.
Chapter completed!