Star Sea Lord

To the Grand Consul's question, the new Prime Minister of the Empire, Duke Luo Niya replied with a smile:

"Dear Your Excellency, of course we will remember the help that the Huaxia Empire gave us! And we are willing to give you enough rewards for this! Including Xiao Junling!"

"You mean..." Tang Xudong asked with a frown.

The Prime Minister of the Empire said in a deep voice: "Our Majesty's idea is that the Qingqiu Empire is willing to give China enough compensation as the price for Xiao Junling to stay in the Qingqiu Empire! Besides, we are willing to sign a new agreement with your country that is more appropriate. The covenant! As a guarantee of the strategic and friendly relations between the two countries, what do you think?"

Tang Xudong said solemnly: "Madam Prime Minister, I think your proposal is not appropriate! The signing of the covenant between the two countries is due, but this does not mean that the legal citizens of our country can be used as a bargaining chip! This is what you do , not only violated the universal humanistic values ​​of the two countries, but also extremely unfair to him himself!"

"Therefore, you must release Xiao Junling immediately and unconditionally. This is a matter of principle and no compromise is allowed!"

Queen Dai Liwei said calmly: "Your Excellency the Grand Consul, no matter what you think, the prince of the Qingqiu Empire, my husband, belongs to the core interests of the empire! It cannot be compromised!"

The grand consul's pupils constricted suddenly, and he said in a serious voice: "Your Majesty, Xiao Junling is not an ordinary Chinese citizen. Are you not afraid of causing diplomatic disputes between the two countries if you insist on breaking diplomatic conventions?"

Xiao Junling's current status is an official member of the Chinese Imperial Council, the Lord of Venus, and the future successor of the Jixing Temple.Coupled with the large and wealthy overseas territories it owns.Close cooperation with many giants!No matter how you look at it, he already belongs to the kind of person who plays a pivotal role!

The Qingqiu Empire made this move.Not only did he openly sweep the face of the Chinese Empire, but he also directly offended many wealthy forces!No matter how you look at it, it is not a wise behavior!

Princess Yingshan smiled gently and said: "Dear Your Excellency, regarding the matter of Xiao Junling, I feel that the high-level officials in your country may not necessarily have the same attitude as you?"

"Your Highness, I don't understand what you mean!" Tang Xudong said coldly.

Duke Luo Niya said: "Your Royal Highness is saying that the matter of Xiao Junling cannot be changed, for the sake of the long-term friendship and strategic cooperation between the two countries. Maybe the high level of your country will make a more pragmatic choice!"

"You are wrong!" Fu Chanxin said coldly: "The Huaxia Empire will never make any concessions on issues of principle! No matter what the reason is!"

Queen Delivee nodded lightly: "That's good! We will communicate directly with your country's grand consul meeting later, and strive to come up with a plan that is acceptable to both parties!"

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In the magnificent and extravagant bedroom.

The sleeping palace is just a general term. In fact, it is an independent palace with a large area. It is divided into the inner hall and the outer hall area. The outside includes the reception area, leisure and entertainment area, restaurant, study room and other living facilities. The inner hall is the queen. Where to sleep.

A sumptuous banquet has already been set up, and the tablecloths are made of Xi Yun ice silk with gold patterns on a white background.Exquisite antique sapphire tableware, all kinds of famous delicacies in the Star Sea World are served in the exquisite dinner plates with sapphire texture and different shapes!Next to the ice-patterned jade wine bottle of strange and ancient style.It is a few bottles of peerless wine with the royal emblem!Moreover, it was just taken out of the royal treasury, and the age of each bottle was no less than a thousand years old!

In the golden dining car next to it, there are many sets of precious spare tableware of different materials, and several dining cars are filled with various wines!

It's just that the main seat at the dining table is empty, and a group of maids and servants are standing beside them, their faces are full of anxiety and helplessness.

A moment later, a majestic female officer in a purple palace dress came in, looked at the situation in the palace, immediately raised her eyebrows, and asked with some displeasure, "How do you serve?"

A red-clothed female officer hurried over and said with a low eyebrow: "My lord, the servants have persuaded me several times, but His Royal Highness..."

"Hmph! They're all a bunch of useless trash!" The manager's face turned cold, and he raised his hand and slapped her across the face, leaving a clear finger mark on half of the tender cheek.

The rank of the female official was not low, but she dared not show any dissatisfaction when she was slapped by the manager in front of everyone, and she just apologized repeatedly.

"Let me tell you, if the master inside doesn't eat, none of you will want to eat anything today!" The manager scolded with a livid face:

"You are all carefully selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but what about now? What else do you do besides being in a daze here? All of you are like meteorites in the starry sky, lifeless! What use are you for?"

"Her Majesty the Empress will come over later. Seeing your virtue, what kind of punishment will be waiting for you, so I don't need to say more?"

The red-clothed female official's complexion was pale, tears were already in her eyes, the rules in the Qingqiu court were extremely strict, although the new empress was generous, she was not a mean and ungrateful lord!But everyone understands what kind of status the master in the inner palace holds in His Majesty's heart!

Once Her Majesty the Queen came back and found out about this situation, under the rage, these servants would definitely not be able to get away with heavy punishments, and it would be considered light to be demoted from the palace to hard labor!

The manager reprimanded me for a while, and finally said coldly: "There is still some time now, I will re-arrange the manpower! As for the result, you can ask for blessings!"

After saying that, he stormed out the door.

Several familiar maids approached and asked helplessly, "Sister Shulan, what should we do now?"

The female officer in red named Shu Lan was not a few years older than them, she wiped her eyes and said in a low voice: "What can we do now? We can only ask the person inside! "

Everyone turned their heads to look at the tightly closed door of the inner hall. On the thick and gorgeous door, the pattern of a green phoenix cast in green gold shone under the illumination of the palace lanterns. The surroundings were decorated with countless exquisite patterns of birds and flowers, which looked gorgeous. The atmosphere reveals the nobility and elegance of the royal family!

Shulan walked to the gate, gritted her teeth, put her hand on it, and pushed vigorously.

The temple door was not locked.It's just a cover-up.So she walked in easily.

There is a faint fragrance in the inner hall.Several layers of snow-white bead curtains hang down from the dome, and the thick light blue carpet is soft and indescribably comfortable to step on!

Behind the bead curtain, on the wide throne, Xiao Junling leaned against the armrest, eyes slightly closed, as if sleeping.

The sound of panicked breathing gradually approaching was sensed.He opened his eyes a little unhappily, and said, "Why are you here again? Didn't you say don't bother me..."

Before he finished speaking, Shulan, whose face was full of tears, knelt down in front of him, and said helplessly, "Your Highness, I beg you to have mercy on me and other palace servants, so I should eat something! Otherwise...the servants will have no way out." It's..."

Xiao Junling's face was suffocated, he had already seen the finger marks on her face clearly, and asked in surprise: "What's going on?"

He was silent for a while after hearing Shulan sobbing and telling the story, then said softly: "Just because of such a small incident. Are you going to suffer such a heavy punishment?"

"Your Highness, it may be a trivial matter to you. But to the palace people, this is a major matter concerning the future and destiny!" Shu Lan said with a wry smile.

Xiao Junling said: "In my impression of the Qingqiu court, the rules should not be so strict. Why did the head steward treat you like this?"

Shu Lan looked at him, and said cautiously: "Her Majesty cares about your feelings very much, that's why she treats us like this..."

"Her?" Xiao Junling shook his head, waved his hand and released a magnificent silver light mist, which fell on her face, and the injury disappeared in a blink of an eye.

Surprised and delighted, Shulan hastily thanked her.

"Let's go out!" He reached out and pulled the female officer up, and walked out.

No matter how dissatisfied he was with the empress in his heart, he didn't want these ordinary palace people to be the targets of venting their anger because of his feelings!

"His Royal Highness!" Outside, the maids and servants breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that he had finally come out, and all bowed in salute.

Xiao Junling smiled and nodded at them, sat down at the dining table, and two fourteen or fifteen-year-old male waiters immediately came over to pour wine for him.

Another young man came over with a jade basin and half knelt down in front of him.

He washed his hands in the basin, and a maid came over with a white silk scarf to let him dry them.

Shulan made a gesture, and six pretty and bright maids in white dresses gathered around the dining table, each holding jade bowls and ivory chopsticks. A court lady took a chopstick and delivered it to the bowl in front of him. The service was extremely attentive and thoughtful!

"It looks quite skillful!" Xiao Junling looked at the flowing movements of the maids, and smiled a little surprised: "Did you guys learn it before?"

For those who have never been in contact with Chinese food, chopsticks are not so easy to use!It takes a long time of training to become proficient.Of course, for native Chinese people, this is not a problem at all.

Shu Lan replied respectfully: "Your Highness, Chinese cuisine and dining etiquette are also very popular in our Qingqiu court! Among the empresses of all ages, there are not a few who love Chinese cuisine, even those nobles. People like it! So after the servants enter the palace, they will specialize in practicing knowledge and skills in this area!"

Xiao Junling nodded lightly: "Very good! I am very satisfied!"

All the girls couldn't help but be overjoyed, and they all opened their mouths to make fun of him, persuading him to eat more, showing great hospitality!

A stone fell quietly in Shulan's heart, and she thought that this master seemed to have a good temperament, and she shouldn't be too difficult to serve in the future!

After a while, the chief servant came in with a group of maids, and seeing Xiao Junling feasting, he couldn't help being stunned.It took a few seconds to react, and he hurriedly saluted and greeted.

"What are you doing?" he asked calmly.

"Your Highness, my concubine is afraid that these servants will be clumsy and clumsy, and they will not be able to serve you well, so I specially selected a new group of smart and reliable people..." The manager said with a smile on his face.

"No need! They're doing great!" he said decisively.

The steward was stunned for a moment, and said: "Since this is the case, then let them serve His Highness all the time, do you think it's okay?"

Xiao Junling nodded, as if she agreed with her opinion. (To be continued..)

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