"Uncle Du, don't worry. I know what's going on." Upon hearing Du Ruhui's voice, His Royal Highness the King of Chu smiled at him. Then, he turned his head and looked at the two Western Turkic envoys kneeling below, and began his steady performance: "I say... Ashina Nihe... Do you think I'm stupid?! With a brain like Yibi Shekui, can he still govern the Western Turkic prosper?!"

"..." Ashina Nihe felt that his Khan was humiliated, but he didn't know how to refute it.

"And you," His Royal Highness the King of Chu said after silencing Ashina Nihe, then turned to look at Ashina Nishu, "You think I'm stupid, don't you? Ashina Nishu, when my royal grandfather was in power, you came to Chang'an and called my father your brother. What's the matter? Now that something has happened, you don't go to my father to seek justice, but you come to me?! Do you think I can handle things better than my father, the incompetent monarch?! You bastard! How dare you alienate me and my father?!"

"..." Du Ruhui didn't expect that His Royal Highness the King of Chu did a good job in intelligence work! But thinking back, he felt that this was probably the only reasonable thing to do - Dou Gong was such a meticulous person, he would definitely not let His Royal Highness the King of Chu fight an unprepared battle.

And the fact was indeed as Du Ruhui had guessed.

His Royal Highness the King of Chu actually already knew exactly who the envoys from various countries were, and what conflicts of interest and grievances they had.

After all, when he visited Dou Shu during Yuanzheng period, the latter almost pressed him on the table in order to make him remember the information that Dou's retainers had collected with great effort.

Fortunately, His Royal Highness the King of Chu did not disappoint his uncle Dou. He did remember all this information.

"..." In the hall, after His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu yelled and cursed, everyone couldn't help but feel a tingling sensation on their scalp.

How should I put it? We were all decent people before, but now we happen to meet someone who doesn't care about being decent.

“Your Highness the Prince of Chu…” Ashina Nishu saw that his plan had failed, but he did not seem disappointed. Instead, his expression became calmer. “You know the current situation of Western Turkestan… Do you think my Siyehu Khan will forget the revenge for his father’s murder and choose to cooperate with the son of his enemy?”

"Your Highness, the King of Chu," Ashina Nihe also said loudly at this time, "My Yibi Shekui Khan doesn't take Siyehu and his gang seriously at all. Cooperation? You think too highly of Siyehu and his gang of traitors, and underestimate my Khan!"

"Don't be so arrogant." His Royal Highness the King of Chu frowned slightly upon hearing this, and then looked at Ashina Nihe: "The last guy who didn't take the enemy seriously, we are all familiar with him, his name is Ashina Duobi!"

His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu's words were truly a decisive blow.

The entire lobby suddenly fell silent.

Seeing that no one was talking, His Royal Highness the King of Chu continued, "As for the disputes between you, whether they are true or false, I am too lazy to care, but there is one thing, I have said in advance, I will not interfere with how you fight among yourselves, but if anyone dares to take advantage of the internal strife to force other countries in the Western Regions to take sides, then I will come to the Western Regions to administer justice. Do you understand?!"

"Understand...Understood!" Ashina Nihe's psychological quality was the worst among the people present, so when he realized that His Royal Highness the King of Chu was not joking, he immediately expressed his opinion: "I will definitely bring your words to my Khan!"

"Hmm..." His Royal Highness the King of Chu nodded with satisfaction, then he turned to look at Ashina Nishu: "What about you?"

"I will also tell my Khan what you said!" Ashina Nishu didn't dare to contradict him at all - are you kidding me... They even used Jie Li as a negative example, isn't their intention obvious enough...

"By the way, aren't you two here to pay tribute?" When His Royal Highness the King of Chu saw the two preparing to leave, he immediately stopped them and said, "Come on, let's go through the formalities. What gifts are you two going to offer?"

"On behalf of my Khan Siyehu, I offer a thousand cattle, two thousand sheep, and a box of pure gold to the Tang Dynasty!" Since Ashina Nishu came to Chang'an and learned that His Royal Highness the King of Chu was still powerful, he followed the plan originally agreed upon with Khan Siyehu and presented a tribute gift that was heavier than the previous letter.

In this way, their sincerity can be better demonstrated. Of course, as for the matter of asking for the princess' hand in marriage... it is better not to ask for it for the time being, and wait and see, or... it seems safer to ask the other party for this after seeing His Majesty again.

"Very good," His Royal Highness the Prince of Chu nodded, and then said to Du Ruhui beside him: "Uncle Du, enter it in the account!"

"..."Du Ruhui felt that he was becoming more and more like a military strategist in the mountain stronghold, the kind who worked part-time as an accountant.

"Ashina... Nihe, right... What does your Khan have to say?" When it comes to bullying barbarians, His Royal Highness the King of Chu will never show mercy.

“Your Highness, the King of Chu,” Ashina Nihe saw Ashina Nishu had already stepped forward to hand in the tribute list, so he naturally did not want to be left behind: “This time, the gifts prepared by my Khan include 2,000 cattle and sheep, 20 Ferghana horses, and three boxes of red gold!”

"Hmm..." Just by hearing this, His Royal Highness the King of Chu realized that Siyehu Khan's current power was probably not as strong as that of Yibishekui Khan.

Of course, that bastard Yibi Shekui... his expression is actually quite stingy... I gave him so much Liuli for the three idiots at home...

"Oh, right," speaking of colored glaze, His Royal Highness the King of Chu naturally remembered the previous transaction with Yibi Shekui Khan: "I was in a hurry to leave for the northwest before, did Yibi Shekui take the batch of colored glaze that was left in Gaochang City?"

"Your Highness...Your Highness..." Ashina Nihe panicked when he heard what the other party said: "My Khan said...those were all agreed with you at the beginning..."

"It's alright," Li Kuan waved his hand upon hearing this. "What I meant is that he should just take it away. This way, we both owe each other nothing."

"Your Highness is wise!" Ashina Nihe didn't know what to say.

"That's right!" His Royal Highness the King of Chu has now even thought of where to bury that bastard Yibi Shekui.

"..." Du Ruhui, Lu Dongzan, Yosuha, and Ashina Nishu who were standing aside all knew the King of Chu, so they now understood the fate of Yipi Shekui.

The King of Chu was just being polite to you, but who knew you would be so impolite...

OK then……

You deserve to die!

"Your Highness the Prince of Chu..." Ashina Nihe may have lost his mind because of the "kindness and generosity" of His Highness the Prince of Chu. So when he thought of his Khan's instructions before leaving, he couldn't help but muster up the courage to say, "I wonder if you can convince His Majesty to marry the Princess of the Tang Dynasty to my Khan? Don't worry, as long as this marriage can be accomplished, my Khan is willing to respect the Tang Dynasty as the suzerain state from now on, and never let us down for generations to come..."

“Huh?!” His Highness the Prince of Chu had never thought that there would be such a person who didn’t know how to live or die, so his face immediately darkened: “Hey… tell me… am I giving you too much face?”

It actually made you so foolish and delusional!

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