Xie Cheng was a little uneasy. He was nervous about the upcoming negotiations. He had experienced countless negotiations in his life, but this time, it was naturally different because it determined the future survival and development of the family. Qin Feng was not a good negotiating opponent. In his early thirties, he had made a fact that shocked the world. In more than ten years, he went from a small soldier to the emperor of the most powerful empire in the world. Such people have a common characteristic

, that is, they are tough in nature, extremely strong in self-confidence, strong in spirit and domineering, and stubborn and self-righteous. They disdained the obstacles of external forces, and always believed that they could defeat everything with their own abilities, because their victory process made them think that nothing could be overcome. The process of negotiating with such people was very painful. Xie Cheng had experience in negotiating with such people in the past, but the achievements he met were as different from those of Qin Feng than that of Qin Feng.

But he had to come.

Or, this is not a negotiation, but a begging from the major families of Chu. Xie Cheng smiled bitterly in his heart. Because no matter from any aspect, the Ming people can get the results they want without their assistance. The role of them is nothing more than helping the Ming people reduce some resistance in this process.

The capital is too weak, so they are bound to be in an extremely weak side today.

A sound of footsteps came from outside the gate, which suddenly pulled Xie Cheng's thoughts back. Listening to the messy footsteps outside and the slight collision of armor leaves in the guards, he immediately realized that today's protagonist had finally arrived. In fact, Qin Feng's promise to see them had already made them very happy. If you can see them, it means you can talk, right?

"The Empress is here!"

"Your Highness Prince Wu is here!"

An old eunuch appeared at the gate first, glanced at the house with a sharp gaze, and opened his mouth.

Then, Xie Cheng saw Min Ruoxi appearing at the gate, holding a little boy in his hand, looking at them with excitement and curiosity.

"The Empress, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years!"

"Your Highness, Thousand Years, Thousand Years, Thousand Years!"

Xie Cheng and everyone in the house immediately pushed the golden mountain and fell to the ground, touching the ground with their foreheads.

The dingdong of the ring, the footsteps came closer, and then a crisp, soft voice came from my ears: "Get up!"

"Thank you!" He bowed respectfully again, and everyone got up, turned around naturally, and gave up the road to the middle of the lobby. Min Ruoxi led Xiao Wu and walked through them, sitting directly on the Arhat Chair at the top. Xiao Wu sat next to her with her hands crossed and placed them on her knees.

"Sit all!" Min Ruoxi waved her hand and signaled everyone to sit down.

"Empress Xie gave her a seat!" Everyone bowed and then sat down halfway. Xie Cheng felt a little relieved at this time. It was not the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, but the Empress, who had a deep relationship with Chu State, that there was a greater room for negotiation. Even if he made some requests, he still had room for maneuver.

Min Ruoxi's eyes flew over the faces of everyone, and some smiles appeared on her face inexplicably, "It turned out that they were all old acquaintances. It seems that the people sent by their families have really been carefully selected. It has been more than ten years, and you still look the same as before, and there has been no change!"

More than ten years ago, Min Ruoxi was the eldest princess of Da Chu and controlled the Jiying Hall of Da Chu. Naturally, there was some connection with these people. The people who came today were actually the people who had had connections with her back then.

A few years ago, Min Ruoxi came back once, but that time came and left in a hurry, but never saw these people again.

"The world is difficult, and we are all old, but the empress is as charming as before." Xie Cheng, as the leader, stood up and said.

Min Ruoxi smiled and said, "Xie Cheng from the Xie family, I remember you, how are your elder brother okay?"

"My brother is old. In the past two years, he has been lying on the sickbed for most of the time. Otherwise, this time my brother would come to pay homage to the empress."

Min Ruoxi smiled, and naturally she just listened to this.

"Your Majesty the Emperor is busy with military affairs. He was going to meet you when he saw you, but if you have something to do, I can only come over." Min Ruoxi looked at everyone and said, "You guys, we understand the meaning of coming here, but Your Majesty said that there is no negotiation. Do you understand what I mean?"

Xie Cheng and others shook slightly, looked at each other, their faces pale, and they didn't expect that they would directly block the door.

"But, Your Majesty the Emperor still wants to hear what you can do?" Min Ruoxi looked at the expressions of everyone and said slightly. These big families probably think that the lean camels are bigger than horses. It's time to go, and they still want to pick some food out of the Ming Dynasty's mouth. Min Ruoxi knew what they wanted, but the Ming Dynasty would definitely not agree to their request.

Xie Cheng stood up with a bitter face and bowed: "Empress..."

By the Peach Blossom Stream, countless petals fell with the wind, floating on the slowly flowing stream, and downstream. Although it is called a stream, it should actually be considered a small river. From time to time, fish emerge from the water surface, open their mouths, bite a peach blossom and drag it into the water. Qin Feng was holding a fishing rod and sitting by the stream in a gathering place to fish. Not far behind them, Murong Hai was taking a few guards to set up barbecue racks. It seemed that Qin Feng was preparing to use local materials and hold a barbecue banquet with his daughter here.

Xiaowen stared at the float intently. Seeing the float floating together, he pulled his father's clothes nervously. She didn't dare to make a sound, for fear of scaring the fish away, so she just pushed her mouth repeatedly. Qin Feng was unmoved. Until the float sank into the water, he suddenly pulled the fishing rod, and a fish shook its tail and was pulled into the sky.

"Catch it up, catch it up." Xiaowen slapped, jumped over, squatted down and carefully took the fish over, put it into the fish basket.

Qin Feng looked at his daughter with a smile. At the age of twelve, he was at a lively and active time. However, in the harem, her mother taught her to be disciplined. Speaking of which, Min Ruoxi was not abide by the rules, but strangely, she was tightly restrained by her daughter and required everything with the standard etiquette of a princess, and allowed Qin Feng to object. This made Qin Feng feel pity for Xiaowen, and only by his side could he show such a lively side.

Looking at Xiaowen who was running over happily with her skirt, Qin Feng stuffed the fishing rod into her hand: "Do you want to fish by yourself?"

"Think!" Xiaowen said immediately.

"Then let's try it!" Qin Feng said with a smile.

Seeing Xiaowen sitting on a small bench and starting her fishing plan, Qin Feng stood up and looked deep in the peach forest. There was a person coming from where he was Tian Kang of the Eagle Nest.

"Your Majesty, General Yang Zhi of the Southern Army has arrived." Tian Kang raised the memorial in his hand and handed it to Qin Feng. Qin Feng did not open it immediately, but asked Tian Kang directly: "Tell me." He knew that the specific situation of the battle, his intelligence leader should have known it immediately.

"Guanning, Han Huafeng, Lei Bao blocked Feng Dao at Bowangpo. Lei Cavalry performed beyond our expectations. Feng Dao was defeated and fled back to Shangjing City." Tian Kangdao: "General Zhou Jiyun led his troops to attack Nandaying and fought fiercely for a day and a night. With Guanning, Xu Sanmei and other troops arrived one after another. Lan Sixin abandoned Nandaying and fled to Shangjing City. He was intercepted by Zhou's general Wulin, and all the Chu generals were killed in battle. The Chu army was killed in battle. General Yang personally led the cavalry and wiped out the three thousand Fire Phoenix Cavalry coming to Yanglingyi. The Southern Route Army won a great victory. Now the army has surrounded Yanglingyi and is expected to be able to capture Yanglingyi in up to three days."

Qin Feng smiled, as if everything was expected, he returned the note in his hand to Tian Kang: "Take it to the Empress, she is negotiating with some people in Chu State, so that those people can appreciate the magnificence of our Ming army."

"Yes!" Tian Kang took the letter and turned around and disappeared deep in the peach forest.

Qin Feng turned around and heard Xiaowen's scream in surprise: "Father, Father, I caught it, I caught it."

A fish was jumping at Qin Wen's feet at this moment.

"Okay, the tiger father has no dog!" Qin Feng walked over with a loud laugh, "It's almost done, can we go to barbecue?"

"Father, I want to roast this fish myself and eat it myself!" Xiaowen's eyes shining.

"Okay, this is my daughter caught by herself, so I will roast it myself and eat it myself. But if it is not delicious, you are not allowed to cry!" Qin Feng laughed.

"The father looked down on others!" Qin Wen pouted.

In the hall, Min Ruoxi was not showing any expression and was slowly tasting tea, but Xie Cheng and others below had extremely bitter expressions because their request had been rejected by Min Ruoxi.

"Empress, we naturally know that there is no problem in the Ming Dynasty conquering Shangjing City, but Shangjing City is the capital of the Great Chu State after all. There are hundreds of thousands of soldiers in the city and the elite Fire Phoenix Army. If the Ming Dynasty attacks hard, the price will definitely not be small. Moreover, we think that a broken Shangjing City must not be what the emperor and the empress want. It is the hometown of the empress. Could it be that the empress will bear to let them be destroyed in the war? What's more, after the Ming Dynasty occupied Shangjing City, we can help the Ming Dynasty to do more things. The empress also knows that the power of our families is not limited to Shangjing City?"
Chapter completed!