Chapter 151: Envoys Enter the Military Camp

Li Hao was truly terrified.

They had only met for a few minutes, yet Zhu Gaoxu had already killed one of the three envoys from Goryeo.

It looked like he still had the intention to finish off the remaining two as well.

In Li Hao's view, the death of one or two envoys did not have much of an impact on him.

After all, the person was killed by Zhu Gaoxu, and he had a valid reason, so killing them was just that—killing them.

But if you were to kill everyone, then he, as the Left Vice Minister of Rites, would certainly be held responsible.

If, when the time came for Zhu Yuanzhang's birthday celebration, there wasn't a single foreign envoy present, what kind of situation would that be?

It could be said that Zhu Gaoxu's abilities in certain aspects were indeed beyond those of an ordinary person.

After less than half a day of contact, Li Hao was already afraid of Zhu Gaoxu.

He was too capable of causing trouble!

Li Hao had heard of it before, but hadn't believed it; now, he truly believed it.

At this moment, Li Hao was truly between laughter and tears, his heart only thinking about how to quickly find an opportunity to send this little ancestor away.

But unfortunately, Zhu Gaoxu's demeanor clearly showed he still wanted to play.

But for a moment, Li Hao didn't quite know how to respond.

As for why Wang Ren was terrified, the reason was much simpler.

This was the second time he had heard Zhu Gaoxu say he wanted to "entertain" them, and from the words just spoken, he knew that the afternoon would definitely bring no good.

Zhu Gaoxu, however, didn't care what the two were thinking; seeing that Li Hao didn't reply, he immediately snorted with dissatisfaction.

When Li Hao heard Zhu Gaoxu's snort, he snapped back to reality, and noticing Zhu Gaoxu's dissatisfaction, Li Hao immediately said, "Your Highness, rest assured, I will go handle it right away."

As he spoke, he gave a wink to Li Xingshan, who had been watching the whole scene from the side.

Li Xingshan could be said to be the person with the lowest status present.

His official rank was the smallest, and although he was of the same clan as Li Hao, he certainly had no say in front of Zhu Gaoxu.

After seeing Li Hao's wink, Li Xingshan nodded immediately and retreated, clearly going to inform the other envoys.

And as Li Xingshan left, Zhu Gaoxu also waved his hand at Ada and the others, signaling for them to take Wang Ren and the other away.

With everyone gone, only Zhu Gaoxu and Li Hao remained in the large front hall.

The two looked at each other, both speechless for a moment.

It was Li Hao who sensed the awkwardness and immediately stepped forward, saying, "Seeing that it is time for lunch, why doesn't Your Highness make do with a meal here?"

Hearing Li Hao's words, Zhu Gaoxu laughed and said, "I will follow Minister Li's arrangements."

Subsequently, Li Hao called for the yamen runners of the Post Station to prepare a table of fine wine and dishes.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't drink a single drop of the fine wine.

And he couldn't drink with Li Hao either.

But Zhu Gaoxu didn't eat any less of the fine food.

It had to be said, whether it was because of the recent arrival of envoys or because Li Hao had specifically ordered it, one couldn't tell.

The table of food was extremely sumptuous, with everything that flies in the sky, swims in the river, or runs on the ground.

After Zhu Gaoxu was full and satisfied, he didn't rest for long before ordering Ada and the others to prepare the carriage, intending to head to the military camp outside the city.

Li Hao, who had just finished eating, could only sigh inwardly and silently follow behind Zhu Gaoxu, letting this little ancestor toss and turn as he pleased.

Walking to the entrance of the Post Station, they happened to see Ada guarding Wang Ren and the other at the door.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu smiled slightly, stepped forward, and said, "I didn't expect Envoy Wang to be so punctual."

Hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, Wang Ren rolled his eyes at Zhu Gaoxu in his heart.

Forget about being punctual, I didn't even want to go, but the point is, can I not go and not be punctual?

Your people dragged me here directly.

Looking at Wang Ren's constipated expression, Zhu Gaoxu was in a great mood and laughed heartily as he boarded his Feudatory Prince Carriage.

Afterward, he headed straight out of the city, leaving them behind.

He felt that as the host, it was better to go over first and wait for people; after all, one shouldn't keep people waiting, right?

My Great Ming is a land of etiquette!

Of course, he certainly wouldn't say that he simply wanted to let Wang Ren behind him eat dust...

After Zhu Gaoxu arrived at the Military Camp, he first called Mao Xiang over and then whispered a few words in his ear.

After hearing Zhu Gaoxu's words, a flash of brilliance crossed Mao Xiang's eyes, and then he nodded silently and went to make arrangements.

Li Xingshan was a man of action; just half an hour after Zhu Gaoxu arrived, Li Xingshan arrived with the other foreign envoys.

This time difference gave Zhu Gaoxu time in case he had any arrangements, and it wouldn't make Zhu Gaoxu wait too long.

Standing at the entrance of the Military Camp, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the large group of envoys, nodded, and then said, "Since you have all traveled from afar, I welcome you on behalf of Great Ming. Let's go into my main tent to discuss whatever matters there are."

After speaking, Zhu Gaoxu reached out and made a gesture of invitation.

The large group of envoys, roughly counting to twenty or more people, all looked at Zhu Gaoxu, feeling a bit bewildered.

Clearly, seeing that Zhu Gaoxu was only four or five years old, yet he put on the posture of the person in charge here.

For a moment, they were a bit confused.

However, although everyone was a bit puzzled, seeing that Zhu Gaoxu had said so, they didn't ask much more and immediately followed Zhu Gaoxu into the Military Camp.

When they first arrived, everyone had discovered that this might be a military camp of the Great Ming Dynasty.

Now that they had entered, they all wanted to see the usual appearance of the Great Ming army, from which they could infer the strength of the Great Ming Dynasty.

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