Chapter 1811

"The Xiongnu Great Chanyu provoked, and Chancellor Gao won two battles in a row, piercing through Hexi, causing King Langya to die and King Zhenyue to surrender; the land of Hexi changed hands, and the Xiongnu's vitality was severely damaged!"

"Great Chu is strong, but compared to Zhao Kingdom and the Xiongnu, how much stronger can it be?"

Zhao Da's voice, like a sharp arrow, pierced fiercely into the Chu Emperor's heart.

The Chu Emperor's pupils constricted, and a chilling coldness rose in his heart.

These... were indeed all things done by that scoundrel Gao Yang.

Especially that water-cutting plan; when he first heard of this vicious plan, he was shocked.

This plan was too vicious; once successful, the people within Chu and Yan would certainly be miserable, and who knows how many would die.

But fortunately, this plan required too massive an engineering project, requiring at least millions of laborers, and even emptying all of Great Qian would be difficult to complete, so it was shelved.

But Gao Yang, who proposed this plan, left an extremely deep impression in his heart for his viciousness and beastly nature.

Zhao Kingdom and the Xiongnu also suffered deeply from it; Zhao Kingdom was already ruined, and the Xiongnu were half-ruined.

Others fear committing sins against heaven, but the Living Yama is truly not afraid!

The Chu Chancellor saw this, came to the Chu Emperor's side, and lowered his voice, "Your Majesty, others dare not and do not have the ability to do it, but this Living Yama truly dares and truly has this ability!"

"The Xiongnu lost Hexi and their vitality is severely damaged, but the Living Yama fights more fiercely the more he fights. Looking at it this way, the Xiongnu Royal Court might not really be able to hold on for a few years."

"In my opinion, it is better to do the Living Yama a favor, and then send a random palace maid to impersonate the Second Princess to go to the Xiongnu for the marriage alliance; that way, we can avoid offending either side!"

After the Chu Chancellor finished speaking, he retreated to the side.

The Chu Emperor's eyes flickered, his heart weighed the pros and cons quickly, and he reached a decision.

He waved his large hand, his wide dragon robe sweeping, carrying an endless domineering aura.

He looked down at Zhao Da and said coldly, "I am the Lord of Great Chu, holding hundreds of millions of territories and the lives of tens of millions of people!"

"With one word, I can execute a person's nine generations; with one word, I can make a family flourish and soar ninety thousand miles!"

"That Living Yama thinks that with a few threats and a piece of glaze, he can make me release someone?"

The Chu Emperor's lips curled with disdain, and he said heavily, "What a joke!"

"Qingluan is my daughter, and I am the Lord of Great Chu. How can one piece of glaze be enough? At the very least, ten pieces this size are needed, plus three hundred thousand taels of silver!"

"Otherwise, don't even talk about it!"

The Chu Emperor was extremely domineering, his voice unquestionable!

Zhao Da's face twitched, and he took a deep breath.

Then he shook his head very bluntly, "We don't have that."

"You don't have it?"

"Fine! I will take a step back: five pieces of glaze and one hundred thousand taels of silver!"

"How about that?"

The Chu Emperor would not give up.

Zhao Da still shook his head, "We don't have that."

The Chu Emperor's face didn't look good, and he lowered his voice: "Three pieces of glaze and fifty thousand taels of silver, that should be fine, right?"

"We don't have that."

"Then the soap formula, or the white sugar formula, or the gunpowder formula; I'm not greedy, give me one of the three, plus two more pieces of glaze, how about that?"

"This concerns Great Qian's secrets; none of the three can be given, so... we don't have that either!"

Bang!

The Chu Emperor couldn't sit still and slapped the table.

"Damn it!"

"You don't have this, you don't have that, then what do you have?"

As the Lord of Great Chu, with high officials watching in the hall, this Zhao Da made him lose a lot of face.

"I have this."

Zhao Da opened the wooden box, took out the shining piece of glaze again, and said to the Chu Emperor.

The Chu Emperor couldn't take it anymore.

This Living Yama was simply bullying people too much!

His eyes were cold and murderous as he said, "Just this one piece of glaze, if I kill you, can't I get it?"

As soon as these words were spoken.

Zhao Da loosened his hand.

The crystal-clear glaze fell rapidly!

"No!"

The Chu Emperor's eyes changed suddenly, and he said in a daze.

Among the Seven Kingdoms, glaze was always priceless, and even a thumb-sized piece, not as crystal-clear as this, was worth thousands of taels of silver.

Not to mention this palm-sized piece of glaze that was so crystal-clear.

This was worth at least hundreds of thousands of silver, and it was priceless!

Glaze had long become a symbol of status and heritage for the royal families and thousand-year-old clans of various countries!

If this were to shatter, his heart would bleed!

The next second.

Zhao Da's other hand caught the falling glaze steadily.

Zhao Da smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I, Zhao Da, am a rough man, just a small guard at the Duke of State's Prefecture, and I can't handle being scared. I was lucky to catch it this time, but next time, who knows?"

The Chu Emperor let out a heavy sigh of relief.

It was fortunate that he caught it.

But he said extremely unwillingly, "Can you really not give any more?"

Zhao Da smiled and shook his head.

"Glaze is so precious, not to mention such a large piece, and it is so crystal-clear; this was something Chancellor Gao obtained by chance, and it is the only one in the world!"

"And Your Majesty should know that because Chancellor Gao is governing Great Qian, he declared he would spend ten million taels of silver to set up schools and shelter the poor scholars of the world, so where would he have any more silver?"

"The old Duke of State is old and wants to enjoy his grandchildren, and Chancellor Gao, for the sake of the old Duke and his reputation, does not want to be coerced by the Xiongnu, which is why this happened."

"But before leaving, Chancellor Gao specifically instructed that if this matter succeeds, everyone will be happy, but if it doesn't, then smash this glaze; my wife and children will live a life without worry in Great Qian forever."

While speaking, Zhao Da played with the glaze in his hand, looking as if he might smash it at any moment.

Zhao Da looked calm, but he was actually extremely nervous inside.

This rhetoric was naturally taught by Gao Yang, but he wasn't sure if the Chu Emperor would buy it.

The Chu Emperor's eyes flickered.

He weighed the pros and cons in his heart.

Gao Yang was Great Qian's number one vicious advisor, extremely insane; if he really valued feelings, how could he let Chu Qingluan return to Chu?

Even if there were some feelings, they certainly wouldn't be much.

He had also heard a little about the Great Qian Duke of State Gao Tianlong, who was very old; although the Duke of State's Prefecture was famous, it was indeed thin on descendants.

Everything... was seamless!

But it was also possible that Gao Yang said this on purpose, just to suppress the conditions!

But the reality was right before his eyes.

Great Chu was weak, and he originally thought the Xiongnu were difficult to deal with and hard to track, and could easily drag Great Qian to death, but Gao Yang won battle after battle.

The next target must be the Xiongnu Royal Court.

Once the Xiongnu Royal Court was broken, the war of the Seven Kingdoms would begin, and Gao Yang was someone who would seek revenge for the slightest grievance; if he tried his best to attack Great Chu...

"Fine!"

"I have always valued feelings and am willing to do a favor; one piece of glaze it is!"

The Chu Emperor took a deep breath and made his decision.

Zhao Da smiled and said, "Your Majesty is wise; then please issue an imperial decree and invite Princess Qingluan to come."

The Chu Emperor's face changed, somewhat displeased: "What? Do you not trust me?"

Zhao Da nodded and said, "Your Majesty is truly brilliant, and I admire you! Chancellor Gao said that if Your Majesty agrees, please issue the order immediately and do not delay."

"Chancellor Gao is afraid Your Majesty will use righteousness to pressure the Second Princess into taking Chancellor Gao's life."

The Chu Emperor: "..."

The Chu Chancellor: "..."

The monarch and subject looked at each other and secretly thought to themselves. ===== CHAPTER 1813 =====