Chapter 1990: Wu Zhao, without Gao Yang, how will you handle this move?

In the Jin Luandian, Murong Fu's questioning was like a poisoned blade, piercing straight at Wu Zhao!

Wu Zhao's phoenix eyes stared fixedly at Murong Fu; these words echoed in Wu Zhao's mind like a great bell, buzzing!

"Or is it—in Your Majesty's heart, Prime Minister Gao, whom you discarded like worn-out shoes and demoted to a commoner, is actually worth less than those one hundred thousand taels of gold and one hundred blood-sweating horses?!"

"So much so that Your Majesty would rather hold onto those cold 'dead objects' than let this national treasure, which can change a nation's destiny and protect the masses, be pressed into the muddy countryside, leaving him covered in dust and filth, forever... unable to rise again?!"

Boom!

A violent surge of humiliation and shock rushed straight to her crown!

Wu Zhao clenched her fists, letting her nails pierce her palms, bringing a piercing pain.

How is this still an insult? This is clearly a slow execution!

Murong Fu had completely stripped away her ability to recognize talent, her imperial magnanimity, and even her governing strategies, placing them before the people of the world to be whipped!

Now, how should she answer?!

Admit Gao Yang's value? Then her previous "exile" was a massive act of stupidity!

Deny Gao Yang's value? That would only confirm that she is jealous of talent, narrow-minded, and unworthy of being an Emperor!

Especially since Gao Yang's talent is already world-renowned; if she denies Gao Yang's worth, it will only chill the hearts of talented people everywhere!

Silence? That would be an admission, playing right into their hands!

This Murong Fu, what a ruthless method!

Or perhaps, is this Chen Ping's poisonous scheme?

This not only caused her majesty to sweep the floor and trapped her in an unsolvable dead end, but also took the opportunity to hold high the hypocritical image of Yan Wushuang as "thirsty for talent"!

Wu Zhao knew.

The civil and military officials of Da Qian were not fools either; who could not hear the heart-striking intent in every word?

Now, whatever Da Qian replies is wrong!

In the midst of dead silence.

As anger and killing intent rose in Wu Zhao's eyes.

Murong Fu stepped forward again; he was still that light and breezy figure, with a faint smile on his face, as if everything was planned and he was confident of success.

He did not fear death on this trip!

On the contrary, if he were to be killed in Da Qian, killed in this Da Qian court, then the reputation of Wu Zhao and the entire Da Qian would be stinking for ten thousand years, suffering the scorn of the world!

He boldly and very directly said, "Your Majesty, the foreign minister spoke incorrectly; I was just admiring Prime Minister Gao's talent, so I was a bit excited."

"But since Your Majesty has doubts, I will state my Emperor's sincerity! My Emperor's sincerity is absolutely verifiable by heaven and earth!"

"My Emperor said, as long as Your Majesty is willing to bear the pain of parting and let Prime Minister Gao leave Qian with me, my Emperor will personally lead the royal carriage to the important border town of Yan and Qian—outside Tianxuan Pass, build an altar, set up rituals, and burn incense to inform the heavens!"

"At that time, one hundred thousand taels of gold, not a cent less, will be delivered in cash! North Sea night-luminescent pearls, each one brilliant, will be verified on the spot! Blood-sweating horses, each one magnificent, will be yours to choose! One hundred carts of Yanyun treasures, each box opened, will be yours to inspect at will!"

Murong Fu scanned the civil and military officials and said loudly, "With all the officials gathered here, it is the perfect witness! My Emperor's words are every bit from the heart, absolutely not empty words!"

"At the time of delivery, my Emperor will personally take Prime Minister Gao's hand, and under the witness of the masses, appoint him as the Imperial Preceptor, bestow the golden seal of a Prince, and announce it to the four seas! Between Yan and Qian, one hand delivers the person, the other delivers the goods; it will be upright and open! This promise is witnessed by all officials and verified by heaven and earth! I swear by the national destiny of Great Yan; if there is even half a falsehood, may heaven and earth abandon us, and may gods and men punish us!"

Boom!!!

As soon as these words were spoken, all the officials were shocked.

If the previous offer was a thunderclap, then this vow of "delivery outside Tianxuan Pass," "personal welcome by the Yan Emperor," and "witnessed by the world" was a world-destroying tribulation!

These words completely confirmed that this was not empty intimidation, but a heaven-shaking move to exchange for Gao Yang with the strength of the entire nation!

Wu Zhao clenched her fists, a monstrous horror rising in her heart!

She had thought that Yan Kingdom wanted to strike at her heart, to deliberately humiliate her, and take the opportunity to raise Yan Wushuang's name for valuing talent.

But she did not expect.

This was a heart-striking move, but it was also true!

Yan Wushuang not only wanted to strike at her, Wu Zhao's heart, but also wanted to trample the dignity of her, Wu Zhao, and the entire Da Qian court into the mud before the eyes of the world!

He was using actions to tell the whole world: the "criminal minister" that your Da Qian doesn't want is a national treasure that my Great Yan is willing to welcome with the wealth of the nation!

But thinking about it carefully, it makes sense.

Gao Yang's talent—who in the world can compare?

Yan Wushuang's conditions are an astronomical price, but the soap, white jade sugar, strong liquor, and gunpowder that Gao Yang created, plus his own talent—their surface value and potential value have long since far exceeded this astronomical gift list!

Wu Zhao stared fixedly at the figure in the hall, cold light radiating from her phoenix eyes, wishing she could swallow Murong Fu alive and tear him into a thousand pieces!