Chapter 176

"You are that Princess of Great Tang?" The King of Jisaiguo arrived in a sedan chair, appearing to be a notch above Tang An.

Tang An raised her eyes and glanced at him, but she didn't take this King seriously at all.

Seeing that Tang An ignored him completely, the King of Jisaiguo had to ask again. "This King is asking you, are you that Princess of Great Tang?"

Tang An shook the token in her hand, playing with it.

"On the territory of my Great Tang, what qualifications do you have to question this Princess?"

The King of Jisaiguo was stunned; what nonsense was she talking about?

What kind of tiger's courage must she have to dare to say such nonsense in front of him, the King of Jisaiguo?

"Presumptuous! This is my Jisaiguo territory, when did it ever belong to your Great Tang?" A palace attendant's shrill voice sounded very abrupt at this moment.

Tang An sneered and sat up straight.

But just this one action scared the opposing guards into drawing their swords and forming a defensive formation.

Seeing this, the King's blood pressure inevitably soared; he kicked several guards in front of him, scolding them for being timid and unruly.

Why was it that she, a Princess of Great Tang, just by standing up, scared his guards like this? This was his territory, his royal palace!

"You first saved those heinous monks, and now you come to provoke me at my palace gate."

"Even if you really are the Princess of Great Tang, so what?"

"You're just a little princess, how dare you use the prestige of Great Tang to act so tyrannically and bully people!"

"Oh?" Tang An smiled. "Since you're a King, this Princess can answer you a few words, and I also have a few words I want to ask you in return."

"First, you are not worthy of questioning my identity as the Princess of Great Tang."

"Second, you say they are heinous, then may I ask, where does their crime lie?"

"Third, you say they are monks, but I say they are scholars of our Great Tang's native Daoism. How did my Great Tang people get slandered by you as monks?"

There was no other way; since there was no legitimate reason, she had to force one together.

As long as it was useful, nothing else mattered.

"Fourth, you say this Princess is using the power of Great Tang to bully people and act tyrannically. Then this Princess asks you, who decided whether these people should die or not?"

"You, a King, don't put your mind into how to promote national policy or benefit the common people. Instead, you pin your hopes on a pearl to stabilize the national fortune?"

"When the pearl is lost, you don't ask for the reason, but want to execute innocent people to vent your anger; what kind of logic is that?"

"You have royal power to exert pressure and do whatever you want. Then this Princess uses the power of Great Tang to do the same to you, why are you angry?"

The King of Jisaiguo's chest heaved, his mind racing with various arguments to refute Tang An.

"Absurd! What you say is simply absurd!"

"This King is the King of Jisaiguo; the people of this country are naturally under this King's command. How can I allow your Great Tang to interfere!"

Tang An sneered and stood up, smoothing her dress. "Then what if I act on behalf of the Great Tang imperial power, fight for my father, and destroy your Jisaiguo?"

"In that case, your Jisaiguo, oh no, my Great Tang's new territory, wouldn't need you to be in charge anymore, would it?"

The King of Jisaiguo broke out in a cold sweat. "You! You! You..."

He clutched his chest, so angry that he had a heart attack.

The guard leader hurriedly called for the palace doctor to come and treat the King.

After a flurry of chaos, the King was finally revived through acupuncture and managed to recover slightly.

He pointed weakly at the monks. "Th-they are clearly monks; you are being unreasonable and turning black into white."

"You... you are just, looking, looking for an excuse..."

Tang An leaned against the Grand Master Chair. "Still thinking about that?"

She played with the token in her hand and said slowly: "They are monks, yet you say they are criminals who stole the pearl."

"So, even if they are monks, this Princess says they are Daoists from my Great Tang, what's wrong with that?"

She played the game of "calling a deer a horse" better than this King who was about to die of anger.

The King pointed at their heads. "They have no hair!"

"It's hot, so I had them shave it."

"They also have incense scars!"

"Incense scars? Aren't those the scars left after you captured my Great Tang Daoists and tortured them for a confession?"

"Pfft~" The King of Jisaiguo couldn't hold it in; with old wounds not yet healed and new ones added, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty!"

Their side panicked, but the King of Jisaiguo had a look of unwillingness.

"You... making... making something out of..."

"Alright, take him down for treatment; we'll have to hold a state funeral soon." Tang An waved her hand, signaling their people to take their King down.

It was as if arm-wrestling with him was too easy, and there was no sense of achievement at all.

"You! You..."

The King of Jisaiguo rolled his eyes and fainted.

One hour later.

The King of Jisaiguo lay on the throne, finally moving his eyelids.

When he slowly regained consciousness and saw that Tang An was still sitting in the center of the hall, he almost fainted again.

"Don't play dead, I saw you wake up."

Tang An took the lollipop out of her mouth and took out the passage document. She walked to the table in front of the King, opened the document, and placed it there for him to see.

"How about this, considering you don't worship Buddhism, I'll give you a chance to choose."

"Will you stamp it yourself, or should I?"

King: ？？？？

A chance to choose? Was it choosing who would stamp the passage document?

"Don't look at me with that expression; a foolish person like you is really not fit to be an Emperor. You're not even fit to be a city guard."

"If you stamp it, we'll solve this matter peacefully."

"If you don't stamp it, we'll stay here to rest and wait for the Great Tang Iron Cavalry to come and solve this matter 'nuclearly'."

"How about it? Is this Princess easy to talk to?"

King of Jisaiguo:...

"This King knew it! It was the loss of the pearl that caused the national fortune to fluctuate, making my Jisaiguo suffer such a devastating disaster!"

The King looked heartbroken, lost in his own world, unwilling to face reality.

"The pearl, it's the pearl again."

"Fine." Tang An also knew that this tribulation would definitely involve monsters.

Since she had to grind for a tribulation, any way was fine.

"How about this, since you're so obsessed with that pearl and self-deceptively think that the pearl is the national fortune of your Jisaiguo."

"Then, I, Tang An, will do a good deed to the end and help you get that pearl back."

"Once the pearl is obtained, this Princess will take that pearl and exchange it for your Jisaiguo's surrender document, how about that?"

"Absurd!" The King clearly didn't want to exchange.

Tang An's mouth curled into a subtle, wicked smile, and she began brainwashing him. "Think about it, the pearl represents the national fortune of your Jisaiguo."

"If your Jisaiguo's national fortune is truly prosperous, then even if there is a surrender document, what of it?"

"At that time, Heaven's will and national fortune will both protect your Jisaiguo. Even if my Great Tang has a surrender document, what can we do to your Jisaiguo?"

"At worst, you can just use the national fortune to raise an army and resist the Great Tang Iron Cavalry then, right?"

"Think about it, you are the one protected by the pearl and the national fortune, chosen by Heaven. If a war really breaks out, your Jisaiguo has countless talented people, how could you lose to Great Tang?"

Was she really asking for the King of Jisaiguo's surrender document?

No, what she wanted was just a legitimate reason for Great Tang.

She could make up her own reasons, but Great Tang's reasons had to be well-founded and logical.