The plan of making Guli a princess and marrying into the Northern Tartar Empire went smoothly at first.

Su Fengyi went to tell the emperor that a new female slave from the Northern Barbarians in her palace turned out to be the princess consort of the Right Xian King.

He also said that the princess was willing to represent the Damu Dynasty to persuade the Right Wise King to surrender, and asked the emperor what he thought.

What does the emperor think?

The emperor thought it was great!

By enfeoffing a female slave from the Northern Barbarians as a princess, the Northern Barbarians can be made to surrender. This is something that even Taizu couldn't do, but I can accomplish it!

The emperor could already foresee how his outstanding achievements would be recorded in history books.

I am truly a wise ruler throughout history!

The emperor agreed to this no-cost business on the spot.

But the emperor still asked Su Fengyi:

"Is the Right Wise King's wife beautiful? Why don't you bring her here for me to see?"

A woman who was fought over by the three most powerful men in the Northern Tartars must be very beautiful, right? The emperor was really curious.

Ever since the Wutong incident, Su Fengyi has become very sensitive about this aspect. She decided not to let the emperor see Guli until the day she leaves, so as to avoid any trouble.

So Su Fengyi avoided the main point and said:

"She's almost forty, the same age as our mother..."

She is so old! How beautiful can a beauty be when she is old?

The emperor immediately lost interest and put the matter of meeting Guli aside.

The Ministry of Rites submitted a proposal for a title, and the emperor finally chose the words "loyalty and shun" and conferred the title of Princess Zhongshun on Guli.

Then, the Honglu Temple wrote a letter of surrender to Prince Zhongshun in accordance with the title of Princess Zhongshun, and took Guli to live in a special guild hall, and assigned her maids and guards according to the configuration of a princess.

Everything is ready, all we have to do is set off.

In order to escort Princess Zhongshun to the Northern Barbarians to solicit their surrender and marriage, the court needed to send a minister as the chief envoy, and the Honglu Temple needed to send a deputy envoy who could speak the Northern Barbarian language.

Then, there was a problem with the selection of the deputy minister.

There were not many people who spoke Northern Barbarian language at the Da Mu court meeting. In the Honglu Temple, there was only one chief clerk and one recorder who were proficient in Northern Barbarian language.

On the second day after the court announced that it would select envoys to go to the Northern Barbarians, the chief clerk broke his leg while killing a chicken at home, and the recorder broke his waist while going out to buy a duck, and both took sick leave.

As for Guli, after being moved to the guild hall, she was faced with a group of maids and guards who did not speak her language. She was in a state of panic all day long. She dared not eat or sleep, and became haggard in a few days.

Lord Liu, the Junior Secretary of the Honglu Temple, was really worried that something might happen to the main enemy before the surrender team set out, so he came to Su Fengyi for help.

As a member of the Honglu Temple, Lord Liu is best at speaking differently to different people.

Lord Liu asked for help, and his words were very beautiful:

"Princess Zhongshun really misses Miss Luqing. Could you please lend Miss Luqing some time to accompany Princess Zhongshun to the Northern Tartars?"

You don't give any benefits, but just want to borrow people with a few nice words?

Su Fengyi didn't indulge him and said directly:

"Master Liu, let's be clear, what is borrowing?

Your people are too afraid of death to go to the Northern Tartars, but you want to use my people to take the risk. But Lord Liu thinks that I look kind and easy to bully?

That is my fault. Today I want to let Master Liu see what kind of person I am."

Lord Liu was almost scared to death, and he didn't say anything. Why did the princess suddenly turn hostile?

What kind of person is the eldest princess? She is someone who dares to kill eunuchs from the East Factory in the street and dares to kill people alone on the battlefield.

You can't afford to offend Lord Liu. You really can't afford to offend him.

Lord Liu bowed his hands and apologized:

"I was wrong, Your Highness, please calm down, Your Highness, please calm down!

It's not a loan, it's a request, Miss Luqing, please accompany Princess Zhongshun to the Northern Tartars."

Su Fengyi sneered:

"Lord Liu comes to ask Lu Qing to go on a diplomatic mission to the Northern Barbarians with nothing in his hands? Is this Lord Liu's sincerity? Dangui, show him away."

So Lord Liu was driven out by Dangui's big stick.

After Lord Liu left, Su Fengyi called Lu Qing over:

"Are you willing to accompany Guli to the Northern Tartars to persuade them to surrender?"

Lu Qing's first reaction was:

"Let's go to the Northern Barbarians. There are Northern Barbarians everywhere. Then it will be more convenient for me to learn the Northern Barbarian language. Let's go, let's go!"

Su Fengyi reminded her:

“Neither you nor I know what kind of person the Right Wise King is, so this trip to the Northern Tartars to solicit their surrender could be a blessing or a curse.

If the Right Wise King gets angry and embarrassed, this trip might be life-threatening. All these are uncertain, which is why the people from the Honglu Temple are unwilling to go.

So, are you willing to go too?"

Lu Qing thought for a moment:

"If they all refuse to go, then will His Highness be unable to accomplish what he wants to do?

In this case, I have to go even more. I will finish the work for His Highness and then come back.

Although I am not as capable as Wutong, Wutong can do errands for Your Highness, and I also want to be like her.

When Your Highness wants to use me, I give up. Doesn't that mean I am useless?"

Su Fengyi looked at Lu Qing for a long time. Lu Qing looked carefree, but it turned out that he had so many thoughts in his mind.

Su Fengyi patted her shoulder:

"Then let's see if Lord Liu's sincerity is enough to impress me and make me send you to take this risk."

The next day, Lord Liu came again. He had to come because Princess Zhongshun had been worried and frightened for many days. She had a high fever last night and was so sick that she couldn't get up.

The Lady of Zhongshun County was so delirious that she was delirious, but she was still shouting the only language of the Great Mu Dynasty that she knew, which was the name of Lu Qing that she had been taught.

Lord Liu knew how much the Emperor wanted the Northern Tartars to surrender, but he simply couldn't afford it. When this matter was interrupted halfway due to the death of Princess Zhongshun, the Emperor was furious.

Lord Liu brought his sincerity and a lot of silver, but he didn't even get to see Su Fengyi and was kicked out by Dangui.

Lord Liu thought that it might be because he did not have enough silver, so he brought more silver the second time and was defeated again.

At this point, Lord Liu figured out that the eldest princess' sincerity was not about money.

what is that?

Lord Xu, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, was a friend of the princess, so Lord Liu went to Lord Xu for help.

After all, Lord Xu had dealt with Su Fengyi several times before, so he was more familiar with her tactics. After hearing the whole story, he asked Lord Liu:

"The princess is talking about Lu Qing's mission to the Northern Barbarians? What does the word mission mean? Who can be a missionary? Think about it carefully.

You know that the chief secretary of the Princess's Mansion is a woman, right? "

After listening to this, Lord Liu found it unbelievable:

"How can this be done? This is a diplomatic mission to a foreign country! Not in her own house!"

Lord Xu spread his hands:

"Oh? Do you have any other ideas?"

Lord Liu held on for another two days, but Princess Zhongshun became even sicker. Even though Lord Liu sent other female slaves from the Northern Barbarians to take care of her, she did not get better.

Lord Liu had to admit that he had no other choice.

That afternoon, Lord Liu sent his sincerity:

Feng Luqing was appointed as the seventh-rank chief clerk of the Honglu Temple and was ordered to be the deputy envoy to escort Princess Zhongshun to the Northern Tartars to seek peace and persuade Prince Zhongshun to surrender.

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