How can I bow my head and serve the powerful officials?

Two days later, Emperor Jian rejected the proposal of marriage in the court against all odds.

He also ordered Prime Minister Li Ren to immediately go to the border to support the eldest prince Xie Shoujun and negotiate peace with the Xiongnu envoys.

Emperor Jian was tough in his attitude, and his ministers were helpless. They could only rack their brains to think about what benefits they could give to the Huns in order to make the peace talks successful.

Emperor Jian waved his hand and sneered, "Benefits? I have shown great mercy by not destroying the Xiongnu tribe. Do you still want me to give them benefits? Li Ren, you are leaving empty-handed!"

** raised both hands to show his agreement, and shouted loudly, "Your Majesty is wise! I will live up to everyone's expectations and make the Xiongnu tribe willingly retreat three thousand miles and never invade our Great Jian'an again!"

The ministers were stunned.

No, are you two serious?

That was the Huns, the most courageous and warlike race on the grassland, a formidable enemy when the grass was yellow and the horses were fat! The Huns, who had never been defeated by any dynasty, would have stood upside down on a tree and eaten shit if they could have negotiated peace with nothing!

However, ** really went to the northern border empty-handed. A month later, an urgent report came from the border area, saying that the Xiongnu were willing to make a hundred years of peace with the Central Plains, and expressed their desire to open customs and trade with the Central Plains, exchanging cattle, horses, sheep and other livestock for the Central Plains' porcelain, jade, grain and silk.

The war that was about to break out suddenly turned into peace, causing an uproar among the civil and military officials in the court. They all asked in disbelief, "How on earth was this done?"

Yeah, how on earth is this done?

It is said that after the ** arrived at the border without stopping, he sent envoys to the Gerta tribe on the grassland to express his intention to negotiate peace with the Chanyu King.

The eldest son of the Chanyu King, Chanyu'er, was very arrogant. He was sure that the Central Plains would be defeated in this battle and would not dare to do anything to him. So he came to the place of negotiation in person and spoke nonsense to the ** who was over fifty years old.

"You cowards from the Central Plains, don't you know your own weight? How dare you try to negotiate peace with the most courageous and aggressive warriors of our grassland? In my opinion, you'd better surrender as soon as possible and send all your beautiful wives to us, so that we can have a good time - hahahaha!"

Chanyu Er's foul language made all the soldiers present furious. The Xiongnu soldiers also raised their fists, stepped forward, and looked at each other coldly with disdain.

The atmosphere at the scene was tense and the troops on both sides were ready for a bloody battle.

But he saw ** sitting on the high platform, stroking his beard and smiling faintly, "I wonder if Little Chanyu has ever heard of our Second Prince of Jian'an?"

"Second Prince?"

Finally remembering that there seemed to be such a person in the royal family, Shan Yuer immediately held his stomach and laughed, mocking, "Oh~ Are you talking about your second prince who looks more effeminate than a woman? Why, mentioning him at this time, are you planning to push him out for marriage?"

"I heard that your second prince looks very... eh? What's that word called? A beauty as beautiful as a country? If you really want him to marry, I can go back and persuade my father to stop the war for three days for the sake of this beauty so that you can rest and recuperate. Hahahaha—"

Shanyu Er laughed more and more wildly, and the Xiongnu soldiers beside him also burst into laughter.

**As if he hadn't heard anything, he raised his hand and took a sip of tea, and said naturally, "Forget about the marriage. Our Second Prince has been weak since he was young. He can't carry anything with his shoulders or hands. He has to gasp three times when he takes a step. He has been pampered by Your Majesty in the palace. I'm afraid he can't stand the barrenness and roughness of the grassland."

He smiled faintly, "But because of this, the Second Prince admires the customs and culture of the Xiongnu people very much, and has long admired the mighty and tall King Chanyu. When he heard that the King Chanyu was coming to the border battle this time, he specially ordered this old minister to deliver the gift he carefully prepared."

Hearing this, Shan Yuer, who was laughing, was stunned for a moment, "Gift? What gift?"

"This item was made by our Second Prince himself, to show his hope that he and the Chanyu King will become one family." ** stood up leisurely and walked towards the door of the tent. "However, because your majesty values ​​this item very much, I can only show it to you. If the little Chanyu is interested, why not follow me out to take a look."

Shan Yuer immediately stood up and tried to follow him. The Xiongnu soldiers beside him feared that he was being tricked and quickly reached out to stop Shan Yuer. However, Shan Yuer pushed him away fiercely and snorted, "Why should we be afraid of a bunch of weaklings? Didn't you see that their second prince has even tried to show his goodwill and said that he wants to be my second wife? Let's go and take a look!"

Shan Yu'er was not afraid at all. If something happened to him here, his father would definitely flatten the Central Plains immediately. This old man from the Central Plains would never dare to do anything to him!

Shanyuer followed the ** and climbed up to the gate of Guanzhou, a border city. He saw a huge pile of stones appearing in the battle zone outside the gate.

He couldn't help but feel that he was being fooled, and asked unhappily, "Could it be that the Second Prince gave these broken stones?"

** smiled faintly, then raised his hand. The soldier next to him immediately raised his wooden drumstick and hit the drum on the city wall five times.

The sound of drums was deafening, and then a group of fully armed soldiers were seen running quickly towards the piles of stones under the city gate. The soldier in the front squatted down and took out a tinderbox.

I don’t know what they did, but then they waved their hands and quickly turned around and left the venue.

Just after they ran a few dozen meters away, there came from behind them a loud noise that almost resounded through the sky. The sound was so loud that it almost broke everyone's eardrums, and it also made everyone's chest throb and their hearts beat rapidly!

Shan Yuer was completely stunned. He took a step forward and grabbed the edge of the city wall, staring at the pile of stones.

The huge piles of stones originally piled on the ground were blown into small pieces, and countless dust and sand filled the ground. The soldiers who did not run far enough were knocked down by the air waves. One of them was hit on the back by a flying stone. He screamed and fell down motionless. It was unknown whether he fainted or died.

It is not difficult to imagine how tragic it would be if the power of this explosion were used on a human being, the person would be torn into pieces!

When did the Central Plains possess such a terrifying weapon? !

Shanyuer suddenly realized at this moment that what the delicate Second Prince meant by "becoming one family with King Shanyu" did not refer to a marriage alliance at all, but to flattening the northern grasslands and completely incorporating the Xiongnu tribe into the territory of the Jian'an Dynasty!

What kind of gift is this in admiration for the Xiongnu culture? This is clearly a threat! A threat! A warning!

Shanyu'er was in a state of panic for a moment. No matter how strong and brave the people of the grassland were, they would inevitably be frightened when they saw such a lethal weapon. They wanted to take it for themselves, but they were too timid to act rashly.

**At this time, she floated to his side like a ghost, leaned close to his ear, and said faintly, "This thing is called gunpowder. Our second prince said that he is very eager to become a family with the Tager tribe, but he knows that you grassland people yearn for freedom and don't want to be bound, so he has been persuading our Majesty not to go to war."

"Our second prince also said that as long as you behave yourself, oh no, as long as you are willing to continue to gallop across the grassland and stop harassing our people at the border, then he will naturally not allow explosives to spread all over the grassland and let you be blown up every time you take a step."

Shan Yuer:!!!

This second prince! How vicious!

I actually want to spread this explosive powder all over the prairie!!!