Soul swap tyrant always wants to have a baby

Chapter 247 Gritting Teeth and Accepting It

"Emperor of Dongxia, your condition is far too unreasonable. He is, after all, a prince of my Nanqiu!"

"The emperor is subject to the same laws as commoners. Doesn't Nanqiu have this principle?"

"Does being a prince give you the right to commit crimes at will, to disregard the lives of ordinary people and engage in arson, murder, and looting?"

"So, even if I, the Son of Heaven, do something in your Southern Autumn, it can be forgiven and pardoned?"

Upon hearing this, the Southern Autumn Emperor immediately imagined countless scenes of the Eastern Xia Emperor tyrannizing and oppressing their Southern Autumn territory.

Absolutely not admit it!

"That's not what I meant. He is, after all, my son. I was just acting out of love for him."

"If you love your son, why don't you teach him properly? As the ruler of a country, you must understand the principle that spoiling a child is like killing him."

"Isn't this matter negotiable?"

"Not negotiable!"

"no!"

A sharp female voice interrupted the negotiations between the two emperors.

“Your Eastern Xia has already acquired the territory of Northern Winter. I do not believe that you have not benefited from Northern Winter.”

"We've already annexed a country, and we've agreed to pay compensation, what more do you want?"

"If it weren't for my son, how would your Eastern Xia have obtained such a large territory as Northern Winter?"

Leng Qing shot an extremely cold glance at Empress Nanqiu, who had just spoken.

"So, I should thank your two princes of Nanqiu for giving me the opportunity to take over Beidong?"

Empress Nanqiu was about to speak when Emperor Nanqiu slapped her back.

"Shut up, you ignorant and foolish woman! Who gave you the right to speak here?"

Emperor Nanqiu had nowhere to vent his anger, and all of this was caused by the Empress's children.

She dared to speak at this moment, which was practically walking into the line of fire for Emperor Nanqiu.

“Now is not the time for you to deal with family matters, Emperor Nanqiu.”

Leng Qingyi didn't want the crucial moment of the negotiation to be interrupted. Although she was also eager to see the Southern Autumn Emperor and Empress make a scene, the important matter was still the main one.

Just as Emperor Nanqiu was trying to use this incident to get away with things, his gaze toward the Empress grew even colder.

It was all because of her three children that he had caused so much trouble, and his wounds were still throbbing.

"Take the Empress away. She is not to step out of the palace gates without my permission."

After venting his anger on the Empress, Emperor Nanqiu took two deep breaths to calm himself before looking at Leng Qingyi.

"What if I disagree?"

"Of course you have the right to disagree. As the saying goes, 'courtesy first, then force.'"

“Our Eastern Xia ceremony has already been completed. Since you Southern Qiu are not cooperating with me, the emperor, you can only seek justice for your dead people yourselves.”

"What do you mean?"

"literal meaning?"

"Do you want to break the decades-long peace between the two countries?"

"It was Nanqiu who first decided not to have a good time."

"Don't you, as the emperor, know how many people would die if the two countries went to war?"

"Of course I know, I've already experienced it once!"

"You are the least qualified person to say that!"

"For the long-term peace and stability of my Eastern Xia, I do not mind launching another war."

The atmosphere on the field immediately became tense, and the foreign envoys looked at each other in bewilderment.

I was a little panicked. I wondered if I might lose my life just for watching the excitement.

If these two were to start fighting over a minor disagreement, would any of them survive?

"Very well, I'd like to see if you can even leave my Nanqiu Palace."

"You are welcome to try. If anything happens to me, my million-strong army from Dongxia will trample your southern border in less than half a day!"

The foreign envoys who had come to watch the spectacle turned pale; they had arrived in good health, but were now facing certain death.

Emperor Nanqiu regretted his words as soon as they were spoken.

Of course, he sent people to investigate the massive event of the annihilation of Beidong.

They naturally knew the fighting prowess of the Eastern Xia soldiers, especially since the Eastern Xia emperor was practically a genius.

In just a few months, they wiped out the most difficult North Winter.

If he were truly provoked, it would be a major disaster for Nanqiu.

Putting aside the imminent arrival of a large army, even the question of whether he could be kept in the palace is one of the problems.

The Eastern Xia Emperor not only has mysterious bodyguards protecting him, but his own skills are so good that even the ordinary palace guards are no match for him.

Even his seemingly insignificant empress was no ordinary person.

Upon learning that the Emperor of Dongxia was coming in person, he had already ordered a thorough investigation of the Emperor.

How could they not know what gave the Eastern Xia Emperor the confidence to challenge him like this in the Southern Autumn Palace?

The poison used to punish Lu Jinyou was something that even the Imperial Hospital couldn't research.

If the poison used wasn't meant to teach Lu Jinyou a lesson but was meant to kill, they wouldn't even know how they died.

In particular, the Eastern Xia Emperor also sent people to resolve the internal strife in the southern border region.

Who knows how many insidious methods he still has at his disposal? If he really wanted to kill the Emperor of Dongxia, it would be effortless.

After weighing the pros and cons, Emperor Nanqiu decided that it was more important to give up his two sons and save his own life.

"Very well, since they have done wrong, they deserve to be punished. Let them be demoted to commoners and handed over to you to deal with."

Emperor Nanqiu wondered if it was just his imagination, but he felt that many people in the hall breathed a sigh of relief after he said those words.

"Wouldn't it be better if this was done earlier?"

"I'm giving you another chance to discuss compensation."

Emperor Nanqiu was resentful but had no choice.

That person is highly skilled and daring, and has a million-strong army behind them; he can't afford to gamble with that.

“You are the victims, so you should be the ones to demand compensation.”

He wanted to see what kind of ivory could come out of that dog's mouth of the Eastern Xia Emperor.

"Since you have already spoken, I cannot refuse."

“Yuncheng is originally a city of our Dongxia, so it should naturally belong to us.”

"That's how it should be."

"As for that damn non-aggression pact, there's no need to sign it. The contract is meant to protect gentlemen like us, not you petty people."

"The compensation is two million taels."

"How many did you say?"

"Two million taels of gold!"

“Not even a tael less is acceptable. Our Dongxia soldiers have suffered heavy losses, and the culprits should naturally compensate for these losses.”

"The executioner has already paid the price of national destruction. If the mastermind behind it also wants to bear the same price, I would not mind personally leading the army again."

Emperor Nanqiu was so angry he almost vomited blood; this was a blatant threat.

Unfortunately, the Southern Autumn Kingdom governs with a focus on civil administration, so if it were two years ago, they might have been able to clash with the Eastern Xia Kingdom.

In the past two years, the Emperor of Dongxia has paid great attention to the training of his army. He really doesn't have the confidence to confront Dongxia.

Even with all the weapons Lu Jinxian developed, it wouldn't work. He had seen the divine weapons of Dongxia. Although the weapons Lu Jinxian made were powerful, there was no army skilled in using them.

They can't even unleash one or two tenths of the power of those weapons.

Furthermore, since Dongxia already had methods to suppress gunpowder, their defeat was inevitable.

Thinking of all this, Emperor Nanqiu could only grit his teeth and swallow this bitter pill, and none of the other Nanqiu officials present dared to stand up and object.

What a joke! The Ministry of Rites official who just came out to cooperate with Emperor Nanqiu has already been beaten to death.

Even the emperor himself was no match for the Emperor of Dongxia, so what could his ministers do?

When they confront Dongxia, it's like a scholar encountering a soldier—they can't reason with each other, let alone now that they're in the wrong.