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Chapter 220 I Send the Emperor to Marry (2)

"Chu has negotiated with Beihuang, and your majesty has reached a truce agreement with the monarch of Beihuang. Sending the princess to marry is to express the sincerity of our Chu country's willingness to make peace with Beihuang for generations." Zhang He continued: "The princess is a princess of Chu and represents the royal family of Chu. She should put her country first and not act like a child."

"The marriage is not a private matter for the princess. She can choose not to go if she wants. It is a national matter. She must go whether she wants to or not."

Although Zhang He bowed to Xie Lang and seemed respectful, he actually did not take Princess Xie Lang seriously.

"Well, you have to go, whether you want to or not."

Xie Lang walked slowly in front of Zhang He, her expression calm. As the phoenix crown was taken off, her hair was loose and a little messy, but the messy hair did not make her look disheveled.

Xie Lang looked at Zhang He and raised his hand.

Snapped!

A heavy slap landed on Zhang He's face, knocking him to the ground.

After the fight, he glanced at Zhang He calmly and said, "No one can stand here unscathed after threatening me."

The world fell into silence in an instant.

Zhang He's face was filled with astonishment. He looked at Xie Lang in disbelief. He never expected that Xie Lang would slap him in public.

This is a humiliation, a naked humiliation.

Does he want to keep his dignity in the future?

"You...you..." Zhang He covered the half of his face that was slapped and looked at Xie Lang with anger.

Even his father never slapped him in front of others.

The other ministers present were also stunned.

The high and mighty Prime Minister was slapped in the face in public. Even though the person who slapped him was the princess, it was still a shame!

Even the Queen Mother was stunned, she stood up and said, "Rui'er, don't be rude!!"

If the princess beat a court official without permission and the news got out, at best, the princess would be considered unruly and unreasonable. At worst, she would be considered insulting ministers and being disrespectful and immoral, and would be criticized by the literati. Generally, the princess would be confined to her house and made to copy the books on women's virtues and precepts.

Even the emperor rarely slapped his subjects in public.

If you are displeased with a minister, you can fine him or demote him, but you cannot humiliate him by slapping him in the face. This is a matter of dignity.

Except for a few emperors.

Zhang He's face turned pale and blue, and he felt extremely humiliated and ashamed. He wanted to rush over and return the slap in the face.

But when he thought about Xie Lang's going to marry, the anger in his heart dissipated a lot.

He stood up slowly and said to the Queen Mother, "Don't be angry, Queen Mother. The princess didn't want to go to the marriage, so it's reasonable for her to slap me in anger. But the marriage is a matter of great importance to the country. It doesn't matter if I was beaten. What matters is that after venting her anger, the princess can put Chu first and be willing to go to the marriage for the sake of friendship between the two countries."

"If that's possible, don't even mention hitting me once, even ten or a hundred times, what's wrong with that?"

Zhang He pretended not to care and forced a smile.

In the eyes of everyone, Xie Lang's behavior was just being unreasonable, but the prime minister was able to consider the overall situation.

Even when he was beaten, he didn't get angry. As expected of a prime minister, he has a very broad mind.

So he looked at Zhang He with admiration.

Snapped! !

Xie Lang slapped him again.

The slap was even louder than the previous one. Zhang He had the experience before, so he just staggered and did not fall to the ground.

But this humiliation was endured thoroughly.

"Princess, you..." A minister with a white beard standing behind Zhang He, who was Zhang He's disciple, saw his teacher being insulted, and was so angry that he cursed at Xie Lang directly: "Princess, you took off your crown in public, let your hair down, so rude and unmannered, how is it different from a barbarian? Publicly humiliating ministers and insulting teachers, is this your upbringing as a princess? Marriage is a national policy, you are so disregarding the righteousness of the family and the country, you can't think of a word, and only seek your own pleasure. How can you be a princess of a country?"

"Who do you think you are to speak to me like that?"

Xie Lang walked directly in front of Hu Zibai and kicked him to the ground: "You should learn from your teacher. Your teacher didn't dare to say anything rude to me even after I slapped him twice. How dare you!"

Zhang He, who was named by Xie Lang: …

At this time, Xie Lang kicked Hu Zibai a few more times, and then slapped him in the face more than ten times. After a while, his cheeks were swollen and his whole face was bruised and swollen.

The whole audience was shocked again.

“Hurry, hurry, hurry!! Go and pull the princess away!” The Queen Mother was confused by Xie Lang’s actions for a moment. After she reacted, she asked the palace maid to stop him.

Before the palace maids approached, Xie Lang just waved his hand, remaining calm and composed.

The palace maids were intimidated by Xie Lang's temperament and did not dare to step forward.

Xie Lang walked in front of Zhang He at this time, and Zhang He's face turned black.

He was traumatized by the blow Xie Lang dealt him at this time, and thought that Xie Lang was going to hit him again, so he was thinking about how to avoid it.

However, Xie Lang did not slap him again, but just showed a strange smile.

"You just said that marriage is a big deal. As long as we make peace with Beihuang, Beihuang and my Chu will form a friendly relationship, and there will be no more wars between the two countries."

Zhang He didn't know what Xie Lang was up to, and he had a bad feeling in his heart, but he still said, "Yes, Chu has formed an alliance with Beihuang. If the princess goes to Beihuang to marry, it will be a sign of the sincerity of Chu to make peace with them. If the two countries form an alliance, the people of the two countries will no longer be invaded by war. If the princess goes to marry, it will be a great merit!"

Xie Lang was waiting for him to say this, so he chuckled and said, "Since the marriage is related to the peace between the two countries, isn't it too insincere to send a princess over?"

This was an era of war among the princes, with many large and small countries standing on the continent.

But there are only six recognized powerful countries, namely Qin, Chu, Jin, Xu, Jiang and Beihuang.

The ancestor of the State of Chu started out as a fisherman selling fish. After several generations of hard work and overcoming all difficulties, he finally grew the State of Chu into one of the six great powers. When the country was at its peak, even an ordinary citizen who went out of the State of Chu could be treated with courtesy by scholars from various countries.

However, everything that goes up must come down. The superficial prosperity of Chu and the flattery of other countries made the rulers and ministers of Chu completely inflated. So when other countries strengthened their military forces and sought reforms, Chu did not keep up.

The result was a series of disastrous defeats in wars with several surrounding countries.

It was thought that these tragic defeats would wake up the king and his ministers of Chu and make them start to work hard to become stronger. However, the result was not that. Instead, they went from one extreme to another. They began to fear war and believed that war was detrimental to national strength. Why should they go to war when the problem could be solved by other means?

So various peace talks were held. After all, Chu was a big country with great ambitions. Why not spend some money in exchange for other countries not attacking Chu?