"What does the Ninth Prince of Yan mean by this?" Li Tianfu clenched her teeth.
Xiao Rongyan replied leisurely, "The identity of the Princess of Xiliang is unclear. If someday the Empress of Xiliang proves that this... is the Princess of Xiliang seizing power, then our Yan and Zhou would be nothing but a support for the Princess of Xiliang! Therefore... today’s alliance cannot include Xiliang."
After speaking, Murong Yan lifted the hem of his garment and sat beside Murong Li.
Murong Yan’s words were reasonable and well-founded, gentle and composed.
Li Tianfu’s face twisted with anger, she suddenly stood up: "How... Do Zhou and the Yan Kingdom, reliant on their strong national power, intend to interfere with the internal affairs of Xiliang?!"
"Your Majesty, Emperor Yan..." Liu Rushi rose and bowed to her own emperor and the Emperor of Yan, then looked at Li Tianfu and said, "Since the Princess of Xiliang says she doesn’t want foreign countries to interfere with Xiliang’s internal affairs, then you shouldn’t bring your Xiliang domestic affairs... to the tent of the Four-Nation Alliance!"
"Princess of Xiliang comes alone, claiming under the title of the Empress of Xiliang to participate in the alliance, but the nations have no knowledge of when you ascended to the throne. There’s neither King Yan, who is usually responsible for foreign relations, beside you, nor Auxiliary General Yun Poxing. Is it possible for you to transform into the Empress of Xiliang with just words? If Princess of Xiliang indeed is the Empress of Xiliang... then the governance of Xiliang is nothing but child’s play!"
Liu Rushi bowed to Bai Qingyan: "Your Majesty, I advise that in this Four-Nation Alliance, our Zhou absolutely cannot ally with Xiliang, a country that treats governance as child’s play; such an alliance is undoubtedly child’s play, and our Zhou absolutely cannot trust it."
Li Tianfu clenched her fists tighter, finding this Liu Rushi even more detestable. From the moment she first saw this Liu Rushi, she wished she could tear Liu Rushi’s mouth apart.
Bai Qingyan curled her lips slightly, looking towards Murong Yan and Murong Li: "What do Emperor Yan and the Ninth Prince think?"
Sal Khan sat at the table next to Li Tianfu, turned his head, looking at the disciple of the Tianfeng Kingdom’s Great Shaman who was kneeling behind him, that disciple nodded, raised his eyes towards Murong Li...
Murong Li looked up at his Ninth Uncle, portraying the ignorance of a young son completely reliant on him, Ninth Prince Murong Yan nodded: "What the Minister said is extremely pertinent, but since we’re here, let’s not come in vain..."
Murong Yan raised his hand. The old eunuch Feng Yao, who had been following Murong Li, hurriedly bent his waist, respectfully carrying the peace treaty in his hands, shuffled forward to Bai Qingyan’s table and handed the treaty to Wei Zhong.
Wei Zhong received the treaty, nodded, retreated to Bai Qingyan’s side, and handed the treaty to Bai Qingyan...
The content of the treaty was something Liu Rushi and others had already reviewed; today’s gathering was merely a formality.
Bai Qingyan glanced at it briefly, then instructed Wei Zhong: "Show the treaty to Minister Shen and Minister Liu, Master Shen."
Wei Zhong complied and passed the treaty to Shen Jingzhong and the others for review and perusal.
"The content of the treaty is the same as previously discussed: once the two nations form an alliance, they become inseparable. If anyone attacks Zhou or Yan, the other nation must fully support with their forces," said the Minister of Honglu Temple from Yan.
Zhou and Yan, having seemingly excluded Xiliang, did not intend to sign the treaty with Tianfeng Kingdom either.
Sal Khan raised his hand to the guards standing behind him, who then placed three copies of the treaty in front of Li Tianfu, Bai Qingyan, and Xiao Rongyan: "I also have a copy of the four-nation treaty here. I hope that Emperor Zhou, Emperor Yan, Ninth Prince will take a look, and we can discuss what is suitable and what is not, please..."
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