The emperor's face was extremely gloomy. Although he always believed that it was impossible for the Gudan Kingdom to really start a war because of a princess, such an action might trigger a series of reactions.
"Does Envoy Domeng really think that I, the Zhou Dynasty, are afraid of you?" The emperor stared at Domeng with cold eyes and his tone was unkind.
Even the guards who followed Domeng into the royal study to protect him also raised their sword hilts and locked their eyes on Domeng.
However, there was no trace of fear on Domeng's face. He was still as calm as before. The next moment, he suddenly smiled.
"Look at what the emperor said. How could the ministers have such thoughts? The power of the Great Zhou Dynasty is obvious to all. Everyone in the surrounding countries knows it?"
"only……"
"I wonder if the emperor has paid attention to the movements of the Northern Barbarian tribes recently? The Northern Barbarian tribes have frequently shown goodwill to us Gudan in recent years and promised many benefits, so the border has been rare and stable for several years."
Duo Meng's words sounded a little irrelevant, but the emperor's face instantly darkened, his eyes filled with rage, and even his fists clenched.
He knew that Domeng was threatening him in a subtle way!
The emperor was furious, but what Duomeng said was something he had never known before.
The uneasiness in his heart became more and more intense, because he knew that Domeng could not mention these things for no reason, but what he never expected was that what Domeng said next made him really uneasy and anxious!
"Oh, by the way, it's not just us Gudan, but also the Southern Barbarians. The strength of the Southern Barbarians is inferior to that of the Northern Barbarians. They have suffered a lot of losses at the hands of Prince An in recent years and are temporarily unable to challenge the Northern Barbarians."
"The pressure on the other borders of the Northern Barbarians has dropped sharply, and they feel very comfortable. I heard that they are currently training troops about two hundred miles behind the border on the Zhou side."
"Perhaps the geographical location over there is suitable for military training? I heard that a large number of Northern Barbarian troops have been assembled and stationed there permanently!"
"Fortunately, it's not on Gudan's side, otherwise we would really have to worry a little bit. After all, the Beiman's combat power is also very good."
While watching the change in the emperor's expression, Domeng kept talking, and then he said something unintentionally: "I heard that the previous Spring Hunter assassination was the work of Nanlin and Poland?"
"I didn't expect those two countries to join forces. I really have to guard against it! Fortunately, our Gudan and Beiman territories are not too big, and the countries bordering them are not so complicated, so we can spare our hands. …”
The more the emperor listened, the darker his face became. Finally, his face was full of rage and he couldn't suppress it at all!
Northern barbarians!
How dare they!
Two hundred miles behind the border, that's a distance that the cavalry can reach in one day!
If a large force marches urgently, it will take at most two days to reach the border!
Two hundred miles is not a safe distance at all!
The Northern Barbarians actually deployed heavy troops in such a position, their intention was already obvious!
The emperor was so angry that he hit the armrest hard. At the birthday banquet, the Northern Man Crown Prince did not show any signs of it, and even showed his intention to form an alliance with Da Zhou!
The prince of the Northern Barbarians even married the sixth princess as his concubine!
It turned out to be all smoke bombs! In order to numb himself, he secretly thought of doing harm to Da Zhou!
The anger in the emperor's heart could not be contained, and he suddenly thought of the Si family who guarded the northwest——
"Damn it! What are the Si family doing?! Why didn't they report such an important matter? What shame do they have for clinging to military power?!"
Seeing that Emperor Zhou was so angry that he spoke without hesitation and said these words in front of his face, a flash of disdain flashed across Duomeng's eyes, but his expression was indifferent, as if he hadn't heard anything.
The current emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty is really inferior to the previous emperor. Under the hands of the current emperor, the Great Zhou Dynasty has shown a tendency of internal decay, and only looks prosperous and glorious on the surface.
If not, how could the Nanlin Kingdom, the Polish Kingdom, or even the Northern Barbarian tribes have such thoughts?
What’s ridiculous is that the Emperor of the Zhou Dynasty still doesn’t know it and thinks that the Zhou Dynasty is the powerful country in the past!
Domeng had been in Dazhou for so long, and he had already seen many clues, and a dark light flashed in his eyes.
He knew in his heart that if it weren't for the fact that Queen Luo was born in the Great Zhou Dynasty and the young princess Luo Tong married Prince An of the Great Zhou Dynasty, they Gu Dan would probably step forward to get a share of the pie.
After all, there has never been a shortage of territorial conquests. Who would not miss the vast and fertile territory of the Zhou Dynasty...
No one else could know what Domeng was thinking, but Eunuch Dehai looked a little unnatural at this moment.
Just because he clearly remembered that the Northwest Si family actually reported the Beiman incident...
Previously, General Si Lao had specially sent an emergency report to the capital, saying that spies lurking in the Northern Barbarians had discovered that the Northern Barbarians were mobilizing troops and gathering behind the border, and asked the emperor what to do.
But at that time... the emperor's birthday banquet was approaching, which was only more than a month away. Before the emperor received the letter from General Si, he had sent a message to the northwest, saying that he wanted General Si to take his family back to Beijing to celebrate his birthday. , to visit the Queen Mother.
When the emperor received the military letter from General Si, he lost his temper. He only regarded it as an excuse for General Si not to return to Beijing, and did not believe it at all.
The emperor also said, how could the Northern Barbarians have the courage to go to war with the Zhou Dynasty? It must be General Si’s deceptive words!
It was precisely because of this idea that the emperor did not give any instructions at all at that time, and threw it aside after getting angry.
Eunuch Dehai was covered in cold sweat and thought to himself, he didn't expect that the military intelligence reported back by General Si at that time was actually true!
But the emperor was furious at the moment, how could he dare to say it at this time? Isn't that no different from mocking the emperor?
But what Eunuch Dehai didn't expect was that the emperor happened to see the strange look on his face, and then he also remembered such a thing!
Suddenly, the expression on the emperor's face was wonderful, full of anger, hatred and embarrassment, it was simply indescribable!
How could he know that what General Si said was true? ! This is not to blame the Si family themselves! If he honestly handed over military power and accepted his assigned deputy general, wouldn't everything be fine? !
Thinking of this, the emperor suddenly felt confident again. He frowned and reconsidered what the envoy Domeng said.
Since envoy Domeng deliberately mentioned this matter, and there was information sent back by General Si Lao before, then the strange movement of the Northern Barbarians can be confirmed.
If it were the Northern Barbarians alone, the Great Zhou Dynasty would really not be afraid of them. But as envoy Domeng mentioned just now, Nanlin and Poland would definitely take advantage of the chaos to take action, because these two countries had already participated in the Spring Hunting Assassination Incident. , has already revealed such an intention.
If these three countries launch an offensive together then, it will really be uncomfortable for Da Zhou!
