Chapter 285: Killing the Chicken to Scare the Monkey

"Twenty thousand." Xie Tingzhou said, "I wonder when King Wei added the extra eight thousand."

After saying this, King Wei knew that he could not hide Xie Tingzhou's information.

Xie Tingzhou must have gotten to know him, otherwise he wouldn't have come rashly with just his guards, so there was really no need for King Wei to embarrass himself at this moment.

"Sure enough, I can't hide it from the prince." Prince Wei said straightly: "I do only have 12,000 troops at the moment, which is not as powerful as the Northern King of Fengjiang. Joining forces between you and me will be the icing on the cake. Otherwise, the prince will have to fight against Xuanpinghou and Sheng in the future. Jing, fight this way..."

King Wei put his words here at the right time.

Xie Tingzhou rubbed the side of the cup with his fingertips, "Then I have to ask, what position does King Wei want to use these 12,000 soldiers to replace the prince?"

When King Wei heard this, he felt that this was worth talking about. Of course, he had to raise the price first and then lower it. This is the same principle as negotiating business.

King Wei laughed and said, "My daughter is beautiful, proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. In the past two years, countless people have come to my door to propose marriage. If the prince doesn't believe it, it's a big surprise."

"No need." Xie Tingzhou refused decisively and fed a piece of meat to Bai Yu on the shelf. "We are talking about business. It doesn't matter what the princess looks like."

"Okay!" Prince Wei patted his knee, "Your Majesty is quick to speak, so I will tell you directly. I heard that the Prince and the Princess have a deep love for each other, and they support each other in Shengjing. The Prince is a person who values ​​love, and the Princess is a very affectionate person. My daughter naturally doesn’t dare to think about the position, but she can still afford the position of concubine.”

Xie Tingzhou stared closely at King Wei's face, and the eagle behind Xie Tingzhou who had finished eating the meat was also staring at him closely, making King Wei feel frightened.

King Wei had heard that Xie Tingzhou had a surly and unpredictable temperament. Now it seemed that it was not groundless. His expression really gave no indication of his plans.

Xie Tingzhou suddenly smiled and tapped his finger on the table, "Pour some wine, I want to toast King Wei."

When King Wei heard this, he was overjoyed and his face remained calm.

Now she is just a concubine. When Xie Tingzhou ascends the throne, she will become an imperial concubine or a noble concubine. If she gives birth to an heir, it is not impossible to become a great treasure.

Xie Tingzhou stood up with a cup in his hands. King Wei did not dare to neglect and also held a wine cup to greet him. Once the cup was drained, a consensus was reached.

Their glasses clinked in the air.

King Wei said: "I will do it first out of respect."

After drinking, he saw Xie Tingzhou holding the cup but not drinking, looking at him with a thin smile.

"Why don't you drink, Your Majesty?"

"To you." Xie Tingzhou tilted his cup and poured the wine on the 捍湹. "To King Wei, of course I invite you to drink underground."

King Wei's expression changed and he turned around to run away.

With a clang, the laughter stopped abruptly.

King Wei was kicked to the ground by Xi Feng who came forward, and a knife was placed on his neck.

"Don't move." Xifeng looked around at everyone in the hall, "Whoever dares to move rashly will have your King Wei's head moved."

King Wei was so frightened that he tried to move back with his hands and feet, but the knife came even closer, making him afraid to move again.

Xie Tingzhou lowered his eyes and stared at King Wei, then threw the empty cup in his hand on him, "With your twelve thousand people, you still want to negotiate terms with me."

Queen Wei raised her neck, "You, if you kill me..."

"So what if I kill you?" Xie Tingzhou interrupted, "Weizhou can still be in my possession. Let me tell you, only Shen Yu is worthy of the position next to me. Your daughter is not worthy of her."

"Thank you Tingzhou!" King Wei said bravely: "You can take Weizhou without spending a single soldier, but you want to take it by force. It seems that you don't care about the lives of the soldiers at all. For the sake of Just let the soldiers sacrifice their lives for you as a woman. They are with the wrong people, and you are not worthy of taking over the world."

Xie Tingzhou laughed, "You are trying to attack your heart now. It's too late. I want you to be clear. You are all wrong. The world is important to me, but because my Ayu is in it, she I don’t want to see people in ruins. It’s not that I want this world, but that I want to make this world peaceful for her. How could you be so naive as to think that I would exchange my position for peace in the world?”

King Wei looked at Xie Tingzhou blankly, as if he had never thought of such a possibility.

How could a man not love power? How could anyone not want that supreme position?

Therefore, Shen Yu is the only one in the world who can understand Xie Tingzhou.

He once cared about the world, but when his life was hanging by a thread, all he thought about was Shen Yu. At that time, he understood that the world was important, but without Shen Yu, nothing mattered anymore.

Blood spattered on the rafters, and screams continued in the hall.

Xie Tingzhou touched his blood-stained robe in disgust amid the noise, but there was some blood on his fingers.

Xi Feng quickly put away the knife and handed over the handkerchief.

Xie Tingzhou wiped his fingers slowly and glanced sideways at the singing and dancing singers in the corner. Everyone shut their mouths under his sharp gaze.

Xi Feng listened to the sounds outside and said, "It's starting to take action outside."

Xie Tingzhou threw down his handkerchief, "If you don't kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, cats and dogs will dare to negotiate terms with me."

They have to conquer several states later. If everyone wants to get a share of the pie like King Wei, he doesn't have that many positions around him.

After today's incident, everyone has to weigh whether to join or be swallowed up.

Xie Tingzhou needed someone to establish his authority, but King Wei was unlucky and became the first to be killed.

Xie Tingzhou returned to the courtyard, and Changliu quickly stuffed the little turtle into his clothes and stood up.

"Your Majesty."

Shen Yu spoiled him. Seeing that he kept talking about the little turtle, she asked a messenger to bring the little turtle to him from Beilin. Changliu would hold it in his arms every day when he slept.

Xie Tingzhou nodded and saw that the light in the bedroom was on. "Did the princess take the medicine?"

"Yes." Changliu said, "But she said she had no appetite and hasn't eaten yet."

"Ask the kitchen to make it and send it over." Xie Tingzhou raised his feet to enter the room, looked down at his blood-stained robe, and turned to enter the bathroom.

Shen Yu had woken up a long time ago. She couldn't fall asleep after sleeping for a whole day. She lay in bed sick and didn't want to move.

After taking a shower, Xie Tingzhou entered the room, walked to the bed and looked at her face in the light, then reached out and touched it, "Why don't you eat?"

"No appetite."

Xie Tingzhou scratched her red nose, "You look so pitiful, are you still trying to show off?"

Shen Yu said with a nasal tone, unyielding: "I am an eagle-like woman."

"Yes." Xie Tingzhou smiled and coaxed her, saying: "The eagle should get up and eat."

Shen Yu sat up slowly, and Xie Tingzhou changed his robe with his back to her. The clothes fell off, and the scars on his body were also exposed.

Xie Tingzhou finally gained some weight in the past few months and looked less thin.

Shen Yu traced the scar on his waist with her fingertips, and Xie Tingzhou grabbed her hand and turned back to warn, "Don't provoke me."

"I'm still sick." Shen Yu said gloomily.

Xie Tingzhou pinched her chin and shook it, "If you know you are sick, then be good."