Chapter 686 Promise
Su Rong was exhausted from sending several letters in a row. She turned around and lay back on the bed, breathing a long sigh of relief.
Zhou Gu looked at him amused, "As for that? I haven't seen you so tired in the war?"
“That’s different.” Su Rong muttered, “I don’t like writing letters the most.”
Zhou Gu came over and said, "I don't want to write it even if you give it to me."
He stretched out his hand to pinch her, remembering that when he returned to Beijing from Jiangning County, he waited for her letter every day, and finally received one. It was not written by her herself, but she asked Aunt Zhao to write it for her. Later, he felt uncomfortable every day. Jin, went to the East Palace to talk to the prince. The prince gave him an idea and asked him to send someone to deliver a letter to Jiangning County. Later, he received a handwritten letter from her, encouraging him to take the scientific examination. Although it was just two sentences, he felt like he had found a treasure.
He got angry thinking about it and asked her, "When I ran to the East Palace to find His Highness the Crown Prince, were you hiding in the East Palace?"
"Yes, it is hidden in the dark cubicle of His Highness the Crown Prince's study. I heard clearly what you said to the Crown Prince." Su Rong smiled and was pinched by him so much that he hid.
"He has no conscience." Zhou Gu continued to pinch her, "It's in vain that I missed you so much."
Su Rong saw the vicious look on his face, as if she wanted to take revenge, but her attacks were weak, just like scratching an itch. She put her arms around his neck, and did not dare to mention that she had decided to break off the engagement, so she could coax him. "When I write to you in the future, I will definitely write thick ones."
"I don't want to be separated from you, and I don't give you a chance to write a letter." Zhou Gu let go of his hand and pinched it for a long time. He pinched his fingers until it hurt, but he couldn't bear to hurt her any more. He muttered helplessly, "In this life , I feel like I’m in your hands.”
Su Ronxiao, "Who doesn't want to fall for you? I'll fall for you too, okay?"
Zhou Gu finally felt happy when he heard this, "It's good that you have this understanding."
The two of them played around for a while, lying on the bed together and chatting.
At lunch, Cui Yanjin discovered that his cousin and cousin-in-law had actually reconciled, and they were talking and laughing. Especially his cousin, who was in a very good mood, with bright eyebrows and a smile at the end of his eyes, which made people laugh at a glance. You can see his good mood.
He was surprised and pulled Cui Xingzhi's sleeve, "Cousin, did you see? My cousin and cousin-in-law have reconciled."
Cui Xingzhi naturally saw it and swatted his hand away, "Be careful, there's nothing surprising about it."
Cui Yanjin sighed and said, "It's like one thing is reduced to another, like brine and tofu."
Three days later, Prince Yuan Zhao of the Wei Dynasty received a letter sent by Yuan Chen's messenger eagle. The letter briefly and comprehensively described the process of negotiating peace with Nanchu, and then stated that he could not make the decision and asked Brother Wang for instructions.
Yuan Zhao read the letter, and the Wei ceded seven cities, five thousand horses, three hundred thousand taels of gold, a crossbow arrow structure diagram, and Yuan Chen entered Southern Chu as a hostage. Although he still felt that this condition was harsh, it was not unacceptable to Da Wei.
Su Rong said that if he gave Nangong Zheng to her, she could give him three cities, another hundred thousand taels of gold, and not take Yuan Chen as a pledge.
I have to say that Su Rong spent a lot of money on Nangong Zheng.
He clutched the letter and did not speak for a long time.
A confidant said at the side: "Your Highness, the Wei Dynasty will cede four cities, five thousand horses of horses, two hundred thousand taels of gold, plus a crossbow arrow structure diagram. I feel that I can agree to them."
Yuan Zhaoyou turned his eyes and said, "You mean, let me give up Nangong Zheng?"
The confidant handed over his hand and said, "Your Highness, one person can be exchanged for three cities, plus one hundred thousand taels of gold, and two of your Highnesses as pledges. This... this is a good deal."
Yuan Zhao had an ugly expression on his face, "You think it's a good deal, but why does Su Rong want to change?"
The confidant stopped talking.
The confidants naturally knew it and looked at Yuan Zhao. Yuan Zhaodao: "This king is still unable to abandon those who are loyal and trustworthy."
He immediately wrote a letter to Yuan Chen, telling him that he would agree to the conditions such as ceding the seven cities of the Wei Dynasty, but Yuan Chen would be the hostage, and he would not agree. He was willing to pay another hundred thousand taels of gold to make Nanchu give up and let Yuan Chen be the hostage. .
He sent the letter, and three days later, it was also in Yuan Chen's hands.
Yuan Chen breathed a sigh of relief and showed the letter to Nangong Zheng, "Look, my brother Wang did not agree to exchange it with you."
Nangong Zheng pursed his lips and said, "His Royal Highness is benevolent and righteous."
He is the hope for the future of the Nangong family. Although the Nangong family has retained half of its strength and many young people are still alive, if he dies, the Nangong family will have no hope. It is not that he elevates himself and looks down on others. This is the fact. Apart from him, no one can support the Nangong family anymore.
Yuan Chen said: "Brother Wang said that he would give me one hundred thousand gold in exchange. I wonder if Nanchu can agree."
Nangong Zheng didn't know either, "Send a messenger to deliver the message! Tomorrow is the seven-day limit."
Yuan Chen nodded, called a messenger, kept the letter from Prince Yuan Zhao intact, and ordered the messenger to send it to Su Rong.
Su Rong soon received a letter from the envoy of the Wei Dynasty. It was written in Yuan Zhao's own handwriting. She snorted and handed the letter to Zhou Gu, "Yuan Zhao values Nangong Zheng very much. He won't give me anyone."
Zhou Gu took the letter and read it, "Yuan Chen is a little more valuable than 100,000 gold. I ask him for 200,000 gold. If the Wei Dynasty agrees, we will agree to negotiate a peace."
After he finished speaking, he looked at Su Rong and said, "I don't want to argue with them anymore. I want to go back and prepare for the wedding."
Su Rong smiled and nodded, "Okay."
She doesn’t really want Yuan Chen to be a hostage. Besides her, there is also Daliang. She doesn’t believe that Daliang Yan Hui will not peel off Da Wei’s skin.
So Su Rong was not in trouble for the messenger and asked the messenger to take the reply back.
After Yuan Chen received the letter, he breathed a sigh of relief. Naturally, he still didn't want to be a proton if he could stop being a proton, but if he had to exchange 200,000 gold for him, Da Wei could afford the 200,000 gold alone. , but a total of 500,000 gold was given to Nanchu. How could Wei afford it?
He wanted to write to Yuan Zhao again, but Nangong Zheng stopped him and said, "Promise her."
Yuan Chen looked at Nangong Zheng, "Fifty thousand gold is too much, and there is also Daliang..."
"Nanchu is now the biggest threat to the Wei Dynasty." Nangong Zheng also looked at him, "As long as Nanchu is satisfied, it shouldn't be very difficult to talk to Daliang. His Highness the Crown Prince has been waiting for Nanchu these days. We can only talk to Daliang about the outcome of the negotiation."
Yuan Chen nodded when he heard this, "Okay!"
So he immediately sent a messenger to send another letter to Su Rong, saying that the Wei Dynasty had agreed to Nan Chu's conditions and asked if a peace agreement could be signed outside Xuzhou City tomorrow.
Su Rong happily agreed after receiving the letter from the messenger.
Zhou Gu said to Su Rong: "Don't go there tomorrow. Sign a contract and brother Gui Xue and I will go."
Su Rong looked at him.
Zhou Gudao: "It's just a peace treaty. Why do you need to come forward? It's enough for us."
It was impossible for him to give Yuan Chen and Nangong Zheng a chance to see Su Rong again.
Su Ronxiao said, “Okay.”
(End of this chapter)