Volume 4 is in the ascendant Chapter 431 Hum
Bai Tu deliberately chose to meet Liu Ye in the "royal palace" instead of in Jiangshan Garden where he worked.
The so-called "palace" is just a larger mansion with a prime location where one can go to work right away.
Moreover, this "bigger" is only relative to the fact that Bai Tu's family members are too small. There are countless wealthy families and businessmen who hope to build Bai Tu's "palace" bigger...
Some of them were so sincere that they were even willing to be unsung heroes - the size of the Chu Palace was so great that no one else in Jinling dared to build a bigger mansion!
Although the "Chu Law" does not have such requirements, who doesn't have this kind of vision?
It's okay for noble families, as their living conditions are not extravagant on a daily basis. But for the wealthy and powerful, which one of them is not accustomed to having hundreds of people surrounding and serving them?
However... after coming to Jinling, I didn’t have the courage to exceed the scale of the Chu Palace. Some of me were even more sensitive and wanted to reduce the size of my mansion in my hometown to be smaller than the Chu Palace. At most, I could build a few more!
Of course, in Bai Tu's opinion, the scale of the Chu King's Palace was already quite large - according to the Han Dynasty standards, it was two miles square, was it small?
In short, for Bai Tu, the palace is definitely not a place to work. Unless there is an emergency or private matter, no one will come to the Chu Palace to disturb him except Zhang Chunhua, the Shangshu Lang.
As for receiving the envoy, Bai Tu had only invited him to the Chu Palace before in order to win over Zhang Song...
Meeting Liu Ye in the palace was undoubtedly the best treatment Liu Ye had received after coming to Jinling so many times.
Although it was not Xiahou Yuan, Bai Tu was still a little nervous, and even reminded Zhang Chunhua that if Liu Ye dared to ridicule him as a scumbag, she should immediately help him to confront him, otherwise he would be embarrassed.
While Zhang Chunhua was speechless, she repeatedly assured Bai Tu - don't think too much!
What is worrying Zhang Chunhua now is that she may have to serve as the last line of defense for the interests of the Chu State...
After all, His Royal Highness the King of Chu is in trouble again. He seems to be at a disadvantage before he even meets the envoy. By then, he will definitely be noticed by a veteran like Liu Ye, who might take the opportunity to make some proposals to take advantage of Chu.
Especially since the King of Chu was still in the palace meeting with Liu Ye, he was not accompanied by any of his ministers, only the Shangshu Lang was by his side...
In addition, the position of chief guard fell to Zhou Tai again during Lu Lingqi's maternity leave, but Zhou Tai was obviously not the type who could negotiate.
Soon Liu Ye arrived at the Chu Palace, and Bai Tu pretended to be calm, but he did not have the arrogance that he had when he directly rejected the marriage proposal.
However, there was a commotion outside the front hall, and someone came in to report that Liu Ye insisted on bringing a guard inside, and that the man was not a guard, but an envoy...
"It's okay, then let both of them in." Bai Tu looked at Zhou Tai and thought to himself that no matter from the motivation or feasibility, Wei Guo should not want to assassinate him now.
Soon Bai Tu understood why his guards didn't want to let anyone in.
First of all, the middle-aged man following Liu Ye was not only dressed as a guard, but also... different from ordinary guards. He looked tall and strong. Although he was wearing a passerby helmet, one could still see his long, light yellow hair, which was braided into dreadlocks from the middle. His eyes were sharp, and his whole body exuded the fierce aura of a veteran in the battlefield.
Indeed, letting this person in is not only against the rules, but also... quite suspicious!
He doesn't look like an ordinary guard at all, but if he is an assassin, it would be too conspicuous, like a spy wearing bunny pajamas.
After the other party came in, Zhou Tai suddenly became alert. Zhou Tai, who was originally like a black-faced god, stared at the other party even more fiercely after sensing the danger from this person.
Even though Zhang Chunhua was not good at martial arts, he instinctively realized that this guy didn't look like a guard. He looked at the white map, the pillars in the hall, and the tungsten steel seal on the table without making any expression...
He decided that if a fight broke out, he would shout: Wang Juxi, smash it.
Afterwards, he took out the pocket crossbow Huang Yueying gave him from his sleeve, shot Liu Ye with a few arrows, and ran out to call for help.
"Zi Yang, long time no see. I missed you so much!" Bai Tu greeted him somewhat hypocritically.
Upon hearing this, Liu Ye just smiled awkwardly but politely and said, "Foreign minister Liu Ye, I pay my respects to the King of Chu."
How long?
It hasn’t been long. In the past year, Liu Ye has spent more time in Jinling than in Yecheng. He has not seen Cao Cao as often as Bai Tu…
Of course, most of the time is spent on the road and facing the driver!
The middle-aged man next to Liu Ye not only did not salute, but instead made a "hum" sound through the resonance of his nasal cavity, chest cavity, and abdominal cavity.
Zhou Tai was about to put on armor - but he didn't even show basic etiquette when meeting the King of Chu. It seemed that he was here to cause trouble, and judging from his aura, he might be quite dangerous.
Liu Ye immediately said, "Your Highness, the King of Chu, this... General Xiahou, has something private to say to you."
"General Xiahou? Which General Xiahou?" Bai Tu asked very sensitively.
"This...this person is Zhang...Shang Shulang, right?" Liu Ye looked at Zhang Chunhua with embarrassment.
It was obvious that he wanted the "outsider" to leave. After all, Xiahou Yuan's coming to Jinling was not worth publicizing.
In particular, Zhang Chunhua's identity seemed very embarrassing to Liu Ye, and it was obviously not suitable for her to appear when the father-in-law and son-in-law met.
As for Zhou Tai?
No matter how you think about it, you know that Bai Tu would never let Zhou Tai leave. Without this kind of defense, Bai Tu would not be alive today!
As for Xiahou Yuan's safety? Liu Ye was not worried.
After all, although Xiahou Yuan has a high position in Wei, he is not Cao Cao after all...
Except for Cao Cao himself, the Chu State had no motive to detain or kill anyone from the Wei State who appeared in Jinling.
"Chunhua, please go out for a while." Bai Tu said nervously.
However, Zhang Chunhua took the initiative to say: "If the king wants to meet with General Xiahou in private, I can go with Mr. Liu!"
There was no way. Zhang Chunhua felt that with Bai Tu's current state, he was caught off guard by "General Xiahou". If Liu Ye were present, he would probably take the opportunity to make some unreasonable demands.
Although Zhang Chunhua also knew that she might not be suitable to be present at the subsequent topics, but... at least Liu Ye should be replaced, as he was not suitable to be present either!
Liu Ye was stunned when he heard this. He did have some ideas, but since his plan had been seen through, it was obviously not a good idea to stay any longer.
In addition, Xiahou Yuan had no intention of keeping him, so he had no choice but to say, "It should be so."
"Chunhua, please tell the kitchen to prepare a family banquet for me. It doesn't need to be too large. Please keep an eye on it for me." Bai Tu specifically instructed.
Zhang Chunhua heard this and exchanged glances with Bai Tu, then responded, "Yes."
The family dinner doesn’t need to be too large, which means she should invite Xia Houjuan; help me keep an eye on it, which means let Zhang Chunhua keep an eye on Lu Lingqi…
Even if Lu Lingqi knew, she would not deliberately cause trouble, but she was afraid that it would be very embarrassing if she didn't know!
"Hmph!" Xiahou Yuan didn't know what Bai Tu meant, but seeing him flirting with the female official and calling her by her name in a familiar way, he made another sound that resonated in his nose, chest, and abdomen, even though he was dressed like an ordinary person.
