bookrebus Chapter 679 You are not worthy
Chapter 679 You are not worthy
When the Minister of Rites saw Xia Wanniang shaking her head, he immediately came up with an idea: "I see the Princess Zhenguo shaking her head. What do you think?"
Xia Wanniang raised her eyebrows and looked at the Minister of Rites. He was jumping out fearlessly: "I am just lamenting that no one in our Great Xia Kingdom dares to come forward to receive the delegation."
Minister of Rites: "I think the princess has heard it just now. It's not that we don't dare, but we don't have the manpower. And the reception of the delegation is the responsibility of the Honglu Temple."
Qing Yaocheng's forehead is now covered with sweat. It's not that he has no merits to sit in this position. It's just that he doesn't have great talent, and he won't be visited by so many countries as envoys.
Moreover, he only knew two languages, and other officials only knew one at most, and those were all tribal languages. How could they receive him?
Beads of sweat were now oozing out of his forehead, and he could only wipe it off with his sleeves.
You don't need to look to know how ugly the Eighth Prince's face is now.
Wu Xiao looked at his five remaining princes and said, "Except Xiao Shiyi, who among you can receive the envoys from various countries?"
The four princes looked at each other, and no one dared to speak.
"Don't receive them anymore. Let them go back as soon as possible. Don't be so embarrassed." Xia Wanniang looked at them with disgust.
The Minister of Rites got angry when he heard this: "Princess Zhenguo, if you have the ability, you can receive her."
Xia Wanniang smiled and said, "Why should I receive you? I am wearing your official uniform and receiving your salary. You should do what you are supposed to do according to the clothes you wear and the salary you receive."
"Why? You can stop working just by wearing this outfit. Isn't your job too easy?"
"Royal sister, please be careful with your words." The Seventh Prince couldn't help but speak.
Xia Wanniang looked at the Seventh Prince: "Seventh Prince, what do you think I said was wrong?"
The Seventh Prince couldn't find any words to refute for a moment.
Xia Wanniang looked at the Honglu Temple and the Minister of Rites and said, "How about this? I will help you with the reception, and your official positions and salaries will belong to me."
Everyone stared at her with wide eyes: "Princess Zhenguo, do you know what you are talking about?"
"What? You want me to solve your troubles, but you don't want to give me any benefits. Do you think I'm a sucker?" Xia Wanniang retorted without any politeness.
"You are the princess of Da Xia after all. Isn't it your duty to share Da Xia's worries?" The Seventh Prince seemed to have found a reason to refute.
Xia Wanniang smiled and said, "My brothers, you are also princes of Daxia. May I ask if you have grown high-yield crops, improved farm tools, built the northwest, or resisted foreign invasions?"
"Yes, I hold the title of Princess of Daxia, and I do have a post, but that post is vast and sparsely populated. If it were you, I'm afraid none of you would want to go there."
She stretched out her calloused hands and said, "I used these hands to defend the country's territorial integrity and to feed the people. What qualifications do you have to say that I didn't fulfill my obligations?"
The generals of Daxia had all heard that the Princess Zhenguo had fought in the battlefield, but very few of them thought that she was just being exaggerated.
Now that they saw her hands, they knew that these were not exaggerations.
Xiao Chiye stepped aside and walked to Xia Wanniang's side: "My wife does have the title of princess, but apart from that piece of land, she has never received a cent of the salary that a princess should have."
"The brick and tile houses that the people of Northwest China live in now, as well as all the cities, land, and water conservancy projects in Northwest China, were all bought by her with her hard-earned money bit by bit."
"I dare say that all of you in Da Xia owe her a thank you. If you want to use your status to pressure her, you are not worthy."
"Well said, we do owe the Princess a thank you."
"That's right. The equipment they gave me last time was the best I've ever seen. But the Ministry of War gave me a lot."
The general began to speak in a sarcastic tone and looked at the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War on the other side.
The Ninth Prince looked at Xiao Chiye and said, "Duke Zhenguo, you want to rebel."
Xiao Chiye held Xia Wanniang's hand and said, "I don't want to sit in that position. I have to get up earlier than the chickens and sleep later than the dogs, and deal with endless official duties every day. If the princes have any objections, you can take back our titles and military power at any time."