Chapter 738 – #96. Jinhaesol (42)
As if the emperor’s words to treat the delegation with respect were sincere, the emperor threw a banquet for the delegation afterwards.
Throughout the banquet, the delegation took an attitude as if they were sitting on a cushion of thorns, showing signs of discomfort.
However, the emperor did not care about their uncomfortable attitude.
He actively enjoyed the banquet with a smile, and the nobles who stood beside the emperor also enjoyed the banquet.
The only people in the banquet hall who couldn’t smile were the envoys.
“It seems that the concubine mothers’ talents are really beautiful and amazing.”
“Haha, that’s right. Sometimes it seems good to have a place to show off your talents like this.”
The dance performance of the dancers at the banquet hall deserved praise, but the stage performed by the emperor’s concubine received excessive praise.
It was because the concubine who caught the emperor’s attention at the banquet hall today might be able to sleep with him once more.
The concubines clenched their teeth on the stage of the banquet hall prepared by the sudden visit of the delegation.
‘Are all those women concubines?’
‘I’ve heard rumors that the emperor has a strong bias towards women, but I didn’t expect it to be to this extent.’
The delegation was not impressed by the endless stage of the concubines.
There was an absurd rumor that the lower body of the emperor had the ability to unify the world, but the envoys thought the rumor was exaggerated.
It was because it was nothing special to create rumors like this to save the emperor’s dignity, which could be somewhat lacking while declaring the title.
‘Tsk tsk tsk, that’s pitiful.’
At least this one is better because the emperor is male, but the Geos Empire is her female emperor, so there were many men who were forgotten and dying in her concubines.
The delegation watched the stage of the concubines and drank without touching the greasy food.
When he went back like this, he was at a loss as to what to say to the emperor.
‘If I tell the truth…Will the emperor really believe it?’
It hadn’t taken into account that the emperor had grown up among commoners.
By nature, the noble ones could not bear the insults of those inferior to them.
‘Even if he became emperor, he could endure it because he still had memories of the past.’
Rather, he predicted that he would be bluffed with a rapid rise in status.
Isn’t that what being a person is?
If you are suddenly treated with outrageous treatment, your personality will inevitably change.
To be compensated for the harsh treatment and hardships he suffered.
He decorates himself more like a Duke to hide his filthy self in the past.
‘It’s not good… It’s not good…’
As the banquet continued, the delegation’s words became less and less, and his alcohol quickly dwindled.
“Are our envoys enjoying the banquet?”
I would rather be treated as a non-existent person, but the emperor, moderately drunk, paid attention to the delegation.
“…”
All the members of the delegation were embarrassed to be treated unexpectedly, so they drank without thinking about how much to drink, so no nice words came out.
“I was expecting to be treated generously, but I’m not sure. The Empire thinks this is a generous treat.”
“Oh, it seems our delegations aren’t enjoying the banquet properly. That’s how it should be? I’ll give you a drink each.”
“…Yes.”
The emperor poured the wine, and the courtier carried the cup.
They drank one glass at a time and looked at the glass they drank in surprise.
“It’s a drink specially prepared for you guys. How is it?”
“…The taste is good.”
“Haha! Right? It looks like it wants to drink more, so bring the delegation some drinks.”
“Yes.”
The delegation could not bear to refuse the wine the emperor had given them.
It was the first time I had ever had a drink that was so fragrant and refreshing and refreshing.
When he came to his senses, the bottle the emperor had already given him was already showing the floor.
“Hut!”
“100 million?”
“Why is this already…”
The envoys, who came to their senses, realized that they couldn’t even deny that they had been ‘respectedly treated’.
Disappointed!
How can you make such a mistake just because you’re drunk!
The emperor burst into laughter as he watched the envoys wander about.
♧ ♧ ♧
Look at the crumpled faces of the envoys.
‘It’s refreshing.’
I couldn’t help but be happy because I gave the guys who came prepared for their throats to fly properly.
It was for the sake of their emperor that they behaved rudely to me.
Knowing that, I didn’t get angry no matter how rude I did.
‘Rather, I was worried about how to fuck that.’
First of all, I told the courtiers serving the delegation to make sure they refused if they asked for something ridiculous.
‘Now that the situation is like this, those bastards will want to play a game.’
For example, making fun of the courtiers or deliberately arguing with them.
When they acted like that, they thought that only the knights could stand.
So he ordered the knights to guard them 24 hours a day.
That’s why he said he hasn’t done anything strange up to now.
‘Still, it looked like he had a plan. He wouldn’t have sent an envoy simply to provoke me.’
Sending an envoy to send a personal letter from the emperor?
Are you at war for a long time?
There must be something still hidden.
I thought hard about what the guys were aiming for.
But no matter how much I thought about it, there was only one thing they could be aiming for.
‘The cursed doll I wrote down in my personal letter, that might be the real purpose.’
Didn’t it originally say that the bottom of the lamp is dark?
From my point of view, it is a ‘cursed doll’ that can be easily obtained at any time, but it would have been a piece of cake in the Geos Empire.
Emperor Geos might have been curious and wanted to get one.
‘I don’t understand why servants throw their necks away just to get one thing…’
This kind of thought was something I had to say from my point of view as a petit bourgeois, and I thought that the situation might be a little different from the emperor’s point of view.
‘You can value my doll more than human life. To the emperor, the life of a servant is not much different from a precious thing.’
An object that arouses the curiosity of the subjects.
‘It’s not worth exchanging… It’s not like it’s not worth it.’
There were several times when the imperial family came to congratulate me when I ascended to the throne.
We had a brief conversation at that time, but I got the feeling that my thoughts were completely different from mine.
Since they were people with nothing to see, I sent them off leaving only the words to be quiet from now on, but thinking about the emperor of the enemy country as similar to the royal family here, a plausible situation came out.
‘I heard that the emperor of the enemy country uses a strange ability, but what emperor would not want to check it.’
It seems that the country must have been urging the servants to know unconditionally.
‘Know yourself and know your enemies!’
Wasn’t sending the delegation despite the risk the result of curiosity about ‘me’ and curiosity about ‘ability’?
‘As expected, I did a good job adjusting the amount of supply.’
If I unwrapped things indiscriminately, I would have gotten things on my own from the other side.
Then I wouldn’t have bothered to send an envoy.
And…
‘I must have brought quite a lot of wealth to save the cursed doll.’
I became curious about the pockets of the delegation.
‘I’ve been asking for it so much that I’ve solved it quite a bit, so one of them should be possible to trade. How much to buy it depends on the envoy’s ability.’
There have been a few times when the nobles have been forced to sell it because they keep asking for it to be sold.
He probably wouldn’t have used all of the things he sold, so perhaps the envoys would secretly approach the nobles who had stocked up.
And the price will at least be a much higher price than when it was taken from me.
‘Because it’s a deal with an enemy country, I’ll rip it out as a risk fee.’
And I felt sorry for the pockets of the delegation to be put in the mouths of the nobles.
‘I don’t think I have to call the nobles.’
Having had fun with the riches I ate from the nobles as a cursed doll, I didn’t want to lose the envoy’s pocket to someone else.
It was because there were more concubine palaces to be built than concubine palaces that had been built.
‘Is it worth it to build a palace? Shouldn’t the concubines also have to be fed? If the concubines give birth to children, they have to feed them too.’
Of course, it made no sense that the imperial palace was short of money.
But even so, I couldn’t be negligent in collecting wealth.
In the future, the cursed doll would continue to serve as a filial son to increase the imperial family’s wealth, but it was a pity to share the profits with others.
‘Even here, a house is traded for the price of a house. How much do I have to charge if I sell this to another country?’
Aren’t you embarrassed to sell cursed dolls to hostile countries?
Rather, it is a cursed doll, so you can trade without hesitation.
Depending on how you use the cursed doll, it could be beneficial to you, or rather, it could have an adverse effect.
Rather, I want my items to spread far and wide in the Geos Empire and cause chaos.
‘And on top of that, I can earn a lot of money.’
Isn’t the original money made through trade?
Here, too, it is a valuable item that cannot be obtained even with money.
If you go that way, it will be not just one house, but more than a few houses.
Deep dawn after the banquet.
I knew that the concubine who performed the best at today’s banquet was waiting for me in the room, but she couldn’t enter the room right away.
“Call the chancellor. We have something to discuss.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
My heart is pounding already.
I’ll have to get ripped off very properly.
Even if it is dirty and lethal, you will not be able to forget what you tasted once, and you will have no choice but to keep looking for it.
‘Wouldn’t it be nice to throw a bait at the Geos Empire, and then submerge other countries as well?’
After a while, the chancellor heard my call and arrived.
“You must have been enjoying the banquet for a while, sorry to call you.”
“No, Your Majesty. I’m sorry for showing you a bad image when I was drunk.”
“Don’t worry, Jim is also drunk. I thought about it and called because I thought I needed your help.”
I shared my thoughts with him.
Originally, it was In-seon who worried a lot because nobody should be entrusted with handling money.
It was really difficult to find a competent aristocrat who could speak the language.
