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Although it was the first time she saw this woman, and only her profile, her familiar hair color and temperament reminded the Duchess of a disgusting image in her memory.
Huo Qiu'er was slowly enjoying the delicacies on the table. Tian Meng, who was hiding under the simulator next to her, suddenly leaned his head towards her and said in a low voice: "Uh...that...Sister Qiu'er, that old woman has been peeking at you..."
Huo Qiuer turned her head and looked in the direction of the Duchess. After seeing her appearance clearly, she couldn't help but frowned slightly.
The other party was a very rare and disgusting human being in Huo Yuhao’s memory, the Duchess.
After the two looked at each other for two seconds at a distance of more than ten meters, Huo Qiuer ignored her, turned around and started chewing slowly again.
Huo Qiuer didn’t believe that Huo Yuhao didn’t notice the other party, and she herself was too lazy to pay attention to the Duchess.
After seeing Huo Qiu'er's face, the Duchess frowned even more deeply and asked a Xingluo noble beside her: "Who is that person?"
The Xing Luo noble glanced at Huo Qiu'er and replied, "She is one of the Sun and Moon envoys this time, her name is Huo Qiu'er."
The combination of these three words, "Huo Qiuer", instantly evoked an extremely unpleasant memory in the Duchess' heart. Her originally calm face suddenly became ferocious, and her eyes flashed with an unconcealable viciousness.
Once upon a time there was a woman whom she hated extremely, and she also had a name similar to these three words.
Thinking of this, the Duchess, who had been acting extremely dignified, suddenly turned from being elegant to being extremely ferocious.
She continued to stare coldly at Huo Qiuer for a few seconds before she put away the fierce look on her face.
These two people are like heaven and earth, like the stars and the sun and the moon. There is no way they can be related. Everything is just a coincidence.
The Duchess continued to walk out of the hall, but she murmured softly, "Humph, not only does she look disgusting, but her name is also short-lived."
However, just as she finished muttering, Huo Qiuer, who was originally eating, slowly stood up from her seat, her pretty face turned extremely dark.
She grabbed a plate in front of her and threw it directly in the direction of the Duchess.
pop-
The plate missed the Duchess and hit the floor next to her right heel.
The originally exquisite plate suddenly shattered, and countless fragments splashed on the ground. The crisp loud noise instantly attracted the attention of everyone in the hall.
The palace maid who was originally responsible for playing was also interrupted by the loud noise. At the same time, she stopped the instrument in her hand and looked here blankly.
The laughter and music suddenly stopped, and the entire banquet hall was terribly silent at this moment. The Sun and Moon envoys, the Star Luo ministers, and many nobles all focused their attention on Huo Qiu'er.
Huo Qiuer slowly walked to a few meters in front of the Duchess, pointed her right index finger at her extremely rudely, and asked her without any respect.
"If you have the guts, say that sentence again."
Huo Qiu'er was taller than the Duchess. She looked down at her, and her calm and cold tone brought endless pressure.
Tian Meng, who was hiding in the simulation, was dumbfounded. She doubted whether she should not convey the Duchess's words to Huo Qiuer.
Huo Yuhao, who was far away, was always observing the Duchess with mental detection, and she also heard the Duchess's muttering.
His eyes suddenly turned cold, his complexion was darker than Huo Qiuer's, and he said lightly to the person beside him: "I'm sorry, it's not that I don't want to give face to Xu Jiawei now, it's that someone doesn't want to give face to me."
After saying this, he walked towards the Duchess.
Xu Jiujiu's face froze, and he whispered to the Nebula Douluo behind him, "Grandma Manyi, please go and inform my brother and the others as soon as possible."
"Yes."
Nebula Douluo nodded, then turned into a shadow and disappeared in the banquet hall.
On the other side, Huo Qiuer was pointing at the Duchess aggressively, while the Duchess looked puzzled and stunned. She had never expected that her whispered curses would be heard by the other party.
How can this be?
Tian Meng swallowed his saliva. Seeing Huo Yuhao coming over here, he said weakly to Huo Qiuer, “You…you caused this yourself. Don’t blame me…”
Having said that, Tian Meng simply left Huo Qiuer behind and hid in the sea of spirituality.
Seeing Tian Meng running away, Huo Qiuer snorted and said to Huo Yuhao in a cold voice: "I am not helping you to seek revenge. She is the one who provoked me. You don't need to interfere."
Huo Yuhao responded coldly: "No matter how trivial a matter is in diplomacy, you are now also a member of the Sun Moon Mission, so your affairs are the affairs of the Sun Moon Empire."
After he finished speaking, he looked at the Duchess indifferently and asked coldly, "What happened just now?"
The Duchess was completely stunned. She stared at Huo Yuhao with wide eyes. Although she had not seen him for many years, she could never forget the hostile look in his eyes.
It's that woman's son.
The viciousness and resentment in the Duchess's eyes became even stronger. She would never forget that woman, the woman who took the love of Duke Baihu away from her.
For that woman, Duke White Tiger would even be so distant to her.
"Why are you here, little bastard?" she blurted out through gritted teeth.
Anger seemed to overwhelm her reason, causing her to utter inappropriate and vulgar insults in such a prestigious place.
The Sun and Moon envoys and Star Luo ministers present all changed color.
Zhu Jing reacted quickly and wanted to step forward to smooth things over, but Huo Yuhao did not give him a chance.
He said coldly: "I am now the chief ambassador to the Xingluo Empire on behalf of the Sun-Moon Empire. I have learned the details. May I ask, Duchess, why did you insult our delegation members for no reason?"
An invisible and strong pressure emanated from him, blocking Zhu Jing and other ministers outside.
"What a strong momentum."
Zhu Jing's face was solemn. He had heard a little about Huo Yuhao's deeds.
Huo Yuhao had already made up his mind. It is better to do it now than to wait for a day. Since the Duchess had taken the initiative to bring the handle to his door, he would crush her to the ground in front of so many people.
How dignified the Duchess's end will be depends on the opinions of Xu Jiawei and the Worship Hall. Even the Duke of White Tiger may not have a say in it.
"Ambassador-in-Chief? You?"
The Duchess was stunned. She was simply unable to connect the Huo Yuhao in her memory with this identity.
"impossible!"
Huo Yuhao’s voice was still icy cold: “Duke, I know that you and I have had grievances in the past, but today is the day when the Sun-Moon Empire and the Star Luo Empire come together to make peace. I didn’t want to settle the grievances with you today, but there are some consequences that I hope you will be aware of.”
"There is no trivial matter in diplomacy. You and I not only represent individuals, but also two different countries."
"Although I am from the Xingluo Empire, on this occasion, I am the chief ambassador representing the Sun-Moon Empire. My every word and action represents the majesty of the Sun-Moon Emperor. All insults directed at me and the Sun-Moon delegation can be regarded as a provocation from the Xingluo Empire to the Sun-Moon Empire and a rejection of peace between the two countries."
"Before his majesty the Sun and Moon Emperor left on his mission, he had only two words to say about all the possible reactions of the Xing Luo Empire."
He swept his eyes over the Xingluo ministers and said in a sonorous and powerful tone: "Talk, the door is open. Fight, I will accompany you to the end."
These words were not just addressed to the Duchess, but more like a warning to all the Xingluo ministers present.
As Huo Yuhao's words were clearly heard throughout the banquet hall, Zhu Jing and other Xingluo ministers could not help but sweat on their foreheads.
This hat was so big that no one present could hold it.
I will have to clean up his mess for half a year for this third young master's impromptu setting. In the first chapter, she was the Duchess of the Xu family, but in the 20th chapter, she became the Duchess of the Zhu family.
In order to fill in the hole of the Duchess' Xu family identity, I almost couldn't wrap my head around it myself. I felt that setting her as any relative of Xu Jiawei was not quite right, and it was even more impossible to write her as Xu Jiawei's daughter. So let's just say that she was the daughter of the old emperor, and during this period Xu Jiawei came to power, and everyone just had to make do with it and understand it...
(End of this chapter)
Chapter 470 The Duchess's Hysteria
Huo Yuhao’s accusation was extremely serious. The conflict, which originally had unclear causes, had now suddenly escalated into the fuse for the renewed war between the Sun Moon and Star Luo countries.
Zhu Jing, the eldest son of the Zhu family, who was watching from the side, could not help but look gloomy. As a powerful official who had even been appointed prime minister, after a brief moment of surprise, he quickly saw through Huo Yuhao's purpose.
The Zhu family and the Dai family were in-laws for generations, so he was naturally concerned about the news of the Dai family. He had naturally heard about the third son of the Dai family who was born out of wedlock. The story of how Huo Yuhao, who was still young at the time, dared to go to the border alone to find the White Tiger Duke for his mother became a good story among the Xingluo nobles.
It was also from that time that he learned that the iron-blooded Duke of White Tiger actually had a romantic side.
Of course, it is not a strange phenomenon for aristocrats to have three wives and four concubines. If the Zhu sisters of his generation had married the Duke of White Tiger and become duchesses, the Zhu family would not have strictly prohibited the Duke of White Tiger from taking concubines.
However, as the main wife, she was so deliberate in suppressing a concubine who seemed to pose no threat, which made people doubt her magnanimity. Even the queen would not say much to other concubines she disliked.
Zhu Jing knew about the Dai family's old grudge, but precisely because he knew it, he was frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.
In just over a decade, the bastard of the Dai family named Huo Yuhao had grown to an unknown level, with a restrained and unfathomable cultivation that even he could not fathom. At this moment, Huo Yuhao's deep pressure was no longer restrained, but poured out completely, causing even Zhu Jing to shudder.
All the other nobles present were trembling with fear, and the priests at the edge of the banquet hall, sensing this aura, widened their eyes and looked at Huo Yuhao in disbelief.
Huo Yuhao’s intention now is very clear, which is to put pressure on the Duchess.
But the reason he was putting pressure on her now was not because of the old grudge between him and his mother that had been settled for many years.
The reason for his pressure was that the Duchess insulted the Sun-Moon Empire and attempted to destroy the peace between the two countries.
At this moment, Huo Yuhao is the chief ambassador representing the Sun Moon Empire to Xing Luo, and the purpose of the mission is to bring a message of peace.
But at such a welcome banquet, a high-ranking noble from the Xing Luo Empire, who seemed to be in a position of great importance, openly expressed his disdain for this. The consequences can be imagined.
It can be said that Huo Yuhao was blatantly seeking revenge for personal gain.
Although he understood Huo Yuhao's purpose, Zhu Jingduan did not dare to step forward and persuade Huo Yuhao directly, let alone ask the many priests to capture him.
The current Huo Yuhao not only has unfathomable cultivation, but also a very important position.
Zhu Jing knew that if this matter was not handled properly, it could really lead to a diplomatic incident with unknown consequences.
Huo Yuhao stared at the Duchess with a cold gaze. His powerful pressure pushed away the others, but what hit the Duchess was an unreserved violent wave.
The Duchess's face was extremely ugly. Six soul rings, two yellow, two purple and two black, appeared behind her. She used all her soul power to resist the pressure from Huo Yuhao, but the tremendous pressure still made her almost suffocated.
She looked at Huo Yuhao with those sinister eyes filled with deep incomprehension. Those ice-blue eyes reminded the Duchess of an extremely unpleasant past.
Even though they hadn't seen each other for more than a decade and Huo Yuhao was now an adult, the viciousness in his ice-blue eyes still disgusted her. The only difference was that Huo Yuhao was just an insignificant ant before, but now he had grown into a being that she instinctively feared.
Huo Yuhao did not take any further action, but waited for the reactions of other Xing Luo leaders around him.
Now, even without anyone's help, he could easily and silently take revenge on the Duchess, but he chose not to do so.
Zhu Jing saw that the Duchess's face was getting uglier and uglier, and thought to himself that something was wrong. Although the incident happened suddenly, he had to stand up and say something.
Just as he was about to speak, another strong pressure suddenly rolled in from outside the banquet hall and merged with Huo Yuhao's pressure. After the two offset each other, the pressure in the hall suddenly weakened a lot.
Huo Yuhao did not increase his aura to overpower the other party, but looked in the direction where the pressure came from, waiting for the main force to arrive. He knew that the Xingluo royal family would not remain indifferent to such a major diplomatic incident.
Huo Qiuer stood where she was, looking forward to what would happen next.
Soon, several main figures appeared in the banquet hall. The two leaders were naturally Xing Luo Emperor Xu Jiawei and White Tiger Duke Dai Hao. They were surrounded by several Xing Luo high-level officials and worshippers.
When she saw Xu Jiawei and Duke Baihu, the Duchess' eyes moved slightly, and a hint of joy appeared on her pale face.
A kind-looking priest smiled and said, "Today is a beautiful day for Xingluo to entertain the envoys from the sun and the moon. I wonder if there is anything wrong with the Xingluo Empire's hospitality?"
Huo Yuhao put away his pressure and said calmly: "We naturally feel the sincerity of the Xingluo Empire, but there is a small number of people in Xingluo who seem unwilling to let go of their prejudices. They think that the beautiful vision of peace between the two countries cannot resolve the four thousand years of hostility, and they provoke the Sun-Moon Empire again and again."