Volume 1 Chapter 9 (1/2)
Tery:
Chinese names In Chinese naiven name In formalities one would address another by their surnaiven names are only used by people close to you
The (Seven) Warring States Period: 475 BC- 221 BC, Ancient China was separated into 7 major states, which were continuously at ith each other During this period, Agriculture, industry, econoacy of war tactics written by tacticians of that time froe This was a complete mess for the country itself, there was no time to develop the societies and culture until the next period of Ancient China were unification was beginning
Tang Dynasty618-907 AD The Tang Dynasty was the most prosperous era for the Ancient Chinese e culture in the forress and stability
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Updated map of countries enta – Li, Green – Tong and Red – Xi Rei
(Drawing an outline with a mouse was hard ;_;)
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The scene that Feng Ming had first iined was both men mounted on their horses, the animals in a wild bolt across an open plain
His reality presented him with a lawn cordoned off by a wooden fence they didn’t even leave the confines of the palace
The pitiful sight before hiination co into a slump of anti-climax
Subsequently, the animal that was lead out towards him was not even close to a horse, one could easily classify the sorry looking animals a dumpy mule
The romantic and wild horseback ride, turned into a complete flop, no one could bla Tian
Rong wang paid no attention to the death ray ai’s fantasy was brought to a halt
“I believe you have also forgotten your horsemanshi+p skills you have learnt from childhood It is best you start with a s to ride a full size one outside of the Palace, safety co bitterly mumbled
“You tricked th covered their
In order to preserve the last re toto happen over his dead body
Rong wang surrendered sighing at the stubborn boy he resorted to his last option and called out to his stable masters
“Someone, prepare White Cloud and lead hinified high pitch of a horse’s neigh could be heard An attendant e leamed with a healthy sheen
It was as if appeared from some mythical story, it emitted a majestic atmosphere One could iious line of estee’s eyes quickly flickered with excitee in Feng Ming’s s effortlessly over his horse and mounted it as if it was second nature he then pro up to join him
“This here is ave his prized pet a tap with his heels on its belly and the well trained horse screaallop The aniers at a speed of wind
This was Feng Ming’s first experience on a horse, and the adrenaline rush surging through hi than any crazy roller coaster ride
With little effort White Cloud hadarea at God speed
Rong wang reined in the bridle and the great animal obediently came to a halt
“Continue! Hey! Come on!” cried the Prince still elated with joy
“I have to attend to officialreplied, regardless this didn’t daer man’s spirit
“That’s even better, you can leave and I can ride White Cloud byordered bluntly as he cast rain over Feng Ming’s parade
Rong Tian disled to tear the unrelenting Feng Ming off his perch
The boy was still tightly holding onto White Clouds reigns when the King finally ed to yank him down
“White Cloud won’t accept other people than et hurt You can ride that one over there” His finger pointed off to the side at an innocent pony nibbling away at a patch of grass
Feng Ming stared at the pony bitterly and straight up refused the degrading animal
“That’s out of the question! I can ride a horse and I want to ride White Cloud” He whined stubborn as a fat kid in a candy store
As the result of their quarrel, Feng Ming revoked his chance to even ride a pony
Rong wang was afraid leaving the boy by hierto attend to Xi Rei’s business
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When the pair entered the official court hall, it was already occupied with nued the roo officers were stunned, their jaws jarred and eyes peel wide open to the bewildering sight before the
The Crowned Prince as tucked away deep in the secretto attend afor official business
Were their eyes playing tricks on the around the Palace had more credit than any of them liked to believe, especially when the evidence was clear as day
King Rong and His Majesty’s relationshi+p appeared to have taken a new direction
Within moments of their silent shock the officials scrambled to collect themselves, and offered their “Crowned Prince” the correct respectful salutations
“Your Highness”
“Your Majesty” Theywatched his subjects, who clearly held the Prince with no esteehtest hint of respect could not be sniffed out between their greetings
This only paid to further highlight how each individual saw hi hoeak and incompetent he was inwardly, the Prince couldn’t help but feel the man beside hie sole over he decided not to be swa from the court officials
He chose to turn the situation into a jest, for his own entertain Tian
With a feigned blank expression he provoked the Regent King
“Rong wang, how am to address the wang’s eyes flared dangerously as they bearessively
“That type of etiquette is reserved only for the Regent King of Xi Rei”
For better insurance towas clear on the matter he further warned
“You are not allowed to kiss any of the court officials, do you understand?”
The officials sat in their assigned seats, and the Regent King arranged for Feng Ming to be seated with him in the iven to him out of the proper respect of his Royal identity
In the centre of the hall was a mural map made entirely out of clay, it showed various countries with their terrains
Countlessit look more like a pin cushi+on Lines that curved over the surface of the reat kingdom occupied a vast area of land riddled with nu studied the iven him
Apparently within this era, there were eleven countries continuously locking ardoms and it was chaos
This type of situation was evenStates in ancient China which Feng Ming had known of from history class in his oorld
“Disputes have increased at the borders we share with the Tong country The number of thieves has escalated and our civilians have been pillaged We have received reports of property da”
A heavy-set old and white haired General grunted
“Fro’s doing They are deliberately provoking us to start conflict Why else would those petty criminals flee across the border when our troops were deployed to catch the steadily replied
“Don’t be i is a scheood ter with a pressing ies on hoe shall deal with the envoy arriving fro the co Ming a headache so he tugged lightly at the Regent King’s sleeve to get his attention
“What kind of place is the Country of Li?” he asked in a whisper
The court was modest in size hence it was no hard task for the audience’s attentive ears to catch hold of the Prince’s question
Although the Prince’s incompetence was notorious, none of the subjects would have fathomed that he could wasn’t even educated in the countries around Xi Rei and their circumstances
Countless pairs of conte’s blank face
Rong wang ignored the insolence, stood up and walked towards the ion North of Xi Rei
“The Country of Li is located here”
In a gentle tone he continued a short lecture
“An official er sent by Xi Rei was assassinated within the borders of Li As a result, Xi Rei is now in a position of initiating a war”
Another snort interrupted the court proceedings
”Hued ed sword tucked into a belt on his waist, his fury unleashed in a rain of spiteful words
“The Country of Li is inciting war! So be it! I, Tong Jian-Ming will be the first not to show anyof Li!” He roared
Catching the “Tong” as thewas absolutely positive that the crazy raced with
Feng Ming hadhow his visitor had left looking like a sorry scoundrel He had eagerly waited for any reprisal to co had specifically cautioned Tong Yi to stay clear of the Prince
Rong wang pondered for a short while and shook his head distastefully
“King Li ascended the throne at a young age and he has high adomsHe is a problerows However the Country of Tong are not sitting idly, they are a tiger waiting patiently for an advantage to take its prey”
He paused
“If we act to rashly and send our troops into ith Li, this will only provide an opening to any attacks by Tong They will anticipate our lowered defenses”
Feng Ming blurted with out thinking
“Was the h ranked officer? So youa war for this reason?”