Fortunately, Xie Xian did not return empty-handed. The Seventeenth Prince had reduced the benefits that Liang had promised Rouran by another twenty percent.
It was a full 30% inside and outside.
It wasn't that Emperor Yong Ping looked down on him, but he didn't want him to act like a big shot. If he brought back the things, King Rouran would think that Daliang had gone back on their word and didn't give them enough, thus deducting their share.
"Why did you send the seventeenth prince to Daliang? Is he smart? Did the Rouran King not take Liang seriously?"
Emperor Yong Ping called Zhuge Fu over.
On the day Zhuge Fu returned to Jiankang, the Emperor not only welcomed the Rouran diplomatic mission, but also praised Zhuge Fu. The Ministry of Rites issued an imperial edict on the same day. Zhuge Fu was appointed Minister of Justice, and his son Zhuge Shu was appointed as a fourth-grade general of the cavalry, in charge of the affairs of the guards.
