Ning Chen could not be bothered to waste words on them. He simply turned and walked out.

If they were going to submit, they could submit. And they dared name conditions?

Did these people really not have the first idea what state the Gaoli Kingdom was in?

If they did not submit to the Great Xuan, they could wait for Nanyue to grind them into the dirt.

Nanyue had been beating the Gaoli Kingdom all over the map already, and now the Nanyue State Preceptor had died in the Gaoli Kingdom and Kang Luo had run for his life in the night... Could Kang Luo swallow a disgrace like that?

From what Ning Chen knew of Kang Luo, if he did not beat the shit out of the Gaoli Kingdom, it would only be because they had already shat themselves empty.

With Ning Chen already at the door of the hall, the Gaoli ruler panicked. He said quickly, "My lord prince, stay a moment. Anything can be talked over."

Ning Chen already had one foot over the threshold. At the Gaoli ruler's words he stopped short and stood straddling the threshold, turned his head to look at him, and said in a tone that allowed no argument:

"First. If you bow your head as a vassal, then learn the way of a subject, and tribute to my Great Xuan every year is not negotiable.

Second. A marriage alliance, fine. The Seventh Princess of your Gaoli Kingdom marries my Great Xuan's Fourth Prince.

Third. The Great Xuan can stay out of the Gaoli Kingdom's government, but on every major decision, the Gaoli Kingdom follows the Great Xuan's lead.

Fourth. The Gaoli Kingdom sends envoys to pay court in my Great Xuan every year.

Fifth. You may no longer call yourself this emperor. I will ask my Great Xuan's emperor to confer on you the title of King of Gaoli.

Those are my terms. If you accept, I draw back my right leg, and from now on the Great Xuan and the Gaoli Kingdom hate our enemy with one hatred. If you…