Irina prayed for a long time next to the red marble of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and then took out a golden cross from her chest and rubbed it on the marble, wanting to contaminate it with holy breath and prepare to take it back for worship.

After the pilgrimage to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Irina, accompanied by Zhao Ziliang, visited the Mosque on the Temple Mount, the Wailing Wall, and later Antonia.

Another day later, Irina officially began to exchange views and opinions with Zhao Ziliang on the relations between the two countries, which was held at the Palace of Herod Antipas.

Zhao Ziliang said: "Your Royal Highness, you want to talk to King Gu about the development of relations between the two countries, but can you represent Emperor Leo IV and the Eastern Roman Empire?" You must know that the emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire is Leo IV, if he has a formal authorization to His Highness, King Lone is willing to give His Highness this opportunity! ”

Irina said bluntly: "Leo is ill, he has issued a decree to give me full authority to handle state affairs, I think I am qualified to negotiate with His Highness on behalf of the Eastern Roman Empire!" ”

Li Muchen whispered a few words in Zhao Ziliang's ear, and after listening to it, Zhao Ziliang said to Irina: "Okay, King Gu admits that His Royal Highness has this qualification, but what does His Highness want to talk about with King Lone?" ”

Irina bluntly pointed out: "Your Highness, our Eastern Roman Empire does not want to be an enemy of Western Qin, and now that we have taken the initiative to abandon Syria and Canaan, I don't know what it means that Your Highness is still hoarding tens of thousands of troops in Armenia and the Caucasus?" Do you want an all-out war with my Eastern Roman Empire? ”

Zhao Ziliang laughed, "Your Highness, we mobilized the army in that area just for training, Your Highness is thinking too much!" ”

Irina shook her head: "You should understand that your gathering of so many troops on the border has caused a lot of military pressure on our side, if Xiqin intends to coexist with my Xiqin for a long time, I hope His Royal Highness will order the withdrawal of all the troops, so as not to cause misunderstandings, and so many troops are on the border, it will inevitably cause friction, and once the situation gets out of control, it will not be so easy to stabilize the situation!" ”

Zhao Ziliang didn't intend to let go, "Things are not as simple as you think, when we were at war with the Great Food Country, your country took advantage of the fire to rob, and suddenly sent troops to occupy Syria and Canaan, without saying a word, this Syria and Canaan land is a plate of food, our Xiqin has already taken it to the mouth, but your country has stuck a rod and taken away the food that originally belonged to us, Your Highness will not think that this matter will be so easy, right?" ”

Irina immediately said: "Your Highness, Syria and the land of Canaan were originally the territory of my Eastern Roman Empire, and they were forcibly seized by the Great Food Nation more than a hundred years ago, isn't it natural for us to send troops to recover them when the Great Food Country's strength is at its weakest?" ”

Zhao Ziliang shook his head: "Your Highness is not right when you say this, Syria and Canaan were not the land of the Eastern Roman Empire from the beginning, many civilizations were born here, and they were occupied by many countries, and the history of the Eastern Roman Empire is only a few hundred years, why do you think it was originally your land?" ”

Irina immediately retorted: "But its original owners have long been lost in history, and our Eastern Roman Empire is its last master!" ”

"I don't agree with your statement, the Jews established their kingdom here a long time ago, they are now scattered in many places, and there are still many Jews here, and these people are now the subjects of my Western Qin State, so my Western Qin Kingdom has indisputable sovereignty over here!"

At this point in this controversy, Irina has already understood that if there is no more powerful existence in this world to uphold justice, there is no reason between the two countries, and whoever has a hard fist will be reasonable! I'm just going to stay here, what can you do to me? Let you be reasonable, lay out the facts, and shout so badly, Lao Tzu just won't leave, and if you have the ability, you will fight Lao Tzu! After a few decades, this place will become Lao Tzu.

For Syria and Canaan, this is not the purpose of Irina's visit to Jerusalem, her purpose is to get the Western Qin to withdraw the army, if possible, to get cotton seeds, cotton planting technology and other related technologies from the Western Qin, so that cotton can begin to popularize in the Eastern Roman Empire.

Thinking of this, Irina said: "Okay, Your Highness, I know that it was rude for us to quickly occupy Syria and Canaan without greeting your country when we took advantage of the Mahdi's withdrawal, but you can't blame all the faults on our Eastern Roman Empire, if Western Qin had already occupied Syria and Canaan at that time, and we sent troops again, it was our fault, but when Mahdi's forces withdrew, your country's forces had not yet entered, and this was a terra nullius land at that time, It's definitely who's first-served! ”

Zhao Ziliang was noncommittal, and threw out other questions: "At that time, after your country occupied Syria and Canaan, it repeatedly clashed with our Western Qin army in the border areas, and repeatedly sent small groups of people to provocate deep into the territory of our forces, what can you say?" ”

Irina sneered in her heart, but her face remained silent, still with a smile and a gentle expression, "Your Highness, you and I both know what the situation was at that time, why bother with this matter, if you really poke out the truth, I am afraid that the face of the Western Qin Kingdom will not look good." We don't want to worry about this with Western Qin now, I am discussing with His Highness the future of relations between the two countries, His Highness has stationed troops in Armenia and the Caucasus, which poses a great threat to our side, if Western Qin wants to maintain relations between the two sides, it must withdraw its troops and return to the previous state! ”

Zhao Ziliang said with a smile: "I myself don't have any other ideas about the future of the relationship between the two countries, at this stage, it is beneficial for both parties to maintain the status quo or go further in the relationship between the two countries, but some of your country's actions make me very annoyed, your country always likes to point fingers, for example, we established diplomatic and commercial relations with the Bolgar Khanate a few years ago, but your country interfered in the sabotage, your relationship with the Bolgars is not good, that is a matter between you, but you come to prevent the destruction of our diplomatic relations with the Bulgars is nosy!" I could order the withdrawal of troops, but the Eastern Roman Empire had to pay something! ”

Irina gritted her teeth, looked at Zhao Ziliang and asked, "How can Your Highness withdraw from the army?" ”

Zhao Ziliang said: "It's very simple, Eastern Rome is a vassal to my Western Qin, and pays a tribute of 2,000 catties of gold every year!" ”

Shame, shame! After listening to Zhao Ziliang's request, Irina was so angry that the rise and fall of her chest suddenly increased, her breathing was short, and her face turned red.

Zhao Ziliang saw Irina, his eyes were extremely aggressive, and Irina, as a woman, immediately felt it, and she was happy in her heart, you finally have a reaction.

I saw Zhao Ziliang smile and said: "Your Royal Highness, even if you don't agree, you don't need to be angry, let alone rush to refuse, you can think about it slowly, I'm not in a hurry!" I think that's all for today, tomorrow I'm going to Amman, there is a very good hot spring, if Her Royal Highness is interested, I invite Her Royal Highness to go to the hot springs together! ”

For Irina, now she is afraid that Zhao Ziliang will not mention the conditions, as long as he puts forward the conditions, it means that there is room for things to turn around, if he does not mention the conditions, then she will really despair. Judging from Zhao Ziliang's performance and reaction now, it shows that this matter should be negotiable, Zhao Ziliang has already put forward conditions, but can the Eastern Roman Empire really agree to such harsh conditions?

Irina thought a lot in her mind for a moment, going to the hot springs in Amman, this is a very strong signal, she has a hunch that something will definitely happen there, if she wants to achieve her goal, then she can't leave Zhao Ziliang for too long, she must be able to see him every day, only then can she use her means.

"Okay, I accepted His Highness's invitation, I have heard about the hot springs in Amman, but I have never had the opportunity to see them!"

Zhao Ziliang nodded with a smile and said, "I will send someone to pick up Her Royal Highness the Queen tomorrow morning!" ”

After sending Irina away, Li Muchen returned and said to Zhao Ziliang: "King, this Irina is indeed good, presumably the king has already moved his heart for her, right?" ”

Zhao Ziliang smiled: "How can you see it? ”

"If not, how could the king invite her to Mainin Hot Springs?"

Zhao Ziliang laughed: "How can there be a hero who doesn't like beauties?" What's more, Irina is still a peerless beauty? ”

Li Muchen sighed: "Weichen is worried that the king will suffer from her way!" ”

Zhao Ziliang took a sip of his wine glass and said with a smile: "It's one thing to be tempted, it's another thing to be tempted by her way, and this king can still tell the difference between it!" ”

The next day, Zhao Ziliang and Irina traveled to Amman together, passing the Dead Sea coast and heading north across the Jordan River in the Jordan Valley, where they spent the night resting at the restored Makarus Castle before arriving in Amman.

Zhao Ziliang and Irina stayed on Castle Hill, there is a royal palace on Castle Hill, which was built by the Umayyad Caliph, also known as the Emir's Palace, which is a palace. The size of the palace is not small, with more than enough rooms.

Main Hot Springs is not too far from Castle Hill, and the group arrived quickly on horseback, which is a mecca for heat therapy.

Irina decided to take the initiative, and that night, she took two maids to Zhao Ziliang's room, but was stopped by the guards.

When Zhao Ziliang learned about it, he ordered the guards to let them in, but they were strictly searched before entering. Zhao Ziliang was wearing a loose robe, watched Irina walk in and asked, "Is there anything wrong with Her Royal Highness the Queen coming so late?" ”

Irina said bluntly: "Regarding the issue of relations between the two countries, I would like to talk to His Highness alone!" When she had finished speaking, she ordered the two maids who had come with her to withdraw.

Zhao Ziliang looked at Irina for a while, waved his hand, and the attendants and maids in the huge room all retreated one after another.

The door of the dormitory was then closed by the attendants outside the door, leaving only Zhao Ziliang and Irina, Zhao Ziliang had not had time to speak, and Irina was already naked.