I was one of those who went as a delegate to the Prophet ﷺ. And when we asked permission to enter upon him, there was no one in the world whom we despised more than the one we were forced to go and see. But when we ended up leaving, there was no one in the world more beloved to us than the one we were departing from.
O Messenger of Allah ﷺ, why don't you ask your Lord to give you a kingdom like that of Sulayman AS?
Maybe your companion has been given a kingdom better than the kingdom of Sulayman. Allah has never sent any prophet except that He has given him one request that He will never reject. Some of those prophets asked for something of this world; some asked for punishments against their people; and as for me, Allah has given me a request that I have kept with myself between me and my Lord: it shall be my intercession (shafa'a) for my ummah on the Day of Judgment.
The Prophet ﷺ laughed before answering.