Queen's Development

Chapter 216 The Meeting of Wind and Cloud (5)

After negotiating for a period of time, Han Qing was basically sure that Bai Yuming and Han Zhaoyang were deliberately dragging Da Zhou's side.

He remained calm, but secretly sent his cronies to Liao to inquire.

After entering April, the negotiations were stalemate again, and Han Qing finally threw out his trump card—he asked to talk to Bai Yuming and Han Zhaoyang alone.

Lin Jialin left and told Bai Yuming and Han Zhaoyang that the most important word was procrastination, so Bai Yuming and Han Zhaoyang agreed to talk with Han Qing in private.

Han Qing got up with a smile, and led Bai Yuming and Han Zhaoyang out of the lobby and into the east wing.

Before Bai Yuming entered the East Wing, he smelled the fragrance of tea through the green bamboo silk door curtain. After entering the East Wing, he realized that the East Wing was very elegant and clean. There was an exquisite tea table on the rosewood arhat bed. There is a small red clay stove on it, and the water is "gurgling".

After the host and guest sat down, Han Qing started to make tea.

Bai Yuming took a taste of the plain porcelain tea cup, put down the tea cup, and looked at Han Qing calmly.

Han Zhaoyang also put down the teacup and looked up at Han Qing.

Han Qing picked up the teacup and took a sip, the clear and slightly bitter fragrance of tea permeated his mouth.

He put down the teacup and said with a smile: "If Xixia and Da Zhou form an alliance to deal with the Liao Kingdom, my conditions are very simple."

Bai Yuming and Han Zhaoyang adjusted their sitting postures imperceptibly upon hearing the words—Han Qing was finally about to reveal his trump card!
Han Qing lowered his eyes, picked up the tea cup and took another sip, his pale face blurred in the curling water vapor.

After putting down the teacup, he said: "The first condition is to detoxify me."

Bai Yuming and Han Zhaoyang glanced at each other, and there was no difference in their eyes.

Han Zhaoyang smiled slightly: "My lord, what about the second condition?"

Han Qing's gaze fell on Bai Yuming's face, and after circling around, he said softly, "I want to take Yuzhi away."

Both Bai Yuming and Han Zhaoyang were stunned.

Han Qing took a look at Bai Yuming, and emphasized again: "I want to take away Concubine Bai."

There was a smile of determination on the corner of his lips: "If these two conditions of mine are met, other things can be discussed."

Han Zhaoyang looked at Bai Yuming, saw Bai Yuming's back was straight, and his body was frozen there, as if he was extremely angry, so he quietly reached out and patted Bai Yuming's back, and then looked at Han Qing with a smile: "Your Majesty, this is just a joke!" !Ha ha!"

Han Qing took the time to look at Han Zhaoyang and Bai Yuming whose face had changed, and said slowly: "It's just a woman, but she can buy many years of peace and win precious development time for Da Zhou... Whichever is more important, you all take care of yourself." Estimate it!"

Of course he knew that Bai Yuming and Han Zhaoyang were incapable of making decisions, but Han Zhaoyang was able to convey his conditions to the cabinet, to Emperor Yongtai...

If Emperor Yongtai agrees, then Lin Jia may not be able to decide...

Han Qing hated the dry climate in the northwest, but if he was accompanied by Yu Zhi, then the northwest would not be such a terrible place.

A smile appeared on Han Qing's handsome face when he thought that Yu Zhi would spend his whole life with him in the Northwest one day.

Bai Yuming narrowed his eyes and looked at Han Qing's smug face, wishing he could punch him and smash this hateful face into pieces.

Han Zhaoyang said with a smile: "Your Majesty, we have no control over this matter, we have to think long-term."

Han Qing picked up the teacup and took a sip, smiling: "I'm very patient!"

Since entering April, the weather has become hotter all of a sudden.

Yuzhi was already six months pregnant, and she was always afraid of heat, so she asked someone to put a gold plate filled with icebergs in the room to cool it down.

In the evening, when the weather finally cooled down, Yuzhi patted her stomach and took her maid for a walk in the courtyard.

She likes rose flowers. In early spring, she ordered people to plant a lot of roses in the courtyard, and now they are blooming one after another, blooming colorfully in the golden sunset.

Yuzhi took a pink rose pinched by Ye Ling and was sniffing it lightly when she heard footsteps in front of her.

She looked up and saw Li Fanxing walking over with Bai Yuming, smiling and waving: "Brother, I'm here!"

Bai Yuming raised his eyes and looked over, seeing Yu Zhi standing pretty among the rose bushes with a bright smile, he couldn't help sighing secretly, and walked over.

Seeing that her brother's expression was a little off, Yuzhi talked to Bai Yuming sentence by sentence, and walked towards the main room together.

Bai Yuming smelled the fragrance of rose flowers, looked at Yuzhi who was holding rose flowers, and asked softly: "Yuzhi, did the prince say anything to you when he left?"

Yu Zhi glanced at her brother, her eyes were full of deep thought, but said: "Brother, let's talk about it in the room."

Entering the Ming Room, Yuzhi and Bai Yuming sat down on the yellow rosewood armchairs placed against the east wall for the convenience of talking.

Yuzhi asked all the waiters to retreat, and then said: "My lord only said that Han Qing is in the capital, and told me not to go out."

Bai Yuming frowned and said, "My lord knows that Han Qing... covets you?"

Yuzhi nodded calmly: "I know!"

Seeing her brother's expression was wrong, she hurriedly said, "Han Qing is very strange..."

Bai Yuming glanced outside, saw that the bamboo silk curtain was hanging down, and there was no one outside, so he approached Yuzhi and said in a low voice: "Han Qing asked to talk to me, Han Zhaoyang, in private today, and put forward two conditions!"

Yuzhi looked into her brother's eyes with a calm face: "One of the conditions is that I go to Xixia with him, right?"

Bai Yuming didn't expect Yuzhi to understand everything, so he nodded.

Yu Zhi sneered, and said, "He mentioned this matter in front of you and Han Zhaoyang, I'm afraid it was intentional, he probably wanted Han Zhaoyang to tell Han Li about this, and put pressure on Lin Jia through Han Li!"

Bai Yuming frowned and said, "I'm still worried that Han Li will report this matter to Emperor Yongtai and make a decision while the prince is not in the capital, and make you a victim..."

Although Yuzhi is Lin Jia's side concubine, but the side concubine is still a concubine, the concubine can do business, those dignitaries will betray Yuzhi without blinking an eye!
Yuzhi also had a trace of fear in her heart.

She leaned back in her chair slowly, thinking slowly.

Bai Yuming kept looking at Yuzhi, his eyes, which were exactly the same as Yuzhi's, were full of worry.

Yuzhi stretched out her hand and rubbed her face vigorously, then looked at Bai Yuming: "Brother, I'll ask Li Rui to come over, let's discuss it together!"

Bai Yuming nodded.

He knew that Li Rui did his best for Yuzhi.

Li Rui was dealing with Yuyiwei's affairs, when he heard that Yuzhi invited him over, he asked Feiying and the others to wait there, and got up and went to the bedroom by himself.

Fei Ying didn't know what Li Rui was doing in the bedroom. He was waiting in the open room when he saw Li Rui coming out of the bedroom. He wore a black jade belt, and Li Rui's face was still damp, as if he had just washed his face, and he looked even more handsome.

Watching Li Ruishi go out suddenly, Feiying murmured to himself: "...Isn't it just to listen to Songyuan to meet Concubine Bai? Is it necessary to dress up like this?"

When Li Rui entered, Bai Yuming was sitting there with one hand supporting his heart, thinking about his thoughts, while Yuzhi was eating peaches.

Yuzhi patiently peeled off the thin skin of the peach, and then took a bite, the peach melted in the mouth, full of sweetness.

On the white jade plate in her hand were several peaches that she had just peeled.

As soon as Li Rui entered, he saw Yuzhi eating peaches, while Bai Yuming was sitting on the side with a worried face.

He cupped his hands calmly and saluted: "I've seen the side concubine!"

Yuzhi wiped the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief, and said with a smile, "Li Rui, go and wash your hands, come and eat peaches, it's so sweet!"

When Li Rui saw her eating it, he thought it must be delicious, so even though he didn't like peaches, he still washed his hands, took a bite of a peeled Jade Gardenia - it was really sweet!
Yuzhi also took another one and took a big bite.

Bai Yuming was full of thoughts, seeing Yuzhi and Li Rui only caring about eating peaches, he was so angry and funny, he put his arms around his chest, watching Yuzhi and Li Rui share a plate of peaches and finished eating.

Han Lin sent a few wet towels on a gold plate, and gave them to Yuzhi and Li Rui, asking them to wipe their hands and faces.

After Han Lin retreated, Yuzhi looked at Li Rui: "Han Qing put forward two conditions in front of my brother and Han Zhaoyang, one is to detoxify him, and the other is to take me back to Xixia."

Hearing this, Li Rui's pupils constricted suddenly, and quickly returned to their original shape. He looked at Bai Yuming, "Is Han Zhaoyang here?"

Bai Yuming nodded.

Li Rui thought for a moment, and then said: "Han Zhaoyang is Mr. Han's son. Mr. Han has always put state affairs first, so he will definitely choose to sacrifice his side concubine."

Yuzhi sneered and said, "I'm not afraid of going to Xixia, what I'm worried about is that because I go to Xixia, Ah Yin will lose his right to inherit in the future!"

When she said this, her eyes were involuntarily moist.

Yuzhi knew clearly in her heart that she was not only afraid that Ah Yin would lose her inheritance because of having a mother like her, but also worried that Lin Jia would really give her to Han Qing for the sake of the country.

Li Rui and Bai Yuming hadn't thought of this yet, but when they heard Yu Zhi's words, they were silent for a moment - for Yu Zhi, this was the most important thing!
After a while, Li Rui said softly: "Concubine side, I'll think of a way to send you away first, and then I'll see the prince's attitude. If the prince agrees to send you to Xixia, I will take you away—a missing mother, It is better for the son than a mother who becomes the concubine of the great king of the enemy country."

Yu Zhi was silent for a moment and said: "Let me think about it..."

(End of this chapter)