Chapter 36 The Queen's Hand 03
The Queen's Hand
By Sang Jie
03
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When Shen Yixi came to his senses, Liang Yushi and Luo Jingqu had already walked away.
He stood there and watched them walk to the center of the banquet hall. When others saw them coming, they automatically made way for them.
Although most people didn't know who Luo Jingqu was at first, and only thought that he must be from a prominent family, when they saw the Luo family emblem on the clothes of the servants behind him, they immediately understood his identity.
It is well known that although the eldest son of the Luo family has outstanding abilities, he has always kept a low profile and almost never appears in public.
This was his first time showing up, and his first action was to dance with Liang Yushi.
It seems that the Luo family, the top tycoon that has never made a clear statement in the election, is preparing to side with the Liang family?
For a moment, the eyes of the entire banquet hall were focused on the two of them.
Luo Jingqu took these looks calmly, raised the corner of his lips and stretched out his hand towards her, making an inviting gesture.
Liang Yushi smiled and placed her hand in his palm openly.
"Excuse me." He gently held her hand and placed his other hand lightly on her waist.
The two began to dance slowly to the soothing music.
Ballroom dancing was a course she had been learning since she was a child. At that time, Shen Yixi was her dance partner, who accompanied her in dancing various dances and guided her to improve her dance steps.
Why did I think of him again?
She shook her head slightly at this time.
This unromantic wooden man will one day make her die of anger, but she feels that what she did just now must have made someone very angry.
"Queen Liang, you dance very well." Luo Jingqu had a faint smile in his eyes.
"You're so kind," she said. "Mr. Luo is the one."
"Just call me Jingqu," the expensive black earrings on his ears reflected a faint luster under the light. Looking closer, this handsome man seemed to have an inherent swagger. "Can I call you Shishi?"
She nodded.
Luo Jingqu pursed his lips and said, "However, if I dare to shout like that in front of the Queen's Hand, I might lose my head in the next second."
She didn't respond.
After dancing for a while, she looked him in the eyes and said, "We are all smart people, so I will get straight to the point. I hope the Luo family can support me in this election."
He nodded slightly: "Hmm, that's quite direct...So, isn't that why I came here today?"
"But," she said, "the condition for the Luo family to support me will not be a marriage between the two of us."
Luo Jingqu wasn't surprised at all. He was silent for two seconds, looking at her with a half-smile. "Your Majesty, although our Luo family is wealthy, we're not a charity that seeks nothing in return. We will mobilize countless amounts of funds and manpower to support your campaign. If you and I don't form a marriage, are we going to give you money for free?"
"After I succeed in the election, the Luo family will be my designated representative chaebol, possessing absolute power over other chaebols. I will also provide most of the Liang family's resources to the Luo family free of charge. The integration of business and politics will bring the Luo family countless lucrative benefits."
Her usually sweet and lovely face now had a gradually sharpening tone: "If the Luo family doesn't stand on my side this time, then after I take office, I will use all means to block the Luo family's window."
After hearing her almost threatening words, he was not angry at all, but smiled even more provocatively: "From your tone, do you think you will definitely win the election?"
"That's a must," she said confidently, "I will succeed whether you help me or not."
Luo Jingqu took a step back and, using his dance steps, pulled her towards him. "I will consider your suggestion, but, pardon my insolence, you've met me in person, and you have no desire to marry into the Luo family? You're doing this to my chagrin, Queen."
As he spoke, he made a small gesture of covering his heart.
She also laughed: "This has nothing to do with you. I just don't accept the arranged marriages in feudal society."
"Oh?" He lowered his eyes. "You don't accept arranged marriages, or do you already have someone in your heart?"
Liang Yushi was stunned for a moment, raised her head, and found a hint of ridicule in his eyes.
"If you look back now," he said, "you'll find that our great Queen's Hand, Mr. Shen, is ablaze. If I could enter the banquet hall with a gun, my head would have turned into a hornet's nest by now."
She subconsciously glanced behind her with the corner of her eye, and saw that Shen Yixi's face at this moment was the ugliest she had ever seen in all the time she had known him.
"You should know without me saying it that the way Mr. Shen looks at you is not the way a normal childhood friend or trusted aide should look at you."
Luo Jingqu narrowed his eyes. "But it seems like he has his own inner demons that he can't get over, so he hasn't dared to break through that layer of window paper. My God, it's been so many years, can he really hold it in? Is there really nothing wrong with him in that aspect?"
Liang Yushi rolled her eyes gently: "Luo Jingqu, I advise you to be kind."
He smiled even more happily.
"Our marriage failed not only because of Shen Yixi,"
Unexpectedly, she suddenly said, "Excuse me for being blunt, but the purpose of your coming here today is not to really want to marry me. You just want to test my attitude, because even the omnipotent Master Luo has someone he can't get even if he tries his best."
As soon as she finished speaking, Luo Jingqu, who had been smiling all the time, froze almost imperceptibly.
"Although you act extremely cautiously, don't underestimate the Queen's intelligence network," she said, smiling like a fox. "As soon as I learned your name, I sent someone to investigate, and the news has just come back. Master Luo, you're capable of spending a fortune just to win the smile of a beautiful woman."
Before he could speak, she continued calmly, "We all have people we want to defend, but we also have the shackles of the secular world. How about we form an alliance and achieve a win-win situation?"
Luo Jingqu remained silent the entire time.
It wasn't until the end of the dance that he finally smiled again.
"Shishi, you're so interesting. You're so funny, I'm afraid I'll turn my fake alliance into real and really fall in love with you."
Liang Yushi made up her mind, and politely let go of his hand. She took a step back and said with a smile, "Get lost."
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Shen Yixi wants to kill someone now.
It should be said that he began to feel irritated from the moment Luo Jingqu appeared in front of him and Liang Yushi.
This unhappy mood finally reached its peak when she took Luo Jingqu's arm and went dancing.
She actually called him Mr. Shen.
Just now upstairs she was sweetly calling him Brother Yixi and asking him to help her put on her shoes.
And this was the first time she had held the arm of a man other than him and danced with that man.
For a moment he wanted to rush over and pull her back.
What are they talking about?
Why are they both smiling so happily?
And Luo Jingqu's hand, who allowed him to touch her waist like that?
…
All calmness and rationality were useless at this moment. Shen Yixi, who always faced everything calmly without even raising an eyebrow, stood there stiffly looking at them, and couldn't help but grind his back teeth viciously.
He really wanted to blow that ostentatious playboy Luo Jingqu into pieces.
But his long-term tolerance, upbringing and the last bit of rationality finally made him endure until the end of the dance.
He went to meet poet Liang Yu almost as soon as he left the center of the dance floor.
She glanced at him calmly and said, "I'm tired and want to go back to my room to rest."
"Okay." He had a sour face and wanted to take her out of the banquet hall without saying anything.
"Shishi."
Who knew that the next second, Luo Jingqu's voice came from behind.
When Shen Yixi heard him call her "Shishi", her face turned green, and she finally couldn't help but said coldly: "Mr. Luo, please respect yourself."
Luo Jingqu was not angry at all, and smiled gently and elegantly: "Mr. Shen, I don't think I need to respect myself for my fiancée."
Shen Yixi narrowed his eyes, his voice becoming more terrifying: "What did you say?"
Liang Yushi suppressed the smile in her eyes, fearing that Luo Jingqu, the young master who liked to play with fire, would make Shen Yixi angry on the spot. She pretended to come forward and smooth things over: "Mr. Luo, this is just a preliminary proposal. We will discuss the specific details later."
Luo Jingqu smiled and said, "Okay, keep in touch. I will miss you."
There were flames in Shen Yixi's eyes, but there were people around him, and even for Liang Yushi, he couldn't lose his composure on the spot.
After two seconds of silence, he clenched his fists tightly and followed Liang Yushi out.
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No conversation along the way.
He was holding back his anger until he got out of the elevator and followed Liang Yushi into the suite.
As soon as he entered her bedroom, he said coldly to the servants who were waiting in the room to help Liang Yushi change clothes and remove makeup: "You go wait outside the suite first, we have something to talk about."
The servants were already in awe of the Queen's hand, who was decisive and swift in her actions, and they all left the room immediately.
Liang Yushi's expression was still calm. She sat down on the large bed and looked up at him: "If you have anything to talk about, can we do it tomorrow? I'm a little tired."
He looked at her motionlessly: "Do you agree to the proposal of marriage with Luo Jingqu?"
She said indifferently, "It's preliminarily agreed, but there are still some details to discuss."
Hearing her say it herself, he felt like he was about to fall: "You like him?"
She didn't say whether she liked him or not: "I think he's pretty good."
"Where is good?"
"She's good-looking, smart, funny, and well-educated. What's wrong with that?"
Shen Yixi was silent for two seconds, then laughed in anger: "You only met him for the first time, and all you saw was his appearance. How much do you know about the real him? With his ostentatious appearance, can he be loyal? Can he really treat you well for the rest of his life?"
She looked at him: "These are not important."
"Not important?" He stepped forward, gnashing his teeth as he called her by her full name. "Liang Yushi, in these twenty years, I've never taught you to treat your marriage and future as a joke. This isn't about choosing a partner for profit; it's about choosing your lifelong partner!"
"so what?"
She didn't get angry even though he yelled at her. She just stared into his eyes and said, "Since you think Luo Jingqu is not worthy of being my partner, why don't you go find me one?"
He breathed softly and said nothing for a while.
"If you think he's unfaithful and unreliable, then please find someone who truly loves me, is loyal to me, and can help me in the election. After all, your care and concern for me, and your dedication to me every day for the past 20 years, are all for my ultimate victory in this election."
After hearing her words, Shen Yixi's whole body shook slightly.
After a while, he said, "Shishi, I..."
"Isn't that so?" She raised her eyelids. "You and Uncle Shen, every single one of you in the Shen family for generations, have only ever served the emperor out of loyalty. Do you harbor any other feelings for me besides that?"
Her last question was like a sharp sword, shooting straight towards his heart.
He stood there, unable to fight back, and was instantly stabbed and bleeding.
These are the words that he has been constantly reminded of by his father and his family.
Every time his heart was moved by her smile.
Whenever he couldn't help himself because of her voice.
Every time he was on the verge of hugging her and kissing her...
There was a voice saying to him: Shen Yixi, no.
She is not someone you can touch, you are not qualified to do so.
You can only help her and assist her, other than that, you cannot have any other feelings for her.
Even if you have already fallen deeply and hopelessly in love with her.
The bedroom was silent. She looked at him with a twinkle in her eyes, her hands clenched into fists, holding her breath waiting for his reaction.
I don’t know how long it took.
He opened his mouth, but his voice was completely hoarse: "I don't have any other feelings..."
Before he could finish his words, the faint light in her eyes was instantly extinguished.
"Shen Yixi,"
After a while, she said to him expressionlessly, "So you have no right to tell me who I marry."
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