Chapter 74 The Charlatan National Preceptor Was Captured by the Dark-Faced Tyrant 32
Xie Hanzhou said without changing his expression.
After all, practice makes perfect.
Yu Sheng was shocked by his words. If this happened a few more times, he felt he would be completely ruined.
"Get lost—"
Xie Hanzhou didn't roll away. Instead, he sat down on the edge of the bed and massaged his waist. Although his massage technique was clumsy, it wasn't entirely useless.
At least Yu Sheng's anger subsided considerably.
The atmosphere between the two was harmonious until Steward An rushed over, breaking the silence.
Xie Hanzhou glared at him.
You'd better have something to do.
Steward An swallowed hard; even without Xie Hanzhou saying anything, one could guess what he was thinking.
"Your Majesty, Crown Prince Qin Zheng of the neighboring kingdom requests an audience, saying he wishes to discuss Princess Yunluo's matter with you. What do you think..."
Qin Zheng, it's Qin Zheng again!
Xie Hanzhou gritted his teeth and told him to get lost, but Steward An didn't move and glanced at Yu Sheng.
Yu Sheng naturally understood what Steward An was thinking, and poked Xie Hanzhou's side with her finger. "Alright, they're here on business, why aren't you letting them in? You promised them yesterday."
"Then he could have come later. Is he in such a hurry to be reincarnated?" Xie Hanzhou muttered under his breath.
But he still listened to Yu Sheng and obediently let Steward An bring the person in.
From the moment she entered, Qin Zheng sensed something was off about the atmosphere. She felt a chill on her neck, and when she looked up, she was met with Xie Hanzhou's murderous face.
Judging from Xie Hanzhou's expression, he didn't want to say anything more.
It's all blackened to the bottom of a pot.
A strong killing intent could still be faintly sensed inside the palace, and the feeling intensified after Steward An thoughtfully closed the door.
Qin Zheng couldn't help but touch her neck.
I have this feeling that my neck won't belong to me anymore in a little while.
Just looking at his face, Xie Hanzhou was immediately annoyed.
But they were genuinely there to discuss serious business, so he couldn't go too far, especially since his Sheng Sheng was right there!
Xie Hanzhou forced a smile, which made Qin Zheng's heart sink.
"Um... maybe you shouldn't smile. It feels a bit strange to see you suddenly smiling at me."
Actually, he was scared.
He felt that Xie Hanzhou's smile could only be described as eerie.
Xie Hanzhou immediately withdrew his smile and reverted to his stern-faced emperor persona.
"So, what do you want to do?" Xie Hanzhou asked, raising an eyebrow.
Qin Zheng glanced at Yu Sheng beside her and said without any hesitation, "Of course I want to cooperate with His Majesty. His Majesty certainly doesn't want his own sister to marry an old man who is half-buried in the ground, nor does he want to cause a war that would displace the people."
"Therefore, the safest course of action for Your Majesty is to cooperate with me."
"I don't ask for much, I just want that position."
Xie Hanzhou tapped the table lightly with his fingers. The two sat opposite each other, one with a cold expression, the other with composure.
The aura between the two was strangely harmonious.
Xie Hanzhou paused in his tapping of the table, then reached out to pour Qin Zheng a cup of tea. "But as far as I know, your position as crown prince is very secure, your maternal family holds a prominent position, and that old man also thinks highly of you, so..."
"I don't understand why you say you want that position? You can have it easily."
Xie Hanzhou narrowed his eyes, staring intently at Qin Zheng, not wanting to miss a single expression on his face.
Qin Zheng also allowed him to look her over without any hesitation.
Finally, he gently closed his folding fan and sighed softly, "Damn, it may be easy to get, but who the hell wants to be emperor again after several decades?"
"By that time, I would have become the retired emperor."
"That old geezer, he's lecherous all the time, but he's like a thousand-year-old tortoise or a ten-thousand-year-old turtle, who can outlive him!"
"The Imperial Advisor Bai Jinghan once divined that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, he would live to a ripe old age. Listen to that. If there were no other way, do you think I would want to get rid of him?"
Isn't it because he's incredibly resilient?
He might not even live that long.
Xie Hanzhou fell silent, never expecting such a reason.
So, is Qin Zheng planning to make that tyrannical emperor die "accidentally"?
"Sheng Sheng, do you know if what he said is true?"
He wasn't sure how credible Qin Zheng's words were, but his wife was like a sage, naturally possessing the ability to discern the truth from falsehood in Qin Zheng's words.
If Qin Zheng dares to lie to him...
At that moment, Qin Zheng inexplicably felt a chill run through her body.
Qin Zheng's gaze involuntarily fell on Yu Sheng, who was lying on the bed, lazily raising his hand to yawn. "He didn't lie to you."
"After all, he's in a foreign country, he doesn't have the guts to lie to you. If you found out, you would definitely kill him."
"Sheng Sheng really understands me."
Xie Hanzhou turned around and said to Qin Zheng with more affirmation, "You're quite smart."
Qin Zheng covered her neck in terror, jumped up and looked at Xie Hanzhou warily. "Please, can you stop thinking about my head?"
"Who's thinking about your head? I'm praising you, can't you tell?"
Qin Zheng: Your way of praising people is quite unique.
"If you were an idiot, I wouldn't bother with you, but fortunately, you are different from an idiot."
"So, you're planning to use this marriage alliance to get rid of your old turtle father?"
Qin Zheng: "..."
He felt that Xie Hanzhou was indirectly insulting him.
His father is an old turtle, so what is he?
But seeing Xie Hanzhou's serious expression, he realized he might be overthinking things.
888: No, no, no, he was just indirectly insulting you. He had the same expression when he was being suggestive last night.
"Since he wants Princess Yunluo to marry him, we can use this to shut him up completely. He wants Princess Yunluo, right? Then give him one. But whether Princess Yunluo is here for a marriage alliance or to send him on his way is unknown."
"As for whether the neighboring country will be furious, you can rest assured that I will shut them up."
"Besides, he was in the wrong to begin with. Even if you, Li Guo, wanted to assassinate him, there would be no objection. Moreover, he is a tyrannical ruler, and there are plenty of people in the court who wish for his death. No one will hold Li Guo responsible."
"They might even thank Li Guo, since my old man stole the women from his minister's household."
Xie Hanzhou smiled slightly, "Your Highness is truly resourceful. I'm afraid you had already devised a plan, and you also anticipated that I would agree."
"Indeed, I had anticipated everything, so... Your Majesty, would you like to cooperate with me?"
"I'm afraid things aren't as simple as you say, are they? If that were all, you could easily hire someone to kill someone and then smear Li Guo. So what are you hiding?"
Qin Zheng clapped her hands and cheered, "As expected of you, I did hide some things..."
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