Chapter 960: Courtesy first, then attack
The palace maids helped the emperor take off his heavy outer robe and heavy golden crown, and helped him change into light casual clothes. Then they withdrew tacitly, leaving the space in the room to the emperor and the imperial concubine.
Xiao Xixi wrapped herself in the quilt again, leaving only her little head exposed.
She gave Luo Qinghan a flattering smile.
"There are roasted chestnuts in the brazier. They should be cooked. Can you help me take them out?"
A mere concubine actually dared to order the emperor to do things. If outsiders saw this, they would definitely jump up and scold her for being unruly.
Luo Qinghan himself doesn't care about these.
He even liked the feeling of being needed by Xixi.
He picked up the tongs, peeled off the charcoal, picked out the roasted chestnuts one by one, and put them in the copper basin beside him.
The aroma of roasting chestnuts filled the house.
Xiao Xixi looked at it eagerly and couldn't help swallowing.
The freshly roasted chestnuts are very hot and need to be cooled for a while before eating.
No matter how greedy Xiao Xixi was, she could only watch at this moment.
Luo Qinghan sat down beside her, first touched her forehead, then reached into the quilt and touched her little paws. Only after he made sure that they were warm did he feel relieved.
Xiao Xixi: "I heard that Li Qingyan is back."
Luo Qinghan: "Well, he also brought back a wife."
Xiao Xixi was not surprised at all.
When she calculated that Li Qingyan would encounter danger on the way to Fengyang County, she knew that he would be in danger this time.
The disaster has already come true, and good fortune will naturally follow.
Luo Qinghan: "Li Qingyan met Earl Yong'an this time. They encountered a strange thing, which may be related to Yu Jiu's group."
The Dasheng Dynasty has always had a tradition that the harem is not allowed to interfere in state affairs, and the emperor never discusses state affairs with people in the harem.
But Luo Qinghan didn't have this concern.
He and Xixi have been through many ups and downs along the way.
They trust and rely on each other, and they can tell each other everything, whether it is business or personal.
This is also where Luo Qinghan feels that he is luckier than Emperor Sheng Yong.
Emperor Sheng Yong went to great lengths to seize the throne, but he was extremely suspicious. He was wary of everyone around him, fearing that someone would come to seize power. It was lonely at the top, and he eventually became a real loner.
Luo Qinghan is different.
He has Xixi by his side.
Even though he was at the center of the vortex of political struggle, Xixi was still holding his hand tightly to prevent him from being completely swallowed up by the vortex.
After Xiao Xixi listened to Luo Qinghan's story about Dafu Village, she suddenly felt a subtle sense of familiarity.
As for where exactly she was familiar with it, she couldn't say.
Xiao Xixi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
Seeing her frown, Luo Qinghan stretched out his fingers to smooth her brows and whispered.
"I'm not telling you these things to make you worry. I just want to find a topic to talk to you about, and by the way, let you know what's happening outside, so that you won't be bored."
Xiao Xixi said absentmindedly, "Is that so?"
Luo Qinghan: "The King of England will be back soon, and the Thousand Island Nations' envoys will also come to Beijing. They also brought the Sea Flower. With this last medicine, your internal injuries will be healed."
Xiao Xixi's thoughts were diverted, and she asked.
"The Thousand Islands wouldn't give Shanghai Shenghua away for nothing, would they?"
Although the Thousand Islands said that it would present the sea flower to the emperor of the Great Sheng Dynasty in order to strengthen the friendly relations between the Thousand Islands and the Great Sheng Dynasty, that was just a polite remark.
They knew that the Haishenghua was very important to the Emperor of the Dasheng Dynasty, and would definitely take the opportunity to make demands.
Luo Qinghan: "As long as their requests are not too excessive, I can satisfy them."
Xiao Xixi's mind suddenly opened up, and she recalled many bloody and abusive plots in novels, and asked.
"What if they take this opportunity to ask for a marriage?"
Luo Qinghan: "The princes of various places all have daughters, and we can pick one from those princesses to marry."
Xiao Xixi: "I mean, they want to marry the princess to you and make her your queen, a kind of marriage."
Luo Qinghan bent his fingers and tapped her forehead lightly.
"You are also a princess, but you can only be a concubine. How can a mere princess of the Thousand Islands be qualified to be my queen?"
Xiao Xixi groaned: "Just tell me whether you are willing to marry me or not?"
Luo Qinghan: "Of course not."
Xiao Xixi began to think: "If you don't want to marry me, they won't give me Haishenghua, and my internal injuries won't heal..."
Luo Qinghan interrupted her guess and said it decisively.
"If they won't give it to me, I'll just rob it."
Xiao Xixi opened her eyes wide: "Just for a sea flower, two countries are going to go to war? This is too much of a joke."
Luo Qinghan: "This is not just a matter of one sea flower.
This also involves the diplomatic relations between the two countries.
The Thousand Islands are located on the sea, and they know the sea better than we do.
If they intend to make things difficult for our Great Sheng Dynasty's fleet at sea, it will pose a great obstacle to our development at sea.
So this meeting will be a good test to see whether they are enemies or friends?
If they can show their sincerity in making friends, we can live in peace with them at sea.
But if they still have other intentions towards the Great Sheng Dynasty, then we will definitely make them suffer."
Xiao Xixi suddenly realized: "This is called courtesy before force!"
Luo Qinghan nodded: "That's right."
Xiao Xixi: "Okay, okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Go and get those roasted chestnuts. If we don't eat them now, they will get cold."
Even if the topic was brought to other places, she would not forget to eat.
Luo Qinghan peeled the roasted chestnuts himself and handed the yellow, round chestnut kernels to Xixi's mouth.
Xiao Xixi felt very comfortable being served by the Emperor.
As she ate, she said, "You eat too."
Luo Qinghan leaned over and kissed her on the lips, whispering.
"I like to eat it this way."
Xiao Xixi really didn't understand why an emperor had to snatch food from other people's mouths?
Is it because the food in other people’s mouths tastes better?
The next day, Yong'an Earl Xiao Lingfeng returned to Shengjing City with a thousand troops.
As expected, they returned empty-handed this time.
They had already inquired about every household near Huafu Mountain, but had not obtained any useful information.
After Yu Jiu's gang massacred the Dafu Village, they disappeared.
Luo Qinghan sent a message to all counties, asking them to investigate suspicious people and arrest them immediately if they found someone who looked like the portrait. He also issued a warrant for arrest, saying that anyone who could provide clues about the traitor would be rewarded 100 taels of silver, and if they could provide the traitor's exact location, the reward would be increased tenfold!
There will always be brave men when there is a big reward.
However, Yu Jiu was not stupid. He knew that he was wanted, so he would definitely disguise himself and change his face so that no one could recognize him.
(End of this chapter)
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