Chapter 812 Threat
Luo Qinghan looked at him expressionlessly.
"What if I don't agree?"
Duke Hong: "Whether Your Majesty agrees or not, I will do as Your Majesty asks."
But being forced to do something and doing it willingly are two completely different things.
He will only do the former half-heartedly, but he will do his best for the latter.
Luo Qinghan obviously understood what he meant, and his eyes became even colder and sharper.
Duke Hong didn't dare to look up and just kept bending over.
After an unknown amount of time, he finally heard the emperor speak in a tone devoid of any emotion.
"Go ahead. I hope you won't regret your choice today."
Duke Hongguo thought that the emperor agreed, and was overjoyed. He immediately knelt on the ground and kowtowed to thank the emperor for his grace.
…
After the woman and Lao Wu left, the warehouse fell into silence.
Xiao Xixi, who should have fallen asleep, opened her eyes silently.
She got up, walked to Luo Yechen, squatted down and stared at him. She saw that although he was unconscious, his eyelids were trembling slightly, and it seemed that he still had some consciousness.
Xiao Xixi pushed him.
"Hey, wake up."
Luo Yechen's eyelashes fluttered twice, but he still didn't wake up.
Xiao Xixi pinched his nose.
Luo Yechen was unable to breathe and was finally woken up by the suffocation.
The moment he opened his eyes, Xiao Xixi immediately loosened her fingers.
He opened his mouth, gasped for breath, and his eyes were a little out of focus.
It took him a while to come back to his senses.
He first looked at the imperial concubine squatting beside him, then looked at the surrounding scene, and gradually remembered what happened before he fell into a coma.
Luo Yechen opened his eyes wide: "Where are the kidnappers?"
Xiao Xixi put her index finger to her lips, signaling him to speak more quietly.
She whispered.
"They're all out, there's just the two of us here."
She helped Luo Yechen untie the ropes on his body.
Luo Yechen got up quickly and asked nervously, "Weren't you drugged? How come you woke up so quickly?"
Xiao Xixi smiled slyly: "That little bit of drug has no effect on me at all."
Luo Yechen thought that this was a unique skill of the people of Nanyue, so he did not ask any further questions.
He whispered, "When I was unconscious just now, I vaguely heard the conversation between the two kidnappers. They came to kidnap us because they received money from Duke Hong. If you were not unconscious, you should have heard those words too, right?"
Xiao Xixi smiled with an ambiguous tone.
"Yeah, I heard it."
Luo Yechen gnashed his teeth in hatred: "I used to think that Duke Hong was lustful and had bad character, but I didn't expect him to be so bold that he even dared to kidnap us. When I get back, I will skin him alive!"
Xiao Xixi: "Do you really think that Duke Hong is the real culprit behind this?"
Luo Yechen was stunned: "Isn't he? But the two kidnappers have already said that they took money from Duke Hong and that's why they attacked us."
Xiao Xixi joked, "You believe whatever they say. Does your princess know that you are so naive?"
Luo Yechen was furious: "It's already this hour, and you're still mocking me!"
Xiao Xixi: "Let's make a bet."
The topic changed so quickly that Luo Yechen had to pause before catching up with her pace.
He asked cautiously, "What are you trying to do?"
Xiao Xixi: "I have nothing to do anyway, so I might as well gamble for fun."
Luo Yechen: "I won't bet with you."
Xiao Xixi: "Are you scared?"
Luo Yechen sneered: "What am I afraid of? I am the King of England. There is nothing in this world that can scare me!!"
Xiao Xixi: "Then let's make a bet. If you win, I'll tell you a secret. If I win, you have to be my follower for three months."
Luo Yechen: "I don't want to hear your secrets!"
Xiao Xixi: "Don't you want to know why Concubine Xiao and I are so similar?"
Luo Yechen looked at her suspiciously, as if he was weighing the credibility of her words.
After thinking it over, he finally couldn't resist his curiosity and asked tentatively.
"What do you want to bet on?"
Xiao Xixi: "Let's bet on whether the person who planned this kidnapping is Duke Hong. To be fair, I'll let you choose first. Do you think it's him?"
Luo Yechen originally thought it was Duke Hong, but the reaction of the imperial concubine just now made him a little shaken.
He hesitated again and again, but finally decided to stick to his own opinion.
"I think it's him!"
Xiao Xixi laughed: "Then I don't think it's him."
Luo Yechen: "It's useless for us two to think about this matter alone. We need to provide real evidence."
Xiao Xixi: "Just do as I say, and you'll know the truth soon."
Luo Yechen was skeptical: "What can you do?"
Xiao Xixi hooked her finger at him.
Luo Yechen moved closer awkwardly.
Xiao Xixi explained all this in his ear and asked at the end.
"Did you remember it?"
Luo Yechen was reluctant, but the current situation did not allow him to refuse.
He could only agree reluctantly.
…
After leaving the imperial study, Duke Hong did not leave the palace directly, but went to Changle Palace.
He informed the Empress Dowager of the delivery of the ransom.
"Your Majesty, as long as I can accomplish this task, the position of Queen will belong to our Xinyao!"
When he said this, he was very excited, and even his usually pale face showed a faint blush.
The Empress Dowager was not as optimistic as he was. She frowned slightly and said, "Given the Emperor's personality, he will not accept threats from others so easily."
Hong Guogong said impartially.
"Look at what you said, how can this be a threat?
I am only proposing the conditions for a fair exchange. He won't lose out by exchanging the lives of the imperial concubine and the King of England for the position of the Queen!
Besides, the position of queen will be occupied sooner or later. Instead of giving it to an outsider, it is better to give it to one of our own.
As for the imperial concubine, as a princess of a foreign race, the highest rank she could get was that of an imperial concubine.
She can forget about the position of Queen. The future Crown Prince of our Great Sheng Dynasty must not have foreign blood!"
The Empress Dowager: "You take it for granted. The Emperor has always favored the Imperial Concubine. Even if you force Xinyao into the palace, the Emperor may not take her seriously. In this harem, if she does not have the Emperor's favor, her life will not be easy even if she holds a high position."
Duke Hong disagreed with this.
Judging from himself, he has quite a few women in his own backyard.
No matter how much he favors a woman, he will get tired of her after a long time. Once he gets tired of her, he will not be able to help but look for a fresh and delicious woman.
There is no cat in this world that doesn't steal fish, and the emperor is no exception.
What do you mean by deep love? It's just a game to play with women, who can take it seriously? !
Duke Hong said confidently.
"So what if the concubine is favored?
She has been kidnapped now. Who knows what the kidnappers will do to her after she is kidnapped?
Even if she is rescued, she is probably no longer innocent. Can the emperor still favor a woman who has already lost her innocence?"
(End of this chapter)
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