"Now, Your Majesty's troops have been stationed and weapons have been made. If I want you to reduce the number to 50,000, what would Your Majesty think?"
The queen's voice was light, but there was a little bit of unquestionability.
Cold sweat immediately broke out from King Ming's vest.
If it hadn't been for Mingyue's incident, the Queen would not have exposed this move earlier.
Suddenly, King Ming's heart fell into a battle between heaven and man.
Should he insist on seeking justice for Mingyue, or should he take a step back and obey the queen's arrangements
After a long time, King Ming exhaled and said with some dejection:
"Since the Queen has made her decision a long time ago, Xiao Wang will follow what the Queen said. However, my son's death cannot be in vain."
The Queen had already expected this answer.
With a cool smile on his lips, he said:
"King Ming can rest assured, I will definitely give an explanation to Prince Ming. As for the matter of stationing troops, I am a woman and do not understand military affairs. What do you think Prince Ming should do?"
King Ming looked at the queen, no wonder, the emperor of Jin Dynasty had been ill for so long, but the country of Jin was still peaceful.
This woman is much stronger than her son.
"This matter is also Xiao Wang's fault. Xiao Wang is willing to reduce the number of troops by 50,000 and double the offerings this year. I wonder what you think, Madam?"
The tribute given to the Jin Dynasty actually accounted for one-third of the annual output of the Western Fan.
Using two-thirds of the tax revenue in exchange for 50,000 elite soldiers, in the end, it was King Ming who made the profit.
"A hundred thousand elite soldiers? Does King Ming think that because our emperor is seriously ill, he will look down on our mother and son?"
The queen looked at King Ming in front of her coldly with her phoenix eyes.
Even though he was Prince Ming, he couldn't help but be stunned by her eyes.
The two people's eyes met in the air.
In the end, it was King Ming who was defeated first.
"Then, Queen Mother, what is the appropriate number of soldiers?"
The two people started to bargain. The queen smiled, picked up the fragrant tea next to her, took a sip and said:
"It is not difficult for King Ming to maintain one hundred thousand elite soldiers. However, I have a requirement, that is, 30,000 of these one hundred thousand elite soldiers must be able to be used by me."
The queen's condition caused a slight change in Prince Ming's expression.
"My Queen, I'm afraid this matter is a bit difficult. Xifan is thousands of miles away. I wonder how your Majesty will be dispatched?"
The Queen looked at King Ming and said slowly:
"I will send a general to take over the 30,000 elite soldiers. But don't worry, Your Majesty, these elite soldiers are still under your control at ordinary times. They will only be used by me when I need them."
Unexpectedly, the queen would think of this attention.
Prince Ming's expression suddenly became extremely ugly.
If he doesn't agree, I'm afraid the Queen will ask him to disarm immediately.
But if he agrees, the person placed by the queen will be a knife in his heart.
One hundred thousand elite soldiers, they are all the elite among the elite.
Although he could also find a way to evade the people sent by the Queen, but how could the Queen not know his thoughts.
I'm afraid, I have already thought of a countermeasure.
On the contrary, it was him. He was obviously the one who came to investigate, but he didn't expect that he would be so passive now.
"Empress, my sons Hu Lunan and Mingyue both died on your land in Jin Dynasty. Even if we don't need elite soldiers, I still want an explanation."
After much thought, the only way to make a deal was to use the matter between Mingyue and Hu Lunan.
"This matter is of great importance. I feel that if the prince insists on doing this, I will feel a little embarrassed. Let's do this. If the prince lays off 20,000 elite soldiers, I will not pursue it."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, Prince Ming felt that he had been deceived.
In fact, the queen had no intention of asking for his elite soldiers.
It's just that she wants him to take the initiative to put forward conditions, and then the queen will just step aside.
The lives of a pair of children are exchanged for thirty thousand soldiers.
Prince Ming felt that this deal was a good deal.
"Okay, I'll follow the Queen's wishes. However, Xiao Wang must ask for an explanation for his children no matter what. I also ask the Queen to give Xiao Wang an explanation as soon as possible. Abei, let's go."
The goal is achieved and the deal is concluded.
King Ming also felt that it was useless to stay any longer.
He took his son with him and prepared to say goodbye.
"Go slowly, don't send me away."
The queen was already noble and elegant, and there was no trace of emotion on her face.
Watching the Hu family's father and son leave, the queen's raised lips finally fell.
The prince looked at his mother uneasily. Anyway, this time, he failed.
What my mother hates most is incompetent people.
He had failed again and again, and besides, this time there was the Queen's acquiescence.
Not to mention the failure, it also disrupted the queen mother's plan.
Because, the queen originally kept that memorial for other purposes.
"It's all because of my incompetence. Please forgive me, Queen Mother."
He quickly knelt on the ground, the prince's voice trembling.
The queen sat in her seat, but her eyes never rested on the prince.
"Hey, get up. I can't blame you for this."
Contrary to the prince's expectation, the queen mother did not get angry.
He looked at his mother carefully. Fortunately, although her expression was unhappy, she was not as cold as ice.
"Do you know why you lost this time?"
The prince thought for a moment and shook his head.
"Because you are not as ruthless as her. If you were asked to deal with Mingyue, would you be able to do this?"
The prince felt nauseated at the mention of Mingyue.
When the guards carried the body away, he only saw one exposed arm.
The white bones and the bloody flesh formed an extremely strange and ferocious feeling.
Not only him, but even the knowledgeable Zuo Zuo couldn't help but spit it out in the end.
It is enough to see the brutality of the corpse.
"My son... my son..."
The queen looked at her son, sighed and said:
"The way of the emperor is not achieved by fighting in the mountains of corpses and seas of blood. If you want to win, you have to do whatever it takes. In this regard, the woman from the Lin family is more powerful than you."
The queen's words shocked the prince.
Then there was a huge wave in my heart.
"What the Queen Mother means-"
"If you want to defeat your enemy, it doesn't matter what method you use. What's important is that firstly, you can't get yourself burned, and secondly, you have to use everything you have to achieve your goal."
The queen personally helped her son up.
All along, under her protection, the prince was always successful in whatever he did.
Therefore, when the unconventional Lin Mengya appeared, the prince panicked.
But that doesn't matter.
Now, Lin Mengya violently destroyed Mingyue. After all, she was not giving the prince a warning.
It's interesting that someone actually changed everything in front of her.
It seemed that she really wanted to have a good meeting with the eldest lady of the Lin family, Prince Yu's Princess Yu.
"My son, I understand."
In the prince's eyes, something finally tumbled.
The queen nodded. Now, both Prince Ming and Long Tianyu were worthy of her taking action.
After returning to the mansion, Lin Mengya fell into a deep sleep on the carriage.
Carefully, he returned to Liuxinyuan with the woman in his arms.
"Your Majesty, is the master okay?"
Bai Ji held a lantern and stood at the entrance of Liuxinyuan, waiting for Long Tianyu and Lin Mengya.
Bai Su took the first step and went back to inform the people in Liuxinyuan.
The other three girls came over early.
"Mengya's hand is injured. Go and prepare some medicine and clean water."
Long Tianyu asked softly, fearing to wake up the woman in his arms.
The four girls looked eagerly at Lin Mengya in his arms, but they could only obey him.
He carried Lin Mengya into the house and carefully placed her on the bed.
Although she was asleep, the frown on her face from time to time showed that she was still in pain.
"Every time she touches you, nothing good happens."
A voice with a hint of resentment sounded from behind.
Long Tianyu straightened up and saw Qinghu with an unhappy look on his face.
He walked swaggeringly in front of Long Tianyu, holding many small boxes and bottles in his hands.
"Get up, I'm going to give the girl some medicine. I'm embarrassed to say that I'm a grown man, but I can't even protect a woman."
The mocking tone made Long Tianyu's face darken.
However, seeing that Qinghu had already put Lin Mengya's wound medicine on lightly, he had no choice but to endure it.
"After applying the medicine, get out of here."
Every other day, Ye would return to Qinwuyuan to report news about Lin Mengya.
Among them, the most talked about thing is this dead fox.
I don’t know what Mengya was thinking, but she was actually very close to this dead fox all day long.
Although he knew that these two people were innocent, Long Tianyu felt very uncomfortable.
It was as if his most cherished treasure had been coveted.
But somehow, this guy managed to win Lin Mengya's trust.
If he were an ordinary person, he would have had him killed long ago.
Don't worry, it's an eyesore here.
"Sister, sister, are you okay!"
Before Qinghu finished taking the medicine, Lin Zhongyu's anxious voice sounded again.
The two who were guarding the bed put their index fingers to their lips in a tacit understanding, signaling Lin Zhongyu not to wake Lin Mengya.
Lin Zhongyu immediately stopped talking, but like Qinghu, he took out a bunch of small boxes and bottles from his arms.
"This is the holy medicine for healing. Apply it to my sister and she will be fine soon."
Qinghu raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect Lin Zhongyu to be so generous.
These are all top-quality goods, and some of them are secret medicines that are easy to find.
He unceremoniously took the best one and poured it gently on the hideous wound.
"Hiss—who dares to hurt my sister like this?"
Heartache and anger intertwined in Lin Zhongyu's black eyes.
He has been practicing martial arts with those people for half a year. He has made rapid progress and gradually learned to be steady and self-possessed.
Unexpectedly, when he saw Lin Mengya's bone-deep wounds, he felt like he couldn't control his emotions.