Chapter 7: Bonds

Gongsun Yuting and Ouyang Yu glanced at each other and sighed, Gongsun Yuting's face was distracted for a while, he remembered that the battle that Ye Qiuke said was the battle between Chu and Nanguo, and he also participated in it back then, and now a few people are sitting calmly talking about it, what is the feeling in their hearts? Is it really as calm as it seems?

"After reading the letter, my heart was in a mess, although my father has been forcing me to do what I don't want to do, but he is my father after all, so I decided to go back, said goodbye to the master, and set off while it was dark, who knew that the white jade brother who had already known everything said that he wanted to go with me, he said to help me, the junior brother's temper has always been very strong, he couldn't resist him, so he had to let him go back to the south with me" Ye Qiuke sighed.

"If I hadn't promised him at that time, he would have stayed in the Bitter Sword Gate, still the young man with a bright smile and no heart, but it was him, in the chaos of the war on the Rejuvenation Cliff, he fell off the cliff, I was only a few steps away from him at that time, but I didn't have time..." Ye Qiuke's voice trembled, and Gongsun Yuting felt that there was a little bitterness in his tone.

"Later, after the war was suspended, I took the people to look for him under the cliff, but I couldn't find his people, and I didn't even see the corpse" Ye Qiuke continued to immerse himself in the memories, and after finishing speaking, the corners of his mouth raised a wry smile.

Ouyang Yu's white hands were tightly grasping the dress under the table, and the beautiful face lost a bit of color, fortunately, the two big men next to her did not notice her abnormality, one was immersed in memories, and the other was listening to the story carefully, so they naturally ignored it.

"Ahem...... Could it be that the prime minister didn't look for him later" Taking advantage of the fact that the two were stunned, Ouyang Yu came back to his senses, sorted out his emotions, cleared his throat, and called the two back to their senses.

"Why haven't you looked for it? There have been several years, I have traveled all over the five countries, looking for him, but my junior brother seems to be really no longer alive, until today, as long as I think that Senior Brother Baiyu died because of me, my heart is very uneasy" Ye Qiuke's voice was pitiful, after the story was finished, he drank a lot of wine, and when he lifted the wine jug and was about to pour it again, he was held down by Gongsun Yuting.

"The prime minister should not be greedy for a cup, if he drinks a sin, I am afraid that this state affairs will be put on hold, if the prime minister likes the wine in my palace, I will sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman one day, and I will rest when I am drunk, how about it?" Gongsun Yuting elegantly took away the wine jug, looked at Ye Qiuke with a smile on his eyebrows, and waited for him to reply.

Ouyang Yu also looked at Ye Qiuke quietly at the moment, afraid that he would drink too much and hurt himself, he wanted to stop it, but it was inconvenient, but it was good now, Gongsun Yuting persuaded him, Ouyang Yu heard Gongsun Yuting's words, and knew that they must have something important to talk about.

"You all go down" Ouyang Yu ordered, and she also stood up to leave, but unexpectedly, as soon as she stood up, she was pulled by Gongsun Yuting, she looked back at Gongsun Yuting, her eyes were full of surprise, and then glanced at Ye Qiuke lightly, and saw that he did not object, so she sat down again.

"Nurse, the little princess should stay with the queen, no one is allowed to disturb us without my orders" Gongsun Yuting put down the wine glass in his hand and pointed to the nurse who was holding the ninth princess in her arms.

As soon as Gongsun Yuting's words fell, he saw that the little boy who had just come in with Gong E was lost, shook off Gong E's hand, his eyes were lightly misty, he pouted, and trotted quickly in front of Ouyang Yu.

"The queen mother is eccentric, why can my sister stay and eat with my father and queen mother? Why can't the wind? Feng'er really still has to follow the girl's clothes, and the father and queen mother will like Feng'er"

It turned out that this little boy was none other than the son of Ouyang Yu, the mother of the main palace, because Ouyang Yu had opened his mind a few days ago and unloaded his daughter-in-law, and now this appearance reappeared in front of everyone, and he really couldn't recognize it, but no, he didn't recognize him since he came in just now, Gongsun Yuting didn't recognize him, if he didn't run by himself now, I'm afraid he would really be ignored by Gongsun Yuting.

Gongsun Yuting and Ouyang Yu glanced at each other, and instantly understood, this kid was looking for a sense of existence, listening to what he said, it made people cry and laugh, and he was still thinking about the girl's costume, and he was not afraid of making people listen to jokes.

"Feng'er, come, come, come to my father" Gongsun Yuting hurriedly called Yan Feng to him, and looked at it carefully.

"The wind is not small, but I will have to take care of my sister in the future, how can I cry like this?" Gongsun Yuting frowned and smiled, his words were slightly strict, Ouyang Yu hurriedly swept over with a glance, Gongsun Yuting's eyes were soft, and he was busy smiling

Yan Feng wiped away the tears beside his eyes, and sat down next to Ouyang Yu, his eyes kept staring at the swaddling clothes, but he could only see a white and tender little hand on the edge of the pink swaddling clothes, and a delicate jade bracelet was worn on the fleshy wrist, and his curiosity was aroused, so Yan Feng kept pinching the jade bracelet and looking at it carefully.

"Prime Minister Ye Cheng should not be surprised, although the queen lives in the harem, she also holds part of the military power in the court, and today's matter, this king also hopes that the queen will be present"

After everyone retreated, Gongsun Yuting opened his mouth to talk about important matters, and Ye Qiuke was also a veteran official of the court, of course, he had no intention of Gongsun Yuting's arrangement, but this Queen Ouyang was really a character, and her ability was not small, which country dared to divide the power of the court to a female streamer? It can be seen that this King of Chu is really very special to Ouyang Yu as in the legend.

"Prime Minister Ye Cheng left the major events of the southern court this time, and came to visit this king, what he did, this king has long known that in recent years, the southern country has been peace-oriented, and has never raised troops with my Chu country, but unexpectedly it was looked down upon by people with hearts, and now it is the end of the year, and the people of the southern country are also looking forward to their children returning home, and having a reunion year, since the southern king borrowed troops from my Chu country for the people of the world, how can this king not be reasonable?" Gongsun Yuting said word by word, Ouyang Yu on the side thought that Gongsun Yuting would refuse to send troops to help the war, but he didn't expect him to actually agree to Ye Qiuke.

"Ye Mou has long heard that the King of Chu is proficient in tactics, and the Zhenghu soldiers trained by himself are also elite soldiers with one enemy and one hundred, and now the King of Chu has promised to send troops to solve the urgent needs of my southern country, there must be conditions, and the King of Chu said, "Ye Qiuke is a smart person, and he naturally knows the truth that no merit is not rewarded."

"Hahaha...... Prime Minister Ye Cheng really has the courage, and he asked Prime Minister Ye Cheng to be both civil and military, resourceful, and when he saw it today, he lived up to it" Gongsun Yuting smiled heartily and raised a glass to invite.

"How dare you, Ye Mou's little wisdom is not worth mentioning in front of the King of Chu," Ye Qiuke hurriedly raised his glass and drank.

"If you want to say that this condition is, there is, but ...... I'm afraid that Prime Minister Ye Cheng can't be the master, and I still need to ask the King of the South" Gongsun Yuting paused thoughtfully, and his tone became worried, as if he still had concerns.

"If Ye came to Chu half a month earlier, no matter what conditions the king of Chu offers, if we can do it, the king's definition is undeniable, but ...... Now, the king has been fighting for more than a few days, and I am afraid that I will not be able to ask for instructions for a while, and I hope that the king of Chu will forgive me" Ye Qiuke's tone moved slightly, his words were sincere, but he was a little worried.

Gongsun Yuting and Ouyang Yu glanced at each other, although they still had something to say to each other, but they both caught a trace of worry from each other's eyes, what Gongsun Yuting was worried about Ouyang Yu didn't know, because she didn't know what arrangements Gongsun Yuting had, and Gongsun Yuting was like her, she couldn't see through what she was worried about, in his impression, she was seeing Ye Qiuke for the first time, there should be no concern, could it be ......

Gongsun Yuting drank and pondered, and only after thinking for a while did he withdraw his thoughts.

"First, from today onwards, the two countries of Southern Chu are pro-countries, and they must abide by the rules of friendship between the two countries, and no country can go to war unilaterally."

"Article 2, if the king of the south leaves the throne one day, the future lord of the south must be succeeded by the seventh prince."

Gongsun Yuting said word by word, without pause, and occasionally looked at Ye Qiuke lightly from the corner of his eyes, Ouyang Yu and Ye Qiuke had no opinion on the previous article, but when they heard the second article, the two of them frowned in unison, no wonder the two of them, with a normal person's mind, should know that since ancient times, the lord of the country has been inherited by the son of the concubine, if the concubine has no heirs, it will naturally fall to other high-ranking princes, no matter what, it will not be the turn of the newborn seventh prince! Ye Qiuke's brows were furrowed, he was not surprised that Gongsun Yuting already knew about Yixiang's birth, but was curious why he had such conditions.

"Doesn't Prime Minister Ye want to ask me why I have such a request?" Gongsun Yuting asked lightly, and Ye Qiuke raised his head to meet his blazing gaze.

"The King of Chu has always acted with a far-sighted strategy, and there must be your thoughts, so Ye Mou will not ask more" Ye Qiuke sighed, and finally let go of his tightly locked eyebrows.

"This is also, in terms of the current court affairs in the south, Prime Minister Ye Cheng holds half of the military power in the south, and one person is above 10,000 people, how noble, although he doesn't ask about the government on weekdays, but as long as you give an order, it is enough to make the people in the south turbulent" Gongsun Yuting's tone suddenly changed, staring at Ye Qiuke coldly, and the wine glass in his hand was not put down.

"King of Chu......" Ye Qiuke was obviously shocked by Gongsun Yuting, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and he thought about how he offended him, and hurriedly spoke.

"Of course, the above is by no means aimed at Prime Minister Ye Cheng, this king is just talking about things, besides, this king still has two conditions that have not been said, so don't worry, I don't know if Prime Minister Ye still wants to listen to the next two conditions?" Gongsun Yuting retracted his cold gaze, and his sharp tone changed instantly, Ye Qiuke originally had something to say, but was helplessly interrupted by Gongsun Yuting, he couldn't help but sigh, the man in front of him who was as gentle as jade was really as rumored, it seems that the next conditions are the conditions that are favorable to the Chu State, otherwise Gongsun Yuting will not give himself a sense of threat.