Chapter 7: Please Respect Yourself
The negotiations with the Jingzhong people were not very smooth, because neither side was sincere.
The old emperor of Jingzhong did not appear on the first day, the reason was that he was not in good health, but in fact, he was angry and did not come, and only sent a prince with an unknown background, which was obviously despising him and unforgivable.
The thinking of the people in Jingzhong is very serious, thinking that they are great, and they make things difficult and ridicule in every way.
He Lingyi is not a good lord, every sentence has a deep meaning, and the people in Jingzhong are ridiculed to the point that they are incomplete.
Everyone looked silent and very gentle, thinking that a prince like him, with an embarrassing identity, must be a weak character of Wen Tun and a bully, so they turned to attack him.
Minister Yijing pretended to be concerned: "I don't know which one of His Royal Highnesses King Rui's mother is the concubine?" Our country has prepared gifts for His Majesty the Emperor and the Empress of your country, as well as the ladies of the harem, but I am afraid that it will not be beautiful. ”
Just as he was about to speak again, Ah Cai walked in quickly and laughed coldly: "I don't know who is the person who prepared the gift?" Wei Zizhao? Ah, I forgot, she's paralyzed after a failed rebellion, isn't she? That's the third son of the emperor? Hey, no, he's dead. The Seventh Daughter of the Emperor? Still not, she forced the palace to be killed. Your country is quite fratricidal, so the question is, who is the crown prince of your country now? ”
Jingzhongren's face couldn't get over, he was furious, and pointed at her and said, "Where did the rude and rebellious people come from? Dare to talk about the government of our country! ”
Ah Cai said proudly: "I'm not a rude and rebellious person, I am the county lord of the Emperor of Liguo, and I am also one of the officials of this alliance. Those who insult others will always be humiliated, if you dare to cause trouble, I will dare to scold you! ”
Jingzhong smiled slyly: "Oh? It turns out that the county lord thinks that we want to respect the mother of His Royal Highness King Rui, but we are insulting him? What is the rationale for this? ”
Ah Cai was suddenly speechless, she was too anxious just now, anxious to show herself, anxious to protect Youyou, but she didn't expect to jump into the trap of Jingzhong people.
Jingzhong continued: "If you talk about fratricide, I also have something to say, how many rebellions did your emperor deal with at the beginning? One is King Qi, his compatriot siblings, who were personally shot to death by him, and the other is King Wu, who is also his eldest brother. ”
Ah Cai was in a hurry: "That's different! ”
"Why is it different?"
He Rongyi glanced at her lightly, ready to break the siege.
"Ah Cai stepped aside." He waved his hand lightly again, and said peacefully: "The king's mother has passed away a long time ago, there is no need to prepare gifts, the custom of my country is that the dead are the greatest, and the living will not mention it too much, and it is easy to cause misunderstanding if you take it out repeatedly, so please be considerate, after all, this king does not want to die because of misunderstanding." ”
His explanation is soft and hard, but Ah Cai's blind-for-tat is much more flexible, which is equivalent to setting a bottom line for the people of Jingzhong: If you dare to talk about my biological mother, I will kill someone!
"Speaking of the same rebellion, why is Jingzhong different from Liguo." He talked eloquently again, without a trace of fireworks: "My country is a person of the same generation with different concepts, and your country has to add a piece of unfilial piety." Brothers quarrel and fight to break up the family, and children who are unfilial and want to kill their father are two different things. ”
Ignoring the anger of the people in Jingzhong who wanted to kill, he smiled and said: "This king is young and speaks without measure, if there is anything inappropriate, please be tolerant." ”
At the mention of this sensitive matter, everyone's faces were not good-looking, and the negotiations fell apart, with gloomy faces on both sides, glaring at each other angrily, shaking their hands and parting, without discussing when the next negotiation would be.
Out of the negotiation place, Ah Cai was uneasy, she tried hard to perform, but she didn't expect the negotiation to completely collapse because of her.
Although His Majesty does not want to really form an alliance with Jingzhong, he will not allow a situation to arise because of her.
She thought about it, and quickly caught up with He Lingyi, remorseful and aggrieved: "I didn't mean to, I just heard that kind of thing when I just came in, and I couldn't help it." ”
He Lingyi glanced at her meaningfully and patted Youyou's shoulder: "I'll go first." ”
Ah Cai immediately grabbed Youyou's sleeve and cried: "What should I do? I'm in trouble, you won't leave me alone, will you? ”
He frowned again, staring at her hand.
She let go of her sneeringly, very aggrieved: "I'm for you, I'm sorry for you, I'm anxious"
He suddenly sneered again: "Do I need it?" Did I make you like this? ”
Ah Cai was taken aback, and it was the first time that she looked at her coldly like this, and she said in a panic: "I, I"
"I don't need you to do anything for me, and I don't need you to feel sorry for me and worry about me. I am responsible for my own life, and I will follow my own path. ”
"I told you a long time ago that the relationship between you and me is limited to my sister and brother and playmates when I was a child, and if I only look at that, I will treat you well." If you don't listen, have more delusions, and have no sense of proportion, I don't mind destroying your delusions myself! ”
Ah Cai's face was like a blank piece of paper, and she looked around in a panic, although everyone had consciously avoided it, she still felt that there were countless pairs of eyes staring at her, laughing at her.
"I'm not entirely for you, I'm also here to protect my aunt, to protect the prestige of the country," she muttered.
He said coldly again: "This is exactly what this king wants to warn you, put away your careful thoughts, whether it is this king, Your Majesty and the queen's mother, or the people of Liguo, no one will be allowed to put their selfish desires above the interests of the country for any reason!" From today onwards, you don't have to participate in this matter, just reflect on it at your residence! ”
He brushed his sleeves away again, without the slightest hint of unbearable.
"Stop!" Ah Cai broke down and cried, shouting, "Don't think I don't know why you are targeting me like this!" You're all for that person, in order to please her, and you're in a hurry to get rid of me, aren't you? ”
Sure enough, he stood again, and he said coldly: "First, I don't have any unclear relationship with you, second, I'm just for her, I don't want her to have any misunderstanding, third, you and I are cousins, please respect yourself, don't let the royal family of Liguo be ashamed." ”
Ah Cai only felt that her heart was broken into thousands of pieces, she held her head, squatted on the ground, and cried without any image.
She didn't understand where she was not as good as the county lord of Jasper, where she didn't do well, if she was just concerned about her cousin and brother, she could not have this title, she could be incognito for him.
He returned to his dwelling, and his face was still very ugly.
Yuanzi stood at the door waiting for him with He Miao in tow, his face full of sympathy, they had heard the whole process.
Seeing the two younger siblings worried, he asked, "How are you doing over there?" ”
Yuanzi Lao Cheng said: "It's not bad, Shen Guoren is very sincere." ”
He Miao spread his hands: "I'm not good, I was beaten by my mother, and now my father and mother are quarreling because of me." ”