This queen is not too curly

Chapter 149
Wishing, the empress will help the spirit herself and send the princess back to Jin!
With one word out, the banquet hall was completely silent.

Yan Yuan was also stunned.

She had thought that the envoys of the Jin Kingdom might provoke her in court, asking her to produce evidence to prove that she did not kill the princess, or simply hold her accountable and accuse her of murdering because of jealousy... But what is Fu Ling's return to the Jin Kingdom? ?

Could it be that he wanted to trick her back to the state of Jin and Ling Chi again?
Yan Yuan silently looked at Chen Lingchen.

Chen Lingshen's face was gloomy. He put down the wine glass in his hand, looked down at the envoy of the Jin Kingdom, and asked him calmly: "The banquet hall is noisy, but I can't hear it clearly. May the envoy say it again?"

The envoy of the Jin State remained unchanged: "My king hopes that the empress will personally help the spirit and send the princess back to the Jin State. I hope Your Majesty will agree."

This is by no means an easy request.

The hearts of all civil and military officials rose to their throats.

The Empress Dowager's complexion on the high seat changed, and she dared to speak out before Chen Ling said: "The Ai family doesn't really understand what the envoys mean."

The Empress Dowager glanced at Yan Yuan, then turned back to the envoy and said, "A few days ago, the envoy personally approved the document issued by the Ministry of Punishment. The death of the princess has nothing to do with the queen. Now the envoy is going to go back on what he says? ?”

The envoy said softly, "The Empress Dowager misunderstood."

The queen mother said: "Oh? What's the explanation?"

The envoy said: "There is an ancient legend in my country of Jin. After death, the soul returns to heaven and earth, but the spirit will stay on the last person I saw. Therefore, the custom of my country is that when a person dies, the last person who has seen the deceased needs to know his name. Only then can I be buried in peace."

As he spoke eloquently, there was no hostility in his eyes, as if he really just needed help from an old friend.

The queen mother hesitated and said: "It's a pity that Yuan'er has always been in poor health, and now it's cold winter, I'm afraid it's..."

The envoy said: "Just don't worry, Queen Mother. My lord knew early on that the queen's empress is cold, so he specially sent me to send you a warm jade bed. I will never let your empress freeze for a while."

Warm jade?

Yan Yuan widened her eyes.

This thing is like thunder to her ears.

Nuanyu is not real jade, but a kind of ore produced on the edge of volcanoes in the extreme north. This ore is porous and extremely heat-conducting, accompanied by a strange fragrance. Therefore, it is often used by officials in the DPRK and China as pillows for reading papers in winter.

I think old man Yan also thought about Nuanyu back then, and wanted to make a cushion made of Nuanyu for her, but this thing is very rare, the old man spent a lot of money to get small pieces from everywhere to weave a cushion, As a result, she was sitting on pins and needles, and the old man had no choice but to give up.

How big is the warm jade to directly make a bed?

If it is just to invite the king into the urn, it would be too costly, wouldn't it?
Yan Yuan sat on the seat, her heart was turbulent, her face was forced to be expressionless.

On the surface, this matter seems to be about her, but in fact it is about the diplomatic relations between the two countries. With her identity that has not been completely cleared of suspicion, it is better to be a tool person in her own right.

The banquet hall was silent.

The envoy didn't wait for a reply, so he took out something from his pocket and held it above his head: "Your Majesty the Emperor and Empress Dowager, in order to show my heart, my king is willing to present a map of the treasures of the Blue City, and I hope it will be fulfilled."

His voice just fell.

Chu Jingyu stood up directly from his seat: "Isn't the treasure map missing? How could it be in your hands?! That Princess Yuerong..."

The envoy said: "Princess Yuerong went to Beijing to play in advance, so she won't bring the treasure map with her."

Yan Yuan: "..."

As soon as these words came out, whispers exploded in the banquet hall.

Chu Jingyu was so shocked that his chest heaved up and down, he was speechless for a long time, staring at the scroll in the envoy's hand with his red eyes.

During the stalemate, the chief eunuch collected the scroll, knelt and handed it over to Chen Lingchen's seat.

All eyes were fixed on the scroll.

Even Yan Yuan looked at Chen Lingchen.

Chen Lingshen stretched out his hand to hold the scroll under everyone's attention. Under the eyes of everyone, he lifted the scroll into the air, then loosened his fingers slightly, and the scroll fell from his hand to the ground.

"Shen'er!"

"His Majesty!"

Everyone in the banquet hall exclaimed.

The envoy lowered his eyebrows and bowed again in a neither humble nor overbearing manner: "I have no ill intentions towards the empress, and His Majesty the Emperor does not need to rush to make a decision. I will stay in the capital for three days, and His Majesty will make a decision after three days..."

Chen Ling said seriously, "No need."

……

The atmosphere became stagnant, and a huge boulder fell from everyone's heart.

When Chen Lingshen let go, it was more than a mere treasure?
Decades ago, the late emperor abruptly reversed the decadent battle situation and drove the Jin people out of the land of Yan because he got half of the treasure of the Blue City!But now that the first emperor died in battle, the Yan Kingdom has been in decline for a long time, if it can get half of the treasures again, why would the Yan Kingdom not have a second prosperous age?
A suffocating silence spread quietly.

I don't know how long it took.

The queen mother's voice sounded in the hall: "The Queen's meaning, Aijia has already understood."

Her voice was different from just now, and her gentle eyes fell on Yan Yuan, she said: "But the matter of helping the spirit is always related to the queen, whether to help or not, how to help, the queen needs to nod to make it happen, what does the emperor think?"

"..."

Yan Yuan never expected that the pot still kicked her on the head.

She didn't want to speak at first, she just wanted to be a mushroom.

But at this moment, everyone in the banquet hall focused their eyes on her, looking at her like looking at a whole blue city treasure.

"..."

The Empress Dowager's gaze at the banquet was as warm as the sun, falling on Yan Yuan warmly.

Yan Yuan knew what her big boss meant: the treasure map is a must.

Under the table, Chen Lingchen clasped her with his fingertips, touched her pulps, and shook her lightly.

Yan Yuan knew what her second boss meant: don't be afraid.

"..."

Countless gazes converged on her body, and Yan Yuan struggled to open her mouth under everyone's gaze: "Ben Gong..."

Before she had time to say her decision, Chen Lingchen held her hands and stood up, and she was led out of the banquet hall under the watchful eyes of everyone.

There was an uproar at the banquet.

The moonlight outside the banquet hall was like frost, scattered in the forest.

Yan Yuan was dragged forward by the wrist by Chen Lingchen, she staggered and said, "Chen Lingchen!"

Chen Ling slowed down, but still refused to let go.

Yan Yuan was a little helpless.

Today's round is indeed a dead end for her. If she agrees, she will become a soft-shelled turtle in Jin's urn. If she refuses, she will be a sinner who is greedy for life and afraid of death and misses the treasure map.Although neither seems to be a good result for her, at least both danger and infamy belong to her.

It's not like now, when Chen Lingchen took her away from the banquet, the name of the faint king might never be cleared away.

Yan Yuan analyzed the pros and cons to him, and finally sighed: "You will be stabbed in the back by the historian."

Chen Ling was noncommittal, but just gave a soft "hmm".

Under the moonlight, the expression on his face was faint, and it was astonishingly open-minded.

Yan Yuan: "..."

She wanted to persuade him again, but suddenly heard a sound of soft footsteps behind her, as if someone surrounded and surrounded them from the front and back, and the next moment the Empress Dowager appeared in front of them with Chu Jingyu.

The peacock made of blue flower bird feathers on the queen mother's body glowed dully under the illumination of the palace lantern.

She stared at Chen Lingchen, her voice was still gentle: "Chen'er, you are being reckless."

Chen Ling hooked the corner of his mouth: "Really?"

The Empress Dowager said: "Yuan'er and Princess Yuerong go winter hunting together, it is quite fate, it's just helping the spirit, it's a harmless thing, if it can bring peace to the two countries, it will be a blessing to the common people, why not? "

Chen Ling remained silent.

The queen mother said again: "If the emperor is worried, he can send the guards of Qianzheng Palace to escort Yuan'er all the way, and Yuan'er will be safe."

The queen mother turned her eyes to Yan Yuan, and said softly, "What do Yuan'er think?"

Yan Yuan looked at the Queen Mother silently.

Maybe the Blue City Treasure is really her backlash and deathbed, this is the first time, she has seen the impatience of the sword in this woman.

Surrounding her and Chen Lingshen was obviously the imperial army, but it was not ordinary imperial army. How could ordinary imperial army dare to chase and intercept the current emperor and empress?

It was obviously not Chen Lingchen who was reckless tonight, but her.

Chen Ling's heavy gaze fell on the guards around him, and a sneer flashed in his eyes: "These people are my mother's confidantes, and they are guarding around the banquet hall today. Presumably, my mother has never believed in the friendliness of Jin's envoys, and she is not sure about that. This copy is a real treasure map."

The queen mother's face changed: "Shen'er!"

Chen Ling said lightly: "But what you have to fight is Yan Yuan's life, but you can exchange for a chance to get the treasure map. The empress thinks it's worth the money, right?"

The Empress Dowager's breathing suddenly increased.

However, Chen Ling added fuel to the fire lightly: "The queen mother still has no miscalculations as before, and she is indeed not reckless."

"presumptuous!"

Under the moonlight, the Empress Dowager's complexion was already extremely ugly, she was obviously extremely angry, and a sharp voice squeezed out from the bottom of her throat:
"So what if the Ai family wants the treasure map? It belongs to my Que family!"

"Yan Yuan is the daughter of Yan Zhou, a minister, and the mother of a country. This is what she should do!"

"Today, if the envoy of the Jin Kingdom asks for Aijia to help the soul, Aijia's actions should be for the country and the people, and they will never push back!"

Yan Yuan stared blankly at the Queen Mother.

She had never seen such a graceful and luxurious woman with such a gaffe, maybe because she couldn't ask for the treasure that was close at hand, she lost all her previous manners, and there was a hideous light in her eyes.

Chen Lingchen seemed to be used to it.

He even smiled, staring into the Queen Mother's eyes and said, "If Gu doesn't agree, what will happen to the Queen Mother?"

The queen mother's chest rose and fell violently: "You..."

Chen Ling looked at her deeply, and said word by word: "Will the queen mother coerce Yan Yuan to agree, or will she send the Kuiyu battalion for thousands of miles to kill them all like what she did to Gu three years ago?"

Under the moonlight, everything is silent.

Yan Yuan heard her own heartbeat.

The obscure past was suddenly torn apart, and blood spurted out from the old wounds again. Chen Ling stood alone under the moonlight, his eyes soaked with frost.

The Queen Mother suddenly took a step back, and barely stood up with Chu Jingyu's support: "You...you..."

Her eyes were almost cracked, but she couldn't speak.

Chen Lingchen stared into her eyes, and said lightly: "If the queen mother wants to do it again, Shen'er...will accompany you to the end."

After he finished speaking, he took Yan Yuan's hand and walked away through layers of guards.

Yan Yuan followed Chen Lingchen silently, and went all the way to Wangshu Palace, no one said anything.

……

The night is already deep.

Yan Yuan was not a very warm person, but when her palm was pressed against Chen Lingchen's hand, she felt that his hand was as cold as ice.

She stopped, raised her head to look at Chen Ling's face, "...Your Majesty?"

Chen Ling avoided Yan Yuan's gaze.

Under the night, Chen Ling's face was expressionless, and even his eyes were as pale as Yelu.

Yan Yuan looked at him, and for some reason remembered the first time she saw him in the cave a long time ago.At that time, the torch had just illuminated his face, and the Chen Lingchen she saw for the first time also looked so quiet, as if he hadn't even breathed.

Yan Yuan sighed silently in her heart:

"Chen Lingchen."

"It's just unlucky not to get the affection you deserve, it's not a fault, and there's no shame in it."

Chen Lingchen suddenly let out a short breath.

Under the moonlight, his back was slightly bent, and the stiff arc was like a long-hidden bow.

Yan Yuan felt a little soft-hearted, so she stood on tiptoe and hugged him lightly.

She whispered in his ear, "It's not your fault for not being loved."

(End of this chapter)