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Chapter 188 Unless he doesn't want the throne anymore

Ming Huai got out of the quilt, put one hand behind his head, lay flat on his back, looked at the ceiling and replied, "Why offend people for no reason?"

Jing Yu sat up wrapped in a quilt, "But if you disobey Princess Xinyuan, it's no different from offending King Zhongshan."

He was silent for a while, and then sat up, "Let's not say that I don't want to have anything to do with King Zhongshan, even if I am willing, the prince Mingyu is still ahead of me, and there are four older brothers above me who are not married yet. Weak Crown, it's never my turn."

"It's true that it's not your turn, but as far as I know, it seems that among these princes, apart from Mingyu, the crown prince whose marriage needs to be cautious, you are the only one who hasn't been engaged because you haven't been in Xinzheng all year round. Moreover, if Mingyu If he really married Xin Yuan, Zheng Guo would have lost an opportunity to marry Dongchuan or Qin Guo. Judging from the current situation, Princess Xin Yuan, a small princess, can come to the border and be Mingde and the others. Treating each other with courtesy probably also requires King Zheng's gesture, after all, using a marriage to strengthen King Zhongshan's loyalty can be regarded as a relatively cost-effective deal."

What she said was straightforward, but Ming Huai just smiled: "King Zheng agrees, and King Zhongshan has to agree too. My biological mother is humble and a sinful concubine. My background has always been suspected by others, and I am just a bastard. The government and the opposition, how could they promise their daughter to me just because I won several battles, I'm afraid Princess Xinyuan will come here, not because I'm here, but because Mingyu is here."

Jing Yu understood: "You are right. These old men are ambitious if they have a little power in their hands. If he promises Princess Xinyuan to you, King Zheng will be happy, but he is still King Zhongshan, but If he betrothed Princess Xinyuan to Mingyu, then when Mingyu became King Zheng, he would be the head of the country, and a waste like Mingyu would be a puppet at best, worse than Yingmin."

Ming Huai asked with a faint smile: "How do you plan to help Ying Min after you go back? Go to him directly?"

"No, I won't go." She shook her head resolutely, smiling quite cunningly: "I'll let someone tell him all the troubles in Qin State, but he is anxious and has nothing to do, then at this time, I can appear like a life-saving straw gone."

Ming Huai nodded approvingly: "It's a good idea, let him come to you on his own initiative, and you will have more room for maneuver. It's just that he has lied to you before, so will he not trust you because of this?"

"He dares." She wrapped the quilt aggressively: "Unless he doesn't want the throne anymore."

Ming Huai continued to smile, but keenly heard footsteps approaching outside the tent, raised his hand to signal Jing Yu not to speak, got up and went over to put out the candle, and the tent fell into darkness instantly.

He groped over, touched the bed and whispered, "Don't be afraid."

Jing Yu covered her mouth and whispered, "I'm not afraid of the dark."

Ming Huai didn't speak, just stood quietly by the bed, the people outside didn't leave, their shadows were reflected on the tent by the fire, Ming Huai and Jing Yu could see clearly from inside, but they didn't make a sound.

The man seemed to be prepared, but the fire outside flickered a few times, making it hard to see what he wanted to do.

Ming Huai was staring carefully, when Jing Yu covered her mouth and nose with one hand, she approached him nonchalantly, as if covering her mouth and nose, her voice was very low: "He is blowing medicine powder."

Ming Huai felt the quilt draped over her body, and motioned her to stay here and not move, while he held his breath and leaned over quietly. Through the hazy moonlight penetrating into the tent, he vaguely saw a small bamboo tube poked on the tent. a small hole.

(End of this chapter)