441 Negotiation (2/2)

”The Dragon King is such a barbarian,” she thought while looking down at her son. ”I'll be sacrificing so much for you.”

The little prince was still pressing his hands to his ears and keeping his eyes tightly shut. He seemed to have a bad feeling and went to hide in the shadows.

The queen walked toward the Dragon King, slowly and gracefully. She still carried herself with great pride and dignity, as she knew that it was these qualities that made her look attractive and unique. In her eyes, only a woman of humble origin would try to seduce a man by smiling obsequiously and throwing herself at him.

”You can win the loyal support of the Hui Kingdom,” said the queen.

Upon seeing that the Dragon King had no interest in this, she added, ”We'll dispatch more soldiers to fight for you, including the most talented and important noble young men of our country.”

However, the Dragon King still looked dissatisfied.

”You can appoint a person that you trust as the Prime Minister or even a regent of the Hui Kingdom. As such, you'll have the whole country under your control. Everyone of us will become your loyal servant, including—me.”

With these words, the queen stopped about five steps away from the Dragon King. She did not act flirtatiously at all, but her charm and grace were enough to make a man's heart palpitate with excitement. To further stimulate the Dragon King, who never allowed anyone to come within 5 steps of him, she took one step forward, looking confident.

Such strong self-confidence would often make a man, whose status was lower than hers, feel small. A powerful man, however, would feel his authority being challenged and even get irritated. When that happened, he would do anything to overpower her, and thus she would succeed in arousing his romantic interest in her.

She knew from her past experience that this trick always worked on those powerful men.

She was familiar with them and believed that the Dragon King was just like them except that he was more pitiless. This was one of the reasons why she could always remain calm and collected when faced with the Dragon King.

However, she did not know that it was not the first time that the Dragon King had dealt with such a confident and seductive woman. Compared to Xiao Fengchai in Pleasure Alley, she was still a beginner. She kept using the same old trick and did not know how to improvise.

The Dragon King held his saber to her chest without warning.

The queen's face changed. She had never been threatened in this way before. She was frightened and subconsciously took a step back, wondering why her trick failed.

”Here's my reply,” said Gu Shenwei.

The queen had not recovered from the shock. Therefore, she just nodded to the Dragon King with a blank expression on her face.

”Tomorrow morning, you're going to tell the people of the king's death. You'll tell them that you just wanted to protect the country by hiding the truth from the public and you'll move out of the palace together with your son to atone for what you've done. As for the ministers, you'll pronounce them guilty and promise to let the crown prince decide how to deal with them when your people bring him back,” said the Dragon King.

”You want to take everything away from me!” the queen shouted grumpily. The little prince on the other side of the table started to tremble and pressed his hands against his ears even harder.

”No, not everything. I spare your lives.” Gu Shenwei retorted.

”That's meaningless. Once the crown prince becomes the king, he'll kill me and my son immediately. You've met him before, and you know what kind of person he is. There are so many ministers in the royal court, but none of them support the crown prince. This fact speaks for itself,” said the queen.

”He won't kill anyone over this incident. I won't allow him to do so,” Gu Shenwei said assertively. For him, this was an easy choice to make. Now that the queen and the little prince had already won the support of the ministers, the crown prince who had been betrayed by them would surely be willing to pay a higher price to regain his throne.

”No, no, no...” the queen said repeatedly while walking backward. When she was close to a corner of the table, she finally stopped and said, ”The crown prince can't return to this country. He can't become the next king. Tell me what you want, Dragon King. I'll satisfy all your requirements and promise you anything, as long as you let my son become the king. So will the ministers. They don't like the crown prince either. You can ask them directly or send your men to investigate this matter. There are really no problems that we cannot solve. Do you agree with me?”

”Let me make this clear. You planned to make your son the king after the war not only because you intended to kill the crown prince first, but also because you didn't want to suffer the consequences of supporting the Dragon army during the war. You must've been 100-percent sure that the Golden Roc Fort would win the war.” Upon seeing that the queen was on the brink of a complete emotional collapse, Gu Shenwei became even more blunt and remorseless.

”No, I wasn't. We just...” the queen still wanted to talk back but only appeared more panicked.

”You seemed to be very confident about the outcome of the war, but I didn't see such confidence in the late king of the Hui nation. Where did this confidence come from? I've given you a chance to confess, but you've wasted it. You kept lying to me. This is the problem that I want to solve tonight,” said Gu Shenwei.

”Guards! Guards!” the queen shouted while pushing herself up from the table, but no one rushed in to save her. Even the ministers standing outside the door, who should be loyal to her and her son, seemed to have escaped.

A moment later, she heard thousands of soldiers hurrying into the palace, but she knew that she did not have so many guards.

”The crown prince has permitted the Dragon army to enter the capital.”

With these words, Gu Shenwei threw a parchment on the table. It was the permission signed by the crown prince of the Hui Kingdom. Gu Shenwei had not shown it before, since he had been unsure about the situation inside the palace. Before entering the palace, he had made a deal with Wu Zongheng and according to it, if he did not send a new command back to his camp in time, Wu Zongheng would lead his guard troops to occupy the royal palace.

”You're such a sneaky and cruel wretch!” The queen's voice rose hysterically. ”But you'll never get what you want. You're just a gang leader and can never compete with the Supreme King.”

When the queen started screaming, the little prince could no longer pretend to hear nothing. He put his hands down and shifted his gaze to her mother. His eyes widened in fear, as he discovered that the queen had already lost control of herself. He walked backward step by step while holding the edge of the table for support. Suddenly, several shiny weapons flew out of his hand toward the Dragon King, who was only a dozen steps away from him.

Upon seeing that, Gu Shenwei finally knew where the queen's confidence came from.