Chapter 441 - Negotiation (1/2)
Chapter 441: Negotiation
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The queen and dom felt so nervous that they decided to adopt an unconventionalto take part in an one-on-one negotiation with the queen inside the Council Chaion, which was a not very conservative place, it was not appropriate for a young queen to be alone with a young lord fro were bound to invite lots of gossip However, all of the dom seemed to firmly believe that their queen was a decent wo for the private negotiation If Long Fanyun had not reet within five steps of the Dragon King, they would have worked together to physically push the young lord into the Council Chamber
The old prime minister, who hurried back later, was the only one who realized how e the situation would be for the queen As such, he tried to think of a solution to this proble, “Go invite the little prince to join the negotiation”
One hour later, the negotiation began In the Council Cha stood at one side of a table, while the beautiful queen and a boy, as about 8 or 9 years old, stood on the other side of the table
The boy was evidently full of curiosity and fear of the Dragon King During the negotiation, he kept lifting up his head occasionally to cast a glance at the young lord and then quickly lowered his head again to look at his feet, before unconsciously squirot close to the queen, she would push hilare as a way to remind him how a royal prince should behave on such occasions
The negotiation did not begin s on to an ion King froh her voice sounded o when they had been outside the chamber, her attitude was still fir but did not pay much attention to the contents of her words He counted away the minutes silently and cut her off when he felt that it was almost the tireide in surprise as she sed back the words she was about to say She grabbed the timid little prince’s arm and pulled him close to her, as if he were a vase that she could s,” said the queen
“I respect the royal fadom, and I also take pity on the little prince Given these, I’ve spent such a long ti to your excuses, but now, I order you to letthis, the queen knew that she had failed The Dragon King was ined After a ht, she lowered her head and murmured to the little prince, “Cover your ears”
The little prince seemed unable to coave hiry look that he quickly pressed his hands on his ears and tightly closed his eyes
“Well, I’ll take you to see His Majesty, but before that, I want to tell you the truth,” said the queen
“I like to listen to the truth,” replied Gu Shenwei
Believing that her words were going to surprise the Dragon King, the queen deliberately paused for a while before saying, “His Majesty has already passed on”
“When did he die?” asked Gu Shenhile re perfectly cal before entering the capital, and the reactions of the queen and the ministers had further confirmed his suspicion
It was the queen’s turn to look surprised, but she quickly concealed her amazement and said, “His Majesty left the country to form an alliance with you this autumn, and shortly after he came back, he passed away from an incurable disease”
“I’ve heard that he has shown up recently,” said the Dragon King
“We found aThe people were not allowed to get close to hi”
“Uhive hih he had already realized what she was up to
The queen lifted her head slightly She was not sad about her husband’s death, and at the same time, the current situation did not allow her to be consuless edom and I all hope that you can support the prince as the new king,” she said
The prince was naturally referred to the boy standing beside the queen, not the crown prince, as still kept as a hostage in the Stone Kingdo to driveWait a minute Let me see You didn’t just want to hide the truth fro before I came here, and back then, the war in the east would break out at anyafter that of the crown prince during the war However, how can you be so sure about that? I think there are only two possible explanations You firon army would be utterly destroyed in the war Or, you found another way to ensure that the crown prince would be killed on the battlefield,” said the Dragon King
The queen blushed a little bit in e lord for the first time
Unlike thevery much before They dreaded to see his saber, sword and soldiers, while she so Nevertheless, when she heard the Dragon King say these words to her in an extrean to feel scared
The Dragon King’s cold attitude showed that he never treated this good-looking queen as a wootiator and put pressure on her withoutthat thewas coan to speak bluntly “As long as you can support , I can spare the crown prince’s life”
“It’s too late You’ve missed the best time to ask for my help”
“This is our fault We’ll co”
The queen repeatedly e was a decision ether with the lected this point and never otiation
“Speak, how are you going to coive you a reply iotiation inside the i over the price; the queen did not like it Cootiation, she wasthe facts behind trivial details and using a set of code words that was known by all parties of the negotiation