Luo QingHan looked at him without expression.
"What if I don't agree?"
Hong Guogong: "whether your majesty answers or not, Wei minister will do as your majesty requires."
It's just that being forced to do it and being willing to do it are completely different things.
The former he will only perfunctory, the latter he will do his best.
Luo QingHan obviously understood what he meant, and his eyes became colder and sharper.
Hong Guogong didn't dare to look up, so he bent down all the time.
I don't know how long later, he finally heard the emperor say in a tone without a trace of emotion.
"Go, I hope you won't regret your choice today."
The Duke of Hong thought that the emperor had agreed. He was overjoyed and immediately fell on his knees to thank the emperor for his kindness.
……
After the woman and the fifth left, the warehouse fell silent.
Xiao Xi, who should have fallen asleep, opened her eyes quietly.
She got up, walked to Luo yechen, squatted down and stared at him. Although others were unconscious, her eyelids trembled slightly. It seemed that she should still have a little consciousness.
Xiao Xi pushed him.
"Hey, wake up."
Luo yechen's eyelashes moved twice, but he still didn't wake up.
Xiao Xi pinched his nose.
Luo yechen couldn't breathe and was finally forced to wake up.
At the moment he opened his eyes, Xiao Xi immediately released his fingers.
He opened his mouth, gasped, and his eyes were out of focus.
It was quite a while before he recovered.
He first looked at the imperial concubine squatting beside him, then looked at the surrounding scene, and gradually remembered what had happened before he was unconscious
Luo yechen opened his eyes: "where are the kidnappers?"
Xiao Xi put his index finger to his lips and motioned him to keep his voice down.
She whispered.
"They're all out. It's just the two of us."
She helped Luo yechen untie the rope on her body.
Luo yechen got up and asked nervously, "aren't you dizzy by the ecstasy? Why did you wake up so soon?"
Xiao Xi smiled cunningly: "that little overpowering drug doesn't work for me at all."
Luo yechen thought this was a unique skill of the people of the South moon, so he didn't ask.
He whispered, "when I was in a coma just now, I vaguely heard the conversation between the two kidnappers. They came to kidnap us because they received the money from the Duke of Hong. Since you were not in a coma, you should have heard those words, too?"
Xiao Xi smiled vaguely.
"Well, I hear you."
Luo yechen was gnashing his teeth with hate: "before, I only thought that Hong Guogong was lecherous and had a bad character. I didn't expect that he was so bold that even we dared to kidnap him. When I go back, I have to peel his skin!"
Xiao Xixi: "do you really think Hong Guogong is the real murderer behind the scenes?"
Luo yechen was stunned: "isn't he? But the two kidnappers have said that they won't attack us until they receive the money of the Duke of Hong."
Xiao Xi joked, "you can believe what they say. You are so naive. Does your princess know?"
Luo yechen was ashamed and became angry: "when are you still sarcastic about me!"
Xiao Qixi: "let's make a bet."
The topic jumped too fast. Luo yechen paused to keep up with her rhythm.
He asked warily, "what the hell do you want?"
Xiao Cuixi: "anyway, I have nothing to do. Let's gamble."
Luo yechen: "I won't bet with you."
Xiao Xixi: "aren't you afraid?"
Luo yechen sneered: "what am I afraid of? I'm the king of England. There's nothing in the world that can make me afraid!!"
Xiao Xixi: "let's bet. If you win, I'll tell you a secret. If I win, you have to be my attendant for three months."
Luo yechen: "I don't want to listen to your secret!"
Xiao Xixi: "don't you want to know why I am so similar to concubine Xiao?"
Luo yechen looked at her suspiciously, as if weighing the credibility of the words.
After thinking about it, he finally failed to resist his curiosity and asked tentatively.
"What are you betting on?"
Xiao Cuixi: "I'll bet if the person who planned this kidnapping is the Grand Duke of Hong. For the sake of fairness, I'll let you choose first. Do you think it's him?"
Luo yechen thought it was the Duke of Hong, but the reaction of the imperial concubine just now made him waver.
He hesitated and finally decided to stick to his opinion.
"I think it's him!"
Xiao Xi smiled: "then I don't think it's him."
Luo yechen: "it's useless to rely on the two of us alone. We have to show real evidence."
Xiao Xixi: "if you do as I say, you will soon know the truth."
Luo yechen doubted: "what can you do?"
Xiao Xi pointed at him.
Luo yechen leaned against him.
Xiao Xixi told him so and so, and finally asked.
"Remember?"
Luo yechen is reluctant, but this situation can't tolerate his refusal.
He could only reluctantly agree.
……
After leaving the imperial study, Hong Guogong did not go out of the palace directly, but went to the Changle palace.
He informed the Empress Dowager of the ransom.
"Madam, as long as I can do this thing, the Queen's position is Xinyao of our family!"
When he said this, he was very excited, and a faint blush appeared on his always bloodless face.
The Empress Dowager was less optimistic than him and frowned slightly: "with the emperor's temperament, it should not be so easy to accept other people's threats."
Hongguo just said.
"Look what you said, I'm not a threat?
I just put forward the condition of fair exchange. He won't lose if he trades the lives of the imperial concubine and the king for the position of Queen!
Besides, the Queen's position will be occupied by people sooner or later. It's better to give it to our own people than to others.
As for the imperial concubine, as an alien princess, it would be the highest if she could give her the position of imperial concubine.
She can't even think about the throne of Queen. The future Prince of Dasheng Dynasty must not have foreign blood! "
The Empress Dowager: "you take it for granted. The emperor has always been partial to the imperial concubine. Even if you force Xinyao into the palace, the Emperor may not take her in mind. In this imperial palace, if there is no favor of the emperor, even if she is in a high position, life will not be much better."
Hong Kong does not think so.
There are many women in his own backyard.
Even if he favors a woman, he will always be bored over time. Once he is bored, he can't help but want to find a fresh and delicious woman.
There is no cat in the world that does not steal fishy, and the emperor is no exception.
What do you say, affectionate like the sea? It's just a game to play with women. Who can take it seriously?!
Hong Kong is full of confidence.
"What if the imperial concubine is favored?
She has been kidnapped now. Who knows if the kidnappers will do anything to her after she is kidnapped?
Even if she is rescued, it is estimated that she is not innocent. Can the emperor spoil a woman who has lost her innocence? "