Eight attendants followed the queen into Kunning Palace.
Arriving at the door of the main hall of Kunning Palace, Cheng Wanwan stopped and said, "Queen, this is the Queen's palace. Too many people are not allowed to enter at the same time. Just two people can enter to wait on you. Please don't mind, Queen."
The queen's brows relaxed, and she turned around and said, "If you are in the Great Universe, you must abide by the rules of the Great Universe. Just the two of you will follow."
The nun opened her lips and saw that Cheng Wanwan only had one person to serve her, so she said nothing and followed the queen in with another nun.
Kunning Palace is grand and majestic, and the main hall is resplendent. There are only the queen and a few maids in the huge hall. The fragrance of tea lingers, and it is obvious that they have been waiting for a long time.
"There is no need to salute." The queen said with a smile, "The queen and Mrs. Sui should both sit down."
The queen took a sip of tea and praised with a smile: "Assab does not have the habit of drinking tea. It is difficult to sell the tea brought by merchants to Assab at a good price. If you want to open the tea market in Assab, you should first I want to cultivate a tea-drinking culture. I wonder if the Queen can teach me how to make tea?"
The queen smiled and agreed: "Of course."
The palace maid immediately provided all the tools for making tea, and the three of them sat down at the tea table.
The queen tried her best to teach, but the queen was a little distracted in learning. Halfway through the lesson, she turned around and said, "Go and get my favorite hairpin. I will give it to the queen as a thank you gift."
One of the nuns left immediately.
The queen continued: "Go and get my favorite conch."
The nanny stood firmly, lowered her head and said: "There must be someone by the queen's side. When Aunt Yu comes back, I will go get the conch number."
The queen bit her lower lip so hard that it turned white.
The queen raised her eyes and asked, "But what's the matter?"
Cheng Wanwan said: "The Queen wants to give a gift to the Queen."
She could see that the people serving the queen were not confidants. They seemed to be serving her, but in fact they were monitoring her.
At this moment, the queen is eager to get rid of these people. She must have something important to tell the queen.
Perhaps, this should be the main reason why King Assab and Queen traveled thousands of miles to come to Dayu Country...
Otherwise, Assab would not even bring tigers as tribute. This is to show his loyalty and tell Dayu that Assab has no intention of competing for supremacy...
"Queen, try the tea I brewed." Cheng Wanwan picked up the tea cup and handed it over, "My craftsmanship is not as good as the queen, but I have added some ingenuity to see if the queen can drink it..."
When her hand was about to get close to the queen, she suddenly let go, and a cup of steaming tea fell on the table. The tea flowed down the corner of the table, and the queen's skirt was all wet.
"queen!"
The grandma quickly knelt on the ground to clean it up.
"I'm sorry!" Cheng Wanwan apologized quickly, "If I burnt the Queen, I deserve to die! I remembered that the Queen had a dress that was exactly the same as the Queen, so I shamelessly asked the Queen to give me that dress. To the queen."
The queen took a look at the sparkling clothes on the queen's body. She really didn't have such exaggerated clothes. Why did Mrs. Sui open her eyes and tell lies?
When she was confused, she saw Cheng Wanwan winking at her vigorously.
She nodded along with Cheng Wanwan's words: "I do have one. The queen will come with me to have a look. If you like it, you can change it directly."
Cheng Wanwan translated it again.
When the nun heard this, she stood up holding the queen's hand, and followed the queen into the inner room.
"Stay." Cheng Wanwan stretched out his hand to block it. "A few steps further is where the queen sleeps. In our country of Dayu, no one is allowed to enter except the emperor, the queen and some of her personal attendants. If I hadn't gotten into trouble, , our queen will not invite the queen in. The queen can come in, and you waiters will just wait outside."
How could the nanny be willing to follow the queen and not want to retreat?
Cheng Wanwan smiled: "In Dayu Country, such servants would be thrown out to feed the dogs."
"I told you to wait." The queen understood what Cheng Wanwan meant, with gratitude in her eyes, and then turned her head and said coldly, "If it affects the relationship between Assab and Dayu, you have ten It’s not even enough to cut off the head.”
The grandma finally let go and waited outside.
Cheng Wanwan gave Mrs. Qi a look, asking her to keep a close eye on her.
The queen's inner room is also very spacious, showing low-key luxury everywhere. Two maids were burning incense, but the queen kicked them out.
As a result, there were only three people left in the huge inner room.
"Mrs. Sui is really sweet. I didn't say anything, but Mrs. Sui knew what I wanted to do." The queen thanked Cheng Wanwan first, then walked up to the queen, curtsied and said, "I and King General Asab all The reason for turning down state affairs is not just to show Assab's sincerity, but actually to ask for something."
There was no surprise on the Queen's face.
The country of Dayu can be regarded as a court from all the countries, but every time they come to court, they are the courtiers of those countries, or they send a prince or princess. This is the first time that the king comes in person. Even if he wants to show sincerity, his sincerity is too much. A little too much.
After the palace banquet that day, the emperor told her that the Assab ministers who came to court seemed to have their own agenda.
Sure enough, the emperor was right.
"Those are all people sent by the king." The queen said with a wry smile on her face, "Eight out of ten people serving the king and I are the king's spies. If you drive away one, the king will send two. ...The king and I have lived under the supervision of the county king for more than ten years. We have endured it for more than ten years. I wanted to endure it forever, but the prince is old and will inherit the throne sooner or later. We cannot let the prince live like us..."
The queen was speaking with tears streaming down her face. It was obviously the first time she had said this to outsiders, and it was also the first time she had complained to outsiders. She could not control her emotions at all.
As she spoke, Cheng Wanwan translated.
After listening to what was said later, Cheng Wanwan realized that the Assab royal family was so chaotic.
The current king is the eldest son, and he inherited the throne more than ten years ago. When he first ascended the throne, external enemy countries invaded, so he gave the military power to his younger brother, who was the prince in the queen's mouth. This prince led the troops After repelling the enemy, he was unwilling to return his military power and became the king of Yali County in Assab with a heavy army.
Over the past ten years, King Yali has continued to expand his power, with nearly 200,000 troops at his disposal. It is not an exaggeration to say that he has power over the entire government.
If he wants to rebel, it is a very simple matter, but whoever allows the current king to be his brother from the same mother and overthrows his brother's regime will be drowned by the people of Assab who value family ties, so , King Yali only wants power, not the throne... At every court meeting, the king does not need to speak, King Yali has the final say in everything.
The king of Assab is just a puppet.
The queen spoke slowly: "So, you want Dayu to help you regain military power?"
The queen nodded: "I know this request is very abrupt, but we have only this way... As long as the King of Dayu becomes the real king, we will offer the Assab royal family the largest gold mine mountain range and pay tribute to Dayu every year. Countless precious treasures, Assab will always surrender to the Great Universe."
Cheng Wanwan knew that there were many gold mining mountains in Assab, some of which were controlled by the court, and some of which were unique to the royal family. No one except the royal family knew where they were. This is why the Assab royal family seemed so rich. .
The largest gold mining mountain range, the output in a year is unimaginable... To a certain extent, this deal is a good deal.
The queen also thought for a moment, and then said after a long time: "You and the king are coming to Dayu Country. Prince Yali should have guessed your purpose, right?"
"The prince is in his hands, and he knows that the king and I don't dare to mess around." The queen smiled bitterly, "So, this time to seize power, we cannot send troops to take it back violently, but we need to outsmart..."
