It was not until evening that King Chen learned that the emperor had summoned Rong Cang and Chu Yunfei into the palace.
Things have been going wrong recently, and he was particularly sensitive to the affairs of Rong Cang and his wife. Hearing this, his expression changed, and he immediately asked coldly: "Why did the emperor summon them?"
"I don't know very well." The subordinate who was responsible for watching lowered his head, "They went to the Qinzheng Palace, but the defense outside the Qinzheng Palace was very tight. No one knew what the Emperor and the King of War were doing inside."
The guards and eunuchs on duty outside the Qinzheng Palace all had mouths like clam shells, and they couldn't find out anything at all.
"What a waste!" King Chen was furious and asked coldly: "Is Qianqi back?"
"Okay...it seems like it hasn't..."
"Your Majesty, Master Qianqi is back!" A steward hurriedly came to report, with an eager look on his face, obviously knowing that the prince was angry about Qianqi's lack of reply for a long time, "Sir Qianqi looks very happy today, won't you? Less money.”
King Chen's expression was gloomy: "Let him come to the study immediately."
"Yes." The steward left in a hurry.
King Chen turned around and entered the study, sitting alone in front of the case, waiting for Qianqi to arrive.
The waiting time always feels extremely long.
King Chen was getting more and more anxious, always involuntarily guessing his father's purpose of summoning Rong Cang and his wife. The more his subordinates couldn't get any information, the more uneasy he felt.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door outside.
King Chen came to his senses and said coldly: "Come in."
Qian Qi pushed the door open and entered with a look of excitement that could not be concealed on her face. However, when she entered the study, she caught a glimpse of King Chen's gloomy expression. She involuntarily lowered her expression, frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Have you been addicted to gambling recently, and you have even neglected my king's business?" King Chen said in a cold and angry tone, "I want to see you and send people all over the world to search for you. Are you the master, or am I the master?"
Qian Qi frowned slightly: "Anyway, I have nothing to do in the palace now, so why not go to the gambling house to play? Besides, it was the prince who begged me in a low voice before I agreed to work for the prince. Now the prince is condescending and treating me like a master. Do you think you want to decide my life or death?"
King Chen hesitated: "This is not what I mean."
"Your Majesty seems a lot anxious recently." Qian Qi smiled faintly, with a little disdain, walked to an armchair and sat down, "You can wait for ten years, how many days can't you wait?"
King Chen's face turned cold at his words, and his heart surged with anger. He wished he could have someone drag him out and give him a beating.
However, Qianqi was different from his staff and subordinates. Not only could they not fight, but they had to provide as much as possible.
He suppressed his anger: "Don't you think Rong Cang's recent situation is not normal?"
"How do you say that?" Qianqi was puzzled.
"You said that his poison has reached its peak, but for so long, we haven't heard any news about his physical discomfort from Prince Zhan's palace." King Chen wiped his face, "Today, my father summoned the couple to the palace. It seems very mysterious, and I can't find out even a little bit of information. I always have an ominous feeling in my heart that things are out of my control."
Qian Qi frowned: "The emperor summoned them?"
"Um."
Qian Qi's eyebrows deepened: "Is there an imperial physician present?"
"No." King Chen shook his head, "It's just that Prince Zhan's palace has never announced an imperial physician, so I can't guess what my father is doing."
Qianqi was silent for a moment, and deep thoughts appeared in his eyes: "The War King has been on the battlefield all year round, and ordinary pain should be bearable for him. If he realizes that his symptoms are different from ordinary causes, he will most likely hide his symptoms out of scruples. Condition."
King Chen frowned: "You can find a way to confirm whether the poison is still in his body."
"What kind of joke is the prince talking about?" Qian Qi's face turned ugly. "Do you still need to doubt my abilities? Not everyone can cure ten years of poison. Besides, so many years have passed. Even if they realize that they have been poisoned, Gu, it is in vain to find the mother Gu."
King Chen said coldly: "What if something happens?"
"There is no chance." Qian Qi said coldly, firmly believing that no one could cure his poison. "If the prince is really worried, he can find a way to meet Chu Yunjiao and ask her face to face."
King Chen fell silent, feeling a little relieved because of Qianqi's too sure tone, but he had another purpose for finding Qianqi.
"I asked the princess to find a way to invite Princess Zhan to the palace. When the time comes, you will bewitch Princess Zhan."
Qian Qi was startled: "What did you say?"
"Rong Cang himself is not afraid of death or pain. I may not be able to threaten him." King Chen said coldly, "Then let Princess Zhan suffer for him. I don't believe that he can watch Chu Yunfei helplessly. and the child in her belly suffering.”
Qian Qi looked at him in disbelief: "You want me to bewitch women and children?"
"Those who achieve great things don't stick to trivial matters." King Chen looked at him coldly, "Do you want to say that this king is too cruel? You have raised so many poisons, but you have harmed so few people? Now you are starting to show your mercy? "
"I never think that I am soft-hearted, but I would never bewitch an unborn child. I cannot do such a vicious thing." Qianqi refused without hesitation, "Since you know that what I do is cruel, We should understand that overuse of evil and evil arts will backfire! Do I want to be backlashed by the things I raise for the sake of His Highness King Chen’s dominance?”
King Chen's face turned livid: "When my great cause is accomplished, I will naturally protect you——"
"What kind of protection are you using?" Qian Qi sneered, "Using the divine light of your true destiny to protect me? I'm afraid that the divine light will turn black by then. Not only will it not be able to protect me, but it will accelerate my death."
King Chen's face turned gloomy, his eyes cold and solemn.
Qian Qi probably realized that what she said was a bit too much. She thought she was lucky today and had won nearly five thousand taels of silver, so she really didn't want to get into too much of a quarrel with King Chen.
So he softened his tone and said: "What the prince lacks now is military power, nothing else. You can either win over the war king and re-establish a good brotherly relationship with him, or marry the fifth princess to the prince of Qi you mentioned. In this way , the ministers of the court support you, and the prince has military power, won’t it be easy to fight for the reserve position?”
He had never seen a person like Chen Wang beat a good hand of cards to pieces.
Although he could be a brother-in-law and rely on the War King's military power as his backing, he insisted on going against the War King, trying to contain and manipulate the opponent at every turn, even at the risk of putting him to death.
As an outsider, he knew this was a stupid decision.
"Qianqi." King Chen's anger slowly calmed down, "If you agree to this, I will give you another twenty thousand taels of silver, buy you a house in the richest city in Chu State, and give you six beauties. After this is done, you can stay away from the imperial city——"
"Your Highness, King Chen, are you joking?" Qian Qi interrupted him, "You want me to risk my life for just twenty thousand taels of silver and a house?"
King Chen gritted his teeth: "How much do you want?"
Qianqi's eyes flashed, thinking that she had won more than 5,000 taels in Changlefang in one day today. If she could win like this every day, it would take four days to win 20,000 taels of silver.
He needs to risk being killed by the King of War to earn these 20,000 taels of silver?
