Through the book: The villain’s son’s stand-in

The light fell on the crown of thorns on the queen's head. The bright red gems were wrapped in piercing thorns, giving it a bloody beauty.

The Queen looked careless and put her hands on the table casually, obviously not paying much attention to this conversation.

Also, the initiative lies with the other party, and the two parties are really not familiar with each other, and they don't even have the same friendship as human beings.

There is really no need for small talk.

Since this was a conversation between kings, Pei Chaoxi was the only one who came into contact with the Queen of Rhine.

Faced with the rudeness of the Rhine Queen, Pei Chaoxi pinched her palms to stop herself from acting out her emotions.

Mingxu was still in a coma. Obtaining the blood of the Queen of Rhine was the fastest way. He couldn't just miss the opportunity.

Pei Zhaoxi showed a formulaic fake smile and said: "I know that the queen's time is precious, so I won't beat around the bush. My second son was accidentally poisoned by your vine poison and is now dying. I hope I can exchange it for a certain price. Antidote.”

"Oh, I feel very sorry to hear this news, but the antidote needs to be prepared on site, and it only lasts for one day. It also requires royal blood, which is a bit difficult to handle."

"What kind of difficulties are you referring to?" Pei Zhaoxi said urgently: "If it is a time limit issue, it can be arranged at the border. The price of blood can also be discussed."

Rhine smiled: "It's really urgent. You are really sincere towards your second son."

Pei Chaoxi said solemnly: "After all, he is my child, the Second Highness of the Star Empire."

"Okay." The Queen of Rhine suddenly relaxed, she pursed her lips, and there was a cold light in her green eyes.

"Really?" He couldn't help but feel happy, and it took him a moment to regain his composure.

"what do you need?"

When he asked this question, the glimmer in Rhine's eyes flashed away, and she said frankly: "I have no interest in your territory. If I want to invade, there is no need to exchange, I will come and get it myself."

Pei Chaoxi remained silent, knowing the truth of Queen of the Rhine's words.

Although there are many races and sects in the Shuvine Empire, under the governance of the Queen of Rhine, all the clans submit to her crown of thorns.

If such a prosperous empire were to invade, I believe that no one in this star field would be able to defeat it.

Rhine's words continued: "I want to borrow your empire's source library for half a year."

"impossible!"

Upon hearing this word, Pei Chaoxi immediately slapped the table and stood up, flatly refusing.

The source database is equivalent to the country's confidential information database. The empire's confidential information and the files of everyone in the empire will be recorded in it.

Once leaked, it is not only an issue of citizens' privacy rights, but also related to the country's core secrets.

It is absolutely not allowed to be borrowed.

"Then borrow it for three months?"

She also tried to discuss with Pei Chaoxi.

Nanasha, who was sitting next door and was eavesdropping with the most primitive eavesdropping equipment, suddenly lit up.

The Queen of the Rhine seems to be particularly concerned about Yuanku, and perhaps this can be regarded as a point of cooperation.

"No! No matter if it is half a year, three months, or even one day, Yuanku will not lend it to you."

As these words fell, a tone indicating the end of communication also sounded.

Nanasha hurriedly ran towards the study room. As soon as she entered the door, she saw Pei Chaoxi looking angry and deeply regretful.

Nanasha quickly stepped forward and hugged her husband's body. Pei Zhaoxi leaned against Nanasha's belly and said like a mother, "Nanasha, I messed up again."

She stroked her husband's soft hair and said with relief: "It's not your fault, it's her request that is too much."

Source library is more important than territory.

If the territory is lost, it can still be fought back with skill, but leaking the source library will be a huge blow to the credibility of the empire. It will take many years to make up for the damage to trust.

What's more, they don't know the purpose of the Queen of Rhine, so they can't lend out the source library at will.

Pei Chaoxi raised his head and asked, "Should we fight directly now?"

Nanasha shook her head and said, "No, we still need to conduct a second round of consultations."

Pei Chaoxi was a little anxious, and his deep dark green pupils were full of anxiety: "But, I just refused so firmly, I'm afraid the Shuvine Empire will no longer accept communications."

"Yes." Nanasha said firmly.

Pei Chaoxi looked at her in surprise, and Nanasha continued: "Judging from your conversation just now, it seems that she also wants something from us."

"Yuanku? But you can't lend her this!" Pei Chaoxi said firmly.

Nanasha looked at him comfortingly, and after he calmed down, she said, "You don't have to lend it to her."

"She borrowed the source database, and there must be something that she had to go through to find it. If she can be persuaded to lend our hands to help her find it, maybe we can reach a consensus faster."

"It makes sense." Pei Chaoxi raised his eyebrows slightly, his face full of joy.

But after a while, the corners of his mouth curved again: "Then my attitude just now wasn't..."

Nanasha pursed her lips and smiled: "That's okay, I believe the Queen will understand your difficulties."

"The most important thing now is to summarize all the people who have come into contact with the source database in the past twenty years, as well as their reasons for requests and query records."

Pei Chaoxi finally caught up with her thoughts this time and said, "Mingxu was poisoned, and there must be traitors in the empire involved, so her demands will definitely be completed by those people."

"So, as long as we look for it from the source, we can know the reason why the Queen of Rhine borrowed the source library."

"After this civil strife, His Majesty's political consciousness has increased a lot."

Pei Chaoxi smiled sheepishly, suddenly stood up and hugged Nanasha, looked into her eyes affectionately and said, "Of course the queen taught her well."

*

After a brief period of tenderness, Nanasha and Pei Chaoxi walked into the royal treasury together.

Entering from the solid dark entrance, the original wall lamps light up one by one as people move around.

In the twists and turns of the passages, they manually closed layers of mechanisms and walked for nearly half an hour before arriving at the location where the source library was stored.

The towering gray bronze door is carved with ancient and mysterious patterns.

Pei Chaoxi mixed the blood with special medicinal powder according to the secret method passed down from the clan, and poured it into the blood tank in front of the door.

As the blood tank became wet, a mechanical sound suddenly came from behind the heavy door.

Looking up, the centrally opened door suddenly lifted slowly from bottom to top.

But when it was lifted to the point where it could only be passed by people, it hung in the air.

The door seemed to be hung by something. When the two passed through, the door shook a few times.

Quite scary.

Nanasha couldn't help but squeeze Pei Chaoxi's hand, and Pei Chaoxi also grabbed her waist and led her through this dark passage in a protective manner.

Half a minute later, the dark cave suddenly lit up with a faint blue light, illuminating another smooth and cold steel door.

"My ancestors had a lot of anti-theft methods." Pei Chaoxi sighed.

Nanasha said softly: "It's better to be cautious."

"Yes, if my ancestors hadn't been cautious, I might have lost control of the source library long ago."