After falsely claiming to be pregnant, the whole court came to claim it

After Liu Linxi handed over the golden saber, she was somewhat uneasy.

He thought of many possibilities. Twenty years ago, the Seventh Prince would poison the Queen Mother to death out of embarrassment, which shows that he has a very surly temper.Now I don't know whether his temperament has improved or worsened.

When Liu Linxi was feeling anxious, there was a sudden commotion outside, and then a group of guards from Ju State rushed into the prison, lined up on both sides of the road.One of them escorted the older jailer in. The older jailer looked terrified, as if he was terrified.

"Say, who gave you the golden knife?" the guard sternly asked.

The elder jailer looked troubled, looked at Liu Linxi and turned away, as if hesitating.

Seeing this posture, Liu Linxi knew that he would not be able to hide sooner or later, and he didn't want the elder jailer to suffer because of his affairs, so he quickly waved and said, "I gave him the golden knife."

Hearing this, the guard pushed the jailer aside and walked towards the cell where Liu Linxi and Chu Yunfeng were.

"You two are big banquet people?" the guard asked.

"Yes." Liu Linxi said neither humble nor overbearing.

The guard glanced at Liu Linxi's stomach, and said to the jailer behind him, "Open the cell door and bring these two out."

Hearing the words, the jailer quickly complied, Liu Linxi and Chu Yunfeng came out of the prison consciously, and guards stepped forward to escort them.The leading guard from before glared at the man who was guarding Liu Linxi and said, "Be careful."

Hearing this, the man had no choice but to let go of Liu Linxi, and followed closely behind.

Liu Linxi followed the crowd out of the cell, and saw a man in fine clothes standing outside.

The man looked about 35 or [-] years old, and he was well maintained. There was no trace of time on his handsome face, and he looked in full bloom.When he came out of Liu Linxi, he kept staring at her.Liu Linxi took a closer look and knew that this person was probably the Seventh Prince of Ju.

"Liu Linxi, deputy commander of the Banquet National Guards, has met the Seventh Prince." Liu Linxi took the initiative to report to the house.

The Seventh Prince's eyes lit up when he heard his name, and he said, "Liu Linxi... Are you Liu Linxi, General Galewind?"

Liu Linxi was startled, he didn't expect the Seventh Prince to know his name, he hurriedly said: "I'm right."

"This king remembers... the great victory in the Northwest that year, he was so happy that he awarded several generals, the youngest of which was General Gale." The Seventh Prince looked far away when he said this, apparently lost in memory.

"I didn't expect the Seventh Prince to know a lot about my banquet." Liu Linxi said.

"It's all in the past..." The Seventh Prince sighed, looking a little frustrated.

Over the years, he knew everything about that person in the capital of Dayan Kingdom.What new rules was established by that person, what criminal law was enacted, which official was appointed, which mountain was climbed, and even Xinjin's favorite pastry was known to him.

Until one day, news came from the banquet that the man passed away due to illness...

"Why is this golden knife in your hand?" Seventh Prince asked.

"The owner of the golden knife is the grandfather of the child in my stomach." Liu Linxi said.

The Seventh Prince glanced at Liu Linxi's stomach, and asked, "Are you the queen of the big banquet?"

"Your Majesty and I haven't married yet, so we can't be called a queen." Liu Linxi said.

The Seventh Prince nodded and said: "The visitor is a guest, please General Liu move to the palace and talk about it."

After finishing speaking, the Seventh Prince made a gesture of invitation to Liu Linxi, Liu Linxi glanced at Chu Yunfeng, and the two followed the Seventh Prince to the palace.

Liu Linxi didn't expect things to go so smoothly. Instead of embarrassing them, the Seventh Prince even treated them with courtesy.After arriving at the palace, the Seventh Prince ordered someone to tidy up the guest room, and prepared a change of clothes for them, asking them to take a bath and change first.The two of them lived in the prison for the past few days, and they were quite embarrassed. They thought that the Seventh Prince was simply too caring and considerate.

After the two of them bathed and changed their clothes, a maid from the palace came to guide the way and said, "My lord is waiting in the flower hall, please go over and talk to me." The two of them followed the maid to the flower hall, and saw the seventh prince Already waiting there.

"General Liu, please come in quickly." The Seventh Prince went up to meet him personally, and even reached out to support Liu Linxi when he entered the door.Liu Linxi always felt that the Seventh Prince was a little too friendly and not very down-to-earth, but he didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so he could only let nature take its course.

Liu Linxi went into the flower hall and saw that there were many rare and antiques inside, including all kinds of jade and other small objects.Compared with the things here, the blood jade he had seen before seemed ordinary.

"This is the jade that this king bought many years ago. It is very beautiful. If General Liu likes it, he can take it away." Seeing Liu Linxi's gaze on a pair of jades, the Seventh Prince wanted to give them to him on the spot .

Liu Linxi hastily declined and said: "My lord is too polite, I'm a rough person, I don't know how to appreciate these good things."

"General Liu is too polite." The Seventh Prince said, "Since you are the person his children are looking for, you won't be too bad if you think about it."

Liu Linxi: ...

The Seventh Prince's three words are inseparable from the first emperor, which makes it difficult to answer.

"When I found this night pearl, I heard that he had a son, so I wanted to send it to him as a full moon gift." The Seventh Prince said, "But... the gifts were all returned, and we married him. It’s the same as before, I sent it back without even looking at it.”

The Seventh Prince stretched out his hand and slowly stroked/touched those things, and said in a slow tone: "Back then he liked to collect these things the most. I got a new piece of blood jade at that time. He wanted it, but I didn't give it to him. Later, he tricked him to accompany me After drinking several times, I reluctantly gave him away, he is very precious."

How did the other party know that the blood jade was prepared for him from the beginning.

Those few drinks were just an excuse for the young man who was full of thoughts to get close to him.

Liu Linxi looked around and saw that the flower hall was full of all kinds of gadgets, and then realized that these things were all collected by the Seventh Prince and wanted to be a gift to the late emperor.

It's a pity that he poisoned the Empress Dowager back then, and finally killed the first child of the late Emperor and the Empress Dowager, and the late Emperor turned against him ever since.From now on, all the thoughts of the Seventh Prince can only be placed on these things, and there is nowhere to send them.

"General Liu, you and his son are husband and wife now, does your husband also like these things?" Seventh Prince asked.

"He doesn't like it." Liu Linxi said, "He's very boring."

The Seventh Prince laughed and said: "How could it be, you are outstanding in appearance and have made many military exploits. If he is so boring, how can you fall in love with him?"

"I can't tell. Many people are like this, and they may not be very interesting, but there will always be someone who falls in love with them." Liu Linxi said.

If he were to talk about Li Yan's benefits, Liu Linxi would naturally be able to tell, but the seventh prince is so sad in front of him now, he can't show his affection in front of others, right?Moreover, this time he is asking for something from others, so he must be cautious in his words and deeds.

The Seventh Prince was a little dazed when he heard the words, and he didn't know what happened in the past.

Liu Linxi was anxious, and didn't know when the Seventh Prince would have to recall, so she thought that maybe she should take the initiative.

Thinking of this, Liu Linxi said, "Seventh Prince, I came here specially to see you this time, because I actually want to ask you something."

"Oh?" The Seventh Prince turned to look at him and asked, "What's the matter?"

Liu Linxi said: "The Seventh Prince must have heard about the battle between the Great Banquet and the Great Zhou?"

"Great Zhou united Qingyi Kingdom, this king knows a thing or two about this matter." Seventh Prince said.

"I'm here this time because I want to discuss the alliance with your country." Liu Linxi said.

"Alliance?" The Seventh Prince said, "Do you want to play Da Zhou together?"

Liu Linxi nodded and said, "Yes."

"Impossible." The Seventh Prince said: "This is a war between you and the Great Zhou, and it is impossible for Ju to intervene. If we want to fight, we agreed when the Great Zhou came to discuss it."

The Seventh Prince put away his sad spring and autumn, changed into a business-like demeanor, and said to Liu Linxi: "This king has some friendship with your late emperor, but that was all 20 years ago. Now we two Each country does not owe each other, and it is impossible for Ju State to help you out of this siege."

"My lord misunderstood me. I didn't come here to ask Ju for help, but to form an alliance with Ju." Liu Linxi said: "Ju doesn't want to get involved in the battle group, it's just to consider the gains and losses. If this alliance brings Ju The advantages outweigh the disadvantages, why don't you think about it?"

The Seventh Prince laughed and said: "General Liu, let alone that the military and state affairs of the Ju country are not decided by this king, even if this king can speak in front of His Majesty, do you think this king will take care of this for you for the sake of the old relationship of more than 20 years?" Is it risky?"

Liu Linxi said: "Your Majesty doesn't have to take risks for me, as long as you recommend me to His Majesty, I will personally discuss the following matters with Your Majesty."

"Why should I help you?" The Seventh Prince said, "Give me a reason."

Liu Linxi's complexion sank, and he said, "The Seventh Prince still remembers that he gave the banquet 20 years ago two strange poisons produced by Kuguzhuang."

The Seventh Prince's expression changed when he heard the words, and he said, "What does that have to do with this matter?"

"It's true that there is no relationship, but if it is, it is not far-fetched." Liu Linxi said: "The two poisons 20 years ago, one of them, the prince should know where it went. The other one, the prince knows where it was used. ?”

"Of course this king won't know." The Seventh Prince said.

"The other one was used by someone to try to take my life..." Liu Linxi said, "But I was fatal. I didn't die after being poisoned at the time, and the poison occurred several months later. Your Majesty came with me to save my life. With this baby."

The Seventh Prince looked at Liu Linxi's swollen abdomen after hearing the words, his face was a little pale.In the past 20 years, the incident of poisoning was the last thing he wanted to mention. God knows how much he regretted his actions back then, but it had already happened, even if he regretted it, it would be of no avail.

"The war in the Northwest has resumed this time. Without this child, I should have put on armor..." Liu Linxi said, "I dare to guess that the Seventh Prince must have been brooding over what happened back then. When I went to the Queen Mother that day , It was she who gave me the short knife inlaid with gold and jade in person."

The Seventh Prince was startled when he heard the words, and asked, "She gave you that knife?"

"Yes." Liu Linxi said: "The Seventh Prince owed the late Emperor and the Queen Mother a life. If you are willing to introduce me today, it will be a favor for the banquet."

Hearing the words, the Seventh Prince took a deep breath, with a sad look on his face.

After a long while, he said, "Okay, this king will take you to see Brother Huang."

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant hurried over.

When the seventh prince saw it, he shouted sharply: "Why are you panicking? Didn't you see that this king has guests?"

The attendant hurriedly said: "My lord, the palace sent someone here, saying that they heard that the lord has mentioned two banquet guests in the prison, and they are worried that they are related to the assassin, so they want to take them away for questioning."

"Nonsense, if I mention two people, can't they even tell if they are assassins or not?" said the Seventh Prince.

"They...brought a portrait. The jailer in the prison confirmed it. The person in the portrait is indeed..." The attendant glanced at Liu Linxi, hesitant to speak.

Liu Linxi secretly thought that something was wrong, thinking why did he suddenly get involved with the assassin again?

Although he didn't know the origin of this assassin, once he got involved now, it would inevitably cause troubles.

"General Liu will be here later, I will come whenever I go." The Seventh Prince hurried away after saying that, and when he came back after a while, he held a portrait in his hand, which indeed looked very similar to Liu Linxi.

Liu Linxi hurriedly said: "My lord, there must be some misunderstanding here."

"General Liu, don't need to panic, this king has already explained to them." The Seventh Prince said: "This king also sent someone to the palace to inform His Majesty, and I will bring General Liu into the palace to face the saint in a while."

Liu Linxi nodded, but she always felt that the portrait was a bit strange.

All right, why did the guards of Ju State hunt down the assassin with his portrait?

Could it be that the assassin just happened to look like him?

In the afternoon, the Seventh Prince brought Liu Linxi and Chu Yunfeng into the palace.The palace of Ju State is slightly different from the banquet, both in appearance and details are more high-profile, colorful glass can be seen everywhere, compared with the palace of the banquet is more serious and solemn.

Liu Linxi followed the Seventh Prince all the way to a certain palace in the palace, where the decoration looks quite gorgeous, it should be the place where the emperor usually holds banquets.The emperor of Ju State is very particular, after the message from the Seventh Prince, he specially set up a banquet to receive Liu Linxi.

In any case, now that Liu Linxi is pregnant with Li Yan's child, she is tantamount to being the queen-to-be of the banquet.

No matter what considerations the emperor of Ju State had, he would naturally not neglect him.

After all, regardless of the good relations between the two countries in the past, when the big banquet war subsides in the future, if they win the big Zhou, the national power will only be stronger than before.Ju State, as a neighboring country of Dayan, naturally hopes to continue to have good relations with Dayan. Even if they do not have good relations, they cannot make enemies.

At the banquet, everyone exchanged greetings first.

Seeing that the emperor of Ju State had a good attitude, Liu Linxi felt a little relieved.

"Dayan has not sent envoys to Ju for many years." The emperor said with some regret.

"The two countries had some quarrels when the first emperor was alive, and it is reasonable to neglect communication." Liu Linxi said: "However, the gate of the banquet has never rejected the people of Ju, and the business exchanges between the two countries have not stopped in these years."

The emperor was startled when he heard the words, he didn't expect Liu Linxi to speak so directly, and explained the reason why the two countries broke off contact in front of the Seventh Prince.However, what Liu Linxi said later was also very ingenious, which meant that the two countries had disagreements in the past, but it was not a deep hatred that could not be resolved, and the banquet had always left room for them.

"General Liu is straightforward, he deserves to be a member of the army." The emperor said.

Liu Linxi said: "The big banquet is now in a tense battle, and Da Zhou united with the Qingyi Kingdom to provoke another war in the northwest. Presumably His Majesty should have heard about it?"

"Since General Liu is so direct, I won't hide it." The emperor said, "Before Da Zhou united with Qingyi Kingdom, he sent envoys to Ju Kingdom. I didn't want to have a bad relationship with Dayan, so I rejected them." Alliance request."

Liu Linxi said: "For this, Da Yanming is deeply moved."

The emperor said again: "I can probably guess the purpose of General Liu's visit here. But the country of Ju is not as powerful as Dayan. Once it gets involved in a war, it will definitely bring a series of problems. It is not a last resort. I don't want the country of Ju to Participate in it. General Liu must also understand the difficulties."

As soon as Liu Linxi heard that the emperor was quite honest, he said, "The alliance between the two countries is nothing more than profit-driven. Your majesty is so wise to give benefits to the country of Ju, so you should know that it is not worth it. Although I don't know that Da Zhou negotiated with your majesty. The details, but I think they must have promised that after capturing Dayan in the future, they will cede the city adjacent to Ju State to Ju State, right?"

"General Liu predicts things like a god." The emperor of Ju State said.

"Your Majesty is absurd. When two countries fight a war, in terms of winning or losing, apart from land and people, what they can get is gold, silver, money and food." Liu Linxi said: "Da Zhou is not stupid. They should know that even if the banquet is defeated, But if you want to take the land of the Great Banquet as your own and let the people of the Great Banquet become their vassals, it will not be possible overnight. That's why they will generously give up this hot potato to His Majesty."

From the moment Liu Linxi entered the door, he spoke bluntly in every sentence, neither aggressive nor hidden, which made the emperor of Ju feel quite happy.Hearing the words, he said: "What General Liu means is that the banquet and the alliance with the State of Ju can offer better conditions than this?"

"To tell you the truth, the land of Da Zhou is in the northwest of Da Yan, and the climate is too harsh compared to Da Yan. Da Yan has a large land and abundant products, and there is no shortage of land and people, so we have never fought against Da Zhou. Annexation." Liu Linxi said: "We will only think of ways to limit the military strength and national power of the Great Zhou, so that they will no longer have the strength to provoke wars in the days to come."

The emperor of Ju Kingdom was quite surprised when he heard the words, but he didn't expect Liu Linxi to tell him this.

Liu Linxi said again: "After the defeat of the Great Zhou, we can ask them to pay tribute, and the tribute, gold and silver, can be shared equally with the state of Ju. But this is not the most important thing, I think what your majesty wants more, It is the long-term cooperation and mutual benefit between the two countries. As for the specifics, His Majesty should know better than me."

Liu Linxi had done some homework before, and knew that Ju country is rich in minerals, including jade, gold and silver, but because of the climate and transportation, other resources are very scarce.Although they have traded with Dayan in recent years, the lack of promotion from the imperial court has not achieved satisfactory results.Only by encouraging the imperial court and formulating some policies to promote trade can the trade between the two countries be truly promoted.

And looking around, the only country that can cooperate with Ju State in this regard is the most suitable banquet in the east.

If they were really allied with the Great Zhou, they wouldn't have any resources to exchange.

To put it bluntly, the big banquet is not short of anything, and it can be self-sufficient without interacting with them.

Therefore, the matter of trade is an urgent need of Ju country, and the big banquet is just to sell favors to them.

The two countries have not continued to communicate because of the matter of the Seventh Prince before, and the emperor of Ju State is probably about to give up these years.Now that Liu Linxi personally sent him to negotiate, he naturally wished for it.

"General Liu can be so outspoken, I really admire it." The emperor of Ju State said.

"I'm still desperate now, and this move is not just to make friends with Ju, but more importantly, to end the war in the northwest as soon as possible." Liu Linxi said.

"Is there any evidence for what General Liu said today?" said the Emperor of Ju.

Liu Linxi said: "This is the evidence for the future prince who will be feasting with me."

Chu Yunfeng on the side was startled when he heard the words, and was taken aback. Liu Linxi meant that he wanted to stay in Ju as a hostage?

The Seventh Prince and the emperor were also a little surprised, never expecting Liu Linxi to be so straightforward.

"Your Majesty should know the way we conduct banquets. What happened 20 years ago, the late emperor did not have any enmity with Ju. If we are treacherous people and don't care about the old friendship we once made, in the past 20 years, the two countries How could it be so peaceful?" Liu Linxi said.

The emperor said: "General Liu is worthy of being the future queen of the banquet. I believe in you today."

Liu Linxi couldn't help but heave a sigh of relief when he heard the words, but he didn't expect things to go smoothly.If today's incident had been replaced by another envoy, there would inevitably be more side issues, but Liu Linxi's stomach was straight, and he spoke bluntly and directly pointed at the vital point, so the natural strength and credibility were a bit higher.

Liu Linxi was very sincere, not only offered to stay as a pledge, but also wrote a proof on the spot.He had the dragon talisman bestowed by Li Yan in his hand, and the golden saber from before was used as proof, so there was nothing doubtful about it.

On that day, Liu Linxi was arranged to live in a post house in Wangcheng, and the emperor of Ju Kingdom sent a team of personal guards to protect his safety.

After Liu Linxi left, the Seventh Prince did not take the emperor's decision seriously.

You must know that sending troops to fight is no small matter, and it is likely to affect the national fortune of the entire Ju State.

"Do you think I want to go to war?" The emperor said to the Seventh Prince, "If we don't accept the big banquet this time, they will win the big week in the future. Thinking of today's events, all the people in the country of Ju will be banned as soon as possible." Business contacts, and in the future we will never have this opportunity to make good friends with them again."

The Seventh Prince frowned and asked, "What if they lose?"

"When the news of the death of the commander of the Northwest Army came, you said you lost the banquet. It has been more than a month now, has the fighting in the Northwest stopped?" The emperor said: "The commander of the first army died in battle. They failed to take advantage of the situation, and the Northwest Army can be so brave without their commander. Now that Li Yan has personally marched, the Northwest Army will only get more and more frustrated, and they will not lose."

The Seventh Prince laughed and said, "Are you sure they will win?"

"As long as we send troops, they will definitely win." The emperor said: "If it goes well, we can be regarded as the allies of the big banquet in the northwest. If it doesn't go well, the worst is Li Yan's death on the battlefield, and Liu Linxi's stomach will be defeated by then. This child here is the new emperor of the feast."

At that time, the state of Ju will be the great hero who assisted the new emperor of the banquet to ascend the throne.

This account is not a loss no matter what.