Luo Qingyan shook his head, "I don't know."
Then he sighed, "Their request is too ridiculous. I can't understand why they do this way either."
Yun Shang pursed her lips. She understood what Luo Qingyan meant. She asked again, "What should we do then? These three cities... We'll cede them or not? "
Yun Shang thought about it carefully for a moment, and then she sighed, "They have really brought us trouble. In the last letter, they asked us not to make public the disappearance of Chengye and not to look for him openly. But now they ask you to issue a public announcement that you will cede three cities to the State of Yelang.
We have to give up the cities and announce it to the world. However, we can't tell the people of the State of Xia that Chengye is missing. This matter... This is really a sticky case... "
Luo Qingyan nodded and pursed his lips. Then he said, "Maybe they just want to make things difficult for us? They just want the whole State of Xia to know that we are willing to bow our heads to the State of Yelang and give up three cities. "
Yun Shang opened her mouth but didn't know what to say.
The hardest person to make a choice now, was Luo Qingyan.
Luo Qingyan seemed to know what Yun Shang was thinking. He patted Yun Shang's arm and comforted, "Leave it to me. I've sent someone to summon several important courtiers. I'll discuss it with them and think out a win-win solution."
Yun Shang nodded, not knowing what to say further.
After a while, Liu Wenan came to report that several ministers were waiting in the Meeting Hall.
Luo Qingyan comforted Yun Shang for a while and left with Liu Wenan.
After eating, Yun Shang stood in the bedroom. She was not in the mood to do anything. She could not focus herself on reading or dealing with something.
After quite some time, she stood up again and said, "I'll go to have a look in the East Palace."
Qian Zhuo responded and followed her behind.
"Last night, the secret guards interrogated that servant named Qin Yue. Though the maid looked young and weak, she was tough. We put her to torture and she passed out several times. However, every time after she was splashed awake, she still kept silent and said nothing. "
This was also within the range of Yun Shang's expectation. She pointed out, "If she weren't tough, I'm afraid she wouldn't have been chosen to get close to Chengye."
Qian Zhuo pursed her lips and then stole a look at Yun Shang. Yun Shang was much calmer than she thought, but her calmness made her feel more worried.
Along the way to the East Palace, Yun Shang didn't say anything further.
After entering Chengye's bedroom, Yun Shang just stood there still. Chengye was still young, so everything in the room was made according to his height. Thus they were all little, cute and exquisite.
There were many toys and books on the bookshelf. On the desk were several books and a half written paper.
Yun Shang walked to the desk and looked at the paper.
It seemed that he was practicing calligraphy. The words on the paper were just like a ghost's drawing, which Yun Shang was very familiar with.
What had been written on the half sheet of paper should be the same in content. Yun Shang tried to figure out what they meant, but she failed.
Yun Shang touched the paper with a smile in her eyes.
While she was thinking, a voice suddenly came from outside, "Aunt, the Empress. Aunt, the Empress!"
Raising her eyebrows, Yun Shang turned to the door and asked in a low voice, "Is it Yan'er?"
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