Yun Shang didn't want any accident to happen to the seal of Yelang tomorrow. She had almost been fully prepared, but the accidents still occurred. Yun Shang sighed in a low voice and turned to Qian Yin. "You and Ruyi need to negotiate with each other to prevent Jing Wenxi from entering the imperial palace again tomorrow."
Qian Yin giggled and said yes, "that's easy."
After some arrangements, Yun Shang suddenly realized that Prince Jing still had something important to deal with, or else the people of the state of Ning would be affected. With a sigh, Yun Shang walked out of the yard and asked the guards at the gate, "where is Prince Jing?"
The guard answered, "his highness is in the study to visit a guest."
To visit a guest? Yun Shang stopped for a short while and then returned to the room. She guessed that the guest was most likely to be Xia Huanyu. Prince Jing had promised her to deal with this matter properly, and that he would not let his birth affect the country of Ning. Now that he has promised, he will definitely keep his promise.
It was not until dusk that Prince Jing came out of his study. Instead of returning to his room, she heard from a servant that Prince Jing was in a daze in the pavilion by the lake. Yun Shang frowned. She had been pacing back and forth in her room for the whole day. She was almost dizzy. When she heard that Prince Jing was lost in thought by the lake, she slowly calmed down. She stopped and turned to Qian Yin indifferently. "His highness hasn't eaten anything all day. It is not good for his health. Go and ask the kitchen to make some porridge for him."
Qian Yin looked at Yun Shang as if she had seen a ghost. She stared at her for a long time before walking out of the room.
About half an hour later, Prince Jing returned to the yard with a chill. Yun Shang saw that Prince Jing wore only one shirt. He must have gotten up in a hurry this morning. She hurried to hold his hands and found that it was indeed very cold.
Yun Shang frowned, went into her bedroom, took out a cloak, and draped it on Prince Jing. Then she said in a low voice, "even though you are in good health, you can't torture yourself like this. What if you fall ill?" Then she said, "you don't eat for a whole day. Do you think you are made of iron? Luo Qingyan, you... "
She stopped before Yun Shang finished speaking. Because Prince Jing threw himself into Yun Shang's arms, which made her shiver with coldness. It took Yun Shang a while to get used to the coldness. She didn't say anything but just held Luo Qingyan in her arms. She didn't know what Prince Jing and Xia Huanyu had talked about. She felt it was cruel for him to face a stranger, who he had found out to have been his father for more than twenty years. Her heart ached for her husband, even if he was omnipotent in her heart.
"Your highness, the porridge is coming." Qian Yin's voice came from outside, breaking the silence of the room.
Prince Jing shook his head and stared at Yun Shang for a long time before he said, "in a while, he will together with his majesty to make a confession that the state of Xia is willing to become an alliance with the state of Ning, and there will be no war in a hundred years, and that they must support the other in spite of any difficulty."
After that, Prince Jing fell silent again. Yun Shang also kept silent. There was a moment of silence in the room. After a long time, Yun Shang stood up and put the bowl back on the table. "What conditions did you promise him?"
Prince Jing seemed surprised. He didn't expect that this was the first question that Yun Shang asked. "I promise..." Prince Jing sneered and somewhat dazed. "I promised to go back to the state of Xia with him, and, according to his hope, become the emperor of the state of Xia."
Yun Shang had been guessing what conditions Xia Huanyu would bring to Prince Jing the whole day, but she wasn't surprised at all. She said, "he is too naive. He thought that the throne belonged to him now, so he could act willfully and decide who would inherit it after he died. He might have forgotten that the other princes of the state of Xia are also difficult to deal with. "
Prince Jing laughed after hearing Yun Shang's words. "Yes, he is forcing me."
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