in2ebook Chapter 269 Both parties reached an agreement
Chapter 269 Both parties reached an agreement
The sky gradually darkened, and there was still no sign of Luo Lu and the third prince in the study.
Luo Shoufu sat leisurely on the chair, while Xiao Yichen stared at the door nervously, and occasionally stole a glance at Luo Shoufu. The two of them were in a stalemate, and no one spoke.
Finally, after drinking the twentieth pot of tea, Xiao Yichen could no longer hold back. His face turned red and he looked very embarrassed. But Luo Shoufu looked relaxed and even hummed a little tune.
Xiao Yichen couldn't hold it in any longer and said, "Lord Luo, could you please have someone take me to the toilet? I really can't hold it any longer..." Before he finished speaking, his face had turned red, like a cooked shrimp.
After hearing this, Prime Minister Luo laughed and said, "Don't worry, Crown Prince of Northern Qi. There are servants outside the door. Please do as you please. Lord Wuxi, do you want to come with us? Hahahaha!"
Xiao Yichen gritted his teeth, resisted the humiliation, stood up, and walked out of the room quickly. Wu Xi saw this and stood up as well, but his pace was obviously much slower.
After the two of them left, Luo Shoufu laughed even more happily. He said to himself, "I want to see how long you can hold out!" As he spoke, he picked up another cup of hot tea and sipped it slowly.
After a long while, Xiao Yichen and Wu Xi returned to the study. Both of them looked unhappy, especially Xiao Yichen, who was full of shame and anger, and was obviously very embarrassed about what had just happened.
Luo Shoufu looked at them with a smug smile on his face. He knew that he had won this battle.
Xiao Yichen and Wu Xi returned to the study, no longer as arrogant as before.
After all, they simply didn't have much time to waste with Luo Jingde. The situation in Northern Qi didn't allow them to hurry back. Besides, they had to leave tomorrow and there were still many things that hadn't been arranged.
Soon, the butler brought a table of food and a jar of good wine.
The few people who had been hungry for the whole afternoon began to eat voraciously.
"Tell me, Prince Xiao, what are your requirements in order to remove the poison from the Third Prince's body?" Prime Minister Luo felt that the time was almost right and asked.
"One hundred machetes in exchange for a chance to remove the poison." Xiao Yichen only wanted one hundred as the limit. After all, weapons were hard to come by, and having more would probably anger the other party.
"Prince Xiao, you think too highly of me. I don't have the ability to make a hundred machetes. Seventy at most is enough. If it works, just do it. If not, I'll just leave it to fate." Luo Jingde knew that the Crown Prince of Northern Qi was waiting for him here.
"Aren't you afraid that His Royal Highness the Third Prince will die?" Wu Xi said with some displeasure.
"Doctor Wu, you can try. You might as well be frank. If the Third Prince is gone, do you think you and Crown Prince Xiao can get out of the territory of Dayan? You think too highly of yourself." Prime Minister Luo said with a dark face and without any politeness.
Wu Xi wanted to say something but was interrupted by Xiao Yichen. After all, he was the crown prince of a country and knew that what Prime Minister Luo said was true. Wu Xi was just an ordinary man in the world and there was no way he knew so many twists and turns.
"Deal. As for the transportation process, Lord Luo will have to worry about it. There will be people to pick us up at the border. Give Lord Luo the antidote for my godfather, and we'll go," Xiao Yichen said with the final word.
Wu Xi looked at Xiao Yichen's eyes, reluctantly took out the antidote and put it in Luo Shoufu's hand, then followed Xiao Yichen and left under the cover of night.
Prime Minister Luo looked at the antidote in his hand with a gloomy look in his eyes, and turned to go to the basement under the study.
Luo Lu looked at Luo Jingde's serious expression and asked worriedly, "Father, can you please help me get the medicine? Minghao left secretly."
"I got it, but the price is not small. Lu'er, what do you think of Minghao's child? Your father wants to hear the truth." Luo Jingde looked at Luo Lu seriously.
"Father, Minghao has changed. Haven't you noticed that he won't discuss many things now, and he makes decisions directly on his own. Father, do you know that Yue'er is no longer able to have children? A few days ago, Yue'er returned to the Qi Mansion and told the lady of the Qi Mansion. Lord Qi sent someone to come, but father has been busy recently, so your son didn't tell you about this," Luo Lu said sincerely.
"Lu'er, is the news reliable? Is Yue'er really infertile?" Prime Minister Luo looked at Luo Lu in disbelief.
Luo Lu did not answer, but just nodded with a gloomy expression.
"It seems that Minghao does have an idea. Lu'er, bring Sister Yu to the study tomorrow. You are tired today, so take a rest first. As for the antidote, tell Minghao tomorrow and let him get it himself." Prime Minister Luo turned and left.
Luo Lu looked at his old father's back and sighed deeply. He understood what his father meant. He was afraid that he could not save Sister Yu. He also didn't know why his father was so obsessed with power at such an old age. It was just that he only had one daughter, Luo Jinyu, who was even better than the deceased Luo Tianyi.
In the boudoir of the Luo Mansion, a girl who looked very similar to Qi Yue was acting coquettishly with her mother. The girl had a smile on her face, and her bright big eyes seemed to be able to speak, making Madam Luo laugh.
Luo Lu looked at the innocent Luo Jinyu, and a trace of heartache flashed through his heart. He looked embarrassed, took a deep breath and walked into the room.
"Dad, I want to sleep with mom tonight. Yu'er hasn't slept with mom for a long time. Dad, can you please agree to your daughter's request?" Luo Jinyu hugged Luo Lu's arm and shook it.
Luo Lu looked at Luo Jinyu with eyes full of doting. He touched Luo Jinyu's nose and said softly: "Yu'er, not tonight. Your mother and I have something to discuss. How about tomorrow night, dear Yu'er?"
"Hmph, daddy doesn't love me anymore, he only loves mommy. Hmph, I'm angry and I'm leaving." The girl looked very cute when she was angry. She pretended to be angry and then left with her maid.
"You just spoil Yu'er too much," Mrs. Luo said with some complaints, but her eyes were full of deep doting.
"Madam, Yu'er, we have protected her too well. She has no experience in life. I'm afraid this child will suffer in the future. It would have been great if Yue'er hadn't married Minghao." Luo Lu's voice was a little choked.
"Master, Yue'er, we are the ones who have let her down. She could have been with us like Yu'er, but father..." Madam Luo cried while clinging to Luo Lu.
"Yes, for the sake of power, my father sent Yue'er to live in the Qi Mansion. Madam, did you know that Yue'er's adoptive father is actually my father's illegitimate son?" Luo Lu revealed a shocking piece of news.
Mrs. Luo opened her eyes wide in shock and covered her mouth, then she reacted and hurriedly stopped it.
"Master, you can't say that. Father..."
"Madam, my father has always looked down on me over the years, so I sent someone to secretly investigate my father. It turned out that before he married my mother, he had a childhood sweetheart. That girl gave birth to a boy for my father, and that boy is Yue'er's adoptive father."
"So, father, that's why you put Yue'er in the Qi Mansion to be raised?" Madam Luo couldn't believe it. She didn't expect her father-in-law to hide it so deeply.