Chapter 1239 Inquiry

When Yun Dai returned to the palace, it was completely dark.

Chengqian Palace has sent people to ask several times.

"Your Majesty is back, do you want me to pick her up?" Liu Dequan asked.

Zhao Yuanjing was wearing clothes and sitting under the lamp reading the book. Hearing this, he thought for a while and said, "After a tiring day, tell her to rest. Stop running back and forth."

Liu Dequan said softly: "Your Majesty, you should have rested earlier. This disease will be better. You can't endure it any longer."

"I'm fine." Zhao Yuanjing said calmly.

He was poisoned, not sick.

Now that there is an antidote, recovery is a matter of time.

But government affairs cannot be delayed any longer. In the past, Yun Dai stayed up late to read the news for him. Now that he is getting better, he is not willing to work harder for Yun Dai.

Liu De, who was all slaves around him, could only persuade him and did not dare to stop him.

After a while, Xu Hu came.

"I have finally met the emperor." Xu Hu knelt down and saluted.

"Get up." Zhao Yuanjing lowered his head to write without raising his head, "Let's talk."

Xu Hu said: "Not a moment later, the queen's carriage arrived at Baishi Mountain. The King of Qin personally greeted it. They went to the warehouse together and inspected fifty artillery pieces."

"Then what?"

"After the Empress inspected the artillery, she selected three cannons for random inspection and took them outside for testing." Xu Hu said, "The Empress, Princess Zhou, and His Highness King Qin lit them once each."

"Can it be successful?"

"They were all successfully ignited and launched," Xu Hu said. "The Queen is very satisfied."

"Did they say something?"

Zhao Yuanjing didn't identify them, but Xu Hu understood.

He replied: "Apart from the artillery matter, the Queen and the King of Qin didn't say anything special. Instead, they made fun of Princess Zhou together."

Hearing this, Zhao Yuanjing stopped writing and looked up at him: "Why are you back so late?"

Xu Hu lowered his head and replied: "The Queen and Concubine Zhou stayed for dinner. It was cooked by His Highness King Qin himself."

Zhao Yuanjing raised his eyebrows: "Did they eat together?"

"No. His Highness the King of Qin was outside, dining with the soldiers. The Queen and Princess Zhou were dining alone." Xu Hu answered honestly, "The Queen came back after eating."

Zhao Yuanjing thought for a moment and waved his hand: "You go down first."

He glanced at Liu Dequan and asked, "Do you think the young uncle still has feelings for the queen?"

Liu Dequan was so frightened that he quickly lowered his head and said in panic: "The Queen is deeply devoted to the Emperor."

"Is this the question I'm asking?"

"Come on, His Highness the King of Qin has already married the princess... He should have given up on such treasonous thoughts long ago." Liu Dequan answered cautiously, "For so long, the King of Qin and the Queen have always abided by their duties without any overstep."

Zhao Yuanjing smiled slightly: "Liu Dequan, you are very loyal to the queen now."

Liu Dequan hurriedly knelt down: "I don't dare. I am your master's servant. There will be no other person in my eyes except the emperor."

"The queen is kind to you, and you should be loyal to her."

Zhao Yuanjing looked calm and said, "The queen must not have eaten well outside. You can ask the imperial kitchen to send some meals over."

"This slave takes the order."

Liu Dequan wiped the sweat from his forehead and exited.

…

Yun Dai spent two days calculating the cost of the artillery and sent it to King Qin, and suggested that he sell it at more than ten times the price.

Zhao Shu also acted quickly and had already contacted the Northern Qi royal family.

At the same time, the spies in Northern Qi also sent back a message.