Your Majesty the Empress, I am really not a traitor!

"Your Majesty, although she is a bit... um, a little vigilant, it's not that Your Majesty doesn't want someone she can trust, but... you know, she is the emperor."

Prime Minister Long said it as tactfully as possible.

"I know."

"I watched His Majesty grow up, and although I can't say I know much about His Majesty, I still have some opinions of my own. Qin Taiwei, Your Majesty and the country need you now, I think you should be very clear. It's not that she doesn't want to trust others, but... she doesn't dare to trust others. If you and I, who are ministers, are walking on a single-plank bridge, then Your Majesty is walking a tightrope, and she has to be cautious."

Qin Ji could hear what Prime Minister Long meant.

He was worried that he would really have a different heart.

After all, now, Xia Yuxiao has indeed given him a certain amount of trust, and his actual power is indeed expanding more and more.

The red kite army's expedition this time brought great benefits to Daxia, but at the same time, it also gave the reformed army under Xia Yuxiao's control a bit of Qin Ji's flavor to a certain extent.

This is true. After the battle, although satellite Li Shijing and other generals have returned to the original army, some middle and low-level officers and soldiers of the Red Yuan Army are basically quite familiar with Qin Ji's way of leading troops to fight. Good impression.

After all, Qin Ji's several appearances in the army this time left a very good impression on the soldiers, and in terms of combat command, the command team brought by the Taiwei was also well-organized, and everyone had no scruples when fighting. The logistics have never been interrupted.

This battle was comfortable to fight, and everyone naturally had a good impression of Qin Ji and his gang.

In this case, if Qin Ji really has a different heart, nothing else, just relying on the identity of this fiancé is enough to do a lot of tricks.

Prime Minister Long has rich experience, and he knows very well that the factor that is most likely to cause a split between Xia Yuxiao and Qin Ji is: the mutual distrust between the two.

Leaving aside whether Qin Ji has a different heart, it is absolutely impossible for Xia Yuxiao to trust him completely immediately.In the follow-up, it is even more likely to have certain reservations for the sake of the overall situation.For Qin Ji, such a reservation is likely to be the trigger for a rebellion.

Therefore, Prime Minister Long must explain his words.

"Prime Minister, why don't I know what you said?" Qin Ji said with a smile, "If I don't understand Your Majesty, then I don't need to do these things for Your Majesty. I know His Majesty's difficulties, and I won't either. I care about her occasional suspicion and precautions. However, the premise is that it does not involve the safety of my family and friends."

When he said this, he suddenly thought of something.

Prime Minister Long's current role is similar to that of an elder who persuades both men and women, and he is likely to persuade both men and women.

In this case, it is better to be a microphone.Since he might talk to Xia Yuxiao, it's better to make some specific requests and clear the bottom line so that Xia Yuxiao can feel more at ease.

"Especially, my younger sister and Lingyan—you know how important they are to me. As for Lingyan...she is not my family, but she is no different from my family. If I were a A man can't even keep his own family, so I think I will never forgive myself."

"I understand."

Prime Minister Long smiled.

It sounds like this is a conditional statement.

However, raising conditions is sometimes not a bad thing.At least, he is willing to mention it, that's enough.

Chapter 60 A Strange Call

As Prime Minister Long expected, during the second meeting, the church's attitude relaxed a lot.

This time, the church expressed its willingness to accept the proposal to evacuate the surrounding areas of Atlantis and Samanjan, and at the same time hand over the churches and religious buildings in the two countries.

Moreover, although they did not admit that they were responsible for the smuggling that occurred in Daxia, they still promised not to do anything that violated Daxia's laws in the future.

The reason why they accepted these conditions this time is that, on the one hand, after the last laning match, the church knew Daxia's attitude, so they naturally realized that it would be difficult to muddle through this meeting; On the other hand, they did have many captives on Daxia's side, more than they had in their own hands, and among them were some paladins and priests of the church.

These people cannot be left in Daxia to fend for themselves. If they cannot be replaced, it will be a big blow to the church.

And there is an even more important reason:

The reason why the church wanted to keep themselves from falling behind as much as possible at the beginning was because they had their own confidence: Although the Saar Dynasty in the north had not yet converted to the Church of the Holy Bishop, they were not very friendly to Daxia.The church believes that using the turmoil in the northern border as a bargaining chip to calm down Daxia's attitude is one of the good ways.

It's a pity that Qin Ji didn't take this approach. As the highest military officer, he gave a more credible inference: even if the Saar dynasty in the north re-launched an offensive against Daxia, Daxia would still be sure The frontier army and other tribes in the north were restrained to delay the enemy.At that time, the church forces around Daxia will be the first units to be wiped out before the Saar Dynasty.

This is not sensational, the church has personally experienced the combat effectiveness of Daxia's army, and this kind of thing is not particularly difficult to do.The Saar dynasty's martial virtues are indeed abundant, but no matter how abundant, his combat ability cannot reach the top level of the human world, and it can barely be regarded as first-class.In the face of the army of the Saar Dynasty, the army of Daxia is also enough to hold back the enemy.

Therefore, in the face of Qin Ji's seemingly "reluctantly giving in" (lowering the conditions) this time, the church was given a step and quickly stepped down, so the two parties reached such a consensus.At the same time, the time for the exchange of prisoners between the two sides was also agreed.

In fact, Daxia has done very well this time. Daxia is fighting against the army of Samanjan on the surface. It is undoubtedly very immoral for the church to intervene halfway.Moreover, although they have actually formed a force against the Daxia army, they still fight under the name of "Samanjan army" on the surface.

In other words, Daxia can completely say that these captured paladins and believers of the Holy Bishop are the army of Samanjan, so they will not communicate with the church.Even if it were done, no one would find anything wrong with it in principle.

Unless your church admits that your church directly and brutally sent troops to intervene in the war between Samanjan and Bactria.

Therefore, this time the church has seen the situation clearly, and it is enough to stop the loss in time. If it persists, it will not end well.

After seeing off the "guests" of the church, Qin Ji resolutely sent his letter to Xia Yuxiao. After all, the next thing involved the transfer of power and related financial and policy matters.

In this regard, Qin Ji is not completely ignorant, but this matter can be handed over to a special person, and there is no need to toss himself to death.

However, just after he delivered the letter, Song Jingqing's voice appeared from outside:

"Is the captain there?"

Her voice was very cold, but Qin Ji was used to it. The chief envoy of the Dragon Guard had such a personality when he was doing official duties, and he was used to it.

"Wait a minute, I'm changing."

He had just returned to the Ning Palace, and the dress he used to receive foreign guests was too cumbersome, and he definitely couldn't wear it every day, he had to change it out.

The people outside paused for a moment, and then said: "I see, Lord Taiwei, after changing clothes, please go to the bedroom. Your Majesty has something to talk to you about."

"it is good."

Hearing the word bedroom, Qin Ji didn't think in the wrong direction. Xia Yuxiao's "bedroom" actually included the bedroom and the study room, and it was basically the study room when he was working, which also belonged to the category of the bedroom.And Qin Ji didn't run to the study once or twice.Even the bedrooms.

Xia Yuxiao doesn't like to sit in the hall to work, she often brings official documents to the bedroom to deal with.So telling him to go to the bedroom is a very normal order.

"Oh, by the way," Song Jingqing's voice hesitated, "Well, Your Majesty said, Taiwei, you'd better not bring the spirit commander here this time."

"..."

Qin Ji looked awkwardly at Lingyan who had been facing away from him.

At this time, Lingyan naturally heard Song Jingqing's explanation, she didn't even turn her head, she just said calmly to the outside:

"Thank you, Chief Envoy Song, for telling me that I will not go, please rest assured, Your Majesty."

"I......"

Song Jingqing suddenly felt extremely embarrassed, and His Majesty asked her to tell Qin Ji not to take Lingyan with her. She heard Qin Ji say that she should change clothes in the room, so she naturally felt that it was impossible for Lingyan to be in the room with him.

After all, no matter how you think about it, it's a bit too playful for a lonely man and a widow to share a room and change clothes.

It turned out that the family was really inside!

It was embarrassing for her now.

While she was still thinking about how to solve this embarrassing situation, Qin Ji had already opened the door and walked out.

Qin Ji, who took off his diplomatic attire, put on a simple yet soft crimson cotton robe, and a black fur cape on the outside, which looked very warm.

It’s not enough to keep warm. The capital of Daxia belongs to the north of Daxia in terms of geography. The heavy snow in winter can sometimes even bury your knees. You must wear more clothes in this cold weather.

"Captain."

Song Jingqing bowed slightly to salute, and Qin Ji also nodded with a smile: "Let's go, Chief Envoy Song."

"Yes."

It was a good thing for Song Jingqing that Qin Ji didn't mention about Lingyan. If he didn't mention it, at least he wouldn't have to be embarrassed again. Everyone should just pretend that they didn't hear it.

Xia Yuxiao was huddling in her bedroom at this time.

Although Tai'an City is located in the north of Daxia, the emperor's bedroom is naturally not cold. The stove has already warmed the whole room, and the steam from the kettle on the stove also makes people feel warm.

As soon as he entered the house, Qin Ji took off his cloak and coat.

"coming?"

"coming."

It's no nonsense, anyway, I can't see you when you look up and see you when you look down. Basically, you can meet two or three times a day if you don't see each other ten times or eight times.

"I called you here today to talk about our future childbirth."

"Oh."

Qin Ji nodded, picked up the exquisite kettle along the way, and poured himself a glass of water.

Then, suddenly, two seconds later, he turned his head as if suddenly possessed:

"Um!?"

Chapter 61 You Can Play

Qin Ji has always been aware of the extent of His Royal Highness's thinking escapism.

After all, as the emperor, Xia Yuxiao has to deal with official documents in various fields every day. During this time, the Tianshi Mansion is taking the lead in research, and she has to put forward opinions on the research direction. Going to look at the tax situation in various places...

If things go on like this, it can be said that her thinking jumps far beyond ordinary people. When you suddenly bring up another topic with her, she can quickly pick it up and continue talking along this topic.

It's just that today's topic is a bit beyond his scope of thinking.

"Well, Your Majesty, what did you just... say?"

Qin Ji wondered if there was something wrong with his ears just now, so he decided to confirm it first.

"I said, I want to discuss the matter of the child with you today." Xia Yuxiao's face was also a little red, "The current situation is that Daxia needs a prince. I think it's better to put this matter on the agenda as soon as possible .”

"Your Majesty, we are only engaged..."

Qin Ji said awkwardly.

It's not married yet, so it's too early to mention having a baby?

"However, it's only half a year." Xia Yuxiao said, "Qin Ji, you should be very clear that half a year is very fast, and now, if the prince can be born earlier, everyone can be completely sealed off. Mouth. At least, they won’t be given a chance to find a reason.”

"Just for this?"

Qin Ji asked.

He didn't mind it, since the marriage was engaged, it would be a matter of time before they had a baby.Besides, to put it bluntly... he was not the one to conceive the child.

However, based on his sense of responsibility, he still had to confirm whether Xia Yuxiao really wanted to give birth to this child.In other words, is the birth of this child just because of interests and the overall situation?

Although Qin Ji is not a lunatic, in order to protect himself, he will resort to some schemes, but this does not mean that he has no humanity.

After all, he still has some thinking in his own world.If a child was born for pure benefit, it would be too cruel for this child.

He can't decide his future destiny, but at least he hopes that he can guarantee that a child can live as healthy and complete as possible-this may be an incomprehensible idea in this world, but Qin Ji is not after all. Indigenous people of this world.

"To be precise, if I don't like the marriage partner at all, it's impossible for me to just decide to have children." Xia Yuxiao looked at the snow-covered trees outside the window, "Qin Ji, for me, I don't care. I know what my child will be like, but at least... I hope that he can inherit the throne, and I also hope that he can maintain the most basic morals of a person."