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Chapter 197 Alliance
When Zhu Cheng heard this, his eyes lit up. He thought this sounded feasible. If Lu Qing had already made all the preparations in advance, and this bargain was delivered to his doorstep, it would be really stupid if he still refused to cooperate.

After all, digging a canal to bring water over would be of great benefit to Shuo State. When sending food over, we could also check in advance to see if the situation there was as Zhu Yu described.

If this is indeed true, then there is really no trap that can trap them in this matter.

At the same time, he was a little surprised. He didn't expect Zhu Yu to call her husband's name directly, and her husband was not an ordinary person, but the King Xiaoyao of the first rank.

You know, in Shuo Country, even in ordinary families, not all women dare to call their husbands by their full names.

More importantly, Lu Qing not only didn't seem to mind it, but also seemed to enjoy it.

This made him unable to help but look at his daughter, whom he had never cared about in the past, a few more times.

I really can't understand why her mother, who is beautiful but timid and like a wooden man, could give birth to such a daughter.

"My dear son-in-law, you must have gone through quite a lot of trouble for this matter, right?" Putting aside all distractions for the moment, Zhu Cheng asked Lu Qing.

If the canal issue could be resolved so easily, it wouldn't have been delayed for so many years. Lu Qing is not the powerful King Yi Lu Zhang. After all, Zhu Cheng has lived to this age and must be aware of the difficulty of making this matter happen.

They had thought this was an arranged marriage with no benefits at all, but they hadn't expected that after just a few months, she would suddenly come back without a word and solve such a big problem for them.

"Since I have married Zhu Yu, the Xiaoyao King's family and the Shuo Kingdom will naturally have a relationship of mutual benefit." Lu Qing smiled faintly.

Zhu Cheng nodded quickly.

In the past, he felt that he was destined to be a son-in-law who could not be relied upon. He had a bad reputation and was not favored by Emperor Jin. It would be a good thing if he did not do anything ridiculous in the future to bring trouble to the Shuo Kingdom. That was why he chose a beautiful concubine's daughter to marry him to deal with the matter.

What Lu Qing said just now was clearly a warning to himself.

Now it seems that the rumors cannot be fully trusted, and he also needs to re-examine Lu Qing as a person.

Zhu Cheng quickly made up his mind and was about to have a good talk with his "good son-in-law" when the steward suddenly ran in from outside.

"Your Highness..." The steward looked at Zhu Cheng, then at Zhu Yu and Lu Qing, hesitantly.

"Why are you rushing in so quickly? What happened?" Zhu Cheng knew that the steward in the palace was not a rash person on normal days. If he could rush in so hastily, there must be a reason.

"Your Highness, the princess just sent someone to look for you. She said her heart palpitations have recurred and asked you to come over and take a look." The steward replied with a somewhat embarrassed expression, "Look at this..."

When he said this, Zhu Cheng was also stunned for a moment. He looked at Zhu Yu, then at Lu Qing: "This... I wonder if that Divine Doctor Yan has rested by now. If not, can I ask him to come with me to take a look?"

"Doctor Yan has a strange personality. He goes to bed early at night and doesn't like to be disturbed." Lu Qing said lightly, "Since the manager just said that Princess Shuo has palpitations again, it seems that this is not the first time. It is probably not an emergency. It is better for him to rest early and call him over tomorrow morning." Zhu Ben thought that Lu Qing would immediately send someone to call Yan Daoxin back, but he didn't expect that he didn't give him any face at all, so he looked at Zhu Yu again.

Zhu Yu ignored him and nodded to Lu Qing: "That's fine. My mother usually goes to bed early. She will get up early tomorrow morning and go to the princess's room to serve her. It will be appropriate to send Yan Daoxin over then."

"Okay, I'll do as you wish, madam." Lu Qing nodded in response.

Zhu Cheng seemed to have no room for negotiation on this matter, so he didn't delay any longer. He said that they should go to bed early and that he would arrange for people to transport grain early tomorrow morning. Then he left in a hurry.

Zhu Cheng had just left, and Lu Qing only had time to refill his tea twice, when Yan Daoxin "floated" in silently from outside the door like a wandering soul.

"I was wondering why my ears kept burning in the room just now. It turns out someone was saying bad things about me." He "floated" to the table and sat down in the seat that Zhu Cheng had just taken. "What do you mean by a weird temper? You just can't say a single good word about me.

Can't you just say that Doctor Yan is practicing in seclusion at night and shouldn't be disturbed?"

"Oh?" Lu Qing glanced at him. "May I ask what kind of skill Doctor Yan practices? The formless all-encompassing ear?"

Yan Daoxin, who was caught eavesdropping, didn't feel embarrassed. He chuckled and said, "It's not like I meant to eavesdrop. I live in the room next door. Your father-in-law is indeed in good health and speaks with great vigor. I have good hearing, so it's hard not to hear."

He turned to Zhu Yu again and asked doubtfully, "Your father is really hard to understand! I just saw him leave in a hurry, as if he was really worried about Princess Shuo.

When he spoke to you before, he clearly looked down on women. It's interesting that such a person repeatedly shows special care and attention to his wife!"

"There's nothing strange about this. Father values ​​the princess for a reason." Zhu Yu shook his head. "Back then, the old prince had many children, and the question of who would be eligible to inherit the throne was always undecided. It wasn't like he was surrounded by tigers and wolves, but it was almost like that.

The reason why my father was able to stand out among his brothers was not because he had any amazing skills or talents, but because he married a good wife and received strong support from his father-in-law's family.

The Princess of Shuo's surname was Pang, and her name was Yuzhen. Her maiden family, the Pang family, was a large and powerful family in the Shuo Kingdom.

They helped their father inherit the throne of King Shuo, and in the years since, they have leveraged the status of King Shuo's Yue family to become even more powerful than before."

She smiled helplessly and sighed softly: “So it’s not too accurate to say how much he cares about and values ​​the princess.

To be precise, what he really cared about and valued were the Pang family behind Princess Shuo, Princess Shuo's brothers from her natal family, and the head of the Pang family.

For the sake of the Pang family, even though Pang Yuzhen had been particularly domineering over the years and was not as submissive to her husband as ordinary Shuo country women, her father would tolerate it if he could and give in if he could.

After all, he and the Pang family need each other, and no one wants this alliance to break up easily, as it would not benefit anyone."

(End of this chapter)