Lord Yunzhong in Douluo

Chapter 343
"My minister Zhu Zhongda, I have seen the queen."

Zhu Zhongda half-kneeled on the ground, bowed his head solemnly, and waited for all the due etiquette to be done, then stood up, looking at the queen on the seat with the same eyes as everyone else, still so cold Cold, as if that person was not his sister.

And the graceful and luxurious queen looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar man in front of her, with complicated thoughts in her eyes, and the smile that had appeared on her face when she saw him coming gradually disappeared.

They were supposed to be the closest blood relatives, the most solid arms and support for each other. They and His Majesty were even the closest comrades-in-arms during the Xuanwu Gate incident in the empire, but...

Due to their different identities, they are now the strangers they are most familiar with and the ones who understand each other best...

In this world, no, it should be said that the good fortune of the empire tricks people, which is always embarrassing.

"Brother...we are brothers and sisters, why are we so born?"

The queen clasped her hands on the armrests on both sides of the seat, her upper body stood upright and slightly leaned forward as if about to get up, with a painful and complicated expression on her face.

Hearing that the expression on Zhu Zhongda's face did not change at all, he even took a small step back and said in a cold voice:
"Queen, we and the people of Xingluo are all dedicated to the empire. Everyone is equal, so why talk about blood relationship? Besides, monarchs and ministers are different, and each should keep their own duties. Strictly abide by the rules and regulations and not overstep, is the best reward for the queen. .”

There is a huge distance between words, obviously close at hand, but the queen always feels that she is far away from him.Sure enough, no matter how hard he tried, no one would be able to enter the heart of his elder brother under the current circumstances...

Whether it's himself as a blood sister, or his first wife.

Perhaps it was precisely because of this that he was able to break out from the pool of blood, help His Majesty ascend to the Datong, and become the best ruler of the Zhu family in the past century.

"Ugh……"

Sighing, the queen leaned back slightly, let go of the armrest with both hands, leaned on it, and restored her original graceful appearance. She didn't care about Zhu Zhongda's rejection of her, and asked:

"Brother, I have lived in the harem for many years. I have little contact with my sisters at home, and I don't know how they are doing. Now... how is the Zhu family?"

The queen's expression was sincere at the moment, and it was obvious that she was really concerned about this issue.

Although the sisters of the Zhu family were fighting for their lives, this kind of fighting only existed among the fiancées of the princes. They were not enemies with other sisters who had been trained as spies and assassins since childhood.

"Reporting to the empress, the Zhu family is thriving and has many descendants, and they can still contribute to the development and advancement of the empire. As for the other sisters of the minister... Lan Qing and Lan Yuan retired from secret agents a few years ago and became the head of the family. Instructor, continue to cultivate talents for the empire."

Hearing this, the queen was also silent.As a member of the Zhu family, she naturally knew that most of the family would not die well. Since her elder brother did not mention the situation of the others, it naturally meant that they had already left for the empire.

In order to gain a chance of survival from the fierce competition back then, her hands were also stained with blood, but she was far away from the "battle" for many years and heard the news of the departure of many people she knew, which still made her feel sad.

"...I heard... a few days ago, the cardinal from the Wuhun Palace went to Zhu's house to look for you..."

After hesitating for a while, the queen finally asked.

"...I heard rumors in the palace that the cardinal came to seek cooperation with you, in order to overthrow... His Majesty's rule over the empire..."

"is that true?"

The queen's lips parted slightly, maybe she didn't even think about it before she spoke, but when she said the last few words, her voice was trembling a little.

Zhu Zhongda nodded: "Yes."

A short word, but it seemed to carry inexplicable power. After being transmitted into the queen's ears, the extremely noble woman's body trembled. She stood up from her seat, and the queen stretched out her hand to grab Zhu Zhongda's waist. The sleeves, looking at him at this moment, the eyes are full of expectations:
"Then you promised him?"

It is very strange that as the queen of Xingluo, she puts the safety of the country as the top priority, and refutes and suppresses any factors that may pose a threat to the stability of the country, but at this moment the queen looks at Zhu Zhongda unexpectedly without any refutation.

On the contrary... There was a bit of expectation faintly, as if hoping to get a positive answer from his elder brother.

"No."

Zhu Zhongda didn't care about his sleeve being grabbed, and his words were as indifferent as ever.

The queen let go of her hand, and the light in her eyes went out, and she sat back on her seat a little slumped, and her whole body seemed to be lost in an instant, like a puppet who suddenly lost its string, completely gone. The weather of the mother of the country.

"……why……"

After a long silence, when the air was almost stagnant, the queen's eyes were fixed on Zhu Zhongda's unchanging cold face, and her voice was a little hoarse, she asked slowly.

"Empress, what are you talking about? I am a minister of Xingluo, a minister of Your Majesty, and I will go through fire and water for the empire without hesitation. How can I ally with the enemy and overthrow Your Majesty's great rivers and mountains?"

"But you are not only a subject of Xingluo, but also the head of the Zhu family!" The queen stood up from the seat again, staring at her brother intently.

"You know everything that our Zhu family has encountered since the founding of the country. The girls of our Zhu family can only be vassals of the Dai family from birth. Either they will become a knife they use to fit together, or they will never live in the sun. The shadow people! Our men even have the only way to fight for the head of the family, otherwise they can only become 'breeding pigs' in charge of breeding, exhausting the future for the prosperity of the Dai clan!"

"Our Zhu family has been boned and marrowed by the Dai family since the Star Luo Empire. How much did we sacrifice, and what did we get in return? All we got in return were the enmity of the crowd, the shackles of eternal shadows, a worthless reputation, and our own pride. Constant friction!"

"Now that you finally have a chance to resist, why do you reject it? Are you willing to be chained and imprisoned by Dai Shi for generations, like a domestic dog who refuses to break free from the shackles and slowly die?! Tell me, Zhu Zhongda!!"

The queen's face was a little ferocious, and the gold hairpin and hairpin on her head were a little messy because of her excited movements.

Zhu Zhongda frowned, looked at the somewhat hysterical queen in front of her and remained silent until the queen sat down on the floor, weeping alone with her head bowed, completely devoid of the dignity of the mother of a country, and then said:
"Queen, you are tired, it's time to take a rest, and I will leave first."

After that, he turned and prepared to leave.

"Brother...Even if I wear a crown...it can't change that I am the most humble wife in the world..."

"We women of the Zhu family fought for life and death in order to survive, disregarding family ethics, so what if we got the chance to survive? In the end, we can only live in this empty and lonely harem... If there is no need for a strong enemy to attack The ghost civet doesn't even have the freedom to leave the palace...Brother, tell me, what is this for..."

"...All the people in the palace have been sent out in advance by me. Now there are only you and me in this harem, and the conversation between you and me will not be heard by others. Tell me...you promised him Ask... ok?"

Zhu Zhongda stopped and listened to the Queen's words, without looking back, he took another step and left the Kunning Palace.

"Yan Ning, I will pretend that I didn't hear what you said today, and I won't tell His Majesty. But if there is another time, even if there is a danger of killing your head and soul, I will definitely get rid of your disobedience."

Then, he left the majestic imperial palace without looking back. In the huge harem, there was only the sound of the empress sobbing alone.

"...Could it be...that my Zhu family will never stand up?"

……

Royal study.

The waiter walked in quietly, then knelt on the ground facing the cold-blooded and brutal king: "Your Majesty, Zhu Zhongda has left the palace."

Hearing this, the emperor put down the pen in his hand and put it on the pen stand.

"Well, it's time to go see the Queen."

……

"So it's true that Zhu Zhongda didn't agree to Fan Yun's request, right?"

With his arms around the queen's waist, the iron-blooded emperor put his head on her shoulder and asked.

"It should be. Even if the concubine used Zhu's years of grievances as an excuse, he couldn't make him let go, and he also said that if the concubine said this again next time, even if he risked his life and soul, he would still die for the empire." Get rid of the trouble."

The queen regained her previous grace, as if the woman who sobbed and scolded just now was not her.

From what she said to the emperor, it seemed that the conversation with the head of the Zhu family just now was just a test and a scene.

"That's good. Zhu Zhongda is very capable and has always been my most important arm. If it is not necessary, I don't want to change him."

The emperor hugged the queen from behind and nodded, looking very intimate, but in places where the queen couldn't see, he looked at the queen with complex and somewhat cold eyes.

Lonely queen... the conversation between you and your brother just now... how much sincerity was mixed with it, how much falsehood was there?

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(End of this chapter)