When Sakai He heard Liu Song's words, the joy in his eyes flashed away. He immediately hugged Liu Song and put down the car curtain in his hand pretending to be calm.
"Master Liu, please wait a moment. The minister will inform my aunt and little sister about this immediately."
"It doesn't matter."
After Sakai He lowered the curtains, he exhaled heavily with a look of joy that could not be concealed on his face. He raised his hands and rubbed his cheeks vigorously a few times. The excitement in his heart gradually calmed down.
"Auntie, you heard it, His Majesty the Emperor Dalong invited you and Yingzhi to go to the palace to play together."
Sakai Hoshino looked at Sakai He's excited eyes and nodded with a slightly complicated expression: "Yes, I heard it."
"Mother, Brother He, can Yingzhi go and see what the Dalong Palace really looks like?"
Sakai He looked at the expectant and nervous expression on Hua Qiying Zhi's pretty face, smiled lightly and raised his hand to stroke the little girl's hair.
"Of course. Hasn't His Majesty the Emperor already sent someone to take you and your aunt to the palace?"
The little girl got confirmation from Sakai He's words, and the joy on her little face instantly increased by three points.
"That's great. Mr. Liu really didn't lie to Yingzhi. He really sent someone to pick Yingzhi up to play in the palace."
"Auntie, this is a good opportunity for you to accompany His Majesty the Emperor on a tour..."
Sakai He stopped abruptly mid-sentence, and glanced nervously out of the car window, which was blocked by a curtain.
"Auntie, this Mr. Liu outside the carriage shouldn't be able to understand our Japanese dialect, right?"
Sakai Hoshino saw the cautious expression on his nephew's face, and after a moment's thought, he understood what he was thinking.
"As far as I know, Mr. Liu Song doesn't speak our Japanese language. Just say what you want to say. Don't worry about what Mr. Liu Song will hear."
"Then the kid can rest assured. Auntie, the kid wants to say that when you accompany His Majesty the Emperor to visit the palace, you can make some insinuations about the gift of excellent military equipment to our mission.
Although His Majesty Emperor Dalong did not agree to our request today, he did not directly reject our request, which means that the possibility of him agreeing to our request is only 50 to 50.
In this way, if you work harder, aunt, this possibility will increase even more.
When the palace banquet is held in the evening, I will present the rare treasure we brought to His Majesty the Emperor, and then Auntie, you can take the opportunity to say a few kind words to His Majesty the Emperor, and maybe this matter will be successful."
After listening to Sakai He's words, Sakai Hoshino frowned slightly and pondered for a moment, then heaved a sigh of relief.
"He'er, you think too highly of your aunt's position in Liu Jun's heart.
If just a few kind words from my aunt and I could make Mr. Liu agree to the request to reward us with military equipment, then we wouldn’t have waited until now to receive an ambiguous answer.”
"Auntie, you are a fan of the authorities, but bystanders know better.
The child can see that His Majesty the Emperor's attitude towards you, aunt, is definitely unusual, but you just don't feel it yourself.
Don’t talk about it from afar, let’s just talk about the scenes that happened in Dalongchaotang today, aunt, do you still remember?”
"Of course I remember. Is there anything wrong?"
"There is nothing wrong, but aunt, please carefully recall the series of scenes that happened in the court hall not long ago.
When that old bastard Kim Tae-eun was confusing right and wrong in front of His Majesty the Emperor, Auntie suddenly interrupted Kim Tae-eun. At that time, His Majesty the Emperor just asked Auntie not to interrupt in a serious tone.
But when the child interrupted later, His Majesty the Emperor's tone was not just serious, but also mixed with a bit of scolding.
His Majesty the Emperor's attitudes towards the two of us are very different.
Please note that, aunt, you are just an envoy of the mission, and I am the official officer of our Japanese mission.
Auntie, please carefully recall what happened in the court and see if it is like what the child said just now.
Isn’t there an obvious difference between His Majesty the Emperor’s attitude towards you, my aunt, and his attitude towards others?”
Sakai Hoshino's beautiful eyes looked at the well-organized Sakai He with complicated eyes. In his mind, he couldn't help but recall the scene that happened in the Liufu Garden a few days ago that made his heart messy.
As more and more scenes were recalled, Sakai Hoshino's jade-like face gradually became stained with an unnatural blush.
When the scene ended, Sakai Hoshino lowered his head with a slightly hurried breathing, not daring to face the eyes of his nephew looking at him.
"It's not as complicated as you said. He'er, you're overthinking it. The reason Liu Jun has a slightly better attitude toward his aunt is because his aunt is an old friend of Liu Jun's whom he hasn't seen for many years.
As my aunt is Liu Jun's old friend, he himself is embarrassed to be too harsh on his aunt."
Sakai He saw his aunt's evasive eyes, quietly looked at the unnatural blush on her cheeks, and turned his eyes several times thoughtfully.
He vaguely understood something. In the past few days, some unknown and ambiguous things must have happened between his aunt and Emperor Dalong.
Otherwise, based on my understanding of my aunt's simple character, she would never have such a shy expression for no reason.
As for how far it has developed, it is not something I can interfere with.
After thinking about this, Sakai He's eyes flashed with excitement again.
Although the wind beside the pillow is small, it is extremely powerful.
This kind of common saying is not only popular in Dalong, but also in the Japanese country and even in all countries.
A word from a beautiful woman can be worth ten years of work to an ordinary person.
"aunt."
"Ah? What...what happened?"
"Auntie, I can tell you for sure that based on my observation, you definitely hold a certain weight in His Majesty Emperor Dalong's mind.
Your Majesty the Emperor may not listen to everything you say, but he will think about it to some extent.
Therefore, aunt, you must firmly seize this opportunity to be alone with His Majesty the Emperor and find a way to trick him to see if you can get him to agree to the request to reward our mission with military equipment as soon as possible.
Auntie, in order to solve the crisis faced by the head of the family, please work harder, I beg you."
Sakai Hoshino looked at his nephew's pleading expression, bit his lips lightly with his teeth, and nodded silently.
"I'll give it a try. As for whether Liu Jun agrees or not, it's not up to me to decide."
"Great, thank you for your hard work, Auntie.
By the way, aunt, before we went as envoys to the Dalong Heavenly Dynasty, the head of the family called the child over and told him some words."
"What words?"
"The head of the family told the boy that if His Majesty the Emperor rejects our request, then we should think of other ways to persuade His Majesty the Emperor.
He said that based on the old friendship between you and His Majesty Emperor Dalong, you can actually use some special means when necessary.
As for what these special methods were, the head of the family did not tell the child. He just told the child, "Auntie, you will understand after listening to it."
The child has thought about it for a long time and still hasn't figured out what the master of the family means by what he said. It seems that only you, aunt, have figured it out yourself."
Sakai Hoshino looked stunned for a moment, and then seemed to understand something. Her pretty face, which had returned to its original state, instantly turned crimson.
"Mrs. Hoshino, Miss Sakuraori, it's been about a quarter of an hour, haven't you finished speaking?"