TPITWOHEF 2

Chapter 200

The pavilion where Xiao Yunzhou and the King of Chu were playing chess and talking was surrounded by water on all sides, allowing them to see that no one was hiding nearby.

Even Wei Zheng had withdrawn after placing the sleeping Xiao Chuchu in a small carriage.

Therefore, no one except the infant Xiao Chuchu in her swaddling clothes could possibly hear the conversation between the King of Chu and Xiao Yunzhou.

The King of Chu immediately looked at Xiao Yunzhou with piercing eyes, disregarding the sleeping six-month-old baby, and lowered his voice, "Did that great master say that I have a death calamity?"

Xiao Yunzhou nodded.

"How... how long do I have left to live?" In the face of death, everyone is afraid, and the King of Chu was no exception. At this moment, he didn't even dare to use his usual regal tone of referring to himself as "this king."

He feared that being too arrogant might offend the great master and bring about his death even sooner!

"Did the great master say when my death calamity would occur?"

Xiao Yunzhou pursed his lips and let out a long sigh while looking at the King of Chu.

He sighed so much that it made the King of Chu's skin crawl before finally speaking, "Very soon, less than half a year, perhaps even shorter."

The King of Chu instantly felt a chill down his spine, his limbs went weak, and he slumped onto the stone bench in the pavilion.

He only had a few months left?

The King of Chu's hand holding the chess piece trembled involuntarily, and the black piece fell onto the board with a clatter.

"Did the great master provide any solution?" The King of Chu leaned forward eagerly, as if grasping for a lifeline.

Xiao Yunzhou hesitated for a moment before giving an ambiguous, mystical response, "The great master, in his mercy, has given you some guidance, which is already a blessing. As for how things will unfold, it depends on you, old Chu."

The King of Chu narrowed his eyes for a moment, and his kingly aura of decisiveness and grand strategy surged forth, "I am willing to hear the details! If I can't avoid this calamity with the great master's guidance, I'd be too incompetent and might as well go meet my ancestors sooner!"

The King of Chu had led armies in his youth, overcoming many obstacles, and was quite brave. He wasn't afraid of challenges and had faith in his abilities.

If the great master was willing to point out where exactly his death calamity lay, the King of Chu didn't believe he couldn't resolve it!

He narrowed his eyes at Xiao Yunzhou, "If the great master from Jing Country truly saves my life, reducing the price of copper and iron by thirty percent won't be a problem."

No emperor doesn't wish for eternal life and an everlasting reign.

Let alone using copper and iron to buy his life, if the great master was effective, the King of Chu would agree even if it cost him gold and silver!

"But if you're deceiving me," the King of Chu snorted lightly, "If it's all a fabrication and you're just putting on an act, Xiao Yunzhou, not only will you not get the copper and iron, but I'll also settle accounts with you slowly!"

Xiao Yunzhou, upon hearing this, nodded instead of getting angry, "The great master never speaks falsehoods."

As he spoke, he couldn't help but glance at the small bed beside them, where Chuchu was sleeping with her little face flushed red.