The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1102: every sentence
Chapter 1102: Every Word from the Heart
Li Zhijie didn’t know what Bai Qingyan was going to say, and nodded in confusion.
Bai Qingyan raised the corners of his lips, his expression indifferent: “Then, why can’t this story be… After the death of her husband, the queen of Tianfeng Kingdom did not leave any offspring with her husband. She was afraid that the throne would be seized by someone with ulterior motives and she would lose control of Tianfeng Kingdom. So in order to continue her right to rule Tianfeng Kingdom, the queen of Tianfeng Kingdom used Yuchan to make up such a story, making her the faith of the people of Tianfeng Kingdom and also boosting the morale of the soldiers who were going to fight against Mengshe Kingdom next? Hmm?”
Putting aside the mythological nature of this story and looking at it from the political perspective of a person in power, Bai Qingyan’s analysis… can be said to be very politically persuasive.
Li Zhijie was stunned for a moment, then chuckled self-deprecatingly: “The Great Zhou does not believe in gods, so naturally they will not believe this story. But we in Xiliang… do believe in gods, and have complete faith in their power! The Tianfeng Nation… is even more fanatical in its belief in gods.”
Li Zhijie raised his head and looked at Bai Qingyan, “I guess… Your Majesty has already told Your Majesty about Cui Fengnian, the spy that Your Majesty had arranged to go to Xiliang!”
After Li Zhijie went back, he heard from Li Tianjiao that the Jin merchant Cui Fengnian was a woman. If she was not a spy sent by Bai Qingyan in advance, then she was a spy sent by Jin to Xiliang. But no matter whether Cui Fengnian was from Jin or from Great Zhou… Cui Fengnian has now become a disciple of Bai Qingqi, the third brother of the Great Zhou Empress, so… she is also a member of Great Zhou.
Bai Qingyan tapped the black lacquered table lightly with his fingers. Li Zhijie’s words also had a threatening tone…
If she handed Li Zhijie over to Tianfeng Kingdom, then Li Zhijie would tell the king of Tianfeng Kingdom that Cui Fengnian was a spy of the Great Zhou Dynasty and abolish Cui Fengnian’s arrangements in Tianfeng Kingdom.
“Your Majesty…” Wei Zhong whispered outside, “Xiao Ruohai is back, please see Your Majesty!”
“Got it.” Bai Qingyan responded.
Li Zhijie’s body was tense. He stared at Bai Qingyan, waiting for Bai Qingyan’s answer.
“I never like being threatened…” She looked at Li Zhijie with her black and white eyes, “Moreover, I don’t believe the story about the Jade Cicada that King Yan told me, and I don’t believe that the king of Tianfeng Kingdom would give up his plan to occupy land and encroach on my Great Zhou and Yan Kingdom just because King Yan knows a legend and story. He even attacked my Great Zhou to capture King Yan. King Yan… takes this myth too seriously.”
Having said that, Bai Qingyan stood up.
Seeing Bai Qingyan step down and turn to leave, Li Zhijie opened his eyes wide, looked anxiously at the envoys of Tianfeng Country outside, then looked at Bai Qingyan’s back, and said loudly: “If Your Majesty has seen the king of Tianfeng Country, you should know that the king of Tianfeng Country has a jade cicada in his hand. Does Your Majesty think that jade cicada is familiar? That jade cicada… Your Majesty’s husband Xiao Rongyan also has an identical one!”
Hearing this, she stopped, turned her head slightly, and glanced at Li Zhijie out of the corner of her eye: “So what?”
“Your Majesty must have seen it. Sar Khan never leaves the jade cicada without him and plays with it from time to time. It can be seen that Sar Khan believes in the legend of the jade cicada. If Sar Khan knew that your Majesty’s husband also had such a jade cicada, would he go to his husband’s tomb? Would he search for it throughout the Great Zhou?”
“Your Majesty…” Li Zhijie was so anxious that he lifted the quilt and held onto the bed, but he fell off the bed because he was too weak and had not recovered his strength yet. However, he did not care about that and crawled forward with his short legs. “Your Majesty, a war with the Tianfeng Kingdom is inevitable. If you hand over the foreign ministers to the Tianfeng Kingdom now in exchange for peaceful coexistence, when summer comes… that will be the time for the Tianfeng Kingdom to massacre the Great Zhou! What the foreign ministers said is from the heart!”
“Tomorrow… Da Zhou and Yan will join forces to attack Xiliang and Tianfeng. So King Yan doesn’t need to waste time trying to make Da Zhou and Tianfeng fight each other. Instead, you should think about what information you can provide so that I can keep you. For example… where are Li Tianjiao and Yun Poxing hiding with the Fire Cloud Army? For example… does Xiliang have spies in Yan and Da Zhou?”
Li Zhijie clenched his fists, but when he heard Bai Qing say that they would send out troops tomorrow, the heart in his throat finally settled down. If that was the case… he, Li Zhijie, would die without regrets. As long as the Great Zhou, the Great Yan, and the Tianfeng Kingdom confronted each other, their Xiliang Empress and General Yun would surely make a comeback.
“Although I cherish my own life, I cannot betray His Majesty Xiliang just because I cherish my life. Please forgive me for not telling Your Majesty the whereabouts of the Queen of Xiliang! As for whether Your Majesty has arranged spies in the Great Zhou and the State of Yan, Li Zhijie really doesn’t know!” Li Zhijie lowered his head.
“Do you dare to swear to the gods that you Xiliang people believe in?” Bai Qingyan asked again.
Li Zhijie clenched his fists and his pupils suddenly contracted. Before he could say anything, he saw Bai Qingyan looking at him with a bright smile and walked towards the door.
The wind and snow had stopped. In the small courtyard, the servants had swept the accumulated snow clean, and also cleared away the fallen snow on the trees. Even the dents on the bluestone floor under the eaves where water had dripped through the stone were now clean.
Seeing Bai Qingyan coming out of the small room after opening the curtain, the envoy of Tianfeng Kingdom hurriedly stepped forward and saluted: “Your Majesty, your majesty…”
As soon as the envoy from Tianfeng Kingdom arrived today, he was brought to this small courtyard and stood in the cold wind for a long time. Occasionally, when the wind blew, the broken snowflakes from the green tile roof fell on his face. The envoy from Tianfeng Kingdom grew up in a warm place like Tianfeng Kingdom and had never experienced such weather. He was shivering with cold.
“Sorry to have kept you waiting…” Bai Qingyan stood under the corridor, took the hand warmer that Wei Zhong had prepared, looked at the envoy from Tianfeng and asked, “Last night, your country just sent an elephant army to attack our Pingyang City, and today you suddenly sent an envoy to our door. Is it… the custom of Tianfeng Country to fight first and then send a declaration of war?”
As soon as Bai Qingyan finished speaking, a row of eunuchs came forward, some carrying chairs, some carrying small tables, some carrying braziers, some carrying hot tea, and some carrying snacks, and they all came forward to prepare everything. Wei Zhong then went forward to invite Bai Qingyan to sit down.
The envoy of Tianfeng State looked up at Bai Qingyan, who seemed to be very warm and comfortable under the corridor, and bowed again and said, “Yesterday, it was the Queen of Xiliang who asked our monarch of Tianfeng State to come to the Great Zhou to ask for the return of Li Zhijie, the traitor of Xiliang. Before coming, our monarch specifically instructed us to have a good talk with His Majesty…”
“The envoy of Tianfeng Country speaks very well, and his words are also very comfortable to listen to.” Bai Qingyan handed the hand warmer in his hand to Chunzhi who was standing beside him, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then raised his eyes with murderous intent, “But Tianfeng Country has already taken action against my fourth sister, do you think you can fool them with a few nice words?”
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