The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1250: value
Chapter 1250 Value
But now Xiliang, who received the news from Yan State, has won, and is making excuses not to hand Bai Qingyu over to him. The purpose is probably to break up the alliance between Yan State and Da Zhou. The Emperor Bai Qingyan of Da Zhou will go to war with Yan State in a rage, and Yan State has no weakness of Bai Qingyan, which will resolve Xiliang’s crisis.
Therefore, this is Xiliang’s purpose, to let Da Zhou turn around and attack Yan.
Moreover, if her guess was correct, after pacifying Xiliang, the next battle for the world would come between Great Zhou and Yan. Even if Great Zhou could not guess that she was cooperating with Xiliang behind the scenes, it could just use the excuse that Yan betrayed the alliance and sold out Great Zhou as an excuse to send troops to Yan!
Queen Mother Yan’s heart skipped a beat for no reason. She was hoping that Bai Qingyan and Xiao Rongyan would break up, but… at least before destroying Xiliang, at least before their Yan State had a hold on Bai Qingyan’s weakness, the alliance between the two countries could not break up!
If the Great Zhou turned around to attack the State of Yan, it would be fine if Xiliang took the opportunity to secretly strengthen itself, but what if it sided with the Great Zhou and attacked the State of Yan together?
Thinking of Xiliang’s strength, Queen Mother Yan felt a little relieved…
Xiliang must preserve its strength. If the Great Zhou really fights with the State of Yan, after the Yan is destroyed, Xiliang will be the next one to fall. Xiliang will not waste its military strength in vain to help the Great Zhou.
Besides, the Great Zhou Emperor Bai Qingyan must still have feelings for A Yan. She was willing to get pregnant and bear a child for A Yan. Moreover, A Yan gave up Yunjing and rushed to Jiangzi City to save her. She must also remember A Yan’s kindness to her and should… not easily go to war with the State of Yan.
Xiliang would not let Bai Qingyu die. If she held Bai Qingyu in her hands, she would definitely want to use Bai Qingyu to threaten the Emperor of the Great Zhou instead of killing Bai Qingyu. Bai Qingyu is more valuable alive than dead.
When Queen Dowager Yan thought of this, she relaxed a little, and then she heard a voice outside calling “Your Majesty”.
She hurriedly stood up holding the armrest of the chair, and before she came out, she saw Murong Li, who was panting and pale.
Queen Mother Yan hurried forward and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat off Murong Li’s face as he ran all the way. “What’s wrong? You look so pale, are you feeling unwell?”
Murong Li slapped Queen Mother Yan’s hand away.
Queen Mother Yan looked at Murong Li in shock: “A Li?!”
He raised the parchment with the military report in his hand and asked in a hoarse voice: “Before, some people from Xiliang entered the palace and bypassed me, the emperor, to meet my mother directly. My mother said…the people from Xiliang came to seek peace, but my mother refused. But now…Yan State originally planned to join forces to wipe out the main force of Xiliang, and General Bai Qingyu of the Great Zhou was responsible for luring the enemy into the encirclement, but Xiliang set an ambush in advance. My mother…did you know about this?”
When Queen Mother Yan heard Ah Li calling her mother instead of mother, she was surprised and her eyes slightly avoided: “What do you mean, do you think it was mother who betrayed the Great Zhou to Xiliang?”
“In the entire Yan Palace, I only told this matter to my mother!” Murong Li’s face was grim.
“Wang Jiuzhou, don’t you know? When you were simulating the battle on the sand table…wasn’t there anyone else around?” Queen Mother Yan asked angrily.
Upon hearing this, Wang Jiuzhou quickly bowed and replied: “Even if I have ten thousand guts, I will never dare to betray the Great Zhou without the permission of the Queen Mother and the Ninth Prince!”
What’s more, Wang Jiuzhou clearly knew that the Great Zhou Emperor Bai Qingyan and his master were already husband and wife, so how could he betray his own mistress!
“Since my mother doesn’t intend to admit it, that’s fine. I will go ask the Xiliang people who just left my mother’s palace…” Murong Li turned around and was about to leave.
“Stop right there!” Queen Mother Yan clenched her fists tightly together, trembling almost unnoticeably. Ah Li had always been a filial child and had never spoken so forcefully in front of her. She choked up, “Is that how you talk to Mother? How long has it been since your father passed away and you took the throne? And you dare to show off in front of Mother!”
Murong Li’s back was stiff. The midday sun shone on his body, but he could not feel the slightest warmth.
He couldn’t believe how his gentle and kind mother could become like this!
He knew that his uncle had asked his mother to assist him in order to find something for her to do, so that she would feel that she was needed by her son and would not follow his father.
But now, Murong Li can no longer figure out whether Uncle Jiu’s good intentions… have inadvertently changed his mother, making her unrecognizable to the point that he almost doesn’t recognize her!
How could she do such a thing to her own ally!
How can you win the world if you lose your trust in your allies and the world? This is such a simple truth… He understands it, Uncle Nine understands it, and almost everyone in the world understands it! But his mother doesn’t understand it.
After a while, Murong Li slowly turned around.
He looked at Queen Mother Yan, his eyes cold and he said, “Do you dare to say that you didn’t harm the Great Zhou?”
“I didn’t! You are crazy! You don’t even believe your mother!” Queen Mother Yan’s voice kept rising and her tone was cold and hard.
“Then, mother, do you dare to swear by my dead father, do you dare to swear by A-Li!” Murong Li pressed on step by step, his eyes serious and persistent, “If mother really harmed our Yan’s ally, the Great Zhou, and harmed Bai Qingyu, then my father’s soul will not be at peace! A-Li will die without a burial place!”
When Queen Mother Yan heard this, the hairs on her body stood up. Without thinking, she stepped forward and slapped Murong Li in the face. Her eyes were full of fear and her voice was sharp: “How dare you? How dare you!”
Murong Li’s head tilted to the side after being hit. Half of his face felt burning with pain, his ears were buzzing, and he even tasted a sweet and fishy taste in his mouth.
His eyes grew colder, without any grievance or tears in them, only deep and unresolvable disappointment remained.
He turned around and looked at his angry mother, and whispered, “If this wasn’t done by mother, why would she be so angry and embarrassed, and why did she lose her composure when she heard this oath?”
Queen Mother Yan’s hand, which had just hit Murong Li, was trembling. She opened her mouth but could not utter a word.
“Mother, Ah Li… I am so disappointed in you!” Murong Li’s voice was slightly choked with sobs. “If my father is still alive, he will definitely be even more disappointed when he sees what mother is doing now…”
After saying this, Ah Li turned around and left without looking back.
Queen Mother Yan’s tears fell. She hurriedly took two steps and held onto the door frame, calling out, “A Li!”
But Murong Li did not turn around and walked straight out of Queen Dowager Yan’s bedroom.
Queen Mother Yan bit her lower lip tightly, as if all her strength had been drained away. She leaned against the door frame and slowly fell to the ground, clutching her chest tightly, and murmured in a low voice: “Mother, this is all for you, for the sake of Yan State! How can Ah Li…how can he say that to Mother! How can you not understand Mother at all!”
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