The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 1314: easy
Chapter 1314 Easy
Hearing this, Li wiped her tears and nodded repeatedly: “Look up and marry a man, look down and marry a wife, I understand all this, Master, don’t worry, I know my limits, if I’m unsure, I’ll discuss it with my mother’s family and my mother.”
As he was speaking, Sima Yan saw a group of exiled prisoners being escorted out of the city. The leading escort soldier glanced at the document to the soldiers guarding the city gate, then jumped on his horse and walked slowly towards the outside of the city.
“In this case, I have nothing to explain!” Sima Yan said to his wife, and then bowed deeply, “I will leave the family to you, madam. Thank you for your hard work.”
Li nodded: “Take care on your journey, husband!”
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The Yan State envoy and regent Xiao Rongyan arrived in Dadu City. During the morning court session, Bai Qingyan met with Xiao Rongyan and his entourage.
Regent Xiao Rongyan proposed in court that the outcome should be determined by national policy and the two countries should merge, which immediately caused an uproar in the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
The civil and military officials of the Zhou Dynasty were all very emotional, clamoring for the Queen Mother of Yan to be handed over, otherwise the Zhou Dynasty would fight to the death. After all… the Zhou Dynasty had the upper hand in the war, and it was not impossible to completely destroy the Yan State within two years.
Bai Qingyan was sitting on a high platform, looking at Xiao Rongyan, who was standing in the center of the hall as an envoy from the State of Yan, with a faint smile between his brows.
Even though they were husband and wife, they now represented their respective countries respectively. Personal matters should not be taken into consideration. Bai Qingyan did not say anything to stop the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty from glaring at the envoys from Yan.
Zhong Xingxiao stood trembling on the left side of Xiao Rongyan with his head lowered, fearing that the officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty would know that he was the brother of the Queen Mother of Yan and would eat him alive.
Zhong Xingxiao was even more afraid that Bai Qingyan would know his identity. He was afraid that Bai Qingyan would not dare to do anything to him openly and would wait for an opportunity to retaliate against him secretly. After all, they were now on the territory of the Great Zhou, and it would be easy for the Emperor of the Great Zhou to deal with him.
“Prince Yan Jiu…” Minister of Rites Liu Rushi stepped forward and bowed to the slender Prince Yan Jiu who was wearing a mask. “We in the Great Zhou want Yan… to give us an explanation for betraying the Great Zhou when the two countries joined forces to destroy Xiliang. Prince Jiu asked for one and a half months, and we in the Great Zhou gave you one and a half months. But Prince Jiu not only did not give us an explanation, but also proposed a policy of merging the two countries to determine the outcome based on national policy. This is good for Yan, but it is not good for our Great Zhou! Yan’s calculations are too loud!”
After Liu Rushi finished speaking, the civil and military officials in the Zhou Dynasty court became more and more agitated, clamoring for an explanation from the State of Yan. Some military officials with bad tempers were already saying that the State of Yan was shameless.
Bai Qingyan lowered her eyes and smiled. In fact, it was not just Liu Rushi and the courtiers of the Great Zhou. If she had not been the first to propose the strategy of merging the two countries and deciding the outcome based on national policy, and they had made the decision before deciding to destroy Xiliang, Bai Qingyan would have also suspected that this was a delaying tactic of the Yan State and that the outcome was determined by national policy.
Fortunately, the whole thing was controlled and arranged by Bai Qingyan. Whether it was her, Xiao Rongyan or Murong Li, they were all preparing for this matter.
On the Yan State side, Murong Li and Xiao Rongyan have already made all the arrangements. Next, it depends on how she, General Lu, Minister Shen, and her uncle Dong Situ will deal with it in the Zhou court.
“Not only did the State of Yan fail to give our Great Zhou an explanation, but it also tried to take advantage of us! Has it not woken up yet?” A general of the Great Zhou had anger written all over his face and shouted loudly in the hall.
“How shameless! You are not as strong as our Great Zhou in terms of military strength, but you say you want to compete with us in terms of national politics…” After a general finished speaking, he fixed his eyes on Yue Shi again and pointed at Yue Shi behind Xiao Rongyan, “You… you are a traitor. You were the bodyguard of our Great Zhou emperor. Now that he is gone, you should have been protecting His Majesty and the little prince and princess, but you went to be a running dog for the Yan people who destroyed your Wei State! Aren’t you afraid that the emperor will be heartbroken if he knows about this?”
Yue Shi: “…”
Originally, Yue Shibu didn’t want to enter the palace today, but Uncle Feng insisted that he follow him, and he couldn’t pull the general to say… he had never changed his master.
Yue Shi could only follow the prepared words and bowed to the general, saying, “General, please calm down. Prince Yan Jiu was kind to our master. After the master passed away, Yue Shi must repay the favor on behalf of Zhizu. Please forgive me, General.”
“I cannot forgive you!” The general pointed at Xiao Rongyan, who stood tall and straight. “The Yan Kingdom almost killed King Zhenguo and Marquis Yinghui. They are the brother and sister of your Majesty!”
Yue Shi looked at a loss as he raised his head to look at Bai Qingyan who was sitting steadily on the platform.
“Your Majesty!” Zhang Duanning, the Minister of War, stepped forward, clasped his fists and said to Bai Qing, “I think that Yan’s method is just to buy time for them. National policy determines victory or defeat. Even if they lose… they will never hand over Yan. Right now, it’s just because the main force of Yan is trapped in Xiliang by our Great Zhou and can’t go back. As long as our Great Zhou marches westward, the old, weak, and sick people left in Yan will never be a match for our Great Zhou.”
“Sir, the Minister…” Xiao Rongyan nodded slightly to Zhang Duanning, then spoke slowly, “How would you know that only the old, weak, and sick are left in our Yan State? Has Minister Zhang ever been to our Yan State to take a look?”
“There’s no need for our Shangshu to personally go to Yan. Yan has suffered many natural disasters in recent years, and there is not enough food. I don’t know how many people have starved to death, and how many Yan people have fled to our Great Zhou! Although we later recovered Southern Yan, it has only been a few years. Can Yan recover?” Liu Rushi said in a flat tone, “It’s conceivable… The situation in the country is probably not good, and the military force is naturally limited.”
“The Yan people have always been passionate and hard-willed. If it really comes to a life-and-death moment, the main force of the Great Yan trapped in Xiliang will return to Yandu to rescue the emperor no matter what. Not to mention… the people in the country would rather die than become slaves of a conquered country!” Xiao Rongyan turned to look at Bai Qingyan on the high platform, “I believe the Emperor of the Great Zhou knows this clearly. After all… it was the Bai family army that took away our Yan country’s cities and territory, as well as this capital city, inch by inch!”
Bai Qingyan looked at the pair of deep and dark eyes behind Xiao Rongyan’s mask, resting his elbows on the hidden bag, listening quietly.
“The Emperor of Great Zhou must also know how difficult it is to capture our Yan State’s cities. The people, regardless of gender or age, worked together to resist. Even the brave and undefeated Bai family army would suffer heavy losses if they wanted to capture a city.” Xiao Rongyan stood with his hands behind his back, pacing slowly in the hall, as if telling a story, “Not to mention… the cities that were captured had already been destroyed beyond recognition, and most of the people in the cities would have died in the battle.”