C25 Persuasion

Dongfang Qing looked worriedly at Mu Qianxue. Although a white veil covered her face, making it impossible for him to see Mu Qianxue's current expression, the steamed bun in her hands that had been crushed beyond recognition was enough to show that she was definitely not calm at the moment.

"Fifteen, go find out exactly how you're going to get back."

Xia Yue hatefully replied, "His Majesty has gone too far. Does he really intend to kill them all, leaving not a single one alive?"

Mu Qianxue released her hand, allowing the steamed bun to fall onto the ground. A voice as cold as ice came from behind her veil, "He was originally such a person, do you still expect him to talk about camaraderie?"

Xia Yue remained silent. Only the princess had a strong mind, and was able to persevere until now. If she was in her place, she would have probably gone insane from such a huge change in a single night.

Sometimes, thinking about it, being crazy wasn't necessarily a bad thing. At least, one would no longer know the meaning of 'sadness' and live in chaos in their own world.

After waiting for less than an hour, Fifteen, who had been sent to ask about this matter by Dongfang Qing, appeared in his line of sight. He reported, "My prince, a group of soldiers who were escorting over ten prisoners from the Southern Wasteland did pass by yesterday, and because of a moment of carelessness, they were escaped by those prisoners. They originally wanted to escape into the Qi Kingdom, but were captured by the head of the village.

Dongfang Chao pondered for a moment. "Have you heard anything about the soldiers in charge of escorting them?"

"I've heard that there are only about a hundred or so people. The leader is a vice commander of a thousand clans. As for their strength, this subordinate has never seen it before, so it would be difficult to judge."

Mu Qianxue suddenly interjected and asked, "Just a vice president?"

Fifteen, not knowing the meaning behind her words, replied truthfully, "Yes. There should be two centurions following by her side."

"I know." After saying these words, Mu Qianxue no longer spoke. Her expression was abnormally calm, and no one could tell what she was thinking about.

Dongfang Qin glanced at her, then stood up and pointed to nineteen people. "You guys stay here and protect the princess and Mister Jiang. The rest of you, follow me to the ancestral hall to take a look."

"Your Highness!" Nineteen blocked Dongfang's way.

"Is there something else?"

Nineteen nodded but didn't say anything. Dongfang Qing understood her meaning and walked over to a place about ten steps away from Mu Qianxue and the others. "Speak."

Nineteen looked up into his bright eyes, "Prince, are you planning to save those prisoners from Nan Zhao?"

"The Mu Clan has always been righteous and benevolent. They have never treated their people harshly or taken over another country. They should not have met with the calamity of a country being exterminated." This sentence was equivalent to an indirect admission of nineteen words.

Nineteen shook her head and said: "This great disaster was brought about by Nan Zhao himself. When they swallowed the bitter fruit, Prince Zhuang took in Prince Zhuang and risked her life to sneak into Ximen Chu to save Princess Xuanji, that was already the benevolence of a prince. No one can say that Prince was wrong."

However, once we go and rescue those people, we will reveal our whereabouts. Your highness, don't forget, there are Western Chu Army stationed about ten miles away from here, and once we alert them, we will attract tens of thousands of troops. At that time, even if this servant and Fifteen and the others fight to the death to protect your highness, I am afraid they will not be able to protect you. Nineteen persuasion, careful analysis of the pros and cons of the relationship, hoping to change the mind of Dongfang backtracking.

After the farmers who were by his side had gone far away, Dongfang Shan said, "Are you telling me to just watch them die? If Brother Mu asks, how should I answer him? "

"It's not that I'm cold-blooded and heartless, it's just that this matter is beyond my control. I believe that Prince Zhuang will also understand Prince Zhuang's difficulties." After a pause, she continued, "If Your Highness really can't bear it anymore, after we return to Jinling, you can ask His Majesty to send a letter of credence to the Chu Emperor."

"Not to mention whether or not brother Huang will agree to it, even if he really did send out the letter of credence, Xiao Ruo Ao will not let him go, Princess is the best example!"

Nineteen now hated Mu Qianxue the most. However, in front of Dongfang Gu's face, it was not good to flare up, so they could only bear with it and say, "If it's really like this, then they deserve to die.

He shook his head and said, "Perhaps you are right, but Brother Mu and I are friends of life and death, and his clansmen are my clansmen. I will give it a try no matter what; don't worry, during the battle with Dong Ling, I managed to survive with a great army.

"Your Highness!" Nineteen didn't expect that even after he had spoken so much, Dongfang Gu was still going to save those people.

"Alright, I've made up my mind. There's no need to say anymore." With these words, Dongfang Gu turned and left.

Watching his departing figure, Nineteen blurted out, "Is Prince Lu doing this because of Prince Zhuang or Princess Xuanji?"

Dongfang Qing's figure abruptly stopped as he turned around to look straight at her. "What did you say?"

"Four years ago, the Prince travelled all the way to South Zhao to ask for your hand in marriage, but was rejected by Princess Xuanji. These four years, the Emperor and the Empress Dowager made several requests for your hand in marriage, but you rejected them all. Long Yang's good, his filth can't even be heard. " Although he was from the god's camp, he was still an unmarried woman. His face was slightly flushed as he said this.

Dongfang Zhi said calmly, "It's none of their business how they choose to pass down their legacy. There's no need to pay any attention to it."

"Yes, because it's not that you don't want to marry, but that you can't let Princess Xuanji go!" As he said this, a thin layer of fog that could barely be seen appeared in his nineteen eyes.

Dongfang Yan frowned and said with a serious look, "Don't speak nonsense!"

"This servant is not spouting nonsense. Even without Prince Zhuang's request, you would have risked your life to save her." At this point, Nineteen sincerely said, "Your Highness, you have done enough for her. If it weren't for you, she would have already died under Xiao Ruo Ao's sword. Why risk saving her clansmen?"

"Are you done?" Dongfang Zhi looked straight at her and indifferently said, "If you're done speaking, then go back. I don't want to repeat the same words a second time!"

"But ?"

Just as he said those two words, a cold voice came from above, "If you are not willing to stay, I will allow you to return to the northern Zhou right now."

This time, Nineteen did not say anything else. She knew Dong Fang Shou's personality very well. If she said one more word, she would immediately be chased back to the North Zhou Empire and would not be able to stay by his side.

Dongfang Zhi seemed to be a ruthless and merciless person, but in reality, he was cold on the outside but also hot on the inside. In the past two years, he had never heavily reprimanded her, let alone chased her away. But now, because of Mu Qianxue, she had completely changed.