No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 221 Negotiation Conditions
Luo Junyao pulled out the Youyue thorn, looked down at Xiewoyun, who was slowly falling in front of him, and turned to Xie Yan, "I really didn't mean it."

Xie Yan slightly curled his lips, walked to her side and nodded, "Well, it's okay." It doesn't matter if it's intentional.

While they were talking, someone rushed over.

Xie Yan's eyes sank, the long sword in his hand trembled, and he raised his hand and swept it out.Several people who were several steps away from them were swept away in an instant.

"Oh, Zhifei, what are you doing?!" Just now the voice sounded again, and King Ning had already led a group of people up the mountain.

Seeing the dead or alive people lying on the ground, smelling the strong smell of blood in the air, King Ning, who was still gasping for breath after climbing up, stomped his feet in anger.

Behind King Ning were several officials from the faction who were close to King Ning and Wei Changting, and next to him was a group of Qi people who were clearly dressed as foreigners.

Standing beside Xie Yan, Luo Junyao's eyes fell on the woman who was one step behind King Ning.

The woman was slender and slim. Although she was wearing a dark blue cloak, it was still difficult to hide the elegance in her actions.She was extremely beautiful, and she didn't have any fancy dress on her body. Her long hair was tied behind her back, and she only wore a light blue gemstone wreath on her head.It's obviously an extremely simple and elegant dress, but people can't take their eyes off her.

But at this moment, her eyes fell on Xiewoyun who was lying on the ground, her expression looked a little cold.

This is Bai Jingrong.

Luo Junyao affirmed in his heart.

King Ning walked over quickly, but stopped beside Xiewoyun, "You...you are..."

Luo Jun shook his head and smiled, "Uncle Ning is well."

King Ning said: "It's not good! Didn't I tell you to stop? Do you know who he is?"

Luo Jun shook his head and said, "I said it was an accident, and besides...he was the thief who hijacked my eldest sister that day. Why is Uncle Ning so nervous? Could it be that he was sent by Uncle Ning?"

Of course King Ning knew she was talking nonsense, but he had no choice but to say, "What nonsense?!"

Xie Yan said indifferently: "He is indeed the thief who kidnapped the eldest daughter of the Luo family and hurt the princess that day. What? Uncle Ning knows who he is?"

King Ning was speechless, he couldn't believe that Xie Yan didn't know who this person was.

After a long silence, King Ning looked sideways at Bai Jingrong.

Bai Jingrong was also silent. Her beautiful eyes lingered on Xie Yan and Luo Junyao for a moment before she said calmly: "What the regent said is that I just want to ask the regent to keep someone under his command. Only then did people go up the mountain first. This person... is unknown, and he is not one of my people, which surprised the regent princess."

She spoke in a slow tone, neither fast nor slow, as if she really had nothing to do with the person lying on the ground.

Everyone present knew that she was talking nonsense, and she also knew that everyone knew that she was talking nonsense, but her expression did not change at all.

Luo Junyao smiled slightly, his eyes were bright, "It's okay, Mrs. Rong is polite."

Bai Jingrong was startled for a moment, and looked at Luo Junyao with more meaning.

Xie Yan said, "It's fine if you're not from the Qi tribe."

He looked down at the corpse on the ground, chuckled and said, "Holding the eldest daughter of the Luo family, seriously injuring the princess regent, and today intending to assassinate the princess...Take it down, chop it up and feed it to the dogs."

"Yes, my lord."

Gu Jue responded, and the crowd came out and recruited two Zhen Guojun soldiers to carry him away.

Among the people following Bai Jingrong, someone showed resentment and wanted to stand out, but just moved a little before Xie Yan's indifferent gaze fixed him on the spot.

The calmer people around him also quickly held down the impulsive companion.

Xie Yan's eyes made one feel that he was waiting for them to be furious before killing a few more.

Seeing that Xie Yan handled the matter so casually, King Ning could only sigh and said nothing more.

This Xiewoyun was looking for death on his own, with so many people around Bai Jingrong, he wanted to rush forward by himself.

What a noble son of the Qi nationality, although he is down and out now, but as the saying goes, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and now the Xiewo clan is completely hopeless.

After Xie Woyun's body was dragged away, Xie Yan led Luo Junyao to a clean place.

After a scuffle in this place, the smell is really bad.

Seeing this, the others naturally had no choice but to follow, Bai Jingrong glanced at Yu Chen who was lying on the ground not far away.

Yu Chen was supporting the ground with one hand, dressed in black, it was hard to tell how seriously injured he was, but based on Bai Jingrong's understanding of him, if he hadn't been seriously injured, he wouldn't have sat on the ground and failed to get up.

"Uncle Ning and Mrs. Rong are here, why?" Xie Yan asked bluntly.

King Ning stroked his beard and said with a smile: "What is this... Mrs. Rong said that she came here to pay homage to the deceased. This place seems to be the territory of the Zhen Guojun at the moment. I am afraid that there will be any conflicts. Please ask me to mediate one or two. Now it seems... Are we still late?"

While speaking, King Ning's eyes fell on Cui Zheyu, and he narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "This... girl, seems familiar?"

Cui Zheyu smiled sweetly, and said: "The grassland people in the countryside, why dare you ask the prince."

King Ning looked at her, "Ordinary people in the countryside, how can they be so calm? How could they appear here? Speaking of which, I don't know what kind of old friends who are close to Mrs. Rong are on this mountain. Zhi Fei ,do you know?"

Luo Junyao poked his head out beside Xie Yan, "Uncle Ning, you didn't even know who you were going to save, so you came up with Mrs. Rong?" Look at His Highness King Ning's face like a steamed bun, and how round it is body of.

There is no road on this mountain and we can only hike up, which is not easy.

King Ning choked, he really didn't know.

Wei Changting walked up to Yu Chen, leaned over, pulled him up and pushed him to the front of the crowd, and said with a smile, "His Royal Highness Ning, do you know him?"

King Ning frowned slightly, and looked at Yu Chen carefully.

Yu Chen was really in a panic at this time, almost half of the sleeves were missing in his black clothes, the flesh on his shoulders was turned out, bloody and bloody, and there were several cuts on his body.

As soon as he approached, a smell of blood came over his face, making the pampered King Ning want to cover his nose.

"This is..." King Ning hesitated.

It can't be blamed that King Ning's eyesight is dull, he has always been in the capital and never went to the border, but Yu Chen has been marching and fighting outside all year round.When he came to Shangyong with Cui Liao a few times, his identity was not obvious, his appearance was not very good, and his stay was short. Even if King Ning met him, he would not know him.

Wei Changting smiled and said, "Yu Chen, have you heard of it, my lord?"

Even an old fox like King Ning couldn't help being shocked when he heard this.

More than just heard?It was like thunder.

Yu Chen's rebellion can be said to be the biggest blow to Dasheng since the founding of the country, bar none.

Even the death of Gaozu and the first emperor, or even the subsequent rebellion of the Three Kings, had far less impact than this incident.

King Ning turned his head to look at Bai Jingrong in astonishment, he couldn't believe that she dared to bring Yu Chen to Shangyong!
With a calm expression, Bai Jingrong walked up to Yu Chen and looked at him.She didn't think Yu Chen's body was bloody and filthy, so she raised her hand to gently straighten his messy skirt, then turned to the others and said, "In the final analysis, it's just each one's own master. The Regent has taught him a lesson, so it should be enough. "

As soon as these words came out, not only the people around Xie Yan, but even King Ning couldn't help but change his face.

The damage caused by Yu Chen, how can a lesson be enough?
and many more!

King Ning looked up at Yu Chen and said, "He has always been yours?! He is a meticulous worker!"

What are you kidding? !Back then, the commander-in-chief of the national army in Tangtang Town was actually the secret work of the Bai family? !

What can't Bai Jingrong have such a general under his command?Send him out as a spy?

Oh no.

When Cui Liao rescued Yu Chen, he was only 15 years old. It was Cui Liao who taught him martial arts and the art of war, and trained him to be the future commander of the Zhen Guo Army.

At that time, the Bai family had been retreating steadily, and they were almost unable to hold on.

All eyes were on Yu Chen, and Cui Zheyu's eyes were almost bloodshot.

Luo Junyao slipped to her side at some point, and gently held her hand.Cui Zheyu came back to his senses and looked at Luo Junyao.

Luo Junyao shook his head slightly at her, Cui Zheyu nodded and lowered his eyes to stop looking at Yu Chen.

Xie Yan said: "It doesn't matter who he is, Madam Rong brought him to Shangyong, isn't it just to negotiate terms with the king?"

Hearing that King Ning also reacted instantly, he said, "That's right, what Madam Rong wants to talk about, the premise is to hand him over to Dasheng."

Bai Jingrong said: "That can't be done, the prince misunderstood, he can't be a condition for negotiation."

Xie Yan said indifferently: "Then there is no need to talk about it, you can leave Shangyong now. If Yu Chen walks out of Dasheng alive, it will be his fate."

Bai Jingrong sighed and said: "The regent is a bit unreasonable. He is a secret agent. Could it be that the regent did not install secret agents in my Bai family and the Qi people? It's just that Ah Chen is more powerful than others."

Xie Yan smiled indifferently, "Madam thinks, this king is reasoning with you?"

Next to him, Wei Changting interjected, "Even if it's reasonable, since ancient times there's no reason why you can't kill him if you work carefully. If Mrs. Rong doesn't want him to die, you should hide it well and don't bring it out for anyone to see."

Bai Jingrong ignored Wei Changting's words, and said calmly: "In the 17th year of Taining, Xie Bian inserted Song Wenyue into the Bai family army. In the [-]th year of Yongtai, Yu Mingqiu, who you sent to the Qi clan, disappeared. Uh, I haven't checked yet. Show his identity. The Regent should know about these two people, right? And three years ago, the Zhen Guojun sent people to the king's side, so I can exchange these three people for Ah Chen, okay?"

Xie Yan said indifferently: "Do you think it's okay?"

"Looks like it's still not enough." Bai Jingrong sighed, "There's one more person... General Cui Liao's young master, do you think it's enough?"

Cui Zheyu's body froze, and he raised his head to stare at Bai Jingrong.

King Ning frowned and said, "Yu Chen defected to the enemy, and the Cui family cannot absolve himself of the blame. Who knows whether he has been imprisoned by Mrs. Rong all these years, or has he defected to the enemy with Yu Chen long ago?"

Bai Jingrong lowered his brows and chuckled lightly, as if regretting, "It seems that it's not going to happen, poor...that kid can be regarded as strong. If his bones are not so hard, I really want to take him under my command. I wanted to Let him die, now it seems that no one is looking forward to his return."

Gu Jue said coldly: "I've detained you, I'm not afraid they won't come back."

Bai Jingrong said: "That's hard to say. If we are detained in Shangyong, does General Gu think that anyone in the royal court of the Qi clan will care about us?"

"Isn't Ji Zhan your son?" Bai Jingrong's eldest son is the prince of the Qi tribe, and it's impossible for the Qi tribe to give up Bai Jingrong so easily.

Bai Jingrong sighed lightly: "Ah Zhan is also the blood of the Bai family after all."

She said this without thinking, but many people present somehow understood what she meant.

Ji Zhan will not succumb to Dasheng for the sake of Bai Jingrong's mother, just like how Bai Ke and Bai Jingrong were able to flood Yanzhou and lure the Qi people into the pass in order to defeat the Xie family, Ji Zhan will also put everything behind power, including his biological mother.

Bai Jingrong was obviously not sad because of this, and even looked a little satisfied.

Xie Yan suddenly said, "You can take him away today."

"Huh?" Bai Jingrong looked at Xie Yan in surprise, as if he didn't expect him to give in so easily.

King Ning also looked at the past, with obvious disapproval on his face, "Zhifei..."

Xie Yan said coldly: "Since you dare to negotiate a deal with this king, you must have brought the bargaining chip. This king must see someone before dark today, otherwise..."

"how?"

Xie Yan said softly: "This king sends troops to destroy the embassy of the Qi nationality, and the consequences will be at your own risk."

Bai Jingrong rolled his eyes and said, "Yes, I also have a request. While we are in Shangyong, you are not allowed to attack Ah Chen."

Xie Yan said indifferently: "The Prince Regent's Mansion will not take action." He cannot guarantee anything else.

Bai Jingrong also knew that he couldn't force it, so he smiled sweetly and said, "I believe the regent will keep his word, and he won't break his word."

Xie Yan glanced at Yu Chen who was standing beside Bai Jingrong, and stopped talking.

Bai Jingrong said to King Ning with a smile, "Thank you, my lord, for taking this trip in person."

King Ning snorted softly, his face a little ugly.

Bai Jingrong didn't care either, turned his head to Yu Chen and said, "Ah Chen, let's go."

Yu Chen nodded silently, and stood behind Bai Jingrong.

A gaze passed through Bai Jingrong like a sharp arrow and shot at Yu Chen. Yu Chen raised his head and looked over, it was Cui Zheyu.

Cui Zheyu's eyes were scarlet, full of killing intent.

Yu Chen was startled, as if he wanted to say something but had nothing to say, and slowly lowered his head.

He lowered his head, but missed the slight sneer on Cui Zheyu's lips.

Yu Chen, just wait for me.

I don't believe in Cui if you don't want to live in pain and die with regret!

Bai Jingrong seemed to have noticed Cui Zheyu's gaze, and turned to look at her with a sweet smile, "This girl... must be General Cui's beloved daughter, right? It's a pleasure to meet you. And... about Ah Chen, I'm really sorry."

After finishing speaking, Bai Jingrong didn't stop and led the people around and walked down the mountain.

A few drops of scarlet slipped from Cui Zheyu's lips, her fingernails pinched tightly into her palms, and her lips were bitten by herself.

She stared fixedly at Bai Jingrong's leaving back and remained motionless.

Seeing the group of people going down the mountain, King Ning said angrily, "Zhifei, you shouldn't have let Yu Chen go!"

Letting Yu Chen go, not only can't explain to the Zhen Guojun, but also can't explain to the government and the opposition.

Xie Yan said coldly: "Bai Jingrong is still alive, let alone Yu Chen."

"That's different." King Ning said.

Bai Jingrong was indeed the real culprit, but this was completely different from the shock of Yu Chen's betrayal.

Xie Yan lowered his eyes and said: "I know what Uncle Ning means, but Song Wenyue and Yu Mingqiu are very important, they cannot die."

King Ning wanted to ask who these two people were?But after glancing around, I know that there are too many people here and it is not suitable for discussing these issues.

So he held back abruptly, and changed the question, "How do I explain this to the government and the opposition?"

Xie Yan said: "I only promise that they will not take any action during their stay in Shangyong. Besides...Bai Jingrong knows that once Yu Chen is found in Shangyong, he will face endless assassinations, but he still brings him here. Uncle Ning Don't want to know why?"

King Ning was taken aback for a moment, he really couldn't figure it out.

Even if Bai Jingrong wanted to bring Yu Chen by his side, he could completely conceal his identity.You can change your name, wear a mask, and change your appearance, but she didn't do anything and just brought people here so openly.

What kind of old person did you agree to let Yu Chen come here today to worship?
You must know that although there are not many people who know Yu Chen in Shangyong City, it is not impossible.

"What does she want to do?" King Ning frowned.

Xie Yan lowered his eyes and said, "Who knows, she probably won't make us wait too long."

King Ning sighed, shook his head and said, "Forget it, you are the regent and you have the final say. In addition..."

King Ning's eyes fell on Cui Zheyu, "Is she really Cui Liao's daughter?"

Xie Yan said: "General Cui's tomb is on this mountain, it was buried here by the emperor's brother."

King Ning was stunned for a moment, the first emperor never mentioned this matter to him.

Thinking of the crusade against the Cui family by the ruling and opposition parties at that time, it seems that the late emperor believed that Cui Liao was innocent and forgave Cui's daughter.

King Ning did not suspect that Xie Yan was lying. Firstly, it was impossible for Xie Yan to lie for such a thing. Secondly, since Xie Yan dared to speak out, he naturally had evidence and was not afraid of being questioned.

King Ning said in a deep voice: "Regardless of whether or not what happened back then is related to the Cui family, if Yu Chen's matter is not resolved, no one will accept the Cui family's return."

Xie Yan nodded and said: "Thank you, Uncle Ning, for your reminder, this king knows."

King Ning looked at the crowd, and led them away with a gloomy face.

Luo Junyao looked at the back of him leaving, and whispered: "Uncle Ning, he doesn't seem to be so annoying." Although he often troubled Xie Yan, he didn't just go against Xie Yan when it came to right and wrong. I don't intend to hold on to Cui Zheyu's affairs.

Xie Yan raised his hand and stroked the hair around her ear, and said softly: "After all, his surname is Xie."

King Ning is not a lunatic, he wants power, maybe even the throne.But he definitely doesn't want a fragmented Dasheng full of wars.

Today's Dasheng seems to have unified the Central Plains, and has just won the battle.In fact, it is extremely fragile and must be carefully maintained in balance.

There have been struggles for power and profit in the court since ancient times, but King Ning still knows what can and cannot be done when facing foreign enemies.

(End of this chapter)