step by step

Chapter 225 Resolute and Tough
He stood up and took two steps, then stopped, and said to Lian Luo who was beside him: "Immediately send someone to secretly check if there are any spies among the guards of the Imperial City and Jinji Imperial Army who are accompanying you all the way. If there are spies, all Shoot or kill!"

"As ordered!"

Lian Luo cupped his fists and saluted, and left in a hurry.

At sunrise, Chu Li took Ye Zhaoyan into the Beiliang Palace.

The royal city of Beiliang is majestic and majestic, like a sleeping monster dormant on the ground, giving people a great sense of oppression.

After Ye Zhaoyan saw the impenetrable security inside, he felt awe-inspiring. If Beiliang insisted on not letting him go, General Ye's escape would be like a dream.

Chu Li led her straight through the palace wall to Kunyuan Hall.

There are two rows of imperial guards standing outside the Kunyuan Hall. Everyone is armed with swords and swords. They are high-spirited and sharp, as if they can pull out their long swords to kill at any time, showing their tyrannical and domineering momentum.

Just when Ye Zhaoyan thought that Ye Wenxuan was in the Kunyuan Hall and walked in quickly, there was a cold behind her, and someone held a hooked dagger against her neck, and a stern voice sounded above her head: "Don't play tricks! If the girl is sensible, you can avoid it." The pain of peeling the flesh, otherwise, you will be shot to death."

Ye Zhaoyan slowly turned around and looked at Chu Li who was not far away, "What do you mean, sir?"

"Miss Ye don't need to panic, it's just that someone wants to negotiate with the girl." Chu Li smiled lightly, "I heard that Miss Ye knows martial arts, but that person is noble but has no martial arts. Miss Ye has been wronged by this bad policy."

While speaking, the wrist resting on Ye Zhaoyan's neck moved slightly, and with a burst of strange fragrance, a feeling of limp came over, and Ye Zhaoyan was swept into the depths of the hall like riding a cloud.

Under the influence of the medicine, Ye Zhaoyan fell into a coma for half an hour.

The obsession lingering in her heart made her open her eyes from her chaotic consciousness.

At the entrance, the beams, carved railings and painted buildings, windowsills, tables and chairs are all made of pineapple wood, and ambergris burning in a bronze incense burner is placed in the corner of the room, emitting a faint circle of white smoke.

Here, where is it?

Ye Zhaoyan tried to support the bed to sit up, but felt numb and weak all over. Just as he sat up straight, he fell back on the bed again.

"You're awake." A voice suddenly sounded from behind.

A stalwart strange man stood behind the screen, wearing a black cloak, and a black metal mask on his face, except for the two sharp eyes exposed outside.

This outfit is not unfamiliar, he was the one who kidnapped her in the bamboo forest on the mountainside last night.

"Who are you? Why are you attacking me?"

"I'm Qu Lizhen, and I'm the uncle of Beiliang Kingdom." His tone was unhurried, without any emotion.

Ye Zhaoyan was taken aback when he heard the words, he didn't expect that the other party would be the uncle of Beiliang Kingdom, "Yan Zhiji's elder brother?"

"Exactly."

Seeing her unpredictable expression, Qu Lizhen said, "I don't know if the girl is willing to negotiate a deal with me?"

"What deal?"

"Since the girl is the granddaughter of the first general of Tianlu, she must know the strength of the Ye family army?" He asked with a slight smile in his voice.

Surprise flashed across Ye Zhaoyan's eyes, he didn't expect that this man had already found out about her, even Ye Jiajun.

"I have never met you before, how can I make a deal with you?"

She faintly sensed something in her heart. The opponent's first focus was Ye's military power, and the purpose was not difficult to guess.

Sure enough, Qu Li really said calmly and quickly: "General Ye led the army under the order of Emperor Donglin, and is about to attack the land of Hexi."

"So what?"

Qu Lizhen sighed, "Miss Ye doesn't know something. Once the land of Hexi is captured, Tianlu will definitely become the most powerful country in the north in the future. The check and balance between the two countries will be broken. At that time, our Northern Liang Kingdom will be hard to resist." Tianlu's attack. Therefore, I hope that the girl can persuade General Ye and Beiliang to take Hexi together, and I guarantee that after the matter is completed, Miss Ye will be sent back safely."

Ye Zhaoyan listened to his conditions and was noncommittal.

"Why do you think I'll help you?"

Qu Lizhen clenched his lips, "I know that the girl is a smart person, and she will definitely weigh the pros and cons. I have no intention of letting the general violate the emperor's orders, but I just ask him to share in Hexi. Once General Ye nods, we will immediately send envoys to persuade him Emperor Donglin, never let General Ye bear the name of treason! It is not difficult to exchange this small condition for the safety of the girl."

Ye Zhaoyan shook his head without hesitation, "Sorry, I can't help."

She had a hunch that things were not as simple as the other party said.

If they could really persuade Emperor Donglin to change his mind, why did they go to great lengths to persuade Ye Wenxuan?

I'm afraid they want to use Ye Wenxuan's nod to force Emperor Donglin to change his will!
Qu Lizhen frowned, "Miss Ye doesn't want to go home?"

"This matter is related to the dispute between the two countries, and I can't get involved. Besides, although I am a girl of the Ye family and loved by my father and brother, I am a daughter after all, so I cannot inherit the mantle of the Ye family as a rule, let alone influence the Ye family's plans. Ye Zhaoyan spoke slowly, his eyes fixed on him, "You should be very clear about General Ye's character, except Emperor Tianlu, no one can shake his decision."

Qu Lizhen frowned, never thought that Ye Zhaoyan would not be easy to fool at all, as a girl in a boudoir, she could distinguish pros and cons so clearly, which is really rare.

He changed his previous casualness and softened his tone, "Miss Ye, listen first and finish the speech. General Ye led his troops to the north, the purpose is to win the land of Hexi for Tianlu and gain control of the northern border. Lu is still strong, such an action shows the ambition of a single family, and it will inevitably cause panic in the surrounding powers."

He paused, and seeing that Ye Zhaoyan was not confused, he said, "In this way, Miss Ye should be able to understand why Beiliang had to persuade General Ye."

Ye Zhaoyan became more and more sure of Beiliang's intentions, "Uncle Guo's intentions, Zhaoyan already understands. It's just that the general, as the number one general in Tianlu, has his own set of rules for doing things. Unless Beiliang can win over the Emperor Donglin Agree, let him order the Ye family army to take Hexi together with Beiliang, if you deny it, General Ye will not change his mind, even if his granddaughter persuades him, it will not help."

Her voice is not loud, but exceptionally powerful.

Seeing the serious expression on her face, Qu Lizhen was stunned.

He didn't doubt what Ye Zhaoyan said, but he didn't expect that both Ye Wenxuan and his granddaughter were so decisive, as if there was no breakthrough.

After contemplating for a moment, he looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar face in front of him, a trace of reluctance flashed in his eyes, and finally decided to start from another place.

"Then I will make another request." Qu Lizhen stood up, "Please ask Miss Ye to persuade the general to suspend the dispatch of troops and delay for a while, so as to give the two countries a chance to discuss. After Beiliang and Tianlu discuss together, take one." A compromise to get the best of both worlds."

(End of this chapter)