You are asked to marry in place of the tyrant, and you allow the tyrant to send you to marry? - Chapter 278: Loulan's Enemy at the Gate
You are asked to marry in place of the tyrant, and you allow the tyrant to send you to marry?
Chapter 278: Loulan's Enemy at the Gate"Princess He Yue? Why are you here?"
When Du Qingwan came to her senses, Wanyan Jingyun was like a frightened child, squatting down with her head in her hands and trembling.
Seeing this, Du Qingwan hurried forward and hugged her tightly.
"It's okay, it's okay. Don't worry, I just checked, he's still breathing."
Du Qingwan gently stroked Wanyan Jingyun's back and soothed her softly, her face full of gratitude.
If Wanyan Jingyun had not appeared in time, Du Qingwan really didn’t know what would happen next.
With Zhu Yunhao's daring nature, there was a high probability that she would be tortured to death by him today.
"Really? ...He's still alive?"
Wanyan Jingyun was a little bit unbelievable, but she finally calmed down and slowly raised her eyes to look at Du Qingwan.
"Yes. He is still alive. We will first put him in the prison and torture him slowly, making him unable to live or die.
When Wanyan Hongze comes back, it won’t be too late for us to execute him.”
Du Qingwan gently stroked Wanyan Jingyun's fair little face, with a hint of inexplicable heartache between her brows.
Wanyan Jingyun uttered a soft "hmm" and staggered to her feet.
He glared at the unconscious Zhu Yunhao fiercely, then kicked him hard several times.
"You dog emperor! This princess has disliked you for a long time!
If it weren't for Brother Wang saying that you were still useful, I would have had you killed long ago! Humph!"
What shocked Du Qingwan completely was that Wanyan Jingyun had actually recognized Zhu Yunhao a long time ago.
The most important thing is... Wanyan Hongze had recognized him a long time ago!
"No, Princess, what did you just say? You and Wanyan Hongze both recognized him as the Dog Emperor?"
Du Qingwan felt inexplicably uneasy. She pointed at Zhu Yunhao, then looked up at Wanyan Jingyun, whose expression had slightly returned to normal, feeling extremely guilty.
Wanyan Jingyun was full of pride and nodded with a smile:
"Really? Don't you know, Wang Madam, that he is actually the dog emperor of Daye?"
Wanyan Jingyun's sudden question really left Du Qingwan speechless. She could only giggle and perfunctorily answer:
"I...I just found out about this too. Haha..."
Wanyan Jingyun has always been innocent. She did not question a word Du Qingwan said and soon started to laugh foolishly.
Fearing that the night would be long and full of dreams, Du Qingwan glanced outside the door and found that Eunuch Liu had not returned yet, so she urged Wanyan Jingyun:
"Princess, we have to have him put in jail first.
Otherwise, when that person comes back, we will be exposed.”
"Okay. I'll listen to Mrs. Wang. I'll go get someone to help."
Ever since Wanyan Jingyun's illness was cured, she has understood all the truth and has been obedient to Du Qingwan's words.
Soon, Wanyan Jingyun ran out of the operating room and quickly called two guards to carry Zhu Yunhao away.
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Half a month later, Daye, Qianqing Palace
"Useless! You are all a bunch of useless people! You couldn't even conquer a mere Northern Kingdom, yet you let Loulan snatch it away!"
"That's fine! You can't even defend our own city of Daye!
Now Loulan has hundreds of thousands of troops outside the city. How can I explain this to my ancestors? "
Two hundred thousand Loulan soldiers gathered under the city wall, shouting loudly, and even the civil and military officials in the Qianqing Palace could hear it clearly.
At this moment, everyone was filled with anxiety and fear, and no one could stay any longer.
But there is no other way, there is nowhere else to go.
Zhu Yajie couldn't sit still and kept staring at everyone angrily.
"Your Highness, the only way for us to get Loulan to stop attacking Daye is to leave the city and negotiate peace."
Zhang Xingguo thought about it and decided to speak out.
The current situation in Daye is no longer something that can be solved by simply waiting and watching. That would be tantamount to waiting for death.
"Your Highness, please think twice!"
As soon as Zhang Xingguo finished speaking, Zhong Shanzhu and others echoed him and unanimously asked Zhu Yajie to arrange peace talks immediately.
Zhu Yajie was so angry that he was speechless for a moment.
In his opinion, it is not yet time to negotiate peace.
Once peace talks are made, Daye will completely lose its voice.
There is no need to think about it, Daye is definitely at a disadvantage.
"You guys? You guys are just trying to piss me off to death!
Don’t I know how to negotiate peace? But they have come to our doorstep, is there any need to negotiate peace? "
Zhu Yajie was so angry that his voice was trembling.
But he was really angry, and immediately pointed outside the palace and said:
"Let's not talk about Wanyan Hongze's arrogance. Du Qingwan, that little bitch, she...she was originally the queen of Daye, but she insisted on forcing us to hand over Prince Changning!"
"Isn't it enough for them to capture the city of Daye? Are they also thinking of killing the royal family of Daye?"
When Zhu Yajie learned that Du Qingwan and Wanyan Hongze were just outside the city gate and threatened to hand over King Changning, he had already wanted to mobilize the entire country's military to fight a decisive battle with Loulan.
On second thought, if I were to die in this battle, wouldn't that mean Prince Changning would get the upper hand?
It is possible that the kingdom of Daye will fall into the hands of Prince Changning.
After thinking it over again and again, Zhu Yajie finally chose to forget about it.
Little did he know that in his haste just now he accidentally let the cat out of the bag and mentioned the matter of Prince Changning again.
Hearing this, everyone present suddenly woke up from a dream and became extremely excited.
"Reporting to His Royal Highness the Regent! Since Loulan specifically asked for Prince Changning, we might as well hand Prince Changning over. Perhaps this will make Loulan withdraw its troops."
"I second this motion~"
Zhang Xingguo pondered for a while, quietly winked at Zhong Shanzhu and others, and then immediately proposed to hand over King Changning to Loulan.
Soon, all the civil and military officials in the audience quickly echoed.
But Zhu Yajie insisted on his own idea and refused to hand over Prince Changning. His face immediately turned gloomy.
"Are you threatening me, my dear ministers? If you hand over Prince Changning, where will the dignity of Daye be?"
“Since Loulan is determined to get King Changning, they must have ulterior motives.
They are just trying to find ways to force us in Daye to submit to them. Don't you see that, my dear ministers?"
Zhu Yajie glared at all the civil and military officials in the audience with a very bad tone, and he was gnashing his teeth in hatred in his heart.
[These bastards! They clearly want to force me to abdicate and allow Prince Changning to ascend the throne!]
[When I ascend the throne, I will deal with them one by one! Old bastards!]
After secretly complaining a few words in his heart, Zhu Yajie clenched his fists involuntarily, his face full of murderous intent.
"That being said, if we sacrifice the Prince of Changning, we can save our entire Daye. Why not do it?"
Li Yi thought about it and quickly stood up to express his opinion.
After hearing this, everyone present expressed their approval.
"The Queen Mother has arrived~"
Just then, Eunuch Qi suddenly came in, supporting Empress Dowager Qiao.
Seeing this, everyone bowed their heads and saluted, shouting loudly:
"Greetings to Her Majesty the Queen Mother~"
"No gift!"
Queen Mother Qiao had a gloomy face and waved her hand to signal everyone to stand up.
Then, she staggered over to Zhu Yajie with her crutches and sat down.
"Mother, you haven't been in good health recently, so you don't have to worry too much about state affairs!"
The reason why Zhu Yajie said this was not because he was worried that Empress Dowager Qiao would fall ill, but rather that he was worried that Empress Dowager Qiao would join forces with the ministers to dismiss him.
Empress Dowager Qiao was very angry at the moment. She didn't even bother to look at Zhu Yajie and her face was very gloomy.