Chapter 388 Taking Advantage of the Fire

Prince Yu was stunned for a moment. When did he say this?

"Since Prince Yu is so anxious, then follow me to the Imperial Study."

Prince Yu was still a little confused when he arrived at the imperial study. He clearly wanted to plead for Princess Pingling, but how did he end up coming here in the middle of the night to discuss a peace agreement with Xiao Jin?

Xiao Jin asked Zhang Shuming to take a booklet from the shelf and said, "Let Prince Yu have a look."

Prince Yu took the booklet and immediately saw the three big words "Letter of Surrender" on the cover.

Prince Yu felt humiliated. "Your Majesty, is this... is there something wrong with the statement? Why is it a "letter of surrender" instead of a peace agreement?"

Xiao Jin glanced at him, somewhat puzzled, "Didn't the Southern Kingdom voluntarily surrender and say they didn't want to fight?"

Prince Yu choked. This was the fact, but their Southern Kingdom surrendered voluntarily. Why couldn't they have a little face?

King Yu was very angry, but he still had to keep smiling!

The more he opened the "Letter of Surrender", the uglier his expression became. When they first arrived in Chu State, they had already discussed a round of peace terms with Emperor Kangze. However, the terms here were much harsher than what they had agreed upon at that time. Xiao Jin even wanted the Southern Kingdom to cede one more city. This was simply a foolish dream!

Prince Yu put the memorial on the table and said coldly, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this? This is just taking advantage of someone's misfortune."

"Since it is a surrender, the South Country must correct its attitude."

Prince Yu looked displeased, "The two cities you captured have already been given to you, what else do you want?"

"If you hadn't negotiated peace, the third city would have been captured. Fighting is a waste of manpower and food. We can't just let it go. The war was started by the South Country. Is there any problem with letting the South Country take responsibility?"

Prince Yu really wanted to tear Xiao Jin's self-righteous face apart.

"Impossible! Two cities are already the limit of our Southern Kingdom. There can't be more!"

Xiao Jin nodded slightly when he heard this, and he was not annoyed. He just said: "Prince Yu should discuss this matter with the King of the Southern Kingdom before making a decision. As for Princess Pingling, Prince Yu, don't worry. If she is wronged, I will not make things difficult for her."

This was clearly a threat from Xiao Jin, clearly telling him that if the Southern Kingdom did not respond, they should just pretend that Princess Pingling did not exist!

The life and death of Princess Pingling represents the reputation of the Southern Kingdom. She can die, but she will never die in the name of the Princess of the Southern Kingdom.

Moreover, this matter was of great importance, so King Yu did not dare to make a hasty decision. He could only go back and send a message to the King of the Southern Kingdom, asking him to make the decision.

After Prince Yu left angrily, Xiao Jin returned to Fengluan Palace.

Su Ying was letting the two children lie on the bed while having their spines massaged. This would help them to open up their essence and get twice the result with half the effort when practicing.

"Your Highness."

"Get up."

"Daddy is back."

When the two little guys heard the noise, they got up and poked their heads to look at Xiao Jin who was walking in.

Xiao Jin walked up and pinched Ling'er's face, "What are you doing?"

"Mother is massaging our backs, massage, massage, Daddy, please sit down and Ling'er will massage your shoulders too, okay?"

Xiao Jin smiled and replied, "Okay."

Xiao Jin sat down on the chair, and Dabao and Erbao stood behind him, massaging his shoulders seriously with their little faces.

Xiao Jin reached out and pulled Su Ying to him when she was beside him. "Don't be jealous. I'll give you a massage."

Su Ying smiled and pulled a stool to sit in front of Xiao Jin, "Come."

The family of four kept giving each other massages, and the room was full of laughter.

After laughing and joking for a while, Xiao Jin took this opportunity to test the children's homework before bedtime, and then asked Mother Zhao to take them downstairs to rest.

Su Ying turned her head slightly to look at Xiao Jin, and saw that the corners of his eyes narrowed slightly, looking like an old fox. "I heard that the third prince found some aphrodisiac incense in his room?"

Xiao Jin nodded, "Xiao Li is still young, it's amazing that she could do this."

Su Ying looked at Xiao Jin deeply and said, "Yeah, you are so capable of doing this."

Xiao Jin turned around, and his narrow eyes gave me a very innocent look.

"It won't really happen anyway. We can't really kill the Princess of the Southern Kingdom."

"I don't kill him because he is still useful." Su Ying knew this kid too well. He had a lot of tricks in his head that were almost twisted into a knot.

"We were at war with the Southern Kingdom before and almost captured the third city. But the late emperor agreed to negotiate peace, so the Chu Kingdom had no choice but to withdraw its troops. We could have taken one more city, but we didn't want to. Isn't that a big loss?"

"So after you learned from the Imperial Guards what happened, you had someone put aphrodisiac incense in Xiao Li's room."

"kindness."

With the aphrodisiac incense, there is a possibility that the matter can be resolved and Princess Pingling can escape the death penalty. If not, it will have to be forced, which will inevitably cause resentment from the Third Prince's lineage.

What's more, holding Princess Pingling in one's hands can also be a bargaining chip.

"Princess Pingling is a skilled martial artist and has great ambitions. Aren't you afraid that she will cause trouble if she stays in Chu?"

Hearing this, Xiao Jin rested his forehead against hers and said, "De Fei and Xiao Li are so eager to tear her apart. She won't have an easy life if she marries Xiao Li."

Princess Pingling almost took Xiao Li's life. Even if Xiao Li was stupid, Concubine De would not be stupid enough to trust her in the future.

She was a princess of an enemy country, trapped in a backyard and under strict guard. She couldn't cause any trouble. He didn't need to do anything, and Concubine De would not let her live too long.

"By the way, why did you go to Xiao Li's place?"

Su Ying told Xiao Jin about Princess Pingling's behavior today. "This is called being too clever, she deliberately called me over. Besides wanting to get me out of the way, she probably also wanted me to be a witness to prove that she was in the palace the whole time and had no time to assassinate Xiao Li. This way, no matter how you investigate, you won't be able to find her."

However, Princess Pingling did not expect that Su Ying discovered the flaw when taking her pulse.

She found that her blood was flowing downward very rapidly, which was not a normal physiological phenomenon, but seemed to be caused by some kind of stimulation. So she suspected that Princess Pingling's menstruation was real, but also fake, and was induced by the drugs.

When Prince Yu came to detain her with various excuses, she knew something must be wrong, so she took the opportunity to go to Princess Pingling's room to check.

"How do you know she would kill Xiao Li?"

"She is not happy with your arranged marriage, but she has no way to resist. As long as Xiao Li dies, you can't let a princess of a country be a widow for him."

"Yingying is really smart."

Su Ying felt that she was not very smart. She was just making inferences based on human nature and the other party's behavior to make guesses.

It can be seen from Princess Pingling's previous approach to her that she is a very cautious person. This kind of person is a bit like Emperor Kangze, suspicious and does not trust others, so she wants to kill Xiao Li herself.

But she had calculated wrongly. How could Su Ying be so easily used?

(End of this chapter)