Chapter 347 Late at night, the envoy visits

Half an incense stick of time later.

"Your Excellency is visiting so late at night. Please tell me what you want to say."

Yan Xiuyun sat on the chair, holding the tea bowl calmly, his tone neither anxious nor impatient, as if everything was under his control.

Only the slightly forceful movement when swallowing the tea revealed his inner nervousness.

But Yan Xiuyun knew that he could not show his weakness in front of this person no matter what. Once he showed his weakness, he would lose the initiative in the conversation.

The Danqi people were tall and strong, with hooked noses, deep eyebrows and eyes, a typical Hu appearance.

He performed a Hu salute to Yan Xiuyun.

"Your Highness, the border tea and horses..."

"If your Excellency is here for this matter, please don't say anything. I can't help you." Yan Xiuyun interrupted him rudely.

Danzi smiled.

“Your Highness is straightforward, so I won’t beat around the bush.

I am asking for an audience today because I want to ask for something on Your Highness’ behalf.”

"What do you want?" Yan Xiuyun asked calmly, thinking that the other party wanted some reward.

"Want to--" Danzi's eyes sparkled.

"The defense map of Daliang's border."

"Cough, cough, cough——!" Yan Xiuyun was choked by the tea.

He coughed for a long time before looking up at Danzi with a look of shock and mockery.

After Yan Xiuyun confirmed that he had heard correctly, he spoke slowly after a long while:

"Could it be that your Excellency is suffering from hysteria because he is not used to the local climate in Daliang for the first time?"

Danzi shook his head, his tone very serious.

"We know that your highness doesn't have a good relationship with the King of Zhenbei. If we can't get a complete defense map, other useful intelligence will do. How much protection we can provide for your highness depends on your sincerity."

"Provide me with shelter?" Yan Xiuyun almost laughed out of anger.

"How can I, the dignified Crown Prince of Daliang, need a small foreign country like you to provide me with shelter?" Yan Xiuyun put down the tea bowl heavily, stood up and said.

He no longer had the patience to listen to this guy's crazy talk, and immediately wanted to call for someone to kick Danqi out.

Dan Qi, however, remained calm, even calmer than Yan Xiuyun. His words made Yan Xiuyun freeze in his tracks.

“Your Highness certainly does not need shelter.

But what about Chen Zao?"

"What did you say!?" Yan Xiuyun's face turned gloomy in an instant.

"What happened at the court meeting today has already been spread out. I believe I already have the answer in my mind as to who the Crown Prince is."

Yan Xiuyun suddenly took a step back as if someone had stabbed him, with a hint of fear in his eyes.

He has been avoiding the fact that...

The so-called "dragon energy" and "auspicious signs from heaven" are all fake.

But that identical birthmark and the blood blended together are real!

This is the truth he has to face!

He is Chen Zao.

"Your Highness the Crown Prince—oh no, perhaps I should call you Master Chen."

Dan Qi walked up to Yan Xiuyun step by step, with a playful smile on his face, and the respectful look he had pretended before was no longer there.

"The celestial phenomena won't help you for long. As long as the emperor wants to investigate, your identity will be confirmed sooner or later.

When the day comes that you are no longer the crown prince, do you think the Third Prince will let you, your wives, concubines, and children go?"

Yan Xiuyun kept retreating, but Dan Qi pressed forward step by step.

"You are no longer useful to the emperor. If you stay in Daliang, you will die. But your status as the crown prince for the past twenty years has been very useful to us.

Mr. Chen, don't worry, as long as the information you provide is valuable enough, I can help you escape from Daliang.

When you arrive in Uzbekistan, you will be the most distinguished guest of our king. You can get land, wealth, beauties... everything."

There was a hint of hesitation in Yan Xiuyun's eyes, but Dan Qi was not at all surprised.

He believes that any normal person will make the choice that is in their best interests.

Yan Xiuyun suddenly narrowed his eyes slightly, "Hasn't your Wuzi always had a good relationship with the Third Brother and the King of Zhenbei? Why are you running here to get some information?"

Danzi's smile faded a little, "What do you think?"

"Old Third hates me to the core. If I find what you want, not only will you not help me, but you will also hand me over to Old Third or the King of Zhenbei, wouldn't I lose both my wife and my army?"

Yan Xiuyun no longer called himself "Gu", which seemed to make Danqi very satisfied.

He smiled again and said, “Since Wuzi signed the alliance with Daliang, he has indeed lived in peace with the King of Zhenbei for some time.

It's just that he is too greedy. The tea-horse trade was originally for both sides to get what they need, but he kept pressing us step by step, leaving us no profit at all, and he took 90% of the profit alone!"

"If he is unkind, don't blame us for being unjust."

When he said the last sentence, the smile on Danzi's face had turned into a bit of resentment.

It seems like a dog-eat-dog fight, breaking up over a piece of bone.

Yan Xiuyun thought for a moment and asked, "You just said you wanted to deploy a defense map. Could it be that Uzi is planning to raise an army?"

Danqi smiled again, "This is not something you need to worry about - Master Chen."

Yan Xiuyun sat back in his chair, tapping the table lightly with his fingers, as if he was seriously considering Danqi's suggestion.

"Besides the East Palace, have you contacted anyone else? How can you send me and my family out of Daliang by yourself?"

There was a strong sense of distrust in Yan Xiuyun's words.

Danqi was even happier when he heard this, but he was not stupid, so he naturally would not reveal who the traitor was.

"Don't worry about that. We have our own arrangements to ensure that you arrive in Uzbekistan safely."

Yan Xiuyun stopped talking.

Dan Qi was not in a hurry, but seeing that Yan Xiuyun had not given a definite answer, he waited for a long time and finally could not hold back any longer, so he stepped forward and said:

"What are you waiting for, Chen Zao——"

Before he finished speaking, the celadon tea bowl in Yan Xiuyun's hand suddenly fell to the ground in front of Dan Qi and shattered into pieces.

"presumptuous."

Yan Xiuyun stood up suddenly, exuding a rare sense of pressure and speaking in a deep voice.

He raised his finger and pointed at Danzi's nose, his eyes cold and intimidating.

"How dare you, a minister of a small country, speak so arrogantly in front of me.

You listen to me carefully——"

Yan Xiuyun opened his palm, revealing a golden dragon head seal.

"As long as this seal of the crown prince is in my hands, I will be the crown prince of Daliang, the heir apparent of the country.

The vast northern border is the land of Daliang. The tens of millions of people along the border are also my people! "

"A traitor, his heart is worthy of death!"

Yan Xiuyun shouted to the outside of the door, "Someone come!"

Captain Li Yan of the Eastern Palace Guard immediately rushed in with his men.

Yan Xiuyun said coldly:

"Notify the Ministry of Rites and send this person to the Dali Temple to conduct a thorough investigation of all his dealings since entering the capital.

Anyone who has private contact with him, whether a commoner or an important official in the court, will be named and reported to the emperor for punishment!"

Danzi was filled with shock and anger, and shouted loudly, but to no avail. He was soon dragged away, and the curses finally disappeared into the night.

Yan Xiuyun was the only one left in the room again. He breathed a sigh of relief and staggered back into his chair.

There was a hint of confusion in his eyes again.

Mother, this time... did I do the right thing?

(ps. It’s really hard for a girl to move house by herself. She has to install a lot of things every day. It will probably take about a week of single update before she can resume double update o(╥﹏╥)o)