Jin Suting's addicted girlish heart was pounding.

***

Zhan Shaoang went back to report, and after learning the whole story, Helan Yinsheng, who was writing, was so angry that he threw the inkstone.

The inkstone bounced to the ground, and because it hit Zhan Shaoang, the human flesh bounced back.

He knelt, lowered his head silently, and said nothing.

"If you can't even do such a small thing, what are you doing here?" Helan Yinsheng's eyes were gloomy and his face was full of anger.

"I have done my job poorly and disappointed the prince. I accept the punishment voluntarily." Zhan Shaoang knocked his head to the ground, it was cold.

"Who kidnapped him?" Helan Yinsheng sat back on the stool and began to think about how to solve this problem afterwards.

"The man was masked, so I couldn't see him clearly. His martial arts skills were not high, so he used a trick on me to save the man." Zhan Shaoang lied, because Helan Yinsheng didn't regard him as a human being at all. They were obviously cousins, but he increasingly drew a clear line between the master and the lackey.

"Waste!" Helan Yinsheng once again threw everything he could at Zhan Shaoang. The kneeling boy tried his best to hold back his anger.

Helan Yinsheng had a mild case of mania, a lingering effect from years of medication. He'd initially been kind to Zhan Shaoang, but later, he'd resort to beatings and swearing at the slightest sign of displeasure. It was completely different from how he'd been at the beginning.

Zhan Shaoang also became easily angered, completely losing the gentle and elegant appearance of the young man in white. However, he had been holding back from losing his temper because he was controlled by Helan Yinsheng, and he also wanted revenge.

"But I got the jade pendant dropped by Miss Jin." Zhan Shaoang took out the jade pendant that was torn off Jin Suting's waist from his arms. It was still warm.

"Bring it here." Helan Yinsheng said. His purpose in bringing Jin Suting back was to make the old general more devoted to him, although part of it was out of his own selfish desire to see her.

Now that Jin Suting is no longer here in person, but with her jade pendant, it is natural to deceive the old general, because Jin Suting's people were definitely not rescued by the old general.

He was now suspicious of Helan Ruizhe, but Zhan Shaoang said that the man who came was not very skilled in martial arts and was using dirty tricks. Helan Ruizhe disdained playing dirty tricks the most, so it couldn't be him. If it wasn't him, then the situation would be even more difficult.

Who else could it be except Helan Ruizhe?

Zhan Shaoang handed the jade pendant to Helan Yinsheng. The jade pendant looked quite old and was probably given to her by the old general.

"Go down and take good care of your injuries. You'll need to go next time."

Zhan Shaoang is the person with the highest martial arts skills around him and has no connection with Mu Hange. They have a common goal and they restrain each other so that neither of them will betray him. It is most reassuring to use him.

Helan Yinsheng held the jade pendant in his hand, revealing an evil and sinister smile.

***

The next day's morning court session.

"Marriage?" The Queen Mother stared in disbelief at the envoy kneeling in the hall who had been sent by her to the northwest to negotiate peace and had returned from the northwest.

There was also an uproar when the envoy said that the requirement for a ceasefire over there was a marriage alliance.

Although the northwest bordered Fuding, there was a country called Simu at the border. While the name sounded nice and refined, the entire country was inhabited by barbarians, with few educated people. They were always shouting for war and killing, and constantly invading Fuding's northwest border.

I don’t know what happened this time, but they captured two cities on the border of Fuding Kingdom in a row. The Queen Mother sent Liu Mo to provide support and also sent envoys to ask for peace.

Simu State said that if they sent a princess to marry, all the captured cities would be returned, and during the year of the marriage between the two countries, they would not invade Fuding State again.

Of course it is better to marry a princess to the emperor. Fighting them will only harm them and not benefit them.

But Simu State was close to the Western Regions, and had some contact with them. The Western Regions were mysterious and dangerous, with forests full of man-eating beasts. The land was desolate, with no villages to be seen for hundreds of miles. Who would dare to marry their princess to such a place?

There was only one princess in the entire Fuding Kingdom, Helan Minzhi. Even though she was a lowly-born princess who was found while wandering outside, she was still a princess, of royal blood. You couldn't send someone there to suffer, could you?

"I don't agree," the Queen Mother said. She was very protective of her children. Helan Minzhi was still a descendant of her Helan family, and even if she married a nobody, she couldn't send him to a barbarian country like Simu to suffer injustice.

The envoy was helpless. He had worked hard in the war-torn area and went to other countries to negotiate peace when the war was raging. But when he came back, the queen mother of his own country did not agree to the terms of peace.

Being a human being is too difficult, being an envoy is even more difficult.

"Your Majesty, I think a marriage alliance is not impossible." Grand Tutor Yu said from the side.

"Tell me, how can this be possible?" Although it was an opposing voice, the Queen Mother was willing to listen to Grand Tutor Yu.

"First, although Liu Mo has already led 30,000 elite troops to the northwest for support, it took at least seven days for them to reach the northwest after traveling overnight. And today, news of our defeat has returned, and we have suffered another 5,000 casualties. If this continues, within three days, not only will Yuyan City and Chiwan City be lost, but even more cities will be breached. This situation is extremely unfavorable for us!"

"What a load of nonsense!" Prime Minister Tang suddenly interrupted. "Everyone knows the current situation is not favorable to us. Are you the only one who knows more?"

"Why are you becoming more and more ignorant of the rules, my dear Minister Tang?" He even talked back casually in the court. The Queen Mother glared at Prime Minister Tang with dissatisfaction.

Prime Minister Tang curled his lips, clasped his hands and stopped talking.

"Go on." The Queen Mother was very polite to Grand Tutor Yu. She was indeed a famous double standard person.

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