Chapter 302 Hiding a Beauty
Xiahou Yin stepped forward, his attitude resolute: "General Duan, Father, we absolutely cannot agree to this. The Yue Kingdom is full of cunning schemes. This letter must be a feint. Princess Chang Le is still missing. How can we know if this is one of their tricks?!"
Duan Wei had obviously thought of this as well.
Regardless of whether Qi agrees to this, now that Princess Chang Le has disappeared, Yue will always have a reason to continue its war.
If they agree, Qi will not be able to hand over the prisoners, and Yue will be dissatisfied; if they do not agree, Yue will use the excuse that Qi does not want to negotiate peace to continue its attack... They are caught in a dilemma.
Xiahou Zhong was worried about something else: "The Crown Prince and the Eldest Princess must not know about this letter. In the past month or so, they have not given up searching for her, which shows how much they value Princess Chang Le. If they see this letter, their first reaction will definitely not be to consider whether to agree or not, but to become even more aggressive in the war. That would be falling into Yue's trap!"
Several generals who were usually good at strategizing were stumped by this letter.
The war with Yue exposed many of Qi's problems: the soldiers were overly ambitious and underestimated the Yue army; supplies suffered heavy losses during transport, with 20-30% being lost at each checkpoint; and weapons and armor were made with inferior materials, using ordinary black iron to imitate fine iron...
This battle was extremely difficult for the State of Qi.
If peace could be negotiated, no general would disagree.
The royal palace of the Yue Kingdom.
With his hands behind his back, Xuan Yuanze's gaze fell upon the dazzling golden candlelight on the ground. After calmly introducing the Witch Clan to the little girl, he continued to talk about the Hall of Heroes where they resided.
"This is the place of rebirth calculated by the Witch Clan. The royal family's eternal lamp is lit here to help the soul ascend to paradise sooner."
"The positions of these lamps in the hall correspond to the constellations in the sky. The Wu clan performed divination when each member of the royal family was born, and each person has their own constellation. They are not placed randomly."
Wu Yu nodded listlessly and yawned: "He's right."
Qi Yuxuan shifted her feet, trying to stay as far away from the ever-burning lamps as possible to avoid offending her ancestors.
Xuan Yuanze coughed lightly: "Alright, it's getting late and the dew is heavy, I'll take you back."
Wu Yu let out a sound of surprise, but seeing the look in Xuan Yuanze's eyes, she ultimately said nothing.
The purpose of bringing people here tonight is twofold: first, to facilitate her removal of the Gu worms; and second, to inform the people in the palace that this Miss Ye is the chosen other half of the Carefree King, and no one should underestimate her in the slightest.
Because apart from the sorcerer clan, only the Yue Kingdom's royal family is allowed to set foot in the Hall of Heroes, Xuan Yuanze's actions were clearly a way of expressing his intentions...
Wu Yu was too lazy to think about these people's intricacies. When he went to the thatched hut to pack his things and prepare to leave the palace, he was intercepted halfway.
Like a shadow peeled off the wall, it landed silently in front of Wu Yu. She was startled and instinctively reached for her poison needle to fly out.
“It’s me,” Ren Shun said.
Wu Yu then put away the needles: "Sneaking around at night instead of sleeping, do you also want to go to the Hall of Heroes?"
Ren Shun's attire at night clearly indicated that he had sneaked into the palace.
He stared at Wu Yu and cut to the chase: "The Gu worm has been removed. Has she regained her memory?"
Wu Yu shrugged: "No, people's brains are very strange. I never said that amnesia must be caused by the Mother-Child Gu."
Ren Shun's sharp, hawk-like eyes narrowed sharply: "You have no way to restore her memory?!"
Wu Yu: "I'm just a sorcerer, not a god. What, before she lost her memory, she and you were already in love?"
It's really strange. Ren Shun is so insistent on making Miss Ye remember, while Xuan Yuanze doesn't really want Miss Ye to remember. It seems that apart from the fact that Miss Ye and Ren Shun had already confessed their feelings to each other before Miss Ye lost her memory, there is no reason to explain the strangeness of these two brothers.
Ren Shun: "...Don't interrupt, is there any other way to help her regain her memories faster?"
Wu Yu thought about it seriously: "Yes, take her to some places she's been before, recreate some conversations from the past, or meet some people she's forgotten, anything she's forgotten. The more of these things accumulate, the more likely she is to remember."
"However, you probably won't have a chance to get close to her. She's currently living in the inner room of Xuanyuanze's study, and she's being kept very close at hand."
Ren Shun: "I understand, thank you."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was gone, and the wind he created blew Wu Yu's face.
She stood silently for a while, becoming even more determined not to get involved in their affairs.
After leaving the Hall of Heroes, Qi Yuxuan was escorted back to the inner room of Xuanyuan Ze's study.
When she came out, the palace servants were more polite than respectful to her. After all, if she was someone that the Prince of Xiaoyao cared about, why would she stay in the inner room of the study?
When they returned, the palace servants buried their heads in their chests, not daring to utter a sound.
It seems that the reason for keeping Miss Ye here is not because she is not valued, but because she is valued too much. Even when handling official business, she must be watched over at all times and kept by her side. That is why they are reluctant to let Miss Ye live in another palace.
Xuanyuanze pressed the little girl down to sit in front of the dressing table and personally removed the jewelry from her hair one by one.
He looked at the quiet little girl in the bronze mirror and said, "From now on, you don't have to wear these things if you don't want to. No one here will dare to say anything to you, not even me."
"Tell them what they like and dislike. If anyone like Bai Shu makes you unhappy again, you can kick them out or kill them, understand?"
Qi Yuxuan stared at his reflection in the mirror, his fingers gripping the ivory comb as he styled his hair. He whispered, "Brother Aze, I can do it myself."
Xuanyuan Ze leaned down, his cheek almost touching hers. He looked at his own and the little girl's faces in the bronze mirror, and revealed a gentle smile that was exactly the same as before:
"Xiao Ye, have you forgotten that you used to love it when I styled your hair? Don't you like it anymore?"
Qi Yuxuan's heart jumped into her throat instantly; those were things from when she was just a few years old.
She was too young to comb her own hair, and her adoptive mother, preoccupied with her newborn son, ignored her completely. Several times, she bumped into him with disheveled hair, and only then was he forced to comb her hair...
Later, when she grew up and could comb her own hair, she never bothered him again.
For some reason, looking at this smiling face that was exactly the same as when she was a child, she felt a chill run down her spine.
"like……"
Xuanyuanze straightened up with satisfaction. "I like Xiaoye too."
The next day.
Perhaps it was the incense burning in the room that helped her sleep, but Qi Yuxuan slept very well. When she woke up, the daylight was bright outside, and a row of palace servants were already kneeling by her bedside.
"Miss, you're awake. We'll help you get up and wash."
Unlike yesterday, today they all realized that this Miss Ye was special, and they were all on high alert, determined to perform well in front of her.
Qi Yuxuan quietly washed up, got dressed, and ate breakfast, seemingly unconcerned about the palace servants' attempts to please her.
"Where is that woman who's keeping a mistress?! Is she here?!" Suddenly, a somewhat spoiled shout came from outside.
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