Xue Yan raised his hand to pour a glass of wine, bent down and handed it to Pei Zhiyuan, and slowly said: "Master Pei, if she remembers her life experience and insists on returning to Yanyang Kingdom, what will you do?"
Pei Zhiyuan sighed slightly, took the wine from his hand, raised his head and drank it all. Facing these smart people whose intelligence was almost demonic, he usually used rhetorical questions to avoid their mind-reading skills.
"Then what will General Xue do?"
Xue Yan replied: "I won't let her go."
"But if she wants to leave, I'm afraid you and I won't be able to keep her."
"If you force them to stay... you can always keep them."
Pei Zhiyuan looked unconvinced, "She has such a stubborn personality, the only way is to kill her."
"Then kill her."
Pei Zhiyuan looked at Xue Yan in surprise. He was speechless for a moment, not knowing how to respond. After a while, he said coldly, "I won't let you kill her."
"But you can't keep her."
"Even if she went to Yanyang Country, she might not attack Haoyue Country. General Xue is too arbitrary to kill her just based on her identity!"
Pei Zhiyuan angrily spoke out to defend Shen Xu.
"Besides, she might not be the princess! Maybe she's mistaken for someone else, just like this time..."
Pei Zhiyuan spoke more and more quietly. He began to regret his initial judgment and regretted bringing her to see Xue Yan, which reminded her of such an important clue.
But if I don't bring her to see Xue Yan, she will remember these things sooner or later.
"Master Pei, you've had murderous thoughts more than once, right?" Xue Yan stared at Pei Zhiyuan with a burning gaze and said calmly, "When you entered the tent that day, I saw that your eyes were fixed on her hairpin.
Yu'er said she wasn't the eldest daughter of the Xue family, so you turned your attention elsewhere."
Pei Zhiyuan raised his eyebrows slightly. He didn't expect Xue Yan to be so observant. It turned out that one couldn't play with someone who was so scheming.
"Oh? Is there anything particular about it?"
“Later, when she used that hairpin to stab me, I realized it was a weapon.
If Yu'er had acknowledged this sister at that time, and she had come to our Northern Camp, you would have pulled out your hairpin and killed her without hesitation, right? "
Pei Zhiyuan pursed his lips and remained silent for a moment before replying, "Yes, I did have the intention to kill, but I hesitated.
My adoptive father's family, the Yu family, has trained secret guards for generations, and the idea of unconditional loyalty to the emperor has been instilled in me since I was a child.
I don't care whether I am called a slave crawling at the emperor's feet or a lackey hovering around a noble.
However, the first time she saw me, she said that I was a lone wolf who disdained the leftovers that slipped through the fingers of noble people.
She said that lone wolves should seek freedom and never regret it until their death.
That day, she risked her life to pull me up from the formation. At that moment, I suddenly had a strong desire to seek freedom and the ambition to become a lone wolf.
She kept asking me whether I believed her or not, and she must have sensed that I had murderous intentions.
But she was still willing to put her back and her life in my hands.
Snipe the Imperial Master, kill the Imperial Concubine, kill Su Yi, send an envoy to the Northern Camp... Without absolute trust, we can't accomplish so many things.
She told me not to run away from reality.
She said that she would work with me to protect this land that my wife loves so much.
She never abandoned me and never gave up working to save this country.
How could I bear to kill such a person?"
Xue Yan praised her gently, "She is truly a woman of infinite charm. She deserves to be recorded in history."
Pei Zhiyuan rubbed his forehead and said, "Oh, I'm really drunk. Why should I tell you this?"
Xue Yan thought for a long time and said, "By the way, who is that General Song?"
Pei Zhiyuan replied, "I don't know. I sent people from the Xuanjing Division to investigate him. All I know is that he and his uncle fled to Qingzhou Prefecture more than 20 years ago.
It is unknown where they fled from.
But his uncle's martial arts skills were excellent, and he could fight against the three deputy envoys and seven or eight mirror envoys of the Xuan Jing Division at the same time without losing.
Such a master would be a target of competition no matter which family he joins, but it is a little unreasonable for him to hide his identity and work as a head constable in a small town."
Xue Yan gently waved his fan, "Interesting, there were no wars twenty years ago, and there were people that your Xuanjing Division couldn't find."
Pei Zhiyuan said unconcernedly, "The Xuan Jing Division still has many unsolved cases. Moreover, due to the incident with Master Hua, the Xuan Jing Division also lost a lot of talent. They don't have much energy to devote to things like this. Who knows?"
"Brother Pei, we are both the heads of aristocratic families, shouldering the future of Haoyue Country. This time, I want to keep Miss Nuxiang in Haoyue Country forever..." Xue Yuan put his hand on Pei Zhiyuan's shoulder and said solemnly: "Let's help her ascend the throne."
Pei Zhiyuan looked at him in surprise. What kind of train of thought was going on with this Xue Yan?
One moment he wants to kill her, the next moment he wants to praise her, what are he thinking?
Xue Yan explained in a gentle tone, "Only if Haoyue Kingdom becomes hers will she stay here and not return to Yanyang Kingdom. She will wholeheartedly work for the welfare of the people of Haoyue Kingdom."
"What if she isn't the princess of Yanyang Kingdom?"
"Then what's wrong with her being the empress?"
Pei Zhiyuan obviously did not accept the idea of helping her ascend the throne, even though Chen Xu's reputation had already spread throughout the Haoyue Kingdom and could already gain the support of hundreds of people.
However, if one really wants to change the imperial power and support a person of unknown origin to ascend the throne, it will inevitably lead to struggle and bloodshed.
He didn't want her to take risks anymore, nor did he want anyone to bleed and sacrifice anymore.
"What if she surrenders the Haoyue Kingdom to the Yanyang Kingdom? Wouldn't that mean we've just given the country to the Murong family for nothing? I only agree to her ruling as an interim ruler, not her ascending the throne."
"Master Pei, only by helping her ascend the throne and become the empress will she not abandon us and will always lead us forward. No one will give up the throne."
At this time, Shen Xu and Song Lin walked in, talking and laughing.
"My dear husband, you are very smart. You can't be the first one to take action in a situation like this. Otherwise, you will be exhausted."
"No, it's true that my brother-in-law is a master of martial arts, and I'm not as skilled as him."
When she heard them talking about ascending the throne, her smile faded. "Who said I was going to ascend the throne? That's not something you can say here."
Pei Zhiyuan quickly said, "No, Military Advisor Xue is drunk and talking nonsense."
Chen Xu said coldly, "Then please ask the military advisor to go and rest first. Send someone to keep an eye on him and stop him from talking nonsense. Be careful of his words, or he might cause trouble."
As soon as she finished speaking, two generals from the Northern Camp pushed Xue Yan out.
She sternly promised the incoming general, "Our Xue family has guarded the northern part of Haoyue Nation for generations, loyal to the emperor and loving the people, and will never think of taking over the country.
Your Majesty is still young, but Haoyue Kingdom has heavy political and military affairs. I will do my best to assist Your Majesty and open up a new era for Haoyue Kingdom.
I also hope that all of you wise ministers and capable generals will be able to lend your full support, build achievements on this land, and leave your names in the land."
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