Inside the palace storeroom, the Holy Maiden, dressed in white with a cloak and light gauze, seemed to be staring at the boxes of gold being packed into chests before her, but in reality, her eyes were gleaming, and she was lost in thought.
Jiang Ran received news that Her Majesty the Empress and the Holy Maiden were going to Gan Kingdom to negotiate peace with Qin Chuan. She remembered that Xiao Li had originally wanted to kill her in Gan Kingdom, but Qin Chuan had saved her life. She wanted to repay him as soon as she was released from prison, but she was unexpectedly arranged to return to Jiang Kingdom. Now, when she thought of his noble and charming face, she couldn't help but want to see him one more time...
Upon seeing the Holy Maiden, Jiang Ran walked up to her, casually picked up a gold bar, tossed it back into the box, clapped her hands, and said, "Holy Maiden, how could you go to find Qin Chuan without telling me? I want to go too..."
The saintess's eyes softened slightly, and her tone became gentle as she said, "We're going to negotiate peace. Why do you insist on coming along?"
"Peace talks?"
Jiang Ran looked displeased and muttered, "My entire western army has been wiped out. We have no strength left to fight. What's the point of negotiating peace? In less than two days, Gan Jun will be at Jiangdu. Nobody will believe you're talking about peace!"
At this point, she looked up and stared at the Holy Maiden, as if trying to see through her thoughts: "I think His Majesty and you clearly want to go and marry him..."
"Jiang Ran!"
The saintess's eyes were cold as she glared at her: "What nonsense are you spouting!"
At this moment, Jiang Lianyue's heart was in turmoil. Just now, His Majesty had told her to sleep with Qin Chuan, and now Jiang Yao was saying that both His Majesty and she wanted to marry Qin Chuan...
I really don't know if the world has gone mad, or if there's something wrong with her ears.
Ignoring her cold stare, Jiang Ran continued, "By now, the Gan Kingdom will surely unify the world. Although Qin Chuan is Xiao Li's husband, he actually holds power over the world. He's such a good person, talented, noble, and charming..."
The saintess couldn't help but interrupt her: "Since you speak so highly of him, then you should marry him. I'll give you the task of sleeping with him..."
"Okay! Okay!"
Jiang Ran nodded happily, but upon hearing the Saintess's second half of her sentence, her eyes widened as if she had made a startling discovery—
"His Majesty wants you to sleep with Qin Chuan?"
Seeing that she could no longer hide it, the Holy Maiden told Jiang Ran about the task the Empress had given her.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ran giggled, "Isn't this a wonderful thing? Holy Maiden, have you heard? I heard that Xiao Li is often kept out of bed by Qin Chuan, and she rarely even attends the morning court..."
"..." Jiang Lianyue was speechless.
The boss, an empress, is a madwoman, and the subordinate, Jiang Ran, is a crazy woman.
Is there not a single normal person in this Great Jiang Palace?
At this moment, an elderly man dressed in the official robes of the Jiang Dynasty, leading a large group of officials, rushed into the hall despite the obstruction of the palace guards.
"Holy Maiden! I ask you, what does His Majesty mean by this?"
"Is she going to abandon the three million subjects of my Great Jiang? How could she do something like running away with gold?"
The elderly man who arrived was Jiang Kun.
The prime minister of Da Jiang, and the head of all civil and military officials.
He had planted spies in the palace and received a secret report that the empress was planning to flee with the gold. He immediately became uneasy and summoned all the officials to question her.
However, there were too many guards at the Empress's place, so they couldn't break in at all. The warehouse had fewer guards, so they simply came to question the Holy Maiden Jiang Lianyue.
Jiang Lianyue was speechless.
His Majesty is going to run away with the gold, so go find His Majesty! What are you doing looking for me, the Holy Maiden?
However, she ultimately didn't dare to say it aloud. Instead, she said with a cold expression, "Your Majesty is here to negotiate peace with Prince Yan of the State of Gan. What are you trying to do? Force the emperor to abdicate?"
"Peace talks?"
Jiang Kun was taken aback, stroked his beard, and then shouted, "My Great Jiang still has the Eastern Route Army, and is still capable of fighting. Why should we negotiate peace?"
The officials behind him were also filled with indignation, and they all raised their fists.
"Yes! My Great Jiang still has the strength to fight, we will not negotiate peace!"
"Let's fight those bastards!"
"Fight those dogs to the bitter end!"
Looking at the group of people in front of her, Jiang Lianyue was speechless.
Is there not a single normal person in the entire Dajiang family?
Fight Gan Jun to the bitter end?
Where do you get the courage?
My army of tens of thousands of soldiers on the western route was wiped out in less than half a day. With all sorts of magical weapons in hand, how could we fight against them?
Thinking of this, Jiang Lianyue had no choice but to say coldly, "My Great Jiang is no match for Gan Jun. Whether we resist or not, we are already at his mercy. I, the Holy Maiden, have witnessed tens of thousands of soldiers being wiped out in less than half a day... Resist? What can we use to resist?"
Her words silenced the officials, led by Jiang Kun.
They already knew about the battle reports from the border.
Gan Jun's advance was unstoppable, sweeping away all resistance; Jiang's army was no match for him at all...
Even General Jiang Shang died instantly on the battlefield.
The ministers fell silent.
After a moment, Jiang Kun said, "Even if my Great Jiang wants to negotiate peace with the Great Gan, shouldn't we send envoys? Why does Your Majesty have to go in person?"
Jiang Lianyue stated bluntly, "Given the Gan army's offensive, they will reach our capital in less than two days. I would like to ask you all, would you rather see Her Majesty the Empress captured by the Gan army, or would you rather see Her Majesty negotiate peace with the Gan Kingdom?"
"Can't we talk to the commander-in-chief?" a minister whispered.
Jiang Lianyue snorted coldly and said, "Now you want to talk? Do you even have the right to talk? Your strength is too weak. What do you have to talk about?"
Thinking back to when I returned to the capital with Qin Chuan's letter, we could have negotiated then, but Her Majesty the Empress and the ministers rejected it. At that time, we didn't even consider peace talks.
After all, they managed to hold out for a hundred years thanks to Jian Ge and Yi Xian Tian Gorge.
No one would believe that Gan Jun could fly in!
Now, if they really manage to get in, it's only because they've traveled tens of thousands of miles, riding iron horses, and stormed in!
The officials, led by Jiang Kun, were not fools; they understood the situation before them.
They immediately realized, "But, Holy Maiden, His Majesty has gone to the Gan Kingdom with you, what are we to do? Surrender and become prisoners?"
The group shouted, "We don't want to be prisoners! If you're going, take us with you!"
"this……"
Jiang Lianyue hesitated for a moment, then said, "Let me go and ask His Majesty."
The ministers were alarmed.
"What are you asking for instructions about? Your Majesty can't possibly disregard our lives!"
"I must bring my family with me; I cannot let them die unjustly."
“That’s right, I will also bring my family.”
Hearing these words, Jiang Lianyue blinked her cold eyes and said, "Gan Jun doesn't massacre cities or kill prisoners. Your family won't die, and you won't die either. Why are you in such a hurry to surrender to Gan Jun?"
“That’s different. We can go with His Majesty to negotiate peace with other countries. It’s more dignified than surrendering.”
Upon hearing this, Jiang Lianyue suddenly realized that it made a lot of sense.
She slowly took a few steps and said, "Then I'll go and tell His Majesty."
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