Chapter 562: Testing the Bottom Line
Ji Yunshu: "So you think the relationship between them is one of brother and sister plus gratitude?"
Is she the only one thinking something abnormal?
Ji Yunshu felt a little embarrassed.
Ji Yunlan: "Is there anything else?"
Ji Yunshu quickly waved his hands: "No, no, I just feel that they are not born of the same mother. It is not her job to want to protect Bilige at this time."
Ji Yunlan remained noncommittal: "The bond between siblings doesn't necessarily have to be between siblings. They grew up supporting each other, so their bond is naturally special. If it were you or me, I would also save your life at all costs."
Ji Yunshu: "Thank you."
Ji Yunlan: "You are my only sister, so naturally I have to protect you for the rest of your life."
Are they talking about the same thing?
Ji Yunshu was too tired to complain anymore.
Ji Yunlan didn't dwell on this matter and said, "Anyway, after this battle, Bilige will definitely die, but Wujina wants us to let him go. This is not difficult to do. It's okay for you to agree to her."
Ji Yunshu disagreed, "He teamed up with Prince Yong and caused so much trouble. He must have been involved in Prince Yong's plan to kill you and your father. Now you are injured. Who knows if he deliberately targeted you on the battlefield? You still want to let him go?"
Ji Yunlan didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "We are enemies, and it's normal for us to want each other dead. As long as I appear on the battlefield, I will inevitably be targeted. As long as I'm alive, it's not a big deal. If Bilige's life can be exchanged for more benefits, what's wrong with letting him go? He didn't have much time to live anyway."
Ji Yunshu listened to his emotionless words and realized that it was no wonder that Wujina reminded her not to act on impulse that day.
She was indeed a little emotional about Bilige's matter.
He is far from being as rational and calm as his brother.
She was silent for a moment, gathering her thoughts before she spoke, "But Mobei and we are ultimately enemies. Wujina's secret support for Bilige is a breach of contract. Why should we let Bilige go as she wishes?"
Ji Yunlan smiled and said, "Of course it's for the benefits she can give to Bilige. Killing someone will indeed make her sad and painful, but what good will it do us? If a life can be exchanged for what we want, why not?"
Ji Yunshu suddenly understood.
She found that her brother was really much more rational than him.
She is indeed not mature enough.
"She said that as long as Bilige's life is spared, she's willing to give up another 20% of the agreement she made with the Emperor. She originally signed that agreement to seek help from Daxia, and it wasn't beneficial to Mobei to begin with. Giving up another 20% would be enough, even if it doesn't drastically change anything."
Ji Yunlan shook his head. "That's not enough. If we lose the war, Mobei will have no room for bargaining. She's just trying to take advantage of this period of time while the war is still going on to finalize a peace agreement with us."
Ji Yunshu sneered, "That was what the Emperor promised her before, but now she knows that if there is another peace negotiation, it will never be possible to sign according to this agreement."
Ji Yunlan nodded: "She's the one who's anxious now. You should think carefully about how to get some benefits from her. Didn't the emperor send you here? If you can't even figure out this little thing, what did the emperor send you here for?"
Ji Yunshu looked at him and asked, "Have you thought about it?"
Ji Yunlan was very calm. He asked someone to bring out a map and pointed to a location. He said, "This is the area bordering Mobei. I passed by there a few years ago and discovered an iron mine."
He drew a circle with his finger and said, "Since we've been defeated, it's not too much to give us a piece of land, right?"
Ji Yunshu twitched her lips. Compared to Ji Yunlan, who asked for the iron ore right away, she found that she was still too kind.
"Did they know there was iron ore there?"
Ji Yunlan shook his head. "They probably don't know. The people of Mobei are good at fighting. Their horses and weapons are excellent, but they are often short of equipment on the battlefield. If they knew there was an iron mine right on the border, they wouldn't have left it untouched."
"But even if they didn't know before, wouldn't they investigate if we inexplicably asked for such a place?"
Ji Yunlan smiled and said, "That depends on how you put it. You could say you like the beautiful scenery and lush grass there."
Ji Yunshu's eyes fell on the map in his hand. According to her guess, this piece of land not only has iron mines, but also coal mines.
She felt that if she could really ask the other party to cede land, she would naturally choose the most beneficial one.
So he said decisively: "How can this be allowed in such a small area? Let me test her bottom line first."
Ji Yunlan looked like a teachable child: "That's right, don't think about fighting and killing all the time, whether it's our own or the enemy's, we should reduce the number of deaths as soon as possible."
Ji Yunshu admired his brother a little. You know, the battlefield can easily change a person's character.
Many people became unrecognizable after the war.
But Ji Yunlan had just come back from the battlefield, and he was not bloodthirsty at all. Instead, he cherished life even more.
"I always listen to my brother."
Ji Yunlan looked at her well-behaved appearance, and his heart softened: "It doesn't matter if you don't like to do these things. Zhao Shen should be here soon. When he comes, you can just leave everything to him."
He could see that Ji Yunshu didn't like either the war or Prince Yong's affairs.
She once admired Wujina very much, but now this admiration seems to have disappeared with the breakdown of their relationship.
He felt that his sister still regarded Wujina as a friend after all.
Otherwise, I wouldn't be so upset about the other party's breach of contract.
It would be nice to talk it out if there was a chance.
After this battle, if no one deliberately stirs up trouble, Mobei and Daxia should be able to live in peace for a few years.
There is no harm in Ji Yunshu making friends with the other party, but before that, she should correct her mentality.
When Ji Yunshu heard him mention Zhao Shen, she said helplessly, "He must have a lot of things to do here, and I can't push everything onto him."
"This is his job. If it weren't for this, do you think the Emperor would let him come?"
The emperor is also a human being, and he also distinguishes between close and distant relatives.
Zhao Shen is definitely a very important person in the emperor's heart.
Such people should naturally be reused.
Therefore, the emperor would not miss the opportunity to quickly gild himself.
If it weren't for this, why would he be running around outside instead of being the Jingzhao Yin?
Ji Yunshu complained, "Your Majesty, cousin, is such a jerk. He only used Zhao Shen, and he's still poisoned."
Ji Yunlan: "Girls really can't stay at home when they grow up. You only care about Zhao Shen and don't think about me and Dad. When was there a time when we went to the battlefield that was not dangerous?"
Ji Yunshu: "If I wasn't concerned about you, why would I come to a place like this? I heard you were injured, and I've been worried about you these days. And you still say such heartless words?"
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