Chapter 308 Negotiation
The situation is now serious and the situation is in chaos.
If she is not careful, she will become the fuse that triggers a war.
Su Shengsheng didn't want to end up like this, and was afraid of provoking a war.
If Xie Xuan saw her imprisoned in chains, he would be so furious that he would want to kill her.
At that moment, when he heard her begging him, he wanted to kill himself.
"I listened to you, Shengsheng. It's my fault that I didn't protect you well."
He didn't want her to comfort him in return.
He didn't want her to beg him even more.
Despite being furious, Xie Xuan had to control himself and force himself to listen to her.
Outside, Tuoba Ye was also feeling very spicy.
Seeing that they had calmed down, he asked someone to bring chairs for them to sit down.
In fact, Su Shengsheng had carefully considered it early on and knew that Tuoba Ye was not a treacherous and evil person.
Maybe it's not appropriate for her to say this.
But her slaves acted bossy and even made things difficult for her, but none of them showed any stress response.
To a certain extent, it means that Tuoba Ye never abused them.
Even the plundered population was made into slaves.
Most people would choose those with a certain level of productivity, but when she refused to cooperate, Tuoba Ye did not vent his anger at the slow progress on the slaves.
If he is just pretending to be a person who serves the country and the people, then he can do it for one or two days.
But she observed carefully.
Tuoba Ye did not pretend to be a person.
Even though he looks shrewd and acts viciously, he actually has no intention of harming people's livelihood.
In addition, when he was in Nanling before, he only launched economic warfare and did not wantonly provoke war.
On the contrary, Queen Mother Xia was ambitious.
Her own son was under her control and was unable to rule the country until he came of age, which led to the chaos of dividing the country.
She didn't mean that Empress Dowager Xia couldn't be an empress because she was a woman.
However, there is a certain distortion in the death of the previous king, the son of Queen Mother Xia.
If she had only heard it from others before, and learned some things from Xie Xuan in bits and pieces, but was too lazy to pay attention to it.
Based on observations in recent months, Tuoba Ye had no motive to kill the former king.
Queen Mother Xia asked him to come back, but was also wary of him.
They value his strength but despise his bloodline.
Tuoba Ye could have sought power and usurped the throne.
But his actions told her that he wanted to be stronger internally.
Because he has been facing a huge crisis, that is, Nanling is becoming increasingly powerful, while Beirong is starving.
If Nanling is allowed to grow stronger, Beirong's next goal will definitely not be to cross the Sixteen States and take Nanling.
That would be too variable and too uncontrollable.
And targeting Baishang Kingdom is the best option.
It happened that Queen Mother Xia also asked Beirong to intervene in the matter of Xie Xuan sending troops to kill Heng Hongbo, which allowed Tuoba Ye to find out the clues.
Although, it is outrageous to suspect a mother of killing her own child.
But it turned out that the former king's rebellion against his mother was not unreasonable.
After his death, Queen Mother Xia immediately adopted a candidate, and this was when she was competing with Tuoba Ye.
This move can be said to kill three birds with one stone.
It not only fundamentally resolved the practical contradiction of his own son wanting to rule the country, but also gave a warning and a show of force to the regent who had taken office based on his merits in advance.
After all, they were the only two people who knew who had done the murder.
But most people believe in Queen Mother Xia...
At first, she didn't think about it.
But now…
Tuoba Ye was focused on developing the economy rather than fighting for power.
This is also easy to judge.
If he really wanted the throne, he could have raised an army at that time, but he didn't.
If someone says that he has no support, he will not be able to sit still even if he succeeds.
But he conspired with Emperor Gou to capture her...
She found it difficult to see through such an unpredictable person, and even though he had this ability, how could he not defeat Queen Mother Xia?
But after he captured her, he still kept it a secret from Queen Mother Xia.
In addition, they were also afraid of confronting the Qilin Army.
That's why she talked about negotiation.
But now, Su Shengsheng is unable to tell Xie Xuan everything one by one.
Because the arrow is on the string and the war is about to break out.
If time drags on for too long, not only will it be disadvantageous to their situation, but even Queen Mother Xia will be alarmed.
Even though Xie Xuan had a surprise attack from heaven, he was still afraid of being surrounded by Tuoba Ye's heavy troops.
At such a solemn moment, her proposal for negotiation might be something no one could understand.
But there was no way, Xie Xuan was the commander of the Qilin Army, but he was also her husband.
This matter was caused by her. If it was just a matter between them, she didn't want to really use force.
Moreover, when the news of his rescue came out, she had already planned to save herself.
Now that he has returned safely and brought back the two saints for trial, he cannot fail at the last moment.
Tuoba Ye sought wealth and a foothold in the Bai Kingdom.
She prayed for long-term peace and stability in Nanling and for the injustice done to the Qilin Army to be completely redressed.
Not only do the two saints have to confess their guilt, but the generals of the Baishang Kingdom who committed the massacre that year must also be punished.
This requires the establishment of international law.
After briefly communicating his thoughts with Xie Xuan, Su Shengsheng looked at Tuoba Ye, who was calm and composed and had everything under control.
"As long as you can establish trade relations with Nanling, I can sell you anything, whether it's wired electricity, radios, or hot air balloons. However, as a condition, you must bring to justice the military commander who massacred 100,000 Nanling soldiers and civilians."
The expression on Tuoba Ye's face changed from a smile to amusement. "They are the ones who won the battle, how could I let them stand trial? Besides, you two have become my prisoners, why should I do this?"
Su Shengsheng also laughed, not losing the upper hand at all. "Now I'm a hostage, and it's me who's preventing the war between the two countries. You can deny me if you want. But you must understand that this is your only chance. Even if the two of us perish in the sea of fire, you can't escape."
She gestured to him, and countless Qilin troops circled overhead.
They were waiting for Xie Xuan's instructions.
If this guy wasn't so scheming, Xie Xuan might not need to talk to him this time.
It’s all Xie Xuan’s fault for exposing his own weaknesses.
Su Shengsheng sighed silently and looked at Tuoba Ye coldly, "Time is running out for you and me. Queen Mother Xia has learned about this and she's worried about convicting you. Should we resolve it peacefully or seek trouble? Think about it carefully."
He could have called for help, but so could Queen Mother Xia.
Regardless of his purpose, his act of hiding her would make Queen Mother Xia seriously dissatisfied.
One person could overthrow his regent throne by wantonly provoking disputes between the two countries and disregarding the safety and interests of Baishang Country.
Should he continue to be the regent with a stain on his status, which is difficult to do, or cooperate with her and avoid the Spear of the Northern Rong?
She believed that he should have judgment.
After all, Emperor Gou even betrayed them, so how could they sincerely form an alliance with him?
It's just to fatten him up and feed him to the stronger enemy.
Now that word has spread that she was abducted by him, Emperor Gou must give the people an explanation.
At the same time, he would also be feared by Queen Mother Xia.
So, he didn't have many choices.
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