After a few more days, Long Long and Long Hu, who were trapped in the basement, were finally rescued.

Clan leader Qin Beiwang frowned, and the two great elders had no expression on their faces as they met the two men in the reception room.

After the Qilin guards left, Qin Beiwang relaxed his expression and said gently:

"I'm sorry for putting you through this period of time."

"I don't feel wronged, I don't feel wronged." Long Long immediately said hypocritically, "The clan must have been caught off guard by the sudden assassination."

"The Qilin Clan imprisoned us under the pretext of protecting our lives, and the clan could not handle it in a short period of time. As for the fact that we have finally escaped successfully, we have to thank the clan for their mediation during this period of time."

The clan leader and the two elders looked at each other for a moment, and were all shocked by Long Long's deep sense of justice and gratitude.

Dragons are violent by nature, especially the young dragons. If it were any other dragon clan descendant, after being locked up for so many days, they would either vent their anger on their clan or rush to seek justice from the Qilin clan. How could they be as calm and composed as Long Long?

"It's great that you think this way." Qin Beiwang was relieved and gave up the prepared words. Instead, he spoke frankly to the two of them, "In fact, after the day you were assassinated, Qi Weihuan took you away without explanation on the grounds of protecting your safety. The clan was indeed not prepared at all."

"In fact, the reason why Qi Weihuan did this is because he has his eyes on your bloodline."

What? You want my fox's body again? Long Long was immediately furious, but then he realized something was wrong.

Because the clan leader and the two elders were not looking at the dragon fox, but themselves.

What? Someone is coveting my Long Long's body! Long Hu finally realized what was happening, and his face turned cold and he was extremely angry.

"Longhu is the offspring of that person. Originally, the tribe also thought that the Qilin tribe had set their sights on Longhu." Qin Beiwang explained awkwardly, "But from the subsequent negotiations, it seems that the Qilin side is quite wary of Longhu's background, and even asked us to downplay her identity and not publicize it."

Long Long was silent for a moment, then after thinking about it he understood what he said effortlessly.

If it were any other demon tribe, they would certainly hope to borrow the name of the dragon fox "Daughter of Yinglong" to add some legitimacy to themselves.

However, the Qilin clan has been an imperial clan for many years and has established its own legal system. If it were to incorporate the legal system of the previous dynasty through marriage, it would be hard to say whether the advantages and disadvantages would outweigh the disadvantages.

Qi Weihuan himself was not a forbearing person, and he directly told Canglong the emperor's attitude:

First, the identity of the Dragon Fox is not allowed to be publicized, and the royal family will not recognize it in any form.

If the Dragon Clan fails to handle this aspect well, they will undoubtedly be regarded by the Qilin Clan as attempting to seize the throne.

Second, Qi Weihuan was willing to marry his youngest daughter Qi Yingzhu to Long Long as his legal wife.

Qi Yingzhu's bloodline rank is not as good as Long Long's, so the Qilin clan must have taken advantage in terms of offspring, and got the better quality bloodline for free.

But the Qilin clan is an imperial clan after all. If Long Long becomes the emperor's consort or his majesty's son-in-law, he will be able to gain considerable benefits politically. He can even serve as an important link to strengthen the relationship between the Canglong clan and the Qilin clan, which will be more advantageous in terms of connections and status.

In Qi Weihuan's opinion, these two proposals to the dragon clan are a combination of kindness and severity, which is like "beating with a stick and giving a sweet date".

It would be impossible for the Dragon Clan to build up momentum for Longhu in the short term, so there would be no loss by temporarily hiding her; and Long Long giving his wife to Qi Yingzhu did not mean that Long Long could not have offspring with other concubines, and he could also strengthen his relationship with the Qilin Clan. Therefore, strictly speaking, it was a small profit for the Dragon Clan.

Of course, His Majesty the Emperor didn't understand the internal affairs of the Dragon Clan, nor did he know that the Dragon Clan actually wanted to marry Qin Ye to him as his legal wife... A small profit? That may not be the case!

After listening to Qin Beiwang's explanation, Long Long was also deeply moved.

My fox's origin is really sensitive, so much so that everyone is very cautious about her, and in the end, she is not as popular as me - whether it is the Canglong clan or the Qilin clan, don't they all ultimately fancy my bloodline?

The dragon fox gnashed his teeth when he heard this, and hated the entire Qilin clan in his heart.

You wanna steal my man? Very good, I will never reconcile with you guys from now on!

Seeing Longhu's anger, Qin Bei was naturally not stupid enough to say "the clan had discussed this seriously for a few days", nor would he admit that it was because of this discussion that the two were picked up a few days later... He changed the subject and sighed and said:

"But no matter what the original proposal was, it is no longer possible now."

"You don't know it inside... just a few days ago, that emperor passed away."

Long Long: ...

Dragon Fox: ...

No, we knew, and we knew it before you did—we heard him die right there!

The two men did not speak, so Qin Beiwang regarded their silence as shock and continued with a sigh:

"The Qilin clan said that His Majesty was assassinated, but who could assassinate the emperor in the heavily guarded Shenlong Tower?"

"Before the assassination, the assassin poisoned Qi Weihuan with a poison called 'Cold Smoke and Crimson Cloud Saliva'. This is a secret poison of our dragon clan. If the person who takes it is not a dragon clan member, he will lose all his power in a short period of time, and even the immortal level will be hard to escape. Now it has been found in your majesty's wine pot..."

"The sword that stabbed your majesty to death was the 'Purple Scale Fang', which was a weapon used by the Jiaolong clan back then. It had the evil power to destroy armor and the body, and its whereabouts have been lost for many years... If someone says that it was hidden by our Canglong clan, how can we defend ourselves?"

"Why do we need to explain this?" Long Long laughed, "Who would use their own weapons to assassinate Your Majesty and leave evidence at the scene? Those who don't want to believe it will naturally not believe it. If they are hostile to our dragon clan, even if we lay out the evidence, they will find ways to throw dirty water on us. What's the point of explaining?"

"The most important thing now is not the outside world's speculation about the assassin, but the judgment of the Qilin clan."

"If the Qilin clan pretends not to understand and insists on using this flawed evidence to pin the blame on our Dragon clan, that would be a real problem."

Qin Beiwang looked at Long Long with a complicated expression, and said after a while:

"You are right. The condition that the Qilin clan has put forward now is to marry Qi Yingzhu to you."

Dragon Fox:!!!

Regardless of the dragon fox that was about to explode, Qin Beiwang shook his head and smiled bitterly and said:

"As long as you and Qi Yingzhu are engaged, the Qilin clan will announce the assassin's identity to the public and have nothing to do with our Dragon clan - I heard that this is what Her Majesty the Queen meant."

"That queen..." Long Hu was immediately furious. He was about to point out that the queen was the murderer who killed the emperor, but was interrupted by Long Long. "What virtue and ability did I have, Long Long? Why did His Majesty insist on marrying his daughter to me?"

"On the surface, it is His Majesty's will." Qin Beiwang replied, "In fact..."

In fact, it is naturally because of your blood.

However, Long Long does not think so.

He knew who was the murderer who killed the emperor, and he was even more aware that the reason why Lu Ya chose to do this was actually to take the opportunity to tie the dragon clan to the chariot of the mother and son.

After all, both Queen Lü Ya and Kirin Ancestor had already determined that Qi Weihong, the Kirin Prince of Beizhou, was almost certain to rebel.