"I don't want to go back." Mayi said with a gloomy face, thinking of leaving.
The barbarian tribes were still in their Lushi.
Qin Susu opened her mouth, wanting to persuade Qiu Yan,
She didn't want Mayi to be led astray.
But thinking that Xiaoyan must have her reasons for saying that, he kept quiet.
"If you don't go back, have you thought about what will happen to your father? You saw it today, those barbarians are fierce and menacing, not to be trifled with." Qiu Yan's words made Mayi frown.
“My father can disregard my life or death, so why should I listen to him?”
Mayi had never spoken like this before.
Now, in front of Qiu Yan and Qin Susu, she was completely at ease, able to say whatever came to mind.
"Let's go, there's still a chance things can turn around," Qiu Yan continued to persuade.
She knew that Mayi had never intended to go back after coming out with her.
But she was poor.
Wasn't she thinking of going to Qidu?
She gave most of the money to Commander Yuan, but she still had to find a way to provide rations for herself, the three of them, and the hundred or so soldiers.
If we can earn a fine steed for the next hundred or so soldiers...
She also needed to find out something about Vera's situation.
Most importantly, if they didn't go, it would surely arouse the suspicion of King Lu.
After all, they had said they would send people to 'protect' them.
Qin Susu didn't care whether Qiu Yan went or not; she would follow Qiu Yan wherever she went.
Mayi was extremely unwilling, but after being persuaded by Qiu Yan and with Qiu Yan and the other person accompanying her, she finally agreed.
That night, in the Lu Shi Palace,
King Lu Shi paced back and forth outside the door of Mayi's bedroom.
Today, ever since he finished receiving Huyan Chanyu of the barbarian tribe, he came to find Mayi, wanting to ask him again about the three people from the Central Plains.
However, Mayi's maid informed them that Mayi had already left the palace with three people from the Central Plains.
King Lu was furious and immediately sent people to find Ma Yi, Qiu Yan, and the other two.
Unable to find her, he blamed all his resentment towards those three people from the Central Plains for Mayi's disappearance.
He believed that the people from the Central Plains had abducted Mayi in order to threaten him into surrendering to the Central Plains.
His perfectly healthy daughter has never even left the country.
The more he thought about it, the angrier and more uneasy he became.
Because Huyan Chanyu was temporarily residing in his palace, he dared not make a big show of it, fearing that the barbarians would misunderstand him and defect to the Central Plains.
So they had no choice but to secretly send people to find Mayi, Qiu Yan, and the other two.
It was because of Qiu Yan and the other two people from the Central Plains that King Lu Shi had to explain himself until his throat was dry in the main hall today, which finally made the barbarian leader lower his guard.
As the saying goes, fear breeds respect.
He didn't find the person, but Mayi came back on her own.
Seeing that Qiu Yan and Qin Susu had also come, Master Lu felt much more at ease.
Because the barbarian leader specifically said that he wanted to meet those three people from the Central Plains in person.
He glared at Mayi, then his gaze fell on Qiu Yan and Qin Susu.
He smiled politely at Qiu Yan, but his eyes turned sharp when he looked at Qin Susu.
When Qiu Yan saw Lu Shiwang, she nodded to him.
She came from a farming family, and Qin Susu was free-spirited. Neither of them knew much about the etiquette of the Central Plains, so they simply nodded to show their politeness.
Qin Susu noticed that Lu Shiwang was looking at her with displeasure, knowing that he was still upset about what happened during the day. She quickly took a step back and hid behind Qiu Yan.
She thought to herself, "This King Lu is narrow-minded."
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