Inside the Nanchu Royal Palace, the Nanchu King received good news, he suddenly stood up, disbelievingly looking at Ye Xiang.
"Good news? Didn’t Dawei withdraw its troops?" He was puzzled, "Where did this good news come from?"
Ye Xiang was also surprised and happy, "Your Majesty, Dawei indeed withdrew its troops, but the princess and her troops did not return to the court, instead, they pursued Dawei and attacked them right after they withdrew. Now, they have seized Dawei’s Dingnan City."
The Nanchu King felt like he was in some fantasy, "How is this possible?"
If it was so easy to seize Dingnan City from Dawei, Nanchu wouldn’t have been constantly harassed by the resident troops of Dingnan City over the years. Dawei, taking advantage of its powerful country and strong national strength, often caused trouble at the border. Although no major battles took place, there were always minor ones, and Nanchu was always at a loss.
Ye Xiang handed over the good news to the Nanchu King, "Your Majesty, see for yourself! This is a handwritten letter from Guixue, he would never joke about such a thing."
The Nanchu King took the report and confirmed it again and again. Indeed it was good news, he repeatedly cried out in surprise, a smile appeared on his face, "These children, why are they so energetic and capable when they are young?"
He walked in circles on the spot, then said: "They are too daring. Our Nanchu doesn’t have enough military provisions."
Ye Xiang’s mouth twitched, "Your Majesty, are you thinking too much? Even if we have enough provisions now, we can’t digest Dawei. In addition to food and grass, there are all kinds of military requirements, all the costs of war are not enough."
The Nanchu King sighed, "What a pity for such a good opportunity."
Ye Xiang was silent.
The Nanchu King sighed for a while, then became happy again, "Some time ago, we were scared every day when we heard reports from Heiya Pass. Now, not only were they able to turn the situation around, but also went to counterattack Dawei, it’s a truly joyful event."
Ye Xiang nodded and laughed, "According to Guixue’s letter, we should continue to supervise food and military supplies and other supplies. They plan to seize several cities in Dawei, and then negotiate peace with Dawei, peeling off a layer of Dawei’s skin." 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂
"Good, good." The Nanchu King nodded repeatedly.
He was joyful for a while, but suddenly stopped laughing, "Ye Guixue has sent letters and battle reports back, why hasn’t Xiaoqi sent any letters back to me?"
Ye Xiang said: "Guixue is recovering from his injuries, isn’t he? He has time to write letters back to the Royal Capital. The Princess is probably too busy for this."
The Nanchu King reluctantly accepted this reason, "I want to go to the frontline."
Ye Xiang immediately said: "Your Majesty, please don’t go and cause chaos, there are enough people on the frontline. Since we returned to the capital, Guiyan and Qin Ruo, as well as Fang Yue, Wanniang and all other people in charge of transporting military provisions, have been very busy, day and night, the Royal Capital has just settled down, please stay in the Royal Palace! Otherwise, there might be surviving members of the Nangong family hiding around. If you are not careful and something happens, it will distract the Princess."
The Nanchu King inhaled and looked at Ye Xiang, "Ye Xiang, what about you going?"
Ye Xiang immediately shook his head, "This old subject can’t go either, I also have a lot of things to handle. Since the Nangong family’s rebellion, the whole Nanchu has almost been paralyzed. The documents sent to me from all over the place have been piled into a mountain. I picked out the most urgent ones that you needed to see and sent them here, and all the remaining miscellaneous matters need to be handled by me."
Ye Xiang pointed to his head, "Look, in these days, my hair has turned white and my eyes were black from lack of sleep. I’ve been staying in the Council Hall for half a month and haven’t returned to my residence. I’m afraid my wife won’t recognize me anymore."
The Nanchu King had nothing more to say and grumbled, "Hey, I just miss my daughter, that’s all."
Ye Xiang: "...."
Doesn’t he miss his granddaughter too? His granddaughter was still in the Eastern Palace of Daliang, did he say anything?
The Nanchu King waved his hand, "Okay, you can go attend to your tasks, I know, I was just talking, don’t worry, I won’t cause trouble."
Ye Xiang was relieved, but before leaving immediately, he said to the Nanchu King: "Regarding the queen and the Liu’an Prince, how do you plan to deal with them?"
After the Nanchu King returned to the palace, he hadn’t seen the queen yet. Before returning to the Royal Capital, he heard that the queen had moved to his Sleeping Hall. As soon as he stepped through the gate of the palace, he was disgusted and ordered his men to seal off his Sleeping Hall one step ahead of time and confined her inside. He had been staying in the Imperial Study Room these days.
When Ye Xiang brought it up, the Nanchu King said: "The queen has been attempting to assassinate Xiaoqi several times, her life will be left for Xiaoqi to decide when she returns! As for the Liu’an Prince ... "
The Nanchu King was angry as he mentioned it, "Is he still locked up in the dungeon?"
"All those who participated in the rebellion with him are still locked up in the dungeon." Ye Xiang was most annoyed at the time, his family had almost died at the hands of the Liu’an Prince.
The Nanchu King thought for a while, "Wait for Xiaoqi to come back and handle him as well!"
Ye Xiang nodded.
The messenger that Yuan Zhao sent to Yan Huisheng had not returned, and when Yuan Zhao sent people to investigate, they were not seen being beheaded by Yan Huisheng, their bodies hung on the city wall, indicating that Daliang was not accepting the peace agreement.
Yuan Zhao frowned, "What does Yan Huisheng mean?"
Luo Yan was resentful on one side, "Crown Prince, in my opinion, we should fight back. Our troops outnumber Daliang’s. We can take back the cities we lost and show Daliang our might."
Yuan Zhao looked at Luo Yan, "If I want to negotiate a peace treaty, I have to show some attitude. We can indeed fight back now, but what about Nanchu? Nanchu has now about 650,000 troops, and they are on the same side as Daliang."
Stamping her foot, Luo Yan wanted to say, "Yuan Zhao, why are you so weak?" but she didn’t dare to say it, only resentingly said, "What if Daliang doesn’t accept the peace treaty? Wouldn’t they have this attitude otherwise?"
Yuan Zhao furrowed his brows, "They should accept."
He pursed his lips, "Let’s wait a bit longer, if there’s no news after three days, I will send another messenger."
Luo Yan couldn’t say anything, although she was indignant, there was nothing she could do, feeling discontented. "Crown Prince, you told me earlier to help you deal with Yan Huisheng, but you changed your mind and wanted to negotiate a peace treaty as soon as you reached the Lanwan River."
Yuan Zhao looked at her, "I didn’t expect Yuan Chen to be defeated so miserably and even lose the two siege cannons."
He comforted Luo Yan, "Don’t worry, sooner or later I will get your revenge. If we can’t do it on the battlefield, there are other ways."
Luo Yan could only nod her head.
Yan Huisheng and the old Duke naturally also knew that the result of this battle would be a peace negotiation, but they were waiting for news from Nanchu.
Three days after Dawei sent the messenger, they finally received a hawk message from Su Rong. Learning that Su Rong had led the troops to take over Dingnan City, the border city between Dawei and Nanchu, and was planning to conquer a few more cities afterwards, the two of them laughed together. They attached their earlier discussed conditions on a letter and sent the messenger back to Dawei.
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