Chapter 203 The Princess Blushed
The city guards and the black-armored guards cleaned the residence and dealt with the corpses.
Common people joined in to help with the cleanup, creating a lively scene with the military and civilians working together.
Akabane and his men took the prisoners away for secret interrogation.
Deputy General Qi took Prince Duan to the study. Jiang Duo followed behind with a complicated expression. Suddenly, he whispered to an official beside him, and the official lowered his head and left quietly.
Deputy General Qi lifted up his armor, sat down on his horse with his sword across his shoulders, and said, "Lord Jiang, since you have been ordered by the emperor to preside over the peace talks, let's get started."
Jiang Duo quickly glanced at Prince Duan, coughed twice, and said carefully: "Prince Duan, the two countries have been at war for a long time. His Majesty of our dynasty sympathizes with the suffering of the people of the world and hopes that the two countries will cease fighting. He has specially ordered me to come and negotiate peace with Prince Duan."
Although Prince Duan was dressed in rags, he was still very arrogant as he sat on the chair.
He snorted coldly: "Victory and defeat are common in the military. I am only defeated temporarily, I am not afraid of fighting!"
Deputy General Qi said coldly: "Then fight! We are not afraid! Before we fight, we will kill you first!"
Prince Duan straightened his neck: "Kill me, I still have a son! Although my Dali Kingdom is small, I am not afraid of you! The Mu family army has been fighting with me for decades, and all the sons of the Mu family have died, but we are still fighting, right?"
The generals of the Mu family army were furious and stood up.
Jiang Duo hurriedly held down Deputy General Qi and said, "General, please be patient. We are negotiating peace. The overall situation is more important."
Several ministers also tried to persuade them to make peace.
Zhao Luoxuan opened her mouth and sneered: "If the son of Prince Duan was good at fighting, would he be able to capture you, Prince Duan? You have even lost the royal court, why are you still so arrogant?"
Prince Duan glanced at her with contempt: "So what? Didn't your emperor send you to warm my bed?"
"You! Shameless!"
Zhao Luoxuan was so angry that she was shaking all over.
Deputy General Qi could not stand it any longer, and drew his sword and pointed it at Prince Duan's neck: "How dare you disrespect the princess!"
Jiang Duo jumped up in fear and hurriedly tried to push the sword away: "Oh, Deputy General Qi, you can't do this. We can't afford the blame from the emperor."
Deputy General Qi's face turned pale. He raised his arm, pushed Jiang Duo away, and struck him with his sword.
Prince Duan screamed, covered his bleeding face, and his eyes finally showed fear.
Deputy General Qi wiped the bloody tip of the sword clean on Prince Duan's dirty body and put it back into the scabbard.
Ao Ran sneered: "I can not kill you, but I can cut off your ears and nose, pick out your tendons and chop off your feet, pull out your teeth and cut off your tongue, and I can also dig out your left eyeball first and then your right eyeball. I think you have become a useless person, who in your royal court will respect you?"
Prince Duan shrank his neck.
Jiang Duo's face turned pale, and he didn't dare to say anything more. He had to ask someone to apply medicine on King Duan's face.
After cleaning the wound, it was discovered that Lieutenant General Qi had made the sign of the cross on his face.
Zhao Luoxuan looked at Deputy General Qi with bright eyes full of admiration.
Jiang Duo was afraid that another accident would happen and offend King Duan, which would make it difficult to discuss what would happen next.
He hurriedly said, "Prince Duan, our emperor wants us to give Dali 5,000 dan of grain every year..."
"Lord Jiang!" Zhao Luoxuan stood up in shock.
Deputy General Qi, who had just sat down, stood up at the same time.
The prefect sitting next to him was so shocked that his face changed and he looked at Jiang Duo suspiciously.
Deputy General Qi glared: "Lord Jiang, they are the defeated country and they are the ones who want to seek peace with Daliang. How come you are the one begging them?"
The prefect was also surprised: "Could it be that Lord Jiang and Prince Duan have a private relationship?"
Jiang Duo jumped up anxiously: "Stop spitting blood at me!"
Seeing Jiang Duo's performance, King Duan was no longer afraid. He stood up and waved his arms vigorously: "I won't beg you! If you want to fight, then fight. Stop talking nonsense!"
Bang!
Zhao Luoxuan slapped the table hard, her palm gritted with pain. She shook her sore palm and found that more than a dozen pairs of eyes in the room were looking at her. Her face turned red. Just as she was about to shrink her neck and sit down, she suddenly saw a small face appearing outside the window.
Gu Huan is here.
She straightened her back instantly, with a stern face: "This princess came here for the peace of the people of our two countries. For decades, you have been greedy and have been harassing my border. Seeing that this year is a cold winter, you know why you want to fight with Daliang. You want to fight, right? Okay, Daliang will accompany you to the end! This princess wants to see who can't hold on!"
The generals were stunned and all showed incredible expressions.
I didn't expect that the delicate little princess could say such domineering words.
Deputy General Qi couldn't help but give a thumbs up.
Zhao Luoxuan's face turned even redder, and she was extremely excited. She glanced at Gu Huan and saw her giving her a thumbs up, and she grinned.
These words were taught to her by Gu Huan, but she didn't expect that she would say them all out loud.
Jiang Duo choked and had no idea how to proceed.
If he insisted on following the plan he had privately agreed upon with Prince Duan, he might not be able to return to Bian Jing.
He lowered his head and did not dare to look at King Duan.
The reason why Prince Duan was so confident was that he had reached a private agreement with Jiang Duo.
Jiang Duo vowed that the Emperor of Daliang promised to supply Dali with food, cattle, sheep and other supplies every year, send his legitimate princess to be his concubine, and open the country's doors to allow the two countries to trade.
But now, he is like a turtle.
"lady."
Gu Huan turned around and saw that it was Chiyu, so she walked aside with him.
"Is the interrogation complete?"
"Yes. Guess who they are?" Akabane's face was stern.
Gu Huan thought for a moment and asked, "Could it be from Dali?"
"Exactly."
Gu Huan's face darkened: "Jiang Duo is too bold! This is evidence of collusion with the enemy country."
"Chi Yan said that the prisoners will be secretly escorted to the capital."
Gu Huan nodded: "Let's see what Jiang Duo and the princess are going to do. I think it's time for us to return to Beijing."
It doesn't matter how far the peace talks go. Deputy General Qi and his men have gained this kingdom at the cost of the blood and bones of countless soldiers, so they will definitely not allow Jiang Duo to sell out his country for personal gain.
As for whether to release King Duan or not, it was not something she could consider.
I don’t know what Mu Junyan is going to do.
"Where is Chi Yan? I want to see him."
She guessed that Deputy General Qi and Chi Yan knew that Mu Junyan was not dead.
"I will go and call him right away."
Just as Gu Huan was about to return to the main courtyard, she heard the study door open and Zhao Luoxuan ran over happily, holding up her skirt.
He excitedly grabbed her hand and said, "Sister Huan, did you hear me? I told you everything."
Gu Huan smiled and said, "Princess, you said it very well. The man opposite is the king of a country, and you have intimidated him."
"Really?" Zhao Luoxuan's pretty face flushed, she was extremely excited.
Soon after, Deputy General Qi also came out.
Zhao Luoxuan quickly stood up straight, her phoenix eyes fixed on the tall and upright Lieutenant General Qi, her gaze burning.
Deputy General Qi clasped his fists towards Gu Huan and asked, "Madam, are you well?"
There was some apology in his eyes, but he didn't want to bring up the matter again, so his greetings at this moment were very sincere.
Gu Huan responded: "Very good."
She looked behind him and saw Prince Duan being escorted out with a sour look on Jiang Duo's face.
Gu Huan lowered her voice and asked, "Have you discussed it? What should we do?"
"It's very simple. There are two options. One is to escort him to the capital and let His Majesty make the decision. The other is to detain him in Juzhou first and wait for Dali to show sincerity before discussing whether to release him or not."
Gu Huan smiled: "That's right."
Deputy General Qi looked at her and said, "Madam, you must take care of yourself. Will you return to Beijing as soon as possible?"
Zhao Luoxuan said shyly, "I will return to the capital with Sister Huan. Deputy General Qi, why don't you escort us back to the capital? I will definitely ask for credit for you."
Deputy General Qi bowed to her and said, "Princess, I still need to guard the southern border. The Black Armor Guards will escort the princess and her wife back to the capital."
"Oh." Zhao Luoxuan's tone was a little disappointed.
Gu Huan turned her head to look at her, her pretty face and ears turned red.
Let’s look at Deputy General Qi again.
The last time I heard him talk about his own story, I felt a little disgusted with him. But after taking a closer look today, I find that he looks quite good.
Unlike other generals who were big and strong, his facial lines were soft yet heroic. His eyebrows were as thick and stylish as swords, slanting into his temples, setting off his bright and lively eyes.
From what he said last time, he would follow Mu Junyan back to Beijing, and he should be always by Mu Junyan's side.
"Princess, let's go back."
Gu Huan held onto Zhao Luoxuan and whispered, "General Qi will return to the capital."
"Really?" Zhao Luoxuan's eyes lit up.
"real."
Mu Junyan returned to Beijing, didn’t he?
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