Yin Lu drew his knife, but before they could even make contact, Allen kicked him away.
Allen picked up the medicine bottle from the ground. "You mean it? If I die, you'll save them all."
Pei Zhi stood up and said, "I am Princess Chang Le. I can save people from several cities. How many people are in your village?"
Alan stared intently into Pei Zhi's eyes, and Pei Zhi returned his gaze without fear.
Finally, Allen nodded. "Fine, if you dare to go back on your word, I'll haunt you even if I become a demon."
The others rushed forward to stop him, but Allen simply opened the medicine bottle and opened his mouth, only to find that it was empty.
Allen shook the medicine bottle: "It's empty."
Pei Zhi praised, "He's a real man."
After understanding the princess's intention, Yin Lu breathed a sigh of relief.
Seeing that the princess was about to force Alan to his death, Yin Lu wanted to dissuade her, but didn't know how to start.
The bandits on the mountain are all sentimental. If Alan dies, even if the princess says she can save them, they will probably still rush up and fight to the death.
I'm afraid that he and the princess will both lose their lives here today.
Unexpectedly, he underestimated the princess's wisdom.
"Alright, now you can all leave. Let's sit down and have a proper talk."
Pei Zhi's wariness would not change his attitude towards the bandits based on Yin Lu's one-sided account.
Alan waved away the surrounding bandits, and Pei Zhi let Yin Lu go out with him.
"Princess, let me protect you here."
"No need, I have important matters to discuss with the chief." There are some things Pei Zhi cannot tell Yin Lu for the time being.
Yin Lu kept turning back every three steps, still feeling uneasy, and left the princess and the bandit leader in the same room.
Allen laughed mockingly: "Princess, what do you want?"
"Are you trying to use the debt of saving our lives to make everyone in our village risk their lives for you?"
Pei Zhi remained completely calm even after her thoughts were guessed.
"Who were you before you came up the mountain?"
Pei Zhi looked Alan up and down. Although he looked a bit rough around the edges now, he still had a certain air of refinement about him.
Pei Zhi guessed that Alan must have been educated before.
In ordinary families, where would they find the extra money to send their children to school?
Being able to recognize a few words is already quite an achievement.
Allen did not answer: "What does this have to do with the princess?"
"Fine." Pei Zhi didn't dwell on it. "Then let me ask you, do you want to save them?"
“If we save them, my brothers and I will have to work for this dog emperor. We’d rather die of illness.”
Pei Zhi corrected, "It means to serve this palace."
"What's the difference?"
Allen didn't see any difference between the two. "The royal family are all heartless and ruthless, willing to kill their own brothers. How could they possibly treat us like human beings?"
"Fine, then you can just wait to die." Pei Zhi had also lost her patience.
Since Alan harbors such hatred for the royal family, Pei Zhi is too lazy to waste her time.
Pei Zhi came to negotiate terms, but Alan, with his high self-esteem, seemed to have forgotten that he was the one who needed something from her.
Even without this group of people, Pei Zhi still didn't believe that she couldn't accomplish anything.
Alan's tone carried a hidden threat: "Isn't the princess afraid that she won't be able to get down the mountain today?"
Allen couldn't understand why a princess would dare to break into a bandit's den at night. She must be utterly fearless.
Pei Zhi said confidently, "If I die here today, tomorrow, everyone in your village will come down to accompany me."
"There are at least three hundred healthy men left in my stronghold. If we want to attack, we need at least a thousand soldiers."
The fact that Allen could say this clearly shows that he was fully aware of the situation down the mountain.
Pei Zhi replied, "The people will seek justice for me."
Alan's expression changed slightly. Yes, Pei Zhi had just saved the people of several cities, but died in the mountain stronghold.
Those people will surely rise up and attack, seeking revenge for the princess.
Just as Pei Zhi reached the door, Alan suddenly called out, "Princess, please wait!"
Pei Zhi said impatiently, "Just say what you have to say."
“I am unwilling to pledge allegiance to the Fifth Prince. Princess, change your condition. Any condition, even if it costs me my life, I will agree to it immediately.”
Pei Zhi turned to look at Alan, "Why do you think I would make you pledge allegiance to the Fifth Prince?"
Allen said, "The Fifth Prince is the Princess's own brother. Isn't the Princess's scheme all for the Fifth Prince?"
Pei Zhi scoffed. She was working so hard, so desperately.
But in the eyes of those outsiders, everything she did was for Pei Yuance.
Is she paving the way for Pei Yuance's ascension to the throne so that she can become the eldest princess?
People really have imagined her to be far too great.
Pei Zhi walked up to Alan and said, "I am not that great. Even if he is my own brother, he is not worth me doing this."
"I do everything only for my own benefit."
Allen seemed to understand something, yet also seemed to not quite understand.
"But the princess is a woman."
"So what if I'm a woman?" Pei Zhi flicked her sleeves. "Are women born inferior to men?"
Pei Zhi looked at Alan and said, "If you pledge your loyalty to me, I hereby swear that I will treat all the brothers in the village with the utmost kindness."
After hesitating for a moment, Alan knelt at Pei Zhi's feet: "Alan, I am willing to believe the princess this time, and I hope that the princess will keep her word."
Pei Zhi bent down and personally helped Alan up.
"Trust me, you have made the best decision of your life."
In the middle of the night, Pei Zhi led a group of bandits down the mountain.
Yin Lu will settle the people in and will send over a batch of medicinal herbs in the early morning to cure the people on the mountain.
Throughout the journey, Yin Lu hesitated repeatedly but did not ask any questions.
The epidemic in the north has stabilized, and subsequent housing construction is underway.
There's not much point in Pei Zhi staying here.
Therefore, Pei Zhi was about to set off back to the capital.
Pei Zhi left a letter for Alan, and Alan followed the instructions in the envelope.
After settling the women and children in the village, Alun can go to the capital to find Pei Zhi.
Qin Xiangyang naturally knew that a large quantity of medicinal herbs had gone missing from the warehouse overnight.
Qin Xiangyang knew that the princess had ordered the items to be moved, but he didn't ask any further questions.
When Pei Zhi boarded the carriage, from the prefect's residence all the way to the outside of the city, the people on both sides were kneeling to see him off and to express their gratitude for his great kindness.
Qin Xiangyang lifted the carriage curtain and looked outside.
"Princess, they are all thanking you."
Pei Zhi was resting with her eyes closed when she said, "Yes, I heard you."
If Pei Zhi didn't hear such a deafening sound, she must be deaf.
Unlike the hurried journey on the way there, the return trip was a leisurely one, with stops to admire the scenery.
Yuan Chengyu watched as Qin Xiangyang diligently served Pei Zhi, and couldn't help but roll his eyes.
A man who is quite humble.
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