Chapter 410 Wanting to Live to a Hundred
Your Highness?
It seems my guess was right; the person who came should be the King of Qin, and the Second Prince had already gone to his fiefdom long ago.
Only the King of Qin, feigning illness, remained in the capital.
"Rest assured, I never make empty promises."
Where is the person now?
The scarred man pointed to the entrance of the water dungeon, "They're locked up in the water dungeon."
"Where are our people? When will you release them?"
The King of Qin looked at the water prison in front of him and smiled slightly. "When it's time to release you, I will release you naturally."
"I need to speak with her alone for a while."
The scarred man pointed at the King of Qin, "You'd better not try anything funny, or I'll definitely kill you."
The King of Qin remained silent.
The scarred man gestured to the people next to him to open the door to the water dungeon and release Jiang Wan Ning from it.
The King of Qin turned around, and when he saw Jiang Wan Ning clearly, a glint flashed in his eyes before he coldly questioned the scarred man, "What I want is the Emperor."
"I've captured the Emperor," the scarred man said.
The henchmen around him chimed in, "Yeah, look, he's even wearing clothes with dragon patterns. Who in the world, besides the Emperor, would dare to wear clothes like that?"
The King of Qin closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "I originally thought you were smarter than other bandits, but I didn't expect you to be a bunch of fools."
"Who are you calling an idiot?" The man beside him pointed his broadsword at the King of Qin.
The scarred man gestured for him not to act rashly and to put the knife down.
The King of Qin showed no fear, ignoring the scarred man and turning to Jiang Wan Ning, "If I am not mistaken, this is the Princess Consort of Langya."
“Now that Your Highness has seen me, there’s no need for this word guessing game,” Jiang Wan Ning said coldly.
The King of Qin smiled and said, "As expected of the Princess Consort of Langya."
"I have long heard of the deeds of the Prince of Langya and his wife. The Prince of Langya is truly lucky to have met someone like his wife, who has snatched him back from the clutches of death time and time again."
As he spoke, the King of Qin coughed a few times, pressing a handkerchief to his lips, and his face instantly turned deathly pale.
It is already springtime, yet the King of Qin is still wrapped in a thick cloak, indicating that he is not yet fully recovered.
"Are you the Princess Consort of Langya?" The scarred man examined her closely. "She certainly doesn't resemble the one in the painting. What is your relationship with the Emperor that you're willing to die for her?"
"They are best friends," King Qin said on behalf of Jiang Wan Ning.
"It seems that His Highness knows quite a bit about us."
"I am in poor health and have nothing else to do, so I spend my days studying these things out of boredom."
The two of them continued to probe each other with questions like this.
Finally, the scarred man couldn't help but speak up, "No, why did you kidnap the Emperor? Tell me!"
"Can we talk about something useful?"
"Are you trying to chat with me?" the scarred man raised his voice, putting his feet on the stool. "Be careful, or I'll lock you both up."
"Brother, brother, he still has our men with him," the man whispered a reminder.
"Get lost!" the scarred man hissed. "Can't you tell I'm just trying to scare him?"
The King of Qin has fox-like eyes that resemble Jiang Wan Ning's, and his face is very pale due to his illness.
The kind of deathly pale, with a pale pink lip color covered by a layer of white.
The King of Qin sat down, his voice softening, "Since she is the Princess Consort of Langya, then it is the same."
Seeing that he was getting down to business, Jiang Wan Ning sat down as well.
“Hey, that’s more like it. What can’t we just sit down and talk it over?” the scarred man said.
The King of Qin turned to look at the scarred man. The scarred man was taken aback at first, then said, "Alright, I'm in the way, I'll leave."
"You two talk first."
The scarred man led his men out the door, closed it from the outside, and ordered the man beside him, "Stand here and keep a close eye on those two."
"Yes, brother, you can rest assured that I'll handle things well," the man said, patting his chest.
The scarred man gave the man a deep look, said nothing, and walked away.
If he hadn't been careless and led his brothers into the trap set by the King of Qin, how could they have been forced to become involved with the court in order to ransom people?
To say I'm at ease is really not.
Everyone else was busy except him, keeping an eye on one person. Since they were all in the village, nothing much was likely to happen.
The scarred man left with peace of mind. He was exhausted after working for so long and needed a good night's sleep.
inside the house.
Jiang Wan Ning and the King of Qin remained silent for a long time.
In the end, it was the King of Qin who was defeated first. He poured himself a cup of tea, picked it up to drink, but then looked down on the teacup.
He then handed the tea to Jiang Wanning.
"Princess of Langya, please."
Jiang Wan Ning glanced down at the teacup but didn't drink it.
It wasn't that she disliked it; it was just that someone had used the bowl earlier.
The King of Qin smiled, "Won't the Princess Consort ask me why I arrested the Emperor?"
“You will speak when you want to,” Jiang Wanning said. “But there is one thing I know: you are in danger here as well.”
The King of Qin laughed and said, "Seeing is believing. Your Highness is indeed exceptionally intelligent."
"To be honest, I originally intended to rebel," the King of Qin said frankly. "Tuoba Wenjing is brave but lacks strategy, and I had long anticipated his failure."
"Over the years, I have also raised some soldiers, and to be honest, I was confident of victory at the beginning."
"But looking at it today, I realize I've lost even that confidence."
The King of Qin smiled and said, "In the end, I underestimated the strength behind the Empress. With a friend like you and the Empress Dowager, it would be difficult for her to lose her throne."
"Stop talking nonsense, just say what you want." Jiang Wan Ning's voice was cold, "While you still have a chance."
The King of Qin's pale, sickly face instantly turned sorrowful. "Alright, I just wanted to ask Your Majesty if I could be transferred back to the capital."
"Or I could be enfeoffed in another place, why does it have to be in the northern desert?"
"Just because my birth mother was involved in a rebellion, I was sent to that godforsaken place in the northern desert, where I've been staying for so many years."
"My body needs to be recuperated in a sunny and breezy place."
Jiang Wan Ning...
"Just because of this? You're going to kidnap the Emperor?"
"What else do you think?" the King of Qin said. "That old codger... he seems to be dead."
The King of Qin slapped his mouth as he spoke, “That old bastard, the late emperor, lied to me, his son, because of the mistake my mother made, and now he’s barred from ever entering the capital.”
"It was only recently, after the new emperor ascended the throne, that I was summoned to the palace by Tuoba Wenjing. Along the way, I've discovered that everywhere is better than the northern deserts..."
"Furthermore, I do not want to die. I want to live a long and healthy life, to eat well and go shopping. I do not want to stay in the northern desert like this, sick and weak, waiting to die."
“Originally, I only had one path: to force the emperor to abdicate. Only by becoming emperor myself could I do whatever I wanted. But I knew that once I started down that path, there was no turning back.”
"I might die even faster."
"Can you understand my suffering?"
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