Chapter 150 Lurking
Others were bored, but Xiao Jin was not.
"Your Majesty, I think..." Xiao Jin stood up firmly.
"Prince Rui!" But Xiao Heng didn't even give him a chance to speak. "This matter is decided."
"Your Majesty." Xiao Jin did not give up.
"Dismiss the court." Xiao Heng had already left, not giving him any chance.
"Prince Rui." Xiao Jin chased after him, but was stopped by someone and then dragged out of the hall.
Xiao Jin watched the officials leave, shaking their heads and sighing. After thinking for a while, he decided to go to the imperial study to find the emperor.
But when he arrived at the imperial study, he was stopped outside by Fu Lu.
"Your Highness, the Emperor will not see anyone today." Fu Lu bent down in front of him.
Xiao Jin stood outside the imperial study, looking at the figure inside. Xiao Heng was writing something.
What does it mean not to see anyone? It means not to see him.
He is not stupid...but he is unwilling to give up. Ling Chan, the seniors in the martial arts world, and those soldiers have worked so hard to capture He Yun Mansion and defended it for so long.
"Your Majesty," Xiao Jin shouted loudly, "General Liu is so old, yet he led the troops to war, and many soldiers on the border were killed or wounded."
"With the help of the Marquis of Zhenbei and the heroes of Jianghu, we finally defeated Da He."
"Has Your Majesty ever considered whether you are doing justice to these soldiers, the Marquis of Zhenbei, and the martial arts heroes who died by giving in like this?"
There was no sound from inside. Fu Lu stepped forward in embarrassment, "Prince, please go back."
"Your Majesty, I beg you to revoke your order. Daqi must not cede Wufang County to Dahe."
"If this were to succeed, the whole world would laugh at us."
Xiao Jin knelt in front of the imperial study and said, "Your Majesty, please revoke your order."
Fu Lu helped him up, "Prince..."
Xiao Jin shook his hand off and said, "Your Majesty, if you are worried that the death of the Marquis of Zhenbei and the martial arts heroes will rekindle Da He's evil intentions, then stop the peace talks and let the Wolf King capture He Yun Mansion first."
"I believe that the border soldiers will swear to defend He Yunfu to the death and prevent Da He from ever going south again."
"Now that we have won, yet we are ceding the city, how can this be justified? Your Majesty, how can this be justified?"
"This will only humiliate Daqi further and make other countries laugh at me, Daqi, for having no integrity."
These words made Fu Lu's eyes red.
But he was just a eunuch, and there was nothing he could do. "Prince, please go back."
He whispered, "The Emperor won't change his mind."
Xiao Jin was startled and looked up at him, "Eunuch Fu Lu, you..."
Fu Lu immediately shook his head, "Your Majesty, please go back."
Seeing Fu Lu's unspeakable expression, Xiao Jin was shocked, and then looked towards the direction of the imperial study in disbelief.
Could it be that...
"Prince, let's go back." Fu Lu helped Xiao Jin up again.
This time Xiao Jin did not refuse and stood up.
"Your Majesty, I hope you can change your mind. I will take my leave."
Back at Prince Rui's Mansion, Xiao Jin stood in front of the study window, looking at the simple scenery outside.
Fu Lu said so confidently that the emperor would not change his mind. Why? Did he know something?
For example, what is the agreement between the Emperor and the Great Wolf King?
When this thought flashed through Xiao Jin's mind in front of the imperial study, he was also frightened by it.
Your Majesty, what agreement can you make with the Great Wolf King?
Daqi ceded the city? What about Dahe?
Whatever it is...isn't this...treason?
How is this possible? He is the emperor of a country.
But if that's not the case, how do we explain his insistence on having his own way?
Just as he was lost in thought, a figure floated in from the window.
Xiao Jin immediately stepped forward to take the fight. His moves were fierce, and the two of them exchanged blows in the yard...
"Oh." He grabbed the man's arm and held it behind his back. Unexpectedly, the man yelled, "Xiao Jin, you bastard, you want to kill me?"
The voice is familiar, but the face...
"It's me." The other person struggled to free his hand. "Ling Chan."
The voice was Ling Chan's, but the face was that of a man.
This man is... someone close to the Wolf King.
Xiao Jin recalled that before in Qingzhou, the people around Ling Chan disguised themselves as her, and no one saw through it.
Now she disguises herself as someone close to the Wolf King...
"Are all the seniors okay?" Xiao Jin asked.
Ling Chan nodded, "Yeah, everything is fine."
Xiao Jin looked into her eyes. Last time, he recognized her through her eyes, but...it was really strange that this time he couldn't even see her eyes.
Ling Chan raised her eyebrows proudly. The pupil color of the Da He people was different from that of Da Qi, it was black and gray.
So she wore colored contact lenses this time.
Not to mention Xiao Jin, she had been with the Wolf King for so long, but he didn't recognize her.
Fortunately, the people around the Wolf King don't talk much.
"You are so much smaller than them, how come the Wolf King didn't notice?" Xiao Jin asked.
Ling Chan chuckled, "After the seniors entered the capital, their disciples came to meet them one after another."
"So, overnight, we selected disciples of similar stature and build from among them and disguised them to look like those around the Wolf King."
"These people are the Wolf King's killing tools. They just have to obey orders on weekdays."
"How could the Wolf King ever consider them as human beings? Naturally, he wouldn't care about their size."
Ling Chan spread her hands, her eyebrows and eyes full of satisfaction, "It's fine as long as it's more or less the same."
"What happened that night?" Xiao Jin was terrified just thinking about it. If it was Ling Chan who died that day...
Ling Chan walked into his study and sat down at the desk. "That night...someone wanted to kill us."
Ling Chan told him that the wine was poisonous.
"Are you okay?" Xiao Jin became nervous and went up to hold Ling Chan's hand and put his hand on her pulse.
Ling Chan supported her head with her other hand and looked him up, "Brother Prince Rui, can you take pulses?"
Xiao Jin was sure that she was not poisoned, but he did not let go of her hand.
He lowered his eyes to look at her...their eyes were glued...
Ling Chan pulled her hand back and cleared her throat awkwardly, "I'm fine."
"The poison...will be cured once we get back home."
Xiao Jin breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good."
"Okay, I came to you because I want to tell you something."
"What's the matter?" Xiao Jin also sat down, but he did not sit next to the desk. He sat next to Ling Chan.
Ling Chan looked at the chair under him and said, "Then Brother Rui Wang, please sit tight."
In order to cooperate with her, Xiao Jin actually moved his body and sat more steadily.
"We suspect... there's a deal between the Emperor and the Great Wolf King."
Xiao Jin's heart stagnated, but his expression didn't change much.
Ling Chan blinked, "Brother Rui, aren't you surprised?"
Xiao Jin was silent.
Ling Chan was not in a hurry and waited for him.
"My royal brother and I are not close, but..." Xiao Jin hesitated for a long time and did not continue.
It's more than just not close.
His biological mother was just a palace maid beside the empress dowager. Later, she was raised by Concubine Xi and was in opposition to the empress dowager.
What surprised him was that since the emperor ascended the throne, he has been very fond of him.
But after all, he didn't understand the emperor.
"What kind of deal is it?" Xiao Jin asked.
Ling Chan said leisurely, "Although this guess is a bit too high of my own opinion..."
"but..."
"Tell me, is it possible that the Emperor wants to kill me?"
Ling Chan combined the doubts about the night of the Queen Mother's death, Hongdou's injury, the poisoned wine at the banquet, the night thorn, and so on, and speculated...
Get this result.
"To kill you?!" Xiao Jin frowned, "Why?"
But he soon thought of something...and his expression became serious.
"Now, what are your plans?"
Ling Chan shrugged, "Since he wants me to die, then I will die."
"By the way, let's see...what the hell they are up to."
Xiao Jin knew that she was pretending to be relaxed, and he felt heartbroken when he saw her, who was only in her teens.
"Chan'er..." He held her hand.
Ling Chan looked at him in a daze. They were just talking about serious matters, why was he like this now?
She pretended to be dead that day, but in fact she didn't go far away.
She saw Xiao Jin coming into the room to look for her, and seeing that situation, her heart was in turmoil.
"No matter what, promise me that you will be safe."
Ling Chan lowered her head. His palms were very big, and holding her like that gave her the warmth and security she had never felt before.
Even among her comrades, she never truly trusted anyone.
But when she got here, she trusted Xiao Jin several times, and Xiao Jin did not let her down.
Ling Chan held his hand and said, "Okay, I promise you."
This is a response, a response to the affection that Xiao Jin has expressed many times.
Xiao Jin was delighted and tightened his grip on Ling Chan's hand, "No matter what happens, I will always stand by you."
Ling Chan believed that he could do what he said because he had always done so.
He never restrains himself, he only helps himself...
This method makes her feel comfortable.
"Okay." Ling Chan said with a smile.
"Then don't try to stop the Emperor. Let the peace talks between the two countries continue."
Xiao Jin agreed, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
"Has there been any unusual movement on Dahe's side?" Otherwise, how could she be so sure that there would be problems in the peace talks between the two countries?
Ling Chan did not hide it from him. She and a dozen other disciples from martial arts sects disguised themselves as the Wolf King's personal soldiers. In the past month, the Wolf King had ordered them to do a lot of things.
These things...are simply not what should be done when two countries are negotiating peace.
Therefore, this time... Xiao Heng is courting disaster and is doomed to end up in a miserable state.
However, if Xiao Heng lost, he lost. They couldn't gamble with Da Qi.
"Okay, I have to go back now. If you need anything in the future, I'll let Hongdou send you a message."
Hongdou was shorter than Lingchan, so there was no way for her to disguise herself as the Wolf King's personal soldier.
She is now constantly monitoring outside Sifang Pavilion and keeping in touch with Ling Chan.
Not only that, Hongdou also sent a letter to the sisters of Qingyi Tower on the border, asking them to transfer 100 people back to Beijing.
Xiao Jin stood up, feeling very reluctant to let her go, and looked at her with affectionate eyes.
Ling Chan pulled at her face helplessly, "Brother Prince Rui, can you be so affectionate just looking at my face?"
Xiao Jin was stunned, his ears turned red, "..."
"Heh..." Ling Xue stood up, "I'm leaving."
Without waiting for Xiao Jin to see her off, she had already walked out of the study and flew into the air.
Xiao Jin raised his head, looking at her reluctantly and worriedly.
Ling Chan looked down and suddenly fell down...standing in front of him.
She stretched out her arms, hugged his waist, and said softly, "Don't worry, I'll be fine."
After saying that, he flew back into the air and left quickly, leaving Xiao Jin alone with a surprised look on his face, lamenting his previous dullness.
Ling Chan's ears also turned red, and that was why she couldn't wait to leave.
He arrived at Sifang Pavilion as if he was familiar with the place and landed silently.
Soon someone came forward and said, "Leader, you're back."
He was a martial artist who disguised himself with her.
"Well, does the Wolf King have any instructions?"
"No, the Wolf King has already settled down."
Ling Chan glanced at the room where the Wolf King was resting, then climbed onto the roof with the newcomer.
The personal soldiers around the Wolf King don’t have rooms. It’s not that they don’t have rooms, but... every night, the Wolf King will order them to do things.
Sifangguan was the official post station where Daqi received envoys from all over the world.
Logically speaking, we should guard the forest and prevent people from entering or leaving at will.
However, the Wolf King's twenty personal soldiers could come and go freely at night.
Ling Chan even tried to leave in front of the Sifang Pavilion guards, but the Sifang Pavilion guards did not react.
This shows that they have received orders not to stop the Wolf King's personal soldiers.
She had heard Liu Huaiyu mention that the guards of Sifang Pavilion were the imperial guards of the palace, and the imperial guards only obeyed the orders of Xiao Heng.
Ling Chan has been very glad about her decision this month.
That’s right, the idea of disguising himself as the Wolf King’s personal soldiers was something Ling Chan came up with on the spur of the moment when the Wolf King’s personal soldiers came to kill him.
Disciples of similar size were also found overnight.
As for the disguise, she also took advantage of the night time to use her advanced scanner to do it.
In short, she was very busy that night.
But it's all worth it.
The Da He she had been looking for was on Da Qi's list of spies, but unexpectedly, the Wolf King had always kept him with him.
During this period, what the Wolf King asked them to do was to find out all the spies hiding in the capital of Daqi.
In order to be more cautious, Ling Chan did not immediately steal the list from the Wolf King.
But those spies in the capital...
As soon as they went to look for him, he was wiped out and replaced by Hongdou and the others.
Now we just have to wait for the Wolf King to take action.
Without Xiao Jin's opposition, the negotiations and contract between Daqi and Dahe proceeded normally.
On this day, the contract between the two countries was finally signed.
Xiao Heng specially summoned all the officials and the Wolf King to celebrate the peace talks between the two countries.
It was another lively banquet, but Xiao Jin didn't smile the whole time...
He poured himself a drink... and just as he was about to put it to his mouth, he saw the people around the Wolf King looking at him, and the meaning in their eyes...
Xiao Jin put down the wine. He smelled the wine just now and there was nothing unusual.
But Ling Chan shook her head slightly at him, clearly telling him not to drink.
This girl might just retaliate by poisoning the wine.
wrong...
Xiao Jin looked around and found that except himself, the Wolf King was not drinking either.
Could it be that it wasn't Ling Chan who poisoned him, but the Da He people?
Thinking of this, Xiao Jin's expression became more cautious...
He was also afraid that others would notice, so he would occasionally pick up his glass and pretend to take a sip...
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