The Emperor's Phoenix: The Abandoned Concubine

Yes, the Ninth Prince’s request was to use Liancheng in exchange for Lan Jingyang’s life.

Replace a city with a person, should we replace it or not?

The Ninth Prince admitted that when he wrote the letter, he was in a state of anger. He was dissatisfied, very dissatisfied with Lian Cheng and those people from the previous dynasty. He wanted to see to what extent Lian Cheng and those people from the previous dynasty could sacrifice for Lan Jingyang, and how important Lan Jingyang was.

If that group of people agreed, he could give up on the people of the previous dynasty. Their so-called loyalty to him was just a cover, and he didn't need to be soft on the people of Liancheng. If they refused...

Maybe he and Liancheng still have the possibility of cooperation, but he will no longer trust Liancheng. In the eyes of Liancheng's group of old foxes, he and Lan Jingyang are just tools for them to gain higher power.

Founding heroes, these four words are enough to make them extremely powerful and bring blessings to their descendants.

As for that aunt? Although he didn't know her identity, the Ninth Prince was sure that she was a person who could make the decision. He just wondered if this aunt would put the overall situation first or value Lan Jingyang more?

The people of Liancheng also wanted to know this. When they received the letter from the Ninth Prince, they immediately passed the news to the eldest princess in Xuanyue Palace. They thought that the eldest princess would only use letters to tell them what to do, but they did not expect that the eldest princess would travel overnight and come to Liancheng in person.

"No matter what the cost, we must save Jingyang. He is the only blood of our Lan family." This was the first sentence that the Lan family's eldest princess said when she came in. Several big men who had a good impression of the Ninth Uncle couldn't help but ask, "What about the Ninth Uncle?"

The eldest princess glared at the man fiercely: "His surname is Dongling." Even if he conquered the world and made everyone in the world change their surname to Lan, so what? After all, they are not the direct descendants of the Lan family.

"But he is also a descendant of the royal family." The big man was unwilling to accept it and argued again. The eldest princess narrowed her eyes and sneered: "What royal descendant? Have you ever seen a princess's son inherit the throne?"

Those who were optimistic about the Ninth Prince dared not say anything more. Whether in the previous dynasty or now, all countries strictly controlled the imperial consorts and would not give them real power. The status of the imperial consorts' sons was even more awkward. You said that they were not descendants of the royal family, but they also had royal blood. If they were given power, they might really rebel.

The eldest princess nodded with satisfaction and continued, "Jingyang is my brother's son and the only direct descendant of the Lan family. His position cannot be replaced by anyone. We must preserve the direct descendant of the royal family at any cost."

Everyone was silent...Bail? What for? If they exchanged the entire Liancheng for him, what would they do in the future?

Did they ask Lan Jingyang to go against the Ninth Emperor's uncle and cause trouble for him? He wanted to die by himself and sent himself to be caught by the Ninth Emperor's uncle. When something happened, he asked them to save him. It was simply incompetent.

Lan Jingyang got into trouble again and again, and more and more people in the city were dissatisfied with him, but no one dared to show it. How could the eldest princess not know this? But saving people was the most important thing now, and she couldn't care less about these things.

"Lord Lian, you should leave for Dongling tomorrow and say that Jingyang is the young master of Liancheng, and ask Dongling to release him." The eldest princess said it as a matter of course, but she didn't know who was in charge of Dongling now.

"Princess, Dongling will not let us go." City Lord Lian lowered his eyes, hiding the tiredness in them.

He watched Uncle Nine grow up and knew him very well. Uncle Nine seemed cold but actually he was affectionate. If Lan Jingyang hadn't happened, Uncle Nine would have treated old people like them well all his life. Even if they made some small mistakes, Uncle Nine would not have cared. But now...

It would be fine if they wanted to give up Lan Jingyang, but making things difficult for the Ninth Prince Uncle would only accelerate the Ninth Prince Uncle's determination to sever the relationship between them and to kill Lan Jingyang.

"If you don't release them, we will send troops. Chucheng is ready to make a move, so we will wait for Dongling to attack Yecheng, and then we will join forces with Chucheng and Taicheng to attack Dongling." The eldest princess did not hesitate and did not care about the lives of Chucheng's tens of thousands of troops at all.

"Princess, Dongling has several times more financial resources and military strength than us. We have no chance of winning." Liancheng's general stood up and said with a look of disapproval: "Princess, the Ninth Prince knows Liancheng's military strength and deployment very well. If we really fight, we will definitely lose, even if we join forces with Chucheng and Taicheng."

"How could it be our three cities? The other six cities will naturally send troops. If the nine cities are destroyed, all will be destroyed. The other cities will not sit idly by. If we are destroyed, they will be the next. We just need to persuade them to send troops." The eldest princess said it as a matter of course. Everyone present more or less understood what the eldest princess meant, but no one said anything.

If they took the initiative to attack Dongling, the Ninth Prince would be able to find an excuse to destroy Liancheng. It would be almost impossible to convince the other cities, after all, it was Liancheng who initiated the war.

The relationship between the nine cities is not as close as the outside world thinks. They are just a community of interests. If Liancheng is destroyed, the other six cities can also stick together. These people will probably laugh: Who made Liancheng so ambitious and looking for death to confront Dongling.

"Princess, why don't you let me go and talk to him? Perhaps the Ninth Prince will be willing to give me some face because of our old friendship." Lord Lian didn't want to fight with the Ninth Prince, so he had to bite the bullet and take on this difficult task.

The eldest princess was not a fool. She didn't really want to fight, but just wanted to take the opportunity to force Lian Cheng to make concessions. Now that her goal had been achieved, the eldest son secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "In that case, I'll trouble Lord Lian. As long as Dong Lingjiu's conditions are not too harsh, we can agree to them, but the prerequisite is that Jing Yang must come back intact."

"I understand, this old minister." City Lord Lian responded, but with a sad tone: Can he see the restoration of the former dynasty in his lifetime?

That night, Lord Lian went to Dongling with his personal guards, carrying instructions from Aunt Lan Jingyang. Of course, the letter from the royal family arrived first, explaining Lan Jingyang's identity and escalating the matter to a diplomatic issue between a country and a city.

Lan Jingyang suddenly became the heir of Liancheng. Shuntian Prefecture could not lock him up with a group of prisoners, but gave him a separate room, and his food treatment also improved a lot.

"Fortunately, I didn't kill Lan Jingyang, otherwise it would be really troublesome." The nine cities are of the same blood. If the other city lords knew that Dong Ling killed Liancheng's heir, the other city lords would inevitably feel insecure and then unite as one.

"It's okay. If he dies, he won't be the Young Master of Liancheng. There is another way to solve the problem." The Ninth Prince was disappointed but didn't show it on his face.

Liancheng's move was within his expectations, but he would not let everything be done according to Liancheng's wishes.

The Ninth Prince laughed sarcastically and said calmly, "Feng Jin's illness has stabilized. All that's left is to recuperate. Pack up. We will leave for Sky Dome Castle in two days."

If they don't go to Tianqiong Fort now, they will miss the martial arts conference, miss the opportunity to enter Tianqiong Fort, and miss the opportunity to find the Kyushu map.

"Aren't you waiting for City Lord Lian?" Feng Qingchen thought that the time of this trip to Tianqiong Castle would be changed. After all, they had Ling Tian under house arrest. Without communicating well with Tianqiong Castle, coming so carelessly would be a slap in the face of Tianqiong Castle.

"City Lord Lian? Who the hell is he? Is he worth waiting for?" The Ninth Prince showed disdain: "If he doesn't want to talk, just go away. If he wants to talk, just stay in Dongling and wait for me to come back."

Liancheng can't wait any longer, and Lan Jingyang is suffering. He has plenty of time to waste with them. If Liancheng wants to save Lan Jingyang, he must pay a sufficient price.

As a direct descendant of the Lan family, his value cannot be low, lest it humiliates his status...