Chapter 122 Look at me with new eyes!
"Does it make any difference? You betrayed her in public during the battle between our armies. Even if you fed her Bei Yuan, this is an indisputable fact."
On the day the two armies engaged, Beili's army was unfamiliar with the terrain, and it was Nangong Yan who sent them a garrison map. They also switched sides in the middle of the battle, taking their commander, Zhao Wanyu, hostage, which allowed them to secure victory.
No one knew what happened between the two later. Zhao Wanyu left in anger and has not been seen since.
Then an idea flashed through his mind, fleeting. "Something doesn't feel right. We've been stationed here for half a month, and there have been some small-scale battles during this time, but the princess hasn't appeared yet."
Zhao Wanyu valued the people inside the pass more than his own life and could not turn a blind eye to it.
"Who knows? Maybe she's inside the pass, but just doesn't want to see me." Nangong Yan drank a cup of tea and slowly closed his eyes. "Little bastard, if possible, treat that little girl well."
Xiao Mingxuan's expression was unclear and he remained silent for a long while.
Nangong Yan was just about to close his eyes and rest, but someone beside him wouldn't let him do that.
"How are things arranged?"
Nangong Yan opened his eyes with a swish, staring at Xiao Mingxuan with a hint of disapproval in his eyes, "You really want to do this, those two don't have a deep hatred against you, right?"
"No." Xiao Mingxuan finished a cup of tea, his eyes determined. "But only in this way can we lure Xu Qingcheng and Liu Yuan out, and then we can seize the opportunity to attack the Imperial City."
Nangong Yan's expression was grim. "Have you ever considered whether the little princess can accept this? She'll go crazy! Just like Ah Wan, who broke off all ties with me, do you also want to end up in the same situation as me?"
Xiao Mingxuan looked down at the cup in his hand, gently stroking the rim of the cup, and said, "So I won't be as hesitant as you. I will let her eat it immediately, forget everyone in Tianshuo, and only remember me. And... it will only belong to me."
Ten years have passed, and Xiao Mingxuan's paranoia has not subsided at all. Instead, it has become more and more intense. He has gone completely crazy and will do anything to achieve his goals.
"I must take over Tianshuo Imperial City." Xiao Mingxuan loosened his grip slightly, and the cup fell to the ground, shattering. "But I want her too."
"You are too greedy." Nangong Yan said this many years ago. In the past ten years, he watched Xiao Mingxuan grow from a weak and vulnerable kid to His Royal Highness Prince Jing who holds the power of life and death, but his opinion has never changed.
"My heart is my master. Anyone who tries to stop me will be killed!" Hatred as deep as ink gushed out from his eyes, drowning out his rationality and lifting the ambitious man high above his head, shoulder to shoulder with the sky.
Xiao Mingxuan was no longer the brat he once was. Nangong Yan knew that he couldn't persuade him, so he sighed, "Let's not talk about this for now. You said the other day that you had a way to find Ah Wan. What was that method?"
Xiao Mingxuan pointed in the direction of the pass, "There is someone inside who can find the princess, or perhaps only she can find her."
"Zhao Xihe?" After thinking about it, Nangong Yan could only think of this person.
Xiao Mingxuan nodded. "If even Lihua Palace can't find anyone, then no one else in the world has this ability except her."
Xihe carries space and spiritual power, allowing her to transcend this world and find people and things that mortals cannot find.
"Are you sure?" Nangong Yan had certainly heard what Tian Shuo had said about Fu Bao, but he never believed it. "She's only sixteen. Can she really build up a power without being discovered by Lihua Palace?"
Nangong Yan's Lihua Palace is the largest intelligence organization in the martial arts world. No matter whether it is royal secrets or martial arts treasures, nothing can escape the spies of Lihua Palace.
Xiao Mingxuan lowered his head and smiled faintly, "You'll know when you get there, let's go."
"Now?"
"Hmm." Xiao Mingxuan glanced at her and said, "If you learn the news one minute later, the princess will be in more danger. Are you sure you want to waste time here with me?"
Nangong Yan quickly said seriously, "Then hurry up and go."
The two men arrived at the border tower with only four guards. Suddenly, martial law was imposed all around and they were surrounded by a group of soldiers. Bows and arrows were set up on the tower and aimed at them.
Xiao Mingxuan's expression remained unchanged. He glanced at the group indifferently before looking away in disappointment. He turned and said, "Tell His Royal Highness the Crown Prince that Beili Xiao Mingxuan wishes to see you. If they want to know about Princess Yuanyang, then let us in."
"Wait, we'll go report."
A group of people stood in the sun, basking in the sun.
"Do you have any news about Awan?" Nangong Yan quietly moved to Xiao Mingxuan's side and asked.
Everyone around was unable to bear the heat, but there was not a trace of sweat on Xiao Mingxuan's forehead. He stood as tall and straight as a pine tree, with his back straight. He stood there steadily, only glancing up at the city wall from time to time.
"No."
"and you……"
"You tricked them." Xiao Mingxuan exhaled slowly, looking at the figure gradually approaching from a distance, "Otherwise, what other reason do you have to let them in?"
Nangong Yan naturally noticed the Zhao brothers' unhappy expressions. They even had time to lament the passing of time. "If they knew you'd lied to us, would we still be able to get out alive?"
Judging from Zhao Chengning's expression, Nangong Yan felt that the other party might chop him on the spot.
As he walked in, Zhao Chengning took a look at Xiao Mingxuan and said calmly, "It's been many years since we last met. I hope your Highness Prince Jing is doing well."
"Thank you, Your Highness, for your concern. I am in good health."
The two men fought silently, causing suffering to a group of people.
After a long time, Zhao Chengning smiled and broke the silence first, "I heard that His Royal Highness Prince Jing has news about his aunt. I wonder what the news is?"
Nangong Yan was sweating nervously. Who would have thought that Zhao Chengning would not even give him a chance to go in and talk, but would just stand at the door and demand for news.
Xiao Mingxuan raised an eyebrow and said, "So this is how His Royal Highness treats guests. He didn't even offer a cup of tea when we wanted to know the news, but just made us stand at the door. Your Royal Highness's hospitality really makes me look at you with new eyes."
Zhao Chengning remained motionless, as if the other person wasn't talking about him. Instead, he casually looked at the person in front of him. The child in his memory had grown into someone who could stand up to him.
"Hospitality is of course the way to treat guests, but I don't know when such a treacherous person could become my guest."
Zhao Chengning implicitly accused Xiao Mingxuan of being immoral and treacherous in attacking the border.
Xiao Mingxuan's expression remained unchanged, showing no sign of being offended. "Your Excellency, be it a distinguished guest or a traitor. I have the information about the eldest princess today. If Your Highness the Crown Prince doesn't give me this cup of tea, then there's no need to discuss the information. If you're even a moment late, the person might be... dead. What do you think, Your Highness the Crown Prince?"
Xiao Mingxuan immediately grasped Zhao Chengning's vital point. Before he went to the expedition, Emperor Jingyuan called him to Yuanyang Palace for a private talk, and his words were all about asking him to protect Zhao Wanyu.
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