Faced with Hua Qingcheng's outrageous offer, the Lengyue Kingdom's envoys hesitated and evaded the question, stating that they would only offer five cities to redeem the Crown Princess Gongyang Jieying. Ironically, having also been captured, the Lengyue Kingdom's envoys remained silent on the fate of the Third Princess, Princess Luo.
"Very good." Hua Qingcheng raised the corner of her mouth slightly, revealing a mocking smile. "In other words... your emperor has tacitly agreed to hand over your third princess, Gongyang Jiezhen, to our Dalaifeng Kingdom for legal disposal?"
In response to Hua Qingcheng's words, the Lengyue Kingdom's envoys fell silent, and no one responded.
Hua Qingcheng couldn't help but feel sorry and unfair for Bai Yuheng in her heart.
In reality, she had lied to Bai Yuheng. Lengyue's Emperor, Gongyang Yingyi, hadn't expressed his intention to redeem Bai Yuheng in his letter to the court. He hadn't even mentioned it, as if he'd completely forgotten about Bai Yuheng...
Meanwhile, on a barren mountain south of Youzhou City, there was a cave hidden within it. Bai Yuheng, who had been waiting there for three days, finally waited for the perfect opportunity when Xiahou Jing and her daughter went out.
"Uncle Ye! Uncle Ye..."
Bai Yuheng was extremely anxious and quickly slipped into the cave. He gently patted Ye Maochun, who was dozing off against the edge of the cave wall, and woke him up. Then, he quickly untied the ropes that bound Ye Maochun and removed the rag that was blocking his mouth.
"Bai... no, Master Yang?!"
Ye Maochun looked in great shock at the benefactor in front of him who had once again saved him from dire straits - Bai Yuheng.
However, Bai Yuheng was no longer as graceful, handsome, and elegant as before. His white clothes were stained with dirt, his hair was messy, and he looked disheveled.
Bai Yuheng unnoticeably turned away Ye Maochun's scrutiny, because he knew how messy his appearance was at the moment without looking in the mirror, but now was obviously not the time to care about these trivial matters.
He said seriously, "Uncle Ye, those two women are out right now. We must leave here immediately without delay. We can talk about other things later."
"Oh, okay, okay..."
Ye Maochun, having regained his composure, showed a hint of embarrassment on his face, and replied softly. He felt a little embarrassed for having stared at Bai Yuheng just now.
"Mother Queen, you are truly as foresighted as a god! Nalan Qingcheng and his gang are simply like idiots, searching for their target completely according to the puzzle you set up..."
"Haha, as they say, old ginger is still spicy!"
Just as Bai Yuheng was helping Ye Maochun out of the cave, he heard Xia Houjing and her daughter talking outside the cave. He couldn't help but think that something was wrong...
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