A few days later, on the morning of March 15th, Hua Qingcheng, in her capacity as the princess, negotiated with the Lengyue Kingdom's envoys at the Youzhou government office. This time, the other side sent several civil servants, led by Prime Minister Wen Chengyuan.
In the front hall of the Youzhou government office, Hua Qingcheng stood erect, her gaze resolute, piercing Wen Chengyuan like an arrow. Her voice was cold and icy, like frost, and carried an unyielding aura: "Fifteen cities! This is the minimum I must pay to redeem your Princess Gongyang Jieying and Prince Luo Gongyang Jiezhen."
Wen Chengyuan's face was covered with dark clouds, her brows were furrowed, and her tone was helpless: "Your Highness, there are only forty cities in our country. Your request is like pulling teeth from a tiger's mouth. It is outrageous. We can only give up five cities at most to redeem the princess." Her eyes flickered, as if looking for Hua Qingcheng's flaws.
Upon hearing this, Hua Qingcheng's eyes grew even sharper, like a blade unsheathed. Her voice rose an octave, filled with sarcasm: "Are the lives of your Princess of Lengyue and Prince Luo only worth five cities?"
However, Wen Chengyuan and others avoided her gaze and did not mention the matter of redeeming King Luo, as if they were deliberately forgetting her.
The atmosphere in the government hall was tense and gloomy, like the calm before a storm, a storm about to sweep in. Hua Qingcheng's determination was as firm as a rock, and the insistence of the envoys from the Prime Minister of Lengyue Kingdom collided with each other, sparks flying in the air.
"Wen Chengyuan, you old woman! Why don't you quickly agree to her terms and redeem me back to Lengyue Country!"
Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, an angry voice rang out like thunder.
Soon after, everyone saw Gongyang Jieying, her hands bound and feet shackled, being escorted by two fully armed soldiers. Behind her, Gongyang Jiezhen, also bound and shackled, followed closely behind.
Gong Yang Jiezhen, who heard their conversation, curled up the corners of her lips into an extremely sarcastic and sad smile.
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