"I can marry you, but you have to agree to three conditions."
"Tell me, and I will grant you whatever you ask." Li Kejun rose from the couch and slowly walked a few steps to her side.
The two were standing very close, and Jiang Bai couldn't help but take a step back.
Li Kejun raised an eyebrow, his tone somewhat cold: "What? You've already agreed to marry me, and you still don't want me to get close?"
"It's one thing to be willing to marry Your Highness, but it's another to not be able to accept Your Highness. Your Highness has to give me time to accept you. You can't rush things. What's your hurry?"
Jiang Bai glanced at him casually, his tone carrying a hint of sarcasm.
After she finished speaking, ignoring Li Kejun's expression, she took two steps back. Once she felt comfortable at that distance, she continued speaking.
"First, you need to hold a homecoming banquet for me within three days, requiring the entire clan to attend. At the banquet, you must publicly announce my identity as the Holy Maiden of the Witch Clan and demonstrate my status."
"Secondly, you must bring my mother out to live, give her a good place to live and food to eat, and send people to serve her."
"Third, let Zhao Yi leave. If he stays in the Witch Clan, I'm afraid I'll feel uncomfortable seeing him. You have to let him leave. Of course, you can also choose to deal with him, but I'm afraid I'll remember him for the rest of my life, thinking about him day and night, unable to eat or drink. After all, I'm the one who killed him, and I'll feel uncomfortable too."
She smiled slightly at Li Kejun, her expression both mischievous and charming.
If you do what she wants, she will obediently listen to you; if you don't, she will make you uncomfortable.
Li Kejun took a deep breath, a surge of resentment rising in his heart: "I can agree to the first two conditions, but not the last one. You're still protecting him now, how can I believe you'd willingly marry me? Only Zhao Yi's death can completely sever the connection between you and him!"
“I, Jiang Bai, am not an ingrate. How could I forget someone so easily? Whether I am willing or not depends on Your Highness’s attitude. If Your Highness has the ability to make me willing, why should I have these concerns?”
Jiang Bai made his stance clear: if he agreed, he would agree; if he didn't agree, he would rather die than compromise.
Li Kejun was unaware that she was so bold as to negotiate with him.
But he can't go back on his word; if the conditions are met, he has to agree.
"Then I will grant you these three conditions. However, I have set the wedding date for January. You need to prepare as soon as possible, or I will not forgive you if you go back on your word."
Seeing that he agreed, Jiang Bai felt relieved: "In that case, I will not disturb Your Highness any longer and will take my leave now."
After she finished speaking, she left immediately.
As soon as she stepped outside, her face darkened: "Pah, I still have to put on a smiling face for you."
She quickly left Li Kejun's residence and headed towards Zhao Yi's room.
Zhao Yi had been waiting for her to return: "Bai'er, what are Li Kejun's plans?"
Jiang Bai grabbed his hand and led him into the house: "I agreed to marry him today. He only gave me one condition, which is to let you leave. He will send someone to escort you out of the mountain soon."
Zhao Yi grabbed her hand as she tried to let go, staring intently at her: "Was it really his request?"
Jiang Bai met his gaze for a moment, then quickly looked away, pouring himself a glass of water with one hand: "Yes, he was afraid that killing you would displease me, and he was also afraid that you and I were colluding, so he wanted to send you away as soon as possible. It's good that you've left, then our danger will be reduced."
Zhao Yi remained silent; he had a feeling that things weren't quite as they seemed.
Jiang Bai was afraid that the more he explained, the more suspicious he would become, so he stopped talking and only warned, "Li Kejun is cunning and not incapable of breaking his word. I'm afraid he might attack you halfway, so you have to be extremely careful when you leave."
“I’m not leaving. You’re still here. How can I leave alone? You don’t need to persuade me. I’m not leaving.”
Zhao Yi refused; he could no longer let Jiang Bai take the risk alone.
Jiang Bai knew he wouldn't agree so easily, and sighed deeply: "But if you stay here, we'll both be at Li Kejun's mercy. Not only will you have no chance of survival, but neither will I. After you get out, find Amu. He understands the Wu tribe. Then you can find a way to defeat Li Kejun together. That way, we can both have a chance to live."
If both of them stay here, they'll be like fish on someone else's chopping board, completely at their mercy.
Zhao Yi understood this principle, but Jiang Bai…
“I am the Holy Maiden of the Witch Clan. Lord Li Ke would not dare to kill me in front of my clan. I am not in danger for the time being, so you can rest assured.”
Jiang Bai was adamant; she insisted that Zhao Yi go out first.
After thinking it over and over again, Zhao Yi finally agreed softly, "Okay, I promise to go out first, but you have to be careful."
"Yes, you should be careful too."
After Jiang Bai persuaded Zhao Yi, Li Kejun sent someone to tell her that a room had been prepared for Jiang Bai next to Li Kejun's palace for her to stay in.
Jiang Bai casually agreed, tidied his clothes, and followed the man.
Three days later, Lord Liko convened a banquet for all the tribesmen. It was held in the same large square at the sacrificial site, where all the tribesmen gathered together once again.
Inside the magnificent palace, the maid who was doing Jiang Bai's makeup exclaimed in surprise as she looked at her after she finished: "Your Majesty is so beautiful, just like a fairy."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Bai chuckled and said, "Alright, you're so sweet-talking. Go out for a while, I want to rest by myself."
The maid nodded. Over the past three days, Jiang Bai had often preferred to stay in his room alone, and she had gotten used to it.
After she left, Jiang Bai took off the hairpin she had just put on, leaving only some simple and unadorned pearl flowers, and also took off her long dress and placed it aside.
After that, he opened the window and secretly slipped out.
She slipped into Zhao Yi's residence, which had been under tight security for the past few days. However, because of the banquet, half of the guards had been redeployed, which allowed Jiang Bai to sneak in smoothly.
She went inside and found Zhao Yi, who was packing his luggage. Li Kejun planned to have him leave today.
"Bai'er, what brings you here?" Zhao Yi asked, somewhat surprised to see her.
Logically, she should be preparing for the upcoming banquet right now.
Jiang Bai didn't explain much and took out all the medicine he had prepared in advance.
"This is the medicine I've been refining these past few days. It's specifically designed to suppress Gu worms. Only after you take this medicine will the Gu worms be unable to easily approach you."
This is the prescription from the brocade pouch given by Master Fu. Although he cannot cure the Gu worms of the Wu tribe, he knows how to prevent them from getting close to him.
"The people over there are still watching me. I'm going back now, so you'd better be careful."
She was about to leave after administering the medication, but Zhao Yi stopped her, saying, "I'll be back soon, wait for me."
He hugged Jiang Bai, a look of sorrow on his face.
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