Lu Huan: "I have been raising troops secretly, but I was so careful that no one discovered it."
"I led troops to war in the past, and later more and more generals and soldiers came to my side. After that day, I recuperated for a while, and then I led these people to point their swords at Kunde Palace and rebel."
"Gao Qinglie was a foolish and ruthless man. Even though he later reformed, the seeds of hatred had already been planted. Even if he changed a lot, it was too late."
"Nanchang is plagued by internal and external troubles. Whoever takes over this position will be blamed. Although those pedantic old ministers oppose my forcing the emperor to abdicate, they are still worried if Gao Qinglie continues to be the emperor."
"Gao Qinglie realized it was too late, so he offered to abdicate, hoping only to save his own life."
Lu Huan continued speaking, then chuckled softly, "In order to protect himself, he even suggested handing Gao Jiarong over to me for me to deal with."
Lu Huan said so much, but Su Qian knew that he was very sad.
Even though he seemed to have obtained everything now, he was not happy because he still had not obtained what he wanted.
Su Qian was silent for a moment: "If you don't want to say it, then don't say it."
Lu Huan shook his head and said, "After I ascended the throne, I changed the country's name to Zhao, so it is now the Zhao Kingdom."
"Zhao of Su Zhao."
"From now on, there is no longer any Nanchang Kingdom in the world, nor is there Fang Sulan, the wife of the Nanchang Kingdom's great general. There is only the late Empress Dowager Xiaojing Fang of Zhao Kingdom."
"No one will look down on my mother anymore."
"Su Zhao, do you think this is... okay?"
Su Qian deliberately omitted the fact that he had changed the country's name, and only commented on his posthumous title bestowed upon his mother: "Well, if your mother is still in heaven, she would surely be pleased."
Lu Huan looked quite relieved: "That's good."
"By the way, we're leaving for Danxia City tomorrow. Yan Xuanye will be there too. Remember to dress up as a man and don't let him see you."
Su Qian was stunned for a moment, then asked, "Lu Huan, can you negotiate peace with Yan Xuanye and the others and stop fighting?"
Lu Huan was puzzled: "Why? Isn't this what you want?"
"When you left with me, didn't you want me to help you drive Yan Xuanye and his men back to Fengyuan State? You also asked me to protect Nanchang State. Isn't that what you said?"
Su Qian also knew that her request was really incomprehensible, but she had no choice. Her own hopes had already been shattered, so why bother dragging others into it?
Besides, it was winter now, and the weather was getting colder. She estimated that it might snow in a few days. If a war broke out in such weather, only the soldiers and the civilians would suffer.
Su Qian was a little distressed: "I know this request is really inexplicable, but I have no choice. Now I... don't need you to do that anymore."
Lu Huan was silent for a moment before he asked, "Why? Don't you need to complete the mission?"
Su Qian was shocked! What mission? How did he know about it?
Lu Huan looked at her expression and understood a little, "It seems to be true."
"I don't know why you don't need me to do this anymore, but I just want to tell you that this war can no longer be stopped simply by us calling for it."
Su Qian: "What does this mean?"
Lu Huan stared at her closely, his tone cold: "Yan Xuanye wants you."
"If he didn't have you, he would definitely not withdraw his troops."
"Even if I was willing, he wouldn't."
"He thought you were dead again, and now he's like a madman, shouting all day long that he wants to kill me to avenge you, and he wants us to destroy our country to vent his hatred."
Madness?
The more Su Qian listened, the more confused she became. "What kind of madness?"
Lu Huan scoffed, "Who knows him? They say those who march and fight rarely believe in ghosts and gods, but in the Fengyuan army camp, they perform shaman dances, burn incense, and tell fortunes all day long."
"Yan Xuanye's temper is getting weirder and weirder. I heard he has nightmares every night and often talks in his sleep. A witch doctor is always by his side, treating him and interpreting his dreams. It's like he's crazy."
Su Qian remained silent. Things were indeed becoming increasingly strange.
But if the two countries wanted to cease fire, Su Qian could only persuade Lu Huan in front of him, "Can you try it first?"
Lu Huan said dissatisfiedly, "Su Qian, do you think I'm a fool? Can I just let you order me around? I'll do whatever you want me to do."
Su Qian froze. She naturally knew that he was not.
But now she was no longer bound by that crappy mission and crappy system. How could she bear to see those innocent people suffer because of her?
Moreover, Lu Huan wanted to take her to the front line, so that she could see the battle situation on the front line and see those soldiers die because of her.
At this time, she thought of Zitan again. Didn’t Zitan die because of her?
She asked, "Zitan...what happened later?"
Lu Huan suppressed his anger. "I chose a good feng shui site for her burial and even asked a monk from the temple to perform a ritual to pray for her soul. I hope she can be reborn into a good family in her next life."
"You don't have to worry."
Su Qian: "You don't have to worry about Zi Tan, but what about the others?"
Lu Huan frowned: "What do you mean?"
"Lu Huan, I don't know how you knew about my mission, but I want to tell you that I was forced to do it before, but now... I don't have to do that stupid mission anymore."
Lu Huan didn't know whether to be happy or worried: "You don't want to go back to China?"
Since he was happy and she didn't go back, she would stay in this era forever.
He was also worried. Even though he knew where she came from and what she was thinking, he still seemed unable to keep her.
Su Qian's face showed no emotion, and Lu Huan didn't know what she was thinking. He just heard her say calmly, "It's not that I don't want to go back, it's that I can never go back."
After hearing this, Lu Huan was silent for a long time, not knowing how to respond.
He later found out that she came to him because of the so-called mission.
Now that she is no longer bound by that mission, what will happen to her?
Lu Huan's heart sank to the bottom. Now that things had come to this, he wanted to hear her thoughts first: "What are your plans?"
"Even if I agree, Yan Xuanye will not agree to withdraw unless you return to him."
"You came to me for the mission before. Now that the mission is gone, are you planning to go back to him?"
Furious, Lu Huan lost his composure and yelled in front of Su Qian for the first time, "Su Zhao, what do you think of us? Stepping stones for you to complete your mission? Or just dogs to do whatever you want?"
No matter how angry he used to be, he would just sneer coldly. Su Qian used to think of him as someone who didn't get angry and was emotionally stable.
But at this moment, Lu Huan discarded all pretense and angrily condemned her actions.
What mission? He said that since she came to him, she was his.
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