Good heavens! He Yunxiao exclaimed in disbelief!
"Miss Li, you wouldn't have been eyeing the He family's army from the very beginning of this plan, would you?"
Meng Qingqian stuffed the bell back into the cloth and waved it in front of He Yunxiao, saying, "No, Qingmeng has been eyeing your He family's army ever since she got the bell."
Feeling outmaneuvered, He Yunxiao stiffly retorted, "Even if all 120,000 men of my He family army were handed over to you, they still wouldn't be able to contend with the Yan army."
Meng Qingqian smiled confidently: "Although Princess Xiaoyue has few military generals, she is not without soldiers. Moreover, the several dukes' mansions have 200,000 guards available to protect the capital. Although the dukes do not listen to Your Highness, they do listen to His Majesty. Furthermore, if General Fan is willing to come out of seclusion, it is not a problem for him to gather 100,000 former Chu family troops."
"In this way, Your Highness can gather an army of over 400,000, which is no less powerful than the Yan army that has invaded from a thousand miles away. If you cannot gather enough troops, then defend the city and wait for reinforcements from the Northwest, Southwest, Sichuan, Central Plains, Jiangnan, and Jingchu. In short, we will be in an invincible position."
He Yunxiao's lips twitched.
He was truly impressed by such a meticulous plan.
The antidote is really effective.
However, the more I see her smug look, the more annoyed I become.
He Yunxiao reacted quickly, taking advantage of the antidote's inattention to snatch the bell from her hand.
"Give me back the bell!" Meng Qingqian said urgently.
He Yunxiao stood up and held the bell high, "I won't give it to you, so you won't covet my family's wealth."
Because of her height, Meng Qingqian couldn't grab the bell even when she stood on tiptoe in front of He Yunxiao. She tried several times, but to no avail.
"You!" Without the bell, Meng Qingqian was completely defenseless in front of He Yunxiao. She was both ashamed and angry, and her defenses crumbled on the spot. She silently walked to a corner of the room, curled up, and cried.
Before she could even utter a couple of cries, she felt something pass over her head and land on her neck. Upon closer inspection, she saw it was the bell that He Yunxiao had snatched. The returned bell was tied with a beautiful rope, the length of which was just right so that the bell would fall under her neck, allowing her to take it out without unbuttoning her blouse.
"When I was buttoning your clothes earlier, I took your measurements. You don't mind, do you? By the way, you took out this bell yourself. If I hadn't, I almost got beaten up when I was buttoning your clothes."
Meng Qingqian stared blankly at He Yunxiao, clutching the bell around her neck, pursing her lips, and then bursting into a smile through her tears.
Li Qingmeng's favorability rating has increased from 75 to 75.
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