Chapter 168: I Agree (1/2)
Ye Shuiyao’s reaction overturned the answer in Ye Nu’s mind and it made him slightly tremble. He found out that his care and understanding towards her had been too shallow these past few years. But he could not to dwell on this subject for too long, he could only treat her as nothing. Whatever he had witnessed were just his imagination so that the guilt in his heart would be lessened and he would easily make her agree.
Ye Nu nodded his head, finally forcing himself to speak of the main topic, “Grandpa has something to tell you today.” He looked at Ye Shuiyao, then calmly said, “Right now, when people of Heavenly Star Continent mentions our Ye Family, they would exclaim in admiration of our bravery and loyalty. Only a few people know that a hundred years ago, our Ye Family was originally a group of bandits. Later on, when my grandfather’s grandfather had encountered a great catastrophe, he incidentally met Emperor Wenzheng and his whole family had been rescued by Emperor Wenzheng. Although he was a bandit, he was an affectionate and true person, when he was rescued, he made a vow of loyalty and devotion to Emperor Wenzheng that all his life he would be loyal to the Long Family… The current Ye Family was developed starting from that time. He told his next generation that if it wasn’t for the Long Family, he might have already died a long time ago, and the Ye Family would have lost it’s bloodline. Our Ye Family must always remember such great favor and forever protect the Long Family and Tian Long Nation.”
“My grandfather’s grandfather is right. If it wasn’t for the Long Family, he would have died and I wouldn’t have existed. You and Chen-er wouldn’t have existed. What the Ye Family has today, although it was accumulated through several generations, without any exaggeration, all of these were bestowed upon us by the Long Family. So, no matter what generation of the Ye Family, we shouldn’t forget our loyalty. As for resisting the enemies outside, the men of our Ye Family will always be dauntless and fearlessly clash ahead in the battlefield, building a very strong line of defense. The women in our Ye Family were similarly equal with men in terms of ability and bravery… Every one of them has been recorded in the history book of Tian Long, prolonging the glory of our Ye Family.
Ye Shuiyao silently listened, seventy percent of her heart was bewildered, the thirty percent was worried.
“Twenty years ago, the Gale Nation invaded us, desiring to acquire our Tian Long Nation. Your father and I had gone to the battlefield together and there, we completely forget our life and death. During those years the battles were vastly different, each one of them was extremely challenging, but fortunately the heavens care for our Tian Long Nation. Every time we were in extreme danger, there will be always be some unexpected miracles. Finally, we won and the Gale Nation had no choice but to retreat. The expedition that was carried on for a year had severely exhausted the Gale Nation, and deteriorated our Tian Long Nation, even now, we have not completely recovered. But the Gale Nation… They recovered almost ten years ago. In their defeat, the Gale Nation didn’t become agitated, instead they waited for fortunate timing, for a very suitable opportunity…”
Ye Nu heaved out a long sigh, in a deep voice he said, “And that great opportunity is now.”
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“The Kui Shui Nation, which originally allied with Tian Long Nation and Cang Lan Nation to keep the Gale Nation at bay had unexpectedly became an ally of the Gale Nation without any prior indication. Although this information hasn’t been completely verified, it is most likely true. If it is true, then its presents unfavorable factors to our Tian Long, as only with all three could we make keep the Gale Nation at an impasse. Losing Kui Shui is similar to the collapse of a half of Tian Long Nation’s line of defense. We have just received this information moments ago, having been caught unprepared we simply couldn’t think of any plans in response to this. If we are to start the war now, our Tian Long will certainly fall into a dangerous situation which had never happened before in a few hundred years. Our chance of victory is very little… In the end, even if we are able to withstand it, the price will be extremely tragic. At that time, they might already be making their invasion inside the Tian Long Nation, we have no idea how bad they will trample against our Tian Long Nation.”
“What do you want me to do?” Ye Shuiyao interrupted his words as she asked coldly.
Ye Shuiyao was able to figure out the evil desire that the Long Family had planned for the Ye Family. Her intelligence greatly surpassed others, which was the reason why she has always been discouraged and unwilling to get affected by the vulgar world. Having heard Ye Nu’s words, she was able to figure out that Ye Nu must have something that needed her agreement, some major thing she needed to do that her grandfather was too embarrassed to mention.
Facing her gaze, Ye Nu slightly moved his eyes away, subconsciously trying to avoid making direct eye contact. Throughout his life, he had never owed anything to any person, yet now he was destined to owe everything to his granddaughter, someone he had seldom cared about. “And… Fortunately, the heavens still have not forsaken our Tian Long Nation, as we have an opportunity to temporary avoid this major catastrophe… The crucial point of this opportunity is related to you.”
Ye Shuiyao’s body went stiff. In an instant, her hands and feet became ice-cold. An opportunity that was related to a woman who seldom stepped out of her home. Aside from marriage as a peace treaty, what else could it be!?
She remembered the strange man with extraordinary manners she had seen yesterday. Although she had indifferently shot a glance at him, she remembered his expression, feverish, infatuated, and stunned… She had already seen such expressions many times before, as it was also one of the reason why she refused to go out. She knew of her charms, yet she hated all the men who looked at her that way. Aside from Ye Wuchen, as every time he looked at her, he always exposed a different way of being stunned in his admiration. Not only did she not reject him, she enjoyed the sense of being observed by him, perhaps because of those stares, her heart gradually fell into that dangerous abyss.
Ye Nu saw the severe changes in her expressions and knew that she might have already guessed so he continued, “Yesterday, the young man who came to visit was the crown prince of the Gale Nation, Feng Ling. Originally, the reason why he came to visit was to give the written letter of war to us on behalf of his father, but after he saw you yesterday, he changed his mind and directly said that if we betrothed you to him, he would postpone the war for five years… Five years would not only bring five more years of peace and security, but it can also help change the fate of our Tian Long Nation!”
Ye Shuiyao tightly bit her lower lip, her body slightly swayed as she was on the verge of collapsing. She was surely incomparable to other woman. Normally, no matter what kind of family, even the royal family, she would ruthlessly decline them. But this time, she could not afford to decline… One person’s destiny and a nation’s fate, even if she was a thousand times unwilling to accept it, what other option did she have? The Ye Family never suffered being bullied nor humiliated, but now Ye Nu had personally come to convince her to be agreeable to the Gale Nation which she had hated all her life… Not just her, anybody would be left with no other option.
If there had been any other way to turn around the situation, how could Ye Family be willing to abandon their own daughter?
Seeing that she had not coldly refused, Ye Nu felt relieved and said, “Feng Ling has also mentioned that if you were to marry into the Feng Family, he promised to make you his imperial wife. Later on, you might become the Empress of the Gale Nation. He will absolutely not make you suffer. Yao-er… Do you understand grandpa’s idea?”