Chapter 463 (1/2)

Chapter 463 – Pengxin (2)

“I had you come here because I wouldn't feel comfortable if anyone else was entrusted with this. I need you to bring a person back to the capital. While you're here, look at this letter from Yuzhen's king.”

Ning Yuxuan was stunned, but his expression didn't change. “Why would Yuzhen's king write a letter to you?”

“Probably because I kidnapped a Yuzhen princess during the past half year,” Ning Mingjie answered with a serious face, “And, I can't send her back.”

Ning Yuxuan didn't know what he meant by not being able to send her back. But, at the mention of a Yuzhen princess, he was reminded of Pengyue. Yuzhen probably despised Great Song. Pengyue had been Yuzhen's precious princess. Yuzhen had even lent her soldiers to help Zhao Li seize the throne.

It wasn't possible for Great Song to lose against Yuzhen in battle. After all, they would win just from sheer number of soldiers. The military report from the borderlands had been falsified. Ning Mingjie had already acc.u.mulated 180,000 soldiers under his command during this time.

This was the last weapon they needed to turn Zhao Zhe into a puppet leader.

Ning Mingjie had already placed the letter on the table. Ning Yuxuan carefully opened it to read. He didn't whether to laugh or cry after reading the contents.

Was Yuzhen a country that had lost its mind to love? In-laws were a more important connection than blood relatives. Yuzhen's princess, Pengxin, had fallen in love with Ning Mingjie. And, Yuzhen's king was actually willing to allow Ning Mingjie to set whatever conditions he wanted – such as borrowing soldiers or land, or even seceding part of the capital to him – as long Ning Mingjie was willing to marry Pengxin.

Was kind of nonsensical joke was this? If Ning Mingjie married Pengxin at this juncture, what excuse could they use to force the emperor to hand over his remaining military power to Ning Mingjie?

Ning Mingjie had truly gone to borderland to battle, but he had also used underhanded means to kidnap Yuzhen's princess to force them to surrender. Yuzhen's army had retreated a long distance, but he wasn't able to return their princess back. Killing her would be a disaster, letting her stay… was also a disaster.

Pengxin was even more impressive than Pengyue. At the time, she had thrown a three-ring large sword into a table and demanded that Ning Mingjie marry her.

After having experienced two unhappy weddings, Ning Mingjie already thought poorly of marriage. However, winning the war was a higher priority, and it would be the best possible outcome if Yuzhen was willing to cooperate. At worst, he would just send the princess to his estate in the capital first, then he could sit down to have a proper discussion about cooperation with Yuzhen's king.

If that was the result that he wanted, then he needed to find a person to bring the princess to the capital first. If something happened to her on the journey there, then Yuzhen would do all it could to settle this new score along with the one for Pengyue's death. If she could be sent off to the capital successfully, then it would be easy to reach an agreement for the battlefield situation in the borderlands.

After Ning Yuxuan finished reading the letter, he stroked his chin and looked at Ning Mingjie from top to bottom for a long time before finally saying, “Older cousin, your face is truly very valuable.”

Ning Mingjie's expression blackened.

Ning Yuxuan dryly coughed a few times and continued, “Alright then, give that person to me. Also, this long letter is an imperial edict. Look, it has Yuzhen's emperor's seal. You should take care when you put it away.”

The two of them knew what they each had to do afterwards. After they finished quietly discussing top-secret information, Ning Mingjie put on his hat to leave.

Before Ning Mingjie left, he turned his head and looked at Marquis Moyu as he asked, “Hey, I heard that Sangyu is pregnant again. Congratulations.”