Chapter 689 What’s Wrong with the Liao Kingdom?
Xiao Jue, the regent of Liao, was a man of extraordinary talent, ruthlessness, and intelligence. He would not do anything without profit. So why would he do something that would be thankless?
Impossible to think about!
really!
Just when Jin was using Ji Fengwu as a threat to force Liao to withdraw its troops and ask Eastern Zhou to cede most of its territory to Jin, the Liao regent Xiao Jue came in person, beheaded the Jin envoy, and declared that Liao would never be controlled by anyone.
The State of Jin did not expect that the State of Liao would kill its envoys over a disagreement. It seems that there is no room for negotiation?
In a rage, the Jin Emperor thought that there was no point in keeping Ji Fengwu, so he killed her directly and hung her head on the battlefield as a demonstration.
When Empress Dowager Bo learned that her daughter had been killed, she became so angry that she vomited blood and fell into a coma.
All the civil and military officials in the court were dumbfounded. What was going on? How did it get to this point?
Did you promise to rescue the empress?
There's no point in saving this person if he's dead!
What's wrong with the Liao Kingdom?
You are here to support, not to add fuel to the fire!
The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was dumbfounded by the Liao Kingdom's move. Everyone broke down and cried. What was they trying to do? Was it so difficult to live?
The regent of Liao suddenly killed the envoy of Jin, which angered Jin and caused it to kill the empress of Eastern Zhou. Just when everyone was confused by this move of Liao, something horrifying happened.
The Liao cavalry forced the Jin State to retreat repeatedly, and did not respond to Jin's pleas for mercy. The cavalry marched straight to the Jin capital and even to Western Shu in the west. Seeing the Liao's crazy and murderous attitude, the Eastern Zhou and other small countries were terrified.
Anyone with a discerning eye could tell what Xiao Jue was trying to do from his sweeping posture. Now that he had eliminated Jin and Western Shu, would he turn around and intrude on Eastern Zhou next?
After all, Jin was too far away from Liao, and borrowing troops from Eastern Zhou to quell the rebellion would be a thankless task and a huge loss.
How could the Liao Kingdom be willing to accept this?
Isn't it a good opportunity to take advantage of the situation to weaken the strength of Jin State by letting Eastern Zhou take the lead? When the two countries are almost done fighting and their troops have suffered heavy losses, isn't it?
I have to say that the Liao Kingdom was too calculating!
Shameless!
mean!
Di Ran had long known that Xiao Jue had agreed to lend the troops and that he definitely had no good intentions behind the scenes, but she did not expect that the other party was so ambitious.
Fortunately, she had a trick up her sleeve and secretly helped Yan Qingping leave the Liao Kingdom and go to Zhuozhou in secret, while she asked her subordinates to contact the Youyun Cavalry and wait for an opportunity to act.
-
Late at night, inside the big tent at the border
Xiao Jue sat at the table, staring at the jade pendant in his hand in a daze.
It was a pair of jade pendants made of a blue phoenix and a fire phoenix. The texture of the jade pendant was warm and delicate, and it was obviously top-grade at first glance. However, there was a crack on the jade pendant, as if it was glued together by something. Although it looked intact, its value was greatly reduced because of the crack.
'A broken mirror cannot be mended. Can a broken mirror be restored to its original state?'
'Even if I change to another one, it won't be the same as before. ''The relationship between you and me is like this broken jade, we can never go back to the way we were before.'
'One wrong step, all wrong steps, I can't turn back..."
"Xiao Jue, from now on, you and I are no longer friends, and when we meet again... we will be enemies!"
The woman's cold and ruthless voice seemed to be ringing in his ears, causing Xiao Jue's heart to ache dully. His stern face became even more sickly pale, and he held the jade pendant tightly in his hand.
"What is the Regent thinking?"
A familiar female voice rose in the darkness.
"Who?!"
Xiao Jue quickly put the jade pendant in his hand into his arms, and shot a sharp, murderous look towards the source of the sound.
"It's you?"
Seeing the person appearing from the darkness, Xiao Jue's eyes flashed with astonishment.
"How are you, uncle."
Logically speaking, Xiao Qiyue and Xiao Jue are both children of the late emperor, so Xiao Jue should be Xiao Qiyue's brother rather than his uncle.
But now Xiao Yan is the emperor, Xiao Jue and Xiao Yan are half-brothers, Xiao Qiyue is now Xiao Yan's princess, and she is still young, so she can't really call Xiao Jue brother. When she was young, she called him uncle because of her young age, and she didn't give him the face when asked to change his name.
Since it has been like this since childhood, no one finds it strange.
(End of this chapter)
