Why did he come?
Qin Yining was slightly surprised. She put away the plum blossom net that had been washed clean and went forward to bow: "This subject greets the Emperor."
Ji Yun, Bing Tang, and Qiu Lu also followed suit and bowed.
Yuchi Yan was sweating profusely as he leaned against a small tree and panted heavily. He waved his hand at Qin Yining and said: "Rise, there's no need to be so courteous."
Qin Yining stood and respectfully bowed her head as she asked: "Why has the Emperor come here?"
Yuchi Yan panted for a while. When his breathing stabilized, he said: "I heard that your home was invaded by a mob and your family members disappeared. Zhen was very worried and ordered people to investigate. Only then did zhen know that you and your family had moved here."
Looking up at the white walls and black tiles of Ning Yuan, Yuchi Yan remembered that this place was given to Qin Yining by Pang Xiao. He frowned unhappily.
But he couldn't blame Qin Yining for anything. After all, she was just a weak woman. Also, if she didn't make arrangements early and brought her Family Qin up the mountain, her family members would have been injured by the mob.
Yuchi Yan laughed at himself. As the Emperor, he was starving all day. He couldn't give Qin Yining anything. What could he use to pursue her? Could it be that he could fill his stomach with paintings and calligraphy?
"You can all leave. Zhen has something to say to Xuansu." Yuchi Yan's mood had calmed down and he waved his hand at the people beside him.
Eunuch Lu and the guards bowed and left. Qiu Lu, Ji Yun, and Bing Tang had no choice but to leave and leave the space for the two of them.
Yuchi Yan leaned against the tree and carefully looked at the person he thought about day and night.
She had lost a lot of weight. Her small face was the size of a palm, but it made her eyes look bigger and brighter. Her nose and lips were very pretty. Even though she was wearing a coarse dress and her hair was simply tied into a long braid, her lack of makeup showed her natural beauty. She couldn't be compared to those beauties who wore makeup.
Yuchi Yan found that he still liked her. When he saw her, his heart would still throb.
He smiled helplessly.
Now that the country was about to fall, he actually had the leisure to think about these things. It was just that the past few days had been too painful, and he had nowhere to vent the pent-up frustrations in his heart. Although Duke An Guogong Li Mian was the commander-in-chief, he avoided the battle and repeatedly requested to restart the peace talks. His words actually had the intention of persuading them to surrender.
How could the Yuchi Yan's dignity as an emperor be trampled on like this?
However, the current situation did not allow him to do so.
Yuchi Yan tiredly sat down on the floor and said, "You sit down too. Save some energy and chat with me."
Seeing Yuchi Yan like this, Qin Yining lowered his guard a little. He found a rock three steps away from him and sat down.
Yuchi Yan raised his head and looked at the leaves that were being blown by the wind. He leaned against the tree trunk and closed his eyes. After a long time, he slowly said, "Did you know that Retired Emperor disappeared yesterday?"
Qin Yining looked at Yuchi Yan in surprise.
Yuchi Yan tiredly said, "The eunuch who delivered the food to Retired Emperor found that the food was not eaten, so he thought that something had happened to Retired Emperor. However, after searching the entire palace, he could not find him. A perfectly fine person just disappeared into thin air. "
"Your Majesty, do you believe that?" Qin Yining frowned.
"What?" Yuchi Yan looked at Qin Yining.
Qin Yining said, "A perfectly fine person would not disappear into thin air. If there was no one outside who helped Retired Emperor escape, then it means that there is a secret passage in the palace."
"Secret passage?" Yuchi Yan sat up straight. "How did you think of this?"
"Because when we captured Cao Guozhang, it was said that we found a secret passage in his residence." A crafty rabbit has three burrows. How could these old foxes not leave a way out for themselves? Cao Guozhang and Retired Emperor had interacted for a lifetime. No matter how muddle-headed Retired Emperor was, he was still very scheming. Even Cao Guozhang had a secret passage, so Retired Emperor would not be unprepared.
Yuchi Yan's reaction was slow, but he quickly figured out the crux of the matter. He said, "You are right. Why didn't we think of it?" He immediately turned around and called for an imperial bodyguard to come over. He whispered a few words into his ear. That imperial bodyguard bowed and quickly retreated.
Yuchi Yan stared blankly at a place. He leaned against the tree trunk and sat in a daze for a while before saying, "It seems that Retired Emperor wants to take that large sum of money to Southern Yan."
Qin Yining smiled and did not say anything.
If Retired Emperor took that large sum of money to Southern Yan and wanted Liu Yingshi and the new Emperor of Southern Yan to recognize him as the former Emperor, then he was too foolish and naive. They would accept the money, but Retired Emperor's life could not be guaranteed.
It was not easy for him to sit in that high and mighty position. Even if Southern Yan was only a small country formed by combining a few provinces and counties in Dayan, its area was still as large as Wo Nation and Goguryeo combined. No one would give up on it.
While Qin Yining was silent, Yuchi Yan had already thought of many things.
Finally, he closed his eyes and leaned against the tree trunk. He faintly said, "It seems that the heavens are not helping us. Li Mian, that old thing, has been persuading us all day long. We trusted him and even conferred his daughter as the Empress. However, he is lazy and greedy for life, afraid of death! After leading the army for such a long time, he has only attacked once. And that was because he fell into the enemy's trap. Not to mention the loss of twenty thousand soldiers and horses, if Grand Preceptor Qin did not rescue him in time, Li Mian, that old thing, would have died outside. The heavens are not helping us in Dayan. Natural disasters and man-made disasters have caused our talents to wither. "
Qin Yining now understood why the Emperor came here.
He was filled with depression and had nowhere to vent, so he came to find her to vent.
At the same time, he already had thoughts of retreating and wanted to negotiate.
However, in the current situation, negotiating was simply a dream.
Qin Yining did not mind pouring a bucket of cold water on Yuchi Yan. "The peace talks that Duke An mentioned are actually not appropriate."
"Oh?" Yuchi Yan looked at Qin Yining with hopeful eyes.
Qin Yining said, "If we want to negotiate, then we need to have the same status as the other countries. We also need to have conditions that can satisfy both sides. Only then can it be called a peace talk. To say something that will boost the morale of others and diminish our own prestige, Da Zhou currently has an overwhelming advantage. What right do they have to negotiate with us? Even if they agree to negotiate, what conditions can we offer them that can move them? "
This sentence instantly made Yuchi Yan feel as if he had been plunged into an ice cave. Originally, he still had a bit of hope in his heart, but at this moment, there was nothing left.
That's right, he was now a stray dog. What right did they have to negotiate with him?
However, if there was no hope, why did Duke An try to persuade him again and again?
Could it be …
"That old thing Li Mian, I'm afraid that persuading us to negotiate is fake. Persuading us to surrender is real! He wants us to be disloyal and unfilial. How can we face the Yuchi Family's ancestors? He wants us to be the ruler of a destroyed country! "
Yuchi Yan thought about the emperor emeritus who had disappeared with a large sum of money. He thought about what the emperor emeritus had said to him. He then thought about the faces of the people in the imperial court who were in danger. His heart ached as if someone was stabbing it with a needle.
"So what if we were born in the wrong time? Your Majesty, please do not be too sad. As long as we are alive, there is hope. "Qin Yining looked down and softly persuaded.
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