Chapter 1709: Come Back Quickly!

Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The general guarding the border was the closest to Dongxiao and already knew that Qu Chuo was dead. In any case, there was no evidence from the dead, so he blatantly lied. He had already sent people 800 miles away to inform the Emperor of Xue Yan’s matter; anything he said wouldn’t hurt him.

They hadn’t even seen Qu Xiao yet, so the Dongxiao army didn’t believe him. The army still didn’t retreat, so the two armies were still in a stalemate.

The general guarding the border was not in a hurry. When the envoy team sent someone back to Dongxiao to report that they had indeed found the person, these soldiers would naturally retreat.

The Dongxiao Country’s diplomatic team only found out that Qu Xiao had found them when it was almost dark. Since it was late, there was no rush to meet up with Qu Xiao. Therefore, they only got up early the next morning. When the large group of people passed by Xinyuan County in Yiran, they met up with Qu Xiao at the posthouse.

At this time, Xue Yan already knew that Qu Chuo was dead, as well as what the border general had told them, so he updated Qu Xiao on the latest news.

Thus, when Qu Xiao saw the envoy team of Dongxiao Country, he did not expose himself.

When the envoy team saw that Qu Xiao was alive, they sent people back to Dongxiao Country to report his safety. Xia Houzheng’s men naturally had their followers bring the secret letter back to Dongxiao, asking Xia Houzheng privately what they should do and what orders they had next.

Since they had already met up, they headed to the capital city the next day.

On April 27th, Xia Houzheng received the letter. He was furious when he learned that Qu Xiao had been found.

However, regardless of whether he was angry or not, he had to withdraw the troops at the border of the Da Ling and return to their original positions. Otherwise, Da Ling would have a reason to attack Dongxiao. He did not want to fight with Da Ling for the time being.

After all, Dongxiao was no match for Da Ling without the gunpowder and cannons.

After that, the border would no longer be a situation where the two armies were facing each other.

Not only did the letter say that the Emperor of Dongxiao was not dead, but it also said that the Emperor of Dongxiao had been saved by the Empress of Da Ling herself.

When the retainer saw this letter, he said, “Fortunately, Your Highness was not in a hurry to sit on the throne. Otherwise, what would happen if Da Ling lent the Emperor troops and killed you on his way back?”

Xia Houzheng had been getting more and more domineering these days. Now that he was full of power, he did not listen to the retainer. However, he still asked, “What do you think we should do now?”

“When the Emperor returns with his diplomatic team, you can secretly kill the Emperor and ascend to the throne. There was a retainer who still had the same intention. At that time, even if Da Ling wanted to borrow troops, it would be too late. There will be no one else from the royal family, and you will be persuaded by the officials to ascend the throne. Then you will be the rightful Emperor of Dongxiao. It would be completely unreasonable for Da Ling to send troops. The other countries will be afraid that Da Ling will suddenly attack for no reason one day, so they will naturally join hands with Dongxiao to fight together. Even if Da Ling has cannons and gunpowder, and has a lot of troops and food, we don’t have to be so afraid because we will be greater with numbers. This is the best plan.”

“Then tell that b*stard Qu Xiao to come back quickly,” Xia Houzheng said helplessly.

Thus, he wrote a secret letter and had it delivered to his people in the envoy team. Once the diplomatic team was over and the discussion in the capital city was over, he ordered Qu Xiao to return to Dongxiao immediately.

…

On the sixth of May, Jiang Yue and the others arrived at the capital.

Xue Yan used his identity as the Da Ling Emperor to treat Qu Xiao, the Dongxiao Emperor, well, allowing him to stay in the palace while the other members of the diplomatic team stayed in the guesthouse.

This was actually to protect Qu Xiao from harm.

Qu Xiao was eternally grateful.

He did not have anything to repay them with, nor did he know how to repay them. Therefore, he helped Jiang Yue and Xue Yan take care of their child, Xue Yang.

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