"Already made a request? He didn't promise? Is it true or is he talking nonsense? Listening to Feng Xiyue's words, Yilan felt like cold water in winter, and couldn't help but tremble, "No, it's impossible." Yilan's eyes showed pain and despair, resentment and fear, and she just sat blankly, her ears buzzing.

Feng Xiyue shouted several times, but Yilan didn't hear it at all.

After a long time, Yilan finally came to his senses, looked at the dark dungeon cage in confusion, and finally focused his eyes, and smiled at Feng Xiyue, "He knows that if he agrees, it will only be my corpse that will be exchanged back." Yilan said firmly, "Can you let me wash first, and then we can talk?" ”

Obviously, her psychology had collapsed when she heard Hua Wulone's refusal, why did she say such a thing again? Feng Xiyue frowned tightly, forget it, let her think about it again.

"Bring the water in." Feng Xiyue commanded, turned around and walked out.

It's hot water, it's been a long time since I've touched it, and in this cold and damp dungeon, the unexpected heat source from itself is so precious. Ylang put on his clothes and immersed himself in water.

"Wu Lone, I'm afraid, save me, save me, don't leave me. Please, don't leave me, take me back. I'm afraid, I'm so scared. This temporary warmth made Ylang relax her tense nerves, fear, this innate instinct overshadowed everything, and tightly surrounded Ylan, making her tremble in the water, tears soaking her cheeks.

At the same time, the atmosphere in the court of Nanli Kingdom was depressed, and the reason was that the request for Fancheng to exchange for Qiu Yilan was submitted to Hua Jianrui's imperial case.

The early dynasty has been going on for two full hours, and nothing has come of it. Hua Wulin has been kneeling in front of the emperor so straight and straight since he saw this request, and he has not moved his body for two hours, let alone made any statement. After getting the news, Chaying was helped into the court, but he just knelt there, constantly accusing himself of dereliction of duty, no matter how the emperor and the Marquis of Weiyuan persuaded or scolded, neither expressed his position nor was willing to leave. Chasing the wind didn't say a word, just knelt outside the court with Ah Long and Ah Cheng, under the poisonous sun, and it had been two full hours.

The appearance of these people made the courtiers who wanted to express their stance not dare to express their position easily, and everyone was so deadlocked there.

"Silence, get up." The emperor once again gently persuaded, "It's already noon, if you don't get up, they can't bask in the sun like this." "It's the beginning of July, the sun is blazing, and the temperature on the brick floor is like a furnace under the scorching sun, and they have been kneeling for two hours, and their knees may have been burned.

Hua Wushan didn't move, and Chasing Ying still wanted to go out and kneel with the wind, but before he moved, he was stopped by Hua Wulone. The ministers were hot, tired, and thirsty, and already had some complaints, and could hear their sighs or whispers.

"Hey, Fancheng, this is the gateway town to the north of us, if we let the northern country, then." Prime Minister Qian would never have expected Feng Xiyue to put forward such harsh conditions, and sighed with hatred. A few days ago, he tried to contact Feng Xiyue again, but he couldn't get in touch anyway.

"The loss of Fancheng will directly threaten the security of Liye, which is the source of one-tenth of our finances and taxes, if Liyecheng is not prosperous, then our military investment in the north will be even reduced." The flower who was kneeling on the ground said very abruptly.

Everyone didn't understand how Hua Wulin could talk about this at this moment, and just looked at him with strange eyes. Especially Prime Minister Qian, he has been in the center of the country for 20 years, and even has more experience in governing the country than the emperor Hua Jianrui, of course he understands this, "Sixth prince, you, do you mean this?" Qian Xiangguo only felt his heart pounding, and his voice trembled.

"This was proposed by Yilan as soon as he entered Liye City, and for this reason we did our best to defend Fancheng." Hua Wu said with tears in his eyes.

"Your Majesty, Weichen asked for an order to lead troops to rescue Miss Yilan." Shadow took two steps on his knees and prostrated again to plead.

"That's enough." Hua Jianrui slammed the bracelet of the Hair Crystal Buddha Beads in his hand to the ground, the rope was broken, and the beads rolled all over the ground, "Now people don't know where they are, where can you save them?" Let you think of a way, come up with ideas, it's good, kneeling here one by one, just to threaten me? "The emperor is really angry, his pressure and worry for more than ten days are no less than Hua Wulone, and now looking at them, some are just heartache, "Everyone came in, and they all stood up." ”

"Sixth, get up, don't make your father angry anymore." The third master came over and helped Hua Wushan up with the seventh master.

At the same time, when Han Jing and Zhao Qishou wanted to help up Chasing Shadow, they found that if he wanted to continue to stand in the court, he would definitely aggravate his injuries.

"Come on, carry the shadow back and let the imperial doctor go to the Hou Mansion to take care of it." The emperor glanced at the appearance of chasing the shadow, and commanded with a sigh of relief, "Chasing the shadow, I know that the classes of the palace academy or your private school have not stopped in the past few days, and I am very relieved by this. Presumably, Ylang is also willing to see it.

At this point, self-blame is useless, and if you want to save your life, then I will allow you to continue teaching. You have worked with Ylang for the longest time, and you should have heard that Ylang left recipes and drawings for the manufacture of firearms, and these recipes and drawings will be handed over to you, hoping that you can make a finished product; If you don't want to save your life and just want to insist on a senseless rescue, I don't object to it, you can think about it yourself, so you can do it yourself. After the emperor finished speaking, he stopped looking at him.

Although he was unwilling, what the emperor said was the truth, "Yes, the minister obeys the order." Chasing Ying knelt straight with tears in his eyes, kowtowed, and was half-supported and half-dragged out of the court by two eunuchs.

The most pitiful thing is to chase the wind, although they are not so that their knees are cooked, they really have a slight burn, and the flesh and blood are blurred, fortunately, several of them are very strong, and they take a strip of cloth and prick their knees at will, they don't care at all, and they kneel on one knee in front of the emperor.

The emperor saw that the wind was really on fire in his eyes, and he pointed at them tremblingly, "Yilan is just a willful child, she is not sensible, don't you understand?" You also have the face to say that she is unwilling to let people follow, and you have not carried out a task that the person does not cooperate with? ”

"Father's anger is at ease." Seeing that the emperor's face was pale with anger, and his hands were shaking so much that he couldn't hold it, Hua Wushan hurried to the emperor's side.

But the emperor didn't appreciate it, and pushed him aside, "And you, because of your suspicion, my general fell into the hands of the enemy country, and you made me lose face." ”

"Father's anger, father's body is important." Hua Wuli was helpless and knelt beside Chafeng.

"The emperor is angry." It was Qian Xiangguo who stood up, "In Weichen's humble opinion, since they have set up conditions, then we should first confirm whether General Qiu is still safe." Let General Qiu write to us, with General Qiu's wisdom, she will definitely leave some information in the letter, so that we can also prepare for negotiations. ”

"Well, that's right." Missing the topic, the emperor also calmed down a lot.

"Your Majesty, from the perspective of Weichen, General Qiu's value is far from being comparable to that of a Fancheng, and it is a pity that Fancheng will lose it, and it will also lose some taxes. However, as mentioned earlier, if there is an overwhelming military superiority, then the recapture of Fancheng and Longshan Pass will also be just around the corner. Prime Minister Qian said.

Unexpectedly, the prime minister, who had a public conflict with Qiu Yilan, was the first to propose to agree to the exchange, and there was an uproar for a while.

Qian Xiangguo is also difficult to ride a tiger, the energy of the sixth prince and several generals around him cannot be underestimated, and the purpose of them kneeling hard today is to exchange for Qiu Yilan, if they don't propose this, they really can't think of a better one. Xiangguo didn't believe that under such heavy pressure, Feng Xiyue would kill Qiu Yilan, and now it was nothing more than fighting for more favorable negotiation conditions. If you get the letter, you will definitely be able to know some news, no matter how much, it is precious to the current Li country.

"What the prime minister said is reasonable." The emperor said. Looking at the sons who were all around him, they all showed anxious looks, and looked at the haggard Hua Wulone, the emperor sighed. Indeed, in the past year, as Hua Wu has been diligent in state affairs, the storage position has gradually become clear, and the inside and outside of this palace can really be described as a new look. Based on this, the value of Qiu Yilan is not comparable to that of a Fancheng.

"The third."

"Father." Before Hua Jianrui could make a decision, Hua Wushan coldly interrupted the emperor's words, "Erchen disagrees with what the prime minister said, Yilan is only imaginary, and it is unknown whether it can succeed, let alone form an overwhelming military advantage." The ambitions of the Northern Dynasty are by no means limited to Fancheng, once Fancheng is lost, it will directly threaten the safety of the capital, so that the north will be in flames of war and never have peace. Yilan once had an agreement with his son, and in the event of an accident, he would put the country first and not make an exchange for losing power and humiliating the country. "Hua Wu's words are sonorous and powerful.

It was the prime minister who wanted to rescue, and it was Hua Wulin who gave up the rescue, which was completely unexpected by everyone, including the emperor, the third prince, and the seventh prince.

"Sixth, if you don't agree, then Yilan is only afraid that it will be true." The third master Hua Wuchen's anxious face turned white, "The deadline given by Daiguo is very short, tomorrow, tomorrow is the most difficult time to reply, now is not the time to be righteous, if we agree, there may still be room for negotiation, if we refuse, then what will happen is really unknown." Their attitude is tough. The third master was so anxious that he was almost yelling.

"The poison on Yilan's body will attack in two or three days, and once it occurs, it will last for a day or two at most, and she can't wait for us to negotiate again." Hua Wulone's voice was very soft, so light that only the emperor and several princes could hear it.

The third master, who still wanted to speak, suddenly lost his voice and looked at Hua Wulin blankly.

The emperor slowly closed his eyes and sighed deeply, the seventh master didn't seem to understand what it meant, and what he wanted to say, but he just opened his mouth and didn't say it.