novelraw Chapter 829 - 807: An Affair
Chapter 829 - 807: An Affair
The big movement of Beining could not be hidden from Sannan’s spies, and King of Sannan and Han Ziqi soon received the news. It was unbelievable, especially for Han Ziqi, who had lived in the Capital City and went undercover in West State. He knew how deep Xie Xun and Xie Jue’s brotherly feelings were; it was impossible to hear that Xie Jue would receive the King of Sannan and then send troops to attack. But increasing troops at the border was a fact, and Dugu Jing had gathered the Beiman soldiers at the border; this was no joke. The Sannan navy couldn’t beat the Jiangnan Navy, and land battles definitely couldn’t beat the Beiman Army. How was this battle to be fought?
Why would Xie Xun go to such lengths?
When Xie Jue and Fang Chuning heard the news, they were very calm, as if they had long predicted that Xie Xun would make such a decision. Lin Xiao and Zhang Boxin, however, were extremely uneasy and recently had no interest in wandering the Mudan City. The army of the diplomatic mission was originally the Ningzhou Iron Cavalry and felt even more uneasy after hearing the news.
King of Sannan privately summoned Xie Jue and said with a face full of guilt, "My intention was to return the throne, let dust return to dust, and roads to roads, and to get relaxed. Unexpectedly, it caused trouble instead. Now troops are increased at the border, Prince Yan, what should I do? What does the Emperor Beining mean? Is it a deterrent or a threat?"
Xie Jue looked at this old fox perform without expression. He appeared genuinely sincere, sincerely feeling trouble and anxiety, and there wasn’t a trace of deception on his face.
"Beining doesn’t want me to be this King of Sannan, I’m afraid you will be disappointed!" Xie Jue said without pain or itch, "You’ve announced my identity to the world without asking me, so you should’ve expected Beining to increase troops."
"How could this be? You and the Emperor are blood brothers. Even if you are of Sannan blood, you are his elder brother. What’s wrong with the Prince of Beining becoming the King of Sannan? The two families as close as one, even if you want to surrender, I can’t stop it, it’s just a good thing for Beining. Besides, Sannan is equivalent to your vassal land, can’t the Emperor tolerate it?" King of Sannan thought secretly, could there be a trap in this, his son clearly said Xie Xun brotherly feelings were deep and wouldn’t turn against each other.
"For the throne, there are few fights between brothers, few quarrels between father and son? Not to mention brothers, times have changed. My brother is already an emperor and abolished the vassal king system. Why cancel it? Among the whole Xie family, I am the only clan member; abolishing the vassal king system means no need to give me a fief, I can be a retired prince at the Capital City forever, without power nor fief, unable to stir anything up. Now I’m supposed to be the King of Sannan, you are roasting me over the fire. My brother is born of the military, couldn’t tolerate the clan having fief or army outside, and it’s twenty thousand. The vassal king of Yuwen Dynasty could only command thirty thousand troops; you don’t need to look at me like that. I’m far away in Mudan City and don’t know why the pile-up suddenly occurred at Capital City; the best I can guess, even if my brother cares for brotherly feelings, having experienced the turmoil of Yuwen Dynasty, civil officials won’t allow me to be the King of Sannan. You want to pass the throne to me, which is impossible, and I also don’t want to turn against brother.
Acting, anyone can do it!
He’s been performing habitually at Beiman.
"When the Beining Xie Dynasty was established, your contributions are outstanding, no matter what the Emperor Beining won’t kill or kick out the donkey after unloading the mill. If he really dared to send troops to Sannan, he would attract anger. The throne of Sannan was originally yours, now troops increased at the border, would you just give up?"
"Allow me to remind you, I never wanted this throne in the first place!"
"I don’t believe it, you forced us to recognize your identity because you wanted this throne. If you didn’t want it at all, why force us to acknowledge your legitimacy before the world? Now Emperor Beining increases troops at the border, are you afraid? You were from the Ningzhou Iron Cavalry, their think tank, if you oppose Beining, Ningzhou Iron Cavalry wouldn’t act against you."
"You’re overthinking it." Xie Jue said coldly, "Ningzhou Iron Cavalry only has one master, that’s Xie Xun, not me. You overestimate my position in Ningzhou Iron Cavalry."
"If Ningzhou Iron Cavalry only recognizes Xie Xun as the one master, why would General Fang accompany you on your mission? The old generals of Ningzhou Iron Cavalry in authority aren’t as high as Fang Chuning, besides he’s the son of the Great Marshal. After Xie Xun ascended the throne, if you become a retired prince, Ningzhou Iron Cavalry will pick a new chief, allow the new chief to accompany you on the expedition, you are also the master in Ningzhou Iron Cavalry’s eyes." King of Sannan was quite certain; this might be a grand scheme between the brothers, and he couldn’t fall into it.
Xie Jue suddenly laughed, "Did Han Ziqi never tell you, what my relationship with Fang Chuning is?"
"What?" King of Sannan was perplexed and had a premonition of misfortune.
"Fang Chuning and I have a personal relationship, which is the reason he accompanies me on missions." Xie Jue casually dropped a bomb, King of Sannan was dumbfounded, Xie Jue himself didn’t expect Han Ziqi had never told him.
King of Sannan, "..."