Yan Huaiqing personally poured tea and cups for Li Zimu, and also used the word "you".
Obviously, this move is a straightforward show of weakness.
But for Li Zimu, she understood that Wei Changtian's intention of asking Yan Huaiqing to pour herself tea was not just that simple.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Li Zimu took the tea cup with a smile and took a sip. Li Zimu raised his head and said, "It's just that this tea is a little cold."
"ah?"
Yan Huaiqing was stunned, never expecting that Li Zimu would say such a thing.
He hesitated for a moment, then forced a smile out of the corner of his mouth.
"Then I'll pour the girl a cup of something a little warmer."
"Um."
Li Zimu didn't even say thank you, he just watched Yan Huaiqing walk not far away and poured out the tea, and actually poured another cup back.
Soon, Yan Huaiqing placed the tea cup next to Li Zimu for the second time.
The latter didn't even drink this time, so he said softly:
"That's just right."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
"..."
A "Thank you" finally made Yan Huaiqing breathe a sigh of relief, and made Wei Changtian next to him nodded slightly.
He had just asked Yan Huaiqing to pour tea for Li Zimu. In fact, he wanted Li Zimu to judge whether the former was really giving in or just pretending.
Judging from Li Zimu's current performance, she not only understood what she meant, but also gave the answer.
Yan Huaiqing is really cowardly.
"Your Highness."
Thinking of this, Wei Changtian didn't bother to care about Tang Chen who had just recovered from the shock. He just looked at Yan Huaiqing and asked casually:
"Have you ever thought about withdrawing your troops?"
"Think about it!"
Yan Huaiqing trembled violently, and hurriedly bent down and responded: "Master Wei, it only takes two days! Within two days, my Dajue soldiers will retreat from the front line!"
"One... no, half a month! All of them can exit Tianshan within half a month!"
"Um."
Without worrying too much about the small details of time, Wei Changtian calmly asked: "What about other than that?"
"besides?"
Yan Huaiqing immediately understood what Wei Changtian meant and hurriedly promised again: "Master Wei, the fault of this battle is all because I wanted to take advantage of people's danger. All the expenses of your country's army should be borne by our government!"
"The rest of the compensation matters..."
"..."
Soon, Yan Huaiqing began to talk about "war reparations".
He was afraid that not saying enough would make Wei Changtian so unhappy that he would kill him, and he was even more afraid that the price he gave was not as good as Yan Huanwen, so it can be said that he was not "stingy" at the moment, and each number he gave was exaggerated.
At the end of the conversation, he saw that Wei Changtian's expression seemed satisfied, so he gritted his teeth and brought the topic to Yan Huanwen.
"Young Master Wei, don't worry. I will keep what I said just now and I will never go back on it."
"As for my father's side, you see..."
"oh?"
Looking up, Wei Changtian said with a half-smile, "What do you want, Your Highness?"
"this......"
Yan Huaiqing hesitated for a long time, but in the end he still did not dare to express his innermost thoughts directly, so he lowered his head and replied: "I only hope that the young master can treat my father well..."
"Be kind?"
Wei Changtian laughed, and was too lazy to make any more detours with Yan Huaiqing, so he interrupted directly:
"Your Highness, if you want Yan Huanwen to die, then I can give him a happy life, or I can let the news of his death reach Dajue immediately, so that there will be no obstacles in the etiquette system for you to succeed to the throne and become emperor."
"But before that, you have to give me an approval first."
"Do you want him dead or alive?"
"..."
There was deathly silence, and you could hear a pin drop.
Although everyone already had a clear understanding of Yan Huaiqing's purpose, when Wei Changtian asked him directly in such a straightforward way, everyone still inevitably held their breath.
Several eyes were focused on Yan Huaiqing, until the latter said with some difficulty:
"Then... there you have it, sir."
"..."
In the end, Yan Huaiqing gave an expected answer.
It can be seen that he feels a little guilty in his heart, but this guilt cannot withstand the temptation of the power of the emperor.
Making a choice and saying a choice personally have completely different meanings at some times.
So no matter how much Yan Huaiqing hoped that Yan Huanwen would die in Liangzhou and never return to Dajue, his tone at this time was still full of pain.
But before he could finish feeling sad, Wei Changtian suddenly changed the subject, causing his sadness to disappear in an instant.
"Your Highness, you can kill people, but your father is still the emperor of Dajue after all. If I kill him, won't I have to be hated by Dajue people for the rest of my life?"
Looking at Yan Huaiqing who suddenly raised his head, Wei Changtian chuckled:
"Of course, I'm not afraid of being hated by others. Anyway, there are already countless people who hate me."
"But after doing such a big thing for you, you have to pay something more."
"It's natural."
Yan Huaiqing couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he heard that Wei Changtian didn't regret it, but just wanted to make some more conditions.
Now that the words had reached this point, he no longer pretended to be pretentious, but asked directly:
"But I wonder what else the young master wants?"
"It's very simple, just two things."
Wei Changtian complained in his heart, "You are so heartless," but on the surface he said calmly:
"The first thing is, starting from today, Dajue will no longer be able to set up defenses within five hundred miles of the Zishan Palace."
"Ordinary people can come in and out, but they can't have any soldiers."
"Your Highness, can you agree to this?"
"..."
There are five hundred miles around Zishan Palace, and Dajue is undefended.
There is no doubt that Wei Changtian wants to completely control the teleportation array.
And this matter is not too harsh for Yan Huaiqing.
Although the seventh demon land is located within the territory of Dajue, it is inaccessible and has no villages, let alone cities.
Therefore, strictly speaking, there is not much difference between this place in the hands of the Yao Clan and in the hands of Wei Changtian.
After all, with just one teleportation array, Wei Changtian would not be able to accomplish anything like "divine weapons descending from the sky".
Thinking of this, Yan Huaiqing no longer hesitated and nodded lightly.
"Okay, I agree."
"But I wonder what the second thing is?"
"the second one......"
Wei Changtian did not answer immediately, but turned to ask Chu Xianping first.
"What time is it?"
"Back to the young master..."
Although Chu Xianping is still surprised by the strange development of this peace talk, he still replied immediately:
"It's already the beginning of Shenshi."
"Shen Shi..."
Wei Changtian nodded slightly and looked at Yan Huaiqing again.
"Your Highness, there is still more than an hour before nightfall."
"I don't care what method you use, or whether it is difficult or easy for you."
"Anyway, I want to receive the news from Tianshan before nightfall."
"And the content of this message must be..."
At this point, although Wei Changtian hadn't finished speaking, Yan Huaiqing already felt a little uneasy.
Including Xu Heng, Tang Chen, and even Chu Xianping and Li Zimu, everyone looked at Wei Changtian in disbelief at a certain moment, with the words echoing in their ears——
"The enemy's company camp was in chaos, and the two kingdoms of Jue and Ji suddenly fought against each other and killed each other."