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Xiao Ruo was about to speak when Fu Hanwen reminded her, "But do you think the Emperor would now let us go to Cangming Country as easily as he did before?"
Times have changed. Nowadays, Cangming Country is even more formidable than it was back then. Xiangxiang is the future Emperor of Cangming Country. No matter how many people in the Cangming Royal Family feel threatened by Xiangxiang's position, as long as Xiangxiang is around, Cangming Country will not be an enemy of Xilin Country. Therefore, the Emperor finds keeping them more useful than keeping hostages from other lesser countries.
Evidently, Xiao Ruo had also thought of this, for she spoke with mockery, "The Emperor of Xilin is truly 'adept at using people,' giving you such an unofficial decree. He must think that even if we reveal the true purpose of this trip, Feng Liangbi would refrain from harming us due to his fear of Cangming Country, correct?"
