"Yun Qianyan, do you want the man, or the city? You choose."
"Hanging here is your husband, the father of your children. Can you bear to watch your husband be thrown to death? To watch your two children fatherless? Do you want to be ridiculed by the world, seen as heartless for sacrificing your husband's safety for power?" Prince Chang's voice echoed around, causing some commotion among the army behind Yun Qianyan.
King Ning Shan has been captured, and the soldiers were also distressed. But if the general truly decided to exchange thirty cities for King Ning Shan, they naturally would not be willing.
To capture these thirty cities, countless soldiers had piled up their corpses.
The general was admirable, but such an action would still chill people's hearts.
Prince Chang burst into laughter; today, Yun Qianyan was neither advancing nor retreating.
Retreat one step, exchanging thirty cities for King Ning Shan, and that would be the biggest hidden danger. Sign the contract, maybe not for a hundred years, but give him a decade or so, by then Yun Qianyan's troops might have already grown unstable, and he could do many things.
Women are most soft-hearted and sentimental.
Yun Qianyan giving up the red dress for armor to fight, isn't it all for love?
As they say, success is due to love, and failure is also due to love.
He long understood that Yun Qianyan couldn't part with Hee Qingshan, nor did she want her two children to lose their father.
Neither side spoke, and everyone fell silent, quietly awaiting Qianyan's response.
Hee Qingshan could hardly endure it. He believed Qianyan wouldn't abandon him, and she must be in conflict now, or consulting someone on how to discuss the contract.
If he returned, the morale of the troops would inevitably be unstable, so he needed to do something to secure their loyalty.
Even though he was hanging, the wounds on his face hurting, Hee Qingshan endured, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly, "Yan'er, don't worry about me."
"If you back down one step today, how would you face the soldiers behind you?"
"For my sake, if the soldiers who died were sacrificed in vain, then I am a sinner."
"Yan'er, kill me."
Hee Qingshan believed by doing this, both Yun Qianyan and the soldiers would be moved and absolutely not abandon him. He was the Great King, their anchor, and they wouldn't abandon him. Yun Qianyan's infatuated heart belonged to him, and she definitely wouldn't let him die in vain.
The soldiers, who were initially whispering to each other, welled up with emotion upon hearing Hee Qingshan's words. King Ning Shan couldn't fight, knew no martial arts, and looked as weak as a chicken, but in such major matters, he was still clear and unwilling to hold them back.
If King Ning Shan died today, they certainly wouldn't forget him.
Because he died for the world, he would be remembered by all.
All the soldiers stared resolutely at Qianyan, and Xun Zihuai was also watching her, noticing the smile on her lips.
Something was amiss.
As for Prince Chang, he was not anxious, confident that a soft-hearted, sentimental woman would not abandon Hee Qingshan. In the end, a woman conquering the world falls short; look, a kingdom almost within reach is slipping away again.
"Great King, your profound righteousness will be remembered by me and the soldiers forever. You are right; it wasn't easy for the soldiers to follow me all this way, enduring countless blood and sweat, many have also fallen asleep forever. If I agree to exchange the Great King for thirty cities with Prince Chang, not only the Great King is a sinner, but so am I."
As Qianyan spoke, she had already raised the Bow and Arrow, "We will never forget the Great King, let me personally send you on your way."
Xun Zihuai's eyelids twitched, it seemed he underestimated her, she was different from the others. Decisive enough, ruthless enough.
"Great King, we subordinates will remember you forever." The soldiers shouted with high spirits, never before had their morale been so high, "After the Great King is gone, we will flatten Prince Chang's cities, avenging you."
Hung on the city wall, swaying in the wind, Hee Qingshan: "..."
This isn't how he had imagined it!!