Chapter 1110: Chapter 267: Qingming (Part 1)
"Defeating a tiger takes siblings, after all."
"Brother, I certainly won’t disappoint Fourth Brother."
"Oh, right, Nian Yao has just returned. Earlier I met him in the Southern Study. He’s waiting outside now.
You there, go invite General Nian in."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
Soon,
Nian Yao walked in,
"This servant greets Your Majesty and greets Fifth Master."
According to the rules, only family members call themselves servants, outsiders refer to themselves as ministers.
Although Nian Yao is a prestigious general outside, in front of the Regent, he has to call himself a servant because he comes from a household servitude background.
Of course, calling oneself a servant is not purely derogatory; in fact, many people wish for such a "servant" status but cannot attain it.
The Regent pointed to Nian Yao, kneeling on the ground, and said to His Highness the Fifth:
"Fifth Brother, do you know what memorandum this person dared to submit to me last month? In his memorandum, this servant suggested I arrange for the Qu Clan’s Blue Luan Army to change defenses to Town South Pass;
he also claimed the Qu Clan would surely do everything to ensure Town South Pass remains secure."
Xiong Tingshan touched his head and burst into hearty laughter:
"Hahaha, you servant, what boldness you have! You don’t mince words, suggesting the Qu Clan goes to Town South Pass to reunite with their family there?"
"This servant wouldn’t dare." Nian Yao said, painfully aggrieved.
"Heh, is there actually something General Nian wouldn’t dare to do? What were your intentions with that memorandum? You do know, if I actually carried it out, the Qu Clan, despite not wanting to rebel, would have no choice but to do so!"
"This servant deserves to die, this servant deserves to die!"
"Hey hey hey, don’t rush to kowtow now. Nian Yao, let me ask you, how does it feel playing against the Southern Marquis from Yan?"
Nian Yao immediately adopted a mournful expression, saying:
"It scared this servant to death."
"Humph."
The Regent snorted coldly.
Xiong Tingshan mediated, saying: "Alright, it’s manageable, you can pull a crying face, at least you’re still handling it adeptly."
The Regent closed his eyes, sighing:
"Liqing running off with that Zheng, certainly makes us and Chu quite passive, but in the end, it cannot shake the foundation. If our Chu cannot advance north out of Town South Pass, we’ll continue being suppressed by the Jin land’s Jin Nan Army.
Even though the Qian people are making a fuss, it’s nothing but thunder without rain, while the Yan dominance is now formed; now it merely depends on how long the Yan people themselves can endure."
"Fourth Brother, don’t worry, truly there is no perpetual strength. Eight hundred years ago, Xia rose like the sun in the east, yet fell just as quickly. I reckon the current grand display of Yan State is half based on frustration; just wait to see how long this kindling burns."
"Yet ultimately it’s quite unsettling that I even invited that Zheng Fan to drink with me."
"Hahaha, does that count as the elder brother-in-law prematurely inviting the princess’ husband-to-be for a drink?"
The Regent glared at Xiong Tingshan, who remained unfazed, continuing to laugh heartily.
Kneeling on the ground, Nian Yao also echoed with a "hehehe" laugh,
The Regent, seeing this, kicked him directly,
Nian Yao dared not resist, nor did he dare mobilize his inner energy to withstand that kick, thus he spun on the ground like a gourd, promptly returning to his kneeling position.
"Laugh, laugh, laugh, aren’t you General Nian, hailed alongside Zheng Fan as one of the four seed commanders of the current young generation? Great! Now that Zheng Fan has come to Chu and ran off with our Chu’s princess, when will you, General Nian, go to Yan State to bring us back a princess?"
Upon hearing this, Nian Yao immediately made a bitter face, very aggrievedly saying:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, this servant, this servant simply cannot do that."
The Regent, upon hearing this, kicked again.
Once more General Nian spun like a gourd on the ground,
after resuming his kneeling posture, continued to say:
"Your Majesty, this servant, this servant really cannot do it."
"Useless thing." The Regent scolded.
Nian Yao was very aggrieved,
saying:
"Your Majesty, even if this servant wants to abduct someone, there has to be someone to abduct. But as it happens, all the Yan Emperor has are sons, no daughters."
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Next Chapter before 2 AM.
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