"Your Majesty."
Ji Qianqian's gaze was cold and dark, her voice utterly level. "Great Ning has not handed over Chu Rulai. They say he received word beforehand and fled before the Embroidery Guard could arrest him. They say they will continue hunting him down and give us an answer in the near future.
"Besides that, they have sent the heads of seven branches of the Jingxi Chu Clan, along with those branches' direct descendants-twenty-seven people in all, in twenty-seven coffins. They are all Chu clansmen who joined Chu Rulai in betraying Your Majesty and surrounded and killed the Chu Family Eldest Branch's Household Guards."
Chu Xisheng sneered repeatedly at this.
The near future? Who knew how long that would be?
Once Emperor Jianyuan felt he had steadied his footing and secured his foundations, wouldn't the matter of Chu Rulai simply fade into nothing?
But when he heard the latter part,
his sword-like brows rose slightly, and he chuckled. "He sent those people over? Not bad. I was just worrying about how to get at them."
Chu Xisheng looked at Ji Qianqian. "What do you think, Qianqian? Did Chu Rulai really flee, or was it staged? Should I do as they wish, let Chu Rulai off for now, and temporarily cease hostilities with Great Ning?"
"Whether Chu Rulai truly fled or not, he certainly isn't in Wang'an City now, or even in He and Luo Provinces. Though Emperor Jianyuan intends to stall and toy with us, he is also deeply wary of Your Majesty. Even if he harbors the hope of protecting Chu Rulai, he will leave himself as much room to maneuver as possible."
At this point, a fierce glint appeared in Ji Qianqian's eyes. "In my opinion, Your Majesty must never let this rest. If you do as he