Ren Yingying waved her hand. "Don't worry, I won't go out. I'll just wander around the manor."
She has to go find that scumbag!
Now that Mingzhu is back, her only thought is to save her life.
She hadn't lived enough yet; she couldn't die under the iron hooves of the Northern Yi.
She questioned a few servants and soon learned that Qu Nian was actually in his own courtyard.
The enemy is practically at the city gates, doesn't this person feel any sense of urgency or need to mobilize troops?
Why would the Prince of Jin believe such a fraudulent person?
Qu Nian is utterly useless except for her male beauty.
Ren Yingying complained as she went to find Qu Nian.
Qu Nian was standing in the courtyard with his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky.
Ren Yingying looked up and saw that the sky was cloudless and empty.
What are you storing?
However, considering she needed his help, she was still quite skeptical, but her attitude remained polite.
"Um, before the Prince of Jin left, did he mention what to do if the Northern Yi attacked?"
Qu Nian said, "He didn't say. He's not a god; he can't predict everything."
They didn't mention it? I feel like we're doomed.
Seeing Ren Yingying's expression change from expectation to disappointment at a visible speed, Qu Nian snorted coldly in his heart.
In crucial moments, won't you still have to rely on me?
"Then, do you have a way?" Ren Yingying was thinking, "What if?"
Let's try anything, even if it's a long shot.
Of course.
Qu Nian's confidence gave Ren Yingying a glimmer of hope.
She felt a little guilty about her inner thoughts, and her attitude softened. "Hehe, then tell me about it?"
Qu Nian's eyes remained unchanged. "I brought my Tiger and Leopard Battalion with me when I came."
Ren Yingying: "Holy crap! There's such a killer move! Tell me about it!"
Qu Nian cleared his throat. "I'm a little thirsty."
Ren Yingying: "..."
OK.
Let him be arrogant, we'll settle accounts after we're done.
She swallowed her anger and walked to the stone table, picked up the teapot and teacup, poured him a cup of tea, and handed it to him.
Qu Nian asked with a smug look, "Have you ever learned the art of raising a child in perfect harmony?"
Ren Yingying gritted her teeth and said, "You think you can push your luck?"
Qu Nian reached out and took the tea, a triumphant smile on his face.
--We can't push her too hard, or she might spill this tea on us.
He took a sip of tea, held the teacup, and looked at Ren Yingying: "Have you heard of my Tiger and Leopard Battalion?"
Ren Yingying: "Never heard of it. Tell me about it. First, how many people are in the party?"
Qu Nian: "Nine hundred."
Ren Yingying: "What!!!"
Her eyes widened instantly. Nine hundred people? Were they kidding her?
No, that's definitely not it.
"Nine million?" she asked.
Qu Nian, "The entire nation's army numbers no more than a million."
"So, you're one of the nine hundred people?"
"That's nine hundred people."
Ren Yingying snatched the teacup from his hand, put it on the table, and glared at him angrily.
Why bother drinking tea?
Qu Nian said slowly and deliberately, "Back then, I led 500 soldiers from the Tiger and Leopard Battalion in a surprise attack on 20,000 troops from the Nanyue, and returned victorious with fewer than 100 casualties."
So many people died?
Qu Nian: "..."
Wasn't her focus on his remarkable feat of winning against overwhelming odds?
Ren Yingying belatedly realized, "That's indeed quite impressive."
Proportionally, if the Northern Yi bring an additional 10,000 men, then Qu Nian should send an extra 250 men. That's it!
"But the Northern Yi are different; their military strength is much greater," Qu Nian added.
"So you can't do it?"
Qu Nian glared at her. "When have I ever been unable to do anything? No matter what, the 900 Tiger and Leopard Battalion can still tear a gap and escort you out."
His Tiger and Leopard Battalion consisted of elite soldiers and generals, each capable of taking on dozens of men.
Ren Yingying: "How many people would die from that!"
She was a Xiaobai, and she had a deep reverence for death.
For her, the casualties of war were a number too difficult to memorize in history books; but what she faced were living, breathing people.
The thought that hundreds of people would die protecting them shocked and saddened her.
Fighting a bloody battle is not just an adjective.
Seeing the rare seriousness and shock in her eyes, Qu Nian's mind raced and an idea came to her.
"Perhaps all nine hundred men perished."
Ren Yingying's eyes widened even more.
Qu Nian added a handful of firewood, "Including me."
Suddenly, the path to winning back his wife seemed clear.
Qu Nian even considered whether to deliberately get injured to see if the injury would catalyze a rapid development in their relationship.
Just then, the Dog Meat barked twice at the sparrows that flew in to peck at the food outside the door, which brought Qu Nian back to his senses.
No, he can't get hurt!
Who knows what will happen after he gets injured?
He's really had enough of being a dog.
Especially considering that the Dog Meat was completely immoral and had indescribable relations with female dogs, Qu Nian felt that she absolutely could not go back.
However, it might be enough to scare Ren Yingying.
Let her know that he is a real man, a man who would do anything to protect a woman.
Qu Nian felt that his image had instantly become much more impressive.
Ren Yingying murmured, "That was truly a near-death experience."
"Otherwise, what did you think? That I'd play house with you?"
Ren Yingying bit her lip, as if she were making a difficult decision.
Qu Nian couldn't help but rub his hands together, and quickly threw himself into her arms!
Aren't you touched? Don't you want to marry me? Don't you think this man is one of a kind?
Unexpectedly, that Prince of Jin finally did something good.
Later, I'll send him a pig's head from the matchmaker's pastime.
Ren Yingying bit her lip and gritted her teeth. After a long struggle, as if she had finally made a decision, she resolutely looked up at Qu Nian.
"I thank you on behalf of Tangbao. You've kept your promise, and after you die, I'll take care of your parents. But I can't do that with Qu Hua; I can only try to accommodate her a little."
Qu Nian almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
You've arranged my affairs after I'm gone quite well!
Are they just waiting for me to die?
Ren Yingying asked very seriously, "And tell me, what can I do to help?"
Qu Nian: "To comfort me."
I originally wanted to say "comfort the troops," but I was afraid she would let her imagination run wild, so I simply expressed my true feelings.
"What? Oh, oh, oh," Ren Yingying said, "You mean I'll feed you after you're crippled? Okay, don't worry, if you're crippled, I'll definitely take care of you. I won't divorce you!"
Qu Nian was only a hair's breadth away from dying of anger.
He couldn't continue the conversation; he still needed to save his breath to deal with the Northern Yi.
At the same time, Mingzhu also figured out the whole story and remained silent for a long time.
Xiu'er said, "What should we do? Should we go and settle accounts with Wu Zhenhai?"
Mingzhu lowered her eyes. "With a formidable enemy at hand, let's just forget about it and pretend this never happened."
She had nothing to repay such "deep affection," nor did she want to blame him for his presumptuous actions.
In fact, what she fears most now is being alone with Wu Zhenhai.
So let's leave it at that and pretend nothing happened.
Tang Zhuyun said, "Alright. Then let's leave it at that. Let's think about how to deal with the enemy."
Xiu'er said, "We should ask Qu Nian about this."
"Don't you think Qu Nian's attitude is a bit strange?" Tang Zhuyun asked.