"Your Highness, my junior sister and I went to the pond to practice swordplay, and helped everyone pack up the tents. I wonder when Your Highness plans to go down the mountain?" With Si Ruochen's help, they packed up very quickly and finished in a short while.

The soldiers were quite fond of this chivalrous hero and even prepared two more kettles for the two brothers and sisters.

"Now that everything is ready, let's go."

Xiao Zhan looked around and saw that the soldiers were ready to go, so he immediately gave the order.

About an hour later, the group arrived at the front-line camp.

Xiao Zhan's arrival was like timely rain, which lifted the spirits of the originally demoralized soldiers. Before he even approached, the soldiers lined up to warmly welcome His Royal Highness Prince Gong from Yujing.

"Your Highness Prince Gong."

The deputy general of the Marquis of Zhenbei gave Xiao Zhan a standard military salute. When he caught a glimpse of Jiang Xue following behind Xiao Zhan, a hint of surprise flashed across his face.

"Your Highness, this..."

It is rare to see a woman in the military camp, especially this woman actually came with His Highness, which is really puzzling.

"She is here to help." Xiao Zhan explained simply and clearly, then pulled the deputy general aside to discuss the matter of rescuing Marquis Zhenbei.

Rather than the trivial matter of a woman appearing in the military camp, the deputy general was more concerned about how to rescue the main general.

So he didn't ask any more questions and said directly to Xiao Zhan: "I have sent envoys to the enemy camp many times. The Beixi side wants to negotiate with us."

"What do they want?"

In military negotiations, it's nothing more than talking about money or land.

"Your Highness, they didn't make any specific requests, they just said that Your Highness should go there in person."

The deputy general replied.

There seems to be something fishy here.

Jiang Xue was keenly aware of this. According to the information she had received from Yunyan, Beixi had received support from Xichen. Logically, they should have sufficient manpower and food supplies, so it was not impossible for them to forcefully attack the border.

But they did not choose to attack, but chose to negotiate, and did not state the conditions in advance, and even specifically asked Xiao Zhan to be present in person. The whole thing was problematic no matter how you looked at it.

Xiao Zhan naturally realized that something was wrong, but in order to find out Beixi's true intentions, he decided to take a risk.

"Send someone to inform Beixi and tell them that I will go there to negotiate tomorrow." Then he turned to Tieyi and said, "Notify them and select some reliable people to go with me."

"Your Highness." At this time, Jiang Xue took the initiative to stand up: "Please allow me to go with you."

Even if there are unknown dangers ahead, she wants to go and find out about her uncle's condition in person.

Since Jiang Xue has expressed her opinion, Si Ruochen naturally stepped forward and asked to go along.

Xiao Zhan felt her firm determination through the veil in front of her, nodded and agreed.

Early the next morning, before daybreak, Xiao Zhan took Jiang Xue and others to the negotiation site.

The negotiations were held in a martial arts arena.

As soon as they arrived there, they saw many Beixi guards holding weapons and staring at them. The atmosphere was quite tense.

Relying on her memories from her previous life, Jiang Xue recognized at a glance that the person sitting on the upper seat was Shangguan Xi, the fourth prince of Beixi and an old rival of the current crown prince Shangguan Jin.

To Shangguan Xi's right sat the general of Beixi, and there was an empty seat on his left, as if it was specially prepared for someone.

From the moment they entered the door, Shangguan Xi had a condescending expression on his face, and acted as if he was a winner.

"The Fourth Prince of Beixi came to the frontline in person. This really surprised me."

It seems that the scale of this negotiation is not small, and it may not be easy to get out today.

Xiao Zhan looked at Shangguan Xi who was sitting on the high seat with an arrogant look on his face.

"After all, Beiling sent a heavyweight like Prince Gong, so we, Beixi, naturally cannot lose our manners."

Shangguan Xi curled her lips and glanced at Jiang Xue: "What? Is there no one left in Beiling? They actually let women go to the battlefield?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the soldiers of Beixi all showed mocking smiles.

"Everyone used to say how powerful Beiling was, but now it seems that it is just a facade. They actually sent a woman to fight. Are all the men in Beiling dead?"

"Look at this little girl, with skinny arms and legs, and a waist that's not even big enough for me to hold in one hand. I wonder what it feels like to touch it."

"Little girl, don't go to the war. Come home with your brother. I will take good care of you."

In the martial arts arena, the Beixi soldiers spoke rudely and even frivolously to Jiang Xue in front of everyone.

Faced with the soldiers' rude behavior, Shangguan Xi and his generals had no intention of stopping them.

To them, Xiao Zhan was an enemy, and humiliating the enemy was a matter of course.

"I heard that the Fourth Prince of Beixi was arrogant and unruly. I thought it was just a rumor. As a prince, even if he didn't like being bound, he should understand the righteousness. But now it seems that the rumor is true. No wonder the Fourth Prince can only look at the position of the Crown Prince but can never touch it. It must be because he didn't do well enough."

Jiang Xue's words were very insightful and directly hit Shangguan Xi's pain point.

He has always been obsessed with the position of crown prince, and he can't stand hearing others say that he can't get the position of crown prince.

In Beixi, no one dared to mention the word "Crown Prince" in front of him except the emperor.

Not only did this woman bring it up, she also emphasized that he would be courting death if he couldn’t get that position.

The Beixi soldiers around, including those who had spoken rudely just now, all changed their expressions after hearing Jiang Xue's words, lowered their heads, and dared not say another word.

They all knew that the Fourth Prince hated most when people said that he was not the Crown Prince. Now this woman had violated his taboo. If they dared to provoke her again, wouldn't that be asking for their lives to be too long?

"You are such a bold woman. Come, tear her mouth apart for me."

Shangguan Xi was so angry that smoke came out of his head. He stood up suddenly, pointed at Jiang Xue, and wished he could tear her to pieces.

"I am negotiating with His Royal Highness Prince Gong. If the Fourth Prince knows a little bit about the rules, he should know that envoys are not allowed to be killed in military negotiations. If anyone from Beixi dares to touch a hair of mine, it would be a violation of the negotiation rules and would cause anger among all countries. Fourth Prince, please think about it. Can you Beixi afford this price?"

Her sharp eyes swept towards the Beixi soldiers who were approaching her. Her words stunned the soldiers, and they stopped and dared not move forward.

"You." Shangguan Xi looked at the soldiers who were frightened by Jiang Xue's words and jumped up and down in anger.

He cursed these useless things in his heart, but he couldn't refute Jiang Xue's words. He had lived for so many years, and except for his brother the crown prince and his father, who dared to embarrass him in public?

This humiliating feeling made his disgust for Jiang Xue reach its peak. He pulled out the knife of the guard next to him and pointed it at Jiang Xue, wishing he could chop her into meat paste right there and then. But the negotiation rules bound him like an iron chain, making him unable to move.

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