It was almost three o'clock in the afternoon, and the sky was clear, but suddenly it started to rain heavily.

Yan Ji sat in the carriage, listening to the noisy sound of rain outside. She frowned slightly and said in an unhappy tone, "Why haven't we arrived at Zui Xiang Lou yet?"

If the rainstorm had started before she went out, she might not have kept the appointment.

"Princess, we are almost there. The Zui Xiang Tower is just ahead."

The guard who served as the coachman spoke loudly.

Hearing this, Yan Ji said impatiently: "Hurry up."

The guard was about to say "yes" when suddenly a child about three years old jumped out from the side. Seeing that the carriage was about to hit the child, the frightened guard quickly grabbed the reins and exerted all his strength to stop the carriage.

Yan Ji, who was sitting in the carriage, was so frightened that she fell to the side without any preparation, and her head hit the carriage uncontrollably.

Her movements were so fast that the two maids who were in charge of serving the eldest princess had no time to react and were unable to hold her back.

Yan Ji covered her aching forehead with her hands, her face darkened and she glared at the two maids coldly.

Yan Ji raised her hand and slapped one of the maids, saying angrily: "Waste! You can't even protect me!"

"And you, too, are a waste!"

Another maid was also slapped. The two of them knelt in front of Yan Ji in panic, and kept shouting for mercy and forgiveness.

The guard who heard the noise in the carriage changed his expression slightly and asked quickly: "Is the princess injured?"

The guard felt uneasy. The eldest princess had always been narrow-minded and had a bad temper. He didn't know how the eldest princess would punish him.

"Just now a child suddenly ran out and startled the horse, so I pulled the reins. I hope the princess will forgive me!"

Before he finished speaking, he heard the eldest princess's cold voice coming from inside the carriage:

"Whoever comes here disturbs me, I will kill him."

"Yes."

As the sound came out, the guard who was serving as the coachman had no time to react. He only saw a flash of sword in front of him, and his neck hurt, and he lost consciousness instantly.

The Li people who were still on the street saw this and their eyes widened. They subconsciously covered their mouths and dared not shout.

But they all knew that the eldest princess of Yan State was not easy to mess with.

Soon, other guards came and dragged the body away.

An inconspicuous-looking guard became the new coachman.

He raised his hand and slowly pulled down the hat on his head, covering half of his face, with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

The carriage continued to move forward.

After a while, they arrived at the gate of Zui Xiang Lou.

The driver stopped the carriage and lowered his voice: "Princess, we have arrived at Zui Xiang Lou."

Yan Ji, who was taking a nap in the carriage, slowly opened her eyes. She still had a gloomy expression on her face. She raised her foot and kicked the maid who was kneeling in front of her, "Get up, help me down."

"Yes, princess."

The two maids tremblingly lifted the curtain of the carriage. One of them came down first to hold an umbrella, while the other one bent down, put down the stool first, and then helped the princess get out of the carriage.

Seeing that it was still raining heavily and the sky was gloomy, Yan Ji walked quickly into Zui Xiang Lou with a cold face.

The maid hurried to follow.

After the coachman tied up the horses, he asked the other guards to keep an eye on them, and he followed the eldest princess in to be responsible for her safety.

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As soon as Yan Ji entered, the shopkeeper came forward with a smile on his face and said, "Sir, are you Princess Yan?"

Yan Ji paused, raised her chin towards the shopkeeper, and sneered: "You have good taste."

The shopkeeper smiled and said, "Princess Yan, the nobleman invites you. Please follow me upstairs."

After hearing this, Yan Ji knew that the shopkeeper in front of her should be the one specially arranged by that person to lead the way for her.

Yan Ji raised her eyes and glanced at the busy lobby. She frowned and asked, "Which floor?"

Shopkeeper: "Third floor, Tianzi room."

"You don't need to lead the way. I can go up by myself."

After saying that, Yan Ji took the lead and walked forward.

Two maids and the coachman followed.

The shopkeeper was left standing there alone, hesitating, not knowing whether he should follow.

The Tianzi room is the most conspicuous and can be seen at a glance as soon as you go up to the third floor.

Before Yan Ji could speak, a maid came forward and knocked on the door of the Tianzi Room.

Immediately afterwards, the door of the Tianzi room was opened from the inside.

An old man stood at the door, glanced quickly at the Princess of Yan standing in the middle, and lowered his head: "Please come in."

As he spoke, he turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation.

Yan Ji didn't even look at him and just walked in.

The two maids following behind also subconsciously wanted to go in, but were stopped by the old man: "You can't go in."

The two maids looked at him with fear.

Yan Ji stopped when she heard this.

She narrowed her eyes and looked at the rough-looking middle-aged man sitting inside with displeasure, "Why? Is this your way of entertaining guests?"

"If I knew you were treating guests like this, I shouldn't have come."

The rugged-looking middle-aged man picked up the teacup calmly upon hearing this. He took a sip and laughed, "Princess Yan, you may not know that what we are discussing this time is a confidential matter. It is best not to let a third person hear it."

Hearing this, the driver standing outside's eyes flickered slightly. He lowered his head, and no one could see the expression on his face at this moment.

"Oh?"

Yan Ji disagreed and sneered: "What kind of secret is this that even my maid can't hear it."

The middle-aged man smiled and said, "I am doing this for Princess Yan Chang's sake."

"But I am worried about you."

Yan Ji would not be so stupid as to let herself sit in the same room with a man whose background she didn't know.

What's more, the other person is not only old but also ugly. Who knows what he wants to do?

"My maids don't have to come in and let them guard outside the door, but he——"

Yan Ji raised her eyebrows and pointed at the driver with her slender white finger, "My guards need to come in. Otherwise, I will not stay here to listen to your confidential matters."

The middle-aged man turned his gaze and looked at the driver with a scrutinizing look. There was a murderous aura on the other person. He didn't look like a bodyguard, but more like a assassin.

However, when I think about the identity of the Princess of Yan, it is normal for her to have assassins around her.

The middle-aged man nodded: "Let him in."

"Yes, master."

The old man responded.

The old man closed the door only after the coachman came in. He leaned against the door and listened to the noise outside all the time to prevent anyone from eavesdropping nearby.

The middle-aged man stood up and signaled with his eyes: "Princess Yan, please sit down."

Yan Ji sat down in front of him with an expressionless face, and the coachman stood beside Yan Ji with his head down.

Looking at the teacup pushed over, Yan Ji sneered: "Tell me, who are you? What do you want from me?"

The middle-aged man placed his identity token on the table, with a smile on his face: "The mighty general of the Li Kingdom, Zhang Quan."

Ever since the emperor took back his military power, General Weiwu seldom attended court. Every time he attended, he would take sick leave to express his dissatisfaction. Even if he did attend court, he would just stand at the back.

When the Princess of Yan appeared in the Golden Palace that day, perhaps she did not notice him, but he remembered her appearance.

Hearing this, Yan Ji showed disdain on her face and sneered: "The mighty general of the Li Kingdom?"

Yan Ji didn't take a general seriously at all. She sneered and said, "What? Your emperor cheated me out of 100,000 taels of silver, and it's not enough? He wants to send a general like you to fight?"

Yan Ji really hated it!

She actually lost 100,000 taels of silver in one trip to the palace! If the emperor knew about this, I would not know how to punish her!

However, in order to rescue General Li Zheng, the 100,000 taels of silver had to be given to the Emperor of Li for free!

The mighty general slowly put away the smile on his face and said sternly, "Princess Yan has misunderstood. I met with Princess Yan this time because someone asked me to make a deal with you."

The Fourth Prince's identity is not ordinary, and there is no telling whether there are any spies of the Emperor around him. Naturally, he will not come to see the Princess of Yan in person, so he can only send himself, a mighty general, to discuss cooperation with the Princess of Yan.

General Weiwu sneered in his heart. Since the emperor was determined to take away his military power, causing him to be ridiculed by other fellow generals, he had long been dissatisfied with the emperor. He might as well follow the fourth prince.

Once the Fourth Prince really sits on that position, his daughter will become the Queen, and he will be the Fourth Prince's father-in-law!

Not to mention, by following the Fourth Prince, he would be able to gain the credit of following the Dragon!

Now that the emperor is unkind, don't blame him for being unjust!

Yan Ji raised her eyebrows and asked thoughtfully, "What deal?"

The mighty general raised his chin slightly and asked: "I wonder what Princess Yan thinks of the fourth prince of Li?"

"The fourth prince of the Kingdom of Li?"

After entering Shengjing City, Yan Ji sent people to inquire about the princes of the Emperor of Li. Among them, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince were both born to the current Queen. She heard that the two brothers had a deep friendship and were very close.

Yan Ji hated the Crown Prince of Li very much, and naturally she hated the Fourth Prince as he was close to her.

When Yan Ji heard the mighty general mention the fourth prince Xie Jin, her face suddenly darkened. She stood up suddenly and said, "What do you mean by that? Could it be that the fourth prince is the one who wants to make a deal with me?"

"If it really is him, then I won't accompany you any more!"

After saying that, Yan Ji stood up suddenly and said coldly, "Let's go."

"Princess, wait."

General Weiwu did not expect the Princess of Yan to react like this. He couldn't help but wonder, could it be that the Fourth Prince had offended the Princess of Yan without knowing it?

Thinking of this, the mighty general quickly stood up and stopped the Princess of Yan, and asked anxiously: "I wonder when the fourth prince has offended the princess?"

Yan Ji's eyes were as cold as knives, and she said sternly: "It was not the Fourth Prince who offended me, but your Crown Prince. He found evidence that he shouldn't have found, arrested people that he shouldn't have arrested, and caused me to suffer heavy losses!"

"The Fourth Prince is the Crown Prince's brother. I am not so magnanimous. I will not help you after being tricked by the Crown Prince!"

If it wasn't for that damned Li State's Crown Prince, why would she come here in person! ?

The prince consort still has value, she has to save him!

Hearing this, General Weiwu immediately showed joy on his face and said with a smile: "If it is because of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, then the princess must stay and listen to me."

Yan Ji turned around, her face gloomy: "You'd better have a reason that can convince me."

"Princess, you don't know."

The mighty general deliberately lowered his voice and whispered, "In fact, the Fourth Prince does not value His Royal Highness the Crown Prince as much as people say."

"Oh?"

Yan Ji immediately became interested and asked curiously, "Tell me in detail."

General Weiwu: "To be honest with you, Princess, the Fourth Prince wants that position, and now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is the Fourth Prince's stumbling block."

Yan Ji understood instantly: "So that's it."

Since the other party also wanted to kill Prince Xie Xi, she didn't mind talking to them about cooperation.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend.

Yan Ji: "Then how does the Fourth Prince want to cooperate with me?"

Mighty General: "The Fourth Prince wants soldiers."

As soon as these words were spoken, the pupils of the coachman standing by shrank slightly, but he quickly concealed the strange look in his eyes.

"The Fourth Prince said that as long as the princess is willing to send troops to help the Fourth Prince achieve his great cause, when the Fourth Prince takes that position in the future, he is willing to give one-fifth of the land of the Li Kingdom to the Yan Kingdom."

In fact, General Weiwu felt that one-fifth of the land was too much, but the Fourth Prince insisted, so he did not persuade him anymore.

After all, His Majesty did not allow the Fourth Prince to have access to military power because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had a solid position and His Majesty gave him enough face and trust. All military generals with military power in the court would not easily take sides.

The Fourth Prince had no other choice but to borrow troops from the State of Yan so that he could break into the palace and fight for the throne at the right time.

Hearing the Fourth Prince's sincerity, Yan Ji was surprised. She didn't expect that the Fourth Prince would be so willing to do so.

"Is what you said true?"

"nature."

The mighty general said, "If the princess doesn't believe it, how about signing a document first?"

Yan Ji: "If we really want to sign a document, it should be the Fourth Prince who should do it. You are a general, so you are not qualified enough."

He is not a member of the royal family, and the documents of a general are of no value at all.

The mighty general's smile froze. "The princess is right. If you agree to cooperate, I will take the documents back to find the fourth prince."

"There's no rush yet."

Yan Ji returned to the table and sat down, saying calmly, "Let the Fourth Prince meet me first."

Without being able to see the person, who can know whether it is true or not?

What if this is another trap deliberately set up by the Emperor of Li?

Do you really think that Yan Ji is a fool?

"If you agree, I will come here again tomorrow. If you don't agree, then just pretend you never mentioned this cooperation."

"This……"

General Weiwu hesitated. The Fourth Prince trusted him, so he gave the matter to him. However, the Princess of Yan was too defensive and would not discuss cooperation unless she met the Fourth Prince...

Yan Ji's eyes suddenly became sharp, and she said in an unhappy tone: "It's difficult?"

"Do not……"

General Weiwu was about to speak, but was interrupted by the Princess of Yan. She stood up again and said casually:

"Forget it, I won't stay here and waste my breath."

"When you have thought it through, go back and tell the Fourth Prince that we can discuss cooperation tomorrow. He must come to see me in person!"

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