Rebirth: The Journey of an Heiress novel Chapter 1083

Chapter 1083 -1077: Unprepared

The shadows of the candle flickered, and the brightness in Bai Qingyan’s dark eyes also flickered. After a while, she lifted her eyelids and said, “In that case, let Xiliang show sincerity first!”

“Please let Your Majesty draft the alliance letter. You can write that after driving out the Tianfeng Kingdom, Xiliang will submit and pay tribute to the Zhou Dynasty. I will stamp and sign it right away.”

“Signed by King Yan?” Bai Qingyan’s lips curved.

Li Zhijie looked up at Bai Qingyan: “Our Majesty said that as long as the Zhou can join hands with Xiliang, everything will be entrusted to me, Li Zhijie, no matter the cost! Our Majesty once rendered us in Xiliang powerless in battle. Everyone in Xiliang knows the courage of the Empress of Zhou, and if we submit to Your Majesty, no one in Xiliang will not follow.”

Bai Qingyan’s smile did not change, and her gaze fixed on Li Zhijie as she walked halfway around him, stopping in front of the bronze furnace with a red-hot auspicious beast. Her hands, as delicate as green onions, stretched out from her wide sleeves to warm by the fire, and she looked at the vague clusters of lantern light under the corridor outside the partitions. She asked, “Does Xiliang have spies or agents in the Zhou Dynasty?”

Li Zhijie tightened his fist, knelt down with both knees, his forehead pressed tightly against the ground, and said in a muffled voice, “Your Majesty, Xiliang never had any spies or agents in the Zhou Dynasty. Please, Your Majesty, have insight!”

Li Zhijie’s lack of honesty indicated his expectations for Guan Zhangning’s hidden chess piece, showing he was not genuinely willing to submit.

Bai Qingyan’s eyes narrowed. Guan Zhangning had been infiltrating the Bai family army for quite some time, and both Li Zhijie and Yun Poxing were trusted ministers of the Empress of Zhou. Bai Qingyan did not believe Li Zhijie knew nothing.

It seemed that Xiliang was also playing its own small game.

Perhaps the Empress of Xiliang and Li Zhijie first wanted to deceive the Zhou into action by pretending submission, using the Zhou to expel the Tianfeng Kingdom from Xiliang and stabilize Li Tianjiao’s throne… Whether they would truly submit to the Zhou in the end would depend on how they used Guan Zhangning, the alias for their card hidden in the Bai family army.

Long ago, Prime Minister Zhang Yi of Qin tricked King Huai of Chu with six miles of sealed land. All the more reason Li Zhijie, being of the Xiliang royal family, would not care about tarnishing his reputation for Xiliang.

But King Huai of Chu was fooled by Zhang Yi because he believed Chu to be strong, and the Qin people would not dare, as well as due to his greed… intending to acquire the Qin’s blood-soaked land without fighting, Bai Qingyan dared not arrogantly assume the people of Xiliang were truly willing to submit as Li Zhijie claimed after the battle in the southern border.

However… winter is indeed the best time to counter the Elephant Army, this much is true.

Xiliang wants to use the Zhou, can the Zhou not use Xiliang in return?

The Huoyun Army was trained in the manner of the Bai family’s Huying Camp. It’s only right they fight for the Zhou too.

She enunciated clearly, “You may rise, let Wei Zhong take you to see Minister Liu Rushi… have a good discussion on how to establish this alliance.”

Bai Qingyan did not point out Guan Zhangning, allowing Xiliang to believe their secret had not been discovered, so Guan Zhangning could be used by the Zhou.

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