My Lord, please respect yourself. I am the wife of a marquis.

Chapter 153 "You, a prince pretending to be dead, come here to show off your imperial power

The time for the peace talks had been agreed upon long ago. The ministers rested for a night and held an emergency meeting the next morning. The lineup for the peace talks, headed by Prince Jin and Su Muxi, was finally finalized.

The place chosen for the peace talks was Hongcheng. This place used to be the territory of Feng Kingdom. After the defeat of King Jingnan, it was verbally ceded to Yun Dynasty, but the city had been conquered long ago.

Prince Jingnan regretted his decision. He had given up the city in order to disperse the Su family's military strength. Even if he wanted to take it back now, he would have to pay a heavy price.

Prince Jingnan did not come to the negotiations this time, as his people were confronting the Third Prince. The one in charge this time was Jinling. He had a gloomy face and no longer had the high spirits that Su Muxi had when they first met. Since he came in, he had been waiting for Su Muxi with vicious eyes.

Su Muxi was ignorant and unaware, but was interested in the second prince who followed Jinling. Living a second life, he was smart after all. Prince Jingnan was the loser, and Jinling was unwilling to accept that. The focus of the peace talks was on the second prince, who was the real decision maker.

Xiao Yunjin was a very sensitive person, or rather, he cared a lot about everything about Su Muxi. He knew that Su Muxi was involved with the second prince, but this exchange of glances still made him feel uncomfortable.

He said, "Since we are talking about peace, let's do it quickly."

He spoke bluntly, his tone directed at the Second Prince, "Do you make the decision here in Feng Country?"

The tactic of sowing discord was used quite well. Su Muxi looked at Xiao Yunjin with great appreciation. Important matters were at hand, and the peace talks were related to her plans after returning to Beijing, so there could be no mistakes.

Xiao Yunjin's brows relaxed and he was in a good mood.

The second prince was not so happy, as all the pressure was on him. It was not his turn to negotiate. The place had always been guarded by Prince Jingnan, and it was not easy for the third prince to intervene. Now that the two kings were not meeting, he became the best transitional agent.

This is also an opportunity for him. He has no soldiers and no power. If he wants to survive in the power struggle, he must have his own means and strategies.

Peace talks will never lead to an agreement. The second prince has a modern soul. He has read so many history books and probably knows how far he can get. He needs to have a secret talk with Su Muxi.

Originally, he thought it was easy, but the Prince Jin who came back from the dead like him made him very wary. He couldn't tell whether he was reborn or traveled through time like him. He could be exposed next to Su Muxi. He could not let his guard down towards this person. This was a man's intuition about danger. The Prince Jin had been targeting him.

Peace talks originally required multiple rounds of negotiations in order to gain the greatest benefits for oneself. If it failed in one go, as Su Muxi expected, she was stopped by Jinling not long after she walked out of the tent.

"Su Muxi," Jin Ling uttered the name through gritted teeth, "Let's talk."

There was determination in Jinling's eyes. He ignored Xiao Yunjin and An Yutang who tried to stop him. All he could see was Su Muxi, the one who had deceived his feelings.

"Okay, let's talk." Su Muxi glanced at the two door gods. "It's a personal grudge. Please give way."

An Yutang gave way, but Xiao Yunjin did not. He stared at Su Muxi, obviously disapproving of her seeing a man outside her. His eyes were cold, "He has bad eyesight, he should wash it properly instead of causing trouble for you."

"Is Prince Jin being too lenient, or does Prince Jin think that I will conspire with Jin Ling to negotiate peace?"

These words were quite harsh and contained a hint of provocation. All the ministers were silent as a mouse. They never expected that, after just a tentative talk, before the result came out, an internal conflict broke out among them.

Xiao Yunjin was just worried about her and didn't want to have a conflict with her, but Su Muxi went against him and didn't give him any face. "Princess Anping, the peace talks are related to the interests of our dynasty. You are also the person in charge of this. If you meet with her openly, the ministers will follow suit. How can you convince them?"

Xiao Yunjin, you are so cruel. Su Muxi took a step back, "Little Prince, you also saw it. It's not that I don't want to talk to you, but the policy does not allow it."

Su Muxi curled her lips and smiled, "How about this! After the peace talks are over, you can come to me anytime."

Jin Ling wanted to speak, but was stopped by the Second Prince behind him. "Government affairs are more important." He first comforted Jin Ling, and then said to Xiao Yunjin: "It is said that Yun Dynasty is a country of etiquette. Today I have seen it for myself."

The unspoken meaning here is obvious. He is clearly in an advantageous position, but he behaves in such a petty manner. Jin Chengyun took off the brocade of Yun Dynasty and put on the special gorgeous clothes of Feng Kingdom, which made him look sharper.

Xiao Yunjin's gloomy eyes were filled with a hint of disdain. "If the defeated are trustworthy, I can treat them as honored guests. Those who go back on their words are not worthy of my preferential treatment."

"You're going too far," Jin Ling was too young and had been deceived by Su Muxi, so his emotions fluctuated greatly. He couldn't control his emotions at all at this time. Just now, he had tried to talk to Su Muxi several times, but was rejected every time. At this time, Xiao Yunjin's words just stimulated him. When he was captured, King Jingnan said that he would exchange four cities for peace.

But in this peace talk, they were only prepared to give up two cities and wanted to take back Hongcheng and Shicheng. Anyway, the verbal submission was just for the sake of recuperation, and Feng Kingdom would always make a comeback.

Back then, when he was still young, he was caught by Su Muxi and whipped in exchange for a city in the hands of his father. It was the same this time. The reason why King Jingnan surrendered was entirely because of him. This happened once and twice. For Jinling, a child of destiny, this was a result that was difficult to accept.

Also, the girl Yu whom he knew turned out to be Su Muxi, but he didn't recognize her. He didn't believe it, he didn't believe that he didn't even recognize his enemy. Su Muxi was as dark as a reef back then, how could she be the gentle and bright girl Yu? So he begged his father and dragged his seriously injured body to come here.

He saw it, but still felt unbelievable and depressed. He couldn't explain what he felt. He just wanted to ask her face to face why she lied to him.

"You are a prince pretending to be dead, and you come here to show off your royal power. We in Feng Kingdom are not afraid of you."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere became tense. The soldiers following Xiao Yunjin all took up their weapons, and the people brought from Jinling also took out their weapons.

"Be careful with your words," Jin Chengyun pulled Jin Ling and blocked him. "Since it's a peace talk, the emphasis should be on the word 'talk'. Your Highness Prince Jin is from Huaiyang, are you here to disrupt the situation?"

All the ministers were silent. The Second Prince was really bold. Logically speaking, Xiao Yunjin was a reinforcement, and the affairs of the Northwest should be discussed by the Emperor and the Grand Marshal guarding the Northwest. However, they sidelined the Duke of Zhenguo and assigned this task to Xiao Yunjin.

Although Su Muxi assisted her, the official position she was appointed to was just a small garrison commander of the lowest rank. Among all the officials, she was not good enough. Even though she had the title of a princess, she was just a woman.

Xiao Yunjin is now at the peak of his career. He is the highest-ranking prince, the son-in-law of Prince Huaiyang, and has 150,000 elite soldiers under his command. Now he is even involved in the peace talks in the northwest. I'm afraid that the future is about to change.