allonlinenovel Chapter 1021 Xiao Yu hopes she will like him
Chapter 1021 Xiao Yu hopes she will like him
Jiang Fenghua seemed to understand Long Aotian's meaning. He was used to being a city lord, and once he entered the court as an official, he would be subject to many constraints. She did not express her opinion on Xie Shang's behalf.
She said, “Lord Long, rest assured, the imperial court will never abandon the people here. The decision to eradicate the Earthly Fiend Sect is also to prevent more people from being harmed. If the Earthly Fiend Sect is allowed to grow stronger and allowed to be cruel and harm the interests of the people, the world will not be at peace.”
Long Aotian also cooperated, saying, "Miss Jiang's words have been very enlightening for me."
Long Aotian saw the imperial army as soon as he entered. He had been guarding this place for decades and the imperial court had never sent troops. If the imperial court wanted to take over Red Maple City, it would be a good thing.
He didn't hesitate and simply said, "I'll go back immediately and have the brothers in the city be ready to help Brother Ge and Minister Jiang."
He then bowed to Jiang Fenghua, saying, "Don't worry, young lady, my heart is also for the people of the city."
A hint of embarrassment flashed across Jiang Fenghua's face as they personally escorted Long Aotian away.
Mr. Ge smiled and said, "The Empress is very cautious."
Jiang Fenghua explained, "Regarding the Emperor's safety, I really couldn't believe Long Aotian just now. Over the years, has Danji Mai really never left Xichuan? Long Aotian is the lord of a city, yet he doesn't know that people from the Earthly Fiend Sect frequently come and go from Xichuan. I just find it very strange."
Mr. Ge said, "Long Aotian may not be a good person, but he is a very family-oriented person. For him, Red Maple City is his home, and he has never left here in his entire life."
Jiang Fenghua thought that this place must have belonged to Yinchuan a thousand years ago!
Mr. Ge added, "It may also be related to Long Aotian's background. He is an orphan who grew up on the charity of many families. The people of Red Maple City worked together to raise him, so he is particularly concerned about the people of Red Maple City. He would not conspire with the Earthly Fiend Sect."
Jiang Fenghua asked, "Does Mr. Ge know Yan Dinghai?"
“I know him,” Ge Ming said in a deep voice. “He was a traitor of the Hidden God Camp. Back then, Night Shadow’s father, Zhou Bingyi, was his sworn brother. Because of some things, the late emperor decided to secretly execute them. In the end, they escaped. In a way, we were brothers who shared joys and sorrows, but later we went our separate ways and could not work together.”
Jiang Fenghua said, "Ye Ying is dead."
“I understand.” Ge Ming was also grieving, as he was the one who raised Ye Ying back then: “He also has a twin brother.”
“He’s dead too,” Jiang Fenghua said.
Ge Ming was stunned. "Yan Jue is dead too."
“Ao Xue killed him; she did it to avenge Ye Ying,” Jiang Fenghua added.
The two chatted all the way. Mr. Ge went to see the Emperor again. After meeting the Emperor, he suggested, "I will have someone escort the Empress and His Majesty back to the capital. I will handle the matter of Xichuan. I still have some personal grudges with Yan Dinghai to settle. One is for Ye Ying's parents, and the other is for the other brothers who were killed by him."
“I’m staying. I’m afraid you won’t be able to deal with Danjimai if I leave,” Jiang Fenghua explained. “Danjimai has always mistaken me for his dead daughter. With me here, we can lure him out.”
Ge Ming said, "Your Majesty cannot take any more risks."
"Does Mr. Ge have a solution?"
"I've already had firearms brought over. Since we can't subdue the Earthly Fiend Sect by manpower, we'll use firearms. The Empress has never seen the power of firearms. Even if they're as impenetrable as copper walls, we'll blow them to smithereens." Ge Ming was also eager to test the power of the new weapons developed by the Divine Concealment Camp.
Ge Ming wasted no time. Military strategy was his forte, and he immediately organized a meeting to discuss how to fight this battle.
Jiang Fenghua didn't understand military tactics or troop deployment. She just listened and thought everyone was amazing. The less she understood, the more attentively she listened. By the end, she even started to doze off.
In order not to embarrass herself in front of Mr. Ge, she left quietly.
At this moment, Xiao Yu chased after them and asked directly, "Does Miss San also think that firearms can destroy the Earthly Fiend Sect?"
"It should be possible! Mr. Ge is very confident in the firearms they developed," Jiang Fenghua said.
Xiao Yu said, "I am not confident that I can destroy Xichuan with firearms, and it is not so easy to eliminate the Di Sha Sect and Danji Mai."
He analyzed, "The Third Miss also knows who Danji Mai is. If he has only lived in this world for a few decades like Xiao Shang, then the Earthly Fiend Sect's existence time is different. He founded the Earthly Fiend Sect, which means what?"
"This shows that he has indeed lived for a very long time, so long that he himself can't even remember what the whale totem he wanted looked like. That's why he was so excited when Yan Dinghai asked me to draw the whale totem," Xiao Yu added.
Jiang Fenghua said, "Your concerns are valid, but finding a more reliable way to deal with Danjimai is not easy. You also saw that the people of the Disha Sect were all controlled by him, which should be related to some kind of drug. When we entered the underground palace, we only saw a pool of green water in a secret room. The color was exactly the same as the color when Danjimai changed human skin."
Xiao Yu did not enter the underground palace, so he did not know what the green potion was. He then asked, "What did the Third Miss see in her dream?"
Jiang Fenghua looked at him, assuming he was going to ask about Danji Aruan and Baili Ayu in her dream. She felt grateful and guilty towards Xiao Yu, but there was absolutely no romantic feeling between them.
She said, "Is Minister Xiao also misunderstanding?"
Xiao Yu had long wanted to have a private talk with Jiang Fenghua, and he said, "I have no misunderstanding."
Jiang Fenghua paused, not immediately understanding what he meant.
Xiao Yu continued, "When I was in Xichuan, I had a very vivid dream. I dreamt of a man who looked exactly like me and a woman who looked very much like the Third Miss. They were together, and the woman liked the man very much. Did the Third Miss also have the same dream?"
He mustered his courage and asked the question that had been hidden in his heart, "I met Miss San ten years ago. Did Miss San know me back then? If Miss San didn't have memories of both lives, or if she went back to her previous life, would she still make the same choice now?"
Would she marry him if she didn't marry into the royal family?
Jiang Fenghua said in a deep voice, "You know it's a dream. Dreams and reality are different. The woman in Minister Xiao's dream is not me, and the man is not Minister Xiao. So no matter if they like each other, are together, or get married, no matter what happens later, we should not feel sorry for them, because I am not Danji Aruan, and you are not Baili Ayu."
Xiao Yu actually knew she would say that. Ever since he had that dream, he couldn't help but like her. He thought that even if she didn't marry the emperor, he should still have a chance to win her affection.
Jiang Fenghua said calmly, "I'll answer your next question."
Xiao Yu's eyes were full of anticipation, hoping she would say that she might like him.