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Chapter 329 Negotiation

Gu Lingzhi felt very honored about this.

Arriving directly at the front lines, Gu Lingzhi witnessed firsthand the brutality of the battlefield.

The soldiers guarding the border were no match for the enemy's sudden attack of hundreds of thousands of troops. By the time reinforcements arrived, the enemy had somehow received the news and began to stay inside the city.

However, a city garrisoned by hundreds of thousands of troops is not so easy to breach, no matter how large the number of troops is.

After a three-day stalemate, Gu Lingzhi finally met the representatives from the other side who had come to negotiate.

Seeing familiar faces again, Gu Lingzhi's feelings were quite complicated.

The three sat inside a house, discussing the important matter that would soon determine the course of the war.

In times of war, envoys are not to be killed. Situ Ming clearly knew that she and Mo Jiuxiao had no way to deal with him.

"The main purpose of this visit is to discuss the future relationship between Beiyi and Beimo."

The other party made no attempt to beat around the bush and went straight to the point.

Gu Lingzhi frowned. "Situ Ming, have you already decided to betray Bei Yi?"

"Betrayal? Heh..."

Situ Ming sneered, a mocking glint in his eyes.

“I, Situ Ming, have never served under either of you, so how could I have betrayed you?”

"Don't forget, you were once a general in Bei Yi!"

Situ Ming lowered his eyes: "Even so, so what? Is there anything wrong with me avenging Fuling?"

Even now, Situ Ming is still thinking about Gu Fuling.

Gu Lingzhi admired this greatly.

"Putting all that aside, what are you planning to do? Just stay holed up inside the city and never come out?"

Gu Lingzhi changed the subject and asked about the current situation. Situ Ming smiled slightly, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

"Of course it's simple."

A faint shadow crossed his eyes.

"As long as Bei Mo and Bei Yi form a marriage alliance, Bei Yi will be the ultimate winner. Not only will Bei Mo have to submit to Bei Yi in the future, but the cities that I took from Bei Mo will also be returned intact!"

Mo Jiuxiao looked at him coldly.

"I will not agree to this."

"Let me finish speaking, Mo Jiuxiao. I've known about your feelings for this woman for a long time, so I don't expect you to calmly welcome the princess back. Therefore, I have prepared a few conditions!"

He suddenly placed a card on the table.

The names of the three cities that were taken are written on it.

Gu Lingzhi also saw the red circle drawn on it, and her heart suddenly clenched.

"Your Majesty the Empress can also listen... If you agree, the previous conditions will take effect. If you don't agree, then we will withdraw our troops, since we are no match for the hundreds of thousands of troops of Bei Yi. However, the hundreds of thousands of people in these three cities will have to pay the price for your decision!"

Gu Lingzhi's eyes instantly reddened slightly.

Anger seemed to engulf her, and her voice was icy cold: "Is this your method?"

Situ Ming chuckled but remained silent.

"You threaten me and the Emperor with the lives of the people. Aren't you afraid that you'll have nightmares in the middle of the night?"

Situ Ming lowered his head: "The people who decide their lives are the Emperor and the Empress. What does it have to do with me?"

This was simply the biggest joke Gu Lingzhi had ever heard.

"You, as the executioner, have the nerve to say it has nothing to do with you?"

"If the Emperor agrees to this, everything will be perfect. The people will not die, and there will be no war between Bei Yi and Bei Mo. Wouldn't that be perfect?"

Gu Lingzhi clenched her fists.

Her heart trembled slightly, as if she were facing an unprecedented crisis.

Mo Jiuxiao's eyes were icy cold as he gently placed his hands on the table: "What do the lives and deaths of those strangers have to do with me?"

Situ Ming was stunned.

As a ruler, one must naturally place the safety of the people above all else; this has been the case since ancient times.

However, this point clearly doesn't make sense to Mo Jiuxiao.

Gu Lingzhi's heart skipped a beat; she couldn't believe these words came from Mo Jiuxiao's mouth.

"If I can't even protect my own women, how can I protect the people of the world?"

This……

Gu Lingzhi inexplicably felt that it made sense.

It seems she really isn't a good person.

At this point, shouldn't she generously give up her position?

Shouldn't Mo Jiuxiao sacrifice her for the throne and for the people of the world?

But what is the situation now?

Mo Jiuxiao disregarded the safety of the people and refused to agree to the other party's conditions. In fact, she was smug after hearing his answer.

"Mo Jiuxiao, you need to think this through. Those are the lives of hundreds of thousands of people!"

"You killed them, what does that have to do with me?"

Using the enemy's words to refute the other party, Mo Jiuxiao's negotiation skills have become even more impressive.

Gu Lingzhi realized that she was sometimes worrying too much and that she didn't need to worry about these things at all.

This is a small matter; Mo Jiuxiao can handle it.

Situ Ming was so angry at Mo Jiuxiao that he gritted his teeth.

"Mo Jiuxiao, you're ruthless."

Mo Jiuxiao stood up: "Take care, don't bother seeing me off!"

"Just wait for the corpses of hundreds of thousands of people and your reputation as a tyrant. I will announce the outcome of today's negotiations to the world and let everyone know what kind of emperor you, Mo Jiuxiao, really are!"

A cold smile crept across Mo Jiuxiao's lips.

"random!"

Situ Ming turned and left.

As he reached the door, he stopped in his tracks: "If I were to tell those hundreds of thousands of people right now that their emperor has abandoned them, what kind of expressions do you think they would have?"

After saying that, Situ Ming laughed wildly. Seeing that the other party had already left, Gu Lingzhi could no longer hold back.

"I never imagined he would turn out like this. What does he think of the lives of ordinary people?"

Mo Jiuxiao frowned.

Although they had just been so certain, the two now had no choice but to find a way to save the person.

Mo Jiuxiao is never someone who can be threatened. Even when he is in dire straits, he will stick to his bottom line.

"Lingzhi, are you afraid?"

"Afraid?" Gu Lingzhi shook her head helplessly.

What am I afraid of?

Thinking of this, Mo Jiuxiao couldn't help but pull her close and kiss her.

"It's good that you're not afraid. When the opportunity arises, I'll lead men to raid the local military camp. I'm not a very good emperor, but I won't give up so easily!"

Gu Lingzhi couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay, I'll do whatever you say. How should we arrange it?"

Mo Jiuxiao had someone bring over the city's blueprints.

"I will lead some highly skilled secret guards to break in and try to open the city gates from the inside. No matter what, we must take back the city within half a month."

Although I don't know if what Situ Ming said is true or false, time is running out.

However, with only a few hundred thousand people, even if they were to actually kill them, they would not all be killed so quickly. They would do their best to rescue all the innocent people.

As for the Northern Desert...

Gu Lingzhi was already prepared to destroy it.