Chapter 85 Nothing left to live for (2)
Li Youde just wanted to refute, but thinking that it wasn’t suitable for him to do it, he turned his head and glared at deputy general Chu.
Deputy general Chu quivered and suddenly remembered the girl that princess Yatai has mentioned before. He quickly asked, “Where is that girl?”
Princess Yatai smiled slightly, “Deputy general Chu is really affectionate and loyal. However, since she was snatched, why don’t you take this opportunity to let her go? This Lady Chen is really suitable to stay in my tribe.”
Without waiting for deputy general Chu to say anything, Li Youde immediately said, “Unless all the prisoners are handed over, there would be no talk of peace.”
Want to keep his people? Dream on!
The smile on princess Yatai’s face disappeared. She turned her head and looked once at her father. Her father nodded slightly at her, motioning for her to make the decision herself.
Princess Yatai said, “The prisoners will naturally be returned, but that girl may not be willing to go back with you. Let her come and ask if she wants to stay in the Xi tribe or go with you. You are not allowed to interfere. How about that?”
Li Youde originally didn’t want to agree. His people, why can’t he take her back? However, he had to concede after looking at the surrounding. Just let Lady Chen come over and ask her. If she dares to say that she didn’t want to go back with him, see how he would punish her!
“Let’s decide it like that,” Li Youde said with a gloomy face.
Princess Yatai looked at deputy general Chu, “What does deputy general Chu think?”
“There is no need to ask him,” Li Youde interrupted the communication between the two. His people, why should an outsider decide whether she should stay?
Princess Yatai looked once at deputy general Chu and saw that he really didn’t mean to object. So, she whispered an order to someone next to her. While that person left to bring Chen Hui over, the Xi tribe invited Li Youde into the tent of the Xi tribe’s leader. There was a long table inside. Each party stood on one side. After each had introduced the people of their side, they began to wait in silence.
The waiting time wasn’t long. Soon a petite person opened the curtain and walked in.
When Chen Hui came in, she wanted to run over, pounce Li Youde and call him lord, but she controlled herself in the end. She had been watched over all morning. When that person came looking for her, he didn’t say anything when leading her here. He only said that princess Yatai wanted to see her. She was a bit worried and afraid that some change has happened. But how would she know that this “change” was so big that Li Youde was here!
Chen Hui tried her best to control her emotions and glanced once quickly at him.
Princess Yatai and her father sat on one side of the long table. A few strong men stood behind them. On the other side of the table sat Li Youde, with deputy general Chu and Gu Tianhe standing behind him.
“Lady Chen, these people said that they want to take you back,” Princess Yatai asked, “Do you want to return with them? It is up to you to decide. Don’t worry, if you decide to stay in the Xi tribe, I will keep you safe.”
Chen Hui looked at princess Yatai and then looked at Li Youde’s side. There was no need to doubt her decision, but it was a problem how to say it. She was dressed up like a man now, but princess Yatai directly called her Lady Chen. Her identity as a woman couldn’t be concealed. But luckily for her, Li Youde and Gu Tianhe were people who knew about her identity. As for that deputy general Chu…He and Qi Shengwen are in the same group. He might’ve known her identity a long time ago.
The problem was that she had told princess Yatai about her origins. At that time, she created a tragic story for herself and said that she was snatched to separate herself from Great Liang’s army as much as possible. Now, the person from her story was right in front of her…This strange combination also made her realize that her lie has not been exposed. If she was at Jianbei now or in Great Liang’s army, it would be fine if she just run to Li Youde’s side and she wouldn’t be afraid of what princess Yatai would do her. However, everyone was in the Xi camp now. If princess Yatai learned about her deception, what would the outcome be? She didn’t dare to think about it at all! Moreover, even if princess Yatai didn’t overthrow the negotiation of peace because of this, but she was so angry at being lied to and asked a condition to hand her over during the peace negotiation, by then wouldn’t she be miserable? How could her safety be more important than the outcome of a battle? Even if Li Youde was willing to protect her, how could he fight Lang Yu and perhaps even the emperor? A battle is costly and many people would die. Unless you want to achieve a specific purpose or if you are crazy, who would want to issue a war?
Of course, she didn’t even think about choosing to stay in the Xi tribe. Not to mention that she wasn’t happy to stay, once she says that she wanted to stay in the Xi tribe, it would make Li Youde furious. He would certainly expose her in a fit of fury. By then, she really offended both parties. No need to mention how quickly she would die.
Chen Hui glanced once at Li Youde. The other party had his eyes lowered, seemingly indifferent. According to Chen Hui’s thought, he should’ve something to say as soon as he saw her, no matter what it was. But now he didn’t say anything…This seems very suspicious. And that deputy general Chu, he had the expression of -nothing-left-to-live-for- after seeing her. Only a coffin lacked to bury him.
Chen Hui finally decided to follow the original character design of her that she made up to princess Yatai.
She looked once more at deputy general Chu. Then, she looked at princess Yatai and said shyly, “Master Yatai, thank you very much for your care of me these past two days, but…I still want to go back to Great Liang.
Princess Yatai tapped with her index finger on the table and said, “Lady Chen, did you think it through? Although deputy general Chu has robbed you of your virginity, but the men of the Xi tribe don’t value these. If you stay here, there would be someone who is perfect for you. Does it have to be him?”
As soon as princess Yatai said the first half, Chu Denggao looked over with widened eyes. How could words like robbing someone’s virginity be talked carelessly like that? He doesn’t have the ability to rob someone’s virginity from a thousand li away! This poop basin being put on his head, was it to let Lord Li consider him as a thorn in the eye and eliminate him as quickly as possible?
- Putting a basin over someone’s head: letting someone be the scapegoat
Li Youde’s expression at the moment was as gloomy as the sky on the eve of a rainstorm. It was so dark that it was on the verge of collapsing.
Chen Hui had her back facing Li Youde. She really didn’t have the courage to turn her head to look at him. She felt that she might be killed soon by Li Youde. She lowered her head and said with difficulty, “…It has to be him.”
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Finally catchng up here! Thanks for the chapter