Ling Ziyue sneered, "From Deer City to here, we have been in the State of Xia for more than a few months. We have walked through countless cities and villages in the State of Xia all the way. There was no problem before. Why do they suddenly feel uncomfortable of the journey this time?"
"It's just the emperor of the State of Xia or the Empress who tries to threaten us. Basically, they want to make it clear to us that this is their territory and we have to be obedient. Otherwise, they have a lot of ways to control us."
Another man smashed the table and made a huge "bang" sound. He widened his eyes and shouted defiantly, "Damn, how could we just be sitting ducks and let them set us up like this?"
"Of course not." Ling Ziyue pursed his lips and said, "but we can pretend to be trapped. Let's just play along and pretend that we are intimidated and lay low for a period of time. And then we shall see who laugh at last."
He paused for a while and then confidently chuckled, "it all depends who is more manipulative."
Their little conversation in the tavern was clearly heard by Yun Shang. She was playing with the sand tray by herself. Hearing his last words, she curled up her lips silently and whispered, "That's right. It all depends who is more manipulative."
She looked carefully at her sand tray and the pawns in it as if she wa
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hat something unexpected had happened.
Sure enough, she soon heard him saying, "Isn't that the minister from the State of Youyue, Gong Yu? Why is he here?"
Yun Shang raised her eyebrow. She slightly leaned over and saw a young man coming in from the theatre gate.
Before she could figure out what was going on, the young man went upstairs like a puff of wind.
"Interesting. Is it possible that Shan Xian has made an appointment with Gong Yu today?"
Yun Shang tapped on the table with her long slim finger and said, "Although their appointment is a little out of my expectation, it's not a bad thing for me."
Since things had changed, her plan would naturally change as well.
While Yun Shang was thinking about her next move, she heard the secret guard saying, "Your Highness, Shan Xian is here."
She turned her head to the gate and saw a young man in his twenties coming in with two servants.
"He looks young."
The secret guard nodded and explained, "The envoys from both the State of Youyue and the State of Yihai are quite young in age. The eldest one would be Ling Ziyue and even he is only twenty-eight years old."
Yun Shang nodded. After a short pause, she quickly stood up and ordered, "Let's go."
She went out of the private room and gracefully went downstairs. In the hall, she met with Shan Xian face to face.