Capítulo 1695: Chapter 1696: I Will Not Satisfy Your Curiosity

The guards fastened iron chains around An Jing’s wrists and ankles, then they also left.

No one was holding her anymore. An Jing just stood there, glancing at the iron chains locked on her hands and feet, then at the other end fastened to the pillar in the room. Lowering her eyes, she slowly sat down on the round stool beside her.

The chains weren’t very long, even if she wanted to move, she could only do so within this room.

In light of her currently dire situation, An Jing didn’t think too much about it at first. She was only thinking of her husband, thinking of how her husband was still alive, and she smiled: “Husband, it’s great, you’re still alive… That’s wonderful…”

Originally, knowing that Dongfang Tianyang had dispatched an army of a hundred thousand to besiege her husband, she became somewhat despondent, believing her husband to be doomed, she was even prepared to die alongside him. Who could have imagined…

It’s really great…

Just wonderful…

As long as we are alive, there’s hope, that’s truly wonderful.

…

At the same moment, in Xiyun’s Imperial Capital.

Gong Juechen wasn’t being sneaky at all. He openly took the Death Exemption Token given to him by Su Chengyu and entered the palace.

With the Death Exemption Token in hand, it was as if the Emperor himself were present, and the guards at the palace gates dared not obstruct Gong Juechen.

Gong Juechen was in a hurry to return to his wife and children, so he didn’t wander around in the palace. He went directly to Jun Palace to find Su Chengyu.

When Su Chengyu saw Gong Juechen, he was first taken aback, but seeing the Death Exemption Token in Gong Juechen’s hand, he understood immediately. Then, he dismissed Ning Wenxian and the others, leaving only himself and Gong Juechen.

He didn’t think Gong Juechen would misuse the Death Exemption Token. Since he used it to enter the palace, there must be an important affair he needed to talk about.

As soon as Gong Juechen saw the door close from the outside, he straightforwardly said, “If you want Dongqing, then quickly send someone to take over Dongqing. If you go late, those cities in Dongqing might not be yours.”

Dongqing would soon descend into chaos, and if the neighboring countries knew this, they would surely seize the opportunity to occupy Dongqing’s cities. If Xiyun delayed, those cities would indeed not belong to Xiyun.

Su Chengyu had always wanted to reclaim those seven cities from Dongqing. Now that Xiyun had recuperated and was ready, sending troops to attack Dongqing was feasible, but: “Take over Dongqing? No need to fight?”

Gong Juechen gave a devilish smile, “When I say ‘take over,’ I mean take over. Believe it or not, it’s up to you.”

Su Chengyu corrected, “It’s not that I don’t believe you, I’m just curious.” He had saved him many times, and even though they couldn’t get along seamlessly, he still trusted him very much now.

“I won’t satisfy your curiosity.” Gong Juechen turned to leave, “Your good brother is in Dongqing’s Imperial City, and your good sister-in-law has been captured by Dongfang Tianyang.”

Upon hearing this, Su Chengyu immediately said, “I’ll have Liu Buli lead three hundred thousand troops there now.”

…

The next day.

In a secret chamber beneath a brothel in Dongqing’s Imperial City.

Master Feng, still masked, upon seeing Xiao Changyi, cupped his hands toward him and said, “Young Master Xiao, do you want your wife rescued safely? If you do, you need to give us something to prove your identity.”

Of course Xiao Changyi wanted this. Injured, he couldn’t rescue her himself. If others could, he would certainly want them to safely rescue his wife from Dongqing’s Imperial Palace.

However: “How do you plan to rescue my wife?”