But she also understood, this plan was devised by Murong Li because her son wanted to protect his mother and did not want to hand her over to Zhou. This was the only way to protect the Yan Kingdom and her.
However, whether her brother or Xiao Rongyan, neither agreed to this plan, which greatly reduced Empress Dowager Yan's doubts about Xiao Rongyan.
She understood... After Bai Qingyan prematurely gave birth, she disregarded her own body and two children. She insisted on rushing to Xiliang, deployed troops at the Yan Kingdom's border, and sent her loyal eunuch to question Xiao Rongyan... These actions combined made A Yan feel chilled towards Bai Qingyan.
She finally believed that even if A Yan married Bai Qingyan and became husband and wife, his heart placed Yan first. Otherwise, when Xiao Rongyan proposed such a plan to merge the two nations, A Yan should have agreed immediately, then secretly helped Bai Qingyan to surpass Yan, thus securing the whole realm for his children.
