The flickering orange-yellow firelight reflected in Xiao Rongyan's dark eyes, showing no glimmer.
In truth, Xiao Rongyan had prepared for this conversation long ago. When he abandoned Yunjing to rescue Bai Qingyan, he indeed placed Bai Qingyan above the Yan Kingdom. On this point, he was indefensible.
However, to ensure the smooth implementation of the strategy for the merger of the two countries, Xiao Rongyan had already devised a counterstrategy on his way back. This was a persuasive argument that even if... relayed to her brother, they could find no fault with.
"Does Sister-in-law believe that if our Yan Army had arrived in Yunjing early, we would have taken Yunjing smoothly?" Xiao Rongyan withdrew his gaze, avoiding looking at his sister-in-law, while he fiddled with the goose hairpin in his hand and spoke calmly, "True, back then Yunjing didn't have much military strength, but even so, could our Yan Army have held Yunjing smoothly after breaking through?"
