"Enough, all of you, stop arguing!"

The King of Xiliang spoke up to smooth things over.

They needed Tantai Qingyue's help now. They couldn't afford to offend her.

The King of Xiliang squeezed out a smile. "Qingyue, look, what's done is done. Arguing over who was right and who was wrong won't help now.

The most important thing now is to solve the problem."

Tantai Qingyue's voice was cold. "Solve it how?"

The King of Xiliang said, "You see, the mistake has been made. All told, we've lost a hundred and fifty thousand men this time, and now we don't have the troops to stand up to Ning Chen... So what we have in mind is to sue for peace."

Tantai Qingyue couldn't help a cold laugh. "Regretting it now?

I urged you again and again to help the people of Xiguan City first, while there was still room to turn things around... And what did you do? You all thought I was trying to hurt you.

Now you want peace? Too late. Ning Chen being who he is, he will never accept peace talks."

The King of Xiliang and the others went ashen.

The King of Xiliang hurried to say, "Qingyue, you and Ning Chen are anything but strangers... If anyone else goes to negotiate, Ning Chen will certainly refuse. But if you go, with the relationship between you two, the talks are sure to succeed."

Tantai Qingyue finally understood. So this was why she'd been summoned.

"So Your Majesty summoned me here to negotiate peace with Ning Chen on Xiliang's behalf?"

The King of Xiliang was all smiles and nodded again and again.

"Qingyue, nobody knows Ning Chen better than you, and you're the only one here who can talk to him... So there's no one but you to go and negotiate with Ning Chen!"

Tantai Qingyue said indifferently, "Forgive me, Your Majesty, but this subject woman can do nothing."

The King of Xiliang's face darkened. "You dare defy a royal decree?"

Tantai Qingyue's face showed nothing. "Your Majesty said it yourself just now: I know Ning Chen…