Facing Lin Zaozao's confusion, Ruo Qiu lowered his head in shame.
What else could it be? The biggest reason was that they weren't ruthless enough and had too many ties in this world.
The five of them had so many weaknesses that were grasped in the Female Emperor of Canglan Country's hands. Being controlled by others, how could the outcome be good?
The most important thing was that when they hurriedly returned to Lan City from Luoshui Village, they already returned with the mentality to die.
After returning, even their best plan was only to rescue their clansmen.
Loss of willpower, too many worldly ties, plus the heavens not helping them. Even if they made more plans before returning, they still had to be disrupted by those emergencies.
For example, when Ji Fantian returned to Lan City, before he could make his next move, he had no choice but to abandon his original plan and run to the Border City to save his medical clan because Princess Qianyue wanted to burn the border city.
There was also Murong Hai. Originally when he returned to Lan City, he was going to gather the remnants of the Murong Clan to at least have some fighting force.
But the Murong direct lineage that was exiled to the bitterly cold place was already at death's door.
What could Murong Hai do at that time? He could only obey the order of the Female Emperor of Canglan Country and run towards the bitterly cold place.
As for him, Gu Shan and Ye Yi, it seemed that all the bad things in the world gathered on them when they returned to Lan City.
With so many unfortunate things happening at once, it was inevitable that they would end up so tragically.
Seeing the difficulty in Ruo Qiu's eyes, Lin Zaozao took a deep breath. The question she just asked was too direct.
Asking such direct questions certainly hurt Ruo Qiu.
Lin Zaozao stood up and walked to Ruo Qiu. She hugged his waist tightly and said gently,
"Ruo Qiu, I'm sorry, I was too direct just now. But believe me, I will definitely bring Ye Yi, Murong Hai and Gu Shan back safely to Han Country.
Now we have 50,000 Canglan prisoners of war in our hands, and the two female generals from the Qian family, plus the unlucky princess Ye Mu.
I don't believe that the Female Emperor of Canglan Country really doesn't care about the lives of these 50,000 prisoners of war.
What we need to do now is to be patient, use Canglan's 50,000 prisoners of war to rescue Ye Yi and the others."
"Zaozao, I believe you. You're right, we five men are too soft-hearted. When we should have been decisive, we were disrupted instead.
But the people we had to abandon were our closest kin. I, we, simply couldn't just abandon them casually."
Hearing Ruo Qiu's decadent voice and remembering when he was given to her by Ye Zhao and Ye Mu of Canglan Country as a gift, hanging onto his life.
In that crystal coffin, she saw his pale complexion and shallow breath.
At that time, wasn't her heart in chaos too!
She could now clearly analyze the reasons for their failure, only because she was an outsider.
If her dad, mom or little brother had a knife held against their neck, could she still analyze things so clearly?
Impossible.
No matter how much her dad and mom taught her to stay calm in events, if the victims were her closest kin, how could she possibly stay calm.
Collecting her thoughts, Lin Zaozao hugged Ruo Qiu by the neck and looked him in the eye, saying seriously,
"Ruo Qiu, you just said you have a way to keep those Canglan female generals in Han Country.
So, do you have a way for them to return to Canglan Country with the identity of our spies?"
"Zaozao, Qian Ye and Qian Yu were born with the mission to protect their country. I can keep them in Canglan, but I would have to use some special means.
As for letting them directly betray Canglan Country and swear allegiance to Han Country instead, I can't do that."
"Little pearl, actually, I've already planted many spies in Canglan Country and Fengshuo Country.
So whether we can make use of those two Qian family female generals and female soldiers isn't that important after all.
The spies we planted in Canglan Country and Fengshuo Country are already sufficient for our needs." Han Ye said gently to Lin Zaozao.
"That's good then. Being passively pushed around all the time, sooner or later we won't be able to cope."
Han Ye brother, looks like we have to take initiative to attack."
Lin Zaozao let go of Ruo Qiu and looked at the starry sky outside the hall, saying in a deep voice.
The next day, an express letter was sent from Han Country to the desk of the Female Emperor of Canglan Country in a rush by fast horse.
The Female Emperor of Canglan Country spread open the letter with her hands coated in cinnabar, looking at it with disdain in her eyes.
When she saw the contents of the letter, there was only endless contempt in her eyes.
A little yellow-haired girl who hadn't even fully grown up yet actually still wanted to compete with her. For her, the female emperor of Han Country, to be so sentimental.
However, the little yellow-haired girl being too sentimental was actually very beneficial to her.
She had been in this world for so long already, and the luck of this body she possessed was almost used up by her.
Now, it was time for her to change bodies.
And of all the people in this world, the one with the most luck was that little girl.
Haha!
If she didn't take advantage of her good son Ye Yi and the Murong clan people to lure that little girl away from Han Ye and Han Xibei's protection, how could she make a move on their hearts' weakness.
That damned National Master, that damned Grand Priest.
Why were there still two such annoying people in this world.
If it wasn't for the National Master and Grand Priest having the memories from two lifetimes, having the means to restrain her, she would have killed that damned jewel long ago.
What right did they have for their jewel to be so high and mighty and pure, while she, the otherworldly soul had to live in dirt.
All that talk of abiding by the laws of this world, adapting to situations...
It was all bullshit!
Since she had the ability to travel between two worlds, and the heavens also helped her, why would she still want to be an ordinary person.
She was unwilling.
If she didn't have a good life, then she would also drag their so-called gods down from their pedestal, and let them sink into the mire of sin to accompany her.
That Han Ye simply hid in the sacrificial hall of Han Country as a shrinking tortoise refusing to come out.
But why did that damned National Master have to stand in front of her and the Female Emperor of Fengshuo Country, ordering them around with pointing fingers.
Clearly, the two of them had greater power than the female emperors, but they were like spectators, just watching her and the Female Emperor of Fengshuo Country struggling in the water like drowning people.
With Han Ye and Han Xibei's alternating loose rein, they just let them struggle desperately in the mire.
The harder they struggled, the more helpless they became.
Until now, the lust for power had already pulled them into a bottomless abyss.
As her thoughts grew increasingly distant, when the Female Emperor of Canglan Country's fingernails, coated in red cinnabar, were pinching her flesh fiercely, only then did the pain in her palm bring her back to her senses.
She walked to a huge bronze mirror and looked at herself in the mirror, reaching out to touch her own face while still muttering to herself.
"So alike! It's simply identical, exactly the same. Since we look so much alike, then you are me, and I am you.
So! What is yours is mine, and what is mine, is still mine!"
After saying that, the Female Emperor of Canglan Country laughed hysterically like a madwoman while holding on to the mirror.
Hearing her arrogant and insane laugh, the palace maids guarding outside the palace subconsciously lowered their heads.
Whenever she laughed like this, it meant someone else was going to die.
Just as the palace maids were apprehensively thinking, the Female Emperor of Canglan Country's cold and heartless voice came from the palace.
"Come, bring my new little pet to me."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
In less than a moment, a young man in purple clothes was quickly led towards the palace by the palace maids.
The man in purple robes standing before her was rather plain looking, even among the crowds of beauties in the imperial palace. His family background was also quite ordinary.
Yet for some reason, as soon as the Female Emperor of Canglan Country laid eyes on him when she went out of the palace, she took him as a pet.
When this man first entered the palace, the Female Emperor of Canglan Country doted on him greatly. Whenever she had time, she would cling to this male pet of hers.
But now, in her furious anger, she had summoned this man to accompany her on her travels. It seemed her fondness for this pet had finally come to an end.
This male pet likely did not have long left to live.
Or rather, he would not make it past today.
On the canopy bed inside the palace halls, the Female Emperor of Canglan Country lay atop the man, her delicate fair hands tracing circles on his bare chest.
Circle after circle, the Female Emperor of Canglan Country's teasing actions stirred the man's eyes to redden.
He reached out and ripped open the clothes on the Female Emperor of Canglan Country's body. With a roll, he pressed her beneath him and eagerly began to explore her form.
Soon, sounds of the Female Emperor of Canglan Country's delighted laughter filled the hall.
Outside, the palace attendants' bodies shuddered uncontrollably when they heard their ruler's merry voice.
Their guesses had been correct after all. That male pet of plain looks would not live past today.
Lying on the bed in the great hall, the Female Emperor of Canglan Country looked at the man by her side. Her hand gently caressed his face.
"My darling, we haven't been together very long, and I'm really reluctant to see you go."
Eager to please, the man kissed the Female Emperor of Canglan Country's face. "Your Majesty, I can stay by your side for as long as you wish."
Seeing the man's fawning yet lustful manner, the Female Emperor of Canglan Country simply smirked.
At first she chuckled softly, but her laughter grew louder and louder until it became crazed and hysterical.
Amidst the man's bewildered gaze, she reached out a hand and pressed his head towards her lips.
Their kiss was filled with desire and passion.
Yet the man, lost in his lust, did not see the vicious look in the Female Emperor of Canglan Country's eyes.
In but a few moments, the once passionate man had become a breathless corpse.
