Thousand Miles of Bright Moonlight

Chapter 61: Snatched Away

Yaoying smiled lightly and asked, "Where are my guards?"

The young man froze for a moment as the sound of a horse neighing suddenly rang out from downstairs. Several people were startled and looked at each other. The man gritted his teeth and went forward to pull Yaoying: "Princess, if we don't go, it will be too late!"

Yaoying swung her sleeve, avoiding the man's hand, and said aloud, "I am grateful that you all are willing to risk your lives to save me, but the alliance between Great Wei and the Yelu tribe has been made. Yelu has kept their promise to help Wei recover Liangzhou, so Great Wei cannot break its promise to others. As a princess of Great Wei, I cannot leave with you gentlemen."

The man's face sank, his big hand reaching out to grab at her.

Yaoying raised her voice, her eyes deep, as she watched him intently: "Are you all planning to take me away by force?"

The man was rendered guilty facing her clear and bright eyes, and his imposing manner was suddenly timid.

At that moment, the sound of laughter came from outside the window. The sound of footsteps abruptly rang out. Qin Fei, dressed in military attire, pushed open the door and stepped into the room, followed by dozens of armor-clad soldiers with torches.

"Getting rid of me with just that little trick?"

Qin Fei unhurriedly drew his sword, the corner of his mouth tilting up.

He was one of the bravest and fiercest warriors under Li Xuanzhen's tent. He quickly subdued a few of these noble family's sons who only knew a little bit of martial arts, and ordered his men to tie them up and carry them out.

"I'm sorry to have frightened the princess."

Finished dealing with these immature noble sons, Qin Fei returned his sword to its sheath and turned towards Yaoying with a cupped fist.

Yaoying stood in front of the window, her face calm: "Where are my guards?"

Qin Fei said, "Maybe they went to take a piss somewhere."

Yaoying's gaze fell on Qin Fei's face, "Commander-in-Chief Qin does not need to play dumb with me. You knew that those few people would make a move, and deliberately distracted Xie Qing and my other guards. You pretended to have been tricked, allowing them to break into my bedchamber..."

A surprised expression surfaced on Qin Fei's face.

Yaoying paused for a moment and voiced her guess: "Commandment Qin, you deliberately delayed just now, thinking that you could test me and see if I would go with them?"

Qin Fei scratched his head and graciously admitted, "Not bad. Princess is indeed exceptionally clever!"

He bowed deeply with his hands placed together towards Yaoying.

"Please forgive me, Princess. I was also acting under someone's orders."

Yaoying said indifferently, "You go back and tell the Crown Prince that the deal between him and me is between the two of us. Meanwhile, the marriage between Great Wei and the Yelu tribe is diplomatic relations between the two countries. I will not go back on my word, nor will I break the covenant between the two countries for my own selfish reasons."

Qin Fei repeatedly agreed saying yes.

Yaoying looked at him: "What are you going to do with them?"

Qin Fei shrugged his shoulders: "They acted out of immaturity. Tie them up first then bring them back for their old man to give them a good beating."