Thousand Miles of Bright Moonlight

Chapter 65: Banner

Yaoying sat in the carriage and thought to herself: When the Yelu tribe was destroyed, she would not end up any better than these Hu girls.

Li De would not dispatch troops to save her.

When he needed the Yelu tribe, he could send his daughter for marriage. However, after he recaptured Liangzhou, the Yelu would be insignificant to him. He was not arrogant enough to think that with Great Wei's current power that he could recover the Western Regions. The situation in Liangzhou was complicated. He was busy purging the remnants of the forces within Liangzhou in preparation for the future recruitment of troops to attack Southern Chu. In the short term, he would not continue to send troops to Hailong.

Without external aid, she only had Xie Qing, her attendant, and her personal soldiers. When the Yelu tribe was destroyed, how could they, a mere few dozen of them, escape?

Yaoying did not know why the Yelu tribe declined.

The tribes on the grasslands could rise as quickly as the powerful Northern Rong, who spanned to the east and west in just a few years, or they could be wiped out overnight and vanish like smoke.

She could only improvise.

In the following leg of the route, as before, the Eldest Prince from time to time showed a salivating greedy expression in front of Yaoying.

He was vicious and barbaric. Whenever he came across a caravan or a migrating tribe, he immediately had a glow in his eyes and gathered his men to loot.

Sometimes, even a shepherd and his few sheep were not spared.

Tali and Ayi could speak the Turkic language, and soon became acquainted with the people of the Yelu tribe, and made inquiries about a lot of information.

Yelu Khan had seven sons, three of whom were adults, along with six adopted sons.

"The eldest prince is brave and good at fighting and is highly valued by Yelu Khan. He is very greedy and often has conflicts with other princes for seizing the spoils of war.

"The second prince resented that the Eldest Prince would succeed the Yelu tribe. He secretly united with his clansmen to ask the Yelu Khan to expel the Eldest Prince.

"The third prince is vicious and cruel and personally killed one of his younger brothers.

"Right now, Yelu Khan's favorite is his adopted son, Bemutai. When Yelu Khan went to Chang'an to meet the emperor, it was Bemutai who followed him."

Hearing this, Yaoying's heart stirred, recalling the foreign man she saw at the banquet that night.

That man's expression that was like sizing up his prey made her uneasy for a long time.

"Are Bemutai's eyes light yellow?"

Tali nodded: "The people of the Yelu tribe said that Bemutai's eyes resemble an eagle. He is fatherless and motherless, precisely the son of an eagle."

Yaoying's heart was abruptly tensed, and her body stiffened.

Golden eyes, fatherless and motherless, the son of an eagle... was it a coincidence?

Yaoying composed herself.

Perhaps she was oversensitive. That person could not have appeared in the Yelu tribe.

A few days later, with the arrival of Yelu Khan's men sent to meet Yaoying, the Eldest Prince gradually restrained himself a little, not daring to unbridledly verbally harass Yaoying.