Teasing the First Dragon at the Start

Bai Su was stunned for a moment, then turned her head. The newcomer was dressed in a bright green dress, with beautiful black hair, her hair tied up high and adorned with a delicate green hairpin. She had a fair and delicate face, and a pair of heterochromatic eyes that were as clear as gemstones.

A green sachet hung from her waist, swaying in the wind, looking quite unique.

The girl was none other than Hu Yi, who had secretly run away from Xianyang Palace.

"Your outfit is quite unique," Bai Su said with a strange look at her green attire.

Hu Ying smiled, her face like a bellflower, looking exceptionally cute and charming: "My skin is naturally fair and delicate like jade, and the green color makes me look even more beautiful. What do you think?"

After saying that, she spun around in front of Bai Su.

I must say, she really does have the charm of a beautiful woman.

Looking at her blinking heterochromatic eyes, cute and chubby, like a delicate porcelain doll, Bai Su couldn't help but feel an urge to bully her and make her cry.

"What are you thinking about?" Hu Su asked with a puzzled look when he saw Bai Su lost in thought for a long time.

Bai Su coughed lightly: "Ahem, it's nothing, I was just thinking about the Yuezhi tribe coming to pay homage."

Hu Su looked at Bai Su with some surprise: "How did you know it was the Yuezhi tribe?"

Nowadays, only a handful of people in Xianyang know the origins of the delegation. She only learned about it from her mother. But Bai Su is thousands of miles away and has no source of information. How did she find out?

"Of course, I observed the celestial phenomena last night and calculated it with my fingers." Bai Su smiled mysteriously, without offering any further explanation.

After all, you can't say he deduced it from historical records.

Hu Yu looked suspicious and said, "I don't believe it. If you really can observe the celestial phenomena at night, then you can calculate what the purpose of this delegation's entry into Xianyang was, and what the result was."

Bai Su looked at her with a smile: "How about we make a bet?"

Hu Yu was taken aback and asked in confusion, "A bet?"

Bai Su smiled and said, "If I'm wrong, you win, and I can grant you any request."

Hu Yu's fair face lit up with surprise: "Really? If I win, I'll let you be my horse, how about that?"

“Of course.” Bai Su nodded.

After pondering for a while, Hu Su looked at Bai Su with his heterochromatic eyes: "Then what are your requirements?"

"Me..."

Bai Su looked at Hu Yi's thin, cherry-like lips and delicate, adorable face, and couldn't help but say, "If I win, how about you bite me?"

Hu Yi was taken aback, and said in disbelief, "Uh, is your request really that simple?"

Bai Su coughed lightly, feeling a little guilty, and said, "Ahem, that's right, my request is that simple, how about it?"

"Okay, I agree. A gentleman's word is his bond..."

Hu Yi earnestly extended her fair little finger and said in a sweet voice.

Bai Su reached out and hooked her finger with hers: "A promise is a promise."

"Once an agreement is made, it cannot be broken. I don't believe you can guess the mission's purpose and outcome. You'd better just obediently be my horse."

Hu Yi's face immediately revealed a smug, fox-like expression.

"It might not be so easy for me to lose."

Bai Su chuckled and said, "The Yuezhi tribe's gesture of goodwill this time is to ask for help, but as for the result... it will definitely end in unpleasantness and failure."

Hu Yi was taken aback: "Why are you so sure?"

Bai Su smiled mysteriously: "Naturally, it's what I calculated. As for whether my guess is right or wrong, we'll know the result in time."

There's a reason he's so confident.

The Yuezhi tribe was no match for the Xiongnu and wanted to seek reinforcements from the Central Plains. However, given the current strength of the imperial court, it was simply unable to venture beyond the Great Wall and launch a long-distance northern expedition against the Xiongnu.

Even if Zhengjie wanted to fight, she couldn't.

After all, the supply lines were too long, and the logistical pressure was too great.

When the Xiongnu saw the Xia army coming, they could turn around and leave, only to return ten days or half a month later.

But the Central Plains couldn't afford to wait. Hundreds of thousands of troops were stationed on the border for a long time, and the amount of food and supplies consumed by the men and horses every day was astronomical.

With the current national strength of the court, it is simply unable to bear such a price.

Since the Yuezhi could not get reinforcements, they naturally stopped coming to pay homage, thus increasing Zhengjie's prestige.

Therefore, unless the logistical problems of the imperial court can be resolved, this meeting between the two sides is destined to end in failure.

I really like this sentence from Chapter 56.

Just as Bai Su was deep in thought, a commotion suddenly arose in the distance.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a delegation of over a hundred people slowly walking towards him from a distance.

The streets and alleys of the city were all surrounded by onlookers who curiously watched the delegation and whispered among themselves.

After all, for so many years, the Great Xia has been known as a land of tigers and wolves.

It's not uncommon for prisoners of war to be sent to Xianyang after their country was destroyed, but this is the first time in many years that a foreign nation has come to pay homage.

For a time, everyone had different opinions.

Some believe this symbolizes that the Empress Dowager is ordained by Heaven and will enjoy a long and prosperous life.

Others, however, disagreed, believing that these so-called foreign lands were nothing more than a group of barbarians, and there was nothing surprising about them.

In any case, this passing mission attracted considerable attention in various places, and the story gradually spread through word of mouth among the people.

Bai Su gently put down the wine bowl in her hand and looked into the distance.

A group of people dressed in gorgeous and strange clothes walked towards us. The leader of them was a graceful young woman who rode on a tall horse. She had a beautiful face and an exotic appearance.

She wore a silver ornament around her head, which swayed gently in the wind, making a soft "tinkling" sound.

Seemingly weathered by wind and sun, her skin wasn't as fair as that of women from the Central Plains, but rather had a wild, wheat-colored hue.

A golden knife was tucked into her slender waist, and her round, long legs were tightly gripping the horse's belly, giving her a rather imposing appearance.

The onlookers couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, their opinion of the event immediately rising.

After all, it has always been an era that values ​​appearance.

Beauty is justice.

Hu Su looked at the crowd of people who were exclaiming in surprise. With her delicate nose, she snorted disdainfully, "Hmph, she's just a barbarian girl. What's so interesting about her? Don't you think so, Bai Su?"

"That leg must be at least 1.2 meters long."

Bai Su stroked his chin, staring intently at the girl's long, slender legs, and couldn't help but murmur to himself.

When Hu Su saw Bai Su's appearance, a hint of dissatisfaction immediately flashed in his heterochromatic eyes.

She angrily pinched Bai Su's waist and said, "What's so good about a barbarian woman? She smells terrible. Does she smell as good as me? Does she have as fair skin as me? My legs are much prettier than hers."

Bai Su rubbed his lower back, grinning, and looked at Hu Yi, who was standing beside him with a defiant expression. He was both amused and exasperated. He had only glanced at him casually; was it really necessary for Hu Yi to be so angry?

Just as he was about to offer some words of comfort, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately asked, "Really? I don't believe it."

"Of course it's real, you can touch it if you don't believe me..."

Hu Su became even angrier when he saw that Bai Su didn't believe him.

She gritted her teeth, gently lifted her skirt, revealing her fair and slender legs, and suddenly seemed to realize that her actions were too bold, and a slight blush rose on her fair face.

Bai Su scratched her cheek and pretended to decline, saying, "This...this isn't appropriate, let's forget about it."

"No, you have to touch it."

Hu Yi was initially a little shy, but after hearing what Bai Su said, she disregarded her shyness and forcefully pulled Bai Su's hand to her lap.

Bai Su was stunned for a moment, and then a tight and delicate touch came from his fingertips, making him unable to resist touching it again. He sighed in his heart, "What a pair of beautiful legs."

Hu Yu felt the hot, strange sensation, and his whole body trembled. He felt a pang of regret, wondering why he had done such a thing.

But she felt a little unwilling to give up, so she gritted her teeth and endured it.

She bit her lower lip and asked softly, "How...how is it?"

Bai Su slowly withdrew her hand and praised without reservation: "As expected of the Second Miss, you have such fair skin and jade bones, and a fairy-like appearance. You are truly the most beautiful woman in the world."

"It's good that you know I'm beautiful." Hu Yi's face flushed, but she was secretly delighted. She had indeed won.

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Princess Yuezhi stared blankly for a moment as she looked at the bustling streets of the Central Plains, the diverse shops, and the endless stream of goods.

A person next to her approached and said, "Your Highness, the strength of the Central Plains is indeed incomparable to that of the grasslands."

Princess Yuezhi nodded and said, "I heard that it was a woman named Qin Shi Huang who swept across the six kingdoms, unified the entire world, and made it the most powerful country in the world today."

The man next to him nodded and said, "Yes, even the Zhao state, one of the seven kingdoms, was able to repeatedly defeat the Xiongnu under the leadership of General Li Mu. Now, the Xia state, which is even stronger in the Central Plains, can definitely help us defeat the Xiongnu."

The Yuezhi princess was young at the time, with a touch of innocence in her heart: "After we have resolved the threat of the Xiongnu, my Yuezhi will rise in the Western Regions and build a city that is even more prosperous than this."

The guard beside him smiled and said, "It's definitely possible."

After pondering for a while, the Yuezhi princess asked, "Do you think the First Emperor will agree to our request for reinforcements?"

The guard beside him nodded and said, "Of course it will. The Xiongnu and the Great Xia are enemies. Letting the Xiongnu's power grow slowly will not benefit the neighboring Central Plains."

"Moreover, this time, in order to show off his achievements, the First Emperor deliberately publicized it to the whole world. If he accepted our tribute but did not send any troops to help us, it would be equivalent to losing face in front of the whole world."

They communicated with each other in the Yuezhi tribe's language, so they didn't have to worry about being overheard by others.

Many people around looked on with curiosity at this exotic Yuezhi princess.

Others curiously observed the carriages following the delegation, speculating about what tribute gifts the foreign nation had brought.

"So it really is the Yuezhi tribe..."

Bai Su looked at the totem patterns on the carriage and couldn't help but nod in agreement.

It seems that his guess was pretty much correct. Since the Yuezhi tribe went to Xianyang to pay their respects, it means that the situation on the grasslands is not optimistic and that the Xiongnu have begun to grow stronger and rise.

Hu Yu suddenly spoke up: "You bad guy, I'm leaving."

So early?