Let Me Explain, Fairy
Chapter 309 - 225 Siege

Chapter 309: Chapter 225 Siege

High-ranking cultivators playing tricks like transforming in front of Xu Yuan had almost numbed him to such displays.

But in an enclosed space like a carriage as well?

Slipping in through the carriage window?

Xu Yuan silently glanced at the beautiful aunt beside him, her ample and generous bosom.

Considering the size, one would probably get stuck entering through this small window.

Well, nothing is absolute.

After all, it isn’t a solid object.

The carriage interior fell silent for a moment,

Li Qingyan seemed to be able to see Lou Ji’s movements clearly, her gaze not showing too much surprise, her voice raspy:

"Chief Lou, what matter could possibly spare you the time to come here amidst your busy schedule?"

There was no hint of animosity, only calmness.

"Heh...."

Lou Ji’s gaze briefly took in Li Qingyan from top to bottom, her plump lips letting out a light chuckle:

"Your Highness jests. I am here just to check on my dear Changtian."

"...." Xu Yuan.

"To see him?" Li Qingyan’s indifferent gaze swept over Xu Yuan.

Lou Ji nodded, her voice soft and distant:

"Ever since Changtian was forced to leave the capital due to that absurd incident, it has been two years since I, his sister, last saw him."

As she spoke,

Lou Ji grabbed Xu Yuan’s chin with one hand, forcibly turning his head, while angrily tousling his hair and cheerfully saying:

"Giggles~ It’s been so long since I last saw him, our dear Changtian has gotten even more handsome~"

Dizzy from the spinning, Xu Yuan struggled to break free from this old aunt’s grasp:

"Enough, isn’t this annoying?!"

"....."

Lou Ji was stunned for a moment, then said in a wronged tone:

"Changtian, you’re being mean to me...."

"...." Xu Yuan rolled his eyes.

Li Qingyan quietly sat across from them, observing the siblings’ playfulness. Her spirited, phoenix-like eyes showed no anger, but rather a hint of amusement watching Lou Ji.

As if watching a childish fool.

Lou Ji caught her gaze, a touch of boredom in her eyes, and she let go, sighing resignedly:

"Changtian, you really are useless."

"...."

Xu Yuan snorted coldly but said nothing, figuring that this old aunt beside him wouldn’t play any tricks.

After all, Li Qingyan was no Big Ice Lump.

In terms of identity, stance, and the marriage contract, they were completely different, and this old aunt had no reason to play tricks.

Furthermore, as part of a political marriage, spending a month in a carriage together, where a man and a woman lived in the same room, could easily lead to feelings developing—if there were no such feelings, it was likely because either one or both parties were not good-looking.

But strangely enough, that happened.

A month ago, they were respectful of each other, and a month later, Xu Yuan and Li Qingyan remained in a state of mutual respect.

Xu Yuan’s tactics were ineffective against Li Qingyan.

As someone who grew up leading troops in the military, Li Qingyan understood well how to win people’s hearts.

Just like the military training from a past life, an old NBA expert.

A meet and match, an evenly matched game.

The end result was making no progress.

Lou Ji, performing as the aunt for amusement, lacked the fun of stirring the pot and thus stopped doing so.

After a brief silence, Lou Ji returned to the matter at hand, bringing the topic back to the war situation:

"Your Highness, is the item Jiang He had someone bring to you still well preserved?"

Li Qingyan’s eyes grew serious again, her voice subdued:

"Intact.

"Chief Lou, I have been away from the Northern Frontier for over three months, what is the current situation of the war there?"

The war situation could change in the blink of an eye; three months was not long but enough time for earth-shattering changes to occur.

Hearing this question, a shadow flashed through Lou Ji’s eyes.

As the head of the Black Scale Guards, secretly arriving in the Northern Border City, she was privy to nearly all intelligence, which all pointed to the same conclusion.

"The current situation is still stable. Marquis Wucheng and Zong Qingsheng have constructed several large camps near Dali Mountain to mutually support and hold firm. However, if the snow continues for two more months, our offensive and defensive stance against the Barbarian Tribes will likely change."

Li Qingyan almost immediately understood the underlying reason:

"Is it because the logistics can’t keep up?"

A look of helplessness flashed across Lou Ji’s green eyes:

"Currently, a large amount of weapons and provisions are piled up in Guangyang Prefecture City because the heavy snow has blocked roads and can’t be transported north. The troops along Dali Mountain and the border of the Barbarian River can still rely on the Sumeru Ring to transport supplies and thus remain stable, but the storeroom in Northern Border City is about to run out."

Although every day massive amounts of resources are consumed in Northern Border City, the most important strategic pass in the Northern Frontier, it is still insignificant compared to the daily demands of the tens of thousands of troops on the front lines.

Wu Yuan’s brows furrowed as she heard this, her heart sinking.

The situation she feared most before leaving the Northern Frontier had come to pass.

Guangyang Prefecture City, the transportation hub of the Three Prefectures of the Northern Frontier, located at the edge of the Northern Frontier’s snowstorm.

In preparation for the war of extermination against the Barbarian Tribes, her emperor father had secretly stockpiled a vast amount of resources that could not be delivered to the front lines due to the sudden natural disaster.

In the silent carriage,

Xu Yuan abruptly spoke out:

"The war effort is short on transport capacity because too much of the Imperial Court’s military carriages has been used for disaster relief efforts."

"Have you lost your mind?"

Li Qingyan immediately looked up, her eyes filled with incomprehension as she gazed at the man across from her.

She couldn’t comprehend how someone who had just been worried about the soldiers could suddenly speak such cold-hearted words.

Lou Ji, on the other hand, didn’t speak but looked with interest at the side of Xu Yuan’s face.

Xu Yuan glanced at the two women, his voice firm:

"On the way here, Wu Yuan, you saw that the lower-grade carriages without Formation Patterns dare not head north. We’ve seen that most of the military carriages were diverted to various parts of the Three Prefectures for relief efforts. If it continues like this, there is a high probability that the emperor will reallocate the military carriages assigned for Qing relief, and forcefully resupply the Northern Border City."