Chapter 113 Turnover to Martial Artist (2)

Ye Li stared at her with a slightly hostile gaze, “Do I need a kid like you to teach me? I have been waiting for this day for so many years! Besides, the most important thing to do in a war is to not hesitate. Today, our army has easily defeated Prince Zhao’s army–our momentum is at its peak! So if we don’t act now, how long are we going to wait?!”

Being a soldier in her old life, she was truly unwilling to have her corpse spread all over the ground because of Ye Li’s wrong judgement. Since Prince Zhao had already lost, they actually only needed to wait a few more days to confirm that there was nothing brewing behind the scenes, such as unexpected traps, before he could obtain victory.

Since he has been waiting for so many years already, why couldn’t he wait today?!

“Father, even if you don’t think for yourself, you should think for those who believe in you! In a battle between two armies, even the tiniest mistake could lead to heavy casualties. Could it–”

“Enough!” Ye Li frowned. “Zhang Yuan!”

“Your subordinate is here.”

“Send the young miss to the general’s estate.”

“Yes, lord!”

“Father, would you listen to what I have to say?!”

Since she had wanted Ye Li to win from the start, she was naturally not expecting him to lose from this rushed decision. However, his sudden order to attack the city was really a strange one.

Why was that?

“Ye Mu!” Ye Li coldly interrupted her. On the rooftop, the last team was still waiting for him to give out his command, so he didn’t have much time left.

His large hand grabbed the small hand that Ye Mu was holding onto his arm as he lowered his head and said in a low voice, “Actually, before I brought you back today, I was very hesitant.”

Ye Mu looked at him in confusion.

“When the Second Prince made the deal with me, he told me that he needed some reassurance. Therefore, he wanted you to stay in the palace as a hostage. He was worried I would crush him in this partnership, so he needed some guarantee.”

Ye Mu’s face paled, but she still held onto his arm tightly.

“But if I want to succeed this time, the Second Prince should not continue living. If someone with another surname wishes to rule, the entire imperial court will have to be purged! Therefore, in my plan, you were already destined to be a victim. The moment I attack the Second Prince, the Second Prince would have definitely used you as a hostage, but he would think I won’t save you.”

Ye Mu glared at Ye Li with her round eyes, her hands still tightly holding on to Ye Li’s arm.

“Why are you telling me all these…”

He had already rescued her, so why did he still felt the need to tell her that he had almost given her up?

“Because I’ve never been a good father.”

When Ye Li said this, he actually softened his tone. “This time, not only am I fighting for just one cause–I am fighting for a change in the generations to come! Prince Zhao, the Second Prince and their allies all have a different ideal clashing against mine. That only makes them all my enemies!

Although today’s battle has a chance of winning, there’s still a chance of failure. But last night—and I thought about it for an entire night… I don’t know how long has it been since I’ve hesitated in making an order. But last night, the cause of my hesitancy was because I thought of you.

If I hadn’t always been driven by an extreme idea, how would I have lived till today? Did I have a chance to be like other fathers, with their children around their knees, looking at them with affection in their eyes? I didn’t. That’s why I wasted my resources and sent people to the palace for you to snatch you out. If I win this battle, you will be my princess!

And if I lose…then treat it as a father who hasn’t done anything for you and wants to do something for you in the end.”

After he finished speaking, he opened Ye Mu’s fingers bit by bit and pushed her into Zhang Yuan’s embrace.

He looked at her as if she still wanted to say something. In Ye Mu’s eyes, she had never seen such a raw expression on his eyes before. Yet in the end, he didn’t say a word.

He turned around and gave the order, “Let’s go!”

“Yes, general!” they chorused. Only when the last batch of soldiers of the black squad departed did Ye Mu realize that her eyes had already become red without her knowing.

So this morning when she had heard the sound of hurried footsteps in the palace, it wasn’t the Imperial guards preparing for war, but Ye Li’s people that he had sent into the palace to take her back?