Strategy? I'm at full level and criticizing like crazy, taming sickly villains

Qin Jue's sullen look was still a bit bluffing, not to mention that he had locked up people like Jiang Li, so how could Qin Xiang not be afraid?

Her already pale face suddenly looked even paler.

She glanced at Jiang Li and said nothing more. She bowed her head slightly and said, "Qin Xiang... understand."

Watching Qin Xiang leave, Jiang Li smiled lightly, then lowered his head and continued to play with his hair.

Qin Jue glanced at her, "Are you disappointed?"

Jiang Li twitched his lips, "What are you disappointed about? Disappointed that she gave in so easily and didn't help me?"

Qin Jue looked at her with cold eyes and said, "Shouldn't you be disappointed?"

"If you want to get the city defense map, she shouldn't have to do it...but you still used her and gave her a way to survive."

"If you want to negotiate terms with me, you don't have to do anything but a city defense plan. Moreover, if you conceal this matter and intercept it in advance, this battle will be difficult for me."

"But you still didn't do that for the sake of her future."

"You have thought about her and done so much, but for her, this kind of kindness is only worth a light plea from her. Shouldn't you be disappointed?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "If you don't have hope, you won't be disappointed."

"What's more, I'm not as great and selfless as you said. I chose her just because she was just right. I didn't kill her just because I kept my word and didn't want to break my promise to others."

"I did all this for myself, not for her, so it's understandable that she is acting in her own interests, right?"

Qin Jue was silent for a moment, "If you don't have hope, you won't be disappointed... So Jiang Li, have you ever had hope in me?"

Jiang Li's originally smiling face turned cold for a moment, and then... refused to answer the question.

"I'm sleepy, it's time for you to go."

"The city defense plan is time-sensitive. If nothing else happens, you should send out troops tomorrow. You shouldn't have much time to waste on me, right?"

Jiang Li lay there with his eyes closed, not even bothering to look at him.

However, Qin Jue stared at her carefully for a long time before saying: "...Stay here obediently and wait for me to come back."

Jiang Li gradually walked to the door as she listened to his footsteps. She suddenly seemed to have thought of something and spoke.

"Although the possibility is very small, but... Qin Jue, come back alive."

Qin Jue was stunned for a moment, then looked back at Jiang Li with a hint of surprise in his eyes, "Are you... caring about me?"

Jiang Li smiled at him, "Silly boy, what are you thinking about? Of course not."

"It's just that I want to take your life myself, and I can't just leave it somewhere else."

She will die as soon as Qin Jue dies.

That day, my mood was somewhat unstable, so I decided to kill Qin Jue directly.

But now I think about it... She still has a lot of things to do, so at least until she completes those things, Qin Jue can't die, let alone die in the hands of others.

Her few words lifted Qin Jue's heart, but then dropped it again.

Looking at the somewhat evil smile hanging on the corner of her lips, Qin Jue certainly understood that she was deliberately teasing him.

Disappointed, sad, but... so what?

He had long been reluctant to kill her.

Without saying anything more, Qin Jue turned and left.

In the next few days, Jiang Li stayed alone in the bird cage in the study, living a boring life of reaching out for clothes and opening his mouth when food came.

The second night after Qin Jue left, she waited for someone.

"Princess!"

Lan Yin knelt down in front of Jiang Li in a state of embarrassment, her eyes red, "Princess, you are suffering, Lan Yin will save you right now!"

As she spoke, Lan Yin planned to cut off the lock of the cage with a knife.

But as soon as she raised the knife, Jiang Li stopped her, "Don't... I haven't left yet."

Lan Yin was stunned, "Princess, what do you mean?"

Jiang Li smiled and said, "It means... I have to stay here for a while."

"The person who saved you is Yang Jin?"

Lan Yin nodded heavily, "Exactly! The princess was trapped here. Although you couldn't tell General Yang explicitly, you said you would send me back to Donglin County to handle the matter, so General Yang took it seriously."

"General Yang knows that Mingyue Tower belongs to you. He thought that if you let me go back to Donglin County, I would definitely contact Mingyue Tower, so I went over to ask Miss Peiyao."

"After asking, I learned that I had never come back, so I became suspicious. After that, Miss Yu Peiyao made many inquiries together, and only then did I learn about the situation between the princess and me!"

Jiang Li nodded, "Well, the process is pretty much what I thought."

There was still an information gap between Qin Jue and her, so he didn't know about the existence of Mingyue Tower, and he didn't expect to be exposed here.

She must also be grateful that she rarely thinks about serious things in front of Qin Jue, so Mingyue Tower can hide it.

Thinking about it, she said to Lan Yin again: "Let Yang Jin arrange it carefully to create the illusion that you died in prison, so that no one will find out that you escaped."

"After that...there are still many arrangements, and we need to rely on you and Yang Jin..."

She told Lan Yin what needed to be done one by one, and finally she said seriously, "My life will not be in danger here, so remember, no matter what happens here, don't expose yourself."

Lan Yin looked at Jiang Li with heartache in her eyes, "But princess... you are so humiliated here, how can we just sit idly by and ignore you?"

Jiang Li smiled lightly and said, "It's just that I'm locked in a cage, but I'm still fed and clothed. It's nothing. Don't worry."

As she said that, she reached out her hand and touched Lan Yin's head gently, "Good boy, it's time for you to go."

Lan Yin left, leaving Jiang Li alone to face the darkness of this room.

But she raised the corners of her lips and smiled.

"This big show...is finally about to begin."

Qin Jue came back on the fifth day after leaving.

He came full of blood, and he didn't even have time to wipe off the blood on his face, so he came to see Jiang Li immediately.

His eyes, which were always dark, were so bright for the first time. He looked at Jiang Li and said, "Jiang Li, I win!"

Jiang Li glanced at him and said lazily, "Oh," "Congratulations."

Qin Jue seemed really happy, and even her perfunctory attitude didn't dampen his enthusiasm.

"Did you know? Because of that city defense map, our army won a great victory and has already defeated Mucheng!"

"Now that Liang Guo has suffered heavy losses, it has no choice but to retreat to the next city gate. I think it will no longer pose a threat to us in a short time!"

Jiang Li said "Oh" again, "Then what? You won't be satisfied with this, right?"

She tapped her fingers on the table and reminded: "If you want them to really not pose a threat to Qingguo, at least beat them until they are afraid and beat them until they actively beg for mercy."

"This is just a victory for you now. It's still far away. Why are you so happy?"