Chapter 433 Exchange
Ya Fei shifted her gaze away from the bronze treasure box, and her delicate and pretty nose twitched slightly.

"This fragrance comes from the Snow Girl. It looks like Cheng Jiao just came out from the Snow Girl not long ago."

Ya Fei muttered a few words to herself and politely led Cheng Jiao into the house.

She wasn't on guard. If Cheng Jiao really wanted to do it, no matter how she defended herself, it would be useless.

"Miss Yafei, I'm sorry for disturbing you by coming here so late at night."

Ya Fei gathered her hair and chuckled, "What made you willing to leave the gentle embrace of the Snow Girl? Was it for this bronze treasure box?"

"That's right," Cheng Jiao nodded. "After my last chat with Miss Ya Fei, I have studied these two treasure boxes many times, but have gained very little. Miss Ya Fei once said that she had studied these for several years before. I wonder if you can tell me in detail."

Ya Fei's beautiful eyes flickered, "Sir, didn't you say before that you were confident in opening the Blue Dragon Seven Stars? Why are you asking me again?"

"Those assumptions are just guesses, and the details are still unknown. If Miss Yafei can be honest, maybe by chance, the secret of the Blue Dragon's Seven Stars will be solved."

Cheng Jiao almost forgot what he had said to Zhao Ya before. Fortunately, he thought quickly and avoided getting into embarrassment.

"That will disappoint Master Cheng Jiao," Ya Fei sighed, "Although I have studied it for several years, I have searched the palace's storage room and found no useful clues. They are all vague and well-known myths and legends."

Cheng Jiao was slightly stunned, then shook his head and laughed, he was thinking too much.

If the Seven Stars of the Azure Dragon really have clues, it is impossible for all countries to ignore it and regard it as a symbol.

"Miss Yafei, sorry to bother you. I'll leave now."

Seeing Cheng Jiao about to leave, Ya Fei subconsciously raised her hand to stop him: "Sir, wait a minute."

Cheng Jiao sat down again and asked, "Miss Yafei, do you have anything else to say?"

Ya Fei was extremely conflicted and her inner conflict was intense.

She had been thinking hard about how to break the impasse, and after much thought, she realized that in the entire Handan city, only Cheng Jiao had the ability to protect her to the palace to destroy Guo Kai's plan to become the queen and prevent Zhao Qian from succeeding to the throne tomorrow.

Then we can buy time. After two or three days, when General Li Mu returns to the capital, we can start investigating the cause of the king's death.
But how to make Cheng Jiao willing to do this and open up the situation for her became her biggest problem.

It was not until Cheng Jiao came over late at night, which made her heart beat fast, that she remembered that she still had a chance, and asked Cheng Jiao for help.

Ya Fei hesitated for a moment, took off the golden hairpin from her hair, shook her head slightly, and her long hair suddenly fell on her shoulders. A faint scent of temptation slowly spread in the room.

"Sir, Guo Kai is now in control of Handan, and the palace is ruled by the Queen. I am just a weak woman. How can I find out the truth in this situation and prevent Guo Kai, the Queen and others from succeeding in their conspiracy?"

Cheng Jiao sniffed the faint fragrance coming from Yafei's body, and saw the hint of hope in Yafei's beautiful eyes. He was a little unsure what Yafei wanted to do.

Was it intentional, or accidental, or intentionally careless.

"Miss Yafei, although I can help you, it involves the King of Zhao and the succession of the crown prince. If I get involved, I am afraid that I will be accused by other countries of interfering in the internal affairs of other countries. If I were not the Qin envoy, I could discuss it, but now I represent the Qin State, so if I do this, I am afraid that the Qin State will..."

At the end, Cheng Jiao shook his head and said nothing.

For him, it didn't matter whether to do this or not. Both Queen Chang and Guo Kai were under his control. No matter who succeeded to the throne, they would become his pawns, and the State of Zhao was doomed to perish.

Zhao Ya was speechless for a moment. She couldn't tell whether Cheng Jiao wanted to do it but couldn't, or didn't want to do it. There was a big difference between the two.

"Master, Zhao Ya is all alone now. If you are willing to help, just ask for it."

Ya Fei bit her silver teeth lightly, the hint was already obvious.

If Cheng Jiao really wanted to, he could just change his appearance to help her without giving anyone a reason to criticize him.

Furthermore, as the eldest princess of Zhao State, it is impossible for her to brazenly bring Cheng Jiao into tomorrow's succession ceremony. Otherwise, Guo Kai will definitely turn the tables and falsely accuse her of colluding with Qin State.

Cheng Jiao's hand holding the bronze treasure box paused for a moment. Having dealt with so many women, how could he not hear or see what Zhao Ya was going to do?

Thinking of how Xue Nu often mentioned Ya Fei and how she regretted having to part with Ya Fei, Cheng Jiao couldn't help but smile. It seemed that Xue Nu didn't have to feel regretful anymore.

“Miss Yafei, you may know that I love beautiful women, but…” Cheng Jiao looked at Zhao Ya, whose beautiful eyes were fixed on him, and said slowly: “I am very selfish. If you want me to help you, then you must be prepared to stay by my side for the rest of your life.”

Zhao Yawei opened her cherry lips. If it was just a one-night stand, she could still accept it, but if it was extended to a lifetime, and she might very well be a concubine without a name, how could she accept it?

"Sir, between us..."

Cheng Jiao interrupted, “To be honest, if it weren’t for the fact that Xue Nu wanted to be with you so much but had to regretfully part with you, I wouldn’t actually be forcing you to make a decision right now.

I hope Miss Yafei will think about it carefully. It is only two hours before dawn. Once Zhao Qian takes the throne, it will be difficult for me to take action. You should understand this."

Ya Fei smiled bitterly. Cheng Jiao was indeed willing to help her once as she thought. But this time, asking her and Cheng Jiao to stay together forever was too much of a joke.

After a moment of silence, Ya Fei looked up at Cheng Jiao and said, "I promise to stay with you."

The reason why she was willing to stay with Cheng Jiao was not only because of tomorrow's event, but also because of Xue Nu. After spending many years with Xue Nu, she was reluctant to part with her in this life.

Cheng Jiao smiled and said, "Miss Yafei, I believe you will not regret your choice tonight."

Zhao Ya nodded silently: "There is one more thing I would like to ask you, sir."

"What is it? Let's be clear. I can help you prevent what will happen tomorrow, but I won't help you kill the Queen Guo Kai and others. You should understand the reasoning behind this."

"Ya Fei understands. I want you to help me save someone."

Zhao Ya knew that seeing blood tomorrow and not seeing blood were two different concepts. If a bloody incident occurred, the State of Zhao would probably fall into turmoil.

Cheng Jiao was thinking, "But what about Zhao Jia?"

"Yes, I believe it will be easy for you to get Zhao Jia back to Zhao State."

Zhao Ya looked at Cheng Jiao nervously. The only people eligible to inherit the throne now were Zhao Qian and Zhao Jia who was far away in Qin.

As for the other young princes in the palace, if Queen Chang was not stupid, they would probably have been imprisoned. Once Zhao Qian encountered an accident, she would have the initiative to decide whether to kill him or support him to the throne.

The way she could think of to break the situation was to let Zhao Jia come back and compete for the throne with Li Mu's support.

(End of this chapter)