Li Banghua felt that if it were a matter of trading live captives for live captives, the Jiannu would certainly agree. However, trading corpses for live captives—especially when the person to be traded back was Zu Dashou—meant the Jiannu were highly unlikely to agree.
"They won't trade? Then we won't either. It was their request in the first place," Emperor Chongzhen said with indifference.
Li Banghua looked troubled. "But... Prince Lu and his family have been captured. If we don't proceed with the trade, I fear for their lives!"
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