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"impossible!"

The eldest princess blurted out, looking at Xiao Yu with surprise and uncertainty in her eyes.

She stabilized her mind, looked at Xiao Yu's dejected expression, and still persisted in asking: "These may be just speculation...or it's just a coincidence! Shen Hui is still in Huai Yuan, and Zhou Huai's impulsiveness is easy to fight. With a ruthless temper, it is impossible to plan such an overall situation early on."

Seeing that the Eldest Princess didn't believe it, and now that the two of them had returned to the Eldest Princess's own courtyard, the people standing around were all his confidantes who stayed by his side, so he simply took out a letter and presented it: "This is an urgent code from the Crown Prince. Letter, Your Highness will know the truth after reading it."

The eldest princess took it with a trembling hand, read it hastily, and confirmed that it was the prince's handwritten letter. The letter clearly stated that the eldest princess should negotiate with Zhou Huai on behalf of the court, and let Zhou Huai release the army that entered the northwest. It also negotiated related compensation issues.In other words, it was true that Zhou Huai cut off the retreat of the remaining [-] people and chased them in the direction of Yunzhou.

"What does she want to do?"

The eldest princess took a deep breath and let it out before asking with a pale face. Her fingernails holding the letter almost tore through the letter paper.

"According to rumors, she plans to complete the migration of more than 50 people to the frontier by the end of next year. If successful, the Northwest will be able to advance, attack, retreat, and defend, and become a country of its own. But there are countless opponents of this move, and they Because I'm afraid of her iron-blooded wrist, I dare not directly resist, so I have been looking for various excuses to delay."

As the wealthiest state in the Northwest, Yunzhou has much better human landscape and climate than Yancheng, which is full of wind and sand all year round. Except for some loyal and ambitious people, many people with stable lives do not want to change the status quo. The border is adventurous, so the migration has always encountered a lot of resistance.Especially among Zhou Huai's subordinates, there are quite a few people of various ranks and teachings, all of them are uneven, and it is all relying on Zhou Huai's personal prestige to support the overall situation.

But since Zhou Huai ordered to build a new Huaiyuan in Yancheng, and was determined to move the political, military and economic centers there, and rebuild a new Huaiyuan, things changed.

She took great pains to let people vigorously publicize the development prospects of Yancheng, and prepared all the manpower, financial resources, time, and even the medicine used for the migration. Everything was planned very well, but she underestimated the ancient people's hearts. It is hard to leave the homeland and the persistence of falling leaves to return to their roots.

If it is not forced by life, no one wants to leave their hometown.Zhou Huai had a tough and non-negotiable attitude, so all kinds of monsters and monsters jumped out and danced.

The eldest princess had expected that Zhou Huai's move into Yancheng would be opposed by the majority of people, and the discussion might be put on hold for a few years, so she was not in a hurry.

It's a pity that Zhou Huai is a master who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. Even though thousands of people criticize and everyone opposes, she decided to move to Yancheng.

Now she seemed to have run out of patience and was not prepared to let things drag on any longer.At this time, the prince mobilized an army of about 5000 people to provoke the Northwest, wanting to teach Zhou Huai a lesson.The consequence of course was that Zhou Huai not only disabled the five thousand loyal imperial troops, but also forced the remaining soldiers to flee in the direction of Yunzhou like a cat playing with a mouse.

However, it was a group of soldiers still wearing armor, holding blood-stained cold swords in their hands, desperate, fearful and tragic but at a loss. They were going to describe their current state as stragglers.

And Zhou Huai had already continued to mobilize troops to the border battlefield, and sooner or later, this group of people would flood into Yunzhou.The eldest princess can imagine the tragedy that will happen at that time, like a group of sheep leisurely on the grass encountering a group of hungry and crazy dogs.At that time, not only those who obey will prosper and those who oppose will perish, but countless people will suffer.

Killing someone with a borrowed knife is the quickest way to deal with opponents and clean himself up, and Xiao Yu doesn't mind using such the most vicious thoughts to speculate on Zhou Huai's sinister intentions in forcing the remnant soldiers into Yunzhou.

The eldest princess didn't want to admit that she had been tricked by Zhou Huai, nor did she believe that Zhou Huai was the kind of wily and calculating person who took every step and counted three steps.But the facts were right in front of her eyes, and she couldn't help but not believe it. The eldest princess covered her face and smiled lowly, but her voice sounded like laughing and crying, and she murmured, "What's the matter with saying that Yanzhou will be bloodbathed before? "

Xiao Yu's face was also not very good, but he still said: "After the rebellion was suppressed, Yanzhou Prison was overcrowded. But since she kept saying that she wanted to wash Yanzhou with blood, according to her temperament, why bother to put her in prison? After returning from the execution ground, she had already ordered the family members of those people in the prison to take the ransom money to redeem them. As for those who had no money to redeem or those who had no family members or friends to redeem them, she selected young female relatives among them to distribute to those who had done meritorious service or were wounded. The disabled soldiers and soldiers, except the old, the young, the weak and the disabled, all became Laufs, and they may have been sent to mine or build her Yancheng city wall. There are also those families whose homes were confiscated, the property confiscated It is said that part of it has been sent to the border as a military payment for the military conflict with the Qiang country, and the rest should be used to make those weird weapons again."

They worked hard, and even if they saved the remaining nearly a thousand captives, it might be that she wanted them to save them, or that the crime was so obvious that the common people hated it.With such a big disturbance, it was only a thankless task, and it became the laughing stock of the world.Blame only the delay in their news, the lack of manpower, and the constraints everywhere.

The eldest princess was stunned, and after several changes in her face, she slowly asked: "Now this passive situation is everywhere, sir, can you find a way to break it?"

Xiao Yu's eyes flickered slightly, and he asked in a low voice, "Does Your Highness know who is behind that captain of Qi Han's personal guard?"

"He has the intention to kill me." The eldest princess said this sentence with a very positive narrative tone, but the next sentence was a little doubtful: "Did the fourth brother make a move? What does the master mean by mentioning him?"

Xiao Yu nodded with a smile, then shook his head again: "It is true that he came for His Highness, and it seems that Miss Zhou already knew the identity of Qi Han, but she seems to hate the Fourth Prince very much, so how could she Keep his people by your side? Let alone such an important position?"

The eldest princess raised her eyebrows: "Those who dare to provoke her and still have a full beard, it seems that there are only three people: the one in the palace, the masochist fourth child, and the Gongxi Guoshi from the Qiang Kingdom. But Qi Han can be by her side Having served as a personal guard for so long, his identity can only be that the person in the palace sent to her side. But so what if he knows this? Zhou Huai dare not fight against that person, let alone you and me?"

"Miss Zhou is today because of the support of that person. But now, the Northwest is powerful, Miss Zhou is getting older, and her temperament is becoming more willful and violent. She probably doesn't want to be pointed at by others anymore, so she has Zhao. After the restoration of the country, there is the matter of the person in the palace lending troops to the prince again. After Miss Zhou inexplicably put Captain Qi's personal guard in prison, there was news from the Huaiyuan that the auxiliary ministers in the Huaiyuan were the mainstay of the party Meet and run away together."

The eldest princess was slightly surprised: "Sir, what do you mean, they have fallen out? Turned against each other?"

"Judging from the results of the current intelligence analysis, even if there is no quarrel, there is indeed a rift between them."

The eldest princess's thoughts were a little confused, and she didn't want to go around in circles anymore, so she asked directly: "Mr. once asked me to use other people's goals to achieve my own goal step by step. Now that I have reached such a situation, why are you so hesitant and hesitant?" gone?"

Xiao Yu smiled, with a calm and calm posture: "The current situation is catastrophe for the world, but it is beneficial for His Highness. It depends on whether His Highness wants 'fame' or 'profit'."

"What about the name? What about the profit? How does the master think that this palace has the right to choose?" The princess's voice was faint, staring at Xiao Yu with unclear meaning.

Xiao Yu looked at the Eldest Princess with sharp eyes from time to time, as if he wanted to see through her eyes, he did not hide or evade, but first bowed his hands and then asked questions instead: "I have never understood that after the Regent Taishang Emperor drove west, His Majesty immediately used thunderous means to win over the regime and stabilize his rule. But later, he stopped his actions only for the dissuasion of the so-called daughter of Fu Rui. Compared with today's internal and external difficulties in Jing's country, I think that without her existence, Jing's country may not have become stronger so quickly, but it must be more stable than it is now, and His Highness may have guessed His Majesty's mind?"

The eldest princess' eyes flickered and she opened her mouth, but she still didn't say anything. She avoided Xiao Yu's gaze, and only evaded: "Your heart is unpredictable, how can I know? But even if Zhou Huai is indeed special, but She is a mortal body in the end, and she will be born, grow old, get sick and die. Therefore, if you have something to say, sir, please express it clearly."

Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes, his brows were slightly cold, and he was dissatisfied with the eldest princess' concealment of Zhou Huai, but they were in the same boat.So it was only while his mind was turning, he watched the eldest princess speak neatly.

"Choose a name, Your Highness will continue to deal with the affairs of Yanzhou, thoroughly investigate to the end, reveal to the world the killing of Miss Zhou and all the evil deeds she has committed in the past, and force her to commit crimes as the eldest princess of the royal family. My letter. With her notoriety, His Royal Highness has achieved the reputation of being upright and upright, safeguarding the country's prestige and righteousness. The timing is just right for Xuanli! Taking advantage of the rift between her and the man in the palace, Zhao Kingdom, which she is in charge of as a puppet, is not stable in the country, and the migration of Huaiyuan is hindered. For the interests of many people, the northwest army fought on both sides of the north and the south, and Zhou Hao broke out the turmoil of the former emperor and grandson. In this troubled time, as long as His Highness can instigate her to make her and His Majesty completely turn against each other, there is no need to stay forever, as long as His Majesty no longer Protect her, those "auxiliary ministers" sent by His Majesty to assist her will definitely follow the wind, and the tiger talisman in Zhou Huai's hand will be returned sooner or later, then the people of Huai Court will be panicked, and even the northwest will be shaken. Northwest is gone. Those middle-class pillars and the army rely on are just a piece of fat. If you give some jewels and money to the Qiang Kingdom Xirong and other countries to delay the private army she built personally, and send someone to drive a wedge between Miss Zhou and Emperor Zhao, it is best to provoke The resentment of the people of Zhao State, at that time, so what if it was the Lord Huai or the saint? She has so many enemies, once she is imprisoned, countless people will surely fall into trouble. In recent years, like your Highness, I have been paying attention to the Northwest , and checked all the things in the Northwest. I found that although the Northwest looked strong on the surface, its foundation was still not stable. Miss Zhou was still a little impatient. , so she is also vortexed in the officialdom, she will only be called 'Night Owl', but His Highness is quite famous among the common people."

The eldest princess was noncommittal to Xiao Yu's last flattery, and only hesitated: "Then how to stir up trouble and make them turn against each other?"

"Send someone to assassinate Master Huai."

"What?" The eldest princess was startled, and stared at Xiao Yu's expression sharply for a long while before she calmed down and said, "No, if something happens to her, the Northwest will be in chaos, so let's think of another way."

"I don't want her life. As long as she is poisoned or injured and recuperates for a while, delaying her speed of closing the net, disrupting her layout, and blaming it on the palace, it can be regarded as buying time for the prince to breathe. If the fourth prince also If you come to the northwest, it will be even more fun. The fish and the clams will fight each other, and no matter who wins or loses, His Majesty will be disappointed with them, His Highness just needs to be patient and be a fisherman."

As long as the assassination is successful, there will be no harm to them!

The eldest princess was not very optimistic, she just lowered her head to think about how feasible this matter was, and finally said: "If the person sent by the party misses, it's just a failure. If the subordinates go crazy and regret that they are not here, but no one can stop them, how will it end then?"

Xiao Yu's eyes were filled with dark light, and the killing intent in his eyes was pouring out.He faintly smiled: "The dragons have no leader, what is there to be afraid of? Dividing the world equally is a disgrace, if you don't do it again, will you really regret it when she sends her army south and the soldiers approach the city?"

Hearing Xiao Yu's rebellious words, the eldest princess did not get angry, but looked sad: "It is the imperial court that has been weak for a long time, and the more than two thousand remnant soldiers whose retreat was cut off are examples."

"Only relying on the tens of millions of taels of silver for cultivating officialdom, it is impossible to build the Northwest where today's elite soldiers and strong students are like a cloud. She has today's power, I am afraid that she still relies on the legendary treasures of the previous dynasty, but if she reforms so vigorously, After nearly eight years of squandering, I am afraid that there is not much left, if the follow-up is weak, this vast Northwest is just a building that is about to collapse."

When the eldest princess heard the words 'treasure of the previous dynasty', her expression was shocked, she looked at the smug Xiao Yu, pondered for a long time, and nodded: "It's not too late, I'm going to find her to drink now, other matters I will leave it to Mr.

Seeing that the eldest princess agreed, Xiao Yu showed joy, and at the same time secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

The eldest princess glanced out at the approaching night sky, and then thought about it: "By the way, she's pretty good at it. Sir, you can be safe when it comes to wine. If you want to do it, you have to be safe."

Xiao Yu was a little surprised: "But I heard that she doesn't drink at all?"

The eldest princess glanced at Xiao Yu with narrowed eyes, and left without saying a word.

Xiao Yu was stunned, and after a while, his face turned red and he coughed a few times uncomfortably, did he think too much?