Wu Haoren, the leader of the Taiyin Sect, was deposed, and he was greeted by endless torture and torture. The disciples of the Taiyin Sect were almost wiped out in this battle, and even if there were still fish that slipped through the net, it is estimated that there are not many people alive in the whole sect from top to bottom, and they can be regarded as existing in name only.

Without the support of the Taiyin Sect, the defenders of Chenshuizhou were useless, they had already betrayed the Shuntian Empire, and how loyal they were to the Taiyin Sect? In the face of the attack of the Pingcheng coalition army, the Chen Shuijun army, which had few left, saw that the situation was not right, and either abandoned the city and fled, or raised their hands to surrender, and soon the entire Chenshuizhou was occupied by the Pingcheng army.

Since then, the war in the west has been quelled, and after the news was transmitted back to the court of the Shuntian Empire, there was a lot of jubilation, and the dark cloud hanging over the head of the court dissipated a lot. Now that the harassment in the north has been quelled and the rebellion in the west has been suppressed, the imperial court can finally take a breath and rearrange the north bank of the Dingjiang River, making every effort to prevent the Yingtian Empire from launching a mutiny, and at the same time, it can also mobilize a part of the troops to fight against the scourge from the ghost domain in the east.

It's just that the court of the Suncheon Empire did not unite because of the good news from the west, and the original surging undercurrent surfaced and rolled up monstrous waves!

The crown prince Li He returned victoriously with the victory of the northern nomads, and neither of the two factions in the court who had been fighting for the head and blood did not take advantage, but prompted those neutral factions to quickly lean towards the prince's camp. As the rightful heir to the throne, the crown prince already had an innate advantage, and now he has returned to the court victoriously, and his popularity is high, coupled with those who originally supported him, he immediately has a large number of supporters, and the weight of his voice in the court is becoming more and more heavy.

The letterhead of Ouyang Chen's death was then delivered to Prince Qing's mansion, Ouyang Yunqing was grief-stricken when he learned that his eldest son had been killed, and when he saw the end of the letterhead that the Dongqing Army had been absorbed by the Pingcheng Army, his eyes were dark, and he sat down on the seat.

After a long time, Ouyang Yunqing woke up slowly, clutching the letterhead from Pingcheng tightly in his hand.

"Ye Heng, I will definitely break your body into ten thousand pieces and avenge my Chen'er!" Ouyang Yunqing's eyes were red, and he clenched his back molars and said fiercely. With that, he took a book from the shelf, reached out and twisted it a few times in the space behind the book, and the bookshelf moved slowly, revealing a small door on the wall behind the shelf.

Ouyang Yunqing put the book back in its place, pushed open the small door and dodged in. After a while, a person dressed the same as Ouyang Yunqing and looking like a seven-point god appeared in the study. He walked directly to the place where Ouyang Yunqing was sitting before, and the old monk was sitting there in general meditation. After that, the bookshelf slowly returned to its original position, and Ouyang Yunqing's study returned to the same appearance as before, but Ouyang Yunqing himself had left Prince Qing's mansion unconsciously.

The next morning, the dragon chair was still empty, the emperor's illness was getting worse and worse, and he had not been to the court for a long time, but today's court was not as noisy as usual, and the supporters of the second prince and the third prince did not jump out to speak, and everyone's eyes were focused on the prince who had not been in court for a long time.

Li He took a few steps, came to the officials, and said very toughly: "Ladies and gentlemen, generals, this king doesn't care how you handled state affairs before, but from today onwards, everyone must put aside their prejudices, work as one, and make every effort to quell the invasion from the Ghost Domain! Those who violate our territory will be punished! Since the pressure from the Yingtian Empire, we only need to continue to increase troops to Dingjiang, as long as they don't make the first move, then continue to confront, and wait until we destroy the devils in the Ghost Domain, and free up our hands to deal with the Yingtian Empire!"

"Obey the Prince's orders!" replied in unison.

"How many troops does the imperial court still have?" asked Li He.

"There are not many troops that can be dispatched now, there are three brigades of the Heavenly Thorn Battalion, and there are 50,000 defenders of Yong'an City......" The general in charge of the military department counted carefully, and the court listened carefully, and then made suggestions together, and it was very rare that there were no serious differences.

After retiring from the court, the crown prince called the second prince and the third prince to stop, and the three of them walked at the end and came to the prince's mansion together. The three of them sat down in a pavilion in the back garden of the prince's mansion, and soon the maidservant brought them refreshments, and after the prince carried them away, the three began to talk about matters that were inconvenient to mention in the court.

"Big brother, do you have anything to do with us?" Seeing that there was no one around, the third prince Li Bei knew that he could speak with confidence, and asked bluntly.

Li He looked at the two of them, and Zhengse said: "I know that the two of you have been fighting openly and secretly some time ago, I will say ugly things in front, if the empire is over, none of us will be better;

"We all understand the truth, what the eldest brother needs us to do, we will fully cooperate!" said the second prince, Li Jiang.

"I have only one request, the war will not stop every day, we will not fight for the throne for a day, what do the two younger brothers think?"

"My father is critically ill, and the border is at war, how can we have that thought? Besides, the eldest brother is the crown prince, and the second brother will naturally listen to you in everything!" the second prince hurriedly said.

"The second brother is right!" the third prince said, "Before the eldest brother came back, the second brother and I just acted together in a scene, so that we could tell who was reliable and who was available. Now that the eldest brother is back, naturally everything will listen to the eldest brother. ”

"In that case, then thank you two younger brothers for their great help!" Li He said with a smile.

"Big brother, there is something you have to come forward, otherwise I am worried that it will bring big trouble to the imperial court!" the third prince seemed to remember something and said to Li He.

"What can make the third brother embarrassed like this? Say it and listen to it, as long as the eldest brother can solve it, then I will definitely help you!" Li Heyi said Bo Yuntian.

"It's not a matter of the west yet!" Li Bei immediately said, "Although Chen Shui and Guping Prefecture have returned to our hands, as far as I know, the person in charge of it now is a young man named Ye Heng. I don't know exactly what the situation is, but I always feel that it is inappropriate to let a person who has not been canonized by the imperial court be in charge of it! I am afraid that the front door will drive away the wolf, and the back door will enter the tiger, and eventually the imperial court will lose control of that place!"

Third brother, I know Ye Heng, isn't he the one who won the double championship on behalf of the Hero Martial Academy in this Continental Elite Competition? When Gu Pingzhou was in an emergency, he took the students of the LinkedIn Heroic Martial Arts Academy to support, which saved the precarious Pingcheng, and now he has recovered the western part of Pingding in the two states. Even if it is not canonized by the imperial court, I believe that the elites cultivated by the Hero Martial Academy will never do anything that endangers the empire!" said the second prince, Li Jiang, with a different opinion.

"Second brother, knowing people and knowing faces but not knowing their hearts, the students cultivated by the Hero Martial Arts Academy are indeed excellent, but this Ye Heng is different, he actually killed Ouyang Chen without authorization and took the Dongqing Army for himself, if he didn't have the ambition of a wolf, how could he do such a heartbreaking thing? If he doesn't take back control of the two states while his foothold is not stable, I'm afraid that he will raise a tiger and eventually become the next Taiyin Sect!" said Li Bei, the third prince.

"What? He killed Ouyang Chen and ate the Dongqing Army?" Prince Li He immediately sensed the seriousness of the situation and confirmed again.

"Yes, the Heavenly Thorn Battalion also sent troops to Pingcheng, and the second brother should also receive the news from there. Second brother, do you know about this?" Li Bei asked Li Jiang for confirmation.

"I do know about this matter, Ouyang Chen was killed, and the Dongqing Army was absorbed, it is true, but the news I received is more detailed than yours, because there is a reason for it, so I have to do it. The second prince Li Jiang replied.

"The Dongqing Army is one of the three major legions of our Shuntian Empire, and Ouyang Chen is the pillar of the imperial court, no matter what the reason, the Pingcheng side has done this, right?" Prince Li He said with a gloomy face.

Li Jiang shook his head with a smile and said, "What if Ouyang Chen has already betrayed the empire and colluded with the Taiyin Sect?"

"Impossible! Li Jiang, are you crazy? Ouyang Chen is the eldest son of Prince Qing's Mansion, how could he do such a rebellious thing?"

The crown prince Li He also didn't believe the words of the second prince, and looked at him suspiciously.

"I didn't believe it at first, think about it, if it wasn't for Pingcheng having been holding on, sabotaging the rebels' actions, and even eliminating the Taiyin Sect, if judged by the previous situation, what kind of situation would we face now? Let me tell you, when the rebels attacked Pingcheng, Ouyang Chen never appeared where he should have appeared, but inexplicably appeared in Quanshou Prefecture and Jiangyang Prefecture, and what is even more strange is that the two states that the Dongqing Army went to were occupied by the troops of the Yingtian Empire one after another, do you know about these things, third brother?" said the second prince unhurriedly.

"Is this really the case?" Li Bei wondered, "I haven't heard of it again!"

"This matter is very important, second brother, you can't talk about it!" Li He warned.

"How can I joke about this kind of thing? You two can go and investigate, anyway, Chen Shuizhou and Guping Prefecture have been recovered, you can investigate slowly. By the way, Li Quan is in Guping Prefecture, you can check with him about the situation. Now I'm most worried about what role Prince Qing plays in it, in case ...... Then it's trouble!" said the second prince.

The other two didn't answer, but their expressions became very serious.

"There is another thing that I find very strange, how could there suddenly be a war on all sides of the empire at the same time? And my father fell ill at this juncture? Also, at the beginning of the war, the enemy forces on all sides seemed to know our disposition, skillfully attacked our weak points, and quickly occupied a large part of our territory! If one side is like this, it may be a coincidence, but it is the case in all places where there is war, is it extremely scary?" the second prince continued.

The crown prince Li He nodded silently and fell into deep thought, and the third prince didn't know what he thought, sweat oozed from his forehead, and his face became even more ugly.

"In my opinion, the current situation in the two western states is quite good, let it be natural, and let them recover on their own! If we interfere wantonly, there will be a lot of waste waiting to be rebuilt, and a bad situation can easily stir up contradictions, which is not good for the society. Li Jiang continued.

"That can't be left alone! In this way, since Li Quan is there, we will canonize him as a feudal official, and then send someone to help him govern, and we must firmly control the two states in the hands of the imperial court, and there will be no more accidents!" Li He decided.

"Everything is arranged by the eldest brother!" the second prince rolled his throat and immediately agreed.

"I have no opinion. The third prince said.

"Regarding the matter of Ouyang Chen and Dongqingjun, I will investigate it myself, second brother, how about you go and find out about Prince Qing's side?" Prince Li He asked.

"Let's let the third brother go, his relationship with Prince Qing has always been close, and the resistance he encounters in doing this will be much smaller. You also know that I'm used to being lazy, and Prince Qing thinks I'm not angry, so how can I have a good face when he sees me? Li Jiang said with a smile, that smile looked harmless to humans and animals, but whether there was another deep meaning behind his words, it was unknown.