In the hall, Mi Huang bent down to pick up the red pen on the case, and Cheng Jia had quickly handed over his pen.

Mi Huang took the head, picked up the pen, dipped in black ink, walked to a vacant bamboo board next to the Kanyu map, quickly drew a circle, divided it into four parts with the pen, and then ordered Siqin to mark the different small military flags, according to her four divisions marked "Mi Room", "Ruo Ao Clan", "Sun Hou", and "Rest", respectively, the nine-tailed black phoenix flag, the five-tailed golden phoenix flag, and the iron halberd flag, glued to the first three pieces, and the last one was not.

She pointed to the pie chart divided into four pieces and said, "Actually, there is another problem, you are not in the army, you may not have noticed.

In the three hundred years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, I can really support hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Chu, and there are many generals in Chu, one banner is Ruoao Liubu, and the other is the Iron Guard in the hands of my maternal grandfather Sun Hou, and then there are the garrisons of the royal family scattered in various places, the soldiers and horses of the five cities, and the forbidden army that has guarded the forbidden palace for many years, and the private divisions of your major clans add up to 100,000 people, this is all the military strength of my Great Chu to the outside world. ”

"But. ”

As soon as the conversation turned, she drew a big "cross" on this pie chart and said loudly: "These are all in the past tense!"

"Since King Cheng was defeated in the Jin Kingdom, in the past nineteen years, although my father has been ambitious for many years, he has been ill, and there have been many foreign wars in my Chu State. Have you ever noticed anything about your presence in the court?

During this period, every war, including the Chu Yong War, which lasted for three years, and even the current battle against Jin, the Ruo Ao clan never came out, at most only one-third of the army was dispatched, and the rest was a combined army composed of my maternal grandfather, my father, and other clans in the country.

They obviously have strong military strength, but they would rather watch the war baptize the northwest of our Chu State for three years, but they have always preserved their strength and never participated in large-scale battles, or boldly guessed that they used this disguised consumption of the combat power of other living armies in the country, and finally destroyed the Yong army with the strength of the Qin-Ba coalition army. ”

"So the strength of the army in the country now, this circle that you see. ”

Mi Huang raised the pen in her hand, Cheng Jia was already holding cinnabar ink, handed it to her, she raised the pen and dipped it, and stroked, dividing it into two, marked a four and six on the left and right, "They should account for more than forty percent, and the sum of the rest of the army is only sixty percent." ”

Mi Huang's words fell.

Everyone was shocked.

This number they have never counted.

"Could these be just speculations on the princess?......

Some people doubted, after all, in every war, Ruo Ao participated in it.

Cheng Jia stood in front of this pie-shaped picture, raised his sword eyebrows slightly, looked at the speaker and retorted, "But don't forget that the organizers of every foreign war are Lord Ling Yin and Lord Sima, who are in charge of military and political power, and each family responds to the call. If you think about it, if you think about it, every time you think about it, the Ruo Ao clan will use the domestic stability as an excuse, leaving most of the army to stick to the country. ”

Cheng Daxin suddenly realized.

His brows couldn't help but deepen, and he said in a deep voice, "I remember that when my father was alive, he said that Ruo Ao had been trying to weaken the power of our clan by all means, and at that time I didn't understand how they weakened it, only when their clansmen took advantage of the official positions up and down the Chu State.

But today, when we see this map of military snobbery expansion that eliminates one after another, we understand.

Such silent means, which have been continuously weakened by the rest of the domestic forces for more than ten years, are truly astonishing.

It's just that all this is from the hands of Ling Yin, or the hands of the horses, or if the ancestors of the Ao clan have already formulated this terrible plan and planned it for a long time?"

As soon as these words came out, the generals of the Phoenix Feather Guard who were there were silent.

The three-year Chu Yong war, how hard it was to fight.

How many people died, and even the food and grass were cut off.

They know better than anyone else.

But now it is really more cruel than the life-and-death struggle on the battlefield.

Yang Yuji clenched his fists, "creaked", and still asked softly, "Tainu, are these the means of the horse?"

In terms of mind, in the Chu State, no one can stand out.

Mi Huang's face was deep, and he shook his head and replied affirmatively, "The colt is only twenty-two years old, and in terms of age, such a method cannot come from the hand of the colt. As she said this, a large drop of ink fell from the tip of the pen in her hand, dripping down the hem of her sleeve, and smearing a whole sleeve of her coat, which she did not even notice.

Cheng Jia quietly pulled out the pen in her hand and reminded, "Lady, your sleeves are dirty." ”

"Thank you. ”

Huang inhaled slightly.

She wasn't sure if Ao Ziyan would use such a method if she participated in politics or became an adult, but she had to find an opportunity to be sure, otherwise she wouldn't be able to sleep day and night.

Because Pan Chong once told her that Yin Zi had used the Jin State and other northern coalition forces to contain her grandfather's Iron Guards for a long time, would they use the same method to consume other armies in the country and invisibly reduce the military power of other clans and even the royal family?

Since she married Ruo Ao Ziyan and gradually learned about the true strength of the Ruo Ao clan, she could be sure that they had such a single-handed ability to cover the sky, and did all this under the premise that her father and even she were not aware of it.

Otherwise, it can't be explained why Yongguo fought in Chu back then, and seeing the raging war, if the Ao clan didn't send Ruo Ao Ziyan, if Ao Yuejiao and other excellent sons went to the battlefield in person?

On the contrary, Ren Yong's army took three years, consuming various domestic war population resources.

In the end, he proposed to relieve the siege with the Qin-Pakistan coalition army?

A bold and terrible speculation was born in her mind, was it for the longevity of the clan or what?

The intent behind it.

It's not reassuring.

Thinking of the death of Ruo Ao Duwei, Ashin's big hand on the hilt of the sword vibrated violently, and he cried out, "Daughter, Ashin is stupid, what is Ruo Ao's plan for this?...... We are fighting on the front lines, and they are in the rear to take our lives and the country we have to defend?......"

"We are desperate for our lives to protect his family and its longevity?"

"Ashin is unwilling to lay down his life for them!"

Ashin's voice expressed the hearts of all the generals of the Phoenix Feather Guard present, and when the words fell, Ashin untied his sword and handed over the command of the Phoenix Feather Guard, knelt on the ground, and presented it with both hands.

Yang Youji and Si Jian both stepped forward, pressed their big hands on his shoulders left and right, and shouted at him, "Ashin, if the matter of the Ao clan has nothing to do with His Highness!"

"Even the king may not be able to know this, let alone us in the Chu Yong battlefield?"

Zhou Zao's generals all looked at the woman in front of Kanyutu.

Their Highnesses.

Waiting for her to get an answer.

The voices in the four circles buzzed in his ears, his eyes were intertwined into a net, and his hands were folded in front of him, tightly interlocked.

She didn't want to reveal the truth, but Cheng Jia asked her to answer, and she would never evade the answer, so she was ready to be accused by the soldiers, it was she who led them to a wrong abyss when she didn't fully understand Ruo Ao's family, and now she wants to retreat, but fate doesn't allow her to choose, so she can only move forward.

Cheng Jia's slender figure stepped forward, stood in front of the woman, blocked everyone's accusatory eyes, and said to Ashin who was kneeling on the ground, "The princess is naturally unwilling, otherwise she would not have personally revealed this truth in front of so many of us, for her, this truth is even more miserable...... After all, Ruo Ao is a relative to her. ”

When the phoenix heard the sound, there was a trace of trance.

She couldn't tell how she felt at this moment, but she pulled Cheng Jia's sleeve and motioned for him to let her say it herself, "Cheng Jia, don't say it...... It was me who was wrong. ”

"As the commander of the Phoenix Feather Guard, it is my duty to distinguish everything for them, but in the face of the battles, conspiracies, and tricks in the court, I still don't understand the complicated politics and those vigorous ambitions when I am young, but I naively chose a powerful backer as a dependent, so that all of us gradually fall into the battle of the unknowable power vortex, and we cannot retreat. ”

All innocence is gone in one day.

All the growth is done in one day.

All of this will come at a huge cost.

……

After the meeting, Mi Huang stayed alone in the main hall, looking at the golden sword box enshrined high above the main hall, and opened it gently with a "click", Ruyu's hand gently slashed through the sword body of the Tai'a Wang Sword made of pure steel, and a trace of cold light flowed out, and then pulled out the Wang Sword, and his eyes fell on the sharp blade.

Draw your sword and break the fire.

The long candles on the floor in the hall were all silently extinguished for a while.

Suddenly, there was a "creak" behind him, the door sounded, and someone slowly walked in with a silver rainlight on his back.

Mi Huang held the sword, looked back at the visitor, and said, "Why are you back again, didn't you say that you have something to explain to Chen Huang and them?"

"It's already been explained. ”

Cheng Jia looked at the sword in her hand, and inadvertently remembered what Ruo Ziyan said to her in the study last year, "What do you want to do?"

Mi Huang said in a clear voice, "You are right today, between the country and the individual, I have the obligation to make a choice. ”

"You want to kill Yue Jiao now?"

"Hmm. ”

"His martial arts are too high, except for Si Jian, it is difficult for anyone to get close to him, and there must not be only one person around him. ”

Mi Huang analyzed the situation of Ruo Ao Ziyan, Si Jian and Yue Jiao several times.

"Instead of worrying about Yue Jiao's chaos, it is better to worry about the safety of Lord Ling Yin. ”

"Ling Yin?"

"Hmm. ”

Cheng Jia nodded.

"Yue Jiao wants to be chaotic, if you want to rebel, the first one will be against Lord Ling Yin, because there is a gap between him and Ling Yin and Ziyan, and the princess should know. Cheng Jia reminded that if Ao Yuejiao and Ruo Ao Ziyan fought each other several times, the two brothers were already a life-and-death feud that could not be resolved.

In a trance, Mi Huang recalled the long and vague memories of her previous life, when she had indeed heard of Ling Yin's death, but when did that happen?

She recalled vigorously, but after a long time, the sword in her hand fell to the ground with a "clang".

It seems that everyone in the palace said that her father killed him?

Why did her father kill Ling Yin?

Cheng Jia saw the sudden change in Mi Huang's face, and helped her and said, "Tainu, what's wrong with you?"

"Is my father going to kill Ling Yin?"

Mi Huang looked at him and suddenly asked rhetorically.

"How do you know?"

Cheng Jia was slightly shocked, he learned from the history of later generations, how did he guess it?

"I speculated. ”

Mi Huang's eyes were deep, "But we have to find ways to stop this matter, so that Yin Yi dies, if the Ao clan will be chaotic, the Chu country will be chaotic." ”

Although she didn't know if the Ruo Ao clan was in chaos in her previous life, but now that Ao Ziyan is leading the army, if her father kills Ling Yin, it will be tantamount to forcing Ruo Ao Ziyan to rebel, and the Chu country will be in chaos.

Cheng Jia nodded, "So when it comes to making a mistake, it is urgent to ensure the safety of Lord Ling Yin, although the existence of the Ruo Ao clan has affected the entire Chu State, but if the Ao clan can't be in chaos before the end of the Jin State War at this time, otherwise internal and external troubles, the surrounding princes will inevitably look at the delay and take advantage of the situation." ”

"Regarding Ling Yin's matter, I will go out of the palace to see Ling Yin later, don't worry. ”

Seeing that her complexion was not very good, Cheng Jia looked at the slippery road and said, "It's raining heavily outside, I'll send you back first." ”

Mi Huang shook his head, "No, I still have to confirm one more thing." ”

"What?"

"The truth or falsehood of the child's position. ”

After the words fell, she looked at Si Qin behind her, "Qin Hong, have you contacted here?"

Si Qin nodded, "I have already contacted, she didn't say, she said that she would not say until she saw the princess." ”

"So secretive?"

"She must have a big secret. Si Qincai replied with a slight frown.

"No need to ask, there must be something wrong with this child, when Mi Zhao went out of the palace with her, Qin Hong said that Mi Zhao was pregnant, where has her child gone now?" Mi Huang shook her head, this is also the real reason why she doesn't care about the son-in-law.

A fake heir, she wants to debunk.

It's just too easy.

Si Qin nodded, "The immortal master has already approved the order, the king has no children in his life, it is impossible for the princess to give birth to a son so coincidentally, and now there is no proof of death, Princess Wu and all the people around her who delivered the baby tonight are dead, which is even more strange." ”

"All dead, the answer is self-evident, and if there is anyone alive, the truth is always known." ”

Mi Huang said with a sinking gaze.