After the two reached a consensus temporarily, Gao Ran didn't ask anything more. In fact, what she really wanted to confirm this time had been in the communication with Yu Qiwen, through his answers, and his real body reactions that were more credible than his answers—such as the changes in his micro-expressions that she could see clearly and timely, the changes in his heartbeat rate that she could hear, and the subtle changes in the smell of his body caused by the changes in the concentration of certain substances in his body in the blood caused by the subtle fluctuations in his truest emotions.

Regardless of whether Yu Qiwen was aware of Gao Ran's true purpose for coming here, both of them knew that what they could honestly let each other know at this time could only end here. - They still have this tacit understanding. Gao Ran naturally knew with amusement that it was time for her to leave.

But before leaving, Gao Ran still reminded Yu Qiwen that Yun Jie should soon inform him and Yun Zhen that he had seen her in private, in order to agree with them as soon as possible on a date to meet her again. She reminded Yu Qiwen to prepare early, no matter what reason Yun Jie would use to explain his private meeting with her to them, she hoped that Yu Qiwen would be able to improvise and help Yun Jie solve his lies, so as not to make Yun Zhen suspicious. Not only that, but she also asked him to think of all possible countermeasures in advance to deal with the irreconcilable conflict that might break out between her and Yun Zhen at any time when they met again. She needs Yu Qiwen to intervene in time to buffer the contradictions between them.

Gao Ran bluntly stated her clear position to Yu Qiwen: she didn't want to be an enemy of Yun Zhen, but if Yun Zhen repeatedly violated her bottom line and didn't know it, then don't blame her for turning her face ruthlessly. The reason why she was afraid of Yun Zhen was not because she was really afraid of him, but because she didn't want to involve the innocent, let alone let Yun Xiang fall into long-term turmoil. If that is the case, then even if she is free, she will not be able to live peacefully and independently of the whole environment. - She thought of this, and she still hasn't decided which side to help.

Regardless of whether Yu Qiwen also thought of this, she still patiently explained her thoughts to him:

"I want you to remember that what I want to help me not only get the freedom of identity I want, but also help me keep the foundation that I must rely on if I want to truly realize what I want - the long-term stability and prosperity of the whole environment, and I will only help the party who can help me achieve this foundation.

"Therefore, even if you seem to be slightly inferior to the Fu family at the moment, in my eyes, with the Yun clan that you have been holding on to the land of Yunxiang for hundreds of years, the legitimacy you have obtained from it is more acceptable to the people than the Fu family, but it is a natural advantage that the Fu family can easily and completely replace in a generation.

"But at the same time, you must also know that in terms of human nature, while 'orthodoxy' is important, it is more important than it to ensure survival. At the same time, if you can make up a new story that will be acceptable to the people, and to establish in the hearts of the people a new faith that is more suitable to guide their present life and more conducive to the rule of those in power, after two or three generations, the so-called 'orthodoxy' will not be transferred to a completely new power. In the end, what the people really want is to live a good life in a more durable and stable environment, and still live a better life.

"The Yun family and the Fu family, if you can guarantee this better, make the people more hopeful about life, and indeed benefit a lot from your rise to power, then any of you will be more able to get lasting and stable popular support.

"I think you know very well how important it is for the people to do so. Only with the support of the people's will can the country in your hands last for a long time. As far as I am concerned, it is only if Yunxiang can be stable, prosperous, and prosperous in commerce and trade for a long time, that it and its small neighbors can continue to maintain the kind of pluralistic and tolerant people-to-people exchanges that I need, and only in this tolerant atmosphere can my comfortable life be realized. - After all, no matter where I went, even if I was far away from the crowd, I still couldn't get out of the crowd completely. Even if I break away, if the people recognize it as an 'alien' that must be eradicated, then I don't want to live a peaceful life. Even if I don't provoke them, they will go to great lengths to find me and get rid of me, so that I can rest assured...... But if that's the case, then where can I start with the comfortable life I longed for?

"Therefore, for me, the only way to make Yunxiang and Jiaoguo long-term stable and prosperous, and the commercial and trade exchanges between the two countries and those small countries between them can continue to be frequent and smooth, so as to promote frequent cultural contacts and exchanges between countries and regions, so that 'win-win cooperation' can be more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people than other strategies to seize resources, and become the most sustainable and reliable in people's hearts. The best choice that best guarantees long-term benefits is the only way to create and sustain the pluralistic and tolerant environment I desire. It is only with such a foundation that the comfortable life I want can be realized and even sustained.

"I know very well that I can be truly free without being given the freedom of identity. If I want to be free, I need not only to really know in my heart what the freedom I desire is, but also to be able to concretize this freedom into something extremely concrete that can be touched, felt, and gradually realized in reality. Only in this way will the freedom in my heart not be just an empty dream, but something real that can be attained.

"So, as far as you are concerned, in the face of such a me, if you really want to win me over, it is better for you to think about the stability and prosperity of Yun Zhen, which you support and the Yun clan you are loyal to, than to bother thinking about what benefits to give me or how to threaten me, so as to tempt or force me to comply. If you are confident that Yun Zhen can not only do it, but also do it better than Wenxuan, then as long as you can let me see this and believe this, then you can rest assured, even if you don't tempt me or persecute me, I will take the initiative to choose to help you for my ultimate goal - even if you seem to be in a clear weakness at the moment.

"But that's just an analogy. But in fact, you should also be clear: unless you have the consciousness to let the Yun clan die with me, you must not try to persecute me. This price has to be borne by you and the Yun Clan!"

This is the first time that Gao Ran has expressed her views on the current situation to others in such a specific way. It was intended that Yu Qiwen would take the initiative to discuss the matter with the faction to which he belonged afterwards. Especially wanted to use his instigation to stimulate most of the other members of the group he belonged to except Yun Zhen (such as himself, such as Yun Jie, and Yu Ying) to counter and restrain Yun Zhen, so that Yun Zhen knew from the beginning: If he really wants to win her over, if he really wants to sit firmly on his country, then she is what he can't move. — no matter how much he wants to take it for himself.

In Gao Ran's opinion, for the freedom she wanted, not only could she not let Yun Xiang easily fall into great turmoil, but she also had to ensure that she would not be threatened by Yun Zhen. No matter what kind of handle Yun Jie holds in Yun Zhen's hand, but relying on his strength alone, Gao Ran is still not at ease. In the end, she decided to take advantage of Yu Qiwen's words, and through his words and the obvious biased persuasion of other members of his group that were both in line with his mind and equally beneficial to Gao Ran, and through the group pressure of this group that could support Yun Zhen to sit firmly in the future to sit firmly in the country, to force Yun Zhen to make this unrepentable concession from the beginning.

She wanted them to know from the beginning that if they cooperated with her without violating her bottom line, then they would probably be able to do what they wanted, but if they intended to use her first and then betray her, then they would have the consciousness of being hunted down by the Medical Valley for generations until the rule of the Yun Clan was completely destroyed. - Gao Ran believes that as long as Yu Qiwen says that the group is interested in her, then what kind of background she has, what influence she has, and what her own temperament is, they will investigate it in more detail-just like what Yun Jie did in private. And as long as they really did this, then it would not be difficult for them to know that even if the former emperor of the Jiaoguo Kingdom was killed by the disciples of Yigu, the successor Jiaohuang (Ji Muqing) still only burned the body of the murderer she sent after talking to Gao Ran in private, even if they understood the matter.

As long as they let them find out about this matter themselves, then even if they may not be able to find out more details, it should not be difficult for them to think that the greatest possibility that they can force the Jiaohuang to settle the matter without choosing to retaliate against the Medical Valley is probably only that the Medical Valley should have the power that can make the kings of a country very jealous, and even the power that can completely destroy his country. - If the Medical Valley was not so powerful that the Banana Imperial Court could not match it at all, then how could it force the king of a country to give up his revenge on it so easily?

Gao Ran believes that as long as they have this awareness to understand this layer, and can really understand that if they want to deal with Gao Ran, then they will not only deal with Gao Ran alone, then if they still want to win over Gao Ran, then it will definitely be much wiser to choose to respect her bottom line and never cross it than to try to cross the river and tear down the bridge against her afterwards. - Even if they can't be the only one in the end, it's better to be good than to end up together.

What's more, even if in the end, the various forces are forced to temporarily accept the delaying tactic of "hello everyone" due to the current situation, but it is also temporary, as long as there is enough patience, so that the balance that they are unwilling will be broken one day. However, for Gao Ran, as long as this balance has not been broken in her lifetime. As for what will happen to the world after she dies, it has nothing to do with her, and she doesn't need to worry about a world that she doesn't exist.

After that night, Gao Ran was like a bystander again, although she was in the Gao family, except for You Song who would stay quietly and listen to him play the piano when he was at home, she did not participate in or interfere in other affairs in the Gao family, even Gao Lan, the head of the Gao family, who had only met the head of the Gao family on the day she came back, and after that side, she never paid attention to her again.

And when she went out that day, she easily got rid of the subordinates sent by Gao Qi to follow her - this incident also made Gao Lan and Gao Qi although they did not feel that Gao Ran would be unfavorable to the Gao family (mainly because of Gao Ran's current identity - not only the Gao family, but also lost the inheritance of the head of the family, so they wishfully decided that even if Gao Ran had a reason to not help the Gao family, the skills she learned from the medical saint Zhao Yi should also be used to deal with the Gao family - after all, she is still the Gao family after all), but they will not easily disturb her anymore. Everyone seems to have reached a silent tacit agreement after that day: on weekdays, each other will not interfere with the river water from the well.

Gao Ran and You Song continued to live their own lives like two unrelated people living in the Gao family, quietly enjoying their days at their own pace.

It wasn't until ten days after her return that the streets of the capital suddenly spread all over the streets in one day—public obituaries from inside the palace. According to the will of the first emperor, the third prince Yun Zhen has succeeded to the throne and will bury the first emperor in a few days; he also ordered the princes who were guarding various places and the heads of the various families in Yunxiang to go to Beijing to meet the new emperor within a month, but each person could only bring a maximum of ten people to Beijing, otherwise they would all be punished for attempting to rebel.

The obituary itself is nothing, but this time it was released after the death of the first emperor, and it still let the people and the major families and princes know about this time almost at the same time, and in the past, most of them would secretly notify the major families and princes a month or two before the death of the then Emperor Yun, so that they could arrive before the death of Emperor Yun, and after the death of Emperor Yun, the royal family would issue an obituary to the people. However, apart from the difference in the timing of the announcement, the rest of the contents, especially the restrictions on the number of people coming to Beijing, are no different from the past.

It's just that the reason why it was like that in the past was because not only was the force controlled by the Yun clan's descendants strong enough, but the relationship between the four great families and the Yun clan was still harmonious, and at that time, there was no threat from the Heavenly Pavilion, which had only suddenly appeared and grown in the past twenty years. But this time, not only has the balance between the four great families been broken, the Yun family's descendants have to face the threat of the Fu family, they also have to face the threat of several powerful princes in the Yun clan's side branches, and - they don't dare to make a clear statement about it for the time being - the influence of the Heavenly Pavilion, not to mention.

But even so, Gao Ran was calm and relaxed at this time, thinking about nothing and not thinking about it. Instead, he is more like a bystander who doesn't care about himself. - Even if her identity is already doomed, she must be in the list when she enters the palace to meet the new emperor this time. But she didn't seem to be affected by anything and just wanted to be a melon-eating crowd, so she only planned to follow the majority of people who were listed with the same name, but in fact they were only here to fill the number of people and did not have any real influence.