After talking to Gao Ran, Fu Wenxuan did not stay long. He knew that this inn was now the place where Gao Ran had the final say, and he should not stay here for a long time until he could prove to her with his actions that he was indeed capable of preventing the Fu family and Gao Liwen from being against her.

So, Fu Wenxuan took the secret that Gao Ran told him, and was ready to marry another woman who would be married to Gao Lan, the head of the Gao family, and who was about the same age as Gao Ran, and set off on the road back to Yunxiang.

Once Gao Ran's infertility is known to the two families at the same time, the Gao family will inevitably be at a loss, and the Fu family can take this opportunity to have an excuse to independently select the woman who is easy to be controlled by the Fu family in the future from the side branch of the Gao family, and after Gao Lan, the head of the Gao family, re-justifies his name and changes the side to the concubine, he will replace Gao Ran and re-engage with the Fu family. - Fu Wenxuan has already counted some of these at this time.

But now it is different from the past, and now Fu Wenxuan knows very well in his heart: this marriage contract does not involve any emotion, it is just a transaction that has to be made, but as long as the person he wants to marry is not Gao Ran, it doesn't matter which other Gao family members it is. - Anyway, once he ascends to the throne in the end, sooner or later, the Gao family (except Gao Ran) will be eliminated by him one by one - including the new wife he is about to replace.

As for Gao Liwen's side, because he knew that he was actually in a small country between Yunxiang and Jiaoguo, he had temporarily hidden his whereabouts, and that it was a territory under the full control of Tiange-Fu Wenxuan thought that Gao Liwen, who was there at this time, should not be able to make any waves for a while, so he decided to hide this secret from Gao Liwen before he returned to the Fu family to make Gao Ran's inability to have children public, so as to help Gao Ran's planning at this time go smoothly.

After all, although what Gao Ran is doing now is not conducive to Gao Liwen, it does not harm the interests of the Fu family, nor does it hinder the achievement of his own ultimate goal. Even, because she somewhat hindered Gao Liwen's planning, she actually helped him in disguise...... That being the case, as a friend, since it is a matter of effort, it is natural for him to repay her some money.

On the other hand, although Fu Wenxuan just left like that, and really didn't reveal half of Gao Liwen's recent movements to her, Gao Ran was still willing to give him a chance to prove his sincerity and wait for his good news in the future.

But at the same time, since Fu Wenxuan has made it clear that he also wants to be a friend of her, not an enemy, then he will leave like that - such an action itself should also be "telling" her: No matter where Gao Liwen is at this time, he will not threaten her for the time being. In other words, the time that Gao Liwen was waiting for in the shadows was not the current moment.

Knowing this, I don't dare to say it, but at least in this small turmoil at the moment, Gao Ran can basically be sure that she will not encounter a direct threat from Gao Liwen, then she wants to support Ji Muqing to ascend the throne, and she is half successful. And the remaining half, in addition to the part where she can do her best, is only Ji Muqing's actual performance after he returns.

Naturally, before that, Gao Ran had to make sure that Ji Muqing could accept the explanation she gave him, so as not to gradually dislike her in the future because of the unresolved knot. - She didn't want the worst ending in the end, but the real reason for her fiasco was not from the outside of uncontrollable factors, but from the inside, from the internal contradictions that they could have avoided—if that was the case, it would be too unjust! Just thinking about it, Gao Ran felt that she would die without turning a blind eye.

Therefore, under the covert escort of Ji Muqing's assassin sent by Gao Ran, almost all the way unimpeded before Ji Muchen returned to Luoyang City, Gao Ran, accompanied by Zuo Yi, personally came to the dormitory where the body of the Jiaohuang was temporarily placed, and before Ji Muqing was going to succeed to the throne on the grounds that he was in danger the next day-first succeeded to the throne, and then chose an auspicious day to bury the former Jiaohuang-, first explain the true situation of the matter to Ji Muqing, who must be there at this time, to ensure:

First, the possibility of breeding knots with each other can be removed as soon as possible;

Second, you can also let him have a record in advance to deal with the possible difficulties of the ministers tomorrow;

Third, it can also let him know in time: Which of the DPRK and China are really trustworthy at this time are his "own people"? Which ones are the grass on the wall and can only sway from side to side? And which ones support only the people and the country, but it doesn't matter which prince the heir is? What other ones are clearly supporting Ji Muchen? and a few others are only superficially obedient and have no clear support, but in fact they are devoted to Ji Muchen?

In the end, in order to fulfill the promise he made to Zuo Yi, Gao Ran had to make Ji Muqing promise in front of him: After he sits on the throne and calms down internal and external troubles, he will promise Zuo Yi a rich enough reward, and let him go so that he can enjoy his old age in peace.

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The death of the Banana Emperor was silent, and it was not until Ji Muqing returned to the city that the death of the Banana Emperor was known to the Manchu Dynasty.

Before that, all the important ministers of the court and other cronies around the Jiaohuang except Zuo Yi only knew the general situation from the imperial doctor and Zuo Yi: the Jiaohuang suddenly fell ill, and since he fell asleep that night, he has always fallen asleep and never woke up. Even the imperial doctor couldn't find out.

But what they didn't know was that after the imperial doctor was specially summoned by Zuo Yi in the early morning of the day after the attack of Jiaohuang's dream poison to diagnose the pulse of Jiaohuang, who had never woken up but still had breath, since the general description of Jiaohuang's condition by the imperial doctor was immediately sent out of the dormitory, the imperial doctor completely accepted Zuoyi's instructions as before for fear of responsibility: prescribed some ordinary refreshing prescriptions that were not painful or itchy, and then solemnly declared to the outside world that "I have done my best, but I have seen the will of heaven"; Until Ji Muqing returned to the city, the imperial doctor would still come to visit Jiaohuang regularly every day, and then declared to the public as usual that Jiaohuang's condition had not improved, but it did not continue to deteriorate - even in fact, on the night when the imperial doctor first checked Jiaohuang's pulse, he had already died in a deep sleep.

But this truth was not told to him by her until Gao Ran came to see Ji Muqing in person.

In her opinion, although Zuo Yi instructed the imperial doctor to do this, he also acted according to her wishes, so since he wanted to confess the facts, it should be her, the real messenger behind him, to tell Ji Muqing personally. Only in this way can we reduce the possibility that Ji Muqing will find all kinds of excuses to vent her anger at Zuo Yi in the future.

And only if Ji Muqing was not easily angry with Zuo Yi from the beginning, Gao Ran could rely on her strength to force Ji Muqing to finally have to look at her face - to be precise, she didn't want to be her enemy, but had to agree, and after the government stabilized, she let Zuo Yi leave and let him enjoy his old age in peace.

- In fact, since Gao Ran successfully linked Zuo Yi and Ye Yu's revenge, her specific deployment and planning for the aftermath has finally taken shape, and the situation of one link after another has finally taken shape - any mistake in any link may lead to the failure of the entire plan.

And it is precisely because of his deep understanding of this that Zuo Yi, who is now one of Gao Ran's indispensable accomplices, is willing to actively cooperate with her on the one hand, and on the other hand, because of his decisive influence in this game, he can "remind" Gao Ran at all times: once the time is ripe, she must fulfill the promise she made to him, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

Today's Zuo Yi has become an out-and-out double-edged sword, and it is Gao Ran who personally helped him complete this final transformation. - Gao Ran was very clear about this from the beginning, and Zuo Yi was equally clear. Otherwise, he wouldn't have decided to give up the Banana Emperor and choose her in favor of her in the first interview with her so easily.

In Gao Ran's view, from the beginning, although the situation is different, the responsibilities to be borne and the rights that can be possessed are not the same, the role that Ji Muqing can play is not much different from Zuo Yi in essence - just as Zuo Yi is a buffer hub to balance the Jiaohuang and the various factions of the imperial court, Ji Muqing is a buffer hub for Gao Ran to balance the Jiaoguo Imperial Court and the Medical Valley, Tiange, and other large and small countries outside the Jiao Kingdom.

But obviously, the pivotal role that Ji Muqing wants to take on cannot be done by himself. Not to mention that he doesn't even hold the imperial power at the moment, even if he finally holds it in the future, what he can control is only the final attitude of the Banana Imperial Court towards the outside world, but he can't control or influence the attitude of other external forces towards the Jiaoguo Imperial Court.

Therefore, whether it is now or in the foreseeable decades in the future, Ji Muqing is inseparable from Gao Ran's assistance - because Gao Ran is responsible for serving as a hub that can buffer and influence the final attitude of the two forces, Yigu and Tiange, which are quite important in the "external forces", towards the Banana Kingdom. ——She and Ji Muqing happen to have the value of mutual needs and irreplaceable each other, and in this way, it is their best choice to always insist on win-win cooperation rather than turning against each other in the end.

But even so, in Gao Ran's view, the values of Zuo Yi and Ji Muqing are equally important to her, and they are not comparable: one of them mainly focuses on micro and specific coordination, and the other focuses more on macro and long-term, but slightly rough direction and policy fine-tuning. - It's like one is responsible for specific minor repairs, and the other is responsible for delineating boundaries and directions. - At least, before Ji Muqing really stabilizes the regime and finds a suitable candidate to replace Zuo Yi, the two of them need to complement each other and balance each other. Only in this way will the country be able to maintain a relatively stable state during that transition period, and there will be no large-scale civil strife.

Regardless of whether Ji Muqing had thought clearly about the stakes after receiving Gao Ran's secret letter and on the way back to Luoyang without stopping? But the current reality forced Gao Ran to make this stakes clear to him on the night he returned, so that he could make it clear that now in this game, it is no longer just the mutual implication between him and her, but also the new triangular relationship with Zuo Yi that can be both mutually beneficial and mutually harmful.

But due to the urgency of time, when Gao Ran came to Ji Muqing under Zuo Yi's escort, she made her words clear in front of Zuo Yi:

"I'm here to tell you the truth. Jiaohuang was killed by my second uncle, Ye Yu, and she was avenging the extermination of the clan decades ago.

"If you don't know about it, you can find out for yourself. But what I want to make clear to you now is that this matter has nothing to do with Yigu, but in order not to affect Yigu, I must come forward to deal with the aftermath for her. And Zuo Yi is just doing things for me and helping me deal with the aftermath.

"In addition, I have already greeted my master in advance: when the news of Emperor Jiao's death is made public, it is when Yigu declares that Ye Yu has defected from his master. According to the door rules, once she is judged to have defected by the valley master, the secret poison in her body will attack at the right time. Even if she could not be hunted down by other Medicine Valley disciples during her lifetime, she would eventually die under the secret poison.

"So, you don't have to think about how to get revenge, you just have to be patient. I promise that I will find her whereabouts in the near future, and finally bring her body to you for examination so that it will not be affected by the medical valley......"

Ji Muqing stared at Gao Ran silently for a long time, then looked away and looked at Zuo Yi for a while, before replying expressionlessly: "I'm tired, I'll be free tomorrow, I'll go to you again." Zuo Yi, you send her back first, and then come to see me. I have something to ask you. ”

Gao Ran never thought that Ji Muqing would be so calm. She couldn't help but look at each other with Zuo Yi, but she knew from Zuo Yi's eyes that Ji Muqing's performance at the moment was something he had never seen before. That is to say: If it weren't for Ji Muqing's sudden transformation in less than a month, it would be such an unfathomable and unknowable side of him at the moment, which had actually been hidden by him very deeply before this, so deep that no one might know about it except himself.

But no matter what the truth is, Gao Ran has vaguely sniffed out the danger of this Ji Muqing in front of him......