Before Zuo Yi and Ye Yu left, Gao Ran and them had basically agreed on the general matters to be done next. Therefore, Ye Yu gave Zuo Yi the list of other detailed works secretly laid out by Gao Liwen in the court and the palace in his hand, and he stepped forward and used the huge network he had built up in the court and the palace over the past few decades to complete the induce the various factions to misjudge the changes in the situation within four days, especially the very few people who happened to coincide with the identity of the fine work, and then ensure that once the death of the banana emperor in the short term, those factions would not dare to act rashly because of the gains and losses of their respective positions and their own personal gains and losses.

And after they left, Gao Ran sent a few more people from the Heavenly Pavilion to secretly monitor the specific movements of the main leaders of the various factions in the court, as well as Zuo Yi's specific whereabouts.

According to Gao Ran's plan, she is ready to achieve it through the deployment of these few days: once the Banana Emperor dies in four days, she and Zuo Yi will be able to immediately cooperate well inside and outside, forming a clamping force - Zuo Yi is in the light, and she is in the dark - forcing those forces that are still in the city but have no enough to confront her not dare to act rashly until Ji Muqing or Ji Muchen returns.

Moreover, because Gao Ran did not clearly reveal which side he supported, neither Zuo Yi nor the supporting forces behind the two princes dared to act rashly before the two princes returned.

In addition, Gao Ran's doing this made it so that even if she had to intervene in the internal affairs of Jiaoguo a little in order to maintain stability, she didn't really break the agreement with Ji Muqing. - She can fully say that this is so that she can have the life to wait for him to come back, and she is doing it for self-preservation, not for politics. After all, if the political situation is unstable, it may give Gao Liwen a chance, and if Gao Liwen succeeds, then her life will be in danger—— she doesn't believe that Gao Liwen will let her go easily. Even if you don't kill her right away, you won't let her be so comfortable anymore. Otherwise, Gao Liwen is tantamount to placing a huge hidden danger on his side that threatens him at any time - especially when he has not yet stabilized power.

Therefore, even for the so-called "self-preservation" in her mouth, Gao Ran actually not only sent people to secretly protect Ji Muqing, but also secretly killed several assassins who were sent by Ji Muchen or infiltrated Ji Muqing's army with clear intentions, or secretly intended to assassinate Ji Muqing; More than once, but from time to time, they have divided and stirred their originally stable military hearts, and while using the internal and external alliances between Tiange and Zuo Yi, they intend to use the bottom-line interests of each faction that cannot be compromised, and the main leaders of each faction and their most taboo weaknesses, as well as the more hidden weaknesses of Gao Liwen's other works that have been known by Zuo Yi but they don't know each other's identities- In order to achieve the overall fine-tuning of the original all-round network of relations in the court and the palace, they will suddenly become more wary of each other than before, not only against enemy forces, but also against their colleagues in their own factions.

- Even if she did this, in Gao Ran's opinion, she could still say to Ji Muqing confidently: "I didn't do politics, I just wanted to protect myself." ”

And with her understanding of Ji Muqing, even if he knew that she was clearly talking nonsense with her eyes open, after all, she did not overstep her bounds to eradicate the power of Ji Muchen's faction for him in one fell swoop, so that Tiange was able to take the opportunity to influence the political bias of the remaining factions - making them more likely to be more powerful because they had seen the assistance of various rare and strange poisons from the Medical Valley, but it was only a branch of Tiange that had developed in the Banana Country in recent years, and they were afraid of Tiange's power from the bottom of their hearts. It is not Ji Muqing's power, and if that is the case, even if Ji Muqing seizes the throne in the future, he will most likely only become a puppet emperor under the control of Tiange.

Therefore, as long as Ji Muqing knew that Gao Ran was indeed capable of doing this, but he did not do so. Then he can't really do what he does to her, and he doesn't dare to do anything to her. And even if he didn't believe in her reason for "self-preservation", he had to accept it.

And this bottom line, as long as Gao Ran does not really cross it one day, the relationship between Ji Muqing and her will not be really bad to the point of ending up together.

Moreover, due to the constraints of the concentric Gu, even if it was just for his own sake, as long as he didn't want to die with her, with Gao Ran's understanding of Ji Muqing, he wouldn't easily practice himself for this "little thing", in order to use this to make her suffer as well. If that's the case, then it's himself who loses more, not Gao Ran. - Ji Muqing will not understand this truth.

However, no matter how thoroughly and comprehensively Gao Ran thought about the possible reactions of all parties that she could think of and could predict and the proportions she had to handle, it was still unstable and unexpected against reality......

The reality is that while Gao Ran was paying close attention to the inside and outside of the court in the past few days, and Ji Muqing and Ji Muchen, who had not yet returned, they were all moving forwards, following the first meeting of Dong Tianyi in Jiaoguo, another old friend she hadn't seen for many years suddenly appeared. And the way he appeared had been clearly told to her: he had come to her on a special trip. - It's not an accident, it's not like Dong Tianyi who intends to pretend to meet by chance, he just made a special trip to find her!

Although Gao Ran didn't know how he could find her so quickly, he wasn't surprised. - especially when he made it clear that he had come to her on a special trip.

He was so clear, if he wanted to find her, even with the double cover of Tiange and Medical Valley, he still had a way to find her. - As long as he knew enough about her way of doing things, and was not easily fooled by appearances, then he could easily deduce where she was most likely at this time.

And his solitary arrival—that in itself is enough to show that he did know her. - At least, he knew her usual way of doing things.

"Long time no see. But since you're here for me, that means you've made your choice?"

"Hmm. ”

"Well, tell me your choice. ”

"Xiao Ran, although I also yearn for your choice, I also want to be free alone...... But the wandering of the past few years has made me understand that what I can't give up more than that freedom is that I can't ignore the Fu family or my father......"

"Hmph...... In other words, you have decided not only to help the Fu family seize Yunxiang, but also to replace your mother on the throne?—— and only in this way can you hope that the goal of both can be achieved. Otherwise, whether it is your mother or your father who will eventually gain power, the Fu family and your father can only exist alone, and cannot coexist peacefully with each other. ”

"That's true. ”

"Then you came to me, and how do you want me to help you?

"You can rest assured, I don't care who Yunxiang is ultimately owned. Besides, I'm still a heartless person...... So, you don't have to worry about me being your enemy for the sake of the Gao family. But you must not touch my father and Qiao'er! Besides, you must not hinder me from living my own free life in the future. Otherwise, I'll take care of some idle things!

"Also, you should know that if you can't stop your father or your mother from doing it to me, then don't blame my men for being ruthless. I'm just trying to protect myself. But for self-preservation, I can do almost anything!"

"I see. But you still have to go back with me. Now, the Fu and Gao families and the Yun family can no longer coexist in peace. Daddy's business...... Although there are inaccuracies in these rumors, there is evidence that they have not been completely destroyed. So ......"

"Therefore, in order to avoid mutual dislike at this time, the Gao and Fu families decided to bring me back and put me under house arrest in your Fu family as a hostage until I can marry you after the age of peace?"

"Hmm. ”

"Heh, yes, now because of Gao Liwen's rumors, which are both true and false, and in addition, it is estimated that it is difficult for the Gao and Fu families to find Gao Liwen's exact whereabouts now, so they have to make this decision, wanting to strengthen the alliance between the two families first, and fight against the Yun family's advance attack first...... And the Yun ...... No, to be exact, Yun Zhen, at least at this stage, it is impossible for him to have bad intentions towards me anymore......

"But even if I don't have to worry about my life for the time being, and I don't have to worry about being given to Yun Zhen by the Gao family and using me to curry favor with the Yun family, I still can't go back with you. ”

"Why? You're still young, and no matter what, we'll still have more than four years to get married, and things won't turn around at all...... You don't have to worry so much......"

"I understand what you mean. But I really can't go back with you right now!

"You don't know, it's not the same anymore...... You will change, will I not change? What's more, I can't help myself now......

"I'm in a situation where I can't easily walk if I want to. Otherwise, if I leave, if I don't get it right, my division will be wiped out. And the Banana Kingdom is also likely to be unable to come forward in time to reconcile the possible suspicions between the Imperial Court and the Heavenly Pavilion and balance the many contradictions between the two parties in a timely manner, resulting in the entire country eventually falling into the disaster of unnecessary war.

"And if the court of the Banana Kingdom and the Banana Kingdom branch of the Heavenly Pavilion start a full-scale battle, do you think Gao Liwen will not take advantage of the situation?

"Moreover, with the smoother and more convenient trade channels between Jiaoguo and Yunxiang in recent years, and the small countries between the two countries have basically been fully controlled by Tiange, do you think that this all-out battle between the imperial court and the Jiaoguo branch of Tiange in the territory of Jiaoguo will not affect other branches of Tiange? It will not affect Yunxiang?—— not to mention, Yunxiang is also difficult to protect himself at this time......

"So, even if it's just for your own sake, if you really want to take me away, unless you can find another person who also has the value of a 'hub' like my current one to replace me, otherwise, my departure will only add to the difficulties of your intention to replace your mother's ultimate control of Yunxiang, and even cause your purpose to eventually die. - This is not a good idea for you!

"You'd better think clearly, don't just see the pros and cons in front of you, but don't see the longer-term harm, otherwise, sometimes what seems to be a good policy for the moment will be a better policy once you put it into a longer-term consideration. Even the most crucial step that can doom you to the final fiasco. ”

"You mean, now not only can't I take you away, but I even have to think twice about trying to disadvantage you?"

"Hmph, Wenxuan, you have indeed changed. But I'm not surprised. - Maybe it's because you're not as much changed as you were when I first met you...... You do have a lot of potential in this area. If you make good use of it, and God treats you very well and gives you a little bit of necessary luck, then your purpose may not be as you wish......"

After meeting again, it wasn't until he heard Gao Ran's sigh that he seemed to be talking to himself, that Fu Wenxuan's eyes showed a trace of incomprehension for the first time. - It's not that I can't understand Gao Ran's words, but I can't understand the words in her words.

But at the same time, he felt that none of that mattered. He knew very well that what was important now was to hurry up and come up with another compromise alternative that would also solve the essence of his intention to find her here.

And Gao Ran also knew that if he only stood in Fu Wenxuan's current position and thought of a feasible solution to this matter on the basis of all the information about her that he could obtain at most, then even if he could understand the stakes she had just analyzed for him, it would be difficult for him to come up with a truly feasible compromise plan.

Gao Ran thought about it, and finally sighed a little helplessly, and decided to tell Fu Wenxuan a secret that he would never know. And only when she knows this secret, then the only feasible compromise she can come up with can be recognized and supported by him. - Although it is difficult to say whether they will be friends or foes in the future, there is still room for neutrality for the time being. Therefore, as long as there is still a choice, both of them are still willing to actively try. It is precisely because of this that Gao Ran is willing to tell him the secret himself, and it is up to him to make the secret public, if needed......