"That's it, if it weren't for my stupid sister who was desperate, why would I have to come all the way to bother with such thoughts? Just like when I knew that confessing to the prince's misappropriation of official money would damage my majesty, I still couldn't bear to see Xi'er sad. Although if the two of us join forces, this battle can be said to be determined to win, but we don't need to take this risk. If Your Highness is still suspicious at this moment, of course I will not force this thankless task, so I will leave first. ”

Regarding Yuan Peng's sincere words that sounded a little dissatisfied, but compared his heart to his heart, Gao Heng did not rush to express his heart, but temporarily restrained his attitude and let Yuan Peng leave first.

Then he sent people to follow him all the way, wanting to find out his details before making a decision.

He is not an indifferent and ruthless person, in his heart, he is always willing to believe that the brother and sister of Yuan Peng and Princess Yuan Xi are affectionate.

didn't know that since he was ordered to go to the northwest, everything was already under the control of Yuan Peng and the crown prince.

These northwestern tribes already have a deep grudge with the Great Zhou, and because of their nature, they are all unruly and arrogant. Even though he has been deported many times, he is still unwilling to bow down easily, and if he cheers up, he will repeatedly harass the border.

Now that a national force is suddenly willing to assist them in fighting against the enemy together, and has promised that as long as the cooperation is happy, they will be able to get more than ten Great Zhou cities outside Chixia Pass after the matter is completed, what kind of irresistible condition is this?

Although in the face of such a happy event falling from the sky, the leaders of the tribes were skeptical at the beginning, lest there be fraud.

But Yuan Peng said lightly - "The crown prince of Zhou has the blood of the Chu people in his body." After that, they stopped speculating, but invariably smiled slyly.

Although Gao Heng did not show wavering in person, he was sure that as long as Cheng Jinzhi was used as a coercion and traction, even a person like him, who had always been wise and calm, would lose his mind and lose his sense of proportion because of the love in his heart.

Since ancient times, heroes have been sad to pass the beauty pass, probably this is the truth.

And just as Yuan Peng expected, if the words he said in the camp at that time only moved Gao Heng a little, then it was Cheng Jinzhi who really made him decide to agree to borrow troops from Nanchu.

On the night of the second day after Yuan Peng left the Great Zhou military camp, an urgent report came from the capital, saying that the Yan Wangfu had encountered assassins, and Cheng Jinzhi was injured in a sneak attack, and he was greatly frightened and feared for his life.

There is no doubt that the person who came to deliver the message was deliberately arranged by the prince to make Gao Heng mess up.

And this sudden news is tantamount to a shocking bad news for Gao Heng, who is separated from Cheng Jinzhi and is neither expected nor reached.

Impulsively, he didn't have time to think about the oddities and the possibility of others having ulterior motives, but told himself that he would put an end to the war no matter what, and rush back to the capital as soon as possible.

When the news was transmitted back to the palace, although Emperor Zhou nodded in agreement on the surface, he deliberately sent someone to the king of Chu to show his gratitude, showing the friendship between the two countries, but in his heart it was a different situation.

"Since there is the help of Southern Chu this time, coupled with His Royal Highness King Yan and General Chen sitting in the Red Feather Army, if you don't defeat that group of northwestern barbarians, you won't dare to offend me again. ”

"That's right, but when it comes to Southern Chu, this can be attributed to the face of His Royal Highness King Yan, if it weren't for His Royal Highness marrying the princess of Southern Chu, this King of Chu is not a fuel-efficient lamp, how could he be so kind to agree to borrow troops to help?"

"But speaking of which, the relationship between His Royal Highness King Yan and these Chu people is really extraordinary, it seems that he has found a big backer, and even the prince will not dare to touch him in the future."

“……”

Although he always comforted himself, it was he who tried his best to force Gao Heng to marry Princess Yuanxi, not that Gao Heng really had any disobedience.

However, with the fanning of the flames by some people around him from time to time, intentionally or unintentionally, this emperor, who has always been suspicious, inevitably fell into a burst of cranky suspicion.

Coupled with the gossip about the prince's life experience some time ago, it was difficult for him not to associate Nan Chu, who was ambitious and ready to wait for an opportunity, with his increasingly sharp son.

Since ancient times, people who have been high-ranking people, whether you are a courtier or a prince, fall into the eyes of the emperor who sits in the world, and they are always so distracting and eyesore.

In the Yanwang Mansion, Cheng Jinzhi was already apprehensive about the previous intrusion by an unknown person.

When she heard about this, her first reaction was to be surprised, and then fell into a wave of uneasy worry.

In the end, Gao Heng's joy of returning victoriously as soon as possible with the help of Nanchu seemed insignificant.

He had obviously written a secret letter, telling him to be careful about Nan Chu's every move, but now not only did he not see Gao Heng reply, but he also got the news that he was going to join Nan Chu to fight against the northwest tribe.

Everything is so unreasonable, and there is an indescribable weirdness everywhere, which only makes people feel upset.

Cheng Jinzhi gradually began to realize that there must be a mistake in a certain link, or even someone else did it.

Otherwise, according to Gao Heng's arrogant and upright personality, coupled with his vigilant reminders, how could he join forces with Nan Chu, who is inseparable from friend and foe?

However, she is now separated from Gao Heng, even if she is in a hurry, she is powerless.

The crown prince still did not move on Lishan Mountain, and Empress Zhao was also safe in the palace, compared to the previous successive open guns and arrows, Cheng Jinzhi did not like this disturbing calm at all.

Even, under these illusions wrapped in the cloak of calm, once made her think that she was worried about the sky and guessed the wrong content on the scraps of paper.

The pair of words "Nanchu" and "rebellion" may not be related at all.

It's just that such a self-consolation thought completely disappeared after Shen Jun, who went to investigate the delivery route, came back.

Because Shen Jun told her that the person she had assigned to deliver the letter had already been killed outside the capital.

In other words, the secret letter she wrote did not fall into Gao Heng's hands at all, but was most likely intercepted by the crown prince.

Those words that reminded Gao Heng to beware of Nanchu were naturally all seen by the enemy one by one.

With the shock of the surging qi and blood, I felt a loud noise buzzing in my head.

Although the current situation is like clouds and fog, it is difficult for people to distinguish the real from the fake, but Cheng Jinzhi can feel that a storm is about to sweep in.

And all she has left at the moment is one card.

And for her, this card may be able to turn the tide, but it may also be a life of death.