The fate and luck of the entire Great Zhou Dynasty have to be carried by Zhou Xianyu alone.

This kind of invisible pressure and heavy responsibility, if it were not for people with strong minds, I am afraid that they would not be able to hold on for a long time.

Don't look at today's Great Zhou, on the surface, it seems that Emperor Wen Zhou Xianchen is the emperor in power.

In fact, no one in the hundred countries knows that this Emperor Wen of the Great Zhou is a puppet at all, and Empress Chen and the regent are rising together, shining brightly, and each other's party and government are constantly seizing power.

Compared with the respect of the Empress Dowager of the Chen family, it is logical to listen to the government, and the troops of the Xiao family of the Shuai Mansion are relied on.

During Zhou Xianrui's reign, the identity of Xiao Jinxuan's Beirong royal family was leaked in the later period.

Emperor Zhou Xianrui, when he was wary of Zhou Xianyu's seventh brother, took back the military power in his hands except for the Beijing military camp little by little.

Therefore, Zhou Xianyu, who did not have much intersection with Wenchen, did not have an advantage in the court, and even in terms of military power, he was strictly suppressed by the Xiao family of the Marshal Mansion in the past three years.

It is indeed not easy for him to rely on the strength of one person, and with the help of ministers like Guo Yi who are righteous and willing to assist the Great Zhou Dynasty such as Guo Yi, to stabilize Empress Chen's complete annexation of power.

But the more Zhou Xianyu experienced in the officialdom day by day, capable and strategic, the more Chen Hou Xiangping and his party naturally felt that he was an eyesore.

So Empress Chen, who has not missed the mother-son relationship for three years, and Xiangping, who doesn't care about the love of brothers and sisters.

With the acquiescence of the two of them, Ji Lingfeng did everything he could to assassinate Zhou Xianyu.

Although Zhou Xianyu avoided it again and again, Xiao Jinxuan fell into the Xizijiang River three years ago in January, so every year at this time, he would go to Yangzhou to worship at the other party's tomb.

The result was also when Zhou Xianyu was alone at the worship last year, when he swept Xiao Jinxuan's tomb and burned incense.

Ji Lingfeng sent a hundred dead soldiers, all of them with swords to feed poison, in order to completely end Zhou Xianyu's life.

Just in front of Xiao Jinxuan's jade stele, the blood stained the clothes and mounds red, although Zhou Xianyu did not die in the end, and killed a hundred people in front of the cemetery.

But he was also stabbed several times, and the poison in his body was also buried a hidden danger a year ago.

That is to say, Zhou Xianyu's martial arts are strong and his internal strength is strong, especially after he took the Iron and Stone Heart Pill in these years, his seven emotions and six desires were broken.

Therefore, in addition to discussing politics in the previous dynasty, all the time was spent on meditation and practice, and his internal strength was more refined, although the poison could not be forced out, but his life was not taken for a while.

In this way, half a year has passed, and the poison in the body is in danger of backlash after all, when the two forces in the court have a fierce argument.

Zhou Xianyu's qi and blood surged for a while, but the poison was difficult to suppress, and then there was a scene where black blood overflowed from his nose and it was difficult to faint.

But now that the poison is much closer, Zhou Xianyu has successfully suppressed it again, so it looks no different from ordinary people.

It is no wonder that the dark line of Beirong lurking in the Great Zhou is difficult to probe clearly, even Empress Chen and the others are also extremely puzzled by Zhou Xianyu's situation, and they can't figure out his reality and reality, so they don't dare to act rashly.

In fact, Empress Chen and the others didn't know that after the current Zhou Xianyu was poisoned in the court that day, it was now the end of the strong crossbow.

Another wave of killers, he can't even lift his luck.

Otherwise, it will only speed up the poisonous attack on the heart, and end up bleeding through seven holes and dying violently.

Regarding Zhou Xianyu's situation, Guo Yi, who is extremely trusted by the other party, also knows the real situation.

Therefore, seeing that he persuaded Zhou Xianyu and agreed to marry the princess, the other party didn't seem to accept it at all, and he couldn't help but say anxiously:

"Lord Wang, I know that you can't let go of the county lord of Zhaoyang in your heart, but now the situation is compelling. Even if you don't agree to be friendly, it's not impossible, but you can take this opportunity to go to Beirong first. In this way, Empress Chen and the others will be difficult to hurt you. Wait for you to find a way to eradicate the poison on your body over there, even if you don't marry that Princess Changde, at least there is room to deal with Empress Chen and the others. ”

This Guo Yi is indeed worthy of the title of strategist, this analysis of the pros and cons and admonitions, so that Zhou Xianyu listened, even if he wanted to refuse, it was difficult to find a reason.

Just when Zhou Xianyu was struggling and was thinking about whether to adopt Guo Yi's opinion.

Suddenly, the door of the study was pushed open, and then Qingsui smiled lightly and walked in with a pot of hot tea.

"The prince is cold in winter, Qingsui has prepared fragrant tea, you can take a sip to warm up your body."

As he spoke, Qingsui raised his head, as if he had just seen Guo Yi, and immediately said in surprise:

"Oh, it turns out that Lord Guo is also here, Qingsui is rude, I don't know if you are discussing business with the prince. I'll put the tea down and go out right away. ”

As soon as Qingsui finished speaking, his face was full of apologies, and he looked at Zhou Xianyu with a rather gentle and tender expression.

Then the tea was handed to the bookcase, and he immediately walked out of the study in a proper manner.

Seeing Qingsui leave and close the door, Guo Yi was about to continue the topic just now, but he didn't want Zhou Xianyu to raise his hand and signal him not to speak.

Then I saw Zhou Xianyu coldly glance at the table table, steaming hot tea, and said in a deliberately soft voice:

"Guo Yi, you will continue to stay by Empress Chen and the others as this king said, and report to me as soon as there is a situation. In addition, you don't need to worry about the king's body, I was indeed infected with poison before, but I have been forced out with all my internal strength. But this news must be kept secret, I just want to let the people of Chen Hou Xiangping and his faction feel that the king's body is safe, and as long as they move slightly, it will be a good time for me to eradicate it. ”

After Zhou Xianyu finished saying this, he looked out of the door coldly, and then it didn't take long before he returned to normal and said:

"It seems that Guo Yi was right at the beginning, keeping Lin Qingsui is indeed more useful than killing her. Over the years, I have used her to accurately leak a lot of information that I want to deliberately let Empress Chen know. It's just a pity that your identity has been exposed, and Empress Chen no longer entrusts you with important responsibilities now. However, they think that we do not know what they have seen through you, and they want to use your mouth to pass on false information to this king. You Guo Yi has a delicate heart, how can you be so easy to fool as Qingsui, it is really ridiculous to want to use you in turn. ”

This party and government has been the most thrilling and deceitful in all dynasties.

Calculate each other, beware of use, and Zhou Xianyu is aware that Qingsui is sending tea is fake, and it is true to lie outside the door and eavesdrop.

That's why he deliberately said those words to the other party.

In order to ask Qingsui to pass on this news to Empress Chen, it is indeed the most beneficial for Zhou Xianyu.

And after making sure that Qingsui had left, Guo Yi didn't have any worries about speaking, so I saw him admonish again:

"Lord Chen, the party of Hou Chen has made frequent moves, and you are now in good health. Please hurry to Beirong for temporary refuge, and the most important thing is to get rid of the poison on your body. ”

This time, Zhou Xianyu did not refuse Guo Yi, because Qingsui had been lurking by his side for three years, and when Chen Hou's party did not make a big move, it was easy not to ask her to make a move.

And now that Qingsui has personally found out the recent condition of his body, it can only mean that Empress Chen will launch a new round of assassination against him in the near future.

And Zhou Xianyu knew better that in terms of his poisoning situation, he would inevitably be assassinated again.

So in the end, Zhou Xianyu was forced by the situation, and also realized that only by going north first and avoiding the turbulent undercurrents of the Great Zhou could he have a glimmer of life and deal with Chen Houxiangping's faction.

Therefore, just like three years ago, Zhou Xianyu adopted Guo Yi's suggestion and left the other party in the palace without killing Qingsui.

Three years later, he listened to Guo Yi's advice again, and was ready to leave for Beirong immediately, and not delay in the Great Zhou, so as not to be assassinated by Empress Chen and others.

Zhou Xianyu made up his mind here, and Qingsui over there also wrote down the things he had discovered outside the door on a small piece of silk paper.

handed over to the personal maid Mei Ji under the pseudonym Xiao Lian, and passed the news on secretly.

And this news, half an hour later, had already appeared in the hands of Xiangping, in the Shuai Mansion.

The reason why Xiangping is now in the Xiao family of the Shuai Mansion is because she married Xiao Yijun three years ago.

Now Xiao Yiming, the head of the Shuai Mansion, as the younger brother of the other party, Xiao Yijun has great power and hundreds of thousands of soldiers in his hands.

And because he and Xiangping have been reading and writing together since childhood, and they love each other very much, it is because Xiao Yijun listens to Xiangping's words very much.

Therefore, his eldest brother Xiao Yiming also leaned towards Empress Chen, which led to the situation of the Xiao family of the Shuai Mansion containing Zhou Xianyu now.

In addition to Xiao Yiming and Xiao Yijun, there are two brothers in this big house.

In fact, Xiao Yihan, the grandson of the third room, and Xiao Wenyao, who was born in the fourth room, were more inclined to Zhou Xianyu, and they were extremely reluctant to have anything to do with Chen Hou's party.

But in addition to Xiao Wenyao in the fourth room, there is also Xiao Wenwu, the son-in-law left by the Ning family back then.

Therefore, Xiao Heng's old subordinates are all more willing to be loyal to Xiao Wenwu's sister-in-law.

Therefore, Xiao Wenyao was only able to get more than 20,000 soldiers, plus the 50,000 soldiers and horses in Xiao Yihan's hands, and they secretly supported Zhou Xianyu.

Otherwise, today's balanced situation would have been broken long ago, and Zhou Xianyu would definitely not be able to maintain the current situation.

A good handsome mansion is now also divided, and the brothers in several rooms are suspicious of each other.

As Xiangping, who disturbed the entire Xiao family, her eyes were full of unwillingness, and the silk letter in her hand was about to be rubbed by her.

"I actually forced the poison out of my body, Ling Feng, my seventh brother, tell me about it, is his life hard enough, so he can't even kill him, it's really hateful. Now I don't know how much influence Xiao Jinxuan's slut will have on Seventh Brother. If the other party completely lets go of the past feelings, and really marries the princess of Changde from Beirong. When she thought of the 200,000 soldiers and horses that the other party married, this princess had a headache. I really don't know what the identity of this Changde is, even if it is the princess of Emperor Qi, this dowry is inevitably too rich, I really don't know what Beirong's calculations are. ”

Now that Xiao Yijun has been named Tiger Majesty, Xiangping is not only the identity of the eldest princess, but also the wife of Tiger Majesty, so the number of people who should serve and serve has increased unabated compared to the palace.

As for Ji Lingfeng, even though he restored his original name, the disguised identity of the inner eunuch was not removed.

Xiangping married into the Shuaifu, but he was still reluctant to part with the other party, so although Ji Lingfeng was named Dugong, he was in power a lot.

But he still served Xiangping closely, and when Xiao Yijun was away, the two were as loving as husband and wife**, and the handsome mansion was about to be stirred into a miasma.

As for Xiangping's indignation, Ji Lingfeng thoughtfully hugged the other party into his arms, and said with concern:

"Xiang'er, you are pregnant with our child now, and your body is very important, so you must not be angry. As for the princess Changde of Beirong, according to the results of my investigation, she is only the righteous daughter of Emperor Qi, so why the other party has an army of 200,000 as a dowry, I really can't see through this matter. But even if Zhou Xianyu marries the other party, nearly half of the world in this big week is now in the hands of you and me. As long as this Beirong princess dares to come, I will kill her in less than three days. At that time, Zhou Xianyu will not be able to explain to Beirong, without our help, those 200,000 horses will be able to level his regent palace, and it will be difficult for you, the seventh brother, not to die. ”