Su Rui also thought that Xu Zhiyuan left, and it was likely that the power would fall into the hands of Princess Luoyang, but who told Xu Zhiyuan to take the initiative to admit defeat and recommend Princess Luoyang to take the throne? Now that Xu Zhilan did not admit that he was the Empress of Orchids, Xu Zhiyuan was charged with the crime of implicating the prince, even if Xu Zhiyuan had merit in exposing the remnants of the orchid, on the surface, the best situation was offset by merit and demerit. In the end, the ministers have the highest possibility of supporting Princess Luoyang on the throne, so it is better to pull away Xu Zhiyuan and catch Luo Yuzhu as quickly as possible, as long as this matter is done, it will be done.

Xu Zhiyuan rushed to his temporary residence while listening to the Xiao brothers tell about tonight's events.

The top priority must be to send someone to arrest Luo Yuzhu before Luo Zhuxin contacts Luo Yuzhu and force Luo Zhuxin to hand over the two secret letters.

Su Rui put forward two suggestions: first, send someone to Lingyun Pass first, inform General Sun to strictly guard the checkpoint, and be sure to stop Luo Zhuxin from entering the Yangtao grassland; Second, King Qin pretended to apologize, went to the East Palace tomorrow morning to ask to see Liu Mei'er, promised Liu Mei'er benefits, and asked Liu Mei'er to help.

Xu Zhiyuan understood that Luo Zhuxin cooperated with Xu Zhilan, and if Xu Zhilan hid Naluo Yuzhu in the Yangtao Grassland, he must be under the protection of Liu Mei'er's royal brother.

"What good can this king give her?" Onomoto asked.

Su Rui thought for a while and said, "Liu Mei'er helped Xu Zhilan usurp the throne, if it succeeds, Jingyang Kingdom will definitely get unexpected benefits!" Now that Luo Yuzhu is a strange commodity to live in, Liu Mei'er will definitely open her mouth, King Qin will talk to Liu Mei'er first, with General Sun guarding the pass, let's talk for two more days! ”

Xu Zhiyuan thought to himself that no matter how greedy Liu Mei'er was, it would be impossible to take half of the territory of the Great Hua Dynasty, right? Even so, it is ten thousand times stronger than him only guarding a rotten Qingyun County.

Xiao Jinyun set off overnight and rushed to Lingyun Pass; Su Rui discussed in detail with Xu Zhiyuan how to negotiate with Liu Mei'er.

Princess Luoyang's side didn't believe that Xu Zhilan was the Empress of Orchids, because after Xu Zhilan became the prince, she was still cultivating her and telling her everything.

"The remnants of orchids in Yangtao County must be removed, but the safety of Princess Xi and the officials of Yangtao Royal Mansion must be ensured first."

The tone set by Princess Luoyang was supported by Prime Minister Jian and others.

Guo Gonggong saw the blood brought out by Lan Keqing when he pulled out the dart on his back in the snow, he was too familiar with Xu Zhilan, from the distance from Xu Zhilan's shoe print where the blood was spilled, he could tell that the injured person was Lan Keqing who escorted Xu Zhilan away.

"Sure enough, it was Xu Zhiyuan who sent the Xiao brothers to rob and kill His Royal Highness Yang Tao!"

On the way, Guo Gonggong saw the Xiao brothers, remembered the size of the shoe prints of the two, he muttered to himself, and continued to chase forward along the horseshoe prints.

The next day, Xu Zhiyuan prepared a gift and came to the East Palace to ask to see Liu Mei'er.

Now Xu Zhilan's future is unknown, Princess Luoyang is on the throne again, and I don't know if Princess Luoyang will support Lingyun Pass's trade in the future? For the sake of the future of Jingyang Kingdom, Liu Meier has the heart to take Luo Yuzhu to cooperate with Xu Zhiyuan. But this matter is not urgent, she wants to wait and see if Xu Zhilan can resolve the current predicament. Moreover, Xu Zhilan was only affected by King Qin yesterday, and now his life and death are uncertain, if Liu Meier talks to Xu Zhiyuan secretly about things today, this is a bit unreasonable.

The stakes are very high, if you don't get Liu Mei'er's help, if you want to get Luo Yuzhu back from the territory of Jingyang Kingdom, it is not ordinarily difficult. Although Xu Zhiyuan and Su Rui calculated that Liu Mei'er would not see him today, when they really got this result, Xu Zhiyuan was still very disappointed.

Seeing the shortcut to ascend to the throne, Xu Zhiyuan didn't want to dream too much at night, so he used two sets of strategies: first, he stayed in Jinling and went to see Liu Mei'er once a day, striving to reach an agreement with Liu Mei'er; Second, he sent Xiao Jinfeng to Lingyun Pass to talk to the supreme person in charge of Jingyang Kingdom in Yangtao City, and see if he could exchange Luo Yuzhu for him.

On the evening of the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Xu Zhao received the news that Xu Zhilan was abducted, and he was so angry that he threw the song on the ground and said loudly: "What a woman's kindness!" Xu Zhiyuan didn't catch your handle again, you killed Lan Keqing and Xiang'er on the spot, as my Dahua prince, I am not in Jinling, who can help you? Is it worth it to put yourself in danger in order to save two orchid women? It's stupid! Could it be that I let you marry the princess of Jingyang Kingdom, and then acquiesce to you being with the princess of Goryeo, is this not enough? ”

Xu Zhao reprimanded Xu Zhilan in the air, and when he stopped, Gonggong Liu said: "The slave thinks that King Yangtao is not for Keqing and Miss Xiang'er. ”

"And what is he for?" Today, Xu Zhao is angry, and he can't calm down and think about things.

"Your Majesty, King Yangtao is bent on helping Princess Luoyang inherit the throne, and now King Yangtao is borrowing the matter of King Qin, and he pretends to be kidnapped by Keqing. We know that King Yangtao is definitely not an orchid queen, but the people of Jinling may not believe it. Fortunately, the net worth of ministers such as Jian Cheng is closely related to King Yangtao, even if they believe that King Yangtao is the Empress of Orchids in their hearts, they will not admit ......it."

Xu Zhao reacted quickly, and he said: "You mean that Yang Tao took advantage of this and let the ministers accuse Xu Zhiyuan of being so fond of merit, and even the prince was killed, so the blame was placed on Xu Zhiyuan, and there were few ministers who listened to Xu Zhiyuan, and finally Luoyang could take the throne!" In this way, Yang Tao can retire and be his prince of peace? ”

Before the words fell, Xu Zhao shook his head, and said as he walked with his hands behind his back: "Yangtao saved Lan Keqing and Xiang'er, and after these two women leave with the subordinates of Yangtao County, they will definitely be grateful to let Yangtao go." Now that Yang Tao is fine, he is still the prince! Xu Zhiyuan was in danger of Yang Tao, and the sin was originally very great, but in the end, Yang Tao did not die, so this sin was greatly discounted! Moreover, Xu Zhiyuan has merit in exposing the remnants of orchids, and it is reasonable to say that the merits and demerits are offset. What's the use of tossing this big circle? ”

Gonggong Liu said: "King Yangtao doesn't want to be an official, what if he fakes his death again?" Or take Princess Xi away from now on? As long as no one can find him, Xu Zhiyuan's crime of killing the prince will never be washed away, and Princess Luoyang finally becomes the prince and inherits the unification. ”

Xu Zhao nodded, and then asked: "Fake death doesn't work, how can I say that he is also my Dahua prince, the people of the world, and all the ministers are staring at it, it is difficult to fake death." So Yang Tao only has the only way to go with Princess Xi, where will he go? ”

yes, where will Xu Zhilan go? Gonggong Liu analyzed in his heart: If King Yangtao and Lan Keqing come to Jingyang Kingdom together, Jingyang Kingdom will definitely send Xu Zhilan back to Dahua for his own interests. Jingyang rescued Dahua's prince and sent him back, and asked Dahua to relax the trade restrictions of Lingyun Pass, but the emperor was embarrassed not to agree; If the king of Yangtao is the kingdom of Goryeo, and the kingdom of Goryeo regards the king of Yangtao as the prince of Dahua, he will definitely try his best to rescue the king of Yangtao, and finally send the king of Yangtao back to Dahua; When King Yangtao goes to other small countries or hostile countries, then King Yangtao is either arrested to blackmail Dahua as a bargaining chip, or sends King Yangtao back to Dahua. has the identity of the prince, either he dies, or he is sent back.

Gonggong Liu shook his head and said, "The slave is stupid and can't guess King Yangtao's thoughts. ”

Xu Zhao couldn't guess it, sighed, and said: "Whether it is whether Yang Tao is reluctant to accompany him for many years, Keqing and Miss Xiang'er and the orchid woman who protected Princess Xi died innocently, or because he wanted to take the opportunity to help Luoyang ascend to the throne. But his move was really stinky, at most, it temporarily saved the lives of these orchid people. ”

Gonggong Liu nodded thoughtfully, and said, "Yes, King Yangtao wants to save Lan Keqing and these people, but if you want to save them, you must at least send them abroad." But the big and small countries around Dahua, who would dare to take in my enemies of Dahua? If you openly make enemies of me, you will have to bear the wrath of millions of lions of my Dahua! ”

Xu Zhao was silent for a while, and said, "Gonggong Liu, General Chuanwu!" ”

Half an hour later, General Wu carried the holy decree and set off overnight with three subordinates, speeding away in the direction of Chaoyang Taojun.

On the twentieth day of the first month, Xiao Jinfeng came to Lingyun Pass, asked General Sun whether Luo Zhuxin had come, and then went out of the pass to Yangtao Grassland.

At noon, Xiao Jinfeng came to the gate of the City Lord's Mansion in Yangtao City. It is said to be a house, but in fact, it is a small mansion built by ordinary Dahua Kingdom. Of course, even if it is a small mansion, it is countless times stronger than the tent in Jingyang Kingdom.

"Xiao Jinfeng wants to see?" Liu Cheng was a little confused by Xiao Jinfeng's sudden visit, and he obviously heard the report of his subordinates clearly, and he unconsciously repeated it.

"Eighth brother, who is this Xiao Jinfeng?" The eldest prince looked at the nervous appearance of the eighth prince, and he asked.

"He is a subordinate of King Qin, an enemy of his brother-in-law!"

The reason why the eldest prince came to Yangtao City was because now the two major tribes of Jingyang Kingdom were too close to Liu Chengcheng, and he felt threatened. Now that he heard that Xu Zhilan's hostile forces came to Liu Promise, he took it upon himself to let Liu Promise's subordinates invite Xiao Jinfeng in, expecting Xiao Jinfeng to bribe Liu Promise, and finally Liu Promise did something that harmed the country's interests! As long as you grab the pigtails of Liu Promise, things will be much easier in the future.

Liu promised that he was not a fool, he saw that the eldest brother changed into a scholar's uniform and pretended to be a commoner and sat in a humble seat in the living room, and he knew that his beloved eldest brother wanted to yin him. However, Xiao Jinfeng came to him as a hostile force, and the eldest brother wanted to hear it, saying that he would help him come up with ideas when necessary, and he couldn't refuse.

Xiao Jinfeng had seen Liu Cheng when he was in Jinling, but he didn't know the eldest prince of Jingyang Kingdom.

"Brother Xiao is here, I don't know what you are doing?" Liu promised to hurry up and send Xiao Jinfeng away, and asked him straight to the point.

Xiao Jinfeng's eyes swept over the eldest prince's face.

Is it really here to make a small move? Isn't that harming me? Liu promised to say loudly: "There are no outsiders here, Brother Xiao but it doesn't matter!" ”

"Xiao came here today to cooperate with His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince."

"Brother Xiao, we have never met, and we have no business contacts. Your master, King Qin, and the brother-in-law of this king also have some festivals, and this king can't think of any possibility of cooperation between us? Liu promised that this sentence was mainly for the eldest brother.

"Your Royal Highness the Eighth Prince, between countries, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests. The King of Qin and the King of Yangtao competed for the throne, so there were some festivals, but that was in the past. ”

Liu Cheng didn't say anything, but he didn't refute Xiao Jinfeng's words either.

Xiao Jinfeng said with a smile: "A few days ago, King Qin found out that Lan Keqing, Xiang'er and others around King Yangtao were orchid remnants. As long as you are not a fool, it goes without saying what the identity of King Yangtao is! ”

Liu Cheng stood up in shock and asked loudly, "How is King Yangtao now?" How is Lord Toya? ”

After the eldest prince heard this, he was calm on the surface, because for him, whether Xu Zhilan died, or Liu Mei'er died together, the one who suffered was Liu Cheng and not him.