Now that they have crossed the Bahe River and entered the imperial capital, Mu Qiuhuang and his party only need to have another three days to travel, and they can really enter the imperial capital of the Dayou Empire, Fengling, which is very abundant in time, and with sufficient time, Mu Qiuhuang will also play again, because it has been heard for a long time that "Bahe Wind and Snow" is a great scene in Fengling City, so Mu Qiuhuang ordered everyone to set up camp on this Bahe embankment, and erected the phoenix banner of Beiyu Houfu in the camp, wanting to wait until the snow to see the magnificent scenery of Fengling.

The reason why he put up a big flag to show his identity was because Mu Qiuhuang had really offended the Haihun Marquis Mansion too badly along the way, and he was afraid that the Haihun Marquis Mansion would come to him in confusion to find trouble...... That's why they will be the first to identify themselves, just in case.

Although Mu Qiuhuang set up camp specifically to watch the wind and snow of the Bahe River, he would know that this "wind and snow of the Bahe River" would be very different from what he imagined. Although "Bahe Wind and Snow" has the same name, however, this wind and snow is not the other...... Build an embankment on the side of the Bahe River for 50 miles, plant 10,000 willow trees, whenever the early spring season, the catkins flutter, like the flying snow tourists shoulder rubbing the hub, this is the real "Bahe River Wind and Snow" landscape. At this time, it was already a cold winter wax moon, and the willow trees on both sides of the Bahe River had already shed their emerald green clothes, leaving only dry trunks and dead branches, and the willow branches blown by the cold wind were no longer as soft and light as spring, but rustling and disturbing people's dreams.

The cold wind of the early morning wind blew across both sides of the Bahe River, the morning sun was still sleeping on the horizon, the sky was only faintly revealing a touch of fish belly white, the first ray of sunshine had not arrived for a long time, and the camp was still silent at this time. In the cold wind, except for the phoenix flag on the flagpole, there was only the sentry who kept vigil yesterday and was wandering, although these sentries shrank their heads in their leather robes one by one, and their eyes were bloodshot and a little red after staying up all night, but they were scrupulously abiding by their duties and did not have the slightest dereliction of duty.

At this time, Ling Hu Jian was also dressed neatly, and after walking out of the camp tent, after taking a look at the camp where Mu Qiuhuang was, Ling Hu Ji did not go to greet him as before, but smiled knowingly, and prepared to go to the Fang Army to give an order, so that Mu Qiuhuang would send two pieces of food this morning...... Because last night, there was another person in Mu Qiuhuang's tent, and it was a woman.

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Su Xiaoxiao came here in the middle of the night last night, and never came out after entering Mu Qiuhuang's tent, but the situation in the tent was completely different from what everyone thought.

…… Su Xiao yawned, and his eyes were a little bloodshot.

After seeing Su Xiaoxiao's tired look, Mu Qiuhuang stopped what he had just said, and instead said: "I've worked hard for you these days, you can sleep here first, and we'll talk about it when you're full of energy!" ”

"It's okay, I'll go to rest after Xiaoxiao has reported all these things to Childe."

Su Xiaoxiao rejected Mu Qiuhuang's proposal, but a smile appeared on the corner of her lips.

"According to Huangling's inquiry, the candidates who arranged for the major princes' mansions to enter the capital to participate in the Shangri Festival this time are, Ji Yan, the prince of Xilie Houfu, Wu Bi'an, the seventh prince of Nanzhao Houfu, Liu Yiyong, the fourth prince of Haihun Houfu, Yunjiu Marquis Mansion is the third prince Yunxiao, Xuanping Marquis Mansion is also the third prince Ram Tianzhu, and Pingjin Houfu is the second son Ximen Dingding. Among these people, except for Ji Yan of the Xilie Marquis Mansion, who has been determined as the prince, only Liu Yiyong, the fourth prince of the Haihun Marquis Mansion, has the opportunity to inherit the position of the Marquis of Haihun, and the candidates sent by the other princes' mansions are all heirs who are not valued in the mansion, and all of them have no hope of inheriting the position of the marquis. After Su Xiaoxiao finished reporting, he took out a scroll from his sleeve and handed it to Mu Qiuhuang and continued: "This is a detailed introduction to each of them. ”

Mu Qiuhuang didn't open it immediately after taking the scroll, but asked, "What did Liu Yiyong say?" ”

Su Xiaoxiao replied: "He has promised to meet his son. ”

"What do you think?" Mu Qiuhuang asked.

Su Xiaoxiao thought for a while and said: "Although the maternal line of Liu Yiyong, the fourth son of Haihun Marquis Mansion, has reverted to the surname Situ, but since the death of Situ Changqing, Situ Yimai has never lived up to the glory of the past, and more importantly, Liu Yiyong, the fourth son, is actually not loved by Haihun Marquis, and his behavior in Haihun Marquis Mansion over the years is relatively low-key, although he is also one of the heirs, but his limelight is far less than that of the second son Liu Yihuan and the eighth son Liu Yifeng. ”

"Do you think I made the wrong choice? If you had to choose, who would you choose? Mu Qiuhuang asked with interest.

"Childe's mind, Xiaoxiao doesn't dare to speculate." Su Xiaoxiao said.

Mu Qiuhuang looked at Su Xiaoxiao and said: "But it's okay, I want to hear your opinion, you also know that I lack a person around me who is really capable of planning and coordinating the overall situation for me." ”

"Sister Winter Snow ......"

Mu Qiuhuang interrupted Su Xiao's words and said: "Although Dongxue is steady, she has done everything I explained beautifully over the years and has not made any mistakes, but her talent is more inclined to cultivation, and she is still inferior to you in terms of resourcefulness." ”

Seeing that Mu Qiuhuang said it very bluntly, Su Xiaoxiao no longer shirked, and after thinking about it seriously, he said bluntly: "According to the current situation, the second son, Liu Yizhuo, is the most powerful, first of all, he is older than the other two, and secondly, his uncle holds the military power, to say something unpleasant, if the battle between the sons of the world in the future really reaches the moment when the soldiers meet, he is the most powerful." Next is the eighth prince Liu Yifeng, although his mother was from a low background and did not bring him strong foreign aid, but he is very good at doing things, in addition to being the most loved by the Marquis of Haihun, but also the minds of a large group of scholars, to a certain extent, this group of ministers is the most vocal about the inheritance of the son...... If it is according to Xiaoxiao's previous opinion, it must be the eighth son. ”

Mu Qiuhuang asked, "Why didn't you choose the second one?" ”

Su Xiaoxiao smiled charmingly when she heard this: "Is the son taking the test to be younger?" ”

When Mu Qiuhuang heard this, he also remembered what Su Xiaoxiao said when he first met him that day, and said with a smile: "Indeed, I forgot, you have always liked to send charcoal in the snow......"

Su Xiaoxiao also smiled and added: "The main point is that these eight sons are easier to control than the second son, and what he has done over the years has left too many tails, if the prince chooses him, even if he inherits the position of Marquis of Haihun in the future, he will not dare to disobey the prince, otherwise as long as his sins over the years are made public, he will be ruined." ”

"You're right, he's relatively easy to manage, and from the eyes of a mature politician, he's the best investment target...... However, I can't do this kind of thing at the moment to sell my conscience for the sake of profit. Mu Qiuhuang muttered, it was because he had read the information collected by Huang Ling that he decided to give up supporting Lao Ba.

Because the eighth Liu Yifeng is a person who can do anything for the sake of the end, judging from the ruthless methods he has done in private over the years, his sins are simply innumerable, even compared to the kind of people who are so bad that they have sores on the top of their heads and pus on the soles of their feet, he is even better...... Characters who act like this, if they are not afraid of the face of Haihun Hou, they are afraid that Mu Qiuhuang will be eager to slaughter him with a knife, so Mu Qiuhuang is disgusted with this kind of person, and he will not choose to work with him anyway, and he is even lazy to use it, for fear of contaminating his selfishness and ugliness.

Mu Qiuhuang smiled and said, "This is according to your previous opinion, so what about now?" ”

Su Xiaoxiao carefully considered his words and said: "Because Gongzi chose the fourth son, Liu Yiyong, Xiaoxiao later investigated him carefully, and the results of Xiaoxiao's investigation were exactly the same as the results of Huang Ling's previous investigation...... This can only show one problem, that is, these results are what he wants people to see, if this is the case, it means that he is in Taoguang, and through Xiaoxiao's contact with him, it is even more true to this view, because he is too cautious, he does not trust anyone...... Xiaoxiao felt that his plan should be bigger, far from being as simple as the position of the prince. ”

Hearing this, Mu Qiuhuang also felt a little surprised, the reason why he chose the fourth child was because there was no better choice, as said before, the second child himself was strong enough, and he didn't want to choose the eighth child, so there was only one fourth child left, and after hearing Su Xiaoxiao's words, he felt that the fourth child's mind might be deeper than the second and eighth children.

Mu Qiuhuang said to Su Xiaoxiao: "After entering the imperial capital, make an appointment with him for me, I don't see such a person with my own eyes, and I can't put my mind at ease." ”

"Yes." Su Xiaoxiao answered, and then Xiaoyi asked: "Since Gongzi thinks he is difficult to control, why don't you avoid the important and light?" ”

"If it's not a tiger and just a jackal, how can you and I be able to raise it?" Mu Qiuhuang smiled slightly, although his tone was flat, he unconsciously revealed a trace of momentum.

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Mu Qiuhuang looked at Su Xiaoxiao carefully and said, "I finally saw the legendary "Yu" who is strategizing and unpredictable. ”

After hearing Mu Qiuhuang's praise, Su Xiaoxiao not only showed half of her joy, but said with some trepidation: "Little thoughts are far less than one-ten-thousandth of the child'......"

Seeing this, Mu Qiuhuang laughed and said, "Don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who is jealous of the virtuous and capable, since you have this ability, you should let it play to the fullest...... Do you still remember what I said to you in the flower boat of Liujing River that day? ”

Mu Qiuhuang didn't wait for Su Xiaoxiao's answer, and continued: "I said, 'Soar for nine days, you will live up to the king', I will transfer back to Dongxue, from this moment on, Huangling is controlled by you alone, in case of emergency, I allow you to have the right to dictate." ”

"The little will live up to the trust of the son." Su Xiaoxiao fell to the ground with joy when she heard this, She knew that from this moment on, she really became Mu Qiuhuang's henchman, and when Mu Qiuhuang sent Dongxue to take charge of Huangling with her, she didn't have a mind to guard against her.

"By the way, you said that the person from the Xilie Marquis Mansion is the prince Ji Yan?"

"Yes, Ji Yan Yunwen Yunwu, the prince of Xilie, judging from the information collected by Huang Ling, he should be the best among them......" Su Xiao paused and added: "I'm afraid that no one can compete with him except Gongzi." ”

What Mu Qiuhuang was thinking about at this time was not Ji Yan's ability, but because of his identity, because he and his fiancée Ji Ruoxue were brothers and sisters of the same mother, which meant that he was his nominal eldest brother. When Mu Qingen mentioned this matter, he happened to be abolished by the sea of qi, and decided to withdraw from the marriage because he was worried that he would not be able to protect the other party in the future, but now that the sea of qi has recovered, he can't help but rethink this marriage, if the two families of Beiyu and Xilie are married, the benefits are self-evident...... But deciding to marry her before they met is a bit abrupt. But if you decide to withdraw from the marriage without consulting the other party, this matter is a bit immoral...... Mu Qiuhuang couldn't help but sigh and said, "This thing ...... It's really cut, and it's messy. ”

Seeing Su Xiaoxiao's puzzled expression, Mu Qiuhuang sighed and said, "This is a little personal matter of mine, it has nothing to do with you, you can sleep here first." ”

After Mu Qiuhuang finished speaking, he left the camp tent, leaving Su Xiaoxiao alone in the tent, Su Xiaoxiao sat on the bed where Mu Qiuhuang slept on weekdays, picked up the quilt and sniffed it, and then I didn't know what to remember? Suddenly, his face turned red, and he got into the quilt.