Su Xiaochen lay on the couch tossing and turning and couldn't sleep, so he flipped out "Yun Ce" easily, and saw that the first sentence on the first page was: Look at the reason, look at it. Only by examining the details can we get the meaning clear.

Indeed, everything must have a cause, and all the details must be deliberate. Su Xiaochen couldn't help but start carefully recalling everything along the way.

The journey in the territory of Cangwu was very smooth, and there was nothing strange about the people in those state capitals. Only the laughter that came from outside the tent that night made people think very suspiciously. Could that be the thief of Imulan? Ambushed around since then? So how did they get through the Hanjiang River, and ...... danger.

Even if they had the ability to cross the Hanjiang River, in the face of the mighty envoys and two thousand royal armor guards, they would have no chance of succeeding. Only by premeditating an ambush in a place like Luoying Lake can you succeed in one fell swoop.

But if Princess Silverspring's Chang Ping was not bad, and the mission continued on the main road, if she had not been curious and said that she wanted to see the waterfall, if the princess had not traveled with the prince to see the waterfall at that time, as long as any of these things did not happen, wouldn't the Assassins of Imulan be completely defeated? This is to say that it is a premeditated ambush, how to make sense.

Six days passed, and the Imulans had no arrows or messengers to sit on the ground and raise prices, as if nothing had happened. So why on earth did they kidnap the princess? What exactly do they want?

Su Xiaochen's scalp tightened for a while, and he walked out of the tent and looked at the deep night above him. Although he didn't know what was wrong, Su Xiaochen had a feeling that there was a pair of invisible hands manipulating everything after the night.

Uncle You...... If you are here at this time, nothing can escape your eyes, and any kind of plan will become a joke in front of you.

Su Xiaochen counted the days, and there should be a letter sent by the imperial capital.

At this time, a herald came over and saluted: "Master Su, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince summoned all the lords, saying that the emperor had a letter with him." Su Xiaochen perked up and walked towards the prince's tent.

Uncle You, you can be regarded as looking forward to it!

As soon as he entered the tent, Su Xiaochen found that everyone was standing silently around in a circle, and the prince was sitting under the lamp in a daze, with the paper scroll that had just been untied from the pigeon harrier's feet on the table.

Su Xiaochen hurriedly picked up the paper roll and approached the candlelight to take a look, as if it had been struck by lightning.

"The right master died, and the left master was sick. Thou shalt send an envoy to the blue sea, do not insult the country. ”

Uncle You...... Uncle You......

Su Xiaochen suddenly felt that the sky had fallen.

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A hundred years ago, the founding emperor Zhu Lanchun lasted eight years and spent 120,000 manpower to build the imperial city on Taiye Island, Taiqing Island and Taiying Island. The three islands are connected by high walls, shaped like dams, and each other is a horn. The wall building is more than 100 zhang high, six zhang thick, and the upstairs can drive a horse, such as walking on the ground. The walls are painted with silver tin, which is as clean as a mirror and can never be climbed. Every time the sun rises in the east, the wall is full of golden rays, reflecting the sparkling surface of the lake, and the location of Taiye City can be seen from hundreds of miles away. Because of the dazzling light, the city could not see the situation on the city clearly, but the city could see the city at a glance.

The three islands are one, and each performs its own duties. Emperor Ming, the lord of Taiye Island, and the rest of the royal family used it for daily living, and it was used for various ceremonies and sacrifices of the lord of Taiqing Island and when he met with foreign envoys, and Emperor Ming, the lord of Taiying Island, handled government affairs. There is a palace gate on the city tower between the three islands, which are Yongjin Gate, Liufang Gate, Qinxin Gate, which are not allowed to enter without a license order, especially the Yongjin Gate on Taiye Island, in addition to the card order, non-royal families are also not allowed to enter. The famous Golden Feather Battalion is stationed here and is heavily guarded. Since the Battle of Poison Gold, the Bihai Kingdom has learned from the pain, and the Golden Feather Battalion can be said to be one of the few elite divisions in the Bihai Kingdom.

The moonlight is like practice, and it is outside the golden gate.

A figure in a cyan cloak rode a white horse, galloping on the city wall of a hundred zhang high, no one dared to stop the soldiers along the way, the soldiers guarding the door hurriedly opened the palace gate, and drove straight into the smoke and dust, and went straight to the front of the Dingxiang Hall of the Laiyi Palace on Taiye Island.

"Meet Her Royal Highness Princess Qing Shark." The palace maids from all over the world saluted in unison.

"Where's the Mother?" Princess Zhu Zhiling took off her cloak and threw it to a palace maid.

"Just take the An Rong soup and rest in the palace, the slave and maid will go to tell Your Majesty."

Zhu Zhiling made an unnecessary gesture and went straight into the hall. As soon as I stepped into the temple gate, a trace of elegant golden fragrance wafted in front of me.

Emperor Zhu Yutang of the Ming Dynasty was leaning on the beauty couch with his eyes closed. Although she is a woman who is nearly fifty years old, she is still lying like a hibiscus, clear as water. The ornaments on his head are gone, and only a pine green hosta is loosely held on the jet-black bun, and next to it is the majestic purple and gold crown of the nine phoenixes.

Zhu Zhiling gently approached the bed and put on a feather scarf for her mother, and said in a low voice: "Mother, since you are not in good health, don't burn incense." ”

Zhu Yutang didn't open his eyes, sighed and said: "Whenever I miss your father, I will burn some of his favorite golden wisps of incense, smell the incense and close his eyes, sometimes I feel that he is still there." ”

Zhu Zhiling bit her lip tightly when she heard this, and was silent.

There was silence in the hall.

"You came here at night, do you have something to play?" Zhu Yutang slowly opened his eyes.

"Yes, my aunt has arrived at the Songlan Palace, and my daughter wants to ask the mother emperor when she will take her into the city."

"Songlan Palace...... When she married Cangwu Kingdom, I was also sent to Songlan Palace to separate from her, and it has been twenty-four years in a blink of an eye. Back then, the emperor promised her that he would take her back in ten years, but he didn't know that the Muyun family was not leaking, and he was afraid of extraneous branches, so it dragged on for so many years. If it weren't for the plan you came up with this time, you might not have been able to come back. Emperor Ming raised his slender hand, gently clasped the edge of the rosewood couch, thoughtfully, and said:

"It's just that the Cangwu delegation hasn't arrived yet, it's best to wait a little longer, and when the mission returns, it's not too late to pick her up. Your aunt has suffered all these years, and she needs to be taken care of. ”

Zhu Zhiling's face softened slightly: "What the mother emperor said is true." The daughter must send someone to wait on her aunt. Speaking of which, my aunt was not reluctant to marry Cangwu back then, and it was also the meaning of the emperor's grandmother. ”

"It's all an imbalance set by the emperor."

"Yes, my daughter thinks about it now, the imperial grandmother who set the imbalance back then was really far-sighted."

Zhu Yutang slowly sat up, looked at the incense burner in the hall, and his thoughts drifted back to twenty-four years ago.

Twenty-four years ago...... At that time, I was only the princess of Jinquan, and your aunt and I used to play in the water, and I didn't know what our troubles were.

Suddenly, that year, Imulan invaded my blue sea in the south, and the whole country panicked. Under the urgency of the first emperor, he accepted the golden mountain strategy of the three Taishi Muyun of Cangwu Kingdom, and then there was a battle of poisonous gold. Although he withdrew from the enemy, he also lost most of the treasury.

Although the first emperor was unknown for a while, he was used by the three masters of Mu Yun, but he was finally wise, and he saw the intention of Mu Yun afterwards. Killing two birds with one stone is really clever. This dumb man has suffered a loss, and from the face of it, Cangwu Country has indeed saved Bihai Country. It's just that for this Mu Yun Taishi's means, the former emperor has always been in his throat.

The following year, Mu Yunduo of Cangwu Kingdom sent me to Bihai, accompanied by Mu Yunduo's twin sons, Mu Yunyou and Mu Yunzuo. Although the first emperor was not as wise as Mu Yun, he was unsurpassed in knowing people and things. She carefully observed that Mu Yunyou was good at scheming but not good at decisive, and Mu Yunzuo was good at decisiveness but not good at scheming. If the brothers are united, they will be the pillars of the Cangwu country in the future. At the moment, I had a plan to marry your aunt Princess Yinquan to Mu Yunyou, in order to show that the two countries were on good terms, but in fact, let her find a way to get rid of Mu Yunyou and break the pillars of Cangwu.

When Zhu Zhiling heard this, she couldn't help asking, "Since they are twins, why did they give their aunt to Mu Yunyou?" Even if Mu Yunyou is removed, there is still Mu Yunzuo, isn't it useless? ”

Zhu Yuyu smiled: "At the beginning, I also asked my mother like you, and my mother said that Mu Yunyou was peaceful and thoughtful, while Mu Yunzuo had a violent personality and was resolute. If there is no Mu Yunzuo, Cangwu Kingdom will be as peaceful. But without Mu Yunyou, Mu Yunzuo must be stubborn and self-sufficient, and he is more than the court. He Muyun's clan is already a master, and when the time comes, the monarch is weak and the ministers are strong, and there will be trouble. This is the imbalance. ”

Zhu Zhiling took a deep breath and couldn't help but praise: "The imperial grandmother is really good at breaking things. Although I know that my aunt has eliminated Mu Yunyou, I don't know how to do it without knowing it. I heard that Mu Yunyou's mother, Li Taijun, is very cautious, always checking the food and daily life at home, and often eating with her son. ”

Zhu Yutang didn't want to say more, turned his face sideways, and said silently:

"I don't know this, when I got married, the emperor whispered a few words to her, presumably passing on some of her strategies. In any case, although it took twenty-four years, your aunt has fulfilled the emperor's entrustment, entrusted your strategy, and retreated, which is really blessed by the Bodhisattva. ”

The candle flame flickered, reflecting on the jade carving-like face of the Ming Emperor, showing kindness and kindness.

Zhu Zhiling thought to herself, don't you really know the reason, and she refused to say anything to me, and said with a smile: "The grandmother of the former emperor expected it to be exactly the same, when he agreed to the marriage in Cangwu, it was not for nothing that he could take his aunt as a hostage one day. And in today's Cangwu Kingdom, the tail of the Mu Yun clan is too big to control the court, and Emperor Wen has long held a grudge. I just pushed the boat down the river and said to get rid of Mu Yunyou and Mu Yunzuo for him, and he agreed to my plan to rescue my aunt on the way. If Emperor Wen and Mu Yun's face were really torn apart, they would inevitably fight and lose both, and the price would be too great. And Emperor Wen cherishes his reputation for benevolence so much, how can he be infamous for killing heroes. In the final analysis, it was the emperor's grandmother who expected the enemy to be the first and buried a good move for her grandson. Those people in the mission can't even think of it if they want to break their heads, and the catastrophe of Luoying Lake is something I did with Emperor Wen Li Houcong. ”

Emperor Ming looked at Zhu Zhiling with great approval and said, "I am relieved to hand over these things to you." You are my eldest daughter, and the most proud of the three daughters, in terms of wisdom and talent, you are not below me back then, even compared to the imperial grandmother back then, it is not inferior, so I made you a prisoner early, I have high hopes for you, and you must not let me down! ”

Emperor Ming paused for a moment, and then said: "When it comes to the future, Zhijie is withdrawn, and I always have nothing to say. Zhitong is still young, and I still want to keep her for a few more years. You're the only one who makes me feel a little relieved...... After Zhao Wuyun married you, how did he treat you? ”

Zhu Zhiling's expression suddenly became complicated, and the weather was uncertain. instantly changed his smiling face: "Empress Xie cares, and Wuyun treats me very well." ”

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, I always feel that you seem to be a little anxious lately, but what are you worried about?"

Impatient? Apprehension? If I don't know anything and have been kept by you like this, of course I won't!

A trace of anger in Zhu Zhiling's eyes was fleeting, she lowered her head, and replied meekly, "The mother emperor has taught that her daughter is still young, so she needs to be more patient." ”

"That's fine...... That's good ......" Emperor Ming closed his eyes and stopped talking, as if he was immersed in the memories of the golden wisp again.