Shangyuan Palace.

Wang Mang and Shangguan Wan'er sat down separately, Shangguan Wan'er looked Wang Mang up and down, and said after a long time: "I didn't expect that Your Majesty's strength has improved again after a few days." ”

"The strength of the Queen Mother is not the same. Wang Mang said lightly: "I have seen a lot of characters, but I have never seen such a queen mother, there are almost no monks in the world who can keep up with me in terms of strength, if there is, only the queen mother, I am very interested in the queen mother's secret." ”

"It's a pity you can't learn my secrets. Shangguan Wan'er shook her head and said, "Are you going to show up in Chang'an now?"

"There's nothing to show up, Zhang Jian has been killed, Zhuge Yu, Wang Qinian and others have also been ambushed, although there is some small turmoil in the city now, but in general, I don't need to do anything, after all, sitting in my position, it is impossible to do everything personally. Wang Mang said.

Shangguan Wan'er nodded and said, "What does Your Majesty plan to do next?"

"Yiqu country I don't want to keep it, I will soon raise troops to destroy Yiqu country, Yiqu domestic horses, has always been the source of good horses for my Daqin cavalry, after taking Yiqu country, my Daqin's national strength will be further improved. Wang Mang said: "I heard that the Queen Mother still has some arrangements in Yiqu Country, I don't know if the Queen Mother has anything to explain?"

"There's nothing to explain, this Yiqu country and my Great Qin have been allied for many years, and they are each other's brother countries, and now that they have given birth to rebellion, Your Majesty will destroy them if they want to destroy them, but how does Your Majesty plan to guard against them later?" Shangguan Wan'er said: "Unlike South Korea, Zhao Guo has the support of Jixia School Palace behind him. ”

Wang Mang already knew that the Jixia School Palace supported the Zhao State, and it was impossible to fully support the Qin State, if the Qin State had been walking with the Jixia School Palace, in the end it would be the same end as South Korea, and it would become the resource source of the Jixia School Palace, once one day the Qin State was so poor that it could not provide resources, the Jixia School Palace would not hesitate to kick the Qin State away, and the so-called protection was only temporary, which is why Wang Mang finally decided to part ways with the Jixia School Palace.

Seeing that Shangguan Wan'er mentioned Jixia School Palace at this moment, Wang Mang said: "Before the destruction of Han, I may not have scrupled about Jixia School Palace, but after the destruction of Han, I have no scruples about Jixia School Palace at all. ”

"Is it the Heavenly Demon Gate?" Shangguan Wan'er thought directly of the Heavenly Demon Gate and said, " Your Majesty, although the Heavenly Demon Gate is the head of the nine veins of the Demon Gate, it does not represent the Demon Gate, such as the White Emperor City, and other forces will not take care of him, and more importantly, the major forces within the Demon Gate have not been accustomed to each other for many years, and it is difficult to gather into a force, not to mention that it is not for nothing that the Demon Gate is shouted and beaten by everyone on the mainland, and the overall power is far inferior to the righteous path forces, Your Majesty has ever thought that if Your Majesty cooperates with the Demon Gate, the final result is likely to be that the Qin State will fight against the forces of other countries with the strength of one country?"

"Queen Mother, does Qin still have friends?" Wang Mang looked at Shangguan Wan'er and shook his head, and said: "I and the Queen Mother are very clear that Qin has no friends on the mainland now, and even Yiqu, Qin's long-time ally, is now going to betray Qin and join Zhao, Xu State, Yu State, Yelang State, Bashu and even South Korea, with the growing strength of Qin, Qin has caused the fear of the mainland countries, and the major forces have treated Qin as an imaginary enemy. ”

Shangguan Wan'er didn't expect this, and looked at Wang Mang and said with relief: "Your Majesty has thought about it properly and has grown up!"

Wang Mang looked at Shangguan Wan'er's young appearance, and was speechless for a moment, and couldn't say anything, after all, in terms of identity, Shangguan Wan'er is an elder, but this sounds really weird.

Shangguan Wan'er looked at Wang Mang's deflated appearance, felt very funny, and couldn't help laughing, Shangguan Wan'er smiled and fell into the city, and the entire Shangyuan Palace seemed to have become full of vitality in Shangguan Wan'er's smile.

Wang Mang was stunned for a while, until he saw Shangguan Wan'er's face was cold, and then he hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, I am about to leave Beijing, and this capital will be handed over to the Queen Mother." ”

"There's one thing I want to discuss with you. Shangguan Wan'er said.

"What's the matter?" Wang Mang said.

"Your marriage. Shangguan Wan'er didn't wait for Wang Mang to open his mouth to refuse, and said directly: "The mourning family already knows about the matter between you and the Heavenly Demon Gate Saint ** Lihua. ”

"The Queen Mother has objections to the identity I gave to Yin Lihua as a concubine? Wang Mang said.

"It's not that Yin Lihua's identity is not in line with the status of the concubine, but Your Majesty doesn't even have a queen now, how can you have a concubine?" Shangguan Wan'er said: "What the mourning family means, since Your Majesty has taken out the matter of Yin Lihua's canonization of the concubine, why don't you bring up the matter after the seal?"

"Queen Mother, with my current status, it is not easy to find someone who is qualified to be a concubine, where can I find someone who is qualified to be my queen?" Wang Mang said.

"The mourning family has already found one for you, regardless of status, posture and appearance, it is the best choice, enough for me Empress Daqin. Shangguan Wan'er said: "Your Majesty, you must know that now as my Great Qin becomes stronger and stronger, many things must be put on the agenda, such as the position of the queen, as well as His Majesty's heirs, must be proposed, if you can't mention it, people's hearts will be unstable, please think about it." ”

"Queen Mother, what if I'm not interested?" Wang Mang said.

"I can't help you in this matter, according to the matter of the harem, the mourning family will decide it, but the mourning family knows that His Majesty is not an ordinary person, and the mourning family thinks that it is better for His Majesty to decide by himself, but if His Majesty blindly evades, then the mourning family has to force the decision. Shangguan Wan'er's face gradually turned cold, and finally said: "After Your Majesty returns from Yiqu Kingdom, this matter will inevitably be decided. ”

Seeing Shangguan Wan'er's tough attitude, Wang Mang's face also turned cold, and after Wang Mang left Chang'an, Shangguan Wan'er's words still sounded in Wang Mang's mind from time to time, it seemed that this woman had to marry him a few wives to continue the bloodline of the Great Qin royal family.

Seeing Wang Mang's solemn face, Bai Qi said: "If Your Majesty is worried about the Queen Mother, the minister will go back to Chang'an now to kill the Queen Mother." ”

Hearing Bai Qi's rebellious remarks, Wang Mang couldn't help but turn his face and look at Bai Qi in shock, it was really too scary for Bai Qi to kill people as soon as he opened his mouth, and said: "The Queen Mother's strength is unfathomable, do you have confidence?"

"Yes. Bai Qi said: "The Queen Mother's strength is profound, I am not as good, but if it is about the means of killing, the Queen Mother is not as good as me." ”

As soon as Bai Qi said this, Wang Mang understood, this means that although Shangguan Wan'er has high strength, she has no actual combat experience, and if she really fights, the outcome is unknown.

It's just that Bai Qi didn't know that what Wang Mang was worried about was never that the Queen Mother would block him, more things were unknown to Shangguan Wan'er's actions, and Shangguan Wan'er had been dealing with her for so long, but Wang Mang never knew Shangguan Wan'er's origin and identity, this mysterious Queen Mother had influenced the Qin State for many years, but no one in the Qin State Manchu Dynasty knew the origin of the Queen Mother, even the elders of the Three Dynasties, Zhang Jian, who was deeply rooted in Great Qin, didn't know, otherwise Zhang Jian would not rashly attack Shangyuan Palace before he figured out the details of Shangyuan Palace.

Seeing that Wang Mang didn't speak, Bai Qi said again: "The ministers have never killed people, and no one will know that the ministers did it." ”

Wang Mang shook his head and said, "Forget it, Shangguan Wan'er is unfathomable, do you really think that the strength of Shangguan Wan'er you see today is her real strength?"

"I think it's like it's real. Bai Qi said: "If it's fake, it's too similar." ”

"Shangguan Wan'er, this woman should not be underestimated!" Wang Mang said.

"Your Majesty, where are we going now?" Bai Qi saw Wang Mang say this, and knew that Wang Mang did not have the intention of killing Shangguan Wan'er, not only that he couldn't figure out Shangguan Wan'er's strength, Bai Qi always felt that Wang Mang seemed to have something between him and Shangguan Wan'er, but as a courtier, Bai Qi knew what to say and what not to say, so he diverted the topic.

"Let's go to Xu Di, Yelang still owes me a million knights, they only gave me 200,000 last time, and now there are not many more after a war, and the remaining knights have to ask them when they will pay. Wang Mang said.

Bai Qi was silent, last time he took away 200,000 Yelang knights from Xu, and now there are less than 50,000 left, most of them died in the battle of Hancheng, if it weren't for these Yelang knights, Bai Qi would not be able to be undefeated in all directions in Korea, and Qin State could not defeat Korea so easily, it can be said that it really helped a lot, but with such a high casualty ratio, now if you are looking for Yelang to ask for people, will Yelang still give it?

In the night, Wang Mang took Bai Qi all the way to Xu Di, and Shangguan Wan'er in Shangyuan Palace changed into simple clothes and went to the nameless courtyard, Nameless still meditated under the big tree, and did not say anything about Shangguan Wan'er's arrival, Shangguan Wan'er also knew Nameless's temper, and simply reported what happened today to Nameless, and finally said: "It seems that Your Majesty does not seem to have the intention of marrying, what should I do about this?"

"There are times in life when you have to have it, and there are times in life when you don't have to force it. Nameless opened his eyes, and the endless sword light in his eyes was circulating, and if he looked carefully into the nameless eyes, it seemed that he could see a universe composed entirely of sword light in the nameless eyes, vast and boundless.

Shangguan Wan'er said: "If you say this, I have nothing to say, anyway, I have already done what I should do, how much has your cultivation recovered now?"

"It's mostly recovered. "Nameless.

"It seems that Your Majesty's southern conquest and northern war have helped you a lot, and the condensation of the country's fortunes has really helped you a lot. Shangguan Wan'er said: "It's just that you should know very well that with the strong rise of His Majesty, especially this time to take South Korea, it is impossible for my Qin State to keep a low profile, and it will definitely be reincorporated into the eyes of those people, and you will soon be noticed by them, and you must step up your cultivation." ”

"It's useless for me to be alone. Nameless sighed and said: "No matter how strong I am, I am only one person, and there are some of the major holy gates whose cultivation is not weaker than me, and there are some who are old and immortal, if they are forced to rush out of the nest, even ten of them will definitely not be their opponent." ”

"But the strength of the Qin State, Your Majesty's strength has improved too quickly. Shangguan Wan'er said, "Do you think it's time to use those people?"

"It's not time yet. Nameless said: "Those people are the confidence of my Qin State, only with them can there be Qin State, if they are gone, then Qin State will naturally be gone, Your Majesty has done a good job, I believe he can handle all kinds of things." ”

"I want to ask him for a family business. Shangguan Wan'er said suddenly.

"Asking for a kiss?" Nameless looked moved and said, "What kind of kiss?"

"I heard that the one in the 100,000 mountains has a daughter, who is now about the same age as His Majesty, and if His Majesty can make her the queen, he will be able to get the support of the one in the 100,000 mountains. Shangguan Wan'er said, "What do you think?"

Nameless was silent, he knew very well what Shangguan Wan'er said, and he knew that with the current strength of the Qin State, it was difficult to get that person's attention, he was not optimistic about this family business, but Nameless raised his eyes and looked at Shangguan Wan'er, and suddenly said: "In whose name are you planning to ask for this family business." ”

"Naturally, in the name of Emperor Qin. Shangguan Wan'er said: "But you also know that I can't do this alone, I need your help, and without your help, I can't enter the depths of the 100,000 mountains." ”

"Understood. Nameless silently closed his eyes and said, "Call me when you leave." ”

Permission land.

Wang Mang and Bai Qi hurried overnight, all the way to Xudi, and the moon priest felt Wang Mang's arrival and went directly to the bottom of the mountain to welcome Wang Mang into the mountain.

"I don't know what happened to the high priest here?" the moon priest said straight to the point: "It is said that the high priest should accept the worship of all the people in Hancheng at this time. ”

Although he has arrived in the main world, the people of Yelang World are still accustomed to calling Wang Mang the High Priest, and to a certain extent, Wang Mang's status as the High Priest is their leader.

Wang Mang didn't care about the title of the moon sacrifice, but pointed at Bai Qi and said: "The last batch of 200,000 Yelang knights you gave to Bai Qi are very useful, and Bai Qi wants to take another batch of knights from here." ”

The Moon Priest already knew Wang Mang's intention and knew that he couldn't stop it, but he still snorted coldly and said, "Didn't the High Priest ever regard us as a people?"

Wang Mang knew that the Moon Sacrifice would be difficult, so he pretended to be confused and said, "I don't know what the Moon Sacrifice means?"

"The first battle of Hancheng, the world knows, the 200,000 Yelang knights that Bai Qi took from me are in all directions in Korea, very powerful, but most of the casualties in the death battle of Hancheng, those 200,000 knights are not one in ten, dare to be the high priest, as the supreme leader of my Yelang people, so many people died in battle, isn't the high priest heartbroken?"

"It's heartache. Wang Mang sighed, the moon sacrifice went straight to the end, and he couldn't pretend to be confused, so he said: " But when I was in the Yelang world, I had already promised to give the people of Yelang a place to live and work in peace and contentment, this land was just a place for the people of Yelang to live temporarily, in order to make the people of Yelang live a better life, I also tried my best, the land of Qin was barren, not a place to live, I thought about it, so I found a place for the people of Yelang in Korea, so I launched a war to destroy Korea, and now the place has been found, just wait for the moon sacrifice to organize your people to move over. ”

Yue Xian looked at Wang Mang deeply and said, "What the high priest said, does the high priest himself believe it?"

Wang Mang was silent for a moment.

(End of chapter)