Xia Yibai is still dressed in crescent white, simple and chic, and his face is covered with wind and frost.

After receiving Hu Xu's letter, he came back day and night, and he didn't even drink a sip of water from the time he entered the city gate to now.

But his eyes were bright, because he knew that after working hard for so long, he finally saw the dawn of victory.

Yes, the "White Fox" is a useful image that he strives to create.

"Caomin Xia Yibai, see Your Majesty, long live Your Majesty, long live Long live, Long live Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, thousand years old!"

Xia Yibai walked in and knelt down to the most powerful father and son in the world with a calm expression.

"Sir, please." The emperor is very kind.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Xia Yibai got up.

"Give a seat." The emperor understood the inconvenience of his legs and feet, so he ordered.

There were no other subordinates in the room, and Hu Xu had just made a move, but he was preempted by the great eunuch Liu Xiu and moved a square stool for Xia Yibai.

Xia Yibai turned around and thanked Liu Xiu, Liu Xiu just smiled slightly, very humble, and the prince's heart moved when he saw this scene.

The great eunuch Liu Xiu is the most favored internal official around the emperor, he has followed the emperor since he was a child, and sat all the way to the position of the chief manager, it can be said that the prince will greet him with a smile when he sees him, but now he is so humble to Xia Yibai, his attitude represents the emperor's attitude.

It seems that the frequent changes in neighboring countries give the emperor a headache, so he will be so polite to Xia Yibai, who is said to be able to solve this problem.

"It is reported that Mr. has a good relationship with the neighboring countries of my Holy Spirit Country, and there have been frequent frictions between my country and neighboring countries in recent times, I don't know what Mr. thinks?" The emperor was not polite and went straight to the point.

"When the grass people traveled around the world, they maintained a good relationship with them by chance. Recently, the grass people have heard about it, but in fact, the grass people also think it is strange. Xia Yibai said.

"Oh? What's so strange? The emperor leaned forward and asked.

"The grass people have traveled all over the world, often entering and leaving the country, and they have a good understanding of the people on both sides. Generally speaking, people who have lived on the fringes of the country for a long time are mostly more tolerant and generally do not easily clash with the people of neighboring countries, and even if they have different views, they will try to refrain from doing so. This is how border dwellers survive, knowing that their actions represent the attitude of two countries, so they will never easily provoke trouble. And this time, there are conflicts with many neighboring countries, which are obviously premeditated, in order to provoke contradictions between my Holy Spirit Kingdom and all the surrounding countries. ”

Xia Yibai analyzed it very seriously.

The emperor himself also had such questions, and he couldn't help nodding and said: "Sir, I also think it's strange when he analyzes it like this, but who can provoke so many incidents at the same time?" ”

"There are many possibilities for this, and generally there will be suspicions of enemy countries, and it is their espionage operation. However, if this is the case in one or two places, they will inevitably be involved, but in almost all the neighboring countries, this matter is not so simple. It could be ...... Inside and out! ”

The emperor was not calm, and frowned: "Sir, do you suspect that there are people in my Holy Spirit Country who have dealings with enemy countries, and there are people in the country who collaborate with enemies?" ”

"It's not necessarily a collaboration with the enemy, it's just that the goal is the same, and there will always be the same approach, or directly follow the other party's methods."

"What does that mean?"

"For example, the enemy country wants to provoke a war between us and our neighbors, so it plans a conflict on the border. And some of our generals hope to be able to gain merit through war, or hope to be able to clear the obstacles in the surrounding area, and also hope to be able to conflict with neighboring countries. At this time, he discovered the practice of the enemy country, so he drew a scoop according to the gourd, and he did not know! ”

The emperor was silent, if this kind of thing really involves internal generals, it is indeed not easy to do. The key is that the other party did not collaborate with the enemy, but was actually loyal. So he asked Xia Yibai again: "Sir, is there a solution?" ”

"The grass people have an immature idea, but how to do it depends on what kind of result His Majesty wants!"

"How?"

"The grass people want to know which neighboring countries your majesty wants to really take action against, and what warnings will continue to maintain friendly relations, or will there be an all-out war? Or are they all on friendly terms? When Xia Yibai said this, he raised his eyes and glanced at the emperor, and the emperor knew many of the meanings.

The emperor groaned, to be honest, he did want to take the opportunity to clean up a few unstable neighbors, but although the Holy Spirit Kingdom was the most powerful empire nearby, it could not withstand the turmoil of a full-scale war.

After all, although the prince is now established, not everyone in the country is of the same mind, and moving the war at this time is tantamount to giving the chaotic court a more chaotic reason.

The prince also thought of this, and immediately frowned.

"Sir, can you tell us how to solve these situations?"

The emperor's old fox plans to ask Xia Yibai to explain the solutions in all the situations and then make a decision.

Xia Yibai smiled slightly, if he didn't show his wisdom and ability, how could he be worthy of his planning in the past few years!

"Let's start with the worst-case scenario, which is an all-out war." Xia Yibai talked eloquently, he had done all his homework before he came, and even the personalities of the emperor and the crown prince had learned a lot through Hu Xu.

To start a full-scale war, Xia Yibai does not suggest, but it is still recommended to quickly send troops first, take down a few neighboring countries with relatively tough strength and attitude, and make an example of the monkeys, so that the small countries that are just following the blind howling and wanting to take advantage of the chaos will naturally die down, and the siege will inevitably collapse.

The emperor nodded, treated them differently, and divided them.

"That'...... How many goals does I have? ”

"Then you can refer to where to fight, directly press the border, garrison the border, and practice diligently. If you don't want to fight, you can just send a credential to explain the situation. ”

In response to various situations, Xia Yibai had a specific plan to solve it, and the emperor couldn't help nodding.

"Are you sure, sir?"

"Nine times out of ten." Xia Yibai replied cautiously.

"Which kind of gentleman do you prefer?" The emperor asked.

"The grass people only have the brain of analysis, but they have no decision-making power, this is your majesty's power!" Xia Yibai cleverly avoided this question.

The emperor smiled, thinking that his vigilance was too heavy, so he said: "Sir is too worried, I also want to hear your opinion." ”

Xia Yibai lowered his head and smiled, if I believed in you, I would have become a ghost a long time ago!

The emperor rolled his eyes and looked at the crown prince, his expression indistinguishable.

"Sir's words really made me pause, and if Mr. can really persuade my neighbors to stabilize the turmoil for me, I will definitely thank Sir!"

"The grass people don't dare!"

"What do you want, sir? I give it to Mr. as a thank you gift! The emperor suddenly agreed, and he also took a fancy to Xia Yibai's talent, not anyone who travels around the world can be regarded as a guest. He suddenly wanted to solve Xia Yibai's troubles, so as to gain this person's favor and loyalty.

"It is the wish of all the scholars in the world to share worries for the king, and the grass people also conform to the will of heaven and the hearts of the people, and they dare not ask for thanks."

The emperor was stunned for a moment, thinking that Xia Yibai was pretending to excuse himself, so he laughed: "Even if all the scholars in the world have this heart, not everyone has this ability to help, Mr. is too humble!" ”

"The grass people have nothing to ask for, I only hope that our emperor can treat the border people well, after all, they are also deceived by others, and they have to do it as a last resort, not because of their intentions."

The emperor was stunned when he heard this, this guy really didn't want to take such a great opportunity to let himself give him willow leaves? Or does he no longer care about the girl in Liuye?

The crown prince was also very surprised, but he knew that Xia Yibai would not give up Liu Ye, but he didn't take this opportunity to use the emperor's golden mouth to press himself!

The prince's heart suddenly became less gloomy.

"But I can't do without it!" The emperor really couldn't think of it.

"Then Your Majesty can reward the grass people with some gold and silver utensils." Xia Yibai replied with kindness.

"Haha, this is easy to do, not only gold and silver property, I can also give you a house, you can consult Mr. at any time if you have something in the capital in the future!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty! But let's wait until the grass people have finished the things assigned by His Majesty, and then receive the reward! ”

"Good!" The emperor sincerely admired Xia Yibai, and couldn't stop nodding.

Afterwards, the emperor returned to the palace and made an appointment to meet again in the courtyard three days later.

Before leaving, he instructed the prince to take care of Xia Yibai.

This is to ask the prince not to target Xia Yibai openly and secretly.

The prince naturally understood the importance of Xia Yibai and hurriedly responded.

The emperor returned to the palace and secretly convened several ministers to discuss, and finally decided on a few countries that did not plan to do anything, and asked Xia Yibai to go around, and at the same time transferred troops and generals, and allocated materials to prepare for the use of troops against several neighboring countries.

The prince was sometimes called in for counseling.

The prince arranged for Xia Yibai to live in another courtyard, so Hu Xu failed to bring him back to Changxingfang.

He was surprised: "When the emperor made a promise to you, why did you ......?"

Why not choose willow leaves? The emperor is the only person in the world who can suppress the crown prince! That opportunity will never happen again.

Xia Yibai finally took a sip of tea, and he smiled: "This world belongs to the emperor, and the future belongs to the prince, although it is still the emperor's now, it is still the prince's after all." ”

Hu Xu thought about it for a long time, and only then did he completely understand this tongue twister.

Even if he uses the emperor's hand to suppress the prince and get the willow leaf, there must be a thorn in the prince's heart, judging from the prince's usual actions, he is not a truly generous monarch.

If he reigns over the world one day, even if it is not blatant, he will deal with the two of them in private.

At that time, Liu Ye had already become his wife, and the prince might not continue to love Liu Ye so much, maybe he would deal with the two together!

He Xia Yibai has been planning for so long, not for what "he once had, not for eternity", he wants to be with Liu Ye for eternity!

Moreover, all the people who have helped Xia Yibai, such as Hu Xu and Wang Yuhe, who have shown obvious performance this time, will definitely be on the list of the prince's future eradication, and he can't fall into the safety of his relatives and friends for the sake of his own happiness!

"I see." Hu Xu sighed, Xia Yibai is always Xia Yibai, and he always considers the feelings of others.

"You...... Don't you want to meet her? ”

Xia Yibai subconsciously clenched his fists, shook his head, and smiled bitterly: "I'm afraid of ......"