Outside the East Gate, there is a very vast bamboo forest near the East Gate, which stretches for miles and miles where Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan have lived since childhood, and later after leaving the bamboo forest at the age of thirteen, they have not returned to this bamboo forest.

With the arrival of the Dark Legion, the soldiers and civilians inside Ruocheng, the city of Qi closest to this bamboo forest, withdrew to Huicheng, including the army that had been stationed in the East Gate, and then went south to the City, and the Feng State took advantage of the situation to occupy the East Pass without blood.

Originally, there were more than 5,000 feudal troops stationed here, in fact, the original intention of the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao was to mobilize this army and wait for the opportunity. If the northern part of the Dark Legion has the influence of the Alien Army, his army can quietly fight out of the East Pass and directly occupy Ruocheng.

Even, if the situation allows, this army can also fight with the feudal army in Dream City on both sides, and defeat the remaining Qi army in the city in one fell swoop. Occupying the towns in the south of Qi is also Zheng Junchao's long-cherished wish.

Once, when the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao first took power, and in those years at that time, the hard power of the entire feudal state was completely stronger than that of the Qi State.

At that time, under the leadership of the Holy Emperor, the feudal state tried to carry out the Qi state many times, but was blocked by Feng Yuchong and others due to various coincidences, and the military strength of the feudal state gradually became similar to the stable Qi state.

Until the return of the Xuanling Continent, the Feng State and the Qi State successively sent troops to the Xuanling Continent because they won the support of the country to leave the country, but in the end, it was the Shengde Empress Chen Xinyu who gave priority to the aid of the Qi State and won the final civil war. Until now, leaving the country has become an important ally of Qi in the north, and Empress Chen Xinyu has 100,000 elite troops under her command, and they also have sea ships that they are incomparable, which is an unpredictable sea force, and it is an existence that the feudal country can never underestimate.

Saint Emperor Zheng Junchao transferred almost all the troops he could control now back to Zhongcheng, firmly in his own hands, except for the 10,000 troops left in Mengcheng, the remaining more than 50,000 troops were all stationed in Zhongcheng, the national capital, and the military camp on the outskirts of Zhongcheng.

Among the more than 50,000 troops, the Xuanyi Women's Army led by Su Hui is in the early 10,000s, and they are mainly responsible for patrolling and martial law in the city, as well as maintaining law and order. This army, anyone with a discerning eye knows that the object of their allegiance is the Empress Bu Lian first, followed by the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao, if they have to choose an object to be loyal to, they will not hesitate to choose allegiance to Bu Lian.

In addition to the standing army, that is, the more than 30,000 veterans led by the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao, there are also 6,000 city gate troops, as well as the army of the county guards who have withdrawn from various places, these two armies are far from being comparable to the elite of the Fengzhan Society stationed in the military camp in the north of the city in terms of combat effectiveness and treatment. The army of the county guard can now only be placed outside the city along with the city gate army. The surrounding city gates and most of the patrols in the city have in fact been taken over by the army under the command of the Holy Emperor.

Just a few days ago, due to the influence of the power of the Dark Evil God, there was also turmoil and flight among the more than 30,000 veterans of the Dream City Sealing War Society, and the consciousness of these soldiers affected by the Dark Evil God began to become confused, and they would even be ruthless to their companions. As a last resort, Zheng Junchao ordered a purge and killed these soldiers who had been corrupted by the darkness to avoid a greater bad impact.

Although this purge prevented the soldiers affected by the darkness from continuing to hurt their comrades, it triggered a wave of flight, and some soldiers who were unstable in the army mutinied and fled, which also had a very bad impact on the military training within the entire feudal country.

Within the feudal state, some cracks began to appear in the originally stable military spirit, and even many people realized the problems in the army. For a while, rumors spread, and the hearts of the people in Zhongcheng fluctuated, and even became a little difficult to control.

At this most critical moment, the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao closed his door and did not see the courtiers, only his wife, Princess Rong Lechang, knew that he was corrupted by the power of the dark evil god, and if he wanted to get rid of it completely, he had to concentrate on meditation to get rid of it.

In the court, it is still the old minister Lu Xun and the queen Bu Lian who are presiding over the government affairs, and the original normal situation, Bu Lian can control the government very well. In the current chaotic situation, she is also a little powerless.

After all, although she was recognized by most of the courtiers and local officials, she was a woman after all, and women never interfered in the military, which was also a conformist rule in the feudal country. For the military, Princess Rongle Bu Lian actually has no influence, and her influence is even inferior to her daughter who has already left Zhongcheng, Princess Liuli Bu Yuehan.

Bu Yuehan, as the daughter of the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao and the eldest princess of Rongle Bu Lian, and has been a royal princess who grew up inside and outside the palace of Zhongcheng since she was a child, she still has her own special status and ability inside and outside Zhongcheng. If you want to find a person who is recognized by both the royal family and the Fengzhan Society to lead the army, this person can only be this Liuli princess.

Bu Lian, who knew this, even had the idea of letting his daughter succeed him as the emperor of the country, which was also because he had heard in detail about the story of Chen Xinyu, the empress of Shengde who left the country, so Bu Lian also had such a special year that should not have happened. Now his husband, because of the influence of the dark evil gods, coupled with his own initiative to contact the dark army, has made him lose a lot of popular and military support, if the development of the situation in the future, there will really be some changes, let Yue Han to succeed to the throne, maybe it is really a very good idea.

Of course, such an idea is far from mature at this time, and it is just a slightly wishful thinking on her part. Now, Princess Rong Le Bu Lian is more concerned about how to deal with the chaotic and complicated situation in front of her, when her husband can't come out to preside over the overall situation and stabilize the situation, she grasps the hearts of the people and the army, and finds a way to let her daughter preside over the overall situation, so as to become an emperor who can truly be accepted by all parties in the feudal country, even if it has never been an empress before.

At this time, the situation on the entire Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent, except for the feudal country, the rest of the forces have long been inseparable from the dark legion, and the forces within the feudal country have also been affected by the dark legion, resulting in the emergence of various forces in different directions in the country. Some of the members began to riot because of the influence of the dark gods, some were killed by the guards under the command of the Holy Emperor, and some fled from the loyal city to join the dark army.

No matter what way it is, the situation within the Sealed War Society has already begun to become chaotic due to the influence of the Dark Evil God and the Dark Legion. At this time, all the civil and military officials who were not loyal to the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao began to secretly look for a way out of the current predicament. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Princess Rong Le Bu Lian secretly wooed some civil and military officials, and told these officials what she was planning in secret.

Bu Lian's purpose is also very simple, she doesn't want to push her husband into a situation from which she can't recover, she just wants him to be able to get rid of the control of the dark army and live a peaceful and stable life. If she is really controlled by the Dark Legion, not only will the entire feudal kingdom become a puppet and tool of the Dark Legion, but even her husband's life will not be guaranteed.

In the secret conversation with these civil and military officials, Bu Lian quietly put forward the idea of wanting her daughter to succeed the feudal emperor, she originally did not have much hope for this, but only tested these officials with very tactful and tentative words. Unexpectedly, these officials all expressed their willingness to support Princess Liuli Bu Yuehan to succeed the throne of Saint Emperor Zheng Junchao, and they did not have too much resistance to a female succession to the throne.

These officials have always believed that the capable are in high positions, and these officials themselves are not loyal to the officials of the Feng War Society, they are more loyal to the royal family who once ruled the feudal country. As for Princess Liuli Bu Yuehan, although she doesn't know much about it, she feels good at first, after all, now, Her Royal Highness the princess is leading the army alone, and the ability she shows is still worthy of praise.

Of course, this is still something that will be talked about a long time later, and officials who don't know much about it will not directly say what they think in their hearts because of Princess Rong Le's probing questioning, and in general, the attitude of the officials is still a kind of temptation and wait-and-see, and they will not blindly make decisions.

This secret conversation made Princess Rong Le Bu Lian more firm in her thoughts, maybe really let her daughter be the emperor of the feudal country, it is not a better way to solve the current situation. It's just that she doesn't know where her daughter has gone now, and even life and death have become a little unpredictable.

On the way back to the palace, Bu Lian, who was wearing a cloak and a windbreaker and a veil walking on Zhongcheng Street, was not discovered by the people who came and went on the street, and at the moment when she was about to turn into the dark alley, Su Hui, the female general who happened to be patrolling alone on the street, quietly looked around, and quietly followed Bu Lian into the dark alley at the corner of the street while the eyes of the people around her did not gather on her for the time being.

"What's the news?" Bu Lian did not hide that she secretly went out of the palace to meet with the courtiers, even Su Hui, who felt a little unreasonable about this, did not forcibly stop it, but for the sake of insurance, she kept following Bu Lian and secretly watching. However, Bu Lian knew that now that Su Hui took the initiative to follow her, she must have something to tell her, and she didn't have any delay, so she asked straight to the point.

Su Hui quietly approached Bu Lian's ear, and whispered in a voice that no one else could hear: "The envoy of the Qi State is here." ”

Extremely simple six words, in fact, contain a lot of special meanings, Bu Lian frowned slightly, it seems that this situation is more complicated than she imagined.