The main hall of the King's Palace. Outside the gate of the Taiji Palace, Yu Fei, the envoy of Li Fu, the general of Qi, is here unhurriedly waiting for the reception of Empress Chen Xinyu of Shengde, she has actually already come to the outside of the city, on the day when the Qi army retreated, Yu Fei had already come directly to the residence outside the city to temporarily take refuge, the most important thing she thought about was that when the Qi army retreated and left here, she could directly enter the military camp to see Empress Shengde. But after thinking about it for a while, Yu Fei decided to wait for a while before talking about it. And now, it turned out that this was the best opportunity, Yu Fei just entered the city, and was immediately received by Empress Shengde in person.

Although Chen Xinyu doesn't know Yu Fei, Yu Fei's temperament and this different talent are enough to see that Yu Fei is definitely not an ordinary person. Especially the temperament and movements between Yu Fei's gestures have already made Chen Xinyu understand that this person is the envoy sent by the Qi State, and it is very likely that he is the same soul cultivator as Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan's two siblings.

Of course, what Chen Xinyu is concerned about now is not these, what she is more concerned about is that if Yu Fei really comes on behalf of the interests of Qi State, she must also have the bottom line of the Qi State army, which is likely to be a series of conditions put forward by Li Fu, the general of Qi State. Then, Yu Fei must know the specific content of these conditions, and if she deals with her, she will be able to know what Qi Guo wants.

On the main hall of the Taiji Palace, Yu Fei and Chen Xinyu saw each other's faces, Yu Fei was surprised that she had not seen Empress Shengde, and she never thought that Chen Xinyu was such a young monarch, and she looked almost no different from her age. So, seeing this scene in front of him, Yu Fei naturally stepped forward and bowed down and said, "Yu Fei, the envoy of the Qi State, has seen Her Majesty Empress Shengde!"

"No courtesy!" Chen Xinyu didn't put on the condescending attitude of being an emperor, she still used the relatively calm attitude and tone that she had always had. This tone also made Yu Fei in front of her breathe a little relieved, maybe she didn't need to worry about a lot of things in the situation in front of her, but the two sides only needed to talk about it so approachably, and the problem should not be very big. So, Yu Fei walked forward quickly, took out the piece of Li Fu's gold token that he had already prepared in his arms, held it up and said: "Your Majesty Empress Qi Shengde, this token in my hand now is the token given to me by Li Fu, the general of Qi State, before the withdrawal of the army, that is to say, now I can represent Qi State with full powers and negotiate with Your Majesty." ”

Chen Xinyu breathed a sigh of relief again, such a result was more beneficial to her, because if Yu Fei was not able to call the shots in this series of things in front of her, it would be equivalent to saying that it would have no effect. So, Chen Xinyu said directly: "Since this is the case, we don't need to be polite, then I'll say it bluntly, what interests do you Qi want now, does it include Thorn City, Qi City and Xiao Guan, as well as the land in the south of the country?"

Chen Xinyu immediately said the current control scope of the Qi State, but Yu Fei himself knew that now because most of the Qi troops had withdrawn from the Xuanling Continent, these places were still nominally under their control, but in fact, the number of garrisons in each place was extremely small, and the garrisons in the two key places of Thorn City and Qicheng were only more than a thousand people, and the garrisons in other counties were even less than 100 people. If an army were sent to attack these areas, there would be no chance of holding them.

Thinking of this, Yu Fei couldn't help but nodded, and said slowly: "As far as the current situation seems to be true, we just don't know whether Your Majesty the Empress Shengde needs to take back these towns now, or do you want to hand them over to us for the time being? But we still hope that we can still fight together to seal the country according to the original agreement. Since this is the case, we will naturally make concessions, and we also hope that Your Majesty will make a request first, and if it is within our acceptability, I can agree to Your Majesty's conditions on behalf of Qi State. ”

Yu Fei also knew that there were so many things that Chen Xinyu had to do now, and it was absolutely impossible to sort them out in a while. Besides, she had already heard that the army leaving the country now was not enough, and now the 30,000 troops were basically the limit of leaving the country, and the news of the battle between Qi and Feng had not yet been transmitted here. In this case, Chen Xinyu's reason will inevitably make them not rashly tear up their faces with Qi State now, but hope that Qi State will give up their interests.

Chen Xinyu pondered for a long time, now she is also at the same age such a dilemma, the original forced dispatch of the army has already caused a voice of opposition within the country, if it is not for the destruction of the royal Chen family now, occupying the city and Xicheng, I am afraid that the country will be full of complaints, and even make her lose the support of the people. Such a consequence is absolutely unacceptable to Chen Xinyu. And maintaining such a relationship with Qi now is conducive to stabilizing the domestic situation now, and it can also restore people's livelihood and military strength in the fastest time.

In the end, Chen Xinyu still decided to temporarily reach a reconciliation with the Qi State, but in this, Chen Xinyu also put forward his own conditions, giving up Thorn City and the county seat under its jurisdiction. As for the land in the south of Qicheng Xiaoguan, the number of garrisons of the Qi army was limited, and they were allowed to appoint governors and taishou, and in return, the departure promised that in the days to come, as long as the Qi state asked for reinforcements from them, they would send troops to assist the Qi state in the war against the feudal state. And this condition happened to be the bottom line that Li Fu told Yu Fei, so after thinking about it for a while, Yu Fei decided to accept this condition. However, Yu Fei was quite curious about why Chen Xinyu did not open his mouth, but tightly demanded such a trivial condition.

In front of the Taiji Hall at sunset, Empress Shengde Chen Xinyu and Qi envoy Yu Fei jointly signed their names on the settlement agreement, thus reaching a reconciliation between Qi and leaving the country. Then, Yu Fei said goodbye and left, staring at Yu Fei's back, Chen Xinyu smiled coldly, now Qi has not lost much on the surface, but in fact, as long as he recovers his military strength and people's livelihood, if he dispatches troops when the time comes, aren't these places captured?

Thinking of this, Chen Xinyu raised her head and stared at the blood-red sunset above her head, projected through her figure on the steps in front of the Taiji Palace, sprinkled with blood-colored streamers. At this moment, Chen Xinyu's heart has infinite ambition, she must fulfill her father's wish, reunify and leave the country, and will leave the country to develop and grow, and continue.

"Let's go meet these members of the royal Chen family. Chen Xinyu looked sideways and said to Wang Yan, who was standing with his hands not far behind him.

"Yes!"

Since the surrender of Checheng, the once invincible royal Chen family is now in a great crisis, and with the suicide of Chen Xuan, the head of the royal Chen family, the current situation has become more confusing, some members of the royal Chen family hid incognito among the people, and some members of the royal Chen family took advantage of the opportunity of the city gate to escape from the city without a trace. Most of the royal Chen family were trapped in the palace of the king, and Wang Yan, the general who left the country, personally concentrated them in the palace to the east. Originally, it was an uninhabited idle palace, and only a few maids and eunuchs came here to clean it during normal times. But since nearly 100 members of the royal Chen family have all lived here at once, this has become the busiest place in the entire palace, and the maids who are constantly flowing here every day send things, and the members of the royal Chen family in these palaces have always been pampered, and they are naturally angry and resentful in the face of these difficulties, and some members of the royal Chen family who think that they have a decent status in the royal Chen family are thinking about how to show their allegiance to Empress Chen Xinyu.

But no matter what, every member of the royal Chen family is more or less proving their presence in their own way. Of all these people, only one young man remained silent, sitting alone in the corner, quietly cross-legged and thinking, as if nothing outside had anything to do with him.

This young man in his early twenties is none other than Chen Xuan, the youngest son of Chen Xuan, the head of the Chen family of the royal family, and Chen Jing, who was once the most favored son. Originally, Chen Jing didn't know how serious his father's actions were, and it wasn't until the last time he was taught a lesson by Feng Yuchong and Feng Shanshan, two siblings, that he realized that what his father did was to divide and leave the country, leaving the people without a fixed place to live and the soldiers exhausted. So, after returning to Checheng, Chen Jing repeatedly persuaded his father to stop the war, live in peace, and it was best to surrender and leave the country, so that the people would not live like this anymore. But at that time, Chen Xuan couldn't listen to him at all, and even imprisoned him and didn't let him go out. In the end, the regime established by the imperial Chen family was defeated and destroyed, and Chen Jing's heart was much more relaxed. Now, if Empress Shotoku wanted to kill him, he would have no complaints.

He had now been nearly forgotten by the others in an inconspicuous corner, and his two older brothers had been secretly transferred to an unknown place by the Grey Guards before the Battle of the City began. And he never left, according to his words, he wanted to use his life to atone for the sins of his father's family.