Above the court meeting, some of the courtiers heard the news of building a dam on the String Moon Volcano, and they questioned it one after another. For this reason, Yan Ziyue and Yan Li had already expected it, of course, they couldn't tell the truth, so as not to worry about the whole court and panic, so they unified their voices, and only said that it was to prevent the volcanic rocks from rolling down and blocking the way to the big altar, and secondly, it was also for next year's blessings.

After five days in a row, Nangong Yu came to the general's mansion every day after the court, and the father and son discussed the implementation details together and did a good job in the division of labor. Nangong Yuan was reluctant to directly participate in this matter, so Nangong Bo and Nangong Xun did their best to assist Nangong Pardon, and explained to Nangong Pardon, if there is any difficulty, you can discuss it with him at any time, Nangong Yu listened with gratitude, but there was no word to thank him.

Luo Zihang also heard about the construction of the embankment, and learned that Nangong Yu was in charge, so he specially came to Nangong Yu and asked to participate. Seeing that he was sincere, Nangong Yu also agreed, but when Luo Zihang asked what the reason was, Nangong Yu was sloppy and blindfolded.

With Nangong Yuan's strong support, Nangong Yu transferred back 50,000 people from each of the three battalions in the east, west, and south, most of whom were young people who had no actual combat experience, and some disabled and sick veterans and some teenagers who had just joined the army.

Yan Ziyue asked Steward Luo to go through Wuji Gate to solicit craftsmen from the entire Heding Lot, especially the craftsmen who manufacture machinery, and in less than half a month, he actually recruited 10,000 skilled craftsmen, including Lu Jiaban.

"Master Lu Zhou, I didn't expect you to come", Yan Ziyue was very surprised when she saw Lu Zhou.

"I learned that His Royal Highness was recruiting craftsmen, so I came, and I wondered if I could help one or two", Lu Zhou smiled indifferently and said respectfully.

"Of course, with Master Lu Zhou here, it will definitely be able to help a lot."

"Your Highness has won the prize".

"Master Lu Zhou, you come", Yan Ziyue asked Lu Zhou to come forward and showed him the mechanical diagram he had drawn, Lu Zhou only glanced at it, and knew that Yan Ziyue used the principle of leverage, and pointed out the deficiencies of some details in the mechanics in the drawing, which made Yan Ziyue greatly appreciated, and immediately introduced him to Nangong Amnesty. Nangong Yu showed Lu Zhou the topographic map of the Xianyue Volcano, told him the actual situation of the area, and personally took him on a trip to the bottom of the mountain and the Gobi.

A few days later, Lu Zhou found Nangong Yu and handed him more than a dozen mechanical drawings, all of which were designed according to the actual situation to move stones, and made one or two samples. Nangong Yu immediately decided to seal Lu Zhou as the head of the engineering manufacturing department, and ordered him to manage tens of thousands of craftsmen to make more mechanical tools for the project.

The construction project has been carried out for nearly a month, everything has been in order, but there was an accident, the soldiers who carried it were careless, and the big stones rolled down from the mountain, injuring more than a dozen soldiers, fortunately, Nangong pardoned the scene and dealt with it in time, but as a result, the soldiers had some resentment in their hearts, and felt that the construction of the embankment was a bit of a waste of money and unwiseness.

The injury of the soldiers reached the imperial court, and many officials in the imperial court heard about it, so they had to talk to Yan Ziyue last time, hoping to suspend the construction, but Yan Ziyue refused, not only that, Yan Ziyue also expressed his attitude in court, the construction project could never be scrapped, let alone delayed.

Yan Ziyue pondered for most of the night about this matter, and finally ignored the opposition of Hongsu and others, and resolutely went to the foot of the Xianyue Volcano to comfort the injured soldiers, treating each other sincerely, which moved the injured soldiers. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers and craftsmen who built the embankment heard that Her Royal Highness had come down, and they all gathered over, Yan Ziyue looked at everyone, all of them were dusty and simple, especially the pair of pure expectant eyes, and felt that they should say something and do something.

Nangong Yu heard that Yan Ziyue was coming, and hurried over from the side of the volcano.

"Your Highness, be careful, let's go back first", Chi Yan persuaded with concern.

Yan Ziyue glanced at Chi Yan, signaled him not to worry, jumped on a big stone lightly and stood firmly, and said to everyone: "Soldiers, craftsmen, you have worked hard during this time!" Perhaps, if some of you have resentment and confusion in your heart, I understand, and if it were me, I would also have some doubts. I know that as a soldier, from the day I joined the army, I thought about defending my family and the country, and I would rather die on the battlefield and be shrouded in horse leather than be as plain as water and do some trivial things. And as a skilled craftsman, I also think that one day the things I create with my own hands can be a blockbuster, used in a place for the country and the people, and worthy of the ancestors of the inheritance... Then I will tell you now as the princess of the Fire Phoenix, what you are doing now is a great thing, in the near future, you will see that everything you have paid now is worth it, it will benefit the tens of millions of people and all living beings in the entire Heding, and the name will be for thousands of years, and the merit will be in the eternity... Ladies and gentlemen, as you have seen, how difficult and dangerous it is to build a dam on the volcano of the Quarter Moon, not only to sweat, but also to bleed and be injured, and perhaps even to die and die, but for the sake of this great project for the benefit of future generations, are you willing? As she spoke, Yan Ziyue swept through everyone.

In the crowd, some people responded quietly at first, and after a while, some people responded loudly one after another, and finally responded in unison: "Yes, we are willing, we are not afraid of sweating, we are not afraid of bloodshed, we are not afraid of death...".

Yan Ziyue listened, her heart was moved, she looked at everyone, and then said: "Everyone, I want to thank you, and future generations should also thank you, no, not just thanks, we should remember you." From now on, every stone used in the construction of this should be engraved with your name and remain here forever, and do not forget everyone who has sweated and shed blood for it."

"Long live the princess, long live...", more than 100,000 people knelt down from the bottom of their hearts, bowed respectfully, and shouted in unison, and the cry was deafening.

Chi Yan, who had been at the scene, and Nangong Xun, Nangong Bo, Luo Zihang and others who had rushed over successively were all speechless in shock, looking at Yan Ziyue, their eyes were full of worship and admiration.

Nangong Yu rushed over just to see this scene, his eyes were fixed on Yan Ziyue's body, and he called softly: "Yue'er...", and walked slowly towards her.

Nangong Yu jumped onto the stones, looked at the top of the Xianyue Volcano side by side with Yan Ziyue, turned his head to look at the 100,000 soldiers, and said, "You all get up!"

"Under Xie Nan's Palace", "Major General Xie Nangong", "Major General Xie Nangong", there were three different voices in the crowd, no wonder, after all, some were soldiers that Nangong Yu had led, and some were not.

"Okay, let's all go our own way", Nangong said.

"Yes...", everyone replied, and they all turned to go about themselves.

Nangong Yuheng picked up Yan Ziyue, got down from the big stone, gently put her down, and said with a light reproach: "Yue'er, why are you here, how dangerous it is."

"Don't worry, I know it, it'll be fine."

"Yue'er... You are not alone now, you are pregnant, you need to pay more attention to rest".

"Got it...".

"Let's go, I'll send you back to the palace...".

"Good".

Nangong Xun watched Nangong Yu and Yan Ziyue walk away, and he was extremely envious in his heart.

In the Xiaojing Palace, Xiaoji is already terminally ill, and the imperial doctors are guarding the Changle Hall of Xiaoji's dormitory day and night, and the princes and concubines are also taking turns to serve on the side.

Since Xiaoji was sick and couldn't go to the court, the eldest prince Xiaoxi supervised the country, temporarily took over the government, and commanded the Jingwei of Xiaojing.

When Xiaoji woke up at night, he asked Manager Li to call Lan Jia, confessed a major matter, and fell asleep again.

The eldest prince took advantage of Kuiyou, regarded him as his teacher, and promised him that he would be named the teacher of the country in the future, so that he could help him take the throne. Kuiyu naturally said yes, but he was thinking about something else in his heart.

On the one hand, he persuaded Xiao Yan to make a decision and agree to seize the throne, on the other hand, he was already fully prepared, even if Xiao Yan did not agree, he planned to push him to the throne. For this reason, Xiao Yan was difficult to decide for a while, a big reason was because Yan Ziyue knew that once he sat on the throne and became the emperor of the Xiaoyao Kingdom, it would be impossible to be with Yan Ziyue.

In the middle of the night, Xiao Yan came out of the Changle Palace, sensed a familiar breath, and made a decisive move, an internal force volleyed over, and a figure flashed.

"Kuiyou...", Xiao Yan flashed a thought, and hurriedly chased after him, after chasing for a while, there was no trace, and he became more and more suspicious in his heart, but he was not completely sure, so he went back to Lengyantai, called An Lu and others to secretly investigate the matter of Kuiyou.

Xiao Yan has been seeking medical treatment outside and is not often in the palace, and after coming back, the Emperor Xiao has been seriously ill, so he has not performed a coming-of-age ceremony, so naturally he has not been given a title, let alone a mansion, so he has not moved out of Guangling Palace, which is just convenient for Xiao Yan to act in the palace and protect Concubine An and Xiao Huang.

The eldest prince's palace, Kuiyou appeared in Xiaoxi's study.

"How's it back"? Xiao Xi said.

"Don't worry, everything is under control, and in some time, Xiaoji will be able to listen to me completely."

"That's good, I've replaced all the guards of the palace with my own."

"Lord Wang, King Xuan and King Chan are here", the housekeeper of the Mansion of King Xiao came to report.

"Hmm... Let them in."

"Yes".

After a while, Xiao Xuan and Xiao Can came in, and seeing that Kui You was also there, Xiao Xuan said politely: "It turns out that the archmage is here, Brother Emperor, we have already arranged it here."

"Hmm... Hard work, Brother Three Emperors, Brother Five Emperors".

"Now that everything is ready, I think we should have done it sooner," Kuiyu said.

"Archmage, do you think our time has come?" Xiao Xi asked rhetorically.

"The time is not waiting, but created by oneself, not to mention, there are many dreams at night, it seems that Xiao Yan is already suspicious."

"Owl Flame, how could he? He's a sick man, I'm afraid he's powerless," Xiao Xuan said.

"Is it"? Kui You stared at Xiao Xuan, so frightened that he no longer dared to speak, looked at Xiao Xi and said: "Great Prince, don't underestimate Xiao Yan, I have known him for a long time, he is stronger than you think, and it is not even what you can imagine."

"Really? I don't believe it," Xiao said.

"Believe it or not," Kuiyu said, glancing at him.

"What should we do next, according to the Archmage?" asked Xiao Xi, looking at Kuiyu.

"Do it tomorrow night, I don't know what the three princes think"? A wicked smile flashed under Kuiyu's mask.

"Fourth Emperor Brother and Seventh Emperor Brother, how do they deal with it"? Xiao Candao, who has not spoken.

"I'll talk about it after I'm imprisoned," Xiao Xi said.

"Hmm... What are you going to do with him?" Xiao Chan continued to ask.

Kui You glanced at everyone, his eyes fell on Xiao Can's face, and he took a step towards him and said, "Fifth Prince, do you already have any ideas?"

After Kui You's words were finished, Xiao Xi and Xiao Xuan looked at Xiao Chan together.

Xiao Can's eyes flashed with a hint of ruthlessness, and he said, "He has a weakness, doesn't he?" Maybe we can kill three birds with one stone."

"Fifth Emperor Brother, can you tell me more about it"?

Kuiyou looked at Xiao Can, with a smile in his eyes, in Kui You's eyes, Xiao Can has brains than Xiao Xi and Xiao Xuan, his methods are poisonous, and his heart is also ruthless, especially the hatred and desire in his heart, which makes him exude evil aura all over his body, which is even more exciting.

Xiao Can told his plan, such a careful plan and layout, Xiao Xi and Xiao Xuan were speechless, but they also had a gap in their hearts and had other thoughts.

Kui You saw everything in his eyes, and there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth, whether it was Xiao Xi and Xiao Xuan's secret eye contact, or Xiao Can's small movements.

In Changle Palace, Li Xiang secretly sent someone to send a secret letter to An Lu to inform him of the situation in the palace.

Xiaoji has been unconscious since he became seriously ill, and he can only wake up for half an hour at midnight every day, and the rest of the time he is like a living dead, breathing weakly, and only barely feeding some soup.

Leng Yantai, Xiao Yan waited for a day and didn't see An Lu and the others come back, a little uneasy, and in the evening, he received a report from someone from the Chufang Palace, saying that Xiao Huang had suddenly disappeared, thinking that such a thing happened at such a sensitive time, he couldn't help but be even more worried. Xiao Yan called Xiao Ping to confess, and then he went out of the Cold Flame Platform first, searched for Xiao Huang's whereabouts in the palace, and searched around, and Xiao Huang often went to all the places and found no one, and his heart became more and more anxious.

"The Nine Emperors... Are you looking for the Eleventh Prince, I just saw the eldest prince leading the Eleventh Prince to the Chufang Palace", a eunuch stepped forward.

Xiao Yan looked at the eunuch in front of him, he was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember what it was called for a while, but because he was worried about Xiao Huang's safety, he decided to go to the Chufang Palace to have a look.

In the Fang Palace, as soon as Xiao Yan arrived at the gate of the palace, he felt a powerful ability, which was Kuiyou's enchantment, which confirmed that Kuiyou was really in the palace, although he didn't know what he wanted to do, but with him, there must be nothing good. Xiao Yan only thought about the safety of Concubine An and Xiao Huang in his heart at this time, and as for the others, he couldn't care about the others, so he stepped in.

Kui You felt that Xiao Yan had entered the Fang Palace, a fine light flashed in his eyes, and he smiled and appeared waiting for Xiao Yan to arrive.