Chapter Eighty-Six—Leaving the City with a Clever Plan
Just this morning, Yue Ji's personal soldiers suddenly brought a message and passed it on to the guards of the Huqing Army guarding the surrounding city gates, telling them that they did not need to continue to check the members of the Xuanyi Women's Army for the time being, as long as they had the queen's phoenix seal on their bodies or Su Hui's arrows, they could be released out of the city without checking.
This news made many Huqing Army guards a little confused, and they didn't know where this news came from.
Once upon a time, the relationship between them and the Xuanyi Women's Army could even be said to be intimate, after all, they were both serving for the feudal state at the beginning, and these two armies would not carry out local changes of defense, and they were armies stationed in Zhongcheng.
And at that time, the relationship between the emperor and the queen could even be said to be impeccable, and such a close and loving emperor and queen were rumored to be good stories in the feudal country. Even the forces that support the royal family have to admit that in terms of single-mindedness and dedication, the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao is still very good.
Of course, even if this part is admitted, this cannot become these people who support the royal family, and instead support the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao, they themselves have different positions, no matter how outstanding the ability of the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao is, they will not be able to get the support of the royal family forces.
It is precisely because of this that these members who were originally loyal to the royal family were able to basically guarantee the titles or land that had been passed down from generation to generation during the period of the reign of the royal family. These things that have been passed down from generation to generation are also guarantees for their own own interests.
However, the arrival of the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao destroyed their own vested interests, which directly threatened them, and for these people who had certain assets and status in their hands, they naturally could not bear to have their vital interests threatened.
Since their interests all come from the royal step, and the times are more or less taken care of by the royal step, they are naturally invisibly more biased towards the royal step.
Saint Emperor Zheng Junchao's methods were indeed too drastic, and it was not surprising that these forces that were originally biased towards the royal family completely reversed. Zheng Junchao didn't have much hope and illusion about them, and he knew very well that once he reused these people, it was not known that he might incur even more severe consequences.
What's more, his own idea is to crush the foundation of the original foundation of the royal family, completely destroy it, and then re-establish a new kingdom of his own on this basis.
Of course, the foundation that Saint Emperor Zheng Junchao was thinking about was basically entirely dependent on the military strength he held in his hands, that is, the combat power of the Sealing War Society. At first, at the height of the Sealing War Society, the supporters of the royal family were afraid of their combat effectiveness, and had to choose to lie dormant and wait, waiting for a better opportunity before acting.
The army of the royal family, pampered, with the accession of Guangwu Jun Buling to the throne, and never sent troops to the Qi State, these troops left in the national capital Zhongcheng and nearby are completely unable to compare with the elite selected from the front, that is, the army of the Feng War Society.
The Seal War would be overwhelming, and even if there was some turmoil in the country caused by the supporters of the Imperial Family, the Seal War Society easily quelled the rebellion with its almost invincible army. And after the war, these people will be killed by the battle, and not a single one will be left alive.
That year, the Holy Emperor led his army to attack the Qi State, and had already successfully occupied several towns in the south of the Qi State with the help of Neiying.
Zheng Junchao originally thought that as long as these main troublemakers and rebels were killed, the remaining ones would naturally choose to hide out of fear, or give up their original thoughts and actions. But he overlooked the fact that these people were already hostile to the regime he had established, and the more they killed, the more they would incur the karmic fire of their anger.
Hatred does not fade out of fear, but grows out of fear, and this brutal and merciless killing temporarily deters those who have a secret idea. But the hatred is constantly growing and sprouting, and the people loyal to the royal family who were lucky enough to escape the killing are more united.
With the rise of the power of the white-clothed celestial maiden, the forces that were originally latent in various places and supported the royal family surged up. It has only been nearly twenty years since the Holy Emperor usurped the throne and seized power.
The inheritance has not yet passed, and the hatred of this country will naturally not be easily eliminated, especially the families of these people who have risen, more or less a few people have died due to that catastrophe, and they naturally put this account on the head of the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao, and the hatred between them can even be said to have reached the state of undying.
The most important thing is that Zheng Junchao has no way to completely solve these people who are already taken care of or rewarded by the royal Chen family, and he does not dare to kill them all, for fear that the feudal country will be directly divided, he can only use this way of killing chickens and monkeys, and at the same time trying to provoke its internal contradictions, so as to profit from them and divide them.
He did underestimate the degree of unity of this force, and believed that they were dormant because they were cowardly and did not dare to continue to resist him. Therefore, to a certain extent, the current failure of Saint Emperor Zheng Junchao actually has a lot to do with his own conceit.
These were hidden deep in his heart, and he was unwilling to admit that it was because of himself, which indirectly led to the fact that he was now about to betray his relatives and leave the country, but today he was exposed by his wife. And when he thinks of the influence behind his wife, he may not have a secret connection with the royal family that he doesn't know.
For the first time in his life, the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao had doubts about his wife, he did not doubt the relationship between them, nor did he doubt the words that his wife had explained at the beginning.
He was worried that his wife would choose another monarch for the sake of the people and the continuation of the feudal kingdom because she had lost control of the feudal land, which was not surprising and very likely.
This night banquet, which was originally a relaxation of relations, suddenly became very stiff because Zheng Junchao still maintained a little obsession, and Princess Rongle Bu Lian had no intention of continuing to sit here, so she got up and left directly.
Now only the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao is sitting in the front hall, and his current mood is extremely complicated. He was reluctant to give up the power he held so easily. His current mentality is like that of a gambler, he will never admit defeat easily if he does not lose the last chip.
He knew very well that both his wife and daughter had a great connection with the royal family. Once they really grasp the military and political power of the feudal country,
In the past few days, the two girls Feng Shanshan and Luo Yinying, who are hidden in the dwelling, still dare not act rashly, dare not go to the street, and are worried all day long, due to their special status, they cannot easily leave this dwelling. Now they seem to have become the wanted people of the Huqing Army, and their whereabouts are being pursued all over the city.
Fortunately, as cultivators of the instrument soul, even if they do not eat or drink for more than ten days, they will not die directly, although they still have a lot of damage to themselves, but they will not die after all.
Late last night, Su Hui, who had never appeared again, suddenly sneaked in secretly and handed them a golden phoenix jade pendant. and told them that with this jade pendant, they could disguise themselves as subordinates of their Xuanyi Women's Army and quietly leave the city.
Although they were a little skeptical, the two girls, Feng Shanshan and Luo Yinying, had no other choice, they had to receive the grain and grass that Bu Lian had prepared for them as soon as possible, and transport them back to the city as soon as possible.
Before they left the city, the situation in the city was already not optimistic, and the Qi country was facing the imminent end of food at that time, and at this time, every time they delayed for a certain time, the current situation of the Qi country would become more and more difficult. Once the Dark Legion discovers that there is a shortage of food in the city, it is difficult to guarantee that the Dark Army will not quietly send troops to attack the city.
Without the reserve of food and weapons and materials, even if the morale of the Qi State is high and the army and the people share the same hatred for the enemy, it is difficult to reverse the shortage of materials and food, and these natural disadvantages are not irreparable by the strong combat effectiveness of the army.
Because of this, the two girls, Luo Yinying and Feng Shanshan, came to the capital of the feudal kingdom with very urgent and active hopes, and quietly met Princess Rongle Bu Lian, hoping that she could help them and provide them with effective food support.
Unexpectedly, although Bu Lian agreed to them, and indeed chose to help her secretly mobilize food at various levels. Unexpectedly, in order to ensure that these two girls could infiltrate the city, Su Hui had no choice but to personally assist, knock out the two Huqing Army guards guarding the city gate, and bring them into the city.
Yue Ji, the commander of the Huqing Army, who had already wanted to look for an opportunity to make some fuss about the power structure within the feudal state, naturally would not let go of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. He immediately found an excuse and directly challenged Su Hui, and even forced Su Hui into a desperate situation for a time.
In this matter, Yue Ji calculated Su Hui's backer, the queen Bu Pian, the de facto ruler of the Xuanyi Women's Army will not go all out to help Su Hui calm down the turmoil in the court, after all, this matter involves a wide range of aspects, she will always have some scruples about the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao, and of course she does not want to directly and completely expose her position in front of the courtiers.
It turned out that Yue Ji's idea was indeed very correct, because of his identity and status, as well as the need to hide his true purpose, Bu Lian did not help his henchman Su Hui in the court, but chose to deal with it in silence.
Su Hui herself had no other way, it was difficult for her to stand on this matter, she could only use the excuse that Yue Ji had no evidence, and it was completely a bloody way to delay time. Of course, a large number of civil and military officials in the court supported the queen, so they immediately remained silent.
Last night, as the night banquet of the Holy Emperor Zheng Junchao and the Empress Bu Lian dispersed, Bu Lian completely eliminated all the illusions in her heart, and she deeply realized that her husband was now really determined to continue to walk on the road to a dead end, in order to keep his own power and status, he would rather cooperate with the Dark Legion and bear the infamy of the entire Hanhai Demon Spirit Continent.
Now that the words have been said to this point, Bu Lian has no interest in continuing to persuade her husband, so she thought that she might be able to use her phoenix seal to send Luo Yinying and Feng Shanshan out of the city.
If Zheng Junchao wants to turn the tables, he must annex the forces of the Celestial Maiden in White, and the best way to annex the forces of the Celestial Maiden in White is to trick their daughter Bu Yuehan here, and she, as the mother's Bu Lian, is not the best chess piece and tool?