On the Marne Plain, while the surging Eighth Route Army began to quickly assemble towards the Eighth Route Army, far away in the Imperial Palace of Huaxia**, the Imperial Regent Grand Prince was talking to the Minister of Foreign Affairs.

"Zhang Qing, you have been the Minister of Foreign Affairs for many years, and you must know the people of the West Continent and the South Continent best. You have to analyze what the empire should do in such a situation, which one the empire chooses is more beneficial, and what reaction will it provoke from the people of the Western Continent - Chief Meng and Zhu Shoufu are already arguing so much that my ears hurt...... At each meeting, Zhu Shoufu objected to notifying Xie Ning and them, and at the same time, he advocated that the National Assembly should discuss it collectively. And Mr. Meng is even more-for-tat. ”

The eldest prince looked at the foreign minister in front of him and said slowly, he was already full of wry smiles.

"Your Highness...... This thing...... Everyone has everyone's point of view, and Chief Meng and Zhu Shoufu are also for the good of the empire......"

The foreign minister also smiled bitterly.

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Immediately, there was a hint of strangeness in his expression: "But there is one sentence, the old minister has been holding it in his heart and doesn't know...... Should I say it or not. ”

He said leisurely.

"Oh? What words? Zhang Qing, it will take at most a month for the barbarians to arrive at the land bridge, and at this time they are all burning their eyebrows, what else can they not say? ”

The eldest prince suddenly looked over, and he said even more dissatisfied.

"Hehe, Your Highness. What Lao Chen wants to say has little to do with the problems we are encountering now, but it can also be said to be ...... It's all about it. And with you...... It's also closely related. ”

The Foreign Minister chuckled, his eyes full of mystery.

"Please."

The eldest prince said solemnly unconsciously.

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"We're going to start from the beginning......

The Foreign Minister smiled.

"You know, the old minister has always been friendly with Your Highness, but he has always supported you to inherit the throne after a hundred years of Your Majesty."

But he began to talk about a topic that was not related.

"This ...... This has nothing to do with the problem we need to solve urgently...... Of course...... Naturally, I am also very grateful to Zhang Qing for this. ”

The eldest prince's face changed, and he smiled awkwardly.

"But Your Highness, the third prince is dazzling in the Daling River, presumably, you also feel the crisis because of this......"

The foreign minister, however, did not seem to hear the objections raised by the eldest prince, and he said leisurely.

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"This ...... It's also a little. ”

The eldest prince's face was even more embarrassed.

However, in the final battle, the three princes sacrificed heroically in order to protect Her Royal Highness the Goddess. The moment you received the news, you were sad at the same time, but you must also have been lucky? ”

The foreign minister said again, and he looked at the eldest prince strangely, his eyes were full of mysterious smiles.

Zhang Qing ...... I have always been friendly with the nobles of the Empire...... You know and agree with the idea that aristocratic power should not only be confined to the military but should also play a greater role in the affairs of the imperial government—and that's us, too...... A bridge of like-minded goodwill. ”

"I don't have anything to be sorry for, do I...... What exactly are you trying to say? Let's put it bluntly. ”

The eldest prince seemed to be a little angry, and he said impatiently.

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"Hehe......"

The Foreign Minister laughed again.

"Your Highness, the old minister just wants to know what you really think, and the old minister's words are also heartfelt, and he wants to ...... from the other side Analyze how exactly you should ...... Decide what is happening. ”

He said with a mysterious look on his face.

"Oh? Please speak. ”

The eldest prince's expression became serious again.

"You know, His Majesty the Emperor has always only cared about you and the three princes before, but the three princes are not strong in demon warfare, and they also prefer military affairs. And you...... It is always in the expansion of the rights of the nobility, which seems to be incompatible with His Majesty. ”

"Therefore, Your Majesty has been difficult to determine the candidate for the crown prince, and I also feel that I am at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, and I don't need to determine it so early."

"And now, Your Majesty is still in its prime, and although this serious illness has come violently, it has benefited from the Eighth Route Army...... There is no chance that His Majesty's health will be in trouble. At the same time, it seems that your Majesty has only one choice left for you to succeed in a hundred years...... A strip of Cotai seems right in front of you, doesn't it? ”

The foreign minister said softly, and looked at the eldest prince with a smile.

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"That's what it is...... Lucky, lucky. In fact...... The third brother wouldn't let me, but I didn't expect him to be ...... Alas, died young. ”

The eldest prince suddenly sighed, but his eyebrows were full of joy.

The Foreign Minister smiled: "But Your Highness, you may have thought too simply—in my opinion, you have completely lost your relationship with the throne. ”

He said categorically.

"How is that possible!"

The eldest prince suddenly stood up, he looked at the foreign minister in disbelief, but slowly sat down again.

"Zhang Qing, what do you want to say?"

He said in a deep voice.

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"Your Royal Highness, don't forget, the third prince also has a child, and that child seems to have completely inherited the wisdom of his father and his grandfather.

"But how could it be...... He is still just a child, how can his father ...... Imperial power is no big deal now, it has always been passed down from generation to generation, how can my father be ...... from generation to generation"

The eldest prince's expression changed suddenly, and he muttered.

"But you've always wanted the imperial power to be a little bigger...... And His Majesty has always resolutely disapproved of this. ”

The foreign minister smiled again.

"Then you won't just give up on me...... Isn't it all passed down from generation to generation...... Although it is said that my father was at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, it would take at least more than ten decades to pass on the throne, and my nephew was also older at that time...... It's really acceptable to take the throne...... But the throne is not as important as it used to be...... Isn't it all passed down from generation to generation......"

The eldest prince muttered.

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"But have you forgotten, Your Highness? After the Victory Parade, the existence of the imperial nobility in the power strata of the empire, almost alongside the royal family? ”

The Foreign Minister said indifferently.

"You mean...... Heroic Hsieh? No, the Imperial Royal Family Far North Xie Clan? ”

The eldest prince suddenly changed color.

"But they won't be so boring as to affect the change of throne......"

Immediately, he muttered again.

"Your Highness, you are wrong again."

The foreign minister smiled mysteriously again.

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"Have you forgotten who His Royal Highness the Third Prince sacrificed for? It is said that after worshipping their father that day, King Yong and his wife immediately worshiped His Royal Highness King Qi and His Royal Highness the Third Prince. It is even more important for their three children to recognize His Royal Highness the Third Prince as their righteous uncle, with the righteousness of the brothers of the founding heroes and His Majesty Taizong since the founding of the empire. ”

"This is really a providence in the dark...... Many years ago, the founding heroic martyr Marquis risked his life, and since then his soul has been broken, saving Taizong and the Xia family, and severely hitting the heroic martyr Xie family, but he has successfully created the Xie family in the extreme north. Today, many years later, the three princes who have the same name as Taizong are living up to the chivalrous martyrs of the Xia-style ancestors, returning each other with their lives and repaying their kindness with a deep sink. ”

"Two uncles, two surnames, two heroes - this is certainly a beautiful story, and it is also a sign that the Xia family and the Xie family are inseparable and close to each other. But haven't you ever thought about who the Huanghuang Extreme North Xie Clan, which has already sparkled in the sky of the empire, will support in the future change of imperial power? ”

And their words ...... The impact on His Majesty and even on the Empire...... How deep will it be? ”

The foreign minister said leisurely, but the eldest prince's face had changed greatly.

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"And Your Highness, don't forget, although the Extreme North Xie Clan is still only a royal family in the territory of imperial power, their influence on the imperial family and the empire can almost be ranked with the royal family now!"

"One of them is the goddess of the empire in heaven and on earth, and without her, the empire might have perished long ago! One is the only human controller of the rare Twin Legendary Stars and the top-level magic energy space, and he led the Eighth Route Army to save the empire before it overturned! ”

"If they support the children of the Third Highness as the crown prince...... You...... What are the odds? And they ...... Will he fully support the mistress of the Xie clan in the extreme north who protected him with his life, and now he is the uncle of the third son of the Xie clan in the extreme north...... What about the children of His Royal Highness the Third Prince? ”

He said in one voice, but the eldest prince's face trembled incomparably.

"You have a point...... Makes sense...... You're right...... So what to do...... How can it be...... By the way, you must have a way, since you have brought this up, there must be a way! ”

He muttered in panic, and suddenly, he looked at the foreign minister like a straw.

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The Foreign Minister smiled.

"Your Highness, you are right, since the old minister proposed this, he must have a countermeasure."

"At the beginning, the old minister was also confused for you, but there was no way, the general trend has been achieved, what can I do?"

"But now...... The barbarians in the west have given us a godsend! ”

A hint of cruelty flashed in the foreign minister's eyes, and he said slowly.

"You mean ......"

The eldest prince's expression was already pale, and he asked with great sincerity.

"Your Highness, think about it, the barbarians have barbarian gods, and in the short term, it is impossible to exterminate them - then, let them go back, is there anything to lose in the empire?"

The foreign minister, however, looked around, and he asked in a low voice.

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"It doesn't seem to ...... Anyway, we can't fight it now, and when we can do it, I'm afraid that all these troops we put back will be old...... These forces ...... It seems that there can only be a threat to the East Island of Hope? ”

The eldest prince muttered, as if he had thought of something.

"Yes, to the Hope East Island, the Hope East Island of His Royal Highness King Yong's blood oath ally, and the Hope East Island of His Royal Highness King Yong's Eighth Route Army. Also...... It will be impossible for His Royal Highness King Yong and even the entire Xie clan in the extreme north not to work hard to protect them, and may even have no time to take care of the internal affairs of the empire, and it is even more likely that they will be disappointed and dissatisfied with the entire mountains and seas because of this, and from now on, they will not have anything to do with us again - Hope East Island! ”

The foreign minister said indifferently, and the eyes of the eldest prince became incomparably brighter.

"But...... How can we ......"

He then muttered again, and his face showed a look of great struggle. (To be continued.) )