Recently, the prince and the emperor have been very close, which is beyond everyone's expectations.

The crown prince and Xie Ling have a close relationship, but the emperor has always had his own ideas, and everyone is surprised that they will inevitably have contradictions because of differences, so as to play a role of checks and balances.

But the current situation is shocking, the two of them can be regarded as cooperating tacitly, and they have joined forces to rectify the court, and they are not soft at all.

Seeing the prince's ability, he was powerless to stand on the side of the emperor, and some people were even more dissatisfied with the emperor.

People change their minds and always speculate about people.

For those unfavorable rumors, Sister Yan did not stop them, and allowed others to add fuel to the fire, elevate the prince, and suppress herself.

It doesn't matter to others, Hezhou, Nanqi, Xie Yun, these relatives and friends, but they feel uncomfortable for her, what a good woman she is, she was branded as a demon.

However, she didn't speak, and everyone didn't dare to act easily, taking into account her plan, the family could only hold back.

He Zhou was unhappy, and he didn't know what could help her for the time being, so he could only protect the prince dutifully.

This pitied the Assassins of all walks of life, and was used as a punching bag.

Because of these things, He Zhou, who had been talking a lot, was angry with the prince, and although he did his duty, he refused to say anything more to the prince.

According to the observation of these days, the prince can be regarded as understanding the painstaking efforts of her sister, she sacrificed herself to help herself, the prince, quickly accumulate prestige, win people's hearts, and the effect is remarkable.

The prince was grateful, but distressed.

After the year, it still snowed every once in a while, and Sister Yan only felt that her surroundings were deserted.

On January 15, the envoys of the Jin State finally arrived in the capital of the Shang State.

Tian Shen and the two of them have been discussing with Qi and Qin in secret in the past few days, and this trip has gained a lot.

The people who came from Qi were all Uncle Huang's people, so it can be seen that Uncle Qi actually had other ideas, so it was not difficult to convince them.

The eldest princess put the situation of the Qin State on the table, Tian Shen and Xie Ling knew it in their hearts, made adjustments to many plans, and sent them back to the Chu State as soon as possible.

On the 17th, the five countries met and talked about the general trend of the world, and the Shang and Jin kingdoms were extremely arrogant and deliberately angered the envoys of the Chu state.

The envoy of the Jin State said on the spot that the two of them had come to the Shang State to beg, and the Shang State had no surplus grain to give alms.

Rao is Xie Ling has cultivated, and he was also choked with anger, and choked back on the spot, "The affairs of the Shang State, it is the turn of the Jin State to intervene, Your Excellency is an envoy, and you want to learn to act as a watchdog, the prince and my Chu State have already had an agreement, but you and others say such things, deliberately provoke, and sarcastically mock the poverty of the Shang State, and would rather lose their trust in the world than take out the money, they are really good allies." ”

made a sarcastic remark about the two countries, and everyone knew that he couldn't compare to him in lip service, so he could only suppress people with power.

Shang Guo wanted to play tricks, Chu Guo had already guessed, and thought of a countermeasure early.

One of the purposes of this trip was not to return the money, but to rebel against the Qi State, unite the Qin State, and draw salaries from the bottom of the kettle, but I didn't expect the Jin State to jump happier than anyone else.

In the end, everyone broke up unhappily, and Jin Guo jumped up and down, but he didn't get any good, and he was sarcastically ridiculed enough.

Even the eldest princess couldn't get used to their style and spoke sarcastically.

Now the Jin State is not afraid of the Chu State, but it is afraid of the Qin State, which is no longer a bystander.

To deal with a Chu State, it is necessary to divide most of the energy, and if the Qin State intervenes, then the Jin State will not be able to make a good profit.

Thinking of this, the Jin State was a little dissatisfied with the Shang State, the Shang State had a geographical advantage, and only had to face the Chu State, and there was the Qi State behind it to provide everything needed, while the Jin State was sandwiched by the Chu State and the Qin State, and it could not be used, and there was a fierce grassland tribe in the west, and it was too difficult to go further.

It is not impossible for the Shang State and the Jin State to join forces to take the Chu State, but the Jin State cannot be a sword in the hands of others, and it can be used as a shield for others.

The state of Chu dispatched 800,000 troops to face the Shang state and guard against the Jin state, the Jin state dispatched 400,000 troops to confront the king of Yunnan of the Chu state, and the Qin state sent another 200,000 troops to press the border of the Jin state to contain the Jin state, the situation is stalemate, and I don't know who will make the first move.

However, the initiator of this dispute, Shang Guo, still did not move, and the 600,000 troops under Cui Jie were still Chen and Pingchang, three hundred miles to the west, and Qi Guo watched the development of the situation in a corner of peace.

After talking for a few days, no one had the intention of making peace, so naturally they couldn't talk, and Shang Guo didn't know what to do.

On the side of Sister Yan, not long after the New Year's Festival, a new round of reshuffle began.

Some of the courtiers who were in charge of food were removed, especially the officials in charge of money and food, and they were the most strictly investigated.

Everyone just thinks that something big is coming.

The cells are almost full, a group of newcomers will quickly fill up, there is a god-killing town, everyone's efficiency has been significantly improved, no one dares to be open-minded, and the handover of newcomers is also very smooth.

Within half a month, all the yamen returned to normal again.

It's all the power of blood deterrence.

The whole of Beijing privately called her a god-killer, in contrast, the prince chose the virtuous and capable, treated people leniently, and was very popular, but in terms of decisiveness, she was not as good as the emperor.

The emperor loves and hates his sister, loves her for her outstanding ability, and hates her for being unkind, which makes everyone feel related and frightened.

But she's such a personality.

Others don't know, the crown prince knows, Emperor Feng Yu and Xie Ling have news every day, and it doesn't seem that the situation is optimistic.

And even though the fastest means were used to send the message, it would take at least ten days, and every time the news came back, it was at least ten days ago, which would make people worry about what the situation was now.

At present, the emperor and herself are the ones who know these situations best, and everyone is not used to her tough methods, but this is not something she can decide, in order to face the future crisis, the emperor can only do this, and she also carries all the infamy herself.

Because she knew that the state of Chu must be unbreakable now, no matter what aspect it was.

For this reason, Hezhou Dao's face is getting stinky day by day, and the prince doesn't want to explain anything, he can only achieve the best effect by cooperating with her.

This winter, it was extremely cold, and the emperor's condition worsened, and he couldn't get up from lying on the couch all day.

One day, He Zhou finally couldn't help it and asked the prince, "Don't you want to think of a way?" Now how she scolds Xiao Yan'er outside, don't you know, she is just a little girl who has just passed her eighteenth birthday. ”

The prince smiled bitterly, "I act rashly, it will make her unhappy, these rumors will be broken sooner or later, don't worry, these will not affect her." ”

"How do you know that it won't, who wants to be cursed by others every day, do you know that those people curse her every day? She said that it doesn't affect her, it doesn't mean that she likes to listen, you don't do anything, do you just want to use her like this, and then seize power, you don't trust her, right? ”

"Hezhou, if I don't trust her, how can I discuss everything with her, I have to listen to her opinions, and I have nothing to hide from her. ”

He Zhou sneered, "That's because you can't live without her opinion, you are used to her dedication, and you don't think about her at all." ”

"But she refuses to be approached by everyone, and doesn't want me to do anything for her, and I don't know what she wants." ”

After hearing these words, He Zhou reacted, the person in front of him was not Tianshen, not Xie Ling, how could he ask too much of him, he was suddenly ill and went to the doctor.

"Okay, I understand you, but there is one more thing, although I don't understand the general trend of the world, but I know that if only one woman sacrifices herself, she will not be able to turn the tide, because she is facing not one opponent, but countless opponents, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will take responsibility as soon as possible, which will help her as soon as possible. ”

The prince was silent for a moment, "I see. ”

I am somewhat dependent on the efforts of others, and I must bear my own responsibilities.

Sister Yan didn't know about their dispute, but she received a top-secret letter.

The letter was sent from the grassland, but it passed through the hands of the Xie family.

The person who sent the letter was Miss Gran Xi of the Prairie Gran tribe.

When Sister Yan was only fourteen years old and had not yet known Tianshen Hezhou, she traveled to the grassland and rescued the thirteen-year-old Gran Xi from the wolf's mouth.

Grancy is the youngest daughter of the leader of the Gran tribe, and she admired her sister Yan very much at that time, and her sister Yan stayed in the grassland as Xie Yan for a month, and Grancy has always regarded her as a sister.

Later, Xie Yan's identity was in the daylight, and Gran Xi also sent a letter to condemn her for cheating, but she was still very intimate.

This letter was written by Sister Yan's sixth brother, because they knew what Sister Yan was going to do, the Xie family was very worried and hoped to help her.

So shoot the sixth to go to the border of Chu State, count the goods, investigate the trade routes, and see in advance if there is anything that can help, Gran Xi

also knew the importance of this secret letter, but she didn't have anyone particularly trustworthy to send the letter, and after hearing that Sister Yan's sixth brother was in the big city outside the grassland, she handed the letter to him.

The sixth brother knew that the matter was urgent, so he sent it to the capital as quickly as possible, but it was already January 25.

The people of the Shang Kingdom set out overnight on Chinese New Year's Eve, arrived at the grassland on the tenth day, and then dispersed and went to the various departments of the grassland to talk secretly.

When he went to other tribes with his father, he didn't bother to overhear the adults talking, and someone was actually planning a plan that was unfavorable to Sister Yan.

It took two days to listen to the truth, write the letter, and find someone, and when the letter was delivered, it was already fifteen, and when the letter was delivered to Sister Yan, it was already twenty-five.

Sister Yan thought she was writing a letter to be coquettish or something, but who knows, at a glance, her face changed.

Jin Guo is really uneasy about the status quo, and wants to give Chu State a knife in the back, if they succeed, Chu Guo will face the enemy, and the situation will be difficult to say.

On the same day, the negotiations between the five countries completely collapsed, and the state of Chu announced that the negotiations had failed and was ready to return to the state of Chu, but the state of Shang still always shirked.

Tian Shen and Xie Ling observed the past few days, and found that Shang Guo actually did not go out, and Jin Guo jumped up and down inexplicably, guessing that Shang Guo wanted to wait for Jin State to strike first, and then let the main force of Chu State press on Jin State, and then they would make a profit, it seems that the first thing to guard against now is Jin State.