The two princes of Xiyu Kingdom have been planning for a long time, and as soon as the old emperor died, they couldn't wait to fight for it, so the current situation was formed.

In fact, it was also forced by the situation, as soon as the old emperor left, the new emperor had to ascend the throne immediately, the opportunity was fleeting, and the second prince wanted to compete for the throne, so he had to act quickly that night, opening his way of contention.

However, the current situation is still grim for the second prince, because there are not as many people who support him as there are not as many people as there are those who support the prince, and the jade seal of the country is in the hands of the prince, and the remains of the old emperor are also on his side, he is the prince canonized by the old emperor, and most of the civil and military officials also followed him to Yulan City, the only thing lacking is the control of external forces, he is slightly inferior to the second prince.

After the two princes were proclaimed emperors, they did not continue to fight, but first launched a round of competition for the army and the cities of the Xiyu Kingdom, especially the control of the army, and most of the armies in each region did not hesitate to choose to support the prince at the beginning.

However, when the crown prince was forced to escape from the palace, on the night when the second prince ascended the throne and became emperor, he immediately dispatched those generals who were obedient to him, and led their armies to the surrounding cities of Yong'an City to start a large-scale journey to persuade them to surrender.

It is said that it is to persuade surrender, but in fact it is also an oppressive seizure of military power, the army is overwhelmed and has to surrender, and some of the more stubborn ones have adopted the form of military seizure of power, killing some diehards and seizing military power.

Overnight, in addition to Magnolia City, twelve large and small cities around Yong'an City fell into the hands of the second prince.

As soon as the prince arrived in Yulan City, he first rectified Yulan City that night, arranged the body of the old emperor, and with the assistance of the city lord of Yulan City, settled the accompanying civil and military officials and harem beauties, and received five or six waves of troops who came to support the prince.

When he first arrived in a city, coupled with a thousand things, the prince was so busy that night that he didn't have time to claim the title of emperor, nor did he take the initiative to send troops to the surrounding cities to control it.

When he finally straightened out the affairs of Yulan City the next day, he learned that the second prince had already ascended the throne as emperor in the imperial city, and had captured twelve cities around Yong'an City overnight.

He also did not hesitate to choose to be the emperor and ascend the throne, and followed the example of the second prince, and began to send a large army to the surrounding cities of Yulan City for a round of persuasion and rectification.

After all, the crown prince was the orthodox heir, and his persuasion was naturally much smoother, and he controlled more than a dozen cities around Yulan City with almost no soldiers.

However, after all, his actions were a night late, and the speed of advancing to the periphery was slightly slower than that of the second prince.

Just like the battle between two masters, the second prince took the lead, so the speed of advancement was relatively fast, and in a month, the two princes accounted for two hundred and sixty of the three hundred and sixty cities in the Xiyu Kingdom, and the crown prince accounted for one hundred and sixty.

Among them, there are seventy-two cities, and the second prince still took military action and forcibly occupied them, and if everything goes well, he will control more cities.

Comparatively speaking, in order to occupy the city on the prince's side, his persuasion was carried out much more smoothly, and the one hundred and sixty cities did not meet resistance, and almost as soon as his men arrived, they were successfully controlled.

This is the advantage of justifiably, there are more people who support it, and some people who are neutral, or maintain a wait-and-see mentality, as long as the prince's people arrive, they will smoothly return to obedience and do not make any resistance.

Because of this, although the crown prince occupied a small number of cities, but his army was quite large, the second prince had 200 cities, and the total number of troops was 8 million, while the prince's 160 cities had 10 million troops.

And in terms of the loyalty of the army, the loyalty of the prince is relatively high, almost everyone is willing to submit, and some of the eight million troops of the second prince are forcibly suppressed, and the loyalty is naturally much worse.

In the past month, both sides have been busy grabbing territory, so there has been no direct conflict, and the people's lives have not been greatly affected, and most people are still actively preparing for the New Year, because it will be Chinese New Year's Eve in five days.

Of course, the people of other cities don't feel too tense atmosphere, but the people of Yong'an City and Yulan City live in a tense atmosphere every day, because the two cities have very frequent army movements every day, and the large armies come in and out, invisibly creating an atmosphere of being ready for a big war at any time.

In such an atmosphere, many people have already packed their belongings and are ready to flee at any time, and some of them who are relatively financially well-off have already moved to other cities in advance.

Those who stayed behind were living in fear every day, full of uneasy emotions every day, so for the arrival of Chinese New Year's Eve, there was also a little less joy and excitement in previous years.

For the two newly enthroned emperors, it would take a time to rectify after occupying so many cities, so both sides tacitly agreed not to provoke a war.

In the past month or so, Mu Qianmei and her entourage have lived in Meihua Villa with peace of mind, and now, it has become their home.

After confirming that there was no danger, Mu Qianmei asked Wenlan Gongzi to come out with Rabbit and Ling Mimi, and now Rabbit and Ling Mimi, everything is based on Wenlan Gongzi's horse, all day long, Senior Brother, Senior Brother's shouting, has become his follower.

After they came out, Jade was also very happy, she liked to be lively, and naturally preferred to play with the princess of Wenlan.

Under Mu Qianmei's introduction, they are also familiar with the little dragon hidden in the cave, especially Ice Blue and Jade, they belong to the same snake class as the little dragon, and it is more convenient to communicate, so they are closer, which makes Bing Lan, who has never liked to talk, often go to Xiaolong for advice in order to cultivate things.

The little dragon is transformed into a snake by a snake, and its combat power is actually stronger than them, which makes Bing Lan and Jade very envious, in their minds, it is naturally better to turn into a dragon than to turn into a human form, because the next step of turning into a dragon is to turn into a dragon, and turning into a dragon is their highest pursuit.

Xiaolong lives alone in Plum Blossom Villa, the same kind that can be seen are some small snakes, there is no basis for communication at all, after meeting Ice Blue and Jade, it is no longer so lonely, Ice Blue and Jade will occasionally incarnate as a python, to play together in the hot spring, so that the hot spring in the cave becomes a lot more lively.

During this time, Mu Qianmei recruited 60 talents of all kinds who could help them in their daily lives, including cooks, tailors, craftsmen, gardeners, and coachmen, but they were all arranged on the outside of the Plum Blossom Villa, and it was clearly stipulated that they were not allowed to enter the interior without permission.

This is also a two-way consideration, on the one hand, there are traps inside, to prevent them from accidentally touching the mechanism settings and causing danger, and on the other hand, it is also because there are rich collections inside, which should not be known to outsiders.

The accident that happened in Meihua Villa last time was a good lesson, so the personnel recruited by Mu Qianmei this time were all hired after a detailed understanding and confirmed that they were all natives and had a clear background.

People who enter Plum Blossom Villa have a different feeling, that is, Mu Qianmei never treats them as a person, and they sign not a deed of sale, but a more free employment agreement, their monthly treatment is much higher than the income of being a subordinate in other places, the key is to come and go freely, if you don't want to do it, you can choose to leave at any time.

However, in this way, some people are happy and some are worried, and people who advocate freedom naturally like it, but some people who are used to living a stable life feel less secure, because the agreement clearly stipulates that if they do not do a good job, or make a major mistake, Meihua Villa also has the right to fire them, which makes them understand that work is also stressful.

After settling down, Mu Qianmei, Liu Tingfeng and the others will be able to cultivate with peace of mind, because there are abundant spirit stones in the Peach Blossom Secret Realm, and they don't have to worry about life.

Here, the most important thing is the spirit stone, especially the inexhaustible cold ice spirit stone, as long as there is a need in cultivation, Mu Qianmei will provide them unconditionally, under such conditions, the improvement speed is naturally difficult to slow down.

Among the group, on the contrary, Mu Qianmei's ascension speed was the slowest, the early stage of the promotion was too fast, and she spent a lot of time consolidating the previous cultivation, so after a month, she only improved from the middle of the cardiac period to the late stage of the cardiac period.

Liu Tingfeng also successfully improved to the middle of the heartbeat period, and was only one step away from Mu Qianmei.

The rest of the people have also made progress by leaps and bounds, and after Gongzi Wenlan has a dantian and can cultivate normally, he has now reached the early stage of the heartbeat period.

Bai Qianqian and Ice Blue reached the late stage of the fusion period, the Tiger King reached the middle stage of the fusion period, and Jade reached the early stage of the fusion period.

Such a rapid improvement in cultivation, in addition to having sufficient cold ice spirit stones, is also inseparable from the guidance of Mu Qianmei and Liu Tingfeng, they are always in front, and they can naturally share some of their insights with others, so that they can avoid a lot of detours.

Seeing that it was about to come to Chinese New Year's Eve, Mu Qianmei gathered everyone to eat together, and usually because everyone's cultivation time was different, they rarely got together to eat.

On this day, everyone happened to be there, everyone sat at a table to eat, and Mu Qianmei said:

"It's about to be the New Year, and the current Xiyu country is not very peaceful, and there may be a war soon after the year, but fortunately, we are located in a remote mountain village, and under normal circumstances, the war will not spread here. However, everything can have accidents, and in the chaos of war, it is inevitable that some people will want to fish in troubled waters and take advantage of the fire to rob, so we must not take it lightly, and we must also pay attention to the situation outside at any time. ”