In the Prime Minister's Mansion, Prime Minister Lu Zimo accompanied Mu Qianmei, Liu Tingfeng and Zhou Yunxi to eat together.

Lu Zimo, as the master, said with a guilty face:

"I don't know the arrival of a few distinguished guests, I don't have to prepare, I can only eat a casual meal, and I hope a few people will understand if they are lazy."

Mu Qianmei immediately replied:

"It's our abruptness to visit, it should be us who bothered Prime Minister Lu."

Zhou Yunxi immediately said:

"In a special period, you don't have to care about these polite etiquette, Prime Minister Lu will talk about the specific situation of today's court meeting!"

Lu Zimo greeted the guests first and said:

"Since the three of them don't want to drink, let's eat casually, eat vegetables, and we talk while eating."

A few people picked up the rice bowl, sandwiched a chopstick, and began to eat, Lu Zimo was thinking while eating, and after he finished eating a mouthful of food, he put down the chopsticks and said:

"The hearts of the people are scattered, and it will be difficult to get together again, and now in the imperial court, there are fewer and fewer people left, in fact, I also know that it will not be able to support it for a few days."

Zhou Yunxi also put down his chopsticks and said:

"Then what is Lu Zai's plan for the future of the Western Rain Country?"

Lu Zimo said gloomily:

"In the final analysis, the old man is just a generation of old ministers of the imperial court, the emperor was accidentally assassinated, and the country has no emperor, how can there be any future? I just want to take advantage of this last bit of time to make Wu Changkong pay a little more for his wrong choice. ”

Zhou Yunxi frowned and said:

"How many civil and military officials are left in the imperial court?"

Lu Zimo thought for a while and replied:

"Now there are half of them left, but two percent of them are already absent-minded, so there are actually only three percent left."

Zhou Yunxi was not surprised by this answer, and after he pondered for a long time, he continued to ask:

"Then how much is the actual strength of the imperial court now?"

After Lu Zimo sighed, he replied:

"There are two million on the front line, two million on the rear, and there are still four million troops left, and in the past month, due to the anger of our army, we have recaptured many cities in one go, but recently, due to the departure of many people, the morale of the front has also been greatly affected, and a few cities have been lost in the past two days, and the front line is a little tight, so I suggest that we send a large army to continue to support."

"There was a great deal of controversy in the imperial court about this suggestion, and most people instead demanded that the troops be withdrawn and come back to defend Yulan City and the surrounding cities."

Zhou Yunxi did not express an opinion on this, but went on to ask:

"What is the situation on Wu Changkong's side?"

Lu Zimo replied in a gloomy tone:

"Although his assassination of the emperor has aroused the opposition of many people, however, there are more people who understand this, saying that since they have met each other in arms, the assassination is also part of the war, so he chose to go to defect, and now his strength is constantly increasing, if it continues to develop, he will become the new emperor of Xiyu country!"

Zhou Yunxi said in a calm tone:

"Now, as the only legitimate heir to the royal line, it's not surprising that he has received support, and his people who are side to the royal family are also ready to move, right?"

Lu Zimo nodded and replied:

"Yes, but it's not a climate, as long as Wu Changkong is still there, they won't have a chance, unless Wu Changkong is gone, they will have more possibilities, so some of the people who support continuing to increase troops now are those who are next to the royal family."

Zhou Yunxi looked at Lu Zimo, who looked extremely tired in front of him, and then comforted:

"Prime Minister Lu has worked hard all his life for the sake of Xiyu Country, and it seems that he has aged a lot all of a sudden, which is really hard!"

Lu Zimo said sadly:

"The Xiyu Kingdom has been passed down from generation to generation for tens of thousands of years, but I didn't expect it to fall apart in this generation, and it looks like it is about to collapse, we are all sinners of history!"

Mu Qianmei, who hadn't spoken for a long time, finally said at this time:

"Prime Minister Lu doesn't have to be too pessimistic, more than 3,000 years ago, Xiyu Country also experienced a catastrophe, didn't it also turn evil into good fortune and survive without danger? The current situation in the West Rain Country is not a real desperate situation, and there may be miracles! ”

Lu Zimo said hopelessly:

"It's like playing chess, who can bring the dead back to life and resolve a game that has already been lost? No matter how the situation develops, it will eventually fall apart, and even if it will not be divided by other countries, it will eventually be broken down into many small countries. ”

Zhou Yunxi asked casually:

"It is said that the country cannot be without a monarch for a day, and it has been more than a month since the emperor's death, why hasn't the imperial court supported a new emperor?"

Lu Zimo smiled bitterly:

"There is only one person left in the royal family, Wu Changkong, according to the royal ancestral rules, he is the only legitimate successor, but he is the one who assassinated the emperor, we, the courtiers who are loyal to His Majesty, will naturally not agree to his accession, and the royal children of the side line, there is no one with strong strength at present, so the court has not come up with a plan that can convince everyone."

"Previously, our old ministers could still unify their opinions, all advocating revenge for the emperor first, we united to issue a decree on behalf of the emperor, and then discuss the matter of inheriting the throne after the revenge is avenged, so the country can continue to maintain normal order, and the battle ahead can also be won."

"However, now even a group of old ministers who were originally loyal to His Majesty have begun to disagree, some people can't withstand the temptation of other forces, and have secretly defected to some big forces, and some even have thrown themselves into Wu Changkong's camp, and the situation is becoming more and more precarious."

Zhou Yunxi sighed:

"If that's the case, Prime Minister Lu's situation is also very dangerous now!"

Lu Zimo said in despair:

"The old decay is also dying, life and death have long been downplayed, I don't regret dying, but I really don't want to see the person who killed the monarch instead sat on the throne, not to mention that he has now become a pawn in the hands of others, even if he ascends the throne, he is just a puppet emperor, and the Xiyu Kingdom will really not be a country."

"However, as long as he can't get the jade seal of the country, he is not the real emperor, and now, the jade seal of the country is in the hands of the old minister, and the old minister has a master of the heavenly immortal realm and an earth immortal realm around him to protect him, and it is impossible for them to take it away."

Zhou Yunxi was not so optimistic, he frowned and said:

"They can even assassinate the emperor, so it's not impossible to take away the heirloom jade seal from you, it's just a matter of what they plan next."

Lu Zimo said with confidence:

"They assassinated the emperor, first, because the emperor was on the front line, it was not easy to protect, and they also bought the internal response, and the internal and external cooperation was successful, and now we have thousands of protective measures, not to mention that this is far away from the battlefield, and their hands can't reach here."

Zhou Yunxi reminded:

"The reason why the emperor went to war at the beginning was not because he was accompanied by two masters to protect him, and he felt that he was foolproof? As a result, he couldn't prevent it, and he was still assassinated by his opponent. It can be seen that there is nothing foolproof in this world, just like martial arts moves, no matter how exquisite martial arts moves are, there must be a way to crack them. ”

Listening to Zhou Yunxi's words, Lu Zimo couldn't help but be secretly surprised, yes, how can there be absolutely foolproof things in the world? Often when you feel the best about yourself, it is precisely when you are most dangerous.

Thinking of this, Lu Zimo nodded and said:

"Sir is right, I will take more care of it."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Mu Qianmei, who had been silent, and said:

"Speaking of which, I should also thank City Lord Mu, if you hadn't built a Cuiyun City to contain those homeless, we wouldn't have to wait for the enemy to call, just the homeless riot can make us fall apart, you can be regarded as solving the biggest hidden danger for the imperial court!"

Mu Qianmei immediately said rightly:

"The rise and fall of the country, the husband is responsible, this is what I should do, and it is also the consciousness that every one of us in the West Rain Country should have, the national disaster is at the head, everyone should unite to tide over the difficulties together, as long as everyone is united, what difficulties can not be overcome?"

Lu Zimo said in surprise:

"Oh? Could it be that the city lord of Mu thinks that the Xiyu Kingdom can still be saved? ”

Mu Qianmei said affirmatively:

"Of course there is salvation, the population of 1.5 billion people in Xiyu Country, I don't know how many people with lofty ideals, but now the civil war is non-stop, so that many people have lost their way, and a situation of their own affairs will be formed, if it is not controlled, it will become more chaotic next, because sooner or later there will be friction between various forces, and once everyone is killing each other, it will be even more difficult to control."

"And now, if it is properly guided, there is still hope to unite these forces, and these scattered forces are currently the last hope of the Xiyu Country."

Lu Zimo said suspiciously:

"They have all established themselves as feudal towns, how can they unite? Everyone wants to become the emperor themselves, who wants to unite with others? ”

"People are selfish, especially in the face of great temptations, profit is the only thing they value, and we have no power to suppress and subdue them, and we can't give them the benefits that can make their hearts move, because no matter how big the benefits are, they can't get more than what they get by becoming kings themselves."

Mu Qianmei shook her head and said:

"Yes, there are more important things than interests, that is, life, no matter how big the benefits, they can only enjoy it if they live, and everything is empty when they die, and now they only see the immediate benefits, so they will move the mind of becoming a king, but if they understand their real situation, they will not hold on to the immediate interests."

Lu Zimo thought about it, and still said hopelessly:

"How difficult it is to make them give up what they have in their hands now, now that they have established themselves as vassal kings, each vassal king has his own territory and army, that is, one acre and three points of land that really belongs to them, just like eating something in their mouths, who would be willing to spit it out?"

"I understand what the city lord of Mu means when he says that life is more important, now the other four countries have entered the Xiyu country in the name of aid, this is tantamount to luring wolves into the house, these small forces are not vulnerable at all in their eyes, even if they can eat the fish and meat of the chopping board mountain at any time, if they are too troublesome, just provoke a few times, let them kill each other, and finally reap the profits."

"Unfortunately, they won't understand these truths, and even if we tell them, they won't believe them."