The year 7291 of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It was rumored in the court that Zhou Tianzi seemed to be preparing to marry the Li family.

Let his two sons marry the two daughters of the Li family respectively, and then marry his own daughter to Li Yueming.

As soon as this news came out.

Suddenly, the royal family and clans of the entire Great Zhou couldn't sit still.

Since ancient times, marriages between emperors and ministers have been common.

It was also often used by the emperor to win over and buy people's hearts.

The interests of the ministers were forcibly tied to the chariot of the royal family through marriage.

The two have been combined to form a new community of interests.

Under normal circumstances, it is already an honor for the courtiers to be able to let the royal family take the initiative to marry.

But this marriage surprised many royal relatives and families.

Because Zhou Tianzi not only chose to marry his daughter.

also wanted the prince to marry the two daughters of the Li family.

What is this concept?

At present, there are only four princes under Zhou Tianzi's name, and the Li family will occupy the quota of the two princesses.

The only uncertainty now is whether Zhou Tianzi will assign the two daughters of the Li family to the crown prince or the second prince or the third prince.

As for the little prince, he is definitely not good, he is only five years old this year!

In addition, Li Yueming will marry Zhou Tianzi's only daughter.

It's equivalent to kissing and kissing!

If this thing really works out.

Then in the next few decades or even hundreds of years, the Li family will become a well-deserved first family in the entire Great Zhou!

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Therefore, it is no wonder that a group of royal princes and nobles and family lords are in a hurry.

What does this mean?

This shows that Zhou Tianzi is likely to have made up his mind to use marriage to win over the Li family.

After all, if nothing else, one of the two daughters should marry the crown prince.

At that time, the Li family gave birth to an imperial grandson.

Then the rivers and mountains of the Great Zhou Dynasty are equivalent to having a part of the Li family.

As a relative, the Li family still has to desperately protect the safety of the Zhou Dynasty?

In fact, this did not surprise everyone.

After all, among the conventional methods, it seems that only the method of marriage can be well adapted to the Li family today.

It's just that the only thing that everyone didn't expect was that Zhou Tianzi's handwriting was so big.

Even if the second daughter of the Li family is the princess, he is even ready to marry the princess to Li Yueming.

After making sure that these messages are not unfounded.

Suddenly, the royal family and nobles from all over the country and representatives of the family gate lords all poured into Hojing from all directions.

For a time, all kinds of exhortations in the court were endless.

The officials said that this would bury hidden dangers for the imperial court in the future.

And the ceremonial officials said that this was not in line with the etiquette system.

There are all kinds of reasons, and a lot of mess can be said.

In fact, both parties are the same.

- I don't want the Li family to enjoy this power alone, at least I want to let myself get a piece of the pie.

And Zhou Tianzi just listened to this, but he didn't say anything.

Thereupon.

This matter has become the hottest topic in the hinterland of the Central Plains of the entire Great Zhou in a short period of time.

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In the city of Wenzhou.

The two sisters, Li Ruxing and Li Ruyue, were sitting down in the restaurant.

They came here to meet after their shifts.

At this time, Xiao Er brought the warm sake, and Li Ruxing picked up the wine pot and took a big sip.

It's hard to get full.

Li Ruxing burped, and his face was a little red and fluttering.

Li Ruyue frowned, looking at the second sister in front of her, who did not have the slightest feminine elegance

, I subconsciously wanted to teach a few lessons.

can be thought of that this girl is now in her twenties, and girls and children from ordinary families have to play soy sauce.

He couldn't help but didn't open his mouth to reprimand.

After eating some side dishes, finally, it was Li Ruyue who took the lead in speaking: "Second sister, you can't be so profligate in the future!"

Back a year ago.

The second daughter, who graduated from the Cultivator's Academy, had already been assigned to the stargazing platform to be responsible for sorting out the astronomical data of the past dynasties.

After receiving Zhou Tianzi's attention recently, the work task of the second daughter was also changed to the Hanlin Academy to clean up the anthology.

Therefore, the recent rumors and rumors in the court have long been known.

It's just that no one is talking to the two of them.

Now it's hard to meet, and naturally it's because of this incident.

Li Ruxing smiled when she heard this, "Eldest sister, you shouldn't be looking forward to getting married, right? I finally took time out of the boring duty day to take a day off, why not quench my thirst with a few glasses of wine, and say such boring things!"

When Li Ruyue heard this, her eyebrows furrowed again.

Apparently, her patience has been seriously challenged.

After taking two deep breaths and calming down her mood, Li Ruyue said as calmly as possible, "We are both in our twenties, and when we reach the age of marriage, isn't it normal to get married? Sun Xiaoxiao, who was studying with us at the beginning, is now a mother of two children!"

Li Ruxing muttered softly when he heard this: "Wu Feifei, who was studying with us at the beginning, occasionally died of a cold last year...... Why don't you look at people?"

Li Ruyue became vigilant, pricked up her eyes and said, "What did you say?"

Li Ruxing opened his mouth and wanted to repeat it again, but in the end he was cowardly, shook his head and said, "It's nothing!"

Although Li Ruyue knew that her sister dog couldn't spit out ivory in her mouth.

But because Li Ruxing's voice was very small, he really didn't hear what this girl was muttering clearly.

I had no choice but to give up.

After a while, Li Ruxing drank two sips of warm sake and continued, "Yes, old lady, don't care what happens to others...... Whether it's the family or our sisters, we have to control the fate of ourselves!"

Hear this.

Li Ruyue was rarely silent.

In fact, how could she, or any woman in this world, not want to control her own destiny?

can be found in such a patriarchal society.

From birth, women are doomed to be unable to control their own destiny.

For example, she and Li Ruxing.

Doesn't it be noble enough to talk about identity?

But in the end, it was still like that ordinary woman.

inherited the words of the matchmaker at the behest of his parents and married a Lang Jun who he didn't know at all.

The only difference is that ordinary women marry commoners.

And what they want to marry is the Ninety-Five.

Perhaps Li Nanfeng's original intention was to let them find their favorite Lang Jun on their own.

But the Li family and all the interest groups behind the Li family will never let this happen.

Even if Zhou Tianzi didn't have an idea about them.

The family will also go to other families to marry.

Of course, this may not be a misfortune, after all, compared to many ordinary people who do not even have enough to eat, their lives are enough to eat.

It's just that happiness and happiness are the same, and there are no other changes due to people's identity and status.

No matter how prominent the marriage is.

Joy and happiness do not increase or decrease because of wealth.

Therefore, although Li Ruyue is also resistant to marrying the royal family.

But she knew that she couldn't change this result, and she didn't expect someone to change it.

Therefore, at this time, I have already acquiesced in my heart about my final fate, now

Now I just hope that I can fight for more benefits for my father and brother.

After all, being able to marry the future emperor can be regarded as helping the Li family maintain its glory and wealth for nearly a hundred years, and even make the Li family the first family in the world on this basis.

No matter how you look at it, she should pay for it.

Thinking that she had figured everything out, Li Ruyue shook her head: "Our fate is in the hands of the strong, and now Zhou Tianzi is the strongest person of the Great Zhou...... When we get married, it's great news for the family, for my father and brother!"

"Don't say anything else, at least in the future, Yuwang and his family will definitely not dare to jump on Daddy's face again!"

Li Ruxing smiled when she heard this: "Sister is too naïve, do you really think that we are the chips on the table? No, we don't even count as chips!"

"The emperor now chooses to marry the Li family, just because the father and brother are too important in the frontier, in order to let them continue to work hard and not give birth to a disobedient heart, this is the last resort!"

"Do you think this power will last long? As long as the border form is a little calmer, Zhou Tianzi is likely to be the first to get rid of the Li family!"

Of course, Li Ruyue didn't think about this.

But at this time, he could only bow his head and say, "Then we don't have a choice......

Hearing this, Li Ruxing was rarely silent for a while, obviously she was not as light as she seemed on the surface.

As a strange woman who has been eclectic since she was a child.

Li Ruxing is obviously dismissive of marriage.

But now that this matter has really come down, she can really feel the weight on it.

Like the strength of a thousand pounds, ordinary women are powerless to struggle at all.

However, after being stunned for a long time, she suddenly smiled, took a drink from the wine glass, and said, "Sister, do you remember what my brother said to us when he was a child?"

Li Ruyue was stunned and wondered, "What words?"

Li Ruxing stretched out a slender and thin finger and sipped the wine on Yin Hong's lips.

At this moment, the girl in front of her, who had always been eccentric, finally had a bit of a beautiful woman's demeanor, and she lightly opened her red lips word by word and said, "My brother said, no matter what, we are all a family!"

Li Ruyue didn't understand what this sentence meant for a while.

But seeing Li Ruxing continue to say word by word: "The emperor Lao'er wants to marry our sisters, but he hasn't asked our sisters' opinions all the time, so he wants to snatch us away from my father and brother? He is worthy of it?"

"Look at it, everyone thinks that my Li family has won the dragon grace and will do their best to protect the Great Zhou...... But in my opinion, the emperor's move is simply stupid, and it is estimated that he has offended his brother and father!"

When he said this.

Li Ruxing's childish hole flickered with coldness.

Even Li Ruyue was taken aback by the domineering spirit she displayed.

At this moment, the lazy sister in the past seems to have disappeared, becoming a deep cold pool, even if you just glance at it, you can feel the bottomless coldness.

It was also at this moment that Li Ruyue realized that she didn't seem to know anything about her sister, a waste wood who was harmless to humans and animals on the surface.

But the good thing is that this feeling comes and goes quickly.

In just a few breaths, Li Ruxing had already recovered to his original state.

She made a wine gap, fiddled with the wine glass that had bottomed out with one hand, and said with a sweet smile: "Forget it, it doesn't matter, anyway, the elder brother will make a move, eldest sister, you just wait and see!"

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Just when Zhou Tianzi was still in full swing to arrange the marriage, a piece of news suddenly came from the north that shook the whole world.

The Qin army, which had left a few years ago, returned again.

However, this time, it is no longer the same as in the past, only sending tens of thousands of people at a time to make small fights.

This time, the Qin army sent Bai Qi, one of the twelve generals.

Bai Qi led an army of 200,000, and he didn't know what to do

The military fortification area was bypassed.

The 200,000 elite Qin troops directly attacked Fulong Pass, one of the three passes in the northwest of the Great Zhou.

Caught off guard, Fulong Pass was almost broken.

Fortunately, there were 30,000 dragon and tiger troops stationed in the city, and they took over the city defense at a critical moment, which kept Fulong Pass from being driven straight into by the Qin army.

But despite this, Da Zhou still suffered heavy losses.

The Dragon and Tiger Army is the core elite with a military soul, and it stands to reason that there is no need to be afraid of the ordinary Qin army.

But this time, the Qin army made a bloody investment.

Not only did he send Bai Qi as the only general.

He also asked Bai Qi to bring the black armor guards in the twelve armies of the Qin army.

The Black Guards are also an army with a military spirit, and this time they brought a full 50,000 men.

In addition, there were thousands of young reincarnated people in the Qin army this time.

This directly led to the fact that in this defensive battle, more than half of the 10,000 Dragon and Tiger Army were killed and wounded in just two days.

You must know that this is on the territory of the Great Zhou, and the Dragon and Tiger Army can still die so many soldiers!

One can imagine how fierce the Qin army's offensive was.

As soon as this news came out, the entire Great Zhou was shaken three times.

All the people of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the dignitaries who lived and lived behind Fulong Pass were all frightened.

Many well-informed people were afraid of being invaded by the Qin army, and even ran away with their wives and children overnight.

Zhou Tianzi was still thinking about marrying Li Ruxing to the prince or marrying Li Ruyue to the prince!

When he heard the news, the expression on his face almost turned cyan.

He threw away the document in his hand and roared like an angry lion: "Great Qin, you are too deceitful!

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As he spoke, Zhou Tianzi reluctantly threw out a token: "Someone, pass on my order, send 200,000 Dragon and Tiger Army, and immediately go to the three major checkpoints of Fulong, Fuhu, and Futian to garrison!"

Because he was so emotional, the muscles in his face were still shaking.

In the past few years, he has been dealing with the Qin army.

Although Zhou Tianzi also felt troublesome and headaches.

But there has never been a time like today, sitting in a pickaxe Kyoto and being scared out of a cold sweat.

The Qin army's attack on Fulong Pass was, in a sense, a direct bombardment of the Great Zhou's life.

The so-called Northwest Three Passes.

It is the last three natural danger checkpoints of the Great Zhou in the northwest and two directions.

They are called Fulong Pass, Fuhu Pass, and Futian Pass.

No matter which level it is, it's very important.

Once it is broken, it means that there is no natural danger in this direction, and the Qin army will come and go freely in this direction from now on.

Therefore.

Elsewhere, Zhou Tianzi would not be so sensitive.

Only the three places of Fulong Pass, Fuhu Pass, and Futian Pass must not be touched.

This is the last barrier between the Northwest and the Central Plains.

It is a taboo among taboos.

The Qin army launched a three-day assault on Fulong Pass.

After finding that there was really no way to capture it, he no longer had nostalgia and turned around and left Fulong Pass.

Otherwise, once you stay here for a long time.

When all the surrounding Great Zhou reinforcements come to support, the Qin army may pay an unnecessary price.

To be honest, it was really a pity for the Qin army that he didn't directly break through Fulong Pass this time.

It's just a little bit there.

It's almost like you're on the verge of achieving an epic strategic goal.

The Dragon and Tiger Army guarded the three checkpoints, after making sure that the Qin army had no intention of continuing the attack.

The whole Da Zhou breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhou Tianzi, who came back to his senses, had a dark face, and found a courtier, pointing at the noses of the courtiers and saying, "Can anyone tell me, isn't the northern land a small army of the Qin army that can only pass tens of thousands of people? Where did these 200,000 Qin troops come from? There are still 50,000 elite soldiers of the Black Guards...... If they break through the Fulong Pass

, I'm afraid that I will be able to hit Hokyo in two days?"

Hearing Zhou Tianzi's doubts and questions, all the ministers in the court did not dare to take a breath.

At this time, Zhou Tianzi is angry!

If you accidentally land on your head, it will be light.

With a little bad luck, it's not impossible to get a family ascension package.

In the end, it was Ge Hong, the right minister, who stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this Qin army must have emerged from the 100,000 mountains, I think there was a sudden situation on the side of the 100,000 mountains, this matter was implemented by Li Yueming of the Xingyue Army in the past, but now that there is a problem, ask Li Yueming may be able to know the reason!"

Even if it is not in agreement with Li Yueming and the politics of the western region.

But at this time, even Ge Hong didn't dare to add fuel and vinegar in front of Zhou Tianzi.

Zhou Tianzi glanced at Ge Hong coldly, and saw that he didn't continue, so he took over and said, "Li Qing is my minister, if anyone wants to throw the pot on his back, don't blame me for taking your head and sacrificing the flag!"

"Come on, hurry up and go to Beibing Town to ask Li Qing and see if he can find a way to find out what is wrong with the 100,000 Great Mountain!"

Hear this.

Above the court, a group of courtiers lowered their heads and didn't dare to let go of a fart.

That's when they reacted.

Now Li Yueming's status has long been different.

Because no matter from what point of view, if you want to maintain the stability of the Northland, you can't leave the Xingyue Army and Li Yueming personally.

Because of this, no matter how unhappy Zhou Tianzi is, he can only appease and win over Li Yueming.

in this mood.

It seems natural that Zhou Tianzi moved his mind to recruit horses.

Li Yueming, who was thousands of miles away in Beibing Town, was also taken aback by Qin Jun's actions when he received the news.

actually attacked Fulong Pass directly.

This is to take advantage of the fact that Da Zhou is not ready, and directly break one of Da Zhou's spine bones with a stick!

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