A few days later, the royal city of Qiuzi.

Princess Pipa, no, Queen Qiuzi sat on the throne, looking down at the courtiers on the throne and cheering and worshiping her, but there was not much joy on her face.

Looking to the east, there should be a camel team in that direction, with Chu Liuxiang and a few people in it.

Just as Queen Qiuzi was grieving, an attendant entered the temple to give a farewell.

"King, the neighboring countries of the Western Regions have sent envoys to congratulate you, and now I am asking for instructions on how to receive them."

When Queen Qiuzi heard the names of the countries of the Western Regions, there was no joy on her face, and she clenched the throne with an angry face.

"My father asked them to help with a huge amount of money, but they didn't even protect my father's life, how else can they receive..."

Speaking of this, Queen Qiuzi also suppressed the anger in her eyes, and after barely calming down her emotions, she glanced at the many ministers and issued an order.

"Reception according to the usual etiquette."

Minister Qiuzi originally wanted to persuade the queen not to be estranged from the countries of the Western Regions, but Queen Qiuzi's statement was also convincing.

After Princess Pipa followed Ji Bingyan back to Qiuzi City, she also learned the truth from those warriors who were loyal to the royal family that the Western Regions came to help, but it was just for gold, silver and jewelry.

The treasure used by King Qiuzi is not the treasure of the Star of Bliss, but the treasure accumulated by the previous King of Qiuzi.

As for whether there is a treasure in the Star of Bliss, at this moment, only Li Chaofeng knows the truth.

As soon as the royal order was issued, the surrounding ministers did not say much, but after a brief thought, Queen Qiuzi also asked.

"How did you investigate the matter of paying tribute to the Son of Heaven last year?"

"This..."

The ministers looked at each other, and then one of the ministers also walked out of the line and began to pray.

"Although the traitor An Deshan has won the country, he did not dare to report his rebellion to the Central Plains Imperial Court, and he still sent it according to the usual practice last year."

Queen Qiuzi knocked on the throne casually, and also opened her eyes and said.

"In this case, this rebellion has passed, and whether the Son of Heaven knows it or not, it is not much good for me to be Qiuzi."

"It's just that today's new throne, as a vassal king, this king should go to the Central Plains to meet the Son of Heaven once, and this year's tribute will be replaced by this king."

Hearing that Queen Qiuzi was going to the Central Plains to see the Son of Heaven, many old ministers were suddenly shocked and hurriedly knocked on the ground to object.

"Queen, this is unacceptable!"

"Hmph, all the kings of the Western Regions are the kings of the Central Plains, and it is the right thing to see the Son of Heaven, how can you do it?"

Queen Qiuzi looked puzzled at first, and then she put away her emotions and shouted with a threatening face.

"Do you plan to find a husband for this king first, and then let this king's husband take him to meet the Son of Heaven!"

"When the time comes, the Son of Heaven will say that the Queen of Qiuci will become the Queen of Qiuzi."

"Do you want to learn from the traitor Ande Mountain and seek to win the first king!"

"Don't dare!"

Although Queen Qiuzi is the rightful heir, she is a woman after all, and she is inevitably underestimated when she becomes a queen in an era when men are the sky.

So she needs someone who is right, and the Son of Heaven in the Central Plains is the one who can make her right.

Because Qiuzi is not an independent kingdom, it is a vassal state of the Central Plains, and the king of Qiuci nominally belongs to the vassal king of the Central Plains.

Although Queen Qiuzi is majestic, she also knows that if it were not for the support of many ministers, it would be extremely difficult for her to sit on the throne.

"Uncles, let's get up first."

When many ministers got up, Queen Qiuzi also put on a sad face and spoke earnestly.

"Xiao Wang was angry just now, but he just wanted to defend Qiuzi for his father, and I know that you want me to continue to fulfill the covenant of the Western Regions."

"But if the covenant continues, and many princes come to ask for marriage, how can I refuse?"

"If you don't refuse, after decades, I'm afraid that the name of Qiuzi will be drowned in this rolling yellow sand."

"Qiuzi is located between the Central Plains and the Western Regions, which is the midpoint of the Silk Road, and my father's heart is to the Western Regions, but he was taken advantage of by the thieves and murdered his father together with the Central Plains Wulin."

"Now it's hard to set things right, but at this time, Qiuzi can't afford to rebel for the second time."

As soon as Queen Qiuzi's words came out, many ministers also showed sadness, and the prime minister even raised his head and asked.

"That's why the queen made an alliance with those two Central Plains people?"

When the former Princess Pipa and the current Queen of Qiuzi heard this, their faces also flashed with memories, but they shook their heads slowly.

"Li Gongzi killed the traitor Min Hongkui, the restoration work is very great, and the request is not much, but it is just a little right to trade, how can you not agree."

But the prime minister did not believe it, and he also persuaded him.

"My governance in the Western Regions has always only paid tribute to the Son of Heaven, but it has not accommodated the trade of the Han people, and I ask the queen to withdraw her promise."

Queen Qiuzi heard the Prime Minister's advice, but she didn't refute it, just closed her eyes silently, and then asked indifferently.

"So is there a way for you to enter the rebel camp at night and bring back the head of the thief after sunrise?"

"Minister..."

When the prime minister heard this, he silently bowed his head and did not dare to reply.

Li Chaofeng entered the enemy camp in the middle of the night, relied on his superhuman five senses, and was wearing the clothes of the Turtle Forbidden Army, and killed Min Hongkui as if he had entered no man's land.

After sunrise, Princess Pipa directly took Min Hongkui's head to surrender the forbidden army, and everyone knew about it.

And that means two things.

First, Queen Guizi's new allies are very strong, at least when it comes to killing.

Second, Queen Guizi wants to break the covenant and can't afford to pay the price.

Seeing the ministers bow their heads again, Queen Qiuzi, who was only sixteen this year, stood up and glanced at the ministers.

"Since there is no objection, the matter is settled."

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Four horses appeared in the town on the edge of the desert, and they were the four Ji Bingyan who had just turned over from Laolong Bay.

Shi Guanyin is dead, and Greenbeard naturally brought the information of the black pearl, Chu Liuxiang can only cry and laugh about this situation, and can only come back.

Shi Tuo took Ji Bingyan and the four of them back to Laolong Bay, and then said goodbye to Ji Bingyan and followed Liu Beifei to retreat to the mountains and forests.

Maybe they will go to the Huashan faction to have a look, but the Huashan faction is no longer their home.

It has been seventeen years since the Huashan faction was destroyed by Shi Guanyin, and Kumei led the revival of Huashan little by little, but it had little to do with their two brothers.

In Shi Tuo's words, hatred is such a thing, the past is over, people should live well, but Liu Beifei can't let go of it alone.

And Ji Bingyan, who returned to Laolong Bay, was surprised to find that Xiao Pan had not returned.

Ji Bingyan's order to Xiao Pan was to stay in the desert town for a month, see the final result of the grass checkered gamble, and then give the letter to his two concubines.

But now they have almost two months since they entered and exited from the desert, and Xiao Pan has not returned.

This was not right, so after resting for the night in Laolong Bay, the four of them rushed to the former desert town in the early morning of the next day.

In front of them, there was only a ruined wall, countless dry corpses scattered on the town, and Xiao Pan's body was among them.

It seems that a group of sand thieves inadvertently ransacked the town with nothing.

He left a dozen acres of grass squares floating in the wind outside the town.

Yes, the few acres of grass squares that used to be have been expanded several times by the people of the town, Ji Bingyan knows the desert, and these townspeople who live on the edge of the desert also understand.

They didn't even wait a month, but in seven days, they began to expand the area of the draft squares little by little.

As long as there is no wind and sand to bury them, their wells can naturally be preserved.

If the rain is abundant enough, they even feel that they can get back the land they once had.

Unfortunately, all this hope was lost under the butcher's knife of the sand thieves.

"Gollum."

As a subtle swallowing sound reached Li Chaofeng's ears, he walked straight to the only well in the town, and then jumped in.