With the return of the eldest princess, the bloody storm on the battlefield in southern Xinjiang has finally come to an end.

After losing the spirit pool, the Savage Spirit temporarily lost the ability to launch an endless death charge, and had to temporarily shrink its line to lick its wounds.

The Southern Xinjiang Legion was actually more seriously injured, although there was a great master like Li Qin on the front line, and there was a snow-capped witch blessing, but in the face of an endless number of opponents, no matter how powerful the force was, the casualties of the legion in the past few months were really heavy, so after gaining a chance to breathe, it also shrank its front and retreated to the fortress that was reclaimed about half a year ago.

There was silence in the fortress, the living held silent funerals for the deceased, and the surviving wounded were sent back to the heart of the empire in batches for better treatment.

No matter how the situation in southern Xinjiang develops next, this army must rest and recuperate, and temporarily stop fighting.

Even the most belligerent generals in the army are only thinking about how to complete the rotation of the Southern Xinjiang Army more efficiently, and how to persuade the parliament to draw new troops from all over the country to replenish their forces as soon as possible......

Even the supreme leader of the legion, the eldest princess Ying Ruoying, was a little excited, and after returning to southern Xinjiang, she only single-handedly went deep into the rainforest to slaughter for two days, and then returned to the fortress with a boring face, silent.

According to the past practice, every time Ying Ruoying is in a bad mood and is alone, she will never stop without killing for five days. And the current eldest princess is like a prodigal son looking back, which makes people wonder what happened to her.

However, no matter how curious people are, they will not ask for a single word.

After all, those who have survived the battlefield in southern Xinjiang so far are all experts with full desire to survive and survival ability!

In fact, the eldest princess is generous, and she often only reprimands and intimidates her subordinates who make mistakes, and does not punish them severely, and sometimes she doesn't even bother to sign the punishment suggestions handed over by the subordinate military judges...... But there are exceptions, that is, when she is clearly in a bad mood and has to be teased in person.

The eldest princess once annihilated a military general from a wealthy family with her own hands in full view, just because the other party had to chatter and fight for power when she made it clear that everyone was shut up.

Even the wealthy generals are not exempt from death, and when they think of the violent death of a prince not long ago, naturally no one will touch Ying Ruoying's moldy head.

There is only one exception.

"Sister Sakura, are you still in a bad mood?"

In the eldest princess's private room, Lan Lan pushed the door very happily and generously, holding two cups of clear fruit syrup in her hands.

Ying Ruoying glanced at Lan Lan, and couldn't help laughing, and the look of annoyance that was still hanging on her face disappeared.

"You're a real bully. ”

Lan Lan didn't care and said: "Anyway, his core purpose is to make you happy, since you are happier than anything else when you see me, then his purpose will be achieved, I am obviously helping him, where is bullying him." ”

Ying Ruoying couldn't help but laugh when she heard this, and while taking the hundred fruit syrup, she said, "It makes sense, no wonder you took an extra cup with confidence...... Well, I'm actually in a good mood, I'm just thinking about how to deal with the Immortal Tree in detail. ”

In fact, Ying Ruoying's mood has absolutely nothing to do with "good", before Lan Lan pushed the door in, she really wanted to go to the rainforest to kill tens of thousands of savage spirits again.

And even she couldn't tell why she was so angry.

Zhang Wu's plan, she agreed, because judging from the situation at the time, it was the most feasible and beneficial plan for her.

The royal family's welcome back to the Immortal Tree is actually a final, Zhang Wu just seized the opportunity to advance this step a lot, even if there is no Zhang Wu, the final result is nothing more than the parliament doing the same thing under other pretexts. And the result of Zhang Wu's step is that he himself can take advantage of the situation and become one of the top members of the council, so it is equivalent to the eldest princess having one more ...... in the top of the council An available subordinate.

Then, the eldest princess had the opportunity to rise to the occasion.

As long as Zhang Wu has the support and the power she has in the council, she can send a surprise attack from the sky when the council thinks she is in control of everything, and take away all the "fruits of victory".

Whether it is those old-fashioned councils with little eyes, or the saint yuan people with empty eyes, they will usher in a big surprise.

It was also when she saw that future that the eldest princess would make an exception to let Zhang Wu go, otherwise this kind of ant who is plotting behind her back, she will crush and have nothing to hesitate about.

But when she returned to southern Xinjiang and saw familiar faces, she became more and more irritable, and always felt that things were a little different from what she expected, but she couldn't say what was different. And this irritability is difficult to dissolve by killing the spirit of the savage, so she is alone in the room, constantly releasing palpitating coercion to the outside.

Before Lan Lan pushed the door in, with the eldest princess's fortress private room as the center, even the insects and ants within a radius of a thousand meters began to relocate!

Regarding Sister Ying's anger, Lan Lan had her own way, and said, "Sister Ying, you are in a bad mood, why don't you go to someone to vent your anger?"

Ying Ruoying shook her head and said, "Who are you looking for?"

Lan Lan said: "It doesn't matter who he is!"

Ying Ruoying was silent for a while, and then said, "You are really a genius. ”

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In the White Night City, in the Genting Garden at the top of the White Tower, a new round of high-level meetings was held on time.

Naturally, the topic was to follow the previous in-depth report, and began to discuss how to form a new immortal tree.

In the long years of the past, every time the Immortal Tree Organization collapsed, it would be accompanied by a new life, and the new organization was basically unrelated to the previous one, and operated independently. This time, however, the management fell into the hands of the royal family.

The Empire's issues regarding the Demon Dao have always been led by the Royal Academy Council, so who will dominate everything and who will be responsible for the operation of the roots, branches and leaves of the new immortal tree this time will basically be discussed and decided by the Council.

The interests involved in this are huge, and it can be said that even a small amount of fur is enough to make people change their lives against the sky - after all, the case of immortality is clear to everyone during the live broadcast.

As for whether it is immortality in the true sense, in fact, everyone doesn't care so much, anyway, even if it is a replicant created by brainwashing, it is better than a hundred deaths. What's more, to be able to do this, the magic path technology contained in it is even more fascinating.

So at the previous meeting, the prince only set the general direction, and then left enough time for many giants to go back and show their powers.

Whether it's a relationship, an academic testimonial, or even a flattery, as long as they can make a difference in this meeting, people can do whatever it takes.

On this day, the conference table finally had to fight with real guns.

As soon as he entered the venue, there was a burst of verbal swords.

"Old Zhao, don't say goodbye for a few days, your complexion is a little sluggish, don't overwork and hurt your body. ”

"Heh, Yu Gongzi's words seem strange, as we all know, in this council, there is no one who is not overworked and does not hesitate to hurt himself. The old man worked hard to overcome the technical difficulties of the Elemental Flame Domain, and he didn't talk about gray hair overnight, and he also had a liver transplant, which gave him the capital to advance to the master realm. And there are many people in this council who are more diligent and hardworking than the old man, and only those who are lazy will make a fuss about the word labor, right?"

"Haha, Zhao Lao is really angry, but it's no wonder that people with insufficient talent are always full of anger in the face of those who are more talented than themselves. ”

"Since Yu Gongzi is proud of his talent, why don't we compare it!?"

"Why should Elder Zhao be angry, my mediocre talent is not worth it, but there are many people in the council who are talented and do not need to hurt themselves, I wonder if Elder Zhao plans to compare with them?"

Such verbal confrontations were densely packed in the venue, and even as each other gradually spoke ill of each other, the magical powers and magical powers containing malice began to permeate.

The gorgeous and colorful hanging garden was dyed with a layer of gray color by this magical power, countless petals withered, and sparks flickered in the air from time to time until ......

"Enough of the fuss, right?"

The eldest son of the emperor on the throne interrupted the dispute with a cold mouth.

And the noise in the venue disappeared in an instant, and everyone closed their mouths and turned their eyes to Yinghongtu.

Although the eldest son of the emperor is limited to his age and has not yet entered the advanced realm of the Demon Dao, and his strength in the venue is almost at the bottom of the seat, no matter what his strength is, in this venue, Ying Hongtu represents the will of the royal family at this time.

And the will of the royal family is supreme.

Ying Hongtu shocked the crowd, and then went straight to the topic: "The theme of today's meeting is the establishment of immortal trees, and the main content is divided into two parts, one is to introduce 'tree species', and the other is to 'root' locally. For the former, I have already done some of the preliminary work, and the people of Shengyuan will come over soon. ”

Hearing this, there was a slight commotion in the venue.

Where is the base camp of the Immortal Tree...... In fact, it has always been a vague question.

Only a very small number of people can be conclusively sure that the essence of the Immortal Tree is under the control of the Shengyuan Empire, and most of the Demon Daoists, and even some of those who have reached the master realm, do not know about the existence of the Immortal Tree at all!

It was Zhu Junshen's open letter that made the topic of immortal trees taking root in the Eastern Continent a hot topic. Although the Shengyuan Council quickly gave a stupid answer, most of the high-level leaders were still aware of it.

It's just that at that time, people generally felt that where was the base camp of the Immortal Tree, and what did it have to do with the Great Qin Empire?

Now that the Immortal Tree is going to return to Great Qin, then it will be a big problem.

"In other words, we still have to look at the face of the Shengyuan people?"

A question was raised, and it immediately sparked a heated discussion.

Because the stakes are too high.

In the past, they fought back and forth for the word benefit, but now that they are going to introduce the Shengyuan people, the distribution of benefits is naturally very different from before.

Ying Hongtu smiled, but did not answer.

This is the most basic IQ screening question, in the past few days, he has left enough time for these council members to do their homework, and if they haven't even realized such a simple question and haven't prepared, then they are not eligible to participate in the subsequent distribution of benefits.

Sure enough, someone soon took the initiative to stand up and answer: "When the old man was young, he was employed as a special adviser to the Shengyuan Council for many years, and he had a great friendship with the Shengyuan Council. ”

Everyone turned their eyes, but saw that the person had a strange face, they had never seen it before, and immediately some people became suspicious and wanted to question the identity of this person.

However, Ying Hongtu nodded and said, "Then please bother more." ”

This answer is even more inexplicable, His Royal Highness the Prince has known this person for a long time, but who is he?

People really wanted to ask, but when they saw that there were many people in the venue who were indifferent, they couldn't open their mouths.

There is an unwritten rule in Genting Council that when you are at a loss for an issue and the people around you seem to know it, the best thing to do is to keep your mouth shut and pretend you know.

Because at this time, it's often really just your own ignorance!

In fact, this law is at work correctly at this point.

There were indeed some people in the venue who knew the stranger's identity.

That stranger is, of course, Lu Gong, who was expelled from the parliament by Ying Hongtu not long ago.

Lu Gong cooperated with the royal family to stage a good show, so that the plan for the return of the immortal tree was successfully implemented, and its credit was recorded by the royal family, Ying Hongtu personally promised him the position of a manager, so in this meeting, Lu Gong naturally has the right to speak.

It's just that his public identity has nothing to do with the council, so he can only use a puppet to disguise it, and anyone who cares about this matter will know it at a glance. And those who don't know it mean that they haven't even passed the first hurdle, and now they are just adding to the council, and they don't need to pay too much attention.

What is a little surprising is that Lu Gong's positive posture, obviously he has received the promise of reward from the royal family, but he does not mean to lie down and sit flat to enjoy the credit, but redoubles his positive sense of existence.

Indeed, he worked part-time in the Shengyuan Council in his early years, although in fact he was not as glamorous as he boasted, the so-called special adviser was not the special kind of Great Grandmaster Zhu Junshen, but the special of the marginal ball that barely reached the standard, but it was true that among the Demon Dao masters of the Great Qin Empire, Lu Gong was more able to deal with the Shengyuan people.

It is indeed a good move to let him go to Shengyuan, at least ...... The other people present who were familiar with the Shengyuan Continent didn't really want to do this kind of dirty work.

The arrogance of the Shengyuan people is deep-rooted, and the kind of lofty posture like the origin of all things makes people always feel as if the war of independence in the Western Continent was fought in vain!

Although it may be that for the Lu family, who have now stepped down from the throne, the War of Independence is in vain...... But the other people of the Western Continent are innocent! Why should they be looked down upon by the Shengyuan people?

It is true that the national strength of the Shengyuan Empire is a little stronger, and the demonic civilization is also more developed, but there is no qualitative gap in the strength comparison between the two countries, and the academic level is even more interconnected and complementary.

Especially this time to welcome the return of the immortal tree, it is even more naked to receive charity, so the docking work is clearly the work of licking the dog. The Demon Dao masters present are all characters with heads and faces, who is willing to bow their heads and be dogs? It is not that they can be promoted to grandmasters by being a licking dog, but it is just that some grandmasters are willing to be licking dogs.

Therefore, Lu Gong was willing to come forward, and everyone's evaluation of him couldn't help but be a little higher.

However, just as Ying Hongtu was about to skip this topic and continue the discussion, someone suddenly asked: "What if the Shengyuan people plan to continue to dictate the affairs here after receiving the tree species?"

When people heard this, they couldn't help but focus on the past.

The voice sounded very unfamiliar, it had never been seen in a high-level meeting before, but this time people were not curious about the identity of the person who spoke.

Because it was Ying Hongtu who was personally promoted to take over the seat of Lu Gong, the new councillor of the Secret Agent Bureau, Zhang Wu, director of the Secret Agent Bureau.

As the head of the largest intelligence agency in the Great Qin Empire, Zhang Wu has always been a likable figure, and this time he did not sit in the main seat where Lu Gong used to sit, but found an inconspicuous corner in the garden venue to stand still. At this time, the opening was only noticed.

In response to Zhang Wu's question, Ying Hongtu responded: "This is exactly the problem that the receiver needs to deal with, how to complete the transaction with the Shengyuan people without humility or arrogance, it needs a person who is familiar with the Shengyuan to deal with it." ”

As he spoke, Ying Hongtu frowned slightly.

Zhang Wu's question can't be said to be wrong, but it is obviously not expected.

As a newly promoted councillor, he shouldn't be so proactive, and with the royal family's understanding of Zhang Wu, he has never been used to appearing in the open.

What's the point of asking this question?

But he heard Zhang Wu ask again: "It is not unusual for someone to be familiar with Shengyuan, more than half of the academy members present have been to Shengyuan for academic exchanges, which is also the practice of cultivating talents in the Royal Academy, so I think most of the people present have deeply understood how difficult it is for Shengyuan people to deal with." If it weren't for the ability to convince them absolutely, they would always look at people through their nostrils. And the higher the behavior, the more so. This time, the transplantation of the tree species of the immortal tree is also a crucial strategic plan for the Shengyuan Empire. In fact, they had already prepared for a hundred years of strategic contraction, but they were temporarily given the opportunity to re-expand, unless the high-level instructions, this matter must not be done, and if there is a high-level authorization, then the expansion of the Shengyuan people can be imagined. ”

After a pause, Zhang Wu saw that the venue had generally calmed down, and Ying Hongtu frowned even more...... Then he said: "The expansion of the Shengyuan people is never limited to attitude, and their greed for interests is never new. The War of Independence was also caused by the excessive greed of the Shengyuan people. And when it comes to the transplantation of immortal trees, I can't think of any reason why they shouldn't be greedy. ”

Speaking of which, some people couldn't help but retort: "Why do you submit that report when you think there are so many problems?"

Zhang Wu said: "It's just the lesser of two evils, if you have time, you might as well put down the news and war reports in your hands, and go to the battlefield in southern Xinjiang to take a look in person, and naturally understand why I am willing to take the risk of pulling the immortal tree back at this time." And the fact that my report can be approved by His Highness must be based on this overall consideration. ”

Ying Hongtu sneered.

Zhang Wu's performance at this time was completely beyond his grasp, and it was the first time he had seen this lackey who was respectful in front of the royal family...... It's really interesting, what the hell is he up to?

On the other side, Lu Gong couldn't sit still, seeing that Zhang Wu wanted to stir up the situation, he couldn't help but say: "The Shengyuan people are indeed greedy, but I have long been ready to deal with them......

Zhang Wu unceremoniously interrupted: "How are you going to deal with them? This matter is that we are begging the Shengyuan, we are begging them to bring the tree seeds back to Daqin to suppress the barbarian spirit, in such a position, what diplomatic means do you have at your disposal? How many inches of incorruptible tongue do you have to convince the Shengyuan people to put down their pride?"

Lu Gong was still about to argue, but he heard Zhang Wu say again: "This time, the person sent by Shengyuan is Xu Bailian. ”

In a word, the house was in an uproar.

Xu Bailian!

That's a thunderous name.

He was the youngest Demon Dao Grandmaster in the Shengyuan Empire, and he grasped the Apocalypse a year ago, crossed the Grandmaster's realm, and became one of the thirteen supreme people in the world.

Then, this person has always been known for being anti-Qin. He had repeatedly despised the demonic civilization of the Great Qin Empire in public, and the Blurred Domain had directly suppressed the demonic territory of the Qin Empire.

What's more, on some non-public occasions, he even expressed the hope that Sheng Yuan would launch a westward expedition and return the rebellious continent to Sheng Yuan's rule!

Among the thirteen Demon Dao Grandmasters, Xu Bailian was undoubtedly the most extremely radical and even unreasonable.

He didn't have any interest factors in his opposition to Qin, he just couldn't get used to it, and this dislike didn't even have logical support.

Xu Bailian was a person who liked to read books, and he had read a lot of books, so he knew more about the history of the former War of Independence than many Qin people. Of course, he also knew how corrupt the colonial rule of Shengyuan was at that time, and Lu Hao really rose up when he couldn't bear it anymore and overthrew Shengyuan's rule with the Haotian banner.

But he still insists that the independence of the Western Continent is groundless, and the regime obtained by force will eventually be destroyed by force, and the Shengyuan Empire has the obligation to send troops to conquer the Western Continent, and even kill hundreds of millions of creatures in the Western Continent to the point of blood!

This kind of extreme thinking, put on any one person, is enough to alienate him from the crowd.

However, Xu Bailian has amazing talent, and he broke through the shackles by himself and touched the supreme realm of the Demon Dao. And this person is also a thorn in the realm of the Demon Dao, and he resolutely opposed Zhu Junshen's digitization of the Demon Dao ten years ago, and the reason for the opposition is that the digital theory comes from the Western Continent, which is naturally lowly and untrustworthy.

This kind of strange thing was even attacked by the crowd in the Shengyuan Continent in the early years, after all, Zhu Junshen was one of the few Great Qin Demon Dao Grandmasters who had conquered the Shengyuan people with his own strength, and Xu Bailian was what kind of thing at that time?

But with Xu Bailian also promoted to Grandmaster, there is no longer an insurmountable gap between the two, and many of his doubts have become powerful, and there are even many blind followers behind him.

Such a figure was sent by the Shengyuan Council to "transplant tree seeds" to Great Qin?

This intention is really obvious!

For a while, not to mention Lu Gong, even Ying Hongtu couldn't help but be surprised.

This information was only vaguely rumored before, and it was not certain, and I didn't think that it was Xu Bailian who was really settled over there...... That Speaker Shengyuan is indeed not a generous person, but I didn't expect the prince Yuanyi to like it so much, "Detail operation!"

On the surface, it seems that the Great Qin Empire has a request for the Holy Yuan, but on the other hand, the Holy Yuan does not have a request for the Great Qin? The immortal tree has been deeply rooted in the Eastern Continent for two thousand years, and there is no room for expansion for a long time, and the demand for expansion of the immortal is simply endless!

Without the empty fertile land of the Western Continent, the Immortal Tree is like an addict with drug addiction, suffering from hunger and thirst all the time. The strategic contraction caused by Bai Xiao seems to have been accepted by the Eastern Continent without changing its face, but in fact, it is only at the top level that Zhou Yu and Yuan Yi can do it with ease, because they control the root of the Immortal Tree, and no one can be poor from them, but below the middle level is ruthless!

In this case, in fact, the Great Qin Empire has the bargaining capital, and Ying Hongtu assigned Lü Gong to be in charge of the introduction, also because Lü Gong is an impassioned figure on the surface, but in fact quite flexible and changeable - as a parliamentary giant, he did not hesitate to change his position to cooperate with the royal family's acting, which is an excellent interpretation of this feature.

However, it now seems that flexibility alone is no longer enough.

In the face of Xu Bailian's radical diehards, Lu Gong is old and decayed, and he is afraid that he will be reduced to a role such as a clown who jumps off the beam. But on the other hand, who else can you use besides Lu Gong?

It's dirty work, and now there is a requirement to overcome difficulties, and the opponent is still Grandmaster Shengyuan...... That's a lot of hard work.

However, at this moment, he heard Zhang Wu smile slightly.

"Hehe......"

This laughter only made Yinghongtu a little creepy.

I didn't notice it before, how could this guy laugh like he was about to swallow his breath? It's disgusting!

Probably because he had barely laughed before......

After Zhang Wu laughed, he said: "Your Highness, don't worry, the right person is actually right in front of you." ”

Ying Hongtu was stunned for a moment, what suitable person could he have in front of him......

Halfway through his thoughts, he suddenly smelled a smell of decay.

With just a slight click, as if announcing his arrival, he disappeared without a trace.

But that little bit of decay was enough to shock people's spirits, and Ying Hongtu stood up almost instinctively.

"Your Highness?!"

The next moment, an atmosphere of panic spread throughout the garden.

There are no fools among the parliamentarians present, even if they are not sensitive enough to some things because they do not have sufficient information, but at least some things are common sense that everyone knows.

can make the eldest son of the noble emperor blurt out the word His Royal Highness, and there is only one person in the whole world!

That parliamentary giant who shouldn't have been there in the venue!

Yes, she does have an important seat in the council, because of her special status, many times the right to speak is even higher than the rotating chairman, and another grandmaster who also occupies an important seat in the council is obedient to her, as long as she participates in the meeting, there is never a result of disobeying her will.

But on the other hand, it is precisely because of her excessive strength that the parliament has often lost its due role, so with her own acquiescence and connivance, many meetings are simply bypassed her.

For example, this conference on the Immortal Tree!

Ying Hongtu thought that the eldest princess wanted to open it, and acquiesced to this result - after all, Zhang Wu walked out of Shadow City alive from under her hands.

But now it seems that I am naïve to think about the problem, when did the eldest princess ever want to open it?!

Now it seems that the eldest princess will not waver in her principles on any issue.

Expect her to back down?

Is my father's leg broken?!

Ying Hongtu only felt cold sweat for a while! Then he wished to break one of his legs!