Pray for the Heavenly Empire, the imperial capital.

Dongwangfu camp.

Since the last sneak attack, the past few days have been calm.

In early winter, the first snow of the year fell between heaven and earth, and the earth was covered in snow.

What happened in the past few days was also very simple, and it was all expected by Huang Yuanwu.

The first is Huang Zhengchu, he sent his officials to check, and assured that this matter was definitely not done by the Northern Palace, and the purpose was to make Huang Yuanwu dispel the attitude of doubting the Northern Palace. In this regard, Huang Yuanwu smiled.

Later, the imperial capital also sent envoys to condole, and invited Huang Yuanwu to go to the imperial capital to face the saint, but this matter was rejected by Huang Yuanwu because he was busy with affairs.

Everyone knows very well to each other that the current emperor is under the control of Yang Qin, whether it is a holy decree or an oracle, it is Yang Qin's meaning. He asked Huang Yuanwu to go to the imperial capital, once Huang Yuanwu went, no matter what he said to Yang Qin, it would inevitably arouse the suspicion of the Northern Palace, which was exactly what Yang Qin wanted to see. And Huang Yuanwu would never let such a thing happen.

Regarding the last sneak attack, there is no eyebrows now, Huang Yuanwu has secretly sent some of his masters to lurk into the surrounding provinces to find out the news, but this matter is not overnight.

There have been several speculations about the forces behind this matter, but because there is no evidence, they can only stay in speculation.

Liu Yi has been sent out by Huang Yuanwu to act as an envoy to the Eastern Palace's envoy to visit various provinces, he is an old man by Huang Yuanwu's side, and it is impossible to let him lurk. But Liu Yi's actions will provide a message to everyone, Dongwangfu, there is a start to act.

A few days later, Huang Zhengchu posted another post to invite Huang Yuanwu to the banquet, but Huang Yuanwu did not go once.

Now the situation before the imperial capital is more delicate, and the proximity of the Eastern Palace's Mansion to any party will arouse the suspicion of the other party.

When the Northern Emperor wanted to be the emperor at the beginning, he had to get the East Palace. Huang Yuanwu didn't intend to accept the proposal last time, and the state shown by Huang Zhengchu at that time also made him suspicious. Huang Yuanwu felt more and more that the reason why Qitian became what he is now is not as simple as it seems on the surface.

The origin of the Three Kings Rebellion was the root cause of the chaos in the capital of the Emperor Qitian, which eventually led to the death of the East King and the death of the Emperor. But it's strange that in this place, the emperor was killed by Yang Qin with a trick, but it didn't lead to the chaos of the entire prayer sky, and the forces of the three kings all seemed to want to fight for the throne, but the battle was not as tragic as imagined.

It stands to reason that things have come to this point, the three kings have already sent troops, and it is simply impossible to retreat. There are only two possibilities for the throne, either succeed and become the new emperor, or fail and die without a place to be buried. Then this battle will inevitably develop into a chaotic battle, and the three kings will use all their resources to desperately attack each other in order to achieve the final victory.

But the fact is that within the scope of the entire imperial capital, only the soldiers and horses of the three kings are attacking each other, and the surrounding provinces have not made any moves, not only that, but those countries that have been conquered by Qitian, there are many people who are dissatisfied, and in this process, even these forces have not moved, which is a bit unbelievable.

Before, Huang Yuanwu didn't think much about it, and because of the chaos and complexity of the internal affairs of the East Palace, he couldn't think about it so much. Now that he has arrived in the imperial capital, especially after the last sneak attack, Huang Yuanwu has felt the seriousness of the matter.

Faintly, he felt that the entire Qitian was under the control of some force, so that such a big thing happened in the imperial capital, and now the emperor has died, and the three kings of the border have rebelled

chaos did not lead to chaos in the world.

At that time, Huang Yuanwu still felt that there was no great chaos in the world because the strength of the East Wangfu was still there, and the East Wangfu had enough strength to quell the rebellion of the three kings, in fact, the East Wangfu did have this strength, but now there was a behemoth Tianqing City in the rear, and it was impossible for the East Wangfu to go out to quell the rebellion of the empire. Especially after arriving in the imperial capital, the camp of the Eastern Wangfu was sneak attacked, which finally made Huang Yuanwu give up this idea.

Obviously, no matter who the forces that attacked the East Mansion were there, they were not afraid of the East Palace, let alone the other palace forces.

From this, it can be analyzed that the current situation of Qitian is a little weird, and it is not as simple as imagined.

After years of conquest, Qitian has developed from a small country to a behemoth like it is now, annexing and eliminating more than one country, but in the process, the Qitian royal family has never exterminated the royal family of any small country that has been destroyed, and has always maintained their status, which is also something that Huang Yuanwu has not been able to think about. Back then, he once asked his father, but his father only told him about the ancestral teachings of praying for heaven, praying for the conquest of the heavens is for the people of the world, not for killing.

Looking back now, I think about the rise of the entire Prayer Heaven Empire, and there is a trace of weirdness.

Where is there a nation that expands by righteousness.

The East Palace, which is the most thorough palace that implements the teachings of the Ancestors, but in the process of conquest, it is inevitable that it will cause great killings, and after destroying other countries, even if the royal blood of this country is left, they will never be given any rights. Take the matter in the north of the East Palace, the incomplete conquest can only lead to the counterattack of the other party in the end.

But praying for heaven was really established under such a national policy, and the country's territory continued to expand, and it was not until recent years that there was a stable trend.

In the past few days, Huang Yuanwu has thought a lot, and even has a trace of doubt about the ancestral teachings of praying for heaven.

Things are definitely not as simple as they seem, and the process of praying for heaven's rise, including the current civil strife, is definitely something else. The cold eyes of the surrounding provinces and many forces made Huang Yuanwu feel very abnormal, and here in the imperial capital, it was too quiet.

Huang Zhengchu took the other two palaces, and even captured the king of the south alive, now even if Yang Qin occupies the imperial capital and sets up a new emperor to ascend the throne, Huang Zhengchu has no other choice, either break the imperial capital and kill Yang Qin to ascend the throne himself, or retire and wait for death. But in fact, he did not do this, but occupied the two imperial capitals and waited for his Eastern Palace.

Thinking about it from another angle, if Huang Yuanwu is now in the position of Huang Zhengchu, he will definitely not hesitate, and will command all the forces that can be used by his command to take the imperial capital, ascend to the throne first, and then wait until he ascends the throne, where is there a place for the East Wangfu to speak. But now, Huang Zhengchu did not do this.

Abnormal actions in all aspects eventually led to the current situation in the imperial capital, so deadlocked, Yang Qin occupied the imperial capital and sat on the new emperor, but no one would listen to the instructions issued, Huang Yuanwu did not believe that Yang Qin had not tried to mobilize all the soldiers and horses of the province to come to King Qin, but no province had any action. Huang Zhengchu occupied two accompanying cities, and almost all the forces of the entire imperial capital were under his control, and he had many soldiers under his command, but he did not attack the imperial capital.

Huang Yuanwu sat on his chair, looking at the snowflakes falling slowly outside the big tent, thinking about these things, he couldn't figure it out.

The more this is the case, the more he can't act rashly, and he can't figure out the root cause of the matter, and if he acts rashly, the consequences are likely to be unimaginable.

is still the same reason, Huang Yuanwu's feelings for Qitian are far from catching up with his feelings for the East Palace, he came to the imperial capital, and the original meaning was to catch up with the emperor at the beginning of the emperor

Before attacking the imperial capital, he came to slash the enemy Yang Qin with his own hands, but after arriving, he realized that in fact, the emperor had no intention of attacking the imperial capital at all, and he never wanted to attack it.

While pondering, a figure appeared outside the big tent, and Huang Yuanwu looked at it, this person was dressed in a red robe and his face was full of red light, and it was Xu Xiuping, the master who had not abated for many days.

"Uncle Shi?" Huang Yuanwu hurriedly got up to greet him, he didn't expect Xu Xiuping to suddenly appear outside his tent, and he felt a little surprised.

"Yuanwu. Xu Xiuping smiled, and went straight into the big tent, his arrival seemed to be unimpeded, and the guards outside the big tent seemed to have just discovered Xu Xiuping's appearance, and just wanted to resist the enemy, they heard Huang Yuanwu's voice, and then saw Huang Yuanwu personally greet him.

"Little prince, this is ......" The guards outside the big tent couldn't help but ask when they saw Huang Yuanwu walking to the door.

"Alright, it's none of your business, go down and rest. Huang Yuanwu waved his hand lightly at a few guards, didn't say anything, and went directly into the big tent.

The guards on both sides immediately received the order and retreated.

After Xu Xiuping entered Huang Yuanwu's big tent, he didn't wait for Huang Yuanwu to give up his seat, he went straight to find a seat and sat down, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Huang Yuanwu with a smile.

Huang Yuanwu took a few steps forward, bowed to Xu Xiuping, and said, "I've seen Uncle Shi." ”

"I haven't seen you in days, okay?"

"It's all right. Huang Yuanwu nodded lightly and sat down beside Xu Xiuping: "Uncle Shi left suddenly, I don't know where he went?"

"Go find out something. Xu Xiuping said softly: "I always feel that something is not quite right, rather than waiting in the palace, it is better to go out and investigate." ”

"I don't know what Uncle Shi went to investigate?" Xu Xiuping walked for a few months, and when he left, the matter of the enclave had not yet been decided, and Huang Yuanwu's eyes were not in the direction of the imperial capital at that time.

Xu Xiuping didn't speak, looked at Huang Yuanwu with a smile, and then shook his head slightly.

"Can't you say it?" Huang Yuanwu's heart suddenly sank, and he felt that the old man in front of him was a little different from what he saw last time.

"Yuchen woke up, Pingjin City was attacked, and several forces targeted him, but they all blocked back. Xu Xiuping didn't answer Huang Yuanwu's words, but changed the topic and talked about Huang Yuchen.

"Wake up, how is he now?" Huang Yuanwu was pleasantly surprised when he heard this, he had not received the news from the direction of Pingjin City, and he did not know Huang Yuchen's current situation.

The imperial capital is still some distance from Pingjin City on the border of Dongwangfu, and it takes about ten days for fast horses, and now it is snowing again in winter, and the transmission of information is bound to be blocked.

"I've been to see it, it's okay, I still can't get off the ground when I leave, maybe I've been in a coma for too long, causing my body to be sore and weak, and I'll recover in time. Xu Xiuping replied softly.

"Uncle Shi just said that someone attacked him, do you know who did it?"

"Chasing the Sun Sect. Xu Xiu looked at Huang Yuanwu indifferently and said, "You don't have to be surprised, didn't you disclose Yuchen's identity in the first place to lure them out?"

Now it was Huang Yuanwu's turn to be silent, and he frowned slightly. Of course, he knew about the matter of the Sun Chasing Sect, but he didn't understand why they were the forces that were drawn.

"In addition to them, there are other forces, who they are, the old man is not clear now. ”

"Didn't cause any harm to Yuchen, did you?" asked Huang Yuanwu softly.

Xu Xiuping shook his head, then looked at Huang Yuanwu, and said in a deep voice: "The old man came this time to persuade you to withdraw from the army." ”

When Huang Yuanwu heard this, his eyes froze.