As the sun sets, the clouds on the horizon are dyed red by the sun, creating a peaceful scene that is fascinating.

At this moment, the Dongwang Mansion is silent.

In addition to Huang Yuanwu's personal guards and servants in the palace, there are less than 1,000 remaining sergeants in the entire Dongwangfu area. Most of the sergeants remained on the ramparts, observing the movement of the Blackstone Bridge. There are very few sergeants left in the station, and most of them are injured and sick and have not been able to follow the troops to the front.

The current Dongwangfu is absolutely empty, and all the sergeants have been transferred to the front line to fight, and there are no available soldiers in the Dongwangfu. This has never happened since the establishment of the East Palace.

Huang Yuanwu sat expressionlessly in the study. Outside the door, seven personal guards stood quietly. These seven people can be regarded as the strongest combat power in the East Wangfu now.

The sergeant who went to the north to support, after a day's rapid march, should have reached the Qiuyu Mountain at this moment and joined the defensive camp. The northern border has been surrendering to pray for heaven for many years, and they have been recuperating and recuperating, if they really participate in the civil strife of praying for heaven this time, I am afraid that there will be many troops gathered.

Huang Yuanwu closed his eyes slightly, but his mind was running rapidly.

There is no news from all sides, and at this time, no news is the best news.

But a mystery has always haunted Huang Yuanwu's heart, making him feel like a cloud in his heart.

Who the hell is it, there is such a big force, it can be said that the enclave is moving, please move the northern border. One is the area that the East Wangfu has already conquered, and the other is the area that the East Wangfu is about to conquer, and these two regions clearly know the strength of the East Palace. They were able to choose such an erroneous time to make a move on the Dongwang Mansion, and if there was no one behind them, Huang Yuanwu would never believe it.

Gently playing with a bronze coin in his hand, Huang Yuanwu's thoughts flew.

In the whole prayer sky, there are only three people who can have the strength to do this, the Northern Emperor Zhengchu, the Southern Emperor Liangping, and the Western Emperor Chengbi. Among them, the strength of the Northern King should be the weakest, there is no war in the north, from the border of Qitian to the coast of the Endless Sea, and now there is only a small country left struggling to support. His Majesty now intends to remove the title of the North King Mansion more than once, but because the war against this small country has not been calmed down for a long time, he has not done it for a long time, and the North King also has his own henchmen in the palace, so he naturally knows the news that His Majesty intends to withdraw the North Palace, and the North King should hate His Majesty the most.

The southern region is close to the central desert and plateau, the terrain is vast and there is no danger to defend, there are not many wars, and there is no country too formed in the south, most of them are nomadic tribes, and it is not beneficial to attack such a tribe, so although the southern king has laid the largest territory among the four kings, he is also the least favored, and cannot bring the actual increase in population and tax revenue to the empire, and naturally cannot obtain the strong support of the empire. King Nan has not had any military achievements for a long time, and now His Majesty is newly enthroned, I am afraid that he will have a rebellion in his heart, but his strength is not enough, and he has been forbearing.

As for the King of the West.

Huang Yuanwu thought of the Western King Huang Chengbi, and he was a little unhappy in his heart. This person is somewhat arrogant, perverse, and moody. But he is a rare cultivation genius, about the same age as Huang Yuanwu himself, at this time he is already a master of the martial arts level, plus the West is the deepest, the war is continuous, and it is also the most powerful palace except for the East Palace.

However, the empire has always appeased the king of the west, and all kinds of resources have never been less than the king of the west, it stands to reason that the king of the west should be the least likely to rebel, as the strongest of the three kings at the helm of the palace, what is the reason for the emperor to rebel......

has the ability to do these things to the East Palace, and has the ability to arrange, as if all the spearheads seem to be pointed at the West King Huang Chengbi, but Huang Yuanwu thought about it, but he always felt that something was wrong.

The border that the East Wangfu and the West Wangfu are responsible for spans the entire Qitian Empire, not to mention tens of thousands of miles away, such a long distance, how did the West Wangfu understand all the movements of the East Wangfu so clearly, and how could it contact the northern border and the enclave, and fight back at such a critical moment.

These are all unclear to Huang Yuanwu's analysis, in his opinion, although the Xiwang Mansion is strong and has the most armor, it is beyond the reach of the whip. Moreover, the West Palace, which is the farthest away from the Imperial Capital of Qitian, and the battle line is also the longest, if the three kings fight in front of the Imperial Capital, the most disadvantaged will definitely be the West Palace, where does he still have the spare strength to think about the affairs of the East Palace.

Huang Yuanwu frowned, and basically ruled out the suspicion of the West Palace. But the power of the sect that warned Huang Yuanwu before, nine times out of ten, it was the handiwork of the West Palace. The West Wangfu is the farthest away from the imperial capital, but the conquered areas are full of sects, and Huang Chengbi must know a lot of sect people, and from the perspective of the West Palace, letting the East Wangfu watch the battle from the sidelines is the most beneficial situation for him.

The farthest distance means that the supply line is the longest, and if you want to gain an advantage in the frontal battlefield, you must find a way to weaken the forces of the other parties and keep the Eastern Palace, which is the best policy.

In this way, Huang Yuanwu can almost conclude that Huang Chengbi must be the one who asked the master to warn him before, and he is the only one who has the motive to do such a thing.

But this time the crisis of the East Palace, at such a critical juncture, people who have probably been connected to the north and the enclave before.

Huang Yuanwu's fingers flew, and the bronze coin slid quickly across his fingertips.

"Smack!"

Huang Yuanwu slapped the bronze coin on the table, making a crisp sound, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the image of a person appeared in his mind.

The king of the north, the beginning of the emperor's reign.

This person Huang Yuanwu has only met once, or at the birthday banquet of the first emperor, at that time, Huang Yuanwu and Huang Zhengchu were also half-grown children, but at that time, Huang Yuanwu's impression of this person was very bad.

On that day, the elders were congratulating the first emperor on his birthday, and after several children saw the first emperor, they were ordered to retreat first and wait outside the main hall, waiting together were the four eldest sons of the four kings, Huang Yuanwu, Huang Zhengchu, Huang Chengbi and now the southern king, Huang Liangping.

The birthday of the four kings was nominally, and the main purpose of their trip was to ask the emperor for resources in order to expand the battle line. And the four border kings all brought their eldest sons, all to show in front of the first emperor, if the first emperor Long Yan was happy, and directly promised the throne of the next generation, the things in the future would be much easier.

Therefore, the four princes stood outside the main hall, all respectfully, for fear that something would go wrong.

The door of the main hall was tightly closed, and from time to time there was a voice from inside, the sound of several people arguing fiercely. Huang Yuanwu was closest to the main entrance of the main hall, but he couldn't hear what was being said inside.

As the quarrel in the hall became louder, the hearts of the princes outside also changed.

Huang Yuanwu has always been decent, and he is very well-behaved in front of the royal family. Standing in front of Huang Yuanwu is the current King of the South, Huang Liangping, the two of them are on both sides of the main entrance of the main hall, both of them are respectful, the two of them did not listen to the specific conversation in their hearts, and they can't interfere. Huang Chengbi stood in the corner of the side, some distance from the two of them, he was obviously indifferent to the quarrel in the main hall, he squinted his eyes, and asked the whole city of prayer in large numbers.

And at the beginning of the emperor's reign, after hearing the louder and louder arguments in the palace, he was a little relieved.

Moving slowly under his feet, Huang Zhengchu walked towards the front door of the main hall and slowly leaned over, wanting to get closer and hear the arguments inside.

Seeing this, Huang Yuanwu frowned slightly, but he didn't say anything, just stood quietly and respectfully. Huang Liangping, who was on the other side, glanced at Huang Zhengchu and said softly: "Go back to your position and stand up, don't move around, don't you look at what kind of place this is!"

When Huang Zhengchu heard this, he glanced at Huang Liangping, smiled evilly, but did not speak, took a step forward, kicked Huang Liangping, and the yellow fighting spirit roared out, and the sudden attack made Huang Liangping obviously not realize that he was kicked by Huang Zhengchu in the shoulder and fell in front of the main hall.

Huang Liangping fell, and just wanted to say something, but saw Huang Zhengchu take a step forward, pushed open the door of the main hall, dodged himself, returned to his original position and stood up, bowed his head, and made a respectful appearance.

The main entrance of the main hall was suddenly opened, and the sound of fierce arguments inside suddenly stopped, and the five people, including the former emperor, all looked at the main entrance of the main hall.

Huang Liangping was stunned, he was lying in front of the main hall at the moment, he immediately glanced at Huang Zhengchu, but Huang Zhengchu lowered his head at the moment, as if he was respectful.

"Bold!" A burst of shouts came from the main hall, and when Huang Liangping turned around, he saw the angry face of the emperor on the dragon chair, and he was so frightened that he hurriedly got up, knelt on his knees, and didn't dare to say a word.

"Huang Liangping, you are so bold, you dare to open the door of the palace without permission, do you want to eavesdrop on secrets?" The first emperor was furious, he had already been angry by several border kings, but he couldn't attack, at this moment, the door of the main hall suddenly opened.

The emperor is talking to the prince, at this time, if it is not for the emergency military situation, the door of the main hall must not be opened, and if it is opened, it is the crime of rebellion.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty...... The courtiers didn't mean that!" Huang Liangping knelt on his knees, lowered his head deeply, and replied loudly.

"Hmph!" The first emperor glared at Huang Liangping, didn't speak again, stood up straight, and went back to the inner hall. He was originally playing on the topic, and he wouldn't really condemn a prince because of this trivial matter, and he would take the whole body into action.

The four kings were still ready to speak, but when they saw that the emperor had gotten up and left, they could only kneel down and see them off, and then went out of the main hall, and after going out of the door, Huang Liangping's father, without a word, stepped forward and kicked Huang Liangping's body, and left without looking back. Huang Liangping hurriedly got up from the ground, followed behind his father, and walked out of the city.

At this moment, Huang Yuanwu clearly saw that Huang Zhengchu's face had an evil smile.

Just because of one sentence, Huang Zhengchu was able to do such a thing, started in front of the palace and opened the door of the palace directly, quickly completed a marriage, and made the other party difficult to argue.

At that time, Huang Zhengchu's face left a deep impression on Huang Yuanwu, a very deep and bad impression.

"If it's this person, it's really possible. Huang Yuanwu gently pressed the bronze coin with his fingers, swirled around on the table, and said secretly in his heart: "With this person's mind and heart, he will not have any worries about doing things that will kill the East Palace." ”

Thinking of this, Huang Yuanwu frowned, stopped playing with the bronze coins on the table, Huang Zhengchu had a clear mind, and the means were vicious, if you think from the perspective of Huang Zhengchu, the independence of the East Wangfu will definitely become the biggest constraint for him to win the heir, so the plan to level the East Wangfu, so that the vitality of the East Wangfu is so bad that he can not participate in this battle, for Huang Zhengchu, it is the best ending.

Moreover, the emperor was in the north at the beginning, and the Beiwangfu was not far from the north and the enclave, and it was not difficult for the Beiwangfu to contact the leaders of the two places.

"Huang Zhengchu ......" Huang Yuanwu frowned, this enemy really gave him a headache.