In the vast and vast expanse of the dark and boundless universe, Zhou even hugged Yan Cai'er's slender waist and appeared on one dead and lifeless planet after another, and the two of them had been playing for several days.

At first, Yan Cai'er was happy to let Zhou Geng take her around because she felt fresh, but now that the novelty has passed, she is tired of the boring Daewoo, so she wants to go back.

"When I was a child, my father said that there were many fairy palaces above the nine heavens, and all kinds of gods lived in them, and they lived happily and carefree. As long as a mortal is strong enough to a certain extent, he can fly to the heavenly realm and become an immortal, but now it seems that this is not the case. There was nothing in the sky but cold, dead silence, boredom...... It's not as fun as my husband!" Yan Cai'er pouted.

"Really? Tell me how fun I'm doing. Zhou Geng took her to quickly return to the Great Blue Country from the depths of Daewoo.

"Hee-hee...... I won't tell you!" Yan Cai'er looked at him with two big eyes, licked her lips with her fragrant little tongue, and said with a smile.

"You didn't tell me, but your squinting eyes have already betrayed yourself, and you are greedy, like a little greedy cat, can the girl be a little reserved. Zhou Geng poked her head with his hand, indicating what she was thinking in her head all day long.

"I'm just hungry for you, you have the ability to covet me!" Yan Cai'er stuck out her little tongue and made a cute grimace.

"......" Her words made Zhou more speechless, and he didn't know how to reply.

"How old are you?" Yan Cai'er saw that he was suddenly silent, so she changed the topic and said the question in her heart for many years.

"I haven't measured it. Zhou replied without thinking.

"I asked you how old you are, what does it have to do with whether you have measured it or not?" Yan Cai'er finished speaking, and it took a moment to understand what he meant, a flush appeared on her cheeks, she lowered her forehead shyly, covered her hot cheeks with shame with two small hands, and her voice came out through the slit in her palm: "I hate it, it's necrotic, how can I say such things in front of a girl." ”

"You're asking me about my age?" Zhou Geng also realized that he seemed to have misunderstood the other party's question.

"Otherwise, what do you and I ask!" Yan Cai'er let go of her palm and rolled her eyes at him.

"I just saw your salivating appearance, I thought you were asking......" Zhou Geng coughed dryly, "Okay, I misunderstood you." ”

"Hmph! This princess is so clean and self-loving, and she has become a filthy and obscene woman in your heart, I want to be angry! You can coax me now. Yan Cai'er's small mouth went to the sky, her hands crossed in front of her chest, and she turned around angrily.

"I ......"

"Well, I forgive you!"

Zhou Geng only said one word, and before he could say the rest of the words, Yan Caier immediately hugged him with a smile, like an innocent child.

Soon, the two of them returned to the Great Blue Country, and Lan Miao came worriedly, "See Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, see your lord." ”

Yan Cai'er saw that Lan Miao was worried, and asked, "What's wrong, is something serious?"

Lan Miao replied truthfully: "I don't know who made the rumor, saying that Your Royal Highness the eldest princess is going to change the kingdom into an imperial state, this matter has alarmed the Qianyu Empire, and it just so happened that someone was sent today to convey the will, and it was probably investigated." You are not there, and your subordinates have to take it on your behalf, and the person who conveyed the will has just been gone for an hour or two. ”

Taking out the holy decree and handing it to Yan Cai'er, Lan Miao continued: "The holy decree does not say that it will punish Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, but only that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess will personally go to the Qianyu Empire within a month to explain whether she has the will to be the emperor, because the kingdom is very different from the imperial kingdom. ”

"The kingdom is self-built and self-reliant, there is no need to report to the Qianyu Empire, even if the king is a mortal, as long as the kingdom can withstand it and not perish, it can be tossed as much as it wants, it sounds quite free, but the risk is extremely high, the development speed is slow, and the possibility of destruction is high, and no one will come forward to mediate, similar to the bandits in the mountains. ”

"The kingdom that has risen to the emperor level is different, if anyone has the will to become the emperor, they need to meet two conditions. First, no matter which generation the throne is passed on, there must be a strong person in the imperial realm who is in charge. ”

"Second, the land area must be more than four times that of ordinary kingdoms, which is just enough for our four kingdoms combined, as for the strong in the combined realm......"

Lan Miao looked at Zhou Geng, "With the strength of adults, they are not inferior to the powerhouses of the empire, so there is no need to worry about this, I just don't know if Her Royal Highness the eldest princess has the idea of becoming the emperor." ”

This matter was so sudden that Yan Cai'er was not mentally prepared at all, and temporarily fell into contemplation, thinking about the pros and cons.

Lan Miao added: "In fact, the kingdom and the imperial kingdom have their own benefits, the kingdom does not need to send people under the fence, and there is no need to consider the feelings or interests of the Qianyu Empire in everything, I do my own thing, and be a real king, the disadvantage is self-reliance, even if I know that there is an emperor-level country to attack, as long as the army does not reach the border, the king-level country cannot send troops to intercept it in advance, otherwise it will cause the dissatisfaction of the empire and cause the end of siege and annihilation." ”

"The emperor-level country is different, becoming an imperial state is equivalent to joining an imperial alliance, for example, we are in the south of Dongzhou, the south belongs to the largest Qianyu Empire, if we want to be the emperor, we can't bypass the control of the Qianyu Empire. ”

"After joining the Qianyu Empire Alliance, the small affairs of the country can be handled by themselves, and all major matters must be arranged by the Qianyu Empire, if there is a conflict between the two imperial states, the Qianyu Empire will come forward to mediate, if there is a famine and lack of food, etc., the Qianyu Empire, as the leader of the alliance, will gather other imperial states to raise donations to help the difficult imperial kingdom survive. ”

"Suppose that other empires want to invade the southern part of Dongzhou, the Qianyu Empire will call on the imperial states under all the alliances to fight against outsiders, which can be said to be both prosperous and lossy. ”

"As an imperial country, you have to prepare tribute to the Qianyu Empire every year, and you also need to transport a large number of materials to the Qianyu Empire, in the words of the bandits, this is equivalent to protection money, if you don't want to be bullied by others, you have to give some benefits. ”

Lan Miao told Yan Cai'er about the pros and cons of her worries, no matter what choice he made, he would obey the other party's arrangement.

"If this princess wants to keep it as it is, what will happen to the Qianyu Empire?" Yan Cai'er said.

"It's hard to say, it depends on the mood of the Qianyu Empire, if you are in a bad mood, there will be a large number of imperial kingdoms attacking us in order to curry favor, and if you are in a good mood, put it aside for the time being, and it is also possible to clean it up when you are in a bad mood one day. Lan Miao said.

"According to what you mean, the Qianyu Empire will have to clean us up sooner or later, and if we are unlucky one day, it will come, right?" Yan Cai'er asked.

That's pretty much what it means. Lan Miao nodded with a little thought.

"The Qianyu Empire is trying to force the good to become a prostitute! If you can't become one of its laborers, you have to make an example of it, show your status, and deter those who are ready to move. Yan Cai'er's eyebrows were twisted together, she didn't want to send people under the fence and be bound to others.

Through the conversation between the two, Zhou has been thinking about who is spreading rumors, what kind of benefits can rumors bring to that person, or what kind of purpose that person wants to achieve, and he finally has an answer at this moment.

"The Qianyu Empire is certainly domineering, but it didn't come up and force us to change the kingdom to the imperial kingdom to join them as soon as they came up, so we still have a month, and in this month, I plan to clean up the Gu Dan Kingdom that will be profitable in the end. ”

"Indeed, our four kingdoms have not been at war for ten years, and as soon as we dealt with Gu Dan Kingdom recently, the Qianyu Empire immediately set their sights on us. Lan Miao clenched her fists and said angrily.

He had finally lived a peaceful life for a few years, and now that he had been broken by someone, how could he not be angry, but he still asked worriedly: "After all, the Gu Dan Kingdom is an emperor-level country, will it cause the Qianyu Empire to be unhappy if it makes a move at such a critical moment?"

Yan Cai'er thought for a while and said: "We have the shawl king and the second prince of the Gu Dan Kingdom in our hands, and we are worried about whether it will cause the risk of besieging and destroying the country, so we will exchange these two hostages for some useful materials to come back, didn't Wu Fu always want good magic materials? We will take this opportunity to extort money." ”

"Well, listen to you, the tiger can't fight the wolves, be careful. Zhou Geng nodded in agreement, what they are currently facing is not only the Gu Dan Kingdom, but also the Imperial Alliance in the south of the Eastern Continent, which can keep themselves safe and immortal, but it is difficult to ensure the lives of tens of thousands of people in the kingdom.

"Then we'll go now!"

"Good. ”

Zhou even asked Wu Fu to stay to protect the kingdom, and he and Yan Cai'er took two hostages to the Gu Dan Kingdom to make a deal, which would greatly increase the strength of their own country after the matter was completed.

The Gu Dan Kingdom is an emperor-level country that is twice as large as the Yan Kingdom, the Amaterasu Kingdom, the Great Blue Country and the Xianbei Kingdom, and the territory of the four countries combined.

In the imperial city of Gudanguo, on the lively street, several teenage girls were handcuffed and chained with their naked feet, and the sound of iron chains rubbing against the ground kept sounding.

Each girl carried a large basket full of apples on top of her head, which was so large that she could only hold it in her hands.

"Hurry up, don't grind!"

A fierce man was in charge of supervising the urging, one of the girls, because her feet were handcuffed and chained and it was inconvenient to move, she was in a hurry, her steps were a little big, her toes stumbled, the whole person lost her center of gravity and fell, and the apple spilled on the ground, and the passers-by just glanced at it, and hurried to the road strangely, and no one stopped to help.

"You waste, you can do everything well except eat, what are you doing on the ground, hurry up and get me up, believe it or not, Lao Tzu will beat you to death!"

The fierce man in charge of supervising the girls raised a long black whip in his hand, and was about to whip it towards the girl who fell, when a figure appeared and stopped him.