Xia Xiaoman attended the national conference.

After listening, he looked worried.

Although Yi Lin could roughly infer what was the reason for her troubles from Xia Xiaoman's reaction, in order to be clearer, he still asked Nie Hongxiu.

Nie Hongxiu was able to do things well, eavesdropped on the side, and told the young master concisely about the content of the meeting.

"I see."

In short, it was because of war.

Now, within the Dagan Dynasty, the four vassal kings raised their troops in four directions and pushed them towards Qingdu.

The Dagan Dynasty is now like an isolated little sheep, surrounded by four vassal kings, pushed with heavy troops, and is in danger.

Today's morning court is about the Eastern Front.

The King of Terminal was in the back, but at the front of the front, he had already reached 500 miles away from Lumen Pass.

Lumen Pass is a natural dangerous city.

Lumen Pass is backed by two mountains that run north and south in Dongsheng Shenzhou - Dongzhou Mountain and Huaishan Mountain.

The two mountains have a dangerous terrain, connecting north and south, and endless.

Speaking of which, when they arrived at the shore of the East China Sea from Qingdu four years ago, they also crossed the Eastern Zhou Mountain.

But they all flew directly from the top of the mountain back then and did not personally experience the dangers of the mountain.

The Eastern Zhou Mountain is connected to the Huai Mountain, and it is steep on the east side, with cliffs.

In the direction of the East China Sea, looking at the East Zhou Mountain, the trend of the Huai Mountain is like a high wall, which separates the eastern plain from Qingdu from the inside and outside the gables.

If you follow the normal marching route, if you want to easily cross the natural danger of "Dongzhou Mountain, Huaishan Mountain", you must cross Lumen Pass and walk through the canyon at the junction of the two mountains.

Once the rebels occupied Lumen Pass, the name "Dongzhou Mountain, Huaishan Mountain" was a plain area, and the army stationed in the King of Dong would directly enter the hinterland of Dagan without any obstacles.

Lumen Pass is now in a very awkward situation.

1. The terrain in front of Lumen Pass is no other terrain that can help defense except a moat;

2. The natural danger behind it means that reinforcements cannot enter Lumen Pass from the hinterland of Dagan, and the flow limit is there.

There was a lot of debate in the morning this morning.

The voices of court officials were roughly divided into two factions:

One of the factions suggested guarding Lumen Pass at all costs, because Lumen Pass is the storefront on the border between the hinterland and the eastern plain. Once Lumen Pass is broken, the morale of the army will be greatly reduced, and it can be said that it will harm all kinds of harm but no benefit to the rebellious wars behind it.

The other faction is to implement the people-oriented policy. They believe that the Dagan Dynasty currently divides troops in four lines, with an empty hinterland and its military strength is far inferior to the joint efforts of the four vassal kings. Therefore, with the consideration of preserving its strength, it is better to give up Lumen Pass and camp and retreat after the canyon, defend Tianguan to the death, blocking the millions of troops stationed in the East King from the natural danger.

In summary, the concepts of the two factions seem to be both defending, but the way of defending is somewhat different. One is the "hard" defense that is willing to die than to follow, and the other is the "coward" defense that shrinks his neck and weighs the pros and cons. It seems that the combat concepts of the two factions have their own advantages.

Therefore, in the court today, the two ministers quarreled. If there is a backbone here, it would be fine if they can easily make a conclusion to end the quarrel. The problem lies in the court that there is no monarch in the court, and only the empress dowager will assist the government behind them. In the end, it is still impossible to be on the table.

The remedial government is the remedial government. Even if the empress dowager has a noble status, she must not openly interfere in the court with her mere daughter.

"Auxiliary" and "Decision" are two different things.

...

After telling the young master about the quarrel at the meeting, Nie Hongxiu went back to Lingju to rest.

After shaking outside for a long time, she rarely came out and felt satisfied.

"Junior brother, what do you think?"

Jian Nanchun watched curiously as a "elf" the size of a palm disappeared beside Yi Lin, and he didn't ask much.

There are monsters, demons, and monsters in the world. Junior Brother Lin Yi raised some weird things to meet daily needs, and it seemed nothing strange.

People’s hobbies cannot be generalized.

Jian Nanchun did not care about the rise and fall of the Dagan Dynasty, he cared about junior sister Xia Xiaoman.

This is what the same disciples should do.

"Senior Brother Jian is right," Yi Lin sighed softly: "The crux of the Dagan Dynasty is because there is no strong wise ruler who can suppress all sluts."

"Yes." Jian Nanchun nodded: "It's just that Emperor Xia Yuan died too early and failed to get another true emperor."

He agreed with Junior Brother Lin Yi’s statement.

After all, this is obvious to all.

Throughout the five thousand years of history, nine dynasties have been destroyed by the hands of a mediocre king when they were destroyed. This has always been like this.

Yi Lin did not respond to Jian Nanchun's feelings.

Jian Nanchun continued to count with his fingers: "If Xia Jisheng had changed his rank, then among the men of Xia's bloodline who are still alive, the eldest prince, the second prince, and the King of Zhennan Xia Xingchen. If the Dagan Dynasty should not be defeated, it can extend its life for a few more years, and the next Dagan king should be among them."

Yi Lin thought for a while and turned around and asked, "Is it possible that one of the three princesses will become emperor?"

"Ah?" Jian Nanchun was counting the emperor with his fingers. When he heard this, he stared at his eyes and sneered, as if he had heard a huge joke: "Since ancient times, except for his daughter from the next continent, there has never been a precedent for women to be emperors in Dongsheng Shenzhou. Well, the Seven-Secret Empress is not counted. She can be called "emperor" because she is invincible in the world, and is the "Emperor of Man" rather than the "Emperor of the Country". In short, this is impossible. Even if all officials in the dynasty can accept it, the people of the world cannot accept it."

"Is there a deep-rooted concept..."

Yi Lin fell into deep thought and murmured to himself, no one knew what he was thinking about at the moment.

...

It's evening.

Although Xia Xiaoman had fasted her, she could eat or not. However, the habit imprinted in her soul made her stomach growl and she walked out of the room.

“Go out for a walk?”

Yi Lin looked at Xia Xiaoman's swollen eyes and asked tentatively.

"good."

Jian Nanchun wanted to keep up, but he later gave up this annoying idea.

Because when Lin Yi and Xia Xiaoman walked out of the yard, they didn't even look at him, or even asked him for his opinion, as if they were redundant.

Jian Nanchun, who was greatly affected, stood proudly on the roof, like a separate world, and was in pairs.

Ignore the lonely Senior Brother Jian for the time being.

Yi Lin, Xia Xiaoman, the senior brother and sister, changed into casual clothes and walked on the streets of Qingdu.

In the midst of the Qingdu, dusk and night intersect, sunset and dusk, lights are just coming.

"Senior brother, do you know? When I was a child, I always sneaked out of the street to play. Every time, my father was scared, afraid that something would happen to me." The two walked side by side, Xia Xiaoman looked at the familiar streets, the people coming and going, and the bustling night market. When I recalled the past, my eyes gradually became blurred, and my voice became a little bit more sighing: "But later, after something happened, my father was no longer afraid."

Yilin wondered: "Why?"

"Once, Xiaoman was bullied by a group of naughty kids and snatched Xiaoman's candied haws," Xia Xiaoman finally smiled: "I didn't show my identity as the eldest princess, but beat them all up."

Xia Xiaoman walked a few steps towards Yi Lin and turned his face over.

Yi Lin was startled and thought that the junior sister was going to do something to her. Xia Xiaoman pointed to her lower jaw with a shallow scar: "I was also injured by them. But later, this princess generously saved them from the death penalty. It's okay, a child."

"Uh...and what?"

"Then, my father seemed very happy that night, but later he was very unhappy, and I don't know why."

After talking about this childhood episode, Xia Xiaoman raised her head and smiled: "Senior Brother, do you know, Lumen Pass, that's where my second sister married far away."

Yi Lin looked at Xia Xiaoman and listened quietly to the junior sister's thoughts on the bustling streets.

"Senior brother, Xiaoman actually thought when he was in the mountain gate that maybe he would abandon the identity of the eldest princess in this life and be a carefree monk. Senior brother, do you know that life in the Tianjian Sect is the happiest time in Xia Xiaoman's life."

Yilin: "Yeah."

"But," Xia Xiaoman took a deep breath: "Even if Xiaoman becomes a Jindan monk, even if he continues to cultivate slowly with his current life span, he can witness the rise and destruction of several dynasties with his own eyes, after all, what flows in Xiaoman's body is still the bloodline of Xia. The father once said that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility."

"?"

Yi Lin slowly raised a question mark.

Why does he feel that this is familiar?

Xia Xiaoman continued, "The world is in chaos here. Although Xiaoman is a daughter, I think there is always something that Xiaoman can help. If you watch the Xia Dynasty collapse, perhaps this matter will become Xiaoman's inner demon throughout his life and he will never be able to make any progress in this life."

"so what?"

Yi Lin guessed what Xia Xiaoman wanted to do from Xia Xiaoman's expression and tone.

Or, she already knew what she could do.

But Yi Lin asked.

Asked in the atmosphere.
Chapter completed!