The State of Xiao, one of the four major countries in the Central Plains, was in power at this time, when the fourth emperor, Emperor Qing, was in power. However, Emperor Qing had ascended the throne for twenty years. Now he is old. The State of Xiao has no prince. The six princes under Emperor Qing fought openly and secretly.

Recently, Emperor Qing's health has become worse and worse. He fell into a coma from time to time, and even the morning court was spared. For a moment, the storm was about to come, and the court was in a storm, and the wind and clouds were surging, waiting for a moment to erupt.

So everyone can see that Emperor Qing is about to lose his life, and his death is only a matter of time. Many ministers took sides, looking forward to the success of the dragon.

On the surface, the six princes were evenly matched. In fact, smart people know that only the eldest prince and the sixth prince are truly capable of competing for that position.

The eldest prince Xiao Qingheng was born by Emperor Qing, but Emperor Qing did not like Emperor Yuan. After ascending the throne, he ruthlessly pulled out his family from the Empress Yuan. After a few years of Emperor Yuan, he died of depression.

Although Xiao Qingheng was the legitimate son, he was born by Empress Yuan, so he was not favored by Emperor Qing. It can even be said that he grew up in the cold palace.

After becoming an adult, he was even more crowned as king early, asking him to leave the palace and stay away from him, and told him openly that the throne would not be left to him.

When Empress Yuan died, Emperor Qing appointed Concubine Lin as the successor, and the sixth prince was born to the successor.

Lin Jihou was the true love of Emperor Qing. The sixth prince Xiao Qingyu was the youngest son of Emperor Qing. Emperor Qing naturally favored him and paved the way for Xiao Qingyu to ascend the throne. Emperor Qing even wanted to make Xiao Qingyu the crown prince several times, but they were all rejected by the court officials for the establishment of the crown prince.

In theory, it is natural that Xiao Qingheng should be the one who became the crown prince, but Xiao Qingyu was the one who succeeded him and was favored by Emperor Qing.

But at the beginning, most people were still the sixth prince Xiao Qingyu.

The biggest reason is that he is the King of Becoming, that is, the eldest prince Xiao Qingheng has no foreign power to help and is isolated and helpless. Not to mention that he is facing the Sixth Prince, it is difficult to face the other princes.

However, everything changed after King Cheng married Yin Yin, the daughter of a fourth-rank military officer.

The father of Yin Yin achieved the position of these fourth-rank military officers from a soldier step by step.

At the beginning, when Xiao Qingheng asked Emperor Qing for the order to marry Yin Yin, Emperor Qing only thought for a moment and agreed.

Emperor Qing looked down on Xiao Qingheng's eldest son and did not like him to succeed the throne, so he naturally would not find a powerful foreigner for him.

Therefore, Emperor Qing agreed that the only daughter of the Yin family married Xiao Qingheng and became Princess.

However, in the next ten years, Emperor Qing did not expect such a change to happen.

Not long after Xiao Qingheng married Yin Yin as the princess, it was the eighth year of Emperor Qing ascending the throne. Liang State started war with Xiao State. At that time, Marshal Xing of Xiao State passed away and no military generals were available in the court.

At that time, Yin's father led the Yin family's son to step forward, recommended himself, and rushed to the border to go to war with Liang State.

The country of Xiao was weaker than that of Liang. In the eyes of most people, this was undoubtedly an inevitable defeat. This difficult battle lasted for eight years. In the end, Yin's father and his son defeated Liang, and Liang had to ced five cities.

This battle not only strengthened the national strength of the State of Xiao, but also made the Yin family famous in one battle. Emperor Qing had to adapt to the soldiers and the public's wishes, and appointed Yin's father as the general of Zhenbei, and his living sons were also granted official positions.

It was also because of this battle that the 100,000 troops in the northwest were firmly controlled by the Yin family. The soldiers in the northwest only knew the Yin family, but not the royal family.
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