In the main hall, the eldest prince looked extremely struggling. He seemed to be in pain and unwilling to accept the advice of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. However... there was a kind of crazy longing and reluctance in his expression. He was extremely hesitant to think.
I thought about it again and again, my eyes wandering undecidedly in the main hall.
The Foreign Minister looked at him and smiled leisurely again: "Your Highness, please don't forget that this matter is inherently difficult for the empire to make."
"We could have given up on them out of complete helplessness - after His Majesty finds out, and after the people find out, it is very likely that they will not be able to accuse us and will have no choice but to acquiesce."
"What can we do? What else can we do? You know, those are the nearly 100 million people of our staunch allies and the hundreds of millions of people in the Western Continent! That adds up to nearly 400 million living lives! Once we choose the first
Xiang, they died! Died because of our decision!”
"At that time... you... I'm afraid not only will you not be able to inherit the throne, but you will also be the best candidate for the scapegoat... Your Majesty still has the emperor's grandson anyway, right?"
His voice became more violent again and again, and then he spoke in an extremely gloomy tone. However, the eldest prince's face was already trembling with his voice, and when he heard his last words, his face was filled with clouds.
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"So, Your Highness, do you think it's really worth harming yourself for others? And if you want to save yourself first... We didn't mean it, we had to make such a choice! A difficult choice in a dilemma
, helpless to choose! No one will blame you, because no one can pat their chests and make what they think is a good choice - aren’t President Meng and Zhu Shoufu still helpless? Still quarreling? "
"And if we really choose that... Hope East Island, what have we lost? They have the leadership of His Highness King Yong, magical blood elves, and extremely favorable defensive terrain. They may have a hard time, but they may not be afraid.
Barbarians. Aren’t they going to be a natural barrier and another Great Wall for the empire and even before the mountains and the sea? This is not worthy of the name of the Great Wall of the Xie Empire in the Far North."
He said leisurely.
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"What's more, Your Highness, there is a more important key point that I haven't told you yet."
The Foreign Minister's expression suddenly became solemn, and he seemed to be striking while the iron was hot and said leisurely. Suddenly, the eldest prince, whose face was filled with confusion, also looked over in confusion.
"Think about it, the Xie family in the far north is already a royal family of the empire. I hope that only His Highness King Yong can open the passage to it on the East Island. The people there may not have any impression of the royal family, but they have no impression of the Lin family and the Xie family.
, but they have already been extremely supportive - and our Chinese Military God seems to be completely devoted to His Highness King Yong. This is already known to everyone in the empire. It seems that the Lin family and the Xie family will be united as one in the future!
"
"So...is that place really owned by the empire? It is simply equivalent to that enclave in a distant plane and those people. It is not owned by the empire at all, but privately owned by the Xie family, a country within a country!"
The Minister of Foreign Affairs said coldly, but the eldest prince's expression once again trembled thoughtfully. It began to have a certain tendency.
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"But what about the empire? Do you want the empire to return to the ancient feudal system? And even if you don't want it, the Xie family in the far north is no longer king! Is this situation really good for the empire? The empire will
Can we really consider it our own territory?”
"And such a Xie family, such a royal family. Although they have been as close to the royal family as brothers and inseparable for several generations, will their descendants after a few generations after the sincere feelings of their fathers fade away? What if not? What? And they already have enough reputation and status to make the most direct impact on the status and identity of the royal family!"
"Think about it. The twin legendary Xingyao family, the unique space control in the sky and the earth, and the goddess soul descendant family - they are so powerful that it is even chilling. It makes me feel scared just thinking about it! This kind of family seems to only appear in our myths and legends. Is it really safe if the power is placed in the empire and surrendered to the Xia royal family? There are no two days in the sky and no two kings in the country! One mountain cannot accommodate two tigers! If two tigers fight, one of them will be injured!"
The eldest prince's expression trembled violently at the words of the foreign minister. The foreign minister smiled complacently upon seeing this.
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"And if we have no choice but to give up Hope East Island...then whether they are kings or not, what does it have to do with us? With this matter, it is also possible to separate the empire from the Xie family in the far north - let them go to Hope East Island to fight against the barbarians, we Just keep the empire safe!"
"After that, the Xie family's influence will disappear as time goes by, and the Xia family will always be the royal family of the empire."
"What do we get in the meantime?"
"Although we have lost the Jibei Xie family, we are also the Jibei Xie family that cannot be lost! It is also the Jibei Xie family that will cause an almost irreversible and heavy obstacle to your succession!"
"On the other hand, we will receive tears of gratitude from the people of the Western and Southern Continent. In the future, when the barbarians may invade again, the empire will only follow their lead. They even promised us to form a joint army led by us to directly defend the depths of the far north—— We are no longer afraid of those space cracks. In that case, will mankind, under the leadership of the empire, maintain peace forever?"
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"And more importantly, we also gained a large area of land in the Nanyang subcontinent, which in the previous agreement proposed by the alliance forced the Nanyang people to agree to cede it to us."
"That will be a great opportunity for the empire to expand its territory and become a huge empire encompassing the entire eastern continent. It will also be a great opportunity for the empire to become the invisible supreme ruler of the human world, although not the only one!"
"And by then, Mr. Xie has passed away. During the time when His Majesty was unable to attend to matters, you were able to coordinate the domestic affairs, lead the empire to expand its territory, and become a great leader who dominated the world in one fell swoop - who can stop you from serving His Majesty for a hundred years? Succession to the throne later? You will even become another great emperor of the empire, and another great ancestor of the Xia family, after Taizu and Taizong, worthy of being respected by all people, and being forever remembered by all people!"
He spoke impassionedly, and his words were already full of devilish temptation.
…
The eldest prince's expression changed crazily, his body couldn't help but tremble, and a strange flush suddenly appeared on his initially pale face.
"Then... Zhang Aiqing, what should we... do now?"
He thought again and again, and finally, he seemed to have made up his mind. His throat was trembling, and he asked the Foreign Minister in a low voice with great difficulty.
"Your Highness, please rest assured that I have already prepared a perfect plan for you. All we need is this..."
The Foreign Minister smiled proudly and whispered in the ear of the eldest prince.
"I understand...let me...think about it..."
The eldest prince gradually became enlightened as he described it, and all kinds of complex expressions appeared crazily from his expression, and then they were deeply concealed in the gloomy face covered by a strange flush.
Finally, he said in a low voice.
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Not long after, the Foreign Minister, who was humming a tune with an air of complacency and survival, left the palace and appeared in a secret room.
"Father, please rest assured. This matter... you planned this matter very well. First you acted neutral, so that the eldest prince had no choice but to come to us. Finally, at the last moment, you gave His Highness the eldest prince a powerful blow. This matter...
My son-in-law probably has a 10% chance of success!"
He whispered a magic word with a proud face.
"That's good...that's good..."
A murmuring voice accompanied by loud gasps came from the other end of the magic words.
"I'm relieved... I'm finally relieved... Damn it, although he didn't do anything, it's probably because of the series of changes caused by the barbarian invasion that he had no time to take care of us - perhaps, he was just trying to keep us alive under his control
I live in fear all day long in the shadows. I have vicious thoughts that life is worse than death!"
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"But now, I am finally relieved...We are finally relieved...Fortunately, Your Majesty is limited to the idea of delegating power and did not touch your position. Fortunately, you happen to be in such a key position! Otherwise, with your qualifications and our qualifications,
There is no way to know and take advantage of this matter, then we are doomed! Completely doomed! Sooner or later he will think of us!"
The murmur of magic words kept coming, and the Foreign Minister couldn't help wiping the cold sweat from his face with a look of joy on his face.
"Yes, father."
He replied respectfully.
"Xie Ning... so what if you are so big that even one toe can make us tremble? I just want to spend the rest of my life in peace, and I just want the Guo family to continue for generations. Please go to an alien plane and be your king.
, forget about us... It would be better if you could be killed by barbarians or barbarian gods..."
The murmur of the magic words came again, and then, in the dim dark room and in a corner of Jiangning far away, the laughter of joy gradually sounded in unison.
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"What is that Xie Yun doing?"
Somewhere in Jiangning, an old guy with an aging face put down the magic words in his hand. He smiled crazily, but turned to the servant next to him.
"Should...be cleaning the toilet?"
One of the servants said uncertainly, with a hint of contempt flashing in his eyes.
The old guy nodded, his eyes full of evil.
"He deserves it!"
He said fiercely.
"The heroic Xie family died with the death of my good son-in-law... His mother, my poor little daughter, only took her home for a few days, and she died of a sudden illness before she could recover! It is said that she still dreamed about it
His brother is scared to death!"
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"It's a good thing for him. I don't know what kind of confusion he got from my good son-in-law who died in the far north during that time when he was brought home by my good son-in-law! The title is gone, and my good son-in-law is also dead! With his mother
After returning to my Guo Mansion, I asked him to take his mother’s surname and call me the young master of the Guo family, but he refused!”
"Do you still think of him as the legitimate son of a hero? Do you still think of him as that genius? Even if his soul is gradually recovering, he has passed his golden years and is already useless! His future descendants can still have star-level souls.
——I originally planned to leave a side branch of my soul vein for my Guo family, which is also a good one..."
"Go and tell him to go down. If he doesn't repent, he will be responsible for the toilets in the whole house!"
"By the way, tell him that his brother, who is full of repentance and wants to seek forgiveness, will probably never see him again in the future!"
"Never see you again, Xie Ning!"
The old guy smiled sinisterly and gave instructions to the servants beside him. Then, he laughed again. The laughter was full of the joy of having lost all the dark clouds for many years, and full of... wanton pride and madness. (Unfinished)