For the Daqi Dynasty, the wedding of Gu Xu and Zhao Yan is no secret.
The news reached Luo Jing almost the same day.
When Princess Zhaoning heard this, she was walking slowly along the corridor of the princess mansion, accompanied by her maids.
She had been feeling extremely irritable recently. The longer she worked at her desk in the room, the more depressed she became. It was as if there was a thick fog hanging over her heart, or like a heavy stone was pressing on her chest.
Just being in the open environment outside the house can give you a little relief.
However, today, when the guard who reported the news stood in front of her in fear, she only felt that the pond in the courtyard was dark, and the swaying trees were like ghosts floating in it; the candlelight in the room was like countless moths with burning wings, flying out. The window fell to the water, and the corpse rippled away with the ripples.
She heard the sound of flowing water from the rockery waterfall not far away, and felt that the sound was like a painful sigh, like a weeping melody, stirring for a long time between the stone walls that could never be passed.
"Your Highness? Are you okay?"
Seeing her frighteningly gloomy expression, the maid couldn't help but asked with concern.
Princess Zhaoning did not respond.
She knew very well that this wedding held in Liangzhou City, thousands of miles away, was of great significance. It represented that the two anti-thief forces currently faced by the Daqi Dynasty had truly become one and became more difficult than before. deal with.
To be honest, Princess Zhaoning was not surprised by the alliance between Gu Xu and Dayan.
What surprised her was that Zhao Yan was willing to give up the title of King of Yan and chose to become the Duke of Yan under Gu Xu!
Zhao Yan's move may be barely explained by wanting love rather than power.
But her father, Zhao Changying, a strong man in the eighth level who once made a big fuss in the Zichen Palace with the Ghost King of Mang Mountain in order to become king on his own, actually acquiesced to his daughter's decision, and even became a thug who charged into battle for Gu Xu. .
This made Princess Zhaoning wonder whether Gu Xu had poured ecstasy into the people around him, making them follow her wholeheartedly.
Of course she had also heard the rumors circulating among the rebels——
Why is Gu Xu the reincarnation of Emperor Ziwei, and why Taishang Haotian is a false god who deceives the people...
She didn't believe a word of it.
Over the years since the founding of Da Qi, there have been countless rebellious officials and traitors who wanted to cause trouble under the guise of gods, but in the end they were all wiped out under the strong national foundation of the Da Qi Dynasty, and none of them succeeded.
What she fears most at this time is actually the group of high-level experts serving Gu Xu and Gu Xu's own rapidly rising cultivation level.
She had witnessed with her own eyes Gu Xu's cross-border maneuvers and defeated powerful enemies at the Luoshui Conference, and she had also seen his eclectic way of thinking displayed in the battle for Talisman and Dao at Longmen Academy.
She knew of his amazing potential.
She couldn't imagine what a terrifying existence he would become after he was promoted to a saint.
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Late at night, the Imperial Master of Da Qi came to visit the princess's residence.
The two sat opposite each other at the desk.
One person has dark skin and ridges on his face; the other person has a beautiful face, shining like a spring flower.
But the same sadness was written all over their faces.
"As Luochuan expected, Master Jueming rejected my request." The national master spoke first.
"Did he give any reason for rejection?"
"He said that this is not a war that Lingshan Temple should be involved in."
Princess Zhaoning stared down at the table.
Among the "Five Saints" on the surface of Da Qi, there are two strong saints who are not directly affiliated with the imperial court. One left his sect to his disciples and followed Gu Xu to rebel. The other stayed behind closed doors in the mountains and remained neutral. It seemed that he was Run away from this.
Why do they show such an attitude?
Is it because Gu Xu previously promised them huge benefits, or is it because they discovered some unknown secret?
How dare they not hesitate to offend the imperial court for this?
"You also said before that you planned to go to the front line." After a short silence, Princess Zhaoning spoke again. Her voice cut through the frozen air like a sharp blade.
"Yes, I just came back from there," the Imperial Master sighed softly and replied, "Your Highness should remember what Luo Chuan said that day that the rebels come from different sources and have a weak foundation. They may be able to capture the city with their strong momentum. But it is not an easy task for them to manage and occupy the city and deal with internal conflicts.
"But the current situation in the six northwest cities is somewhat different from what he described."
"You mean, there is something wrong with Luo Sishou's secret deduction technique? Is it because he was interfered with by the rebel Zhao Changying?"
"No," the Imperial Master shook his head, "Not entirely. The problems Luo Chuan described do exist objectively among the rebels. But Gu Xu's solutions to them are much more effective than we imagined.
"In front of him, the barbarians from the grasslands outside the country, the reckless men from the northern Yan Dynasty, the surrendered officials from the six northwest cities, and the mysterious group of 'Qing Ming' idioms who never showed their true colors all showed up in front of him. You have to be submissive and obey orders. All potential conflicts seem to give way under the so-called 'emperor's authority'.
"Those people are not so much Gu Xu's subordinates as they are Gu Xu's followers. They seem to really believe in Gu Xu's identity as the 'reincarnation of a god' and firmly believe that Gu Xu will lead them out of the sea of suffering. Save them from dire straits.”
"Gu Xu's method of using faith to maintain rule is not bad," Princess Zhaoning commented, "I thought that apart from practicing, he was very interested in other things, especially the struggle for power. Know nothing.
"But if he does this, there is a lot of risk. The stability of the entire rebel army depends on him alone. If he dies, the rebel army will really fall apart."
Although Princess Zhaoning is well-read and knows all the cultivation methods in the world, she is still just an ordinary person who cannot practice and does not know the existence of the "Gui Xu" realm.
After all, this is Taishang Haotian's scam, a secret that even the powerful saints of the Great Wilderness don't know.
If she understood the true purpose of the power of incense, she would definitely be able to guess that Gu Xu had a bigger plan than just raising a flag to rebel and become king in a prison.
"But it's not easy to let him die." The Imperial Master shook his head again and sighed.
He understood the implication of Princess Zhaoning’s words——
According to the current momentum, the rebels will not disorganize themselves and decline as Luo Chuan said, but will flourish and become stronger.
And there are many strong rebels.
With Emperor Tianxing in seclusion in the palace, a head-on confrontation may be a bit tricky, but they can secretly try to make Gu Xu "accidentally die", thereby capturing the thief and the king.
"You should remember that when he was still in trouble, Master Jueming and I arrested him, and he managed to escape." The Imperial Master paused and continued, "That boy's life is not ordinary. So hard."
(End of chapter)
