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Chapter 336 Is Imminent
Dayue, Prince Qi's Mansion.

With a bang, all the objects on the desk were swept to the ground!

"Ha...ha..." Nangong Chu, the Prince of Qi, had a ferocious face, and roared angrily, "Okay, okay, you really deserve to be Marquis Wu'an, you really are amazing!"

"No, there is also Xiao Jinxi! Mo Yi! From the moment you were in the imperial capital, you all played this king around! You tricked me into eradicating the empress dowager's hidden stake! Forced me to leave Tianqi! Even more so now! The Empress Dowager is pointing the finger at this King!"

"Ha... ha... ha... well, you guys are really good! You played a good game of chess!"

Zhou Tai on the side looked at Nangong Chu who was already mad, with a solemn expression. He had just received a secret letter from General Li, and felt that there was something wrong with the northern army.Now it has become like this!

In today's court hall, the handwritten letter of General Li Yuan from the front line has arrived in Dayue, with the conditions of surrender requested by the Marquis of Wu'an!

Dai Viet shall not invade Apocalypse again within 50 years!Pay 800 million taels of silver!There are tens of thousands of war horses, various weapons, etc.!
And Marquis Wu'an only gave him a round trip in five days!
At the same time, the Marquis of Wu An even spread the news of the defeat of Da Viet and the capture of the entire army to all the states of Da Viet!
Now the people of Da Viet are panicking!Those captured soldiers, or sons, or husbands, or fathers, every family is worried that they will never come back!Marquis Wu'an's game of chess has already spread to Dayue!
Today in the court hall, civil and military officials quarreled for half an hour, but there was still no result.But the people outside were already in a state of panic, and finally the prince and the queen mother joined hands to suppress many discussions in the court!
It took another hour to discuss the details, and it took another half a day to get these things together!Half of the Dai Viet treasury has gone!Half of the domestic combat equipment in Dayue has also been removed!

Now it's time to dispatch Prime Minister Zhao with 800 million taels of silver and the first batch of supplies to the northern border!The latter batch of supplies has also been deployed from all parts of the state, and will soon be rushed to the northern border from all parts of the country!

Just because, Marquis Wu'an wrote in his handwriting that once the fifth day arrives, he won't wait any longer!

What's more, if they don't save them, if all these Da Yue soldiers die in Tianqi, Da Yue will be in danger!The Dai Viet court lost the hearts of the people!
The former Dai Viet Dynasty was also in full swing.However, the first emperor was warlike and bloodthirsty, and fought countless battles during his reign, but he could only take down those small countries around him.How many battles with Apocalypse, but failed to win Apocalypse!Frequent battles to no avail have caused Dai Viet to gradually decline!
And now, Dai Viet is also in jeopardy!

The grievances and resentments between the prince and the queen mother have long been a mess, and they can no longer be explained clearly in one or two sentences.After the two broke up back then, they have long been sworn enemies!For so many years of court disputes, the two have held each other back, but they have never worked together!

But now that Da Yue is in danger, the prince has no choice but to join hands with the queen mother, just to rescue those soldiers as soon as possible.

Zhou Tai looked solemn, looking at the angry Nangong Chu, he didn't know how to comfort him.

Ever since Xiao Jinxi broke with Emperor Ming Xi, the prince had a premonition that the contest between Emperor Ming Xi and the Marquis of Wu'an would be unpredictable!After thinking about getting the complete blood jade as soon as possible, they withdrew their troops!But now!

Nangong Chu continued to roar angrily: "Heh... Xiao Jinxi, Mo Yi, so from the beginning to the end, you have never thought of cooperating with me! It turns out that you have never thought of helping me get the blood jade! Heh... Xiao Jinxi, Mo Yi, you have plotted against me over and over again!"

Looking at Nangong Chu who was still furious, Zhou Tai finally said softly: "My lord, calm down first. Let's think of other ways, there is always a way to get Yuxin."

After a while, Nangong Chufang suppressed his anger and asked, "Zhou Tai, when will Taoist Master Lingxu arrive?"

Zhou Tai hurriedly replied: "My lord, when we entered the city gate today, Prime Minister Zhao's team was going out, so there was a delay for some time. They are rushing to the palace now. Just wait a little longer."

"Okay." Nangong Chu's face was tense, and he pinched his eyebrows unconsciously with two fingers, and said: "Based on the number of days, Emperor Ming Xi should have arrived at Linfeng Ferry."

Zhou Tai hurriedly responded: "That's right, my lord, it's Linfeng Ferry."

Nangong Chu smiled lightly, with contempt in his eyes, he said coldly: "Emperor Ming Xi, you are really useless! The majestic emperor of Tianqi is being played like this by the Marquis of Wu'an!"

"Because of you, this king and Da Yue lost so badly! After this king finds out about the blood jade, I will settle the debt with you slowly!"

Zhou Tai hurriedly comforted him: "My lord is right. After we figure this out, there must be a way to get Yuxin."

Nangong Chu said: "Zhou Tai, do you know why the Marquis of Wu'an hates him so much! Dayue is limited to five days to deliver the letter of surrender?"

Zhou Tai said: "My lord, is it true that the Marquis of Wu'an wants to frighten the court of Dayue?"

Nangong Chu smiled helplessly: "No, this is not the most important point."

"After this battle, the Marquis of Wu'an in the northern border has become a nightmare for the soldiers of Dayue! It doesn't matter if there are five days or not."

Zhou Tai was puzzled: "My lord, what do you mean?"

Nangong Chu smiled wryly: "Do you know why this king joins forces with the queen mother at this time? Why don't you think of other ways to deal with it?"

Zhou Tai was puzzled: "My lord, what do you mean?"

Nangong Chu smiled wryly: "Xiao Jingpeng, Marquis of Wu'an, has guarded the northern border for many years, but he has never had the character of bloodthirsty."

"The Marquis of Wu'an was not poisoned this time, which only means that he has taken precautions. Maybe the person sent by Emperor Mingxi to poison him has already been caught by him. He just followed his plan."

"So this king knows that if Da Yue doesn't compromise this time, Marquis Wu An will really kill those 20 Da Yue soldiers!"

"Because he wants to get rid of the foreign trouble of Dayue before Emperor Mingxi arrives in the northern border!"

"It's even more important to make Dayue powerless to do anything during the civil strife in Tianqi!"

"Therefore, the conditions for this surrender include a 50-year contract, silver, war horses, and various combat equipment, but there is no city!"

"Because at this moment, the city of Dayue is a potential danger to the northern border, and it can only be a burden!"

Zhou Tai was startled, and said: "Your Majesty, what you mean is that the Battle of Tianqi Dayue is over. But the battle between Emperor Mingxi and the Marquis of Wu'an is also imminent!"

"That's right." Nangong Chu nodded helplessly, "Marquis Wu'an will bear the title of bloodthirsty for Tianqi's people in order to ward off the danger of Dayue!"

After that, he smiled helplessly: "Zhou Tai, we are missing a move!"

"If we can see through Marquis Wu'an's game earlier, we can still make good use of the civil strife in Tianqi! Not only can we get the complete blood jade, but we won't lose so badly!"

Seeing the suppressed Nangong Chu, Zhou Tai shouted helplessly: "My lord."

Nangong Chu smiled bitterly again: "The source of this battle between Tianqi and Dayue is my king, and it is Li Yuan who was instructed by this king."

"However, do you know that if Marquis Wu'an hadn't acted like this, it would be our queen mother who would launch the second war during the civil strife in the apocalypse!"

"And that's going to be a real fight! Not like ours."

Zhou Tai was startled: "My lord, you mean that the Queen Mother has been waiting for the right time."

"That's right." Nangong Chu's voice turned cold: "Our empress dowager is not kind! She is also very good at judging the situation!"

"After the late emperor passed away, she supported the two generations of young masters all the way to the throne. All the national policies were for recuperation, but because the time did not come, she was restraining her edge."

"But when the civil strife breaks out in Tianqi, she will definitely attack immediately!"

"Even if she loses the lives of half of Dai Viet's soldiers, she will not hesitate!"

"Our empress dowager is the same kind of person as the late emperor back then, but compared to the late emperor, she knows how to endure!"

"Zhou Tai, do you know why Li Yuan was able to hide it from the Queen Mother for so long, so that the Queen Mother can't notice that the people behind Li Yuan are us."

"Because, this itself is the ambition deep in her heart!"

"When Li Yuan told her about the dispute between Emperor Ming Xi and the Marquis of Wu'an, her ambitions that had been hidden for many years erupted."

"So since the war between the two countries, there have been a lot of discussions in the court, but she is still circling around."

"Because of knowing her ambition, in order to obtain the blood jade, this king took advantage of this ambition and agreed to Emperor Mingxi's proposal."

"Ha...ha...ha..." Nangong Chu shook his head and smiled wryly: "This king thinks he understands the Queen Mother's ambitions and controls all of this. Whoever thinks about it, we will all be defeated in the end!"

Zhou Tai shouted helplessly: "My lord."

Nangong Chu said: "This time the Empress Dowager will join forces with this king precisely because she also understands that if Da Yue does not compromise, Marquis Wu An will definitely kill people."

"If this is really the case, Da Yue may not be able to turn around in a hundred years! She has endured for so many years, it is impossible for Da Yue to become like this at this time! That's why she will join hands with this king."

Zhou Tai's heart trembled, and he said: "My lord, but after the 50-year agreement, the queen mother will have no hope in her lifetime."

Nangong Chu shook his head, "No, it's just a covenant! It's nothing!"

"The queen mother will compromise because she knows that Tianqi is going to have civil strife, and she wants to save the capital of Dayue at this time! Wait for the final result of Tianqi's civil strife!"

"Waiting to see if there is still a chance to come back again!"

"These 20 soldiers have come back. After Tianqi's civil strife, if Marquis Wu'an dies, Marquis Wu'an's mansion is gone, and the soldiers in the northern border suffer heavy losses, Tianqi will lose the people's hearts, and she will have a chance!"

"This piece of paper is a constraint when Tianqi is strong and Dayue is weak. But Tianqi has also fallen, and this is a piece of waste paper!"

"Therefore, the condition of Marquis Wu'an's surrender this time is to take out half of the treasury of Dayue and remove half of the combat equipment in Dayue. It is because Marquis of Wu'an is well aware of this."

"But at this moment, Emperor Mingxi is pressing on every step of the way, and he has no way to do more."

"We can only minimize this danger! And within five days, he can only take so much! If Da Yue doesn't compromise, he will use the last move to kill people!"

Nangong Chu clenched his hands in an instant, and said, "This time the chess game is so carefully arranged. I feel that it may not all be written by Marquis Wu An, but also by Xiao Jinxi."

"Perhaps, from the time when Xiao Jinxi used Dali Temple to eradicate the empress dowager's hidden stake and forced the king away from Tianqi, he was probably preparing for the conditions in the letter. Because within five days, the empress dowager alone can do nothing. Less than that."

Zhou Tai was startled, and frowned: "My lord, you mean, at that time Marquis Wu'an and Xiao Jinxi were already confident that Apocalypse would win this battle!"

Nangong Chu smiled helplessly: "It's not impossible! This game of chess has been laid so deep and so far, that even Da Viet people's hearts have been used. How can you have no confidence."

Zhou Tai's heart trembled, and he asked, "My lord, what will happen to the civil strife in the apocalypse?"

"Marquis Wu An and Xiao Jinxi planned so deeply, we lost this round, but in fact Emperor Ming Xi also lost."

"Emperor Mingxi wanted to use us to get rid of the Marquis of Wu'an, but now this move is useless. What will Emperor Mingxi do next?"

Then his face was filled with astonishment: "My lord, Emperor Mingxi has already lost one round, if he loses another round, wouldn't it be true!"

Nangong Chu shook his head: "I don't know yet. Now I don't understand. What will Marquis Wu An and Xiao Jinxi do next?"

"But one thing, this king understands that Marquis Wu An and Xiao Jinxi are not cruel enough compared to Emperor Ming Xi! This point is also their weakness."

"Emperor Mingxi used us just to let the people of Tianqi think that Marquis Wu'an died on the battlefield, so that he could get rid of himself."

"Now, Da Yue's move is useless. But with a heart like Emperor Ming Xi, he probably wouldn't put all his eggs in one basket on us from the very beginning. He should have other moves. Let's see."

"I still haven't thought about it yet, but I don't understand why there is such a trouble between Emperor Ming Xi and the Marquis of Wu'an?"

"Let's not talk about the past between Xiao Jinxi and Emperor Ming Xi."

"As far as Emperor Mingxi is concerned, this king always feels that Emperor Mingxi's fear of the Marquis of Wu'an started too early. No, it should be said that it was too hasty."

"The Sixth Prince endured all the way back then, and it was not until the 14th year of Zongyuan that he revealed his intention to seize the throne. How could such a man of such a heart appear so urgent in eradicating the Marquis of Wu'an's Mansion!"

Hearing this, Zhou Tai said: "My lord is right, and now I think about it, it is indeed true. If Emperor Mingxi wants to stabilize his throne, he should wait a few more years."

"That's right." Nangong Chu said, "Zhou Tai, the person who told us is keeping an eye on Emperor Ming Xi's whereabouts. We will meet him after we figure out the blood jade."

"Although this king can't understand what Marquis Wu'an and Xiao Jinxi will do next, this king can take advantage of this to force Emperor Mingxi to take out his jade heart."

"The current situation is not the same as before. In the past, Emperor Mingxi could use the blood jade to force the king to send troops. But in the current situation, Emperor Mingxi is even more afraid of being hit in the back by the king!"

Zhou Tai hurriedly said: "Yes, don't worry, my lord, my subordinates will make arrangements."

Nangong Chu frowned, pinching the center of his brows with two fingers, and said for a moment: "Zhou Tai, step back first. Let me be quiet for a while."

Zhou Tai hurriedly said: "Okay, my lord, you are tired after a busy day. Why don't you lie down first. I will call you when Taoist Lingxu arrives."

Nangong Chu waved his hands and replied, "Well, let's go."

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(End of this chapter)