Three days have passed since the battle of the Divine Realm before the Imperial City.

When the wealthy and powerful who went out to avoid disaster came back, they saw that nearly half of the inner city was in ruins, and even the imperial city collapsed by a small half, and the scene was simply shocking.

There are also people in the rivers and lakes who are strewn corpses everywhere. These people who watched the excitement eventually paid for the excitement.

But fortunately, not many residents of Shendu City died. The area close to the Imperial City is where people who are either rich or noble live, and those people have left the Shendu early to take refuge, and there are really not many ordinary people who have the courage to run from the outer city far from the center to the Imperial City.

The collapse of the building is actually only a small matter, and the real big thing is that the emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was seriously ill and ordered the three princes to be the princes of the state and preside over the government.

Among these three princes, there is the eldest prince Feng Guanyu, the eighth prince Feng Qiwu, and the ninth prince Feng Jiu, but there is no six princes Feng Chaonan. This is a bit interesting, even Feng Jiu, who is not happy, can become the prince of the prison country, but the sixth prince Feng Chaonan cannot.

It is said that the six princes have been furious in recent days and killed more than a dozen attendants.

"The sixth prince Feng Chaonan, in fact, is the most like the emperor among the many princes. "In a certain palace in the palace, Qing Yu said to Feng Jiu.

The word Chaonan represents the emperor's greatest ambition, which shows how much the emperor once loved Feng Chaonan, the son who was most like himself.

But it is the most similar, so that the emperor gradually alienated the six princes. After all, what kind of person the emperor is, he knows best, just ask who would like a person who is scheming and can even kill relatives for power, especially the throne of power that person wants the most, is under his ass. And visually this throne can sit for at least a few decades or hundreds of years.

Therefore, the most similar father and son are destined to be alienated from each other, and even hostile to each other. ”

"But the six princes have a lot of power, and they have the support of the Si family, and their strength is the strongest among the princes, and if his father does not choose him as the prince of the prison country, he will cut off the possibility of his succession as emperor, and he is afraid that he will be unwilling. Feng Jiu said.

"It's certain that you are unwilling," Qing Yu smiled lightly, "I think the six princes now even have the heart to rebel against the palace." Look, it's because of his temperament that the emperor won't choose him as the prince of the prison country. If he is really elected as the prince of the prison country, after he really tastes the taste of presiding over the government, it may not take four years, and the crown prince will be decided within a year. Of course, this price is that the rest of the princes who want to compete for the throne are dead. ”

"Choosing you, the eldest prince, and the eighth prince as the prince of the prison country is just right to balance the current situation. The eldest prince and the eighth prince are compatriots, born to the queen, and they are the eldest sons, so it stands to reason that they should become the crown prince, but because the eldest prince's martial arts are not good, his literary style is mediocre, and his writing is not successful, so that the position of the prince is undecided. But after all, he is the person who can best represent the court.

And you are the only prince who stands on the position of Shanhe Academy, and is highly valued by the academy, at the moment when Zen Buddhism is like the Northern Zhou Dynasty, you can be selected to stabilize the movement of Confucianism.

As for the Eighth Prince, he was sandwiched between the academy and the emperor, and both sides valued it, but it was difficult for both sides to hand over the burden to him, and he was just the one who could act as a balance and run in on both sides. ”

"In this way, I have a big advantage. After listening to Qing Yu's analysis, Feng Jiu said with a smile.

is a great advantage. The eldest prince also occupies the position of the eldest son, so that he can squeeze in to be the prince of the prison country, and the advantage of the eldest son is actually the smallest. If the eldest son is useful, is the position of the crown prince still undecided?

The Eighth Emperor said that it was ugly, it was the grass on the wall, he had been hovering between the emperor and the Shanhe Academy, saying that he was neutral, but in fact he was wavering. Some lecturers in the academy were already dissatisfied with it, and after Feng Jiu stood on the side of the academy with a clear banner, the scope of dissatisfaction quickly expanded.

And Feng Jiu, standing on the side of the academy certainly made him hostile to the people in the royal family, but even if he didn't stand on the side of the academy, as a concubine born to a palace maid, he would still be hostile.

Moreover, the strength of the academy was the strongest in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and after Feng Tianming was seriously injured, there were many places that relied on the academy. At least, if there was no academy, the Golden Wolf Khan Court might have already called.

Therefore, Feng Jiu felt that he had a great advantage, as long as he survived for four years, the emperor's position would be his.

"It's not enough to just think about it, usually you end up with such a hard end, and you end up boiling yourself to death. Qing Yu saw Feng Jiu's plan and said, "The scope of operation in four years is too large, if you only want to survive the four years without making any moves, you will definitely be among the people who fail in the end." ”

"After all, it is not good for the academy to directly meddle in political affairs, you have no soldiers and no power, and you have no party members in the court, if you want to rely on this so-called merit-based person to become the final victor for the crown prince, you are basically dreaming. ”

What's more······

The eldest prince is by no means simple.

Qing Yu didn't say this.

The last time at the Laba Festival banquet, although it was only a shock, Qing Yu still saw that the eldest prince had profound skills.

This is completely inconsistent with the character of the eldest prince. Didn't you say that the great prince didn't have any talent for martial arts?

And the eldest prince usually doesn't seem to have any resentment towards himself, the eldest son, losing the position of the crown prince, and has a good relationship with many brothers, but judging from the information handed over by Yun Wuyue recently, the eldest prince's thoughts about the throne have never been broken.

Isn't this kind of Taoguang practice familiar? That's right, it's what Feng Jiu has been doing. seems to have no thoughts on the throne, but in fact, he has been quietly planning.

"Then what should I do?" Feng Jiu asked.

"The Sixth Prince should be very impatient now. Qing Yu replied that he was not asking the truth.

"Huh?" Feng Jiu wondered.

"You go and show the Sixth Prince that you have no ambitions, you just want to be a man of learning, for the sake of it, he will believe you, and your actions have always shown that you have no ambition for the throne. But this is not enough, you also have to find a way to push your position as the prince of the prison country to the six princes. Qing Yu said.

"Push it to the Six Princes?"

Feng Jiu is also a shrewd person, combined with what Qing Yu said before, he immediately thought of Qing Yu's plan, "You want the six princes to sweep away other competitors?"

"It's a good knife, isn't it? When the time comes, you only need to deal with the Six Princes. Qing Yu smiled, "Four years is too long, let's just seize the day." ”

But before that, there is one more thing that has to be solved, and that is the heavenly tracking on the other side of Longhu Mountain.

After the Northern Zhou War, the confusion has begun to become clear, and the people from the Altar of Fate invited by Longhu Mountain should also start measuring Gongziyu's whereabouts.