0p0 Chapter 485: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (235)
Chapter 485: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (235)
Chapter 485: The Imperial Concubine is Pure and Elegant (Two Hundred and Thirty-Five)
Qi and Ji wanted to form an alliance and wanted to destroy Liang first to prevent Liang from becoming too powerful and easily destroying the two countries in the future.
Now they want to start a war first, but the two countries do not completely trust each other, but are on guard against each other.
They also knew very well that after the three-way balance of power was broken, if Liang State no longer existed, war would continue to break out between the two countries, unless the two countries were evenly matched and neither could do anything to the other, or the long years of war made them unable to start a war again and they would temporarily cease fire and rest.
But it was impossible for Liang to let them destroy it obediently, so it depended on which of the three countries was stronger.
Once the peace is broken and the situation develops to a certain extent, it is not possible for anyone to start a war or stop the war whenever they want. Perhaps the best way is to unify the three kingdoms. The world will eventually divide after a long period of unity, and will eventually unite after a long period of division. In ancient society, there were very few countries that could break out of this historical cycle.
Among Emperor Ping of Qi, the King of Ji, Crown Prince Ji Mingjie, and Liang Sheng, Cui Li naturally prefers Liang Sheng, the male protagonist of the original plot.
Since the death of the old emperor, Qi State has been plagued by internal strife within the royal family. The newly enthroned young emperor was killed by his own uncle, King Ping. Since seizing power, Emperor Ping has been tyrannical, relying on marrying princesses to win over court officials. He pretended to be mediocre for many years. In the end, perhaps the word "mediocrity" was engraved in his blood. In his incompetence, he could only bluff and be ambitious.
When Cui Li thought about how the Emperor of Qi sent his woman Yuan Qiuli and the crown prince Qi Xingsheng to Liang in an attempt to replace her as the imperial concubine and let Liang Sheng help him raise his son, she felt that Emperor Ping was old and shameless.
Emperor Ping was already 45 years old. In the past, he relied on presenting beauties to maintain his brotherhood with the old emperor. After the old emperor died, King Ping killed the young emperor and all his nephews and grandsons. He married off ten women in three months and could abandon his own women and children at will.
Cui Li thought, perhaps Yuan Qiuli didn't want to serve this old man either. A fool, lustful, and vicious, a womanizer, a scumbag, how could he be as attractive as the handsome new emperor of Liang? Emperor Ping's harem contained countless women and no shortage of children, so there was no way he could give Yuan Qiuli a high position. This woman's ambition had brought her to Liang, and it was also her ambition that led to her death in a foreign land.
Cui Li understood without much thought that among the three countries, Qi was the most likely to be destroyed.
But whenever Cui Li reads the name of the former crown prince of Qi, "Qi Yu", he always thinks of Xuan Yunian. Is it just an intuition?
She had never asked Xuan Yunian about his true identity, but she seemed to be able to guess that Xuan Yunian was too familiar with Qi State, and it seemed that he had already found out the whereabouts of Qi State's Prince, Yuan Qiuli and others.
The mother of the late Crown Prince Qi Yu was surnamed "Nian". Queen Nian was involved in a witchcraft case and it was rumored that she died from a curse. The Nian family also met a miserable end and were labeled as treasonous collaborators. The entire family was executed and Crown Prince Qi Yu disappeared.
If Qi Yu is Xuan Yunian, did Xuan Yunian name himself "Yunian" to commemorate his maternal clan?
People like Han Tong and Han Zhao are very much like death warriors, but they are more humane than death warriors. Thinking of what his master Xuan Wen once said, it is common for Han Zhao and others to appear in mass graves, which means that these people often deal with things behind the scenes.
It is obvious that these people were not trained in the Imperial Master's Mansion. They recognized that their lord was Xuan Yunian, not the Imperial Master's adopted son.
Cui Li had also wondered, if Xuan Yunian was actually Crown Prince Qi Yu, why didn't he return to Qi to seize the throne? But then she thought, comparing Qi to a tree, this tree was already rotten to the roots, appearing healthy on the outside, but vulnerable to a single gust of wind. The officials were all idlers, accustomed to plundering the people's wealth. If Qi Yu returned, he would only face a weakened and impoverished Qi. So why bother going back?
She thought again about the fate of those who participated in the extermination of the Nian family. The old emperor died at the hands of his sons, his sons fought for power among themselves, and his younger brother forced the emperor to abdicate and killed the old emperor's descendants and confidants. Hadn't those who had watched the Nian family from the other side of the river and added insult to injury been liquidated?
Cui Li was in Wuliu City, and Xiaotuantuan was still a baby who couldn't speak, so she didn't need to worry too much about him. Naturally, she wanted to know about the dynamics of several countries to pass the time.