Nan Liuli held a cup of tea and quietly looked at everything happening outside the window.
When she saw the scene where Zhou Lun refused to rest in silence, she couldn't help but sigh: "I'm afraid you didn't expect that it would develop to this point."
Although she was looking at Zhou Lun, these words were addressed to Emperor Wu Nanhao.
At the beginning, Nan Hao asked her one thing: for the sake of the country and the country of Wu Dynasty, Nan Liuli must get rid of Zuo Chongming's cancer.
The underlying meaning of this sentence is that Nan Hao will find a way to deal with the Prime Minister's faction and the Bachelor's Pavilion, and completely eliminate the officialdom of the court...
Based on his trust in Nan Liuli, Nan Hao handed over his secondary target Zuo Chongming to her.
Unfortunately, no one died in the end. Instead, Emperor Wu Nanhao died, and the Wu Dynasty was completely divided...
"What do you want me to do?"
A rare look of confusion appeared in Nan Liuli's eyes: "Although you asked me to assist the prince, you underestimated Zuo Chongming."
In fact, even Zuo Chongming didn't know that Bafeng Tower itself did not have very strong strength, and even Nan Liuli itself only had the strength of the Yuanhai realm.
In the past, those people who were exposed in the world and were known as the masters of Bafeng Tower were actually the inner guards secretly pretending to be.
But now.
Before Emperor Wu Nanhao died, he handed over all the forces of the Zhenfu Division and the Internal Guard to the third prince Nan Sheng.
This leads to the fact that the outsiders of the Bafeng Tower are strong and the middle is weak, all relying on the previous shock, in fact, there is no strong person to back it up...
It is precisely because of this that Nan Liuli chose to take risks.
She pretended to be Wu Xiuyun, and planned to make poisonous tea for Zuo Chongming as a reason to discuss the matter. At worst, she would die together with this guy.
It's good to die, it's a hundred things to die for.
Nan Liuli was already exhausted physically and mentally. If he could fulfill Emperor Wu Nan Hao's instructions before he died, it would be a worthy death.
Unexpectedly, as soon as she met Zuo Chongming, the other party immediately exposed her disguise.
This greatly affected her mentality, and the deal proposed by the other party made Nan Liuli even more confused...
By the time she calmed down and adjusted her mentality, she had already lost the initiative and could only follow Zuo Chongming's words.
Fortunately, Zuo Chongming has been busy these days. He had said he would take half a day to think about it, but he still hasn't found her yet.
This also gave Nan Liuli some time to calm down, think, and think clearly.
"etc!"
Nan Liuli suddenly came back to her senses and seemed to have thought of something. The wrist holding the tea suddenly trembled, causing ripples in the tea.
Just now, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed through her mind, as if she had grasped something.
"Is there such a possibility..."
"Could it be that at that time Nan Hao already knew that there was no way to save his life, so..."
"No, it won't..."
"He could even give up his own son. When he first came to the throne, he even killed his own brother with his own hands..."
Nan Liuli's inspiration just now was very simple - what if this was intentional by Emperor Wu?
If this premise is true, then looking at the game of Wu Dynasty from Nan Liuli's perspective, everything becomes extremely clear.
Emperor Wu Nanhao asked her to eradicate Zuo Chongming.
Emperor Wu was indeed sincere when he said this.
However, the subsequent development of the situation made him realize that Wu Dynasty had no way to recover.
Therefore, Emperor Wu first handed over the inner guards and the Zhenfu Division to Nan Sheng, and asked him to deal with the two factions, the Prime Minister Faction and the Academic Pavilion Faction.
At the same time, Liu Fu was sent to find Nan Liuli and repeated his instructions, asking Nan Liuli to attack Zuo Chongming.
In fact, Emperor Wu knew in his heart that there was little hope of Nansheng winning against one against two. The biggest possibility was that the world would be divided into three parts.
Each of the three parties has its own advantages and disadvantages and will surely start a long war.
In this case, the Eight Winds Tower is too important. After all, it represents massive resources, wealth, and intelligence, which are all indispensable in war.
It is no exaggeration to say that whoever controls the Eight Winds Tower among the three parties will have an unparalleled advantage.
But the problem is that the leader of Bafeng Tower is Nan Liuli, not Wu Huang Nanhao.
Who can guarantee that after Nan Hao's death, Nan Liuli will follow his instructions and unswervingly support the third prince Nan Sheng?
At the very least, Nan Hao couldn't guarantee it or believe it.
Too many people have betrayed him, and he can no longer trust anyone.
Emperor Wu Nanhao knew very well that without the support of the inner guards of the Bafeng Tower, it would be impossible to eradicate Zuo Chongming.
Therefore, his real intention in asking Liu Fu to warn Nan Liuli was to use Zuo Chongming's help to get rid of Nan Liuli, the chief building owner!
As long as Nan Liuli, the chief building owner, dies, the third prince Nan Sheng will naturally be able to pass through the inner guards and take over the Bafeng Building...
"So, that's it?"
With tears in her beautiful eyes, Nan Liuli murmured: "You can't even trust me? That's right, you can't even trust your own son."
Tuk, Tuk, Tuk….
There was a gentle knock on the door, accompanied by Zuo Zhongming's chuckle: "Princess, can I come in easily?"
"Enter."
Nan Liuli wiped her tears and looked up at the man at the door: "You have thought of it a long time ago, right?"
"Eh?"
Zuo Chongming touched her slightly red and swollen eyes, raised his eyebrows, and closed the door hesitantly: "Think of...what?"
"Even now, are you still pretending?"
Nan Liuli sneered: "If you hadn't thought of it, why did you ask me a few days ago which prince I would support?"
"Forehead……"
Zuo Chongming scratched his chin and said innocently: "Although I don't know what you are thinking about, I really don't understand what you are saying."
Naturally, Nan Liuli didn't believe his nonsense. Her beautiful eyes stared at his, as if she wanted to see some clues.
After a while, she suddenly turned her head and whispered her conjecture, not forgetting to observe Zuo Chongming's reaction.
After Zuo Chongming heard this, he was silent for a full quarter of an hour, and then he hesitated and said: "Tsk, your speculation, well, it's quite interesting."
He really didn't expect that Nan Liuli's train of thought could go astray and wind up on such a strange road.
To be honest, it’s a bit outrageous!
But when I think about it carefully, I think it's normal.
Because only the emperor knew about the artifacts of the Wu Dynasty.
Others only think that the reason why emperors of all dynasties paid homage to the ancestral hall before their death was just because of a rule set by Taizu.
Nan Liuli didn't know about the artifact, and considering Emperor Wu's various behavior, it was not surprising to come to this conclusion based on the information she had.
Zuo Chongming said again: "Assuming what you said is true, how can Emperor Wu be sure...that you still came to assassinate me without the help of internal guards?"
Nan Liuli frowned and sighed melancholy: "You don't understand my relationship with him."
The corner of Zuo Chongming's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but narrow his eyes: "Could it be... Hiss, ha, good guys, oh, the royal family has had many disputes since ancient times, you guys are really good at playing..."
"Noisy!"
Nan Liuli said angrily: "The dignified champion actually has such disgusting thoughts in his mind. It's really disgusting."
Zuo Chongming curled his lips: "As the saying goes, there is no perfect person in terms of deeds and heart. I don't believe you haven't thought of some strange things."
"you……"
Nan Liuli was furious, glared at him fiercely, and said through gritted teeth: "Although I am Nan Hao's aunt, I am only seven or eight years older than him."
"His mother died early, and he was often bullied by his other brothers because he was weak when he was a child, so I have always been the one to protect him."
This can also explain why Nan Hao has so many sons and daughters, but he only loves Nan Yuyan very much.
After all, in a sense, Nan Yuyan's experience was similar to his.
but…….
Zuo Chongming's focus is obviously not on this.
He widened his eyes and said with horror: "You are seven or eight years older than him? As far as I know, Nan Hao was thirty-four when he ascended the throne."
"Including the ninety-two years he has been in power, plus seven or eight years..."
"Good fellow, Princess, are you at least one hundred and thirty years old this year?"
"Hiss... so scary? How do you do it, at the age of a hundred or so, and still look so delicate and beautiful like a twenty-year-old girl?"
Click, click~!
Nan Liuli had a sullen face, stared at him murderously, and the tea cup in her hand made a whining sound.
For this kind of woman who is obviously very old but does not look old, age and wrinkles are taboos in many aspects.
She now has the urge to cut Zuo Zhongming into pieces and peel off his skin and cramps.
"Tsk~!"
Zuo Zhongming coughed lightly: "At your age, most people have five, six, and seven generations living under the same roof, and their backups can be promoted to grandparents."
"Who would have thought that the eldest princess of the Wu Dynasty has not yet gotten married? Even if you look through the history books, you won't be able to find anything about it."
"Is there anything wrong with your health? If you have something to hide, you can just say it directly. I know a lot of people..."
Nan Liuli's beautiful eyes stared at him coldly: "Have you said enough?"
Zuo Chongming looked away: "Back to the topic, Nan Hao is dead now. You can't verify what he had in mind."
"Instead of hesitating here, it is better to determine the direction as soon as possible. For example... you can consider my last proposal."
Nan Liuli did not hesitate and said immediately: "I can promise you, but I have a condition."
"speak."
Zuo Chongming motioned for her to bring it up.
"I need production rights."
Nan Liuli looked directly into his eyes and spoke word by word.
She knew very well what this so-called agency was. In the final analysis, it was just a big agent.
If she can't get the technology, no matter what she wants to do in the future, she will have to consider Zuo Chongming's opinion.
Once Zuo Chongming disagrees and terminates cooperation with Bafenglou, she will be stuck, and the consequences will be disastrous.
To her surprise, Zuo Chongming did not hesitate for long to this seemingly excessive condition.
After just counting the interest, he gave a reply: "Yes, but only for people's livelihood commodities."
Nan Liuli was stunned for a moment, then subconsciously looked around and said with a smile: "Do you think I will steal your business?"
Zuo Chongming was talking about all the goods in one state before. This guy wants to sell this kind of warship, so naturally it can be regarded as a commodity.
If the technology is handed over to Nan Liuli, Zuo Chongming will definitely feel uncomfortable with Bafenglou's long-established credibility.