The first thousand one hundred and twenty first chapters of the schism
Qi State, capital.
Prince Heng's Mansion.
Zhao Zheng kept pacing in the palace, with a gloomy look on his face, and complained: "What on earth do you think, father? Are you confused? If you let me supervise the country, I will supervise the country. Why do you need Zhao Yi to supervise from the side?
Let him and his accomplices spend all day trying their best to cause trouble for me and make me embarrassed in front of the courtiers!"
"Your Highness, why should you care about this?" Behind him, a young man smiled and said: "As long as His Highness is the Crown Prince, he will be more respected than the third prince. Your Majesty allows him to supervise, and he is only supervising.
Your Highness means that your Highness is the sword, and Zhao Yi is just the whetstone. Otherwise, the third prince will be the one in charge of the country, not His Highness."
"No one knows what the father is thinking until the last moment!" Zhao Zheng looked bored, and suddenly looked at the young man behind him, and said: "Protector Fang, I know that your empress has great powers, as long as you can help me fight for
After winning the throne, I will promise you that after I ascend the throne, I will support the Holy Religion as the state religion!"
Fang Yu's eyes flashed, but she did not rush to agree, but smiled and said: "Your Highness, don't worry, between the Third Prince and Your Highness, since the Queen has chosen Your Highness, she will definitely try her best to help..."
Zhao Zheng looked at him and said: "It's not about trying your best, but about being determined. Does Protector Fang understand what I mean?"
Fang Yu was silent for a moment and said: "I still need to discuss this matter with the empress..."
"Your Highness, Fang takes his leave..."
"I still have some things to do, so I won't send Protector Fang away..."
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After Fang Yu left, an old man came out from the back of the palace, walked to Zhao Zheng, bowed and saluted, and asked suspiciously: "Your Highness, are those people really so powerful?"
"Don't underestimate them." Zhao Zheng looked outside the palace and said slowly: "The power of this holy religion is far beyond our imagination. I suspect that they also have someone hiding in the palace, who is my king.
Not all of the people in the palace belong to me..."
The old man pondered for a moment and said: "Your Highness, please forgive me for talking too much. This holy religion is so powerful. There must be a plan to do this. Your Highness must be extremely careful when joining forces with them..."
"I know." Zhao Zheng nodded and said: "No matter what their plans are, the most important thing now is to get to that position first. As for the others, it will not be too late to settle them in the future..."
In the main hall, the voices of conversations gradually became quieter.
Fang Yu left Prince Heng's Mansion. Two men in purple clothes were already waiting outside. The three of them walked through several streets and alleys. After twisting and turning, they came to a small courtyard. He gently opened the door and waited for a while.
Son, just pushed open the door and entered.
Crossing the yard, I came to a room. The door was open. Fang Yu walked in. The middle-aged Taoist nun was meditating on the bed.
He looked at the middle-aged Taoist girl and asked tentatively: "Madam, Zhao Zheng is already a little impatient. Are we..."
The Taoist nun opened her eyes, as if she could see through his thoughts, which made Fang Yu feel cold in her heart.
After a long time, she finally said: "It is not our purpose to help Zhao Zheng rise to power. How did you do what you were asked to do?"
Fang Yu lowered his head and said: "In the past few years, thanks to the efforts of several purple envoys, 30% of the officials around Zhao Zheng have been infiltrated."
"Thirty percent?" the Taoist nun repeated with a calm face.
Fang Yu paused, then said with difficulty: "Two, two percent..."
"Only 20%..." The Taoist nun closed her eyes and said, "I have told you a long time ago not to be impatient when encountering problems. Do you still remember what our ultimate goal is?"
"I know." Fang Yu nodded and said: "Empty King Heng, help him ascend to power, secretly control Qi, and when the time is right, let him send troops to Jingguo to avenge our Fang family..."
His face was calm, but his eyes were shining brightly.
In the battle for the throne of Qi State, the reason why they chose Zhao Zheng instead of the more advantageous third prince was, firstly, because he was the prince and had great righteousness, and secondly, because he was stupid.
Compared with the extremely smart third prince Zhao Yi, Zhao Zheng is more suitable to be a puppet emperor.
Supporting a puppet emperor who has been emptied out and being the secret controller of Qi is a very fulfilling thing.
However, if you support a puppet emperor, how can you feel as fulfilled as being the emperor yourself?
Rather than being the secret controller of Qi, it seems better to be the controller on the surface, right?
Jingguo is so powerful now. Even if Qi and Zhao join forces, they will not be their combined enemies. In the past, the King of Shu was their glimmer of hope. Now that the King of Shu has been caught because of his carelessness, how easy is it to overthrow Jingguo?
If he can ascend to a high position and stand above millions of people, what does it matter if the Fang family's revenge is not avenged?
Of course, he could only hide these thoughts in his heart and not let his sister, the Queen of the Holy Cult, know about them.
"It's good that you know." The middle-aged Taoist nun looked at him and said: "When 50% of the officials around Zhao Zheng have penetrated, the emperor will die..."
Fang Yu bowed and said, "I understand."
The Taoist nun nodded, "Go down..."
"My subordinates, please retire!" Fang Yu bowed and left.
…
After walking out of the room, crossing the yard, and walking outside, Fang Yu let out a long sigh of relief.
A man in purple came forward and said in a deep voice: "Dharma Protector, news just came that the believers in Liuzhou can no longer be contacted..."
"What!" Fang Yu's expression changed drastically and he said angrily: "Another state!"
After a while, listen to the envoy in purple finish telling what happened.
"It must be her, it must be her!" Fang Yu looked furious, even looking a little crazy.
The followers of the Holy Sect are spread across all states in Qi, and they deliver various messages to the capital every month. However, since the beginning of the year, they have lost contact with more than a dozen states one after another.
The battle for the throne between Zhao Zheng and the third prince has reached the most critical moment. The empress cannot go out. He has sent the envoy in yellow and the envoy in blue. All of them have left and never come back. It is as if they have disappeared from the world and completely lost contact.
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This made him dare not send purple envoys there at all. Every purple envoy was trained with great difficulty, and every missing one was a great loss to them.
However, the consequence of this is that every half month, he will receive news that a certain state has lost contact... As of now, there are already more than a dozen states.
This situation is exactly the same as when they were in Shuzhou.
Later he discovered that not only the believers in Shuzhou but also the entire Jingguo were unable to be contacted.
Who else can do this besides another "Empress" of the Holy Religion?
Ever since they started to publicize that the Holy Religion had two empresses, the matter had become irreversible. At the time, no one, including the empresses, thought that this unintentional move would actually be the source of the split in the Holy Religion today!
The other party not only has a "Queen of Heaven", but also an envoy from the left. If they continue to ignore it, their foundation in Qi will be destroyed...
Fang Yu turned around and said in a deep voice: "I'll go tell your Majesty and ask her to make a decision!"
In the room, the middle-aged Taoist nun who was sitting cross-legged and meditating opened her eyes again, pondered for a moment, and said: "He is here..."
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In Liuzhou, outside the city gate, several carriages slowly drove in.
Xu Zheng and the others had arrived in Liuzhou a month ago to completely take over the Holy Religion branch here. In the past few months, the first thing they did wherever they went was to take over the Holy Religion believers in this state.
Although there will be some people who refuse to be reasonable, but when Lao Fang punches them, they start to try to be reasonable.
If the Taoist nun hadn't come in person, they could even use this method to reunify the Holy Religion.
However, half a month ago, if Ruoqing found out that she was pregnant, they could only slow down their trip and find a place to rest first.
Lao Fang sat outside the carriage and turned around and said, "Uncle, we are reaching the city of Liuzhou just ahead."
Outside the city, Li Yi got off the carriage, took a few steps forward, and extended his hand to the woman waiting outside the city.