After the Blue Bird Envoy left, in the Fenghuang Palace, the senior officials of the Xi Kingdom looked at each other in disbelief, racking their brains but unable to come up with a reasonable explanation.
"There is no reason for Di Mu to be so kind to the king. Whether he is conferred the title of Southern Wilderness Fang Bo or rewards the "Human Emperor Sutra" and "Dragon Master Heavenly Court", these are the most urgent needs of the king at present, but Di Mu just gave them to him, tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk
, it’s really puzzling and incomprehensible!
Could it be that, as Uncle Long said, the emperor really took a fancy to the king and intended to support the king in ascending to the throne, and the two families turned their hostility into friendship?
If this is the case, then it will be difficult for us to seek revenge in the future."
The faces of the second elders were full of complex expressions. They were driven out of the imperial capital by Di Mu and came to a remote place in dejection. Their resentment was so deep that outsiders could not understand it. They dreamed of avenging their past humiliation.
But then again, they have no blood feud with the Emperor Di Mu. If Di Mu is willing to support their king to ascend the throne, they can also accept turning their hostility into friendship.
After all, this is a temple war. There are no eternal enemies, only interests and exchanges.
"Oh~ If this is really the case, it is indeed a great joy, but I am always a little unwilling to do so."
Bald Long and Er Ye Long nodded in unison. The three of them were all elders of the Xi Kingdom. They had experienced the grudges and entanglements of the previous generation and felt the same way.
"Hmm~" Yao Yun nodded slightly. He could understand the inner thoughts of the elders of Xiguo. In fact, he was also a little unwilling.
At that time, Emperor Mu's foundation was not stable and he did not have the courage to sit on the throne of God, so he pulled Emperor Xuan out as a stepping stone and waited for three years, and then stepped on the head of Yao Yun's father, Emperor Zixuan, to ascend to the throne of God.
It would be an understatement to say it was a great shame and humiliation.
Now that the emperor, Emperor Mu, has shown some kindness and given some benefits, Xiguo will forget the humiliation of the past and have a close relationship with the emperor, Emperor Mu?
Yao Yun can't do this kind of thing, and he doesn't even bother to do it!
The position of emperor is created by fighting, not by charity.
Even if the Emperor Di Mu shows his favor, Yao Yun can accept it and appreciate it, but he will not change his original intention - what Di Mu did at the beginning, Yao Yun is also prepared to do the same to Emperor Qi.
Of course, the two sides have feelings for each other, and Yao Yun will not kill them all.
Just when Yao Yung was about to speak and express his attitude, Sun Muyue, the Prime Minister who had been silent, stood up and analyzed:
"Your Majesty! Master! I don't think the emperor is sincerely supporting your Majesty. If Emperor Mu was interested in supporting your Majesty, there would be no need to make a big show of awarding the "Human Emperor Sutra" to the point where all the princes in the world would know about it."
Sun Muyue's words hit the nail on the head and instantly woke up the people in the palace.
The thinking of Yao Yun, Second Elder Wu Tong, Bald Long and others is limited to the grudges of the previous generation. However, if you look carefully, you can also taste the unusualness in it.
Abdicating the throne is no small matter. The emperors of the past dynasties usually build momentum for the prince a few years before he ascends to the throne. Before that, in order to protect the prince, the candidate sequence has always been kept secret. There is no reason to make a big deal out of ambiguity.
The bald dragon was impatient and cursed: "The Prime Minister is right! Damn it, I thought that old boy Di Mu had changed his gender. Huh, he is either flattering or plotting!"
"It seems like something must have happened in the Imperial Capital, which made Di Mu change his normal attitude and show his favor to us."
Yao Yun secretly guessed, and then summoned Hu Yi and ordered him to inquire about news about the imperial capital.
Generally speaking, the four powerful vassal states have envoys stationed in the imperial capital and have secret intelligence networks, and the Xi Kingdom is no exception.
Yao Yun and the senior officials of Xi Kingdom learned about a series of major events that happened in the imperial capital.
From the emperor's praise of Yao Yun to the secret intelligence agency's discovery, the temple dispute between the emperor and the divine descendants of the Central Earth Emperor clan over the ghost court in the Southern Wilderness was all laid out in the Phoenix Palace.
Hearing that a ghost court had been established in the Kongming Ghost Realm, the second elder Wu Tong, Bald Long, Sun Muyue and other senior leaders of the Xi Kingdom were not surprised.
Although the King never said it explicitly, they could vaguely guess that this ghost court was most likely the work of the King.
Otherwise, the negotiations between the Southern Wilderness Kingdoms and the Kongming Ghost Realm would not have gone so smoothly. In just a few days, the two sides have negotiated and finalized most of the covenant, and the negotiations on many details have been quite smooth.
It won't be long before a city named "Fengdu" will rise on the border between the Southern Wilderness countries and the Kongming Ghost Realm; and the Southern Wilderness will also become the area with the most ghost festivals in the entire Celestial Dynasty.
There is no one.
Everyone in the Xi Kingdom did not pay much attention to the news about the Ghost Court in the Southern Wilderness. Outsiders might still worry that the Ghost Court would cause chaos, but they did not need to worry about it. What everyone was most concerned about was the temple dispute in the Celestial Dynasty:
The divine descendants of the Imperial Clan of the Middle-earth Clan seek development and want to use the Ghost Court as an excuse to enter the Southern Wilderness in an upright and open manner, expand their territory, spread their branches and expand their influence. On the other hand, Emperor Mu, the Son of Heaven, does not want to be powerful for the Middle-earth Clan.
Expansion bears risks, so no effort was spared to support the Xi Kingdom, build momentum for Yao Yun, and use Yao Yun's hand to attack the heroes of the Central and Eastern countries.
In fact, the effects of Emperor Dimu's methods were very obvious.
In the countries of Middle-earth, the tyrannical clans essentially want the best heroes in the clan to go to the Southern Wilderness to develop and spread their branches. The emperor asserted that "Yao Yun alone can order hundreds of heroes", and directly suppressed the various countries in Middle-earth.
The Imperial Clan God descended from the throat, leaving him unable to parry for a while.
"As expected, Ben Long said, how could Di Mu be so kind? It turned out that he was treating us as pawns. Even if we are not as good as Lin Feng, we will be destroyed. Once this limelight comes out, it will do more harm than good to the prince, and he will suffer huge losses.
"The bald dragon was so angry that his face was red, his teeth were itching with hatred, and he yelled: "Damn, Di Mu is really bad!"
Compared to the bald dragon's anger, Yao Yun didn't have much emotion. Although Emperor Di Mu took advantage of him, it was not without benefits.
The benefits provided by Di Mu are all urgently needed by Yao Yun.
Speaking of which, this forced purchase and sale without his consent is not unacceptable.
What Yao Yun is most concerned about is who will win the battle between the emperor and the temples of the imperial clan gods from the various countries in Central and Eastern countries, and whether the power of the various countries in Central and Eastern countries will flow into the Southern Wilderness.
As a normal overlord-level prince, such as the king of Wu, Chu and Yue, he would try his best to protect his territory and not want outsiders to influx.
The emperor, Emperor Mu, thought that Yao Yun, as the overlord of the Southern Wilderness, in order to protect his own interests, certainly did not want powerful nobles from various countries in China to flood into the Southern Wilderness to compete with him.
However, Yao Yun was not an ordinary prince.
He has a big heart!
He had also long ago set his sights on the vast territories of the Southern Barbarian countries, but he was unable to expand the territories with his own strength.
At present, the power of the countries in the Middle-earth countries is pouring into the Southern Wilderness... This is the best opportunity that Yao Yun has dreamed of. With the group of sticks from the countries in the Middle-earth countries as the pioneers, and muddying the water in the Southern Wilderness, it will be his turn.
It’s time to cover your hands with clouds and make rain.
“It’s a good thing for our country, Xi, to have the best heroes from Central Earth enter the Southern Wilderness!”
Yao Yun said firmly.
In fact, Yao Yun was not the only one who thought of this. The second elders Wu Tong and Sun Muyue also realized this very quickly.
The Xi Kingdom's previous plan was to solve the Kongming Ghost Realm first, and then slowly encroach on the Southern Barbarian countries after there was no need to worry about it. But now, the troubled times in the Southern Wilderness are about to begin, which is a golden opportunity for the Xi Kingdom.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Emperor wants to use our hands to keep the leaders of the Southern Wilderness at bay. However, for us, it is easy to fish in troubled waters. Di Mu made a miscalculation now. Hahahaha, he underestimated our Xi Kingdom. We
Xi Guo is a nobleman who is determined to make progress in his early days, and is not a nobleman who is reborn and waiting to ascend."
After hearing the conversation between Yao Yun and the second elder, the bald dragon came to his senses and turned from worry to joy. However, after laughing, he became a little worried again:
"It is indeed a good thing for the heroes of Middle-earth to enter the Southern Wilderness, but can the powerful clans of Middle-earth defeat Di Mu in an arm-wrestle?"
"No one can say for sure about the temple dispute. Although Emperor Mu has always said what he said, the relationship between the divine descendants of the Chinese and Tu emperors is so complicated that the outcome is hard to say, but..." When it comes to this, the second elder Wu has a clear understanding of the matter.
, said: "As long as the benefits are big enough to attract the descendants of all the great imperial clans in China, then the emperor can't stop him even if he wants to!"
"Profit? What benefit?" The bald dragon had a sharp mind and didn't understand it for a while.
Yao Yun smiled slightly: "Our fertile land will soon be in autumn. The harvest season is here. Both double-cropping rice and extremely high-yielding hybrid rice are about to mature. As long as we reveal a little bit about the grain output, what will happen in China?"
The rubes must be crazy about it!
"For the sake of fertile and productive land, what does the emperor mean?"