Ye Li curiously raised her eyebrows as she looked at Feng Zhiyao. Feng Zhiyao smiled, "He's relying on his wealth to snatch grain from Prince Li. Isn't he just waiting for people to chop him up? However, the results aren't bad. He's bought at least thirty percent of Jiangnan's grain this year. Now that Prince Li has turned around to attack Jiangnan, I'm afraid he'll run out of grain soon. That's why Prince Li has sent assassins to chase him down. "
"How is he going to deal with that much grain?" Jiangnan could be said to be Da Chu State's granary. Thirty percent of Jiangnan's grain wasn't a small amount. Feng Zhiyao smiled carelessly, "Once Jiangnan is in chaos, the price of grain will only skyrocket. It's not like we can't sell it. Even if we can't sell it, we still have hundreds of thousands of people to feed. "
Sure enough, Leng Haoyu appeared at the door not long after. There was still a scar on his handsome face. Fortunately, it didn't look too serious and wouldn't leave a scar. "Your Highness, Princess Consort."
Mo Xiuyao nodded and said in a low voice, "You've been here for more than half a year. What's going on in Lingzhou this time? Why did Mo Jingli suddenly decide to mobilize? " Leng Haoyu looked at Mo Xiuyao in surprise, "Didn't Prince bring people south because he knew of Prince Li's rebellion?" Mo Xiuyao said lightly, "I came here for some matters in Nanjiang. I received news of Mo Jingli's mobilization as soon as I set out. No matter how brainless Mo Jingli is, he should know that he's not completely prepared. "
Feng Zhiyao shook his head, "I feel that Mo Jingli chose a good time. It just so happened that we were caught off guard. Not to mention that we came a few days later, even if we came half a day later, Shattered Snow Pass might not be able to hold on. " Mo Xiuyao frowned and said, "If he is really ready, he shouldn't be in such a hurry to congratulate Shattered Snow Pass. He could have divided his troops into two groups. One group would delay General Murong at Shattered Snow Pass, and the other group would march to the east. The southeast region has always been peaceful, and there are rarely any garrisons. As long as he completely occupies the south of the Cloud Water River, not to mention the tens of thousands of men we have now, even if we have two to three hundred thousand men, it will not be easy for us to pass through the Cloud Water River and quell the chaos. General Murong couldn't do it alone. It was only a matter of time before Shattered Snow Pass fell. When the time comes … whatever benefits Mo Jingli obtains, he won't need to share with Nanzhao. "
"He's in a hurry to mobilize his troops before he's ready … Does that mean the emperor wants to make a move on him?" Leng Haoyu guessed.
Feng Zhiyao shook his head and said, "That's not right. If the Emperor wanted to do something to him, he wouldn't have let him leave the capital."
Leng Haoyu nodded, thought for a moment and said: "King Li's cavalry was indeed sudden. He didn't do anything when he first returned to Ling Province, but three days later, he suddenly mobilized his troops. At that time, I was also shocked. "
Ye Li asked: "Why did the Prince suddenly rush over?"
Mo Xiuyao glanced at her, took out a letter from his bosom and handed it over. Ye Li took a look at it. It was the letter she sent back before, and there was also a letter that was obviously her grandfather's notes. Looking down, Ye Li said in surprise: "The Saintess of Nanjiang, Shu Manlin, is a descendant of the previous emperor?!" This was indeed what Ye Li didn't expect when she sent it. This was too melodramatic. She did guess whether Shu Manlin had other identities, but the Saintess of Nanjiang was a descendant of the previous emperor, and Mo Jingli was the current emperor's younger brother. Then the two of them conspired to rebel?
"Didn't Nanzhao betray the previous dynasty to establish the country? How could the descendant of the previous emperor call her the Saintess of Nanjiang? "Looking at the King of Nanzhao's attitude towards Shu Manlin, it shouldn't be that he didn't know her identity.
Mo Xiuyao said: "The ornament you sent back was a relic of the Chaoyang Princess who married into a tribe in Nanjiang during the previous dynasty."
Ye Li raised her eyebrows. So what? The Chaoyang Princess had been Nanzhao for hundreds of years.
Feng Zhiyao explained: "This Chaoyang Princess was a strange woman. It is said that before she was married, she had participated in court politics. But at that time, the emperor didn't like women to participate in politics, and he reprimanded her several times. Later, he sent her to Nanjiang for a political marriage. Although the Chaoyang Princess disappeared, the tribe she married into became the largest tribe in Nanjiang at that time because of the support of the previous emperor. At the same time, it was the predecessor of the Nanzhao royal family. The Nanzhao royal family admired the culture of the Central Plains. Although their relationship with the previous dynasty was not good, they were very good to some … rebellious ministers of the previous dynasty. From the establishment of Nanzhao until the fall of the previous dynasty, there were at least three princes, two princesses, and one Wangye that could be traced. Some of these people failed in their rebellion, and some fled to Nanzhao because they were framed. Without exception, these people all married or married a direct descendant of the Nanzhao royal family. The last one they took in, although the records are vague, we speculate that it should be the crown prince of the previous dynasty. "
"So, what you are saying is that the Holy Maiden of Nanjiang may be the orphan of the previous crown prince?" Ye Li asked, feeling a wave of dizziness. As expected, if you thought the story was melodramatic, the reality was even more melodramatic.
Feng Zhiyao said with a smile: "In the third year of the previous dynasty's fall, the Queen of Nanzhao married a man of unknown identity from the Central Plains. Five years later, Nanzhao continued to invade the borders of Da Chu State. It wasn't until the Queen of Nanzhao and her husband died that it gradually calmed down. But in all these years, the two countries have been at war and have never truly stopped. As long as there is a chance, Nanzhao will think of ways to invade the Central Plains. "
Ye Li rubbed her forehead. "I understand. So Nanzhao has a very strong bloodline of the previous dynasty's royal family. They plan on taking back the country for the previous dynasty and entering the Central Plains? "
"Taking back the country for the previous dynasty may be fake, but they definitely want to enter the Central Plains," Feng Zhiyao said with a nod.
Ye Li looked strangely at Mo Xiuyao and said, "Even so, you don't need to rush over so quickly. Since they have prepared for more than a hundred years, they shouldn't mind preparing for a few more decades. "Mo Xiuyao looked at her." If Mo Jingli did not raise troops this time, what did you plan on doing? "Ye Li stilled and remembered that she had planned on going to the Holy Maiden of Nanjiang to take a look." There is danger? " Mo Xiuyao's expression was not very good. He said, "Don't you think that the so-called Holy Maiden of Nanjiang is very problematic?"
Ye Li blinked, waiting for his answer.
"The Holy Maiden of Nanjiang must enter the Holy Maiden when she is twenty-five years old. But in reality, most of the Holy Maidens are twenty-one or twenty-two years old. The youngest one is even nineteen years old and has already stepped down from the position of Holy Maiden and entered the Holy Maiden. No one knows what these so-called Holy Maidens look like, no one knows their family background, and no one knows what they do after entering the Holy Maiden. But these women must receive all kinds of education from a young age. After becoming a Holy Maiden, they even have a certain influence on Nanzhao's political affairs. How much time, money, and energy does it take to teach such a person? Is it just to put her there as a Holy Maiden for a few years and then throw her into some Holy Maiden to die of old age? "Mo Xiuyao said indifferently. Leng Haoyu thought, "The Prince's words are reasonable. The rules of the Holy Maidens of Nanzhao are really strange. I remember that the Holy Maiden who held the position for the shortest time was only two years. She became a Holy Maiden at fifteen and stepped down at seventeen. "
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