"Ahem, let's talk about the current situation. What exactly is this Great Chu's Intelligence Division?"
Mu Zian couldn't stand that look and quickly changed the subject.
Now that they were talking about serious matters, Mi Linglong's expression returned to calm.
"Just like the opera troupe that tried to assassinate you during the day, they were from the Liangzhou branch of the Great Chu Intelligence Bureau. Branches like that are all over the world."
"Wherever there are people in Li, Han, Zhou, Wei, Zhao, and Qin, there are branches of the Great Chu Intelligence Division."
Mu Zian was slightly surprised upon hearing this; indeed, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse.
Even though the Great Chu Kingdom has been extinct for more than twenty years, such underground forces still exist.
Mi Linglong continued speaking.
"The Great Chu Intelligence Division was originally relatively stable, with a three-way balance of power."
"The royal family, headed by my mother, controls the finances; the remaining officials of the Great Chu control the connections; and the military generals, headed by Gongsun Yi, control the conquests."
Mu Zian found it easy to understand; the intelligence department of the Great Chu was essentially an underground kingdom.
The separation of financial, political, and military powers jointly maintained this rebel organization.
However, this delicate balance was broken when Gongsun Yi was killed by him.
As for the marriage alliance with Mu Zi'an mentioned by Mi Linglong earlier, it is not hard to understand.
If the former Chu royal family, who held financial power, wanted to completely control the intelligence bureau, they needed to win over another external force and seize the military power headed by Gongsun Yi.
Those regimes led by former Chu ministers, having lost the protection of military power, also urgently needed an armed force to protect them.
Even if they know it's like drinking poison to quench their thirst, the risks are always relative.
Therefore, both sides unanimously offered Mi Linglong as a bargaining chip, because no one was more suitable than her in terms of status and position.
But none of them expected that the canary they had kept in a cage would now have its own ideas.
Rather than being used as chips to be pushed to the tables they want, it's better to take the plunge and choose a bet you might win.
It seemed like he had gotten the better deal, but in reality, Mi Linglong had dragged him into it.
With this thought in mind, Mu Zian looked at Mi Linglong sitting next to him and realized that the more beautiful a woman is, the more likely she is to deceive people.
At this moment, a sentence also came to Mu Zian's mind: High-level hunters often disguise themselves as prey.
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