With the opening of the Heavenly Rankings, turmoil has already begun to stir among the various realms.
In the sea, various tribes, large and small, each claiming to be a dragon, wage war against each other for their own benefit, vying to be listed on the list. This resulted in the sea surface being filled with floating seafood, which in turn drove down seafood prices.
In the Demon Realm, sects fight tooth and nail for rankings, which is the local custom. Shen Zhao couldn't interfere too much. As long as a guarantee fee was paid to the Court of Justice before the duel, they could compete legally.
As for the Western Regions, let's not even go there; information about them was practically nonexistent.
In the Dao Realm, everything is peaceful and harmonious. No one dares to challenge the Heavenly Dynasty, and the customs of the people are the same.
In the Northern and Central Regions, conflicts will naturally be limited to a controllable range due to the existence of the Xuantian Immortal Dynasty and the Longhan Heavenly Dynasty.
In the Southern Region, people basically do what they need to do and have a non-competitive attitude.
Only in the Eastern Region did the scene of heroes vying for supremacy truly begin the moment the Heavenly Ranking was opened.
Although the Eastern Region is only one domain, there are seventy-three countries of all sizes on this land, and most of them are of similar strength, with none willing to submit to the others.
The moment the list of Heavenly Rankings was published, those kingdoms that were not on the list or were dissatisfied with their rankings immediately began to take new actions.
This time, they pointed their spearhead at the Dayin Dynasty, which ranked 13th on the Heavenly Ranking.
The current level of the Dayin Dynasty is nothing compared to that of the previous life.
But within the Eastern Region, it is not an exaggeration to say that they are one of the great powers.
Any country in the Eastern Region that wants to challenge Dayin's status will have to pay a heavy price.
However, there are other ways to overthrow the Great Yin Dynasty.
For example, the League of Nations.
What? Why not pick Da Zhou, who's ranked tenth on the Heavenly Ranking?
Then I can only tell you that your vision is too low.
The Great Zhou was a country of prosperity and was also the last resort for everyone after bankruptcy. How could they possibly attack a country that was full of corrupt officials?
Thus, the Great Xia Kingdom, led by Chu Yang, also had considerable influence in the Eastern Region. He called on the other fourteen countries in the Eastern Region to unite and try to divide up the Great Yin Empire in one fell swoop.
The reason is that the Great Yin Dynasty funded the rebels (Chu Sheng's army) a year ago, which led to a continuous civil war. Although the rebels were subsequently defeated and their leader Chu Sheng disappeared, it still caused huge losses to the Great Xia Dynasty.
This greatly displeased Chu Yang, who protested to the Dayin Dynasty several times, demanding an explanation for interfering in other countries' internal affairs and compensation for the corresponding losses, much like driver Ze Lian.
Unfortunately, your country, Daxia, is small and weak, so how can you be qualified to negotiate diplomacy with the great powers?
Do you really think that Gambia can beat the five permanent members of the UN Security Council?
Therefore, Yu Xiyan (Qiao Zhaorong) completely ignored Chu Yang's "reasonable" demands and was even threatened with a sky-high compensation of 20 million spirit stones.
As the saying goes, even a pit bull dares to roar at a Siberian tiger when it is angry. Facing the powerful military threat from Dayin, Chu Yang was very angry, but he was helpless. He could only vent his anger on his younger brothers and his father's concubines every day.
But as soon as the rankings were announced, Chu Yang immediately had a new idea. He tried to win over the relatively wealthy but weak Ziyuan Empire and called on the countries of the Eastern Region to unite against the Dayin Dynasty.
He also threatened that as long as he could enter Chang'an, he only wanted to send Yu Xiyan to his bed and develop her, and he didn't care about other wealth or anything else.
Soon, the impoverished Eastern Region Alliance united under the temptation of Chu Sheng's blank check. The combined forces of the countries totaled 800,000 and they were ready to attack the Dayin Dynasty.
Although these 800,000 men looked poorly equipped, the saying goes that "bad people come from poor and remote places," and they were still quite capable fighters.
Upon receiving this news, Yu Xiyan, who had just returned to Chang'an, felt extremely depressed.
She sat in the imperial study, racking her brains for a plan to dismantle the enemy's alliance.
Qiao Zhaorong on the side was looking at Yu Xiyan's face lovingly, her eyes full of love.
After a long while, she walked up to Yu Xiyan with a bowl of ginseng soup and said softly, "Your Majesty, please take a rest. If you really can't, let me review the memorials for you?"
Yu Xiyan didn't even look up, and said directly, "Get down here, we don't need you here."
Upon hearing this, Qiao Zhaorong put down the ginseng soup, quietly walked behind Yu Xiyan, and gently massaged her shoulder.
"Your Majesty, I believe these rabble are incapable of great things. We only need to promise them some benefits."
They will inevitably fall into disarray. If we can stall for a year and wait for the Heavenly Ranking to disappear, their alliance will surely collapse without a fight.
As she spoke, her hands began to wander, gradually moving downwards and slowly touching Yu Xiyan's bra.
Yu Xiyan sensed something was wrong and immediately turned around to glare at her, saying word by word, "I told you to get out, did you hear me?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down. I have overstepped my bounds."
Seeing Yu Xiyan getting angry, Qiao Zhaorong obediently walked behind the screen.
After she left, Yu Xiyan felt agitated and was carefully examining the memorials when a breeze suddenly blew in from outside the door, and at the same time, she heard a slight tinnitus.
The next moment, a steady footstep sounded outside the Imperial Study.
She closed her eyes and said directly, "I have said that no one may enter the Imperial Study without my permission. Do you all intend to defy this decree?"
However, the footsteps continued to approach Yu Xiyan's direction.
Yu Xiyan frowned and forcefully threw the imperial brush.
"You must let me..."
But in that instant of looking up, he saw the figure he had longed for day and night.
Shen Zhao was looking at him with concern.
Overwhelmed with emotion, she hurriedly stood up, her voice trembling slightly: "You, how did you get here..."
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