"The Jade Kingdom was once powerful, but its national prestige has gradually declined in recent years. I do not believe that the Jade Emperor's marriage alliance with the Jing Kingdom is merely to add to the Jing Kingdom's glory. He must have his own calculations."
"Now only Chenqi remains. These two countries do not often interact with Yu and Jing, but they are adjacent to Yu and An respectively. If we start from there, Yu may be tempted, and An may also have a new opportunity."
An Chenghuan's eyes gradually focused, and he understood some of Jin Xu's meaning: "This method is dangerous, and if it fails, it will definitely provoke Chen Qi's anger. It will be extremely difficult for An Kingdom to fight against the two countries."
Jin Xu assured, "Your Highness, if we do not strike first, Jing and An will have a long-standing feud, and one day Jing will send troops to An."
"I will discuss this matter thoroughly with all my ministers and will certainly muddy the waters so that neither country can blame Anguo. In the dog-eat-dog world, Anguo is also trying to protect itself."
An Chenghuan remained silent for a long time, pondered for a while, and finally nodded: "I'll trouble Prime Minister Jin."
Jin Xu cupped his hands and said, "It is my honor to serve Your Highness, and it is also to repay the late Emperor's kindness in recognizing my talent."
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Yue Jiang always felt that Jing Yan's Xiande Hall was built too strangely, with the amount of construction work getting bigger and bigger. She thought that Jing Kingdom must have lived on chaff and wild vegetables for the first forty years.
Therefore, even the Eastern Palace has many hidden areas that are damaged and have never been repaired at great expense.
Taking advantage of Jing Yan's absence from court, Yue Jiang had Qing Ke retrieve a large quantity of golden nanmu wood, various glazed tiles, and some excellent craftsmen brought from the Yue Kingdom from her private treasury, intending to carry out a major renovation of Xiande Hall.
She was stopped at the entrance of Xiande Hall: "Your Highness, your health is precious. This place is messy and you should not come near here. Why don't you go for a stroll in the garden?"
Yue Jiang: "I didn't come here to stroll around. His Highness said that Xiande Hall has not been repaired for many years. I was thinking that I have some good things in my storeroom, so I brought some over to use them."
She craned her neck to look into the hall and pointed to a neat path.
"Then we can leave. I won't look at the other messy places. I'll just check His Highness's bedroom and study to see if he's missing anything I have. I'll give His Highness a surprise later."
Just as Yue Jiang was about to take a step, her attendant hurriedly raised his arm to stop her: "Your Highness has everything here, you don't need anything, please don't go in and hurt yourself."
Yue Jiang pretended: "You have everything? Are there any people hiding here? Are you so afraid of me going in?"
Because the attendant in front of him was young and was only Jing Yan's adopted son who was his personal attendant, he was not very good at dealing with people.
Yue Jiang immediately sensed that the attendant was up to something. It was understandable that he was worried about her getting hurt, but his excessive guilt suggested something was amiss.
She gave Qingke and Qingfei a look, and the two immediately cleared a path for Yuejiang. Yuejiang walked briskly, and the attendants didn't dare to stop her, otherwise they were afraid that the Crown Princess would bump into something and that would be terrible.
Yue Jiang entered smoothly and went first to the study where the fire started in Xiande Hall, but she noticed something strange when she got to the door.
There seemed to be no major signs of a fire.
When Yue Jiang walked into the main room of the study with suspicion, she only saw a dark wall and a half-collapsed bookshelf.
Yue Jiang: "..."
What about the big fire that Jingyan mentioned?
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