The peace talks between Qi and Yan, which ended with a small meeting at Tingfeng Tower, were considered completely over.
Logically, the two countries should have reached an agreement to coexist peacefully. However, in reality, for the sake of Yan's grand ambitions, Li Xiangjun dug many pitfalls during the peace negotiations.
For example, the Yanwei Alliance is one of them.
Based on this treaty, the State of Yan could use the route through the State of Wei to attack the State of Qi.
It should be understood that the territory of Wei is not only flat but also commercially prosperous. If Yan were to attack from this point, the damage to Qi would be far greater than if Yan attacked from Luoyue Pass.
This treaty could not be ignored, so He Yunxiao, one of the "culprits," was sent to work in Wei by Mengbao before he could even return to Qi.
As for Li Xiangjun, after learning the truth about the confrontation between Qi and Yan, she also began to think about a new strategy for unification.
Leading troops into battle, not to mention playing into the hands of Song Xianhui and his gang, the odds of winning are not very high.
Moreover, with Song Xianhui and his group obstructing her, even if she had a high chance of winning, Li Xiangjun might still be secretly eliminated, just like the Qi Emperor and Chu Tianzhu during the Qi Kingdom's heyday, so that Song Xianhui could restore the balance of power between Qi and Yan.
Geographically speaking, Qi was strong and Yan was weak, yet the two countries remained locked in a stalemate for three hundred years, largely due to the behind-the-scenes manipulation of the Song Immortal Society. Qi, being strong, would kill Qi; Yan, being strong, would kill Yan.
The countless absurd legends that have circulated within the palace walls of the two countries over the past three hundred years now send chills down one's spine.
In the current reality, she and Meng Qingqian are siblings from the same mother, just like the states of Qi and Yan, which share the same culture and bloodline. Perhaps, the relationship between the two of them is the future relationship between Qi and Yan.
As agreed, Li Xiangjun left Mengbao in Yan to act in her stead, while she went south to Qi to see her mother.
To safeguard the future of both countries, Li Xiangjun naturally did not travel alone. In the carriage she took to Yin Jing, her "sister," Bai Yufei, was also present.
She herself had no emotional connection with this grandmaster, yet she managed to use He Yunxiao as an intermediary in their relationship, believing that this grandmaster from the Taixu Sect would protect her life.
It's a really strange feeling.
It seems that He Yunxiao is the linchpin for all of them.
As long as you surrender yourself to He Yunxiao, you can obtain a very powerful force from him. This applies to his sister whom he has never met, the young master of Tingfeng Tower whose attitude is ambiguous, and the grandmaster of Taixu Sect who is detached from worldly affairs.
Li Xiangjun sat in the carriage, looking the woman in white across from her up and down.
Starting with the woman's small feet in her white embroidered shoes, then to her long, straight thighs, her ample hips and buttocks, her slender waist and abdomen, and her magnificent chest.
"Why does the Taoist priest always wear a bamboo hat?"
"I'm used to it."
I don't believe it.
“My master said that I would mislead people with my looks, so it is not appropriate for me to face others.”
Li Xiangjun became interested upon hearing this, and got up to lift Fei Bao's straw hat.
Upon closer inspection, it was indeed so. Those alluring eyes and brows were truly like those of a fairy.
So she sighed, "Dao Changsheng is destined to bring disaster to the country and its people. It's only because I, the Empress, am a woman that He Yunxiao would not exist."
Fei Bao silently took the straw hat back and put it on. She and Li Xiangjun had nothing to talk about again.
When Li Xiangjun saw that Bai Yufei was ignoring her, she changed the subject.
"Daoist Master, if you remain so passive and unassuming, what will happen if you fall out of favor with that man surnamed He in the future?"
Fei Bao: ?
"I have a recipe that can enhance the mood..."
"What prescription..."
Li Xiangjun spoke to Bai Yufei with a smile. She was unwilling to be overshadowed by her younger sister who had already taken her place, so she needed to cultivate her own influence in the He family as soon as possible.
...
After He Yunxiao arrived in Wei with Nan Zhu, Chu Xiaoxiao, Du Yinyun, Nangong Yu'er, and Sister Jiang, he began to arrange the Qi-Wei agreement.
If Yan and Wei can form an alliance, Qi and Wei can naturally sign an agreement to ensure their safety.
With Nangong Yu'er, a local strongman, involved, the discussions and progress of the agreement went quite smoothly.
However, Song Xianhui was no pushover either. But due to their fear of Chu Xiaoxiao and the Grandmaster of Wei Kingdom, they had never dared to make a direct move.
They were simply manipulating the forces they had set up in Tingfeng Tower to cause trouble for He Yunxiao and his group.
It was effective at first, but He Yunxiao himself became immune to it later.
Unable to deal with He Yunxiao, Song Xianhui then set her sights on Nangong Yu'er.
Compared to the other female protagonists who had no roots in the Wei Kingdom, it was much easier for them to make a move on Nangong Yu'er.
For Nangong Yu'er, a young unmarried woman, forcing her into marriage is naturally the best option if you want her to leave He Yunxiao.
Although Ruobao and Mengbao stayed in Jingtian, they still knew about the affairs of Weiguo.
After learning that the Nangong family was forcing Nangong Yu'er into marriage, she wrote directly to Jiang Wuyou, telling her not to "miss this golden opportunity."
The clever Sister Jiang naturally understood. With the scheme devised by her and Sister Du, two female protagonists who were spies, Nangong Yu'er, who had long been mingling among the female protagonists, naturally had no "other options".
With Sister Jiang's scheme and Sister Ruo's approval, Nangong Yu'er obediently surrendered herself to the female lead's group, offering her "pledge of allegiance." With this guarantee, the other girls finally regarded Nangong Yu'er as "one of their own."
The old patriarch of the Nangong family never imagined that his once chaste and obedient daughter would turn out like this after going out for a short period of training. They hadn't even discussed marriage yet...
But now that the deed is done, Tingfeng Tower and the Nangong family have no other choice but to tacitly accept the relationship between Nangong Yu'er and He Yunxiao. Therefore, Song Xian's pressure on Nangong Yu'er to marry him is also resolved.
Seeing that the Qi-Wei agreement was reached and Qi and Yan entered a honeymoon period because of Junbao and Mengbao, Song Xianhui, who had been planning behind the scenes, finally got anxious.
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