Chapter 2004

Following Gao Yang's voice.

Wang Xiao was full of excitement and wished he could kneel to Gao Yang.

Such insight into human nature was terrifying!

"With Prime Minister Gao's words, this subordinate is suddenly enlightened!"

Gao Yang smiled, "Even if Yan Wushuang knows it is a poisonous scheme, when Chen Ping's name resounds throughout Great Yan, Yuan Xuanlin is pointed at by thousands of people, and the Prime Minister's mansion, which used to be like a marketplace, becomes deserted, he will still have to enter the game!"

"This game is unsolvable; there are only three paths!"

"First, suppress Chen Ping to appease Yuan Xuanlin, but if so, what will Chen Ping think? Once Chen Ping is alienated, this is a pain Yan Wushuang absolutely cannot bear!"

"Second, muddle through and forcibly maintain balance, but this cannot solve the fundamental problem. If so, the court will definitely polarize, and internal friction will intensify! It will explode sooner or later, and it will be even more miserable then!"

"Third, which is the optimal solution for this move, Yan Wushuang shows the posture of an ambitious hero, cuts the Gordian knot, kills Yuan Xuanlin to eliminate future trouble, and gambles on Chen Ping alone! But, what happens after he kills him?"

Wang Xiao blurted out, his eyes carrying deep apprehension, "Heartbreak! The old officials of Great Yan will definitely feel like the rabbit dying and the fox grieving, and everyone will feel insecure!"

"Exactly! The poison of this scheme lies in the fact that Yan Wushuang is placed high on a fire. Killing Yuan Xuanlin is scraping the bone to remove poison, a short pain to solve a long-term problem; if he doesn't kill him, that suspicion and dissatisfaction will gradually form party strife in the court until it explodes!"

"No matter how he chooses, Yan Wushuang is a loser and will have to pay a bloody price!"

Gao Yang's eyes were deep, as if he had already known the trend of Great Yan in advance, "This is an unavoidable open scheme. This is a top-tier poisonous scheme!"

"What it uses is not the scheme itself, but the—inevitable and irreversible—entanglement of human nature, power, and interests!"

As soon as these words were spoken.

The room fell into a deathly silence again, and a needle could be heard dropping.

Even Gao Changwen, who was always carefree, couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Wang Xiao's body trembled slightly, and his eyes looking at Gao Yang were filled with unprecedented shock and awe.

He made up his mind.

Upon returning to Chang'an, he must persuade Wang Zhong to turn hostility into friendship. If Wang Zhong doesn't listen, it won't be his lack of filial piety; he will have no choice but to cut the robe and break the friendship, severing this father-son relationship!

Chu Qingluan's eyes were deep, her face full of amazement.

This was Gao Yang.

Like a deep pool, one didn't know how deep it was.

Shangguan Wan'er also felt a palpitation, but her beautiful eyes were even brighter.

She sighed in her heart: if Gao Yang were in the court, how could the envoys of the three kingdoms be so rampant and suffer such a great humiliation?

Wang Xiao cupped his hands, his face full of excitement, "Prime Minister Gao's wisdom is close to that of ghosts and gods; Wang Xiao admires you to the ground!"

"This scheme is unsolvable!"

"This time, it will definitely make Great Yan have a good time!"

Gao Yang put down his teacup, stretched lazily, and then said to Wang Xiao, "Alright, everything that needs to be said has been said. You can go back and show off in front of people, but remember, don't reveal that I said it."

"After all, you know the relationship between me and Her Majesty right now. I have already moved away from the whirlpool of the court. These things shouldn't be my concern. It was purely because the diplomatic mission of the three kingdoms and that Chen Ping were bullying people too much that I fought back. I don't want to cause unnecessary misunderstandings and trouble!"

Wang Xiao said with a straight face, "Prime Minister Gao can rest assured. There is nothing hard about my body, but this mouth of mine is famous for being tight-lipped!"

"That's good."

Gao Yang responded, then looked at Chu Qingluan, Shangguan Wan'er, and the others, "Pack up your things; we... should also set off back to Chang'an."

Following Gao Yang's words.

Everyone left and began to pack their luggage, preparing to return to Chang'an.

When Shangguan Wan'er went out, she first glanced at Gao Yang's cheeks, her eyes showing hesitation. After struggling in her heart for a moment, she came to Wang Xiao, who was tidying up his saddle outside the door, preparing for the return trip.

"Marquis of Loyalty and Valor, please stay!"

Wang Xiao was curious, "Does Official Shangguan have something to say?"

Shangguan Wan'er nodded and looked at Wang Xiao, "This matter concerns the abnormal changes in celestial phenomena! I have read some miscellaneous books and have done some research on celestial phenomena. The weather is early cold this year, the temperature has dropped sharply, and these years have been plagued by droughts and floods, with frequent locust plagues. I fear it is the celestial phenomenon of the Little Ice Age..."

"Little Ice Age?"

Wang Xiao was surprised, but also a little puzzled.

Shangguan Wan'er took a deep breath and spoke with a solemn face.

"The Little Ice Age is a kind of extreme climate disaster, rare to encounter in a hundred or even a thousand years. But once encountered, it means that the heat the sun gives to the earth will drop sharply, and large areas of territory will fall into a longer and more severe cold."

"Winter may be extended by several months, and summer may also become short and gloomy. The consequences are often thousands of miles of barren land, corpses everywhere, and even... a sign of the collapse of a dynasty!"