Chapter 469

Hearing Ying Zheng said this with a bit of an irritated tone, questioning.

"Li Canghai?"

Zhao Gao came to his senses all at once,

"May's Li Canghai?"

No way?

Western Xia, such a tiny little nation, could actually be connected to the Qinglong Society?

How could it be this absurd!

At this moment, Zhao Gao really wanted to ask just how many more tentacles the Qinglong Society still had.

Why does it feel like your Qinglong Society is even more of a net than the Net?

298 Going straight to war with the Qinglong Society?

"But isn't now precisely the time to secretly deal with the Qinglong Society?"

"The Great Han side has already begun taking action."

"Even the Great Han struck directly, so why not move directly against Western Xia?"

Zhao Gao thought for a while, and still felt something was off.

"Lord Zhao, in your esteemed opinion, even if we snatched the Fangri Rabbit from Li Qinglu's hands,"

"then wouldn't the Qinglong Society know that Great Qin is moving against them?"

"Wouldn't that give the Qinglong Society a reason to go to war with Great Qin?"

"When war breaks out, Lord Zhao, would you be willing to charge at the front?"

"The foremost of the Nine Provinces' taboos, Ximen Wudi's wrath—you'll bear it?"

Hearing Fusu could hardly watch any longer; the three great dynasties had, as if by unspoken agreement, all been pushing from behind the scenes.

The forces that took action must also have nothing to do with the three great dynasties, and ideally should even be hostile powers.

The whole purpose was fear that when Ximen Wudi returned, he would come deal with them first.

But what Li Qinglu has in her hands is an item—perhaps just an item!

If we took it by force and trickery, yet failed to gather all of the Dongfang Canglong Seven Mansions, and failed to obtain the Infatuated Heart Pill,

then wouldn't Great Qin be the first to bear Ximen Wudi's wrath?

"This servant knows his crime…"

Only then did Zhao Gao come back to his senses, and immediately knelt down again.

"Go down and receive your punishment on your own! I hope that in everything you do, you'll use your brain a little more before you open your mouth to speak."

When it came to punishing Zhao Gao, Hearing Ying Zheng was never soft-handed; having finished speaking, he then addressed the assembled ministers,

"According to the introduction on the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking, this Li Qinglu is the sole princess of Western Xia."

"That is to say, Western Xia's sole heir!"

"She has now grown up, and the King of Western Xia is already aging and infirm."

"He ought to be seeking a consort for Li Qinglu."

"Therefore, so long as I decide to choose an Imperial Prince to enter into a marriage alliance with Western Xia,"

Great Qin is now the foremost dynasty; if the Qinglong Society does not appear, its strength and power are the greatest.

Western Xia, in the eyes of Great Qin, is at most a commandery.

Now, for the sake of the Dongfang Canglong Seven Mansions, Hearing Ying Zheng had actually put forth a marriage alliance as his bargaining chip—one could say he had put up his own blood.

Hearing Fusu was stunned upon hearing this, still pondering Hearing Ying Zheng's words.

Right below the dan steps, a young Imperial Prince leapt out,

"For Father Emperor, for Great Qin, your son is willing to go in person to Western Xia to seek the hand of the Princess of Yinchuan."

The crowd looked toward the voice, and it was none other than the Eighteenth Imperial Prince, Hu Hai!

"Granted."

Hearing Ying Zheng took a long look at Hu Hai, then another look at Hearing Fusu, who had reacted too slowly, and spoke with ringing force.

……

Great Tang, Palace of Great Ming.

"The Dongfang Canglong Seven Mansions? Left behind by Zhou Wenwang? Is all of this true?"

Wu Zetian, seeing this edition of the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking, was also somewhat taken aback.

How long has the Zhou Dynasty been fallen, and now something connected to Zhou Wenwang has actually appeared?

And this thing is actually this powerful—obtain it and you can unify the Nine Provinces?

Then can this thing stand against Ximen Wudi?

"Your Majesty! Within the Zhou Yi, there are indeed records of the Dongfang Canglong Seven Mansions."

Yuan Shoucheng was learned and well-read; after the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking mentioned it, he consulted the classics once more and finally managed to dig out a few things.

"It is said that Zhou Wenwang, based on Fuxi's Eight Trigrams, evolved them into the sixty-four Pre-Heaven Trigrams."

"Afterward, using the sixty-four trigrams, he deduced these Dongfang Canglong Seven Mansions."

"It was precisely by relying on the Dongfang Canglong Seven Mansions that Zhou Wuwang defeated King Zhou of Shang at Muye and unified the realm!"

The Zhou Yi is obscure and difficult to comprehend; Yuan Shoucheng, being an expert in deducing fate-pillars and divining the stars,

and with the aid of the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers Ranking's exposure, only then deduced this piece of information.

Its reliability could be said to be there.

"That powerful?"

Wu Zetian clicked her tongue inwardly, unable to resist complaining,

"Has this world changed too quickly?"

"Just now there was the love story of Xu Xian and the snake demon."

"And now here comes an ancient legend of Zhou Wuwang battling King Zhou of Shang?"

The ministers, hearing this, could not help but feel a little like laughing.

But more than that, they were startled awake.

Indeed, this world had already begun to undergo tremendous changes.

If one said there were no immortals or demons,

then what was the deal with the Heavenly Dao Golden List and the Heavenly Dao Hundred Flowers List hanging high in the firmament?

But if one said there were immortals, there were demons,

then over all these years, countless martial artists had sought to shatter the void without success, and not even half a demon had been seen.

Why was that?

"Very well, since the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon are important, then we must fight for them."

"But in my view, since the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon are divided into seven, as long as we seize one first, we can stand in an invincible position."

"So, my dear ministers, which one should be our priority?"

The ministers immediately began to deliberate, but Shangguan Wan had long had a plan in mind and said directly,

"Longyu and that Duke Huo Yu of Great Qin — eliminate them first!"

"Great Qin's forces are powerful; meat at their lips, they absolutely will not allow others to touch it."

"As for the choices, besides Shen Bijun, there is Li Qinglu."

"For Li Qinglu, I suggest we eliminate one Imperial Prince and arrange a marriage alliance with her."

"The Tang dynasty's power far surpasses that of the Song dynasty, let alone the petty little state of Western Xia."

"With an Imperial Prince stepping forward, the Xia Guozhu will surely know which way the wind blows."

"As for Shen Bijun, we only need to arrange for the enemies of Shen Family Fort or Lian Family Fort to make a move."

"Good! Then Wan, in your opinion, which Imperial Prince is suitable?"

Wu Zetian thought the same in her heart.

"The Prince of Linzi will do!"

Shangguan Wan suggested directly.

"Good, send the imperial edict immediately!"

Wu Zetian also had the Prince of Linzi in mind and agreed directly.

"But dealing with Great Sui, we must hurry."