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Chapter 17 Isn’t the Fourth Prince Hiding Too Deeply?
Yin Meiyu was already numb at this time.

She entered the palace at the age of ten and is now twenty-two years old. She is a female official in the harem of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In order to avoid the old Taoist priest who is difficult to serve, she is walking on thin ice in the deep palace and dares not to stand out at all.

What made her even more terrified was that the seemingly powerful Zhou Dynasty was about to perish.

And she knew this news from a strange thing that appeared in her mind called the Emperor's Growth Plan.

After a brief exploration, Yin Meiyu, who is very talented, has figured out its function, which is to deduce what will happen next based on the current situation.

After three consecutive simulations, it was found that in the third year after the death of Emperor Yongjin, the Great Zhou Dynasty would either be conquered by the Huns or destroyed by the rebels. There was even a case where aristocratic families and powerful officials changed the dynasty.

After these three simulations, Yin Meiyu had integrated all her memories. In these memories, the scenes of devastating suffering made Yin Meiyu extremely moved.

In her three simulations, the final outcome was always fleeing south, and then dying of illness during the escape.

The most terrifying scene was the one when the Huns moved southward. They treated the Zhou people like lambs to be slaughtered at will, and no grass grew wherever they went.

If we say that Yin Meiyu's life was just difficult when Emperor Yongjin was in power, it was not to the point where she could not survive.

After all, although the old Taoist priest Emperor Yongjin has some quirks, he is not lustful, and he only wants to seek immortality and the way of Taoism, so he doesn't care much about the affairs of the harem.

Yin Meiyu received her salary as usual, and that was enough as long as she had enough to eat.

After the death of Emperor Yongjin, the Huns marched south, the rebel army broke into the city, and powerful officials came to power and changed dynasties, leaving no chance for her, a poor palace maid, to survive.

However, who could have imagined that in this fourth simulation, the situation would change again.

How deep is the fourth prince hiding?

In his first three simulations, he was trapped and died in the capital. In order to protect Chang'an, he fought until the last moment.

Yin Meiyu vaguely remembered that during the first simulation, when the Huns moved south, it was the Fourth Prince who called on the palace maids to quickly flee south. He decided to live and die with Chang'an.

She ran away, and the Fourth Prince truly lived and died with Chang'an and did not leave until the last moment.

Later, the Chang'an Rebellion broke out and the entire Chang'an was burned down by the Huns.

At that time, Yin Meiyu thought that the Fourth Prince was a little stupid. He gave up the chance to live by going south and insisted on living and dying together with Chang'an.

Later, Yin Meiyu realized that if the Fourth Prince had not defended Chang'an and fought the Huns for more than twenty days, these palace maids who fled south would have died countless times.

From that moment on, Yin Meiyu was very scared, and finally realized why the Fourth Prince, who lived and died with Chang'an, was defending it to the death.

He bought important time for the large number of people fleeing south.

During this simulation, Yin Meiyu actually wanted to help the Fourth Prince once, as she didn't want him to die in vain in Chang'an again.

However, unexpectedly, this time the Fourth Prince left Chang'an and went to Jinyang by mistake.

What he didn't expect was that after he married the daughter of Li Jin, the governor of Jinyang, his whole life would change drastically.

Now, Yin Meiyu realized that this was the opportunity, this was the destiny. The Fourth Prince had no room to maneuver in Chang'an and would die in vain. But after leaving Chang'an and being free from all constraints, his abilities would be able to be demonstrated to the maximum extent.

"Fourth Prince, Fourth Prince, the court is not ruled by your second brother." Yin Meiyu shook her head.

She is in the capital, so she has the most comprehensive information. The person who controls Chang'an now is Huan Sheng, the descendant of the Huan family of Liangzhou.

Because the Zhou Dynasty replaced three emperors in just three years, a huge vacuum appeared in the center of power.

The biggest beneficiary during the vacuum period was Huan Sheng, the prime minister, who placed a large number of officials in Chang'an and became the official with the greatest political power. In addition, the governor of Liangzhou was his younger brother Huan Jie, which led to a new situation in which Huan Sheng had certain military power and a very high political status.

He saw that Chu Shizhao was showing signs of rising to the top overnight, and also realized that once Chu Shizhao took down Song Wu established by Song Xun, his prestige would completely surpass that of the newly enthroned emperor. As a member of the royal family, Chu Shizhao might purge the Huan family that had just gained power.

Instead of waiting for the other party to gradually seize the initiative, Huan Sheng would rather strike first and directly take the initiative to suppress Chu Shizhao.

However, the scenes on the screen shocked Yin Meiyu so much that her beautiful eyes slightly opened. Chu Shizhao almost unreasonably rebelled against the court, and he placed the greater good on Emperor Yongjin.

What he meant was that he only recognized his father. His late emperor had asked him to fight against Song and Wu, so Chu Shizhao went to fight against Song and Wu.

If the imperial court does not recognize the late emperor's will, then the current imperial court is illegal.

Since the imperial court recognized the late emperor's last will, it could not regard his attack on Song and Wu as the act of a rebel.

Chu Shizhao did not fall into the misunderstanding of self-justification. Instead, he came up with a reason and asked the new court to prove its legitimate rights.

If you do not recognize the late emperor's will and do not think that attacking Song and Wu is legal, then your court is a fake court. So I will attack you. I am truly righteous and have a legitimate reason.

If the late emperor's will is recognized, the previous imperial decree accusing Chu Shizhao of rebellion would be invalid.

Therefore, Huan Sheng fell into a dilemma. He had to either clear Chu Shizhao of the charges and acknowledge the late emperor's will, so that Chu Shizhao could not use this as an excuse to attack the court.

But the real problem is that Huan Sheng would never go back on his word, nor would he think that if he bowed his head like this, Chu Shizhao would not be able to beat him.

"He made the most correct judgment in the shortest time, and he really dared to fight and was able to win. That's the most unsolvable thing." Yin Meiyu couldn't help but exclaimed: "The most unfortunate thing is that he has no other way to go."

"It was Huansheng who forced him to choose."

"But, do you have the ability to bear the consequences?"

Seeing Chu Shizhao take Tongguan directly, Yin Meiyu chuckled, "You, Huansheng, took advantage of the three years of civil strife in the Great Zhou Dynasty to seize power and placed your own confidants to arrange the defense, but what's the use of that?"

"From the perspective of time, the Fourth Prince has been exiled to Jinyang. He has fought from an unknown person to the present day. After more than ten years of fighting in the south and the north, his abilities have grown sufficiently."

"In the simulation, a person's ability can grow. In comparison, what the Fourth Prince lacks most is not ability, but the forces that can support him."

"The Jinyang Li family has filled this most important vacancy."

"Arrogant soldiers and brave generals are matched with a crazy prince who dares to risk his life."

"It was no fluke that he was able to unify the North so quickly."

Yin Meiyu saw Chu Shizhao’s life-threatening nature during the first simulation. After being trapped in the capital for three consecutive simulations, Chu Shizhao remained a tough guy who would fight to the death and never bowed his head.

This kind of tough guy can definitely turn things around if given the chance.

The question now is how far Chu Shizhao can go.

The first time I came into contact with simulation deduction was when the Huns destroyed the Great Zhou and established a nomadic dynasty. The second time I came into contact with simulation deduction was when the rebels destroyed the Great Zhou and established a dynasty called Daqian. The third time I came into contact with simulation deduction was when Huan Sheng usurped the throne.

What is the outcome of this simulation?
Will Chu Shizhao rebuild the Great Zhou? Or will it be a flash in the pan amidst the dangers from all sides?
It has to be said that sometimes it is a skill for a king to be able to fight a war, but a king cannot only know how to fight a war, otherwise he will only bring about his own destruction.

Thinking of this, Chu Shizhao on the screen continued his offensive, and his troops were almost about to break through the several lines of defense set up by Huan Sheng.

Chu Shizhao and his Jinyang army were simply too powerful for Huan Sheng.

(End of this chapter)