The game starts with escaping from the famine and flipping the table

Kyoto.

The Ministry of Official Affairs Shangshu Mansion.

At this moment, Su Xiaoya was thinking hard about a question: What should she do to ensure the safety of Kong Zhijing, Kong Junyue, and Kong Junde? They are still under house arrest in the palace by the current emperor!

Of course, there is also Kong Zhili's fiancé, Shangguan Sinan, the prince of Pingnan Marquis's Mansion, and his adoptive father Shangguan Jing'an, whom she worries about all day long.

Today, the Pingnan Marquis Mansion is simply the most miserable and desolate place in the capital.

There was no way. There were only two male owners in the entire Pingnan Marquis Mansion, and now there was not even a female owner. There were only a few kittens left.

Fortunately, these secret guards grew up with Shangguan Sinan and were loyal to him. Otherwise, before Pingnan Marquis and his son returned home, the Pingnan Marquis Mansion would have been shattered and all of them would have fled.

Although the new emperor, Prince Liuyang Yuwen Yong, verbally hinted that he would send all court officials home after he ascended the throne, things in the world are unpredictable, and who can guarantee that there won't be any unexpected changes?

As the saying goes, serving the king is like serving a tiger. This is indeed the case and the situation is far more serious than everyone imagines.

Outside the imperial study, the sky was dark, and the dark clouds were like a huge mass of ink, piling up layer upon layer, constantly rolling and surging. They were closely connected, pressing down gloomily, as if to swallow up the whole world, giving people a sense of suffocation and oppression.

A light breeze blew by, bringing a hint of coolness. This cool breeze flowed silently in the air, as if silently conveying some kind of message: a violent storm is about to come.

At this moment, Yuwen Yong was sitting in the imperial study, concentrating on reviewing the mountain of memorials in front of him.

What is frustrating is that these memorials were not submitted by court ministers to the new emperor Yuwen Yong.

In fact, at this time, Yuwen Yong had not yet officially ascended the throne, and all the court officials were under house arrest in the palace.

These memorials were all accumulated by the old emperor Yuwen Huaide. It must be said that this is really ironic.

Faced with such a complex and difficult situation, Yuwen Yong's heart was full of mixed feelings. As the only true royal blood, he knew that he had a heavy responsibility and mission on his shoulders, but the world did not know!

Moreover, the current situation made Yuwen Yong feel that he was on the brink of an abyss. He could not help but fall into deep thought, thinking hard about how to break the deadlock and restore the normal operation of the court.

Yuwen Yong's gaze occasionally looked out the window. The rolling dark clouds were like the shadow hanging over his heart, silently reminding him that the road ahead was full of thorns and dangers.

However, Yuwen Yong had no way out.

Whether it was for his grandmother who had worked tirelessly to plan for him, or for his poor mother who was killed by Yuwen Huaide, or for the Yuwen family's empire, Yuwen Yong could not retreat.

He couldn't be intimidated by the predicament he faced.

Yuwen Yong tightly grasped the memorial in his hand, his eyes revealing a determined light, as if he was swearing to himself: no matter how great the difficulties and obstacles he encountered, he firmly believed that he would be able to overcome them all and preserve the Yuwen family's kingdom.

If there is no other way, he can only tell the truth to his most beloved uncle, Yuwen Huairen.

Yuwen Yong knew very well that these court ministers each had their own ulterior motives and would never be willing to submit to him wholeheartedly.

Not to mention the forces that have secretly or voluntarily or forced themselves to join other princes in an attempt to gain the credit of "following the dragon", they almost occupy half of the entire court.

Yuwen Yong naturally had a list in his hand.

Over the years, Yuwen Yong and Empress Dowager Ning Yinyin have not done nothing.

It is particularly noteworthy that the family forces behind the princesses and concubines of each prince have long been closely connected with the princes, whether they like it or not. It can be said that they prosper together and suffer together.

There are very few families who would abandon their daughters in order to protect themselves, like a gecko cutting off its tail.

Even if there was, Yuwen Yong did not dare to believe it completely.

Who knows whether these people will become new hidden dangers?

Or maybe he was openly "abandoning the dark and joining the light", but was actually "secretly planning how to overthrow the imperial power"!

Yuwen Yong secretly thought that if he couldn't take some decisive measures, it would be very difficult to stabilize his throne.

Should we choose to kill a group of people as a warning to others, or directly launch a large-scale purge operation to eliminate all those with ulterior motives at once?

This question really made Yuwen Yong feel torn, and his heart was full of contradictions and struggles. After all, who knew if the list he and the queen mother had was complete?

At this moment, Yuwen Yong was eager to resolve the current predicament quickly, but he was also worried that being too tough would cause chaos in the world. He wanted to rule the world, but he didn't want a ruined country with wars all over the place.

Not to mention the Tubo in the west; the Golden Horde, Chagatai, Ogedei and Ilkhanate in the north; the six Zhaos in the southwest corner, namely Mengxi Zhao, Yuexi Zhao, Langqiong Zhao, Bizhen Zhao, Shilang Zhao and Mengshe Zhao, these foreign tribes have always been eyeing and coveting the Dayan Kingdom.

Even in Dayan Kingdom, the other six princes are still in their fiefdoms. Who knows if they will take risks?

Even though Yuwen Yong had immediately issued an edict asking several princes to return to the capital to attend the funeral, he knew very well in his heart that no prince would obey the order and return to the capital!

After all, who would be stupid enough to fall into a trap and have the goods delivered to their door?

Yuwen Yong was actually very upset because the incident happened so suddenly that he had no time to trick those princes back to the capital.

All this was because his "good father" secretly issued an edict behind everyone's back, intending to make the eighth son, born to Concubine Yi, the crown prince!

Who could have expected that the old emperor, who had always been indifferent to the harem, would actually fall in love this time, and even tried to use the eighth prince to eliminate the power of other princes, thus paving the way for the youngest son, the ninth prince, born to Bai Xuelian.

Faced with such a situation, Yuwen Yong really did not dare to take the risk.

As long as the eighth prince Yuwen Yu becomes the crown prince, the situation will become complicated and full of variables.

What's worse is that others don't know, but Yuwen Yong knows very well that Yuwen Huaide is dying. If this decree is really made public, the situation will be very bad for Yuwen Yong.

Even though he knew that Lao Jiu was actually his son...

The truth is, Yuwen Huaide might not live long enough to restore order and truly put the ninth brother Yuwen Hao in that position.

And now, apart from the Empress Dowager Ning Yinyin and the Ning and Gong families behind her, there is also his second uncle Yuwen Huairen who has doted on him since he was a child (Yuwen Yong doesn't want to acknowledge anyone else except Yuwen Huairen). Yuwen Yong can't find someone he can truly trust and discuss countermeasures with.

As for other ministers or dignitaries, Yuwen Yong could not fully trust them. Who knows if there will be a few princes among them.

But then again, the Ning family of Cheng'en Hou and the Gong family of Mu'en Hou had been severely suppressed by the old emperor Yuwen Huaide, and it can be said that they were seriously injured. If they wanted to help Yuwen Yong gain a foothold, their strength was still a little weak.

Of course, the once most favored Concubine Yi had already been "buried with the late emperor".

The eighth prince, Yuwenhao, born to Concubine Yi, was sent to the imperial mausoleum to guard the body. He was only eight years old, so what? Could it be that he couldn't even fulfill his filial duty?

Thinking of this, Yuwen Yong couldn't help but shake his head. There were too few people he could use now. The only one who could handle it in time was Lao Ba.

It seems that we still have to win over the royalists and neutrals first.

In fact, as long as Yuwen Yong reveals the true identities of Yuwen Huaide and Gong Shuer, except for Yuwen Yong, the only prince with royal blood born by Gong Shuer, who is qualified to ascend the throne and inherit the throne, all other princes will fundamentally lose the qualification to compete for the throne - without royal blood, how can they inherit the throne?

Of course, this is subject to certain conditions.

For example, if the power of other princes is not strong enough...

For example, if the other princes would not give up and simply unite to kill Yuwen Yong...

For example, if the Empress Dowager would not be held responsible for disrupting the royal bloodline...

For example, if his second uncle Yuwen Huairen would not be so angry to death by the truth that he and Gong Shuer were siblings...

Unfortunately, anything is possible.

Therefore, Yuwen Yong did not dare to gamble, nor could he gamble!

This is a risky move that hurts the enemy by a thousand and yourself by eight hundred. Don't let it backfire and kill your allies first.

Ugh!

Do we really need to activate those people?

If he succeeded, it would be fine. If he failed, Yuwen Yong knew that he would lose...

When Yuwen Yong was struggling, Su Xiaoya was also struggling.

After all, Su Xiaoya had just arrived in Beijing and hadn’t even set up any spies in Kyoto before.

In fact, Su Xiaoya's goal from the beginning to the end was to take the Su family to conquer the sea of ​​stars, to travel around the world, to discover whether this planet also has seven continents and eight oceans, and whether there are other places with rich spiritual energy that are more suitable for cultivation.

For example, the mysterious Kunlun Mountains!

On the blue planet, the seven continents are like shining pearls inlaid on the surface of the earth. They are: Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, Antarctica, North America, and South America.

The eight oceans are like blue ribbons surrounding the earth, including the Western Pacific, North Pacific, South Pacific, North Indian Ocean, South Indian Ocean, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, and Arctic Ocean.

According to the information collected by Su Xiaoya, the environment of Dayan Kingdom is exactly the same as that of Hua Kingdom, but its territory is more vast. Its territory is a bit like the reappearance of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, with a total area of ​​more than 15 million square kilometers!

The Vietnam region south of the Great Rock Country has rolling mountains and winding rivers like silver threads;

In the east, the coastline of Korea's Fushan Mountain is winding like a giant dragon, with charming scenery.

In the northern part of Lake Baikal and the Heilongjiang River basin, the vast grasslands are like a green ocean, contrasting with the dense forests.

The Central Asian region in the west extends all the way to the southeastern corner of Iran and most of Afghanistan's territory. The Gobi Desert and desert are vast and boundless, like a golden sea of ​​sand.

Facing this vast and mysterious land, Su Xiaoya was filled with infinite curiosity and desire. Are the places outside Dayan Kingdom equally beautiful?

For example: the mysterious and gorgeous polar lights at the North and South Poles! I wonder if it is really like a dreamy curtain of light dancing in the night sky, dyeing the whole world with strange colors. These auroras are really as described by those writers, sometimes as elegant as ribbons, sometimes as hot as flames, making people feel as if they are in a fantasy world.

For example: Angkor Wat, an ancient and solemn building that displays the unique charm of the Hindu Mount Sumeru pyramid.

Su Xiaoya remembered that several classmates went there and took videos when they came back.

In the video, Angkor Wat consists of three gradually rising rectangular platforms surrounded by corridors, and each floor exudes a strong historical atmosphere.

On the top floor of the pyramid-like temple, there are five pagodas standing majestically. Four of them are small and exquisite pagodas are arranged at the four corners, and a magnificent large pagoda stands in the center.

The temple is surrounded by a wide moat, with a dam built on the west and east sides of the river, leading directly to the west and east gates of Angkor Wat.

The reliefs of Angkor Wat are the essence of the entire Angkor art. There are reliefs on the inner walls and columns, stone walls, foundation stones, etc. of the corridors of Angkor Wat. The content is mainly about the legend of the Hindu god Vishnu, which is taken from the Indian epics "Mahabharata" and "Ramayana" and the Hindu myth "Ocean of Milk". There are also secular scenes such as war, royal travel, cooking, etc. The decorative patterns are based on animals and plants...

Anyway, after watching the video, Su Xiaoya wanted to go and see it in person. Unfortunately, before she found the opportunity, she traveled through time. So, Su Xiaoya didn't want to miss it again this time.

There is also Australia's Great Barrier Reef, which has the largest coral reef in the blue planet. Not only that, it is also a world-famous natural heritage site. The colorful underwater world of the Great Barrier Reef and the rich and diverse marine life are all breathtaking.

Today, Su Xiaoya has thousands and thousands of ways to move freely under the sea, and she can explore even more beautiful scenery.

So looking forward to it.

Of course, you won’t miss the beautiful and charming Maldives! The unique natural landscape of this exotic tropical island has attracted tens of thousands of tourists to visit for sightseeing, vacation, and even hold weddings and honeymoons.

The white and fine sand, the clear blue water and the lush vegetation together form a picturesque beauty that makes people linger.

There is also the ancient city of Petra. This ancient and mysterious city was once the capital of the ancient Nabataeans. It is like a beautiful rose blooming in the desert, exuding charming charm. The precipitation of time has given it a unique charm. Every stone and every street tells of its former glory and vicissitudes.

Su Xiaoya wanted to compare the ancient city of Petra with the ancient kingdom of Loulan, of course, if there was also an ancient kingdom of Loulan in this world.

"In May, the Tianshan Mountains are covered with snow, but there are no flowers, only cold. I hear the sound of willows being cut in the flute, but I have not seen the spring scenery. I fight to the sound of golden drums in the morning, and sleep at night with my jade saddle. I wish I could draw the sword from my waist and kill Lou Lan."

This was the first time Su Xiaoya came into contact with texts related to the ancient kingdom of Loulan.

Later, Su Xiaoya consulted the "Records of the Grand Historian: Biography of Dayuan" and "Book of Han: Biography of the Western Regions", which clearly recorded that as early as the 2nd century, Loulan was a famous "city with fortifications" in the Western Regions.

Loulan connected to Dunhuang in the east, Yanqi and Yuli in the northwest, and Ruoqiang and Qiemo in the southwest. The southern and northern routes of the ancient "Silk Road" split from Loulan.

Of course, there is often wind in the desert, which blows the quicksand into the air in the shape of a dragon and makes travelers lost, so Loulan became an indispensable supply station and life station on the Silk Road.

The mystery of Loulan is inseparable from the "moving" Lop Nur, the largest and most famous inland saltwater lake in the ancient Western Regions. Unfortunately, the vast Lop Nur eventually turned into a dry salt marsh and became a "forbidden zone for life."

Although science has proven that Lop Nur will not move, there is no way to prevent it from drying up.

Loulan also disappeared in the long river of history.

The once prosperous Southern Silk Road eventually became nothing but yellow sand, keeping travelers away.