Time travel is risky, and love requires caution

There are two people in Ximo who have a significant influence on Lu Cheng, one of whom is the Queen Mother of King Ximo.

Ever since the Queen Mother's only son, the eldest prince of Ximo, died in battle many years ago, she has placed all her bets on her adopted son, the second prince.

The Queen Consort in the past was like a hen protecting her eggs, keeping the eldest prince tightly under her wings.

After the death of the eldest prince, the Queen Mother was like a frightened bird. She wanted to get rid of anyone who was unfavorable to the second prince as soon as possible to avoid repeating the pain of losing her son.

In the eyes of the Queen Mother, Lu Cheng was the unfavorable person. Although the return of the Sixth Prince would not allow him to compete with the Second Prince, he would more or less share power and gain benefits, which was naturally intolerable to the Queen Mother. So since Lu Cheng returned to Ximo, the Queen Mother had never treated him well.

The Queen Mother did not necessarily love the Second Prince very much. She was just forced to treat the Second Prince as a substitute for her own son, a puppet that she could manipulate.

The second prince is not a man without ambition. I am afraid that when the time comes, he will ruthlessly break free from the control of the Queen Mother.

Another person who had a crucial influence on Lu Cheng was the celestial wizard of Ximo. This celestial wizard was said to have a very strange style of doing things, and he was elusive. He was usually nowhere to be found, but he would automatically show up when something happened.

The witch doctors of Ximo are different from the witch doctors of Nanshen. The witch doctors of Nanshen mainly treat people with medicine and save them from suffering. The witch doctors of Ximo mainly use divination to give guidance. One treats existing diseases, while the other treats diseases before they occur. Therefore, in comparison, the status of the witch doctors of Ximo is higher. After all, only the unknown is more mysterious and more attractive.

Hearing that this man's surname was Mo, King Ximo and all the officials respectfully called him Mo Tianshi, while the common people more vividly called him "Mo" Tianshi, meaning that he had profound magical powers, could touch the sky with his hands, could glimpse into the secrets of heaven, and could judge cause and effect.

If it weren't for Master Mo Tian, ​​the fate of the twin brothers, the fifth prince and the sixth prince, would not have been so tragic, one died and the other walked away.

But it was also because of this Master Mo that the sixth prince was renamed Lu Chengyou, allowing Lu Cheng to achieve the leap from human "You" to god "You". Coupled with the death of the fifth prince, Lu Cheng completely got rid of the ominous stigma of twins.

It was because of this Master Mo Tian, ​​who used only eight words: West robbery and east crossing, separation will eventually lead to reunion, that he easily made Lu Cheng leave Ximo and go far to Beiwei, and then met Ling Qiqi.

Lu Cheng was a hostage in Beiwei before. He had no money and no power. He was powerless. In addition, he was young at that time, so he could only study literature and practice martial arts every day. Later, thanks to Ling Qiqi's sudden inspiration to start a business, Lu Cheng had the opportunity to realize his ambitions.

The first thing Lu Cheng did after he became rich was to train his own secret guards. He asked Li Chuan to adopt a group of orphans who were in good physical condition and, most importantly, honest and kind, and took good care of them in terms of food, clothing, housing and transportation, and let them learn various skills. Lu Cheng did not use the workplace exploitation method of survival of the fittest, but recruited and selected them carefully, rather than having too few people, teaching students according to their aptitude, and assigning them to the right positions, so that everyone could perform their duties and display their abilities.

As the contact time got longer, these secret guards realized that Lu Cheng did not regard them as death warriors, but as brothers. They were all grateful and regarded the secret guard organization as their home and their companions as their family members. They were loyal and united, had high execution ability, and were willing to sacrifice their lives for Lu Cheng.

With such a loyal and capable elite team, Lu Cheng was like having several more clones, making things much easier for him.

Ling Qiqi established an information network in Beiwei using the pawnshop as a cover, so he deployed half of the secret guards to Ximo in advance. After gaining a foothold in Ximo with various clean and safe identities, he also built his own information network in Ximo.

Because of his advance planning, Lu Cheng did not put himself in a completely passive situation after returning to Ximo. He already knew the various complex relationships and conflicts of interest between the Ximo royal family and several large tribes.

But he was not in a hurry to do anything in Ximo. Instead, he became a filial son in everyone's eyes. He often accompanied King Ximo, playing chess, riding horses, fishing, pitching pots, shooting arrows... In short, apart from political affairs, Lu Cheng would cater to King Ximo and give him spiritual satisfaction, making up for the vacancies left by the other princes who were busy fighting for power.

Although Lu Cheng did not get involved in political affairs, sometimes King Ximo would intentionally or unintentionally ask Lu Cheng about his opinions on some government and personnel matters in public or private occasions, and Lu Cheng would always avoid the question.

Gradually, the impression of the Sixth Prince among the officials of Ximo became that he was a lazy prince who was loved by the king but had no ambition. However, the other princes had different opinions.

The fourth prince believed that he posed no threat and no longer took him seriously.

The third prince, on the contrary, was even more wary of him, thinking that his attempts to cover up his intentions only made things more obvious and that he might be plotting something with the second prince, so he was wary of him in every way.

The Second Prince did not take him lightly, but as long as the Sixth Prince had no real power, he was not to be feared. Moreover, he needed to take advantage of the marriage relationship between this Sixth Prince and the Seventh Princess of Beiwei. Although he heard that the Seventh Princess was seriously ill, as long as she was still alive, their marriage would still be possible.

The Second Prince and the Northern Emperor actually thought of the same thing. In fact, the Northern Empress had already received the news that the Seventh Princess had passed away, but he kept it a secret. After all, the marriage between Bei Wei and Xi Mo could restrain the Ninth Prince, and he didn't want the political red line he had just established to be broken so quickly.

Therefore, in the eyes of everyone, the Seventh Princess of Beiwei was just not suitable to show up in public because she was still seriously ill.

Lu Cheng certainly did not intend to continue being an idle prince. He had already had enough of that position in Beiwei, so he was just "saving the country in a roundabout way" to avoid alerting the enemy and making enemies too early.

According to his analysis, Ximo's national strength is insufficient, industry and commerce are scarce, and the economy mainly relies on animal husbandry. Most of the people depend on the weather for their livelihood. Ximo suffered from war and famine a few years ago, which had emptied Ximo's family assets and has not recovered in recent years.

The second prince was good at politics, the third prince was good at planning, and the fourth prince was good at military affairs, so his plan was to farm first and then work slowly. But the effect of farming took a long time to show, at least one year, at most several years. But he was not in a hurry anyway, as haste makes waste.

Besides, he felt that instead of fighting with a bunch of old-timers in the court, it would be better to go back to his own fiefdom to eliminate famine. It would be much better to do some practical work step by step than just talking big. As for short-term performance, if agriculture is not enough, business will make up for it. He has Ling Qiqi's Qi family industry in Beiwei as a backer, so he is not afraid of having no business to do.

So before long he asked King Ximo for permission and returned to his fiefdom to carry out agricultural pilot projects.

Originally everything went smoothly for Lu Cheng, but he did not expect that the Third Prince was cunning and began to suspect that there might be other hidden reasons for the Seventh Princess of Beiwei's long-term illness, so he sent people to Beiwei to investigate the news.

Lu Cheng was somewhat worried after knowing this. He had not heard from Ling Qiqi for nearly a year. Although he could infer from various indirect clues that she was safe, what kind of illness could last for a year? If she didn't recover after a year, wouldn't she be useless? Unless she was "faking illness", she couldn't be trying to completely get rid of Bei Wei and his bond with her, right?

The more Lu Cheng thought about it, the more uncomfortable he felt. He was both worried and annoyed, so he decided to go all out and told others that he had a severe cold and needed to stay at home to recuperate. In fact, he secretly went to Nan Shen. Unexpectedly, Ling Qiqi was not only alive and well, but he also caught her in the act of having an affair.

After Lu Cheng returned to Ximo exhausted, he became more and more scared. If he had gone a step later, he would have been in trouble. He could not let Ling Qiqi do whatever she wanted. He had to take her to Ximo as soon as possible, have a wedding ceremony, and have a bridal chamber. This would save the gang of scoundrels from worrying about her, and also save Ling Qiqi from worrying about scoundrels, especially the good-looking ones.