After I disguised myself as a man, I became everyone's white moonlight

When Zhou Yichen was sending Chu Xi back, the light in the carriage was dim and there were two luminous pearls inside.

"Qi Bai, if this Fourth Prince really becomes the Crown Prince of Western Chu, he will definitely become a threat to our Great Zhou."

Qi Jun's ambitions seemed to be all laid out on the table, but in fact, some of them were hidden. When he talked about helping himself get rid of other princes, his eyes were a little weird, as if killing a few princes was just a piece of cake.

He was not worried that the Great Zhou would find out, nor was he worried that Zhou Yichen would put all the blame on him later. This meant that Qi Jun's ambitions were not limited to Western Chu, he wanted to target the whole world.

Chu Xi frowned, "Your Highness, I'm worried that he won't be able to cooperate with us, so he will definitely look for someone else."

Just because Prince Yan is not tempted doesn’t mean others won’t be tempted!

"You're right. I will send someone to keep an eye on them. Once he finds someone else to cooperate with, I will spread the news." Zhou Yichen didn't want to cooperate, but he also didn't want others to interfere in the territory of their Great Zhou.

Chu Xi has been feeling a sense of urgency these days. "Your Highness, can you find a way to transfer Jiang Zhenyao's father, Duke Weiguo, back to the border? The 50,000 naval forces under Duke Weiguo's command are elite soldiers and generals. They are a threat to southern Xinjiang and Japan. I'm worried..."

Everything is pushing her and Zhou Yichen forward.

The envoys from the four countries who came to Beijing this time were too quiet. Except for the brainless Fifth Prince who made some tests, the other envoys did not move at all. It was very strange.

It wasn't so quiet in the original text. What exactly prompted all this change?

Duke Weiguo... In the original novel, Jiang Zhenyao came back to celebrate the birthday, but her father was not transferred back to the capital. He was transferred back a month ago.

Could it be that Yunzhou has changed...

Fortress, fortress, generals, transferred back to Beijing.

"I'm afraid it will be difficult to transfer them back. Now the ones guarding the city are the Yao family's relatives." Zhou Yichen didn't understand why Qi Bai's face suddenly became solemn.

"Who is the commander of Mocheng in the western grassland?" Chu Xi asked suddenly.

"It was an old general before, an old subordinate of your grandfather. In March this year, he was replaced by someone recommended by the Eighth Prince."

March...

It's March again, and it's about the same time as the problem with the river dam in Yunzhou?

"Your Highness..." Chu Xi raised his eyes suddenly, "Why have the generals defending the fortresses all been replaced this year?"

Even her uncle's not-so-important city was transferred back to the capital...

"It seems so..." Generally, rotation of guards is a normal behavior, but this year, the flood in Yunzhou and His Majesty's birthday attracted everyone's attention, and no one noticed that except for the Duke of Weiguo, several garrison commanders were recalled in succession in the past few months.

“Old Eight!” Zhou Yichen also reacted, his face turned green, “He deserves to die! How dare he touch the border fortress! Is he crazy? What on earth does he want to do!”

"I will send people to check the problems in several places when I get back. If Lao Ba has reached an agreement with someone, what will he do next?"

What would all the people at the border who belong to him or are related to him want to do?

Chu Xi held Zhou Yichen's hand and said, "Your Highness, calm down. I will go back to discuss with my grandfather and find out the situation in the cities. You can first find someone to find out what the eight princes did before we left Beijing."

She knew Zhou Yichen's character. Zhou Yichen attached great importance to the overall situation and had a strong sense of the overall situation. No matter how other princes plotted against him, he had never been so angry.

It can be seen that the perception that the Eighth Prince was suspected of treason and dragging the Great Zhou into the war has touched Zhou Yichen's most angry bottom line.

"Your Highness, we must remain calm now. No matter whether the result of our speculation is true in the end, we must remain calm. The Great Zhou is now in need of a good general who can stand on his own. It would be best if we can delay the war and wait until the right time to start the war."

Chu Xi knew that Zhou Yichen was not an impulsive person and would not act rashly, but she just couldn't help but give him some advice.

They cannot afford to make even the slightest mistake now. Once the Eighth Prince finds out, Chu Xi is worried that given the ruthlessness of the Eighth Prince and the Yao family, they will go all out.

If several fortresses were really attacked at the same time, there would be too few generals who could lead the troops. The emperor would be very suspicious and he would never let my grandfather go to the battlefield. The first batch of generals dispatched would probably be those who would be useless in the original work.

Zhou Yichen looked at Chu Xi steadily, "Okay, I will hold on."

He had to hold on.

Chu Xi's eyes were deep. The first thing he did when he returned to the Marquis' Mansion was to go straight to his grandfather's yard.

When Chu Wenbai, the old father, saw Qibai coming back, the first thing he did was to go to his father's yard. He even said to Yun with a little jealousy, "Jiang'er and I are not close at all. He came back to look for his father and didn't even think about us."

Yun shook her head helplessly, "Qi Bai must have something important to discuss with the eunuch."

"Why can't you come to me? I can help too." Chu Wenbai exaggerated his own strength a bit. He looked unconvinced, and it was unclear whether he was angry with Qibai or with the old marquis.

Yun was making clothes for Bai, and she didn't bother to pay attention to her husband's resentful words.

*

The old marquis’s yard.

Chu Xi sent someone to invite her grandfather to his study, where she was waiting for him to discuss something.

The old marquis was already preparing to change his clothes and rest, but when he heard the servant's report, he rushed to the study without stopping.

Chu Xi told the old marquis all the speculations he and the King of Yan had in the carriage, "Grandfather, how much do you know about General Feng, the cousin of the Yao family?"

"General Feng's family is also a military family. He is Madam Yao's nephew. His father once fought on the battlefield with me."

"Since his father's death, there has been no particularly promising descendant of the Feng family. Feng Cheng is the legitimate son of General Feng. He is more than ten years older than you. He was recommended for the position and ranked in the twenties in the martial arts test."

"Feng Cheng is a man who only knows how to flatter the Eighth Prince and the Yao family. He is not proficient in leading troops or fighting. The area south of the Wei River, Xi'an, where the Duke of Wei was stationed before, is a fortress. Feng Cheng has no talent or ability. Sending him to take over is simply making a joke of the Great Zhou."

Chu Xi carefully read the information about the generals given by the old marquis. "The candidate recommended by the Eighth Prince to take over Mocheng is the runner-up in the martial arts test last year. His martial arts are OK, but his battlefield strategy is a bit inferior. His personality is straightforward, but he has too little experience. He can't convince others and can't keep the city."

Although the old marquis seems to have been idle at home, he is actually quite clear about the situation outside and is in control of every aspect.

"The Eighth Prince is nepotistic and overly trusts the Yao family. On the surface, it seems that the Yao family supports the Eighth Prince, but in fact, the Yao family controls the Eighth Prince. Once the Eighth Prince ascends the throne, the power of the foreign relatives will be the biggest disadvantage."

Chu Xi has always seen clearly that among the princes, Zhou Yichen may not be the most suitable for the throne, but he is the one Chu Xi really wants to help.

If you want to create a prosperous era, you need tolerance, strategy, virtue, the ability to use people well, and not nepotism. Only when those in power possess these qualities can talented people emerge in large numbers.