After being rejected, he emptied the mansion and went into exile

The three of them sat down in the pavilion in the middle of the lake in the imperial garden.

Murong Wencheng asked the palace servants to leave.

Without outsiders around, the three of them began to communicate normally.

Shen Jinyao explained her purpose.

Murong Wencheng didn't seem surprised.

He looked at Shen Jinyao. Although his face was extremely tired, the smile in his eyes could not be hidden.

He already knew it.

Shen Jinyao and Xiang Hongxuan did have an engagement before.

But for some unknown reason, the two broke off their engagement a few years ago.

"Miss Shen, to be honest, when I was interrogating the remnants of the eldest prince's followers, I specifically asked about the Shen family in Jiuzhou."

Shen Jinyao was surprised. She didn't expect there was really evidence.

Murong Wencheng naturally noticed the change in Shen Jinyao's expression. He smiled and said, "I'll have someone send the file over now."

This time, not only Shen Jinyao, but even Xiang Hongxuan was surprised.

The file is about the eldest prince.

That must be related to the Second Prince.

Murong Wencheng was so generous that he didn't make things difficult for them at all.

"General Xiang, Miss Shen, I am able to be where I am today entirely thanks to your help."

"Of course, I will do whatever I can to help you."

The whereabouts of the second prince of Jiuzhou Kingdom are unknown, and Xiang Hongxuan will have a hard time reporting back.

The Shen family was exiled, and Shen Jinyao is still a criminal. He heard that the Shen family was exiled because of their connection with the Qiang tribe.

In this case, Murong Wencheng focused on finding evidence in this regard during the search.

"Thank you, King."

"Thank you, King."

Xiang Hongxuan was sincere this time.

Regardless of other things, Murong Wencheng is indeed a person who can win people's hearts.

Know what the other person wants.

Of course, he is also a wise ruler.

From this perspective, the Qiang people and the Jiuzhou Kingdom will live in peace for at least a few decades.

As for the Southern Barbarians and the Western Regions...

"king."

The palace maid brought the file over, interrupting Xiang Hongxuan's thoughts.

There are three volumes in total, and they look very thick.

Murong Wencheng took a look at it first, and then handed one to Shen Jinyao and Xiang Hongxuan respectively.

Xiang Hongxuan and Shen Jinyao watched intently, their expressions becoming increasingly solemn.

The files record the various interactions between the eldest prince and his party and the Kyushu Kingdom.

Most of them were interactions with the second prince of Kyushu Kingdom.

At first, the second prince was only ordered to come to the Qiang tribe to conduct an investigation.

The eldest prince found out the identity of the second prince and wanted to suppress him, but he was discovered by the second prince and escaped.

I thought the second prince would never come again.

Unexpectedly, half a year later, the Jiuzhou Kingdom was still reluctant to appoint a crown prince, so the second prince disguised himself and sneaked into Jinmao City.

The eldest prince and the second prince formed an alliance.

The eldest prince wanted the throne of the Qiang people.

The second prince wants the throne of Kyushu.

The two hit it off immediately and each prepared their own team and gold and silver.

Without people, money and weapons, it will not work at all.

The second prince wanted to mine the ore in Yanzhou of Jiuzhou Kingdom. Since the emperor had many spies around him, he asked the eldest prince to send people to help.

At the beginning, the second prince suggested that the eldest prince find all the Qiang people stationed in Jiuzhou Kingdom.

The eldest prince naturally didn't want to do that, as this behavior was tantamount to exposing himself.

In the end, the second prince used threats and inducements, and even offered one-third of the mine's ore in exchange.

After the eldest prince agreed, he found that there were still not enough people, so he gradually used caravans to transport Qiang people to Jiuzhou.

The eldest prince and the second prince not only made a lot of money from mining the ore, but also had a lot of weapons made.

Gradually, problems arose in the transportation of ore.

So, the second prince brought in a martial arts sect from Jiuzhou Kingdom.

This is the famous Red Flame Gang.

The Chiyan Gang is responsible for mining and transportation.

Of course, in order to avoid attracting attention, the Second Prince only used the Jiuzhou Guodingcheng Escort Agency to escort his convoy.

The eldest prince and the second prince accumulated more and more wealth and weapons, but the number of people in the team did not increase much.

So the second prince set his sights on the people who mined the ore.

The Qiang people followed suit.

However, the Qiang people did not have as many minerals as the Jiuzhou Kingdom, so this matter did not attract the attention of the Qiang people.

When Shen Jinyao saw this, she remembered what she had seen on the road to exile.

From the escort agency to mining in Yanzhou, and then to the gradually increasing number of Qiang people, the defense line of Jiuzhou Kingdom was disintegrated step by step.

However, when she saw it, the cooperation between the second prince Zhao Chengyun and the eldest prince Murong Wenxi had already taken shape.

From then on, Kyushu Kingdom has been pushed to a turning point in its destiny by the two of them.

Surprisingly, none of these aroused the emperor's suspicion.

By the time the emperor realized that something was wrong with the second prince, it was already too late.

Shen Jinyao was watching intently and didn't notice the look Xiang Hongxuan gave her.

Xiang Hongxuan naturally also saw what happened in Yanzhou.

He suddenly remembered the deal Shen Jinyao made with the third prince.

He guessed that it must be the ore here.

But how did Shen Jinyao do it?

Shen Jinyao continued watching. Since the two felt that they were almost ready, the second prince Zhao Chengyun began to make changes to the court ministers.

Officials who can be bribed should be bribed with money.

Use force to deter where possible.

Therefore, during that period, the second prince was always in contact with various officials.

It was at that time that Shen Maoshan accidentally ran into him.

The second prince knew Shen Maoshan's character and would rather kill someone accidentally than kill the wrong person, so the Shen family suffered an unexpected disaster.

In addition, the Kyushu Kingdom borders the Qiang people to the west, the Nanman people to the south, the Western Regions to the west, and the Xiongnu people to the north.

These four borders are guarded by generals from Kyushu Kingdom.

The second prince had been tampering with these generals a long time ago.

Of course, some things don’t require any manipulation.

For example, the Xiang family.

The discord between Xiang's father and son had long been known to the royal family of Jiuzhou.

In addition to Shen Maoshan, several other aristocratic families were exiled.

Their common characteristic is loyalty to the emperor.

There is a lack of successors in the court, and all major departments are having difficulty carrying out their work.

Everything was going on normally, but who would have thought that the emperor would trick the second prince back and imprison him.

The second prince knew that the matter was about to be exposed, so he cut off his retreat and embarked on a path of no return.

He managed to reach the Qiang tribe.

The second prince lost contact with the eldest prince. The eldest prince knew about the affairs of Kyushu Kingdom and decided to stop caring about the second prince's affairs.

The second prince sent out distress signals many times, but received no response from the eldest prince.

So he set his sights on the eldest princess.

We can only blame it on the fact that the eldest princess at that time disguised herself very well.

Outsiders all thought she was a weak and kind-hearted Qiang princess who was indifferent to worldly affairs.

Through the eldest princess, the second prince stood in front of the eldest prince again.

The second prince wanted to use the eldest prince's power to help him return to Kyushu.

In order to gain the trust of the eldest prince, he began to sell out the country.

The two men discussed and decided to attack from Quzhou to the north.

As a result, Xiang's army was attacked and the grain camp was burned.