Quick Transmigration: Survive to the End

Although she didn't hear more of the earlier discussions, the information she had now was enough for Li Yinyin to roughly understand the current situation in the two countries.

"Since it's all trouble anyway, of course we should aim to achieve the greatest benefit. Isn't that what you taught me before, brother?"

Li Chengming nodded in satisfaction and looked at the ministers below: "The day we take over Zhao will be the day we establish our own country."

All the officials rose and bowed, their faces filled with excitement: "Your command is obeyed."

Now that a decision has been made, it is natural to go back and think about the plan. The territory of Zhao Kingdom is several times larger than that of Li Chengming. It is not something that can be accomplished by simply confronting the enemy head-on.

As the officials rose and walked out, they naturally did not miss Zhao Wucai, who was being held captive outside.

"This is……"

The head guard replied, "It's the young lady's order."

Xiao Liu's face turned cold: "What did he do?"

"They wanted to use the master's orders to give the madam and young lady a hard time," the head guard grinned. "But who is our young lady? The master has raised her since she was a child. Can she tolerate his disrespect?"

Upon hearing this, everyone remembered that Li Yinyin had said something to Li Chengming in private, but they had spoken softly and few people had heard it.

Those officials unfamiliar with the Li family exchanged glances but remained silent. The former members of the Li family, however, breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, saying, "He's really bold. It's been so many years since we've seen someone so clueless about their place."

Some people looked at Zhao Wucai with regret: "This eunuch even complained about me to the master. I wonder if the young lady will give me this opportunity. Before dealing with him, let me have a beating to vent my anger."

"Come on, haven't you heard there's a madam? Do you need a young lady to deal with this?"

The group continued walking out. Those officials who had pledged allegiance to Li Chengming stepped forward and inquired, "Are you very familiar with Her Majesty and His Highness?"

Xiao Liu and the others said, "There's no use in asking so many questions. Just remember not to upset Madam and Miss."

Seeing that everyone else had left, Li Yinyin urged Li Chengming to hurry up and leave.

Li Chengming personally tidied up everything on the table before saying, "Yinyin, how long has it been since you've properly studied and practiced calligraphy? I'll find you another tutor."

Li Yinyin became alert: "Brother, when you're not home, I help my sister-in-law with things, which means I often have to practice calligraphy. Although I haven't studied the Four Books and Five Classics, I've learned everything my teacher taught me very diligently, so why would I need a tutor?"

Seeing Li Yinyin like this, Li Chengming still hadn't completely given up on his idea: "Teaching you can help my husband."

This time, Li Yinyin was conflicted. Her intuition told her there was a trap ahead, but reason told her she wanted to help her older brother.

"Then... a daily lesson?"

“Okay,” Li Chengming agreed with a smile, “one lesson a day.”

Li Yinyin glanced at him and suddenly regretted it. But she had already agreed, so what was the use of regretting it? She pushed him to hurry out, saying, "Sister-in-law is still waiting, brother, hurry up."

Li Chengming led Li Yinyin directly to Weiyang Palace, without even glancing at Zhao Wucai kneeling on the ground.

There's no need to call Yu Qiaoyun and others to handle this; we'll talk about it whenever we have time.

After that day, Li Chengming's chief eunuch was replaced, and the people in the palace treated Yu Qiaoyun and Li Yinyin even more diligently. It wasn't that some dared to deceive them, but once such people were exposed, they were all investigated thoroughly, and no one was let off the hook.

Over time, naturally no one will want to die.

In addition, Li Yinyin devised a method to filter out many people in the palace who were still loyal to the previous dynasty. With fewer unstable factors, Yu Qiaoyun's orders became more and more effective.

Li Chengming saw all this and realized the advantages of his younger sister even more. Before the winter snow fell, he arranged a tutor for Li Yinyin, who was none other than the military advisor Xun Minzhi, who sat at the head of the civil officials.

Li Yinyin didn't know what Xun Minzhi was going to talk about in his lecture, but the more she listened, the more she felt something was wrong.

How to use people.

How to balance interpersonal relationships and maintain one's own stable position.

How to use two opposing enemies to do things for yourself, to get one person to provoke the other, and to motivate them to create a continuous stream of benefits for you.

After a few days of classes, Li Yinyin approached Li Chengming, who was busy reviewing documents, and placed the course materials on his desk: "Brother, did you tell him to teach me all this?"

After reading it, Li Chengming decisively admitted, "I only have one younger sister, Yinyin. If I don't raise you, who else should I raise? Do you think you're content to be just a little princess who is only loved by me?"

“Being happy is fine too,” Li Yinyin coughed lightly and turned away when she saw her older brother raise his eyebrows. “But I would be more willing to take charge myself.”

Then she said seriously, "Thank you, big brother. I will study hard."

Li Chengming laughed and casually tossed her a few more folded books: "You don't have to understand them all; just toughen up your eyes first."

When Li Yinyin opened them, she discovered that the memorials, written by people of different social standing, naturally covered different topics. They ranged from politics and military affairs to agricultural life.

From that day on, when Xun Minzhi taught Li Yinyin, he no longer needed to disguise his teaching methods; it was a complete plan to cultivate a crown princess. Li Yinyin also began practicing metaphysics in the morning, reading books in the morning, and learning about the country from memorials in the afternoon.

Seeing how hard she was working, Yu Qiaoyun felt sorry for her and cooked different soups for her and Li Chengming every day. As a result, Li Chengming gained weight and Li Yinyin grew taller.

Li Yinyin, who wasn't yet at the age where she gained weight easily, looked at her brother with amusement: "Brother, if you don't take care of yourself, your figure will go out of shape. Your face will turn into a steamed bun!"

Li Chengming had to handle affairs of state and make final decisions on the plan to attack Zhao Kingdom, so he was no longer as active as before, when he was out trading and on the move every day. Only now, hearing his sister's words, did he realize that she had grown up rather than expected recently.

"What do you know, you're just a kid? This is a blessing of happiness. Otherwise, why didn't I gain weight before you and your sister-in-law came? Why have I suddenly gotten fat now?"

Despite saying that, Li Chengming quietly added exercise to his daily routine.

Time flew by and the end of the year was approaching. Li Chengming and the others also had a holiday and had time to have tea with Li Yinyin and Yu Qiaoyun, enjoying a half-day of leisure.

Li Yinyin leaned against the large pillow as if she had no bones, but her mind was still on the letter from the Western Regions.

The King of the Western Regions was in poor health and intended to pass the throne to his eldest daughter. He planned to hold a coronation ceremony for his daughter in the spring of the following year and invite envoys from various countries to attend.

Although Li Chengming has not yet established a kingdom, as a power that controls two states, he has naturally received an invitation.

Li Chengming said he would invite her. It's just unknown what her capacity will be when she goes.

Really looking forward to it!