In the palace of the Grand Prince in the royal city of Northern Zhou, the atmosphere was warm and lively, but outside the palace, separated by a door, the cold wind blew across people's cheeks, even bringing a slight stinging sensation.

In Changqing City, opposite the Northern Zhou territory, there was a person standing in front of the window. She was wearing a black dress, a jade belt around her waist, and a veil hat on her head, and her face could not be seen clearly.

She looked in the direction of the Northern Zhou royal city and thought to herself, "By now, Xie Lin should have captured Luo Cheng and killed Zhou Yuchi."

However, Changqing City is too far away from Shengjing City. She cannot contact Xie Lin rashly, nor can she ask anyone to investigate the news, so she cannot be sure whether what she wants is really going to happen.

However, she thought that Xie Lin had at least a 90% chance of success by using the incident of Concubine Zhen and Luo Cheng to kill Zhou Yuchi.

Now, it's time for her to take action.

"Master, the fifth prince is back." The maid's voice came from behind her. Then, she heard familiar footsteps coming towards her.

She turned around and saw that it was indeed Zhou Mochi, the fifth prince of Northern Zhou, who had returned. She said, "You've been gone for seven days."

Zhou Mochi said: "I hid my identity and sneaked into the Northern Zhou royal city. After two days of waiting, I finally met my uncle's old friend. He has agreed to help me."

After a pause, he continued, "Although this man is ninety percent trustworthy, I still took away the young lady he kept outside. The young lady is pregnant for seven or eight months, and the doctor diagnosed that the baby is a boy.

"My uncle's good friend and his first wife both had girls, so he values ​​this baby very much. I'm holding this girl hostage, so I'm not afraid that he'll change his mind at the last minute and betray me."

The woman hesitated for a moment and said, "You have raised the chance of winning from 90% to 100%. You have done a great job. After all, this is a matter of life and death. It's okay to use some tricks, but you must protect that young lady."

Zhou Mochi said: "No matter what, I won't let anything happen to her. Too many innocent people have died tragically. If our success requires sacrificing innocent lives, then it's better not to do it."

The two people fell silent. The wind was very strong upstairs and the window was not closed. They were both standing by the window, and the night was spreading in the distance.

The woman said: "Now everyone knows that the Crown Princess of Daqi is dead, and everyone also knows that the newly married wife of General Zhengbei Shu Xiao ran away with the second prince of Beizhou.

"Everyone would think that the morale of the army, from General Chu to all his soldiers, is unstable. Winter is coming soon. For the Northern Zhou, it is the best time to attack Changqing City. The Northern Zhou will not miss such a great opportunity. Fifth Prince, they are coming."

She turned her head and stared at Zhou Mochi through the black gauze under the veil: "It's time for us to take action."

Zhou Mochi was stunned for a moment, then quickly said solemnly: "Yes! I am ready and will follow your arrangements!"

She asked, "You've been running around for seven days, you should take a break."

Zhou Mochi shook his head: "I have no mood to rest at this moment!"

"It's not too late to rest for a few hours before setting off. Our plan needs time to develop. It's easier to make mistakes if we act when we are too tired." She waved her hand and asked someone to bring some sleeping medicine.

Zhou Mochen thought about it, finally drank the medicine, and went back to his room to rest.

After daybreak, the Northern Zhou Dynasty's Grand Prince's Mansion, which had been drinking all night, finally quieted down, and everyone went home to sleep with beautiful visions in their hearts.

In the afternoon, the sun is dazzling.

The eldest prince heard a noisy noise coming from outside, opened his eyes unhappily, and when he saw the person kneeling in front of him, he was confused for a long time.

Then he suddenly remembered that this was one of the people he had placed in Zhou Yuchi's team when Zhou Yuchi left Northern Zhou. At that time, he had placed three people in total.

The eldest prince looked around and saw only him, so he asked, "Why are you back? Where are the other two?"

The man said, "The other two were killed by the Third Prince for various reasons. I hid well, so I was not discovered by the Third Prince."

The eldest prince looked grim: "What happened?"

"After the Third Prince went to Shengjing City of Daqi, he joined forces with General Luo Cheng of Zhenxi and the Fifth Prince who was hiding in Daqi to attack Shengjing City and capture the Crown Prince of Daqi! After I learned of this, I dared not delay and immediately rode back to inform you of this matter!"

Before the eldest prince could react, there was another knock on the door. The maid said outside, "Eldest prince, the second prince, the fourth prince and others are here. They said they have something urgent to see you about."

The eldest prince frowned. They came so early. Could it be that they also knew what the third prince had done?

The eldest prince quickly stood up, casually put on a cloak and went out.

When Zhou Hanchi and the Fourth Prince saw him come out, they immediately sent out the servants in the room, and asked their trusted men to guard outside the door and not allow anyone to come in.

Zhou Hanchi was extremely anxious and strode to the eldest prince: "Brother, the situation is urgent. My third brother has teamed up with Luo Cheng, the general of Daqi Zhenxi, to capture Daqi Shengjing City and capture the Daqi crown prince!"

The eldest prince was shocked all over, it was exactly the same news he had just received.

The fourth prince added: "Brother, if the third brother succeeds, he will have made a great contribution. Not only will the court officials look at him with new eyes, but my father will also value him more. His move is obviously to compete with you for the position of crown prince!"

The eldest prince slammed the table angrily: "How ridiculous! He is so bold!"

When Zhou Yuchi advocated taking his soldiers to sneak into Daqi quietly, what he said in front of their father and court officials was that they should infiltrate the power of Northern Zhou into Daqi in advance, so that when they attacked Daqi in the future, they could catch Daqi off guard and achieve twice the result with half the effort.

Zhou Yuchi did not tell them that he would join forces with Daqi's General Zhenxi to capture Daqi's Crown Prince and capture Shengjing City in one fell swoop.

If this succeeds, Zhou Yuchi will definitely not return to Northern Zhou unless his father enthrones him as crown prince.

There is a saying in Daqi that "use the emperor to control the princes", so what Zhou Yuchi did is "use Daqi to control his father and them"!

Once Zhou Yuchi takes control of Da Qi, he will not only have made great contributions, but also have absolute power in his hands. Most of the officials of Northern Zhou will definitely stand on his side. Who would dare to compete with him easily?

Even his father would definitely be wary of him.

They should forget about even thinking about the position of crown prince!

The eldest prince felt as if a fire had burned in his heart. He could no longer sit still. He stood up and roared, "I will crush that bastard, the third prince, to death! Not only did he dare to covet my things, he even dared to snatch them away!"

Zhou Hanchi was furious and said immediately, "Brother, I will go to Daqi and kill him for you! I have always felt that my third brother is a very sinister person. It turns out that he has such an idea. He really deserves to die!"

The eldest prince held him back again and said, "Second brother, how did you know that the third brother joined forces with Luo Cheng to attack Shengjing City?"

Zhou Hanchi said: "Among the soldiers who followed Lao San to Daqi, several of them used to follow me and were like brothers to me. After learning about Lao San's purpose, they risked their lives to come back and tell me!"

As they were talking, there was a commotion outside the door. Zhou Hanchi looked outside and said with a smile, "Rongrong is here."

He stepped forward to welcome Princess Anding in. The eldest prince and the fourth prince both frowned, not wanting Princess Anding to be involved in the affairs of the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

This woman is Princess Daqi after all!

But Princess Anding took out a letter and said nonchalantly, "Someone passed by the eldest prince's door and delivered this letter, saying that it must be handed over to the eldest prince. It's stained with blood. Do you want to see it, eldest prince?"

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