On the way to Guo’s mansion, Qingming had already told Xu You about the reasons why Guo Mian fell out of favor and also learned the inside story of the complex struggles within the royal palace. No wonder Guo Mian was unwilling to return to Jiangling after leaving Qiantang, but lived in Jinling and was responsible for collecting information from all sides. It turned out that he wanted to avoid Yan Wan’s infighting and internal friction.

Unfortunately, when facing tigers and wolves, the more they avoid them, the more they give them greedy ambitions!

As a loser, if he could really spend the rest of his life without paying attention to the troubles of the world, it might not be a good thing for Guo Mian. However, Yan Wan is increasingly trusted and favored by King Jiangxia, and he is a vengeful person. Now, even though he knows that King Jiangxia still has some past affection for Guo Mian, he did not kill him. In another two or three years, when King Jiangxia completely forgets Guo Mian, what he waits for must be cruel torture and humiliation, and he will never escape death in the end.

Based on Xu You's understanding of Guo Mian, he is not a person who is waiting to die. Although he is temporarily at a disadvantage, he must still have a backhand. The old posture in front of him is likely to be a trick to show his weakness to numb his opponent.

"Is it okay to visit me?"

When talking about Zhan Wenjun, Xu You was a little embarrassed and abducted the other person's daughter-in-law. He always felt inappropriate and said, "Wenjun originally wanted to go back to Jiangling to apologize to Mr. Guo himself. I think this place is close to the border and is not safe in the hinterland of Qiantang, so he dissuaded her to go to Qiantang..."

Guo Mian breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's right not to let her come back. Yan Wan is cruel and ruthless. If Ah Sheng is in Jiangling, he will definitely ask Your Highness to marry Ah Sheng as his concubine. Your Highness now obeys Yan Wanyan's plan and will probably agree to him. At that time, it really hurt Ah Sheng..."

"Hmm?" Xu You's eyebrows gathered slightly and said, "Yan Wan is interested in Wenjun?"

Guo Mian shook his head and said, "It's really a man and a woman, but it's just to take revenge on me. There are seven or eight concubines in Yan Wan's mansion and nearly a hundred singers. He is not lustful, but he just has a quirk and likes to torture women for fun. If Ahn enters Yan's mansion, he might as well commit suicide immediately and suffer less."

Xu You broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, Zhan Wenjun mustered up the courage to tear open the thin paper between the two. Otherwise, he would have followed Guo Mian back to Jiangling and fell into such a dangerous situation. He was thousands of miles away from Qiantang and was beyond reach. Wouldn't it be too late to regret it?

Then he talked about Yan Wan's refusal to see him today, Xu You said: "Yan Wan is afraid that she knows my relationship with Mr. Guo, so she took her anger..."

"Qilang doesn't know that Yan Wan may deliberately make things difficult for me, but she won't stop you from meeting Your Highness so resolutely. He can tell which one is more important, otherwise your Highness wouldn't use him more. It's just that when you came, you were not sure. Just last night, the envoy today had arrived in Jiangling!"

Xu You was silent and An Xiuming sent envoys to various places, including first and later, but the time should be calculated. The reason why Jiangling came so late was not because Jiangling was the farthest, but because Jiangxia King in Jiangling was the most important, so we had to wait until the envoys from other places reported the results of the envoys, weighed the pros and cons, formulated strategies, and sent envoys to Jiangling to achieve their goals in one go.

An Xiuming's purpose is easy to guess. The ideal thing is that King An Xiuruo of Jiangxia will be ordered to enter the capital, but as long as he is not a fool, he will not be so obedient. Go back to the second best. An Xiuruo submits a statement and wishes An Xiuming to ascend the throne. An Xiuming will issue another order to let An Xiuruo forever to settle the Jingyong land, and both sides will compromise. As for what will happen in the future, it depends on the development of the situation in the future. The master is weak and the ministers will be strong, and the ministers will rebel, the master is strong and the ministers will die.

Only when everyone is unsure and fears each other can they reach a fragile balance. But this balance is also a castle built on the sand. It is easy to push but too difficult to build.

Guo Mian poured a cup of tea for Xu You, picked up the teacup, and drank it all, saying, "The messenger came secretly, and there will be no more than five people in the city. You think, at this critical moment, no matter what kind of message you brought from the King of Linchuan, Yan Wan will never be able to cause trouble. Instead of letting the King of Linchuan become an uncontrollable variable in the negotiations, it is better to simply turn him out..."

What Xu You cares about is not Yan Wan's caution, but what Guo Mian said, "There will not be more than five people in the city." An old man who was kicked out of the core decision-making level could become one of the five insiders. As expected, a lean camel is bigger than a horse. If anyone underestimates him, he will suffer a big loss in the blink of an eye.

"Does Guo know the specific details of the negotiations between the envoy and King Jiangxia?"

"Only Your Highness, Yan Wan and the Envoy know the specific details. If you want to find out the news, Your Highness and Yan Wan are absolutely invincible, but the envoy is not old, maybe you can try it..."

"What is the messenger's name?"

"A rare surname, the messenger is Zuo Qiu Shoubai!"

"Zuoqiu?"

Xu You's eyes were deep and he smiled and said, "It's really rare!"

Zuoqiu Shoubai in the palace stood quietly in front of the open window, looking at the night moon hanging high in the sky, somehow remembered the scene when he first met Yuan Qingqi. At that time, he had just been abducted by human traffickers from Linchuan County, where he had been hiding for four years. When he passed by Luling County, he met Yuan Qingqi who had been there. She was wearing a crimson military uniform, her hair was tied into the shape of a man, and her cage crown, as elegant as a person in the painting. It was also that encounter that changed his life.

"Dr. Wang Xia, the King of Jiangxia, is not clear about his words, and I am afraid that he will be too dangerous for us to stay in the royal palace. Should we leave the city first and avoid it?"

"Danger?"

Listening to the words of the follower, Zuo Qiu Shoubai smiled contemptuously. It was precisely because the court felt dangerous that no one was willing to take on the job of Jiangling. But there is an old saying that wealth and honor are in danger. If it weren't for the dragon's and tiger's den, as the King of Hengyang, a lowly person who could not ascend to the stage, could he become a sixth-rank doctor's order?

However, he took the initiative to become the imperial envoy because he wanted to join the woman in the royal palace. Only when the chaos in Jiangdong was disturbed a little more could the great way they pursued be truly realized.

The night moon became colder, the cold wind blew the bamboo forest, and the rustling music added a bit of homesickness to the bone-headed winter. Zuoqiu Shoubai could not feel the bitterness of the shaking of the grass and trees, and his body and spirit were all in a state of high excitement, just like the excitement he was when he walked towards An Zidao in one step and stabbed the knife into the emperor's heart.

An arrow pavilion in the distance suddenly disappeared. Zuo Qiu Shoubai counted seven breaths silently, and the light was lit up again. He no longer hesitated, jumped out of the window, and instantly merged into the rich night.

The yard on the west side of the palace was piled with a large amount of firewood, coal, sesame oil and various linens for winter. In the firewood in the corner, Zuoqiu Shobai pushed the door and entered. Due to the angle problem, the moonlight could only pour into the room for three or five steps. The man stood in the dark and could only see the general outline and whispered: "Shuiguan?"

"I've met Mrs. Eighth!"

When he left Guo's mansion, Guo Mian sent a man named Guo Fu to see them off, saying that the curfew was strictly prohibited at night, and it would be difficult to escape if he met a patrolman. Guo Fu was about twenty years old, with his cheeks raised, his eyes deep, his nose was tall, and his lips were thin and white. Xu You asked, he was indeed a member of the Qiang tribe of Xiliang. He grew up with Guo Mian since childhood and looked very calm.

Jiangling City may be the most meticulous town that Xu You has ever seen. Every three alleys, patrolmen will cross over, leaving almost no dead corners. If you want to avoid warriors who are not included in the grade, the people will have nowhere to hide.

Xu You and the other two were stopped many times, and they all depended on Guo Fuliang to pass the test with a card. They were small and saw that Guo Mian's influence in Jiangling was not as strong as Yan Wan.

Back at the Nielu, Zuo Qiu Sijin was worried that he had not fallen asleep yet. When he heard the door open, he hurriedly came from the next house and asked if there was any gain. Xu You shook his head and said, "I only know that the envoy from the court arrived in Jiangling last night, and the others were not yet surprised. But don't worry, the negotiations between the court and King Jiangxia cannot be completed in one day and one night. We still have the chance and time."

Zuo Qiu Sijin also expected that the court would send envoys to come, and was not surprised, but was afraid that this would be delayed. If King Jiangxia was really weak in will and shook his determination, they would not only make a vain trip, but also likely to be in danger.

"I think it's better to find a way to meet King Jiangxia. Yan Wan is not the only one who is qualified to meet King Jiangxia. If it really doesn't work, I'll give some money to the eunuchs in the royal palace, at least let King Jiangxia know that we are here and bring the kindness of King Linchuan!"

Xu You glanced at Zuo Qiu Sijin with appreciation. A girl who can think is more pleasing to the eye than her simple beauty. She smiled and said, "I have to meet King Jiangxia, but we have to figure out what conditions the imperial court prescribed for him first to prescribe the right medicine."

"But we cannot see the envoy of the court, and we cannot find any news from the envoy."

"Of course we can't come forward..."

Guo Mian has many ears in the palace. No matter how the envoy group has reduced its size, there are at least twenty people. There will always be those who are not rigorous in speaking as a breakthrough. With Guo Mian's methods, Xu You believes that he can live up to his responsibilities.

Zuo Qiu Si Jinjing waited for a while, and when Xu You had no explanation, she suddenly realized that this matter must have been the friend he had just met. In fact, it was strange that Xu You was far away in Qiantang and actually had an old friend in Jiangling City, which was considered to be of great power.

"By the way, the envoy of the court is Zuo Qiu Shoubai. He is currently the doctor of the King of King Hengyang's palace. He should be the confidant of King An Xiuyuan of Hengyang. This time he went to Jiangling, he volunteered, which was very courageous."

Xu You didn't know that Zuo Qiu Shoubai was Qi Mo who had met several times in the Yuan Mansion, and he didn't know that An Zidao died at Zuo Qiu Shoubai's hands. Otherwise, his evaluation of him would not be "very courageous", but "a whole body of courage"!

After the Jinling Incident, An Xiuming issued a ban order, not allowing anyone to disclose the truth about An Zidao's death. Although the truth will inevitably be revealed, due to human factors, it will be postponed uncontrollably.

"Zuoqiu Shoubai?"

Zuo Qiu Sijin's face changed slightly.

Xu You's expression became unpredictable and he said, "Is this surname Zuoqiu very rare?"
Chapter completed!