She was close to Nihuang, so she didn't have so many concerns. Plus, she knew that time was running out, so she asked directly, "Sister Nihuang, what are you thinking? Why are you suddenly holding a martial arts competition to recruit a husband at this time?"

If you want to find a husband through a martial arts competition, you should come to our Yue Kingdom. It just so happens that this year's Heroes Conference is about to begin again. We can simply use your marriage as a prize, and then all the men in the world will definitely go crazy."

Nihuang felt like Jingyao was teasing her. She subconsciously spat like a little girl, then quickly retracted her expression.

Jingyao caught Nihuang's embarrassment, and she smiled like a cat that had stolen some fish, looking sly.

Facing Jingyao's half-smile, Nihuang smiled bitterly and changed the subject, "Perhaps because Daliang's border is now stable, and Prince Mu's Mansion has just fought a war with Nanchu, Emperor Liang feels that the time is ripe and wants to take action against our Prince Mu's Mansion again."

Wang Yue saw that Nihuang was not shy and considered Yue an ally, so he said solemnly, "The princess is talking about this. If you get married under the arrangement of Emperor Liang, he will definitely let you live in Jinling and let your brother return to Prince Mu's mansion.

Given your brother's methods, and the fact that you guys haven't recovered from the battle two years ago, it's hard for Emperor Liang to take advantage of you."

Nihuang understood that Wang Yue was right, but she still asked with some doubt, "I don't know what Emperor Liang was thinking when he asked Jingyao to return to Nanjing this time. You could have refused, so why did you jump into this trap?"

Wang Yue saw that Nihuang was really worried about Yue. After all, the two places seemed to be interdependent, so he explained seriously, "Princess, there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. Moreover, as long as the military power of Yue is strong, any conspiracy of Daliang is doomed to fail."

Of course Nihuang knew all this. Before the great war between Prince Mu's Mansion and Nan Chu, she was fearless. But after the war, she realized that it would be difficult for Prince Mu's Mansion alone to resist the strength of the entire country.

The Kingdom of Yue was stronger than the Prince Mu's Mansion, and Wang Yue seemed to have his own plans. She did not ask any questions, but instead asked curiously, "I heard that Wang Jing, the commander of the Jinyiwei of the Kingdom of Yue, was going to participate in the competition. Now that you have replaced Wu Jing, are you also going to participate in the marriage proposal?"

Wang Yue was a little stunned. He didn't expect Princess Nihuang to ask this. He thought of the embarrassing scandal between them a few years ago and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Jing Yao also remembered, of course. She smiled and took the initiative to break the awkwardness between the two. She asked with a smile, "Sister Nihuang, we are worried that Sister Nihuang will be embarrassed, so we are here to cause trouble. Doesn't Sister Nihuang need our help?"

Of course Nihuang knew that the Kingdom of Yue didn't want her to marry according to Emperor Liang's wishes, and she certainly didn't want to either, so they had the same goal.

So, she asked curiously, "So what are you going to do?"

Jing Yao covered her mouth and laughed, but just looked at Wang Yue with her big eyes, without saying anything, waiting for Wang Yue to speak himself.

Wang Yue shook his head helplessly and could only explain with a smile, "Jinyiwei Commander Wang Jing is a eunuch, he is my confidant.

I plan to use his identity to win the first place, and then after I make an engagement with you, I will go to Prince Mu's Palace with you.

Of course, I will arrange for Wang Jing to wait for you halfway in advance, and we can switch places halfway and let him return to Prince Mu's Mansion to marry you.

In this way, if you want to marry someone else in the future, you only need to ask Wang Jing to come forward and explain it to you, which will save you a lot of trouble."

Seeing Jingyao's ambiguous attitude, Nihuang thought that Wang Yue liked her just like the rumors a few years ago, which made her think of many reasons to refuse. But before she could think of a suitable excuse, Wang Yue actually gave her such an answer.

She was a little embarrassed, so she quickly calmed herself down and thought about it carefully. She thought this was a good idea, so she nodded in agreement.

But she still had some doubts. Since it was just a simple help to her, couldn't Wang Jing just do it himself? There was no need for Wang Yue to put himself in danger!

So, she asked solemnly, "Is there anything else that the King of Yue came here personally? Of course, if it is inconvenient, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Wang Yue felt that he had a good relationship with Prince Mu's Mansion, so there was no need to hide some things. He said seriously, "Princess, do you still remember Princess Xuanji?"

Nihuang nodded, she recalled the information her subordinates had investigated, and said, "I know, she was originally a princess of Hua State. After Hua State was destroyed, she was rushed into the palace, and later she was brought into the palace by Xia Jiang of Xuan Jing Division. Xia Jiang's wife ran away from home because of this, and there has been no news of her since then. Could it be that your coming here has something to do with Princess Xuanji?"

Wang Yue was not surprised at all that Nihuang knew this information. His country of Yue had Jinyiwei, Daliang had Xuanjingsi, and other countries must have similar organizations. And the Prince Mu's Mansion had been operating in Yunnan for many years, so it must have its own intelligence network.

He continued to explain, "Princess Xuanji controlled the intelligence network of Hua State. After her death, part of it was handed over to Xia Jiang, which also caused the Xuanjing Division to expand into the behemoth it is today."

The leader of the Nihuang group imagined it herself, and then asked curiously, "Since you know that Xuan Jingsi is so powerful, why did you come here in person? Isn't it too dangerous to do so?"

Wang Yue shook his head helplessly, and then said seriously, "You may have forgotten that Xia Jiang, the head of Xuan Jing Division, is the enemy of our Chi Yan Army. I think Xia Jiang has accepted Princess Xuan Ji's power. This is my chance for revenge."

The governor of Nihuang County opened his mouth and asked seriously, "Xiao Shu, will he come too?"

When Wang Yue heard Nihuang mention Mei Changsu, he was too tired to complain.

He also didn't quite understand what Mei Changsu meant by not wanting such a beautiful woman.

You know, marrying Nihuang will not only allow you to hold the beauty in your arms, but also gain the support of Prince Mu's Mansion.

Prince Mu's Palace has 100,000 cavalrymen, and these are just cavalrymen. There is no telling how many auxiliary infantrymen there are. Even Wang Yue does not dare to underestimate the strength of Prince Mu's Palace, not to mention Daliang, which is surrounded by enemies.

As long as Mei Changsu joins the Prince Mu's Mansion, under the banner of clearing the court and committing crimes for the Red Flame Army, with the cooperation of the Jiangzuo League, it will be easy to fight all the way to Kyoto, and the possibility of resistance from local county soldiers is very small.

However, Mei Changsu was not far from this shortcut, but he chose a difficult path instead. It really makes people wonder how to evaluate it.

Lin Shu had already made his choice, and Wang Yue didn't want to affect Lin Shu's plan, so he shook his head and said, "If my guess is correct, he should come. As for whether he is willing to see you, I don't know."

After hearing what Wang Yue said, Nihuang sighed and didn't know what to say for a moment. She actually didn't know whether she should meet him or not.

Two years ago, Prince Mu's palace was defeated in a naval battle, and Jinling remained indifferent. Originally, it wanted to ask for help from the Kingdom of Yue. However, it did not expect that before the Yue navy arrived, a man named Nie Yi arrived.

Nie Yi is extremely good at naval battles. While fighting together with Nie Yi, Nihuang not only learned a lot of combat knowledge, but also developed some feelings for Nie Yi.

Lin Shu is Nihuang's childhood sweetheart, and the two have a very good relationship. However, it was because Lin Shu planned to go to Lingnan for rescue that Nihuang's father chose to fight in Yunnan, preparing to cooperate with Lin Shu in a war to annihilate the country.

However, no one expected that Nan Chu was so powerful, and Prince Mu did not bring any elite troops with him. The ordinary soldiers were unable to defeat them and instead retreated again and again, and were seriously injured.

It was only before her father died that Nihuang found out what had happened.

She found it strange. With her father's strategy, how could he go so far out of Yunnan to fight, knowing that he knew that Duke Qing Baiye's army was targeting Yunnan?

Although Lingnan was conquered by Prince Mu's Mansion with the help of Daliang, Lingnan was not Prince Mu's Mansion's territory after all. The first person to be anxious should be Emperor Liang.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit depressing, Jing Yao quickly changed the subject and asked about Nihuang Yunnan's affairs. The two chatted about private matters and the atmosphere gradually became better.

Seeing that Nihuang was unwilling to talk about herself and Lin Shu, Wang Yue stepped out so as not to disturb their conversation.

Just as he walked out of the courtyard, he heard Wang Shisan coming over to report, "Your Majesty, I saw a man sitting in the teahouse opposite, staring at the Honglu Temple. Do you want to send someone over to check on the situation?"

Wang Yue followed Wang Shisan to the entrance of Honglu Temple and saw a well-dressed woman in the teahouse, looking over here from time to time. He recalled the portrait provided by Jinyiwei and realized that this person should be Xia Dong from Xuanjingsi.

He judged that the people from Xuan Jing Si could not hear any useful information in the tunnels and secret caves, so they sent people to keep an eye on them.

Xia Dong did this deliberately to remind the Yue delegation to be careful and vigilant.

But doing so is too dangerous for Xia Dong. After all, he and Nie Feng have a cooperative friendship, and they are both old members of the Red Flame Army. He doesn't want Xia Dong to be implicated because of this.

He thought about it for a while, turned around and went back to Jingyao's yard again, found the two people who were talking, and told them about this matter.

After hearing the reason, Nihuang also sighed. She was also worried about her friend Xia Dong, so she said to Jing Yao, "Since you are living comfortably in Yue Country, I am relieved. I will go out and take Xia Dong away to prevent her from being discovered by Xia Jiang. If Xia Jiang knew that she knew what happened that year, Xia Dong would be in great danger."

Although Jing Yao was somewhat reluctant, she still stood up and escorted Nihuang out, all the way to the gate of Honglu Temple. After watching Nihuang go away, she glanced at the teahouse opposite, and then returned to the yard.

As she walked back, she said to Wang Yue, "Will it be inappropriate for Sister Dong'er to do this?"

Wang Yue shook his head and said with a smile, "Don't worry. Today, we discovered the secret passage of Xuan Jing Division, and we didn't get any information. As the person in charge of Xuan Jing Division, she must come to check the situation, and the reason is very legitimate.

And it was only natural for her to come into contact with Nihuang later. After all, with Nihuang's ability, it would not be difficult for her to find her, and she could also get some other information by the way."

Jing Yao felt relieved after seeing Wang Yue's detailed explanation, and she began to talk about the child again.

After all, the two children have never left Jingyao, and now suddenly both their parents are not around, which is really worrying.

They started talking about children, and Xia Dong and Nihuang also started talking about children after they reunited.

Both of them are older than Jingyao, but Jingyao already has two children. As a result, one of their two sisters has not yet married, and the other one's husband faked his death after getting married, so they have no chance to have children at all.

Nihuang got a portrait of the two children drawn by Wang Yue from Jingyao, and the two began to comment on the children.

The two chatted for a while, and when Xia Dong and the others arrived at Prince Mu's Mansion, she changed the subject and asked in confusion, "Why did you go to see Jing Yao so openly? Aren't you afraid of bringing trouble to your Prince Mu's Mansion?"

Nihuang shook her head and said calmly, "Isn't this what your majesty needs? You don't think it's a coincidence that I met the Yue Kingdom delegation at the city gate today?"

After thinking about it for a while, Xia Dong realized that this must have been arranged deliberately by Emperor Liang. She became alert because it was unbelievable that she didn't even know about this.

She did not doubt that she had been exposed, but she felt that her relationship with Nihuang was too good, and Emperor Liang was afraid that she would be partial to him, so he deliberately concealed it.

However, she did not say it, but asked seriously, "Nihuang, let's not talk about this. Have you heard Jingyao's news about Nie Feng? Will he come to Jinling this time?"

Chapter 98: Leaked news?

Nihuang couldn't help laughing. She knew how difficult it was for Xia Dong. The couple could only see each other occasionally when Xia Dong went out on missions.

After the two met, they had to be careful about not getting pregnant, which made Xia Dong live in fear.

Both of them were heroic women, and they became like sisters after spending a long time together. Nihuang did not deliberately hide the truth and patiently explained, "Jingyao said that Nie Feng is in the military camp outside the city, but there are people's eyes and ears there now, so Nie Feng probably can't show up, and needs to find a chance to come out again."

Nihuang did not lie. Nie Feng was indeed arranged in the military camp. When the delegation passed through the territory of Jiangzuo League, Nie Feng took the initiative to board the ship. He just wanted to take this opportunity to accompany Xia Dong.

Of course, it also means conveying messages to both sides. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is because the two parties now have differences and there is a crisis of trust between them.

After all, Lin Shu wanted revenge, but he chose to do so by supporting Prince Jing. Anyone who is not a fool knows that Lin Shu, like Lin Xie, did not want to betray Daliang from the beginning to the end.

The Yue Kingdom is different. Although they are also old members of the Red Flame Army, it is already tantamount to treason.

The two sides have different ideas for the time being. Once Xia Jiang and Xie Yu die, there is a high probability that the two sides will conflict.

Therefore, Nie Feng is now equivalent to a hostage. If Mei Changsu does something dangerous to the delegation, Nie Feng will probably be the first person to be executed.

The reason why Nie Feng was chosen is because he is both Mei Changsu's trusted brother and Xia Dong's husband. Only with him as a hostage can the greatest degree of trust be guaranteed.

Of course Xia Dong also knew this situation. She had been secretly in contact with Nie Feng over the years and had a relatively clear understanding of the breakups and reunions between the Chiyan Army and Wang Yuelin Shu.

But through the information she had gained over the years, she also understood Wang Yue's character: he was very loyal to his friends, but ruthless to his enemies.

Because of her, she has let go many times of the Xuan Jingsi troops going to Yue State over the years. Of course, those people who were let go were all her confidants.

She hesitated for a moment, then asked solemnly, "What are your plans for marriage? Are you really going to find a suitable partner in this competition?"

Although Nihuang trusted Xia Dong more, she could not reveal Wang Yue's identity, so she pushed the matter onto Jing Yao.

She smiled and explained, "Jingyao just gave me an idea. This is Wang Jing, the commander of the Jinyiwei who came with him. He is a master who has been on the Langya List. She wants Wang Jing to participate in this competition and then let Wang Jing marry into our Prince Mu's Mansion."

Xia Dong was stunned after hearing this. She asked incredulously, "That Wang Jing has been wearing a mask. Does he look very outstanding? Do you really like him?"

Nihuang looked at Xia Dong's gossiping look and shook her head helplessly, smiling bitterly and explaining, "Wang Jing is a natural eunuch, so it won't affect my search for a suitable husband in the future."

Xia Dong opened her mouth wide. She had never expected this result, so she said unhappily, "Jingyao, you are right. Why did you come up with this idea? I heard that Wang Jing is very loyal to Wang Yue, and he is the most trusted one among the trusted ones. Is it a humiliation for him to do this?"

Nihuang shook her head and pretended to be indifferent and said, "That's the King of Yue's business. What does it have to do with us?"

Looking at Nihuang's mischievous expression, Xia Dong felt that he was worrying unnecessarily. If Wang Jing was dissatisfied with this matter, Nihuang might have accepted a master in vain.

After the two of them talked, Xia Dong immediately left Prince Mu's mansion and hurried towards the palace gate.

This time, Emperor Liang invited the Kingdom of Yue to participate in the martial arts competition, and also wanted Jing Yao to go home to visit her relatives, and also wanted to find out the news about the Kingdom of Yue.

Because apart from the information he got from businessmen over the years, Daliang had no idea about the Vietnamese military at all.

Especially the navy that could block the river, but it caused great trouble for Daliang's army. He didn't expect to get any information from Jing Yao, but just wanted to take this opportunity to get in touch with the warships of the Yue military and find out how they were built.

It was for this reason that he allowed three thousand Yue soldiers to escort Jing Yao to Jinling, in order to further ease the relationship between the two countries and give Xuan Jingsi the opportunity to send more personnel to the Yue navy's warships.

Moreover, the place where Yue Guo lived this time was also specially arranged, and he wanted to monitor some information through special means.

When he heard Eunuch Gao say that Xia Dong, who was in charge of this matter, had actually entered the palace, he hurriedly let Xia Dong in.

When Emperor Liang saw Xia Dong coming in, he asked anxiously without waiting for Xia Dong to greet him, "But what went wrong with the monitoring?"

Xia Dong bowed politely and then said calmly, "Your Majesty, we from the Xuanjing Division didn't hear any noise in the secret passage, so I went there and found that they didn't live in the house we determined.

Later, I met Princess Nihuang coming out of the gate of Honglu Temple, and I rushed over to ask her the reason. "

Emperor Liang frowned and asked in confusion, "Oh? Did she say anything?"

Xia Dong nodded and said very seriously, "Your Majesty, Princess Nihuang heard from Jing Yao that this kind of living was specially arranged by the Jinyiwei, and she didn't know what was going on.

However, according to my humble judgment, the Royal Guards may know that there are secret passages and rooms in those houses that are monitored by wiretaps."

Emperor Liang couldn't help but frown. He didn't expect that after preparing for so long, this would be the result.

He looked at Xia Dong with an inquiring look and asked uncertainly, "Is it possible that someone leaked the news?"

Xia Dong shook his head and replied seriously, "Your Majesty, I don't rule out this possibility, but I guess the Yue delegation may have been accompanied by a Mohist master who found out the problems with the secret passage and secret room.

After all, I have kept all the people who set up the secret room this time under surveillance, and have not released any of them."

Emperor Liang saw that Xia Dong had made such careful arrangements, but problems still occurred. He couldn't help but look at Xia Dong again and found that Xia Dong seemed to be confused as well. Only then did he feel relieved.

He hesitated for a moment, then said calmly, "Xia Dong, are you saying that a master of mechanical devices can detect whether there is a secret room or secret passage?"

Xia Dong nodded and said solemnly, "Yes, not only Mohist masters can do this, there are also many such people in the martial arts world, but such masters either don't come out or go it alone.

I didn't expect that Yue Guo had already won over so many experts after being in the city for more than ten years."

Emperor Liang thought that the martial arts conference in Yue State was indeed very attractive. Maybe this was really possible. He seemed to tacitly agree with this opinion and asked Xia Dong to continue monitoring and then let Xia Dong go.

After Xia Dong left, he said to himself in confusion, "Lao Gao, is this Xia Dong colluding with the Kingdom of Yue?"

Eunuch Gao, who was following Emperor Liang, said with a playful smile, "Your Majesty, how would I know? However, the Xuanjing Division has always been prudent in its work, so it shouldn't be possible for someone to plant a thief in it.

If there really was a leak of information, they should have used the secret passage to pass some false information to us in Daliang.

Moreover, the Yue Kingdom delegation did it so obviously that I always felt that it was meant as a warning or demonstration, and of course, it also meant to mock our Daliang’s tolerance.”

Emperor Liang looked at Eunuch Gao with some surprise, and couldn't help but smiled and said, "You are right, it seems that I overthink it. If Xia Dong really has collusion, it is indeed as you said, the Yue Kingdom delegation will definitely do it more secretly. After all, it is not easy to get a spy with such a high position."

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