Happy Little Scholar

To fight against foreign forces, one must first settle the domestic affairs. According to Li Yi's plan to cultivate the queen, after they completely take over the five states, they should not rush to expand for the time being. They must first carry out construction honestly and build the six northwest states into a With a piece of iron barrel, even if it faces the imperial army, it will have the confidence to compete with it.

Unfortunately, things backfired. Chen Qing and Fan Qiao led their troops to take over their new territory early this morning.

A few days ago, some big forces in the surrounding area sent people over, and Wei Liang kindly took them to visit a military exercise to open their eyes.

Who would have expected that after opening their eyes, the overlords of the three states would come to surrender in person the next day, expressing their willingness to follow the princess to conquer the world. They had been dormant and forbearing for many years, just to wait for such an opportunity...

Perhaps they rebelled against the imperial court in the first place just to wait for such a wise master.

Or maybe it was because on the day of the military exercise, Wei Liang and the others were not stingy with artillery shells at all. Dozens of red cannons fired a salvo, razing a section of the old city wall in Cangzhou to the ground.

Overnight, the forces they could control in the northwest expanded to three more states.

As a result, almost the entire northwest of Wu Kingdom has fallen into their hands.

Coupled with the various crushing firearms that have penetrated into the Holy Cult members in all states, it is equivalent to having two kings and four twos in a game of Landlords. If they lose such a good card, That's really God's will...

"See Your Highness!"

"I have met Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

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Yang Liuqing's popularity in Cangzhou has reached an incredible level. There are many people in Cangzhou who have set up longevity tablets for her. Along the way, after seeing her, many people knelt down and kowtowed to the ground...

The one who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. If she wants to be the emperor, the people of Cangzhou will definitely have no objection at all.

Up to now, many people still come to the Princess Mansion to deliver things every day.

Sometimes it was a handful of green vegetables, sometimes it was a few eggs. When they walked back, there were still a few people in front of the princess's mansion, looking inside, just wanting to see the beauty of the princess.

Seeing this scene, Li Yi felt relieved. Liu Meng would continue to grow and develop in the Wu Kingdom and temporarily move its headquarters to the Wu Kingdom. In the areas recovered by them, Goulan would be gradually built to cooperate with her in completing the unification of ideas. In terms of work and business, dedicated personnel will also be responsible for driving the development of these areas. Only when people's lives are prosperous will they remember her goodness more and more.

Now that she has completely established a foothold here, it is time for Li Yi, Ruyi and the others to leave.

In front of the princess mansion.

A guard looked at the woman holding the child in front of him and said: "Sister-in-law, it's not that we don't accept it, it's that we have discipline. We don't take a needle, a thread, or an egg from the people..."

"If it weren't for you, we and I would have died in the army a long time ago. The little woman has nothing to repay the princess. I leave this basket of eggs for peace of mind." The woman said, silently He put down the basket, hugged the child, turned and left.

The two guards sighed. The people in Cangzhou really liked the princess. They had to experience things like this dozens of times every day.

Another old woman with white hair came forward, holding nothing in her hand. She must have come to try her luck and want to see the princess.

A guard walked over and said: "Old man, please go back. His Highness has just returned to the mansion and he probably won't leave the mansion today..."

The old woman raised her eyes and asked, "Is Princess Duanrong inside?"

The guard looked at her and thought the old man had bad ears. He raised his voice and shouted loudly: "Old man, the princess has just returned home. Please come back tomorrow!"

The old woman glanced at him and said coldly: "Don't speak so loudly, no one will think you are mute!"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

The guard looked at her and felt that this old woman was different from other old women. She came here not to see the princess, but she didn't even take an egg...

Inside the princess's mansion.

Although He Ruyi and the others were leaving, there were some important things they had to tell Yang Liuqing before leaving.

This is an independent courtyard. Li Yi sat with her at the stone table in the courtyard, picked up the teacup, moistened his lips, and said: "Being supported by the people at the bottom is your advantage, but only the people support you." , is far from enough. They can help you sit in that position, but they cannot help you govern the country. In addition, you have to win the support of scholars..."

Before Li Yi finished speaking, he looked up at an old woman who walked into the yard and stood up.

The Princess Mansion is heavily guarded, and there are many guards at the entrance of this small courtyard. Even Wei Liang and Chen Qing need to be notified before they can enter.

It was a strange thing to have a strange old woman appear here.

In particular, she just stood there so casually, giving people an extremely dangerous feeling.

The old woman walked into the courtyard, looked at Li Yi, and asked calmly: "Where is Princess Duanrong?"

Yang Liuqing turned her back to the door and was about to stand up when she heard this. Li Yi walked up to her, put his right hand on her shoulder, pressed down, and asked the old woman, "What are you doing with Her Highness the Princess?"

"Someone asked me to take her life." The old woman said lightly, her figure swayed, her speed increased sharply, and she slapped Yang Liuqing with a palm.

Even before she spoke, Li Yi had already grabbed Yang Liuqing's shoulders, pushed her to the side with a gentle push, and raised his hands to meet the old woman's palms.

He stepped back several steps, a look of surprise appeared on his face, and his chest was surging with discomfort------this old woman was even stronger than Ruyi!

At this time, the old woman had bent her palm into a claw and grabbed his neck.

Two years ago, Li Yi was already able to enter the top 20 of the Heavenly Ranking. In the past two years, because of the Turtle Breathing Technique, his strength has been improving every day. Every time he fought with Bai Su, who had already entered the top five of the Heavenly Ranking, the victory and defeat were also fifty-fifty, but he still couldn't block a single move from this old woman!

Even if she was not a master, she was very close.

Facing her claw, Li Yi's face was calm and he stood still.

The old woman's body also stopped. One of her hands had been placed on the neck of the young man opposite, but she could no longer move forward, and she could not use any strength. The internal force became extremely obscure and difficult.

Beside her, the young woman placed her slender white hand on her neck, looked at her calmly, and gently uttered two words.

"Let go."

The old woman's hand loosened from the young man's neck, and the young woman also loosened her neck.

Her two major acupoints were sealed just now, and she could only exert less than 10% of her peak martial arts at this time.

This level of power was not even as good as the young man opposite, let alone the young master who sealed her acupoints.

The old woman was tied up by Bai Su who came over. Li Yi looked at Ruyi with doubts in his eyes: "Master?"

Ruyi nodded.

The grandmaster who used to be so high up seemed to be not so powerful anymore. Li Yi suddenly gained confidence. Perhaps in this life, he could also reach this level...

As if she saw his thoughts, Ruyi shook her head and said, "She was injured, and it was not light. Otherwise, I would not have been able to subdue her so easily."

Li Yi was also a little hurt. He looked at the old woman and thought that what Old Xu said was indeed unbelievable. What Wu Kingdom had no other grandmasters? This old woman was the one. If Ruyi had not been here today, he and the future empress would be in danger...

It is said that Old Xu was very experienced. He was still outside, and his voice had already come in from outside the door.

"I heard that you have captured a grandmaster. Let me see..."

He held a chicken leg in his hand, took a bite, held the chicken leg in his mouth, and walked over quickly.

Halfway through, his body suddenly stopped, his eyes widened, his mouth opened, and the chicken leg he had bitten fell to the ground.

Then, his figure gradually faded in front of Li Yi's eyes, and finally disappeared, leaving only the chicken leg with a bite missing on the ground.

Li Yi stared at this scene with wide eyes until the residual image disappeared.

The master was so terrifying...