Chapter 25: Turbulent Times (4)
It is only a short distance away, but also zero distance.
Lin Wei's lips covered Zhao Ziheng's lips. Her initiative reminded Zhao Ziheng of the first time he kissed Shu'er, who was the one who took the initiative. This time was no exception, which surprised him even more...
Lin Wei had already taken the initiative, and Zhao Ziheng's body began to heat up. It was not that he could fall in love with two women at the same time, but the woman in front of him was the one who made him feel the most guilty, but at the same time had the same face as the woman he loved in the past.
Next, Zhao Ziheng took the initiative, and Lin Wei's active kiss was guided by Zhao Ziheng's mature kiss.
At this moment, Zhao Ziheng had no thoughts in his mind. All he wanted was to make up for his mistakes. Even if he was hated, he just wanted to compensate Lin Wei to some extent. Since he could do it, if she refused, he would probably hurt Lin Wei completely...
Perhaps even though she knew that Zhao Ziheng hugged her out of guilt, Lin Wei did not have any regrets.
In the gentle kiss, in the long night, Zhao Ziheng held Lin Wei and walked towards the bed...
The fact that the world is in chaos is not known to many people. Apart from Zhao Ziheng, the one who knows the most is Zhou Cheng of Zhou State...
【Imperial Study】.
"Have you already started taking action?"
"yes--"
"What's the target?"
"According to the spies, they seem to have begun to invade Zhao's territory."
"Zhao?"
The conversation between Zhou Cheng and Shan Zhen was quite in-depth. When Zhou Cheng heard Shan Zhen's report, he was somewhat concerned. He did not expect that the first target would be the State of Zhao, which was once a foreign state but now has a delicate relationship with the state. This made Zhou Cheng feel somewhat uncomfortable.
"So many things have happened in Zhao since the former King Zhao became seriously ill and passed away , and the current King Zhao took the throne. Some countries that were once allies of Zhao rebelled, and some took advantage of the situation to rob. For this reason, Zhao sent troops to suppress these turbulent countries, which led to the gradual weakening of the power of the originally powerful Zhao. Of course, the main reason is not this. The main reason for Zhao's current situation is probably the disappearance of the current King Zhao, Zhao Ziheng. Zhao, which was originally supported by Zhao Ziheng, who had the talent to govern the country, should have been able to prosper and become strong. However, the former King Zhao died suddenly. When he was still the crown prince, the crown princess was assassinated on the day of his wedding. During this period, if he could handle government affairs and govern the country calmly, perhaps the situation would not have developed to the present. Unfortunately, he acted too rashly. Soon after he took the throne, he launched the Grey Valley Council against us. Because of that accident, he disappeared for a long time. Zhao was in a state of being without a monarch, relying only on a few wise ministers to handle government affairs, and the battle for the throne gradually surfaced—"
"So it was the internal strife that weakened Zhao?"
"Yes!"
Shan Zhen’s analysis is not without reason, and Zhou Cheng has the same opinion, but there are always some points that make Zhou Cheng feel deeply confused.
"Shan Zhen, don't you think all this is very suspicious?"
"What did the Emperor say?"
"Now that I think about it, both the former King of Zhao and my father were seriously ill at about the same time. Although there seems to be no doubt about my father's case, the former King of Zhao was seriously ill, and the Crown Princess was assassinated on the day of the Crown Prince's wedding. At that time, Zhao Ziheng initiated a parliament for the two countries and was attacked by assassins during the parliament. The current King of Zhao also fell off a cliff in the accident. In this short year, the overall national strength of Zhao State has declined rapidly. Logically speaking, Zhao State has a good prime minister, Wang Xu, and a famous general, Zhao Shu. These two people are among the most famous figures in the world today. Even if the King of Zhao was not there, Zhao State should not have deteriorated to the current situation. Moreover, after hearing that Zhao Ziheng was busy handling government affairs after returning to the country, many policies were promulgated one by one, and many civil unrests and disputes were improved and pacified. This shows that the current King of Zhao is indeed a wise ruler."
"What does the Emperor mean?"
There was something else behind Zhou Cheng's words, and Shan Zhen could understand it to some extent. The atmosphere between the two of them changed instantly, as if they knew about some major conspiracy that should not be discovered.
"When Ru Ting disappeared, the Crown Prince of Zhao was immediately placed under house arrest. At the time, I ignored some of the facts because I was only concerned about Ru Ting's affairs. Later, Yin Yin was also suspected. As for the reason, I still cannot guess it. If I hadn't insisted on putting all the blame on Yin Yin at that time-"
Speaking of this, talking about Yin Yin, Zhou Cheng fell silent, and so did Shan Zhen, both of them became very heavy.
"…After Ru Ting died, my father passed away, and King Zhao has been bedridden ever since. Zhao Ziheng immediately took charge of state affairs. Then came the Crown Prince's wedding. On the wedding day, the Crown Princess was assassinated. It seems that all the witnesses unanimously claimed that Yin Yin was the murderer. Of course, I think that's unlikely. There must be something we don't know. The Gray Valley incident may have been unexpected, but King Zhao seemed to have a kind of obsession with Yin Yin, just like when Yin Yin fell off the cliff, he was the first to come. In the Gray Valley Council, assassins suddenly appeared. Later, we learned that they were both from the two armies. Of course, we both know this information. All the directions were sealed off, and no one would know about it except us. Then, King Zhao and Yinyin fell off the cliff together. It seemed that the incident was over, but the disputes and civil unrest in Zhao State continued, as if it was premeditated. Later, Yinyin was brought back to Kai by Yan and was secretly murdered many times. Although she was able to escape danger many times, as for the current situation... Yinyin fell asleep, and then there was news that Zhao Ziheng returned to Zhao State. When he returned to the Zhao Palace, he was also murdered. Like Yinyin, he was always able to escape danger. He returned to Zhao State and instantly adjusted the country that was in constant dispute, but just when Zhao State was gradually recovering-"
Zhou Cheng analyzed everything from beginning to end, and he looked a little sad whenever he mentioned Yin Yin. From his words, Shan Zhen quickly realized that there were many doubts about the matter. Behind the seemingly natural and ordinary things, it seemed that someone was pushing it?
"Your Majesty, this——"
"I don't think anyone has analyzed it thoroughly yet ? These two things seem like they are completely unintentional, but don't you think they are somehow connected?"
Shan Zhen was extremely surprised by Zhou Cheng's analysis.
"Don't you think that too many things have happened around Zhao State in the past year? I just didn't expect that this matter would involve Yin Yin——"
After being reminded by Zhou Cheng, Shan Zhen recalled in his mind the changes in Zhao State in recent years. Some countries on the border of Zhao State were either in civil strife or disputes, and some had collapsed. The military strength of Zhao State was also weakened unknowingly. Of course, if this information was known to some countries with ulterior motives, they would probably take the opportunity to join forces to attack Zhao State. If this were to happen, the two major states that had been maintaining world peace would lose their balance and the world would enter a state of turmoil. Although this would not do any harm to Zhou State, one of the two major powers, but would instead provide a rare opportunity to unify the world.
"Could it be that——"
"Humph, I guess someone is testing my ability."
At this moment, Zhou Yan's eyes showed a coldness that had never been seen before, which made even Shan Zhen's hair stand on end.
