The villain and I have eight hundred minds combined

After making up his mind, Emperor Ning began to secretly send people to persuade the Lan family, but after several attempts, the Lan family was still unwilling to give up the power of the Earldom. Later, Emperor Ning decided to try one last time because of his pity for Lan Qin. He sent Su Qian and asked him to find a way to embarrass the Lan family.

This Su Qian was Su Miaoying's father. He was first specially appointed by Emperor Ning as the third-rank assistant director of internal affairs of the imperial court, and then sent to the State of Bo for "negotiations". In fact, he was forcing the State of Bo to hand over power by threatening the trade between the two countries.

After several attempts at persuasion failed, Su Qian finally thought of a way. In order to divert the trouble to the West, he made it clear to the West Rong that he was not on the same side as the Bo Kingdom. He took the initiative to contact the West Rong spies, and then asked his own thugs to work together with the West Rong people who were disguised as thieves to intercept the Lan family's truck on the road.

At that time, a horse-drawn carriage of the Lan family was robbed on the way. Some people even wanted to burn all the shadow puppet materials on the carriage as a warning. Who would have thought that the shadow puppet materials specially made by the Phoenix clan were not afraid of fire at all. After the carriage was destroyed and the people died, the goods were intact.

This time, the Western Rong people became more determined to capture the cities and towns of the Bo State.

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A few days before the Xirong attacked the city.

Emperor Ning knew the truth but chose to watch the fire from the other side. He stood on a high tower in the Huajing Palace and looked down at the world. He felt an indescribable loneliness in his heart. There were thousands of women in this world, why did he have to pick on one? But Qin'er was not the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. He himself could not explain why. Maybe it was true... When you meet someone you love at first sight, it is difficult to explain the reason.

If every kind of love could have a history and a reason, perhaps it wouldn't be just a stunning sight that flutters in the heart.

Just as he was worrying, a proud, dignified and beautiful woman came up behind him. She was the Witch Queen, the current empress.

The witch queen knew his intentions very well, but if she was a jealous woman, with so many people in the harem, would she be jealous of them all? Would she be angry to death and then give him to other concubines?

So, she has always chosen to turn a blind eye. After all, Emperor Ning is a playboy who has been with many women after taking off his dragon robe. Even if Qin'er doesn't exist, there will be Lan'er and Hua'er. Why bother?

"Your Majesty has not asked me to come here to appreciate the whole of Daning for a long time." The Witch Queen said, "Why did you think of it today?"

Emperor Ning turned around and raised one hand. The Witch Queen glanced at the hand and although she was upset, she still took it.

"Over the years, you have never said anything about the beauties around me. Are you pretending to be magnanimous, or do you really not care?" Emperor Ning clenched the Witch Queen's hand in his palm.

After this squeeze, the Witch Queen knew that something bad was going to happen.

"I shouldn't talk to you too much about political affairs, but I believe you also know about the affairs of the Western Rong people." Emperor Ning took the initiative to bring it up.

The witch queen was still thinking in her heart, what exactly did he want to do, the Xirong people... Could it be that the negotiations failed? Or was it because of the princess of the Bo Kingdom? He was afraid that the Xirong people would snatch the princess away?

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard Emperor Ning continue, "A few days ago, Xirong sent a secret letter. They wanted to ask me for a surprise attack team. Ha, these people just don't want me to sit on the sidelines and watch the fire. They have to drag me into this muddy water. Otherwise... I, Great Ning, will not get any of the spoils after the war."

The Raiders...

The Witch Queen raised her eyes, which were extremely sharp and contained countless thoughts. She quickly guessed the purpose of Emperor Ning calling her here. Her distant cousin who had just been promoted to commander-in-chief was on high alert in the army, waiting to engage in a firefight with foreign enemies. Now her cousin was just the right person to be the commander-in-chief of this surprise attack team.

"You have always been very clear-minded. Do you understand what I mean?" Emperor Ning was still holding her hand gently, but he had already given the order in his words.

This was not the first time. For his power, she was willing to sacrifice and use all her resources to fulfill what he wanted. Over the years, she gradually got used to it, enduring the pain, the suffering, the helplessness, and in the end she would choose to compromise.

In this way, the rumor that she was a jealous witch gradually spread among the people, and even children in the streets would make a few sarcastic remarks about her.

This time, the script that Emperor Ning arranged for her was this - if the identity of his cousin was recognized, and people speculated that Emperor Ning had joined forces with the Western Rong people to attack the Bo State, they would say that the Witch Queen was jealous of Princess Lanqin, whom Emperor Ning fell in love with at first sight, so she secretly sent her cousin to infiltrate the Western Rong people's team to attack cities and plunder ponds together, and he never knew about it, and got away perfectly from this political situation.

She and her cousin were just abandoned pawns in the political situation after the incident.

It can protect his reputation and make it easier for him to plan his future.

All living beings suffer. Not only are the people under the high tower like chess pieces on the chessboard, but even she, who is high above, is one too.

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Afterwards, in order to make the image of this jealous woman more credible, she was sent by Emperor Ning to Bo State to meet Lan Qin in person.

When the two met, tensions were inevitable. Lan Qin really thought that the Witch Queen was so jealous that she came all the way from Emperor Ning to her territory to show off her power and authority.

At the moment of seeing off the Witch Queen, Lan Qin looked at the phoenix carriage of the Witch Queen returning to the court from the high stage and felt hatred in her heart. She was originally an innocent, happy and carefree princess who could play and have fun with her companions in the troupe every day and do whatever she wanted without any restrictions. How could she change completely overnight?

Ever since that guy came to the country, everything has changed.

She lost her freedom, her happiness, was insulted and coveted by others, all of this made her extremely angry.

Before leaving, the witch queen held her head high and finished her last act with an arrogant attitude. She said to Lan Qin, "Don't think that you can shake the emperor's heart just because you are a little bit beautiful. If you are sensible, let your father return to Ningguo. Then... since we are a family, I will take better care of you when you enter the harem."

Lan Qin raised her cold eyes and said, "Dream on. Go back and tell Ruo He that my father will never surrender. The Earldom will always belong to the Lan family. There will not be any other surnames!"

Oh, what an upright woman.

The witch queen turned her back to her and smiled coldly, her voice meaningful: "Well, I have shown you a clear path because you are also a woman and have to endure many frustrations in this world. Since you don't want to drink my toast, you can't blame me."

If the Lan family had chosen to surrender at that time, the subsequent war would not have happened.

Of course, not everyone in this world regards life as more important than anything else.

In Lan Qin's eyes, freedom and dignity are what the people of the Earldom should uphold most.

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