System, help me become the empress

Chapter 25 Meeting the Old Fox

The next day.

The weather is bad and the wind is strong.

Thick clouds were pressing over the imperial palace, like a ferocious beast with no knowledge of its details baring its teeth and claws, ready to devour everything in front of it at any time.

Bao Changnian suddenly received a summons from the palace, changed into his official uniform, and hurried to the imperial study.When he arrived, he saw Xu Youxi sitting at the table, holding an ancient book in his left hand, and in front of him was an unfinished game of Reversi.

"Bao Shoufu, do you know why I want to meet you in private." Xu Youxi put down the book, and at the same time picked up a sunspot with his fingers.

Bao Changnian hastily saluted. Logically speaking, since he was the chief minister of the cabinet, even if he met a princess, both parties should salute to show respect. However, Xu Youxi was gifted by the Supreme Emperor, so he didn't need to salute anyone.

"Forgive me for being stupid." Bao Changnian paused his eyes on the chessboard, knowing in his heart that the sunspots are a lost game, and no one can recover.

"I have reused Meng Shangshu, you feel dissatisfied." Xu Youxi put down the sunspot on the chessboard, and then picked up a new sunspot, betting seven or eight more in a row.

"I dare not."

"Sit down, this game of chess is for you and me, please take the white piece."

"Yes, princess." Although Xu Youxi had just changed the chessboard a few times, it didn't change the overall situation. After Bao Changnian thought briefly, he settled for the white piece.

Xu Youxi was thoughtful, picked up the sunspots, and without hesitation placed them on the chessboard, then dropped another, and then another, and continued to land sunspots.

Bao Changnian was dumbfounded by such an operation: "Princess, this, I haven't played a white piece yet, what are you?"

"If you follow the rules, you can only lose everything." Xu Youxi and Bao Changnian looked at each other, "Bao Shoufu is not a pedantic person. With the courage of Lamo Shoufu to step down, few people can match you .”

"What does the princess mean?" Bao Changnian was startled.

Xu Youxi didn't panic: "Take out your courage to plot against Mo Shoufu back then, and make a contribution to this time's resistance to Oirat."

"Did the princess have some misunderstandings with the minister? I have been familiar with the sage books since I was a child, and demanded myself with the words of a saint. How could I do unrighteous actions?"

"...If there is any problem with Bao Shoufu's official career in the future, I can come forward to protect your only son Bao Youjin's life."

Bao Changnian was silent for a while: "Contributing to the country is the duty of a courtier. I don't know the princess, what should I do?"

"Although the Oirat cavalry are all brave and good at fighting, most of the Oirats are too arrogant. On the surface, we are led by the Ministry of War Minister Meng to command the army to resist the front. The situation is like this chessboard with a stable disadvantage. Heizi knows that he will lose. The probability is high, but I still have to be patient and follow the rules. What I hope Master Bao will do is to break this rule, stir up internal conflicts in Wala, and buy time for Master Meng to make more sunspots."

"...If it's just delaying time, it's not difficult." Bao Changnian calmly analyzed, "As far as I know, several generals in Oara have the disadvantage of being very happy. Hold a celebration banquet. We only need to buy off the cronies around the leader of Wala, so that the celebration banquet can be delayed for a few more days."

"In my opinion, the Oala envoy is about to arrive in the capital. Maybe he can treat him with hospitality, give jewelry and treasures intermittently to confuse the other party, or encourage him to write letters to delay the time for the Oirat cavalry to come to the capital."

"Thirdly, use negotiations to negotiate. Wala's idea at this time is not to waste a single soldier to take down Shangjing City, so naturally he hopes to force the emperor to force us to voluntarily retreat, then people will definitely continue to talk to us, then we Let’s send some Ninth Grade Zhima officials who are not in charge to take the initiative to have a good talk with them, anyway, no matter what the small officials promise, it doesn’t count. It will be a long time before Wala realizes that we have deceived him.”

Xu Youxi nodded as he listened. As expected of being the chief assistant of the cabinet, this method is indeed ruthless.

"Princess... I must ask, do you really disregard the safety of the saint?"

"... 40 people have died, how many more do you want to die?" Xu Youxi sighed, "Follow what you said, Meng Shangshu is conducting an emergency deployment of troops across the country, and time is too important to him."

"I know."

Xu Youxi glanced at the system panel, the progress bar of Dead Capital was paused at 80%, and there was no tendency to move on.

As soon as Bao Changchang left, Meng Zhiqian, Minister of the Ministry of War, took the initiative to find him.

"Princess."

"Why is Meng Shangshu looking for this palace?" Xu Youxi felt a little tired after dealing with Bao Changnian.

Alas, these old foxes are so difficult to deal with.

"Princess." Meng Zhiqian fell to his knees abruptly, "A country cannot be without a master, I beg your Highness to become the emperor, so that we can lead the leaders out of this crisis."

!!!

The sky is really falling out of pie!

Not long ago, Xu Youxi was still debating whether to use Jin Yiwei's force to coerce the cabinet to agree to let him supervise the country first as a princess, but he didn't expect Meng Zhiqian's rebellious spirit to be stronger than his own, so he directly recommended himself as the throne?
Thinking of this, Xu Youxi couldn't help but look a little more lovingly at Meng Zhiqian.

Seeing that Xu Youxi was silent, Meng Zhiqian, who had his head buried, quickly gritted his teeth and added: "Princess, please finish speaking."

"If Wala plans to come to the capital, the shortest way is to go through the three frontier cities, but the saint is now in their hands. If there is no 'legal' reason, the city owners of the three cities will probably be defeated without a fight. Open the city gate to welcome the Oirat cavalry. In this way, the journey for the Oirat cavalry to reach the capital will be shortened by more than half."

"Assuming that the Oala soldiers have already approached the city at this time, the military officers defending the city will definitely be shaken after seeing the saint being arrested. Once they are shaken, their morale will be broken. Not only will they not be able to win Oara, but Shangjing may also have to lose to them. .”

"Princess, if you can successfully ascend the throne at this time, these problems will definitely be solved!"

Xu Youxi fell into silence. What Master Meng said made sense, and she was shamefully moved.

Although she would also joke with the system, saying that she wished she could wake up and have successfully ascended the throne.But that was a dream after all, but now that it was a realistic choice in front of her, she was a little hesitant again.

"You let me proclaim you emperor, can other civil and military officials agree?"

"Why don't you agree. The country is more important than the king, and reason is more important than righteousness. It has been the truth since ancient times." Meng Zhiqian's words can be described as outrageous.

"Let me think about it, Meng Shangshu will go down first."

"Princess, whether Shangjing can hold on depends entirely on this time! You must think carefully!"

Xu Youxi sat alone in the study and thought. What Meng Zhiqian said made sense. If he really missed the opportunity to ascend the throne right now, he didn't know when the next time would be. What if her brother gave birth to the little prince again?
According to the inheritance of her family's IQ, Xu Youxi is really afraid of tossing about, not to mention that in such a situation where the luck of the dynasty is about to run out, it is indeed not something ordinary people can play.

Since you are going to ascend the throne now, you have to think of a surefire way.

"System, my prestige value is not high enough, does it mean that I will definitely fail to ascend the throne?"

[Once the process of subjugation starts, it will enter a chaotic world.Ascension to the throne in troubled times is not limited by the prestige value. 】

　Today is another day of making a wish!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)