He originally wanted to take revenge on Chen Shubao, but unexpectedly ended up compensating his own son. Xiao Mohe immediately complained about this. The scandal between Chen Shubao and the Liu family soon came to light, and the news of Xiao Mohe being cuckolded spread all over the country. This was a huge blow to Xiao Mohe, who actually made him seriously ill. Fortunately, the direction of public opinion quickly changed. The news of the Sui army's large-scale march south made everyone in Chen State panic, and people's attention also shifted to the battlefield of the Yangtze River. However, the Sui army carefully spread rumors that Xiao Maha was angry with Chen Shubao for ruining his family tradition and wanted to rebel. Chen Shubao had a guilty conscience and believed it to be true, and planned to kill Xiao Mohe first. However, he suffered from the fact that all the hundreds of thousands of troops near the capital were under Xiao Mohe's control, and any rash action would be counterattacked. So Chen Shubao used the Yuanhui (Spring Festival) celebration as an excuse to order his two sons who guarded Jiangzhou and South Xuzhou, the important towns of Yuanjiang, to lead warships back to Jiankang. In fact, he was preparing to attack Xiao Maha. However, Chen Shubao did not understand military affairs and rashly transferred his two sons back to Jiankang, making Jiang's defense even weaker. In December of the eighth year of Emperor Kaihuang's reign, Yang Jun supervised more than 100,000 naval and army troops who left Xiangyang and entered Hankou. The main force of Chen's army was transferred away, and the scattered cavalry often served Zhou Luohou, the governor of Baxia Yuanjiang Military, and guarded Jiangxia with the governor of Yingzhou. They faced Yang Jun's army for more than a month and were defeated. In the same month, Zhou Fashang, the commander-in-chief of the Sui army, led a fleet of 30,000 troops to Fankou and defeated the resisting Chen army. Yang Su led his navy out of Badong and marched eastward along the Three Gorges. Liu Renen, the governor of Jingzhou, marched westward from Jiangling. The two armies cooperated and used both land and water to attack Langwei Beach and defeat Chen Shou general Qi Xin. Lu Zhongsu, the internal history of Chen Nankang, defended Qiting and blocked the Sui army from leaving the Three Gorges eastward with three iron locks across the river. Yang Su and Liu Ren'en led the land and sea forces to attack for more than a month until they defeated Chen's army in the first month of the ninth year of Kaihuang AD and occupied the mouth of Xiling Gorge. Chen Guo's navy was so defeated that Chen's army along the middle and upper reaches of the Yangtze River lost all morale. The Sui army made fierce attacks all the way to victory. When the news that the Sui army successively occupied the upper reaches of the Yangtze River reached Jiankang, they were detained by Shi Wenqing and Shen Keqing, who were in charge of secrets. They were subordinates of Kong Fan, and Kong Fan had already secretly defected to the Sui Dynasty. Cannes was defenseless. When the Sui army advanced to the north bank of the Yangtze River, Shi Wenqing refused to send troops to strengthen armaments in Jingkou, Quishi and other places because the Yuan generals were coming. Xiao Mohe asked several times to lead the army to fight, but Chen Shubao was worried that he would rebel, so he never sent him the tiger talisman. Instead, he planned to seize Xiao Mohe's military power. Neither of them trusted the other, so that one hundred thousand elite soldiers of the Chen Army could only stay in the military camp and bask in the sun all day long doing nothing. Compared to Xiao Mohe, the person involved, Xiao Yi, was even more depressed. It was enough to bother him that his sister married into the royal family and became a crown princess, but he didn't expect to get involved too. On the day of the engagement, Xiao Yi met Zhang Lihua¡¯s daughter, Jinling Princess Chen Ting. She was the same age as Xiao Yi, and she would be four years old in a few days. As the daughter of the most beautiful woman in the world, she was well-nourished in the palace since she was a child, which made her a little beauty. She is really beautiful and cute. Xiao Yi thought that she would definitely be a great beauty in the future and would definitely not be inferior to her mother. It would be a blessing to have such a great beauty as his wife in the future. "I just thought that the Chen Kingdom was about to perish, and all these royal women would be filled into the Daxing Palace of the Sui Dynasty as maids. However, they had no chance of becoming women of the Yang family. Thinking of this, Xiao Yi could only sigh. Chen Ting not only inherited her mother¡¯s beauty, but also had Chen Shubao¡¯s literary qualities and admired Xiao Yi¡¯s poetry very much. In modern terms, Chen Ting is a die-hard fan of Xiao Yi. Seeing how handsome Xiao Yi was, the little princess fell in love with him from the bottom of her heart. The children in the palace are all precocious, and Chen Ting can use tricks at a young age to take Xiao Yi around the palace. Is this a date? Xiao Yi couldn't help but smile bitterly. The magnificent Dachen Palace would probably be destroyed by the war, and there would be no chance to see such a luxurious palace again in the future, so Xiao Yi agreed to accompany Chen Ting around to enjoy it. Although Dachen Palace is magnificent, it is not very big. It didn¡¯t take long for the two of them to arrive at Linyuan. Linyuan, as the name suggests. It's an ancient zoo. Chen Ting likes this place very much and often comes to play. "Do you know what this is?" "Golden monkey!" "Where is this one?" "Red-crowned crane!" "Where is that one?" "Elephant!" She planned to tell her fianc¨¦ in person, but unexpectedly, others already knew about it. Chen Ting suddenly Somewhat disappointed. Xiao Yi saw Chen Ting's thoughts and couldn't help but sigh, and then said he didn't know anything. Then Chen Ting suddenly became happy, and she was happy to do it for Xiao Yi.solution. At this time, Xiao Yi's eyes suddenly lit up. He actually saw an ostrich that was only native to Africa in the zoo of Dachen Palace. This African ostrich is actually inside the Dachen Palace. This is really a new thing. Could it be that China already has contact with Africa at this time? Seeing Xiao Yi's interest, Chen Ting explained: "This big rooster is a gift from Fuyu Guojin to his father. I don't know how the people over there feed it, so they can raise such a big chicken." "My father was reluctant to eat it." "You call it a chicken?" Xiao Yi rolled his eyes immediately, and told her that it was a unique animal from a far, far away place, and its name was an ostrich. Chen Ting immediately questioned: "Since it's called an ostrich, why can't it fly? Are its wings injured?" Xiao Yi smiled, and then told her the beautiful mythical story about the ostrich. After listening, Chen Ting was relieved. . "You said this ostrich can run faster than a war horse? But it only has two legs! I don't believe it, you are lying!" "Let you see it!" Xiao Yi asked someone to get some sweet grass that ostriches like to eat the most. , then approach it carefully, feed it slowly and establish a friendly relationship with it. No one has ever fed an ostrich sweet grass, so Xiao Yi successfully rode on the ostrich¡¯s back after trying more than a dozen times. "It's just that the ostrich has been kept in the pen for a long time and has grown a little fat, so it has been unwilling to move. Xiao Yi said that it will take a few more days of training before it can run. Chen Ting still didn't believe it and made a bet with Xiao Yi. If Xiao Yi wins, he will take her to a fun place. Xiao Yi was unwilling to admit defeat and agreed immediately. So in the next few days, Xiao Yi focused on the ostrich. After many days of training by Xiao Yi, the ostrich was finally willing to carry Xiao Yi and run. Chen Ting immediately called a horse trainer and asked him to compete with Xiao Yi's ostrich. In the first few rounds, Xiao Yi¡¯s ostrich was really lazy and even lost. But soon Xiao Yi figured out a way to feed the ostrich a few times. Then during the competition, he rode on the back of the ostrich, holding a bamboo pole and carrying a small basket of sweet grass and swinging in front of it. The ostrich wanted to eat the sweet grass, but couldn't get it, so it immediately started running. The horseman immediately started chasing after him, but unexpectedly, the ostrich ran faster and faster, and soon he left the palace horse behind. That imperial horse was a thousand-mile horse, but it couldn't outrun an ostrich. Chen Ting was greatly surprised, and then she believed Xiao Yi's words. Willing to admit defeat, Chen Ting took Xiao Yi to the good place she talked about. Xiao Yi followed her out of curiosity, and it turned out that the so-called good place she secretly built was a secret compartment in Jieqi Pavilion. It was filled with what she called good things, all kinds of little things that girls like. Xiao Yi couldn't help being speechless and was about to leave. Unexpectedly, Zhang Lihua and ** walked in at this time. Chen Ting was worried that her mother would discover her secret base, so she asked Xiao Yi to keep silent, and the two secretly hid in a secret room. The hidden compartment is a bit small, and two children just squeeze together. Xiao Yi noticed through the pores of the grid that Zhang Lihua and ** looked very panicked. Zhang Lihua asked anxiously: "What's going on? Didn't you say that the Sui army was repulsed?" ** was immediately angry. He scolded: "It's all the fault of that bastard Kong Fan! Shi Wenqing and Shen Keqing secretly suppressed the battle reports sent back from the front line, but they lied about the military situation. One of my confidants in Jiangxia just escaped, Three days ago, Jiangxia was lost and Jingzhou fell. Hundreds of thousands of Sui troops were marching eastward along the Yangtze River. They would reach Jiankang in less than a month." When Zhang Lihua heard this, her face suddenly turned pale and she said in horror: "For such a big event, your Majesty and I will not. He didn't know anything about it. No, I have to tell the emperor immediately. "**Don't tell the emperor in a hurry! Isn't my sister still aware of the current situation? The emperor's scandal has been exposed. Now water and fire are incompatible. The emperor summoned the two princes to lead the army back to Jiankang to deal with Xiao Mohe. If Xiao Mohe loses, the prince and his sister will be affected. If Xiao Mohe wins, the Chen family will suffer. If the surname is changed to Xiao, the Zhang family will also be affected. "What should we do?" Zhang Lihua knew the stakes here, but she didn't know what to do and moved back and forth anxiously. **At this time, he said with a ruthless expression: "No matter how the emperor and Xiao Mohe fight, we must take care of ourselves first. The rise and fall of the Zhang family cannot be manipulated by others." Zhang Lihua asked: "How can you take care of your own law?" **Suddenly He smiled and said, "I told my sister that money can make all the difference. No matter how hard they fight, whoever gets to the big treasure in the end will have to rely on rich people to spend money to consolidate the country."nbsp; Zhang Lihua said anxiously: "If you have something to say, just say it directly. How long has it been? Don't beat around the bush." ??**Although he was thinking about his sister, he was more thinking about himself. He smiled and said, He immediately said: "As long as my sister cooperates, my brother will secretly transfer the gold, silver, and silk from the treasury and hide it in a place unknown to others. In this way, we will have the capital to settle down and live in the future, no matter which party wins , it all depends on our faces." Zhang Lihua was shocked when she heard this. She didn't expect her brother to be so bold and said in fear: "This is a crime of beheading and genocide!" **Suddenly snorted: "Everyone is killed. At this time, why are you afraid of beheading and annihilating the family? To be honest, my brother has already done enough, and all he needs is for his sister to get an imperial edict from the emperor. " Getting an imperial edict is not difficult for Zhang Lihua. Seeing that ** was full of confidence, Zhang Lihua became worried and said: "The imperial edict can be obtained, but there is still a huge sum of money in the palace, and my brother also wants to find a way to get it out too." ** immediately laughed and said: "That's it. I know that sister, you must also have private money! My brother is already very good at this, so you can rest assured." **Zhang Lihua had changed so much in these years that she couldn't trust him anymore, so she made a three-part agreement with him. The total amount of money in the treasury and palace is tens of millions. How to hide such a huge sum of money without being discovered is indeed a problem. Zhang Lihua immediately raised a question, and the woman promised: "Don't worry, sister, brother is asking around for news about Lu Yi. Lu Yi is the world's top mechanism master, and he will be able to do everything flawlessly. Don't worry, sister." " Zhang Lihua nodded and said: "This matter needs to be done as soon as possible. The longer it is delayed, the more unsafe it will be. " Xiao Yi was listening intently to the conversation outside, but unexpectedly, Chen Ting took the opportunity to take advantage of Xiao Yi. The two were already crowded together, Xiao Yi subconsciously raised his hand to push her, but unexpectedly his hand was pressed on her breast. Although her breasts were not yet developed, she knew that there was a barrier between men and women and that they could not be touched, so she screamed immediately.