People in Teyvat, starting from saving the grass god

In order to fight for power and profit, they actually began to unite with organizations in other countries, trying to use their power to seek benefits for themselves.

Zhiyi is such a courageous person.

As a disciple of Tianshu among the Seven Stars of Liyue.

Over the years, he has used his master's resources to build up a deep network of contacts in Liyue Harbor. In addition, he is good at disguise and skilled in strategy, so he has always been in an absolute leading position in the candidate position of Tianshu Star.

But Tianshuxing never said anything clear about this matter.

Nor did he ever promise that he would definitely take over the position of Tianshu Star.

This made it difficult for the ambitious man to settle down.

Different from other competitors.

Zhiyi's background is very ordinary.

Coming from a poor family and having lost his parents at an early age, this was an inherent disadvantage in Liyue, a place where status and position are very important.

That is to say, Zhiyi has been studious since childhood, and he has made some fame with his own talents. After accidentally making friends with Tianshuxing, he became his closed disciple and thus climbed to his current position.

But this cannot satisfy Zhiyi, who has a great desire for power.

He wants to become Tianshu Star.

And one's own background is the biggest obstacle on this road.

It is precisely because of this background.

No matter how big his advantage is, he still doesn't have enough confidence.

Now that the Emperor has sent out a signal of releasing his power, his desire for the position of Tianshu Star has become even greater than before.

Zhiyi knows it very well.

If the Emperor's release of power is true, then the status of the Liyue Seven Stars in Liyue will be far greater than before, and Liyue's power structure will be far more complicated than it is now.

In addition, some people have already started running around.

Zhiyi, who never liked taking advantage of others, became even more anxious.

Then he remembered the Fatui who had secretly recruited him.

He didn't hesitate too much this time.

He immediately chose to cooperate with the Fatui.

Of course.

This cooperation is not real cooperation.

They are just using each other.

Zhiyi wants his teacher to retire early for some special reasons, so that he can seize the position of Tianshu Star before the Emperor releases his power.

But this is not something that can be done just by talking about it.

Tianshu Star is one of the Seven Stars of Liyue after all.

Don't talk about death.

Even if one is unwell, there will still be trouble.

Zhiyi has been in the Liyue officialdom for many years, so how could he not know how important the body of a Seven Star is.

So if you want to attack your own master.

Not only must it be fast, it must also leave no trace.

With these two prerequisites in place, it would be inappropriate for one's own people to do it, and it would also be dangerous to do it on one's own.

So he needed a scapegoat, a scapegoat who could perfectly replace his own traces of the crime and would not arouse suspicion.

The Fatui is a very good choice.

Zhiyi was well aware that although the Fatui and Liyue were at peace on the surface, they were often fighting in secret. They also planted many spies undercover to spy on each other's intelligence, especially the Northern Kingdom Bank, which had seized the money lending business and was a thorn in Liyue's side.

There is so much negative news ahead.

Using them as scapegoats would be the best option.

After more than a month of operation.

Zhiyi's plan is almost complete. The chronic poison from Zhidong has already been delivered to his master's mouth. With his health deteriorating, he will start selecting a successor in a few days. By then, with Zhiyi's current advantages, the position of Tianshu Star will be almost certain.

As for the traces of his own actions, he had almost erased them all.

The next step is to get rid of the ambassador of the Fatui who cooperated with him and present all the evidence against him, then he can clear himself of all suspicion.

I just feel a little sorry for my teacher.

Zhiyi also felt guilty.

He knew very well that if he endured a little longer and waited until his teacher retired, he would still have a great chance of winning the position of Tianshu Star.

But he couldn't wait any longer.

True.

Liyue is not a hereditary system like Inazuma's.

Although the family's status and power are of great help in the elections of the Liyue Seven Stars and other power departments, relatively speaking, Liyue's open selection system will still fairly give civilians certain opportunities to strive for.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be the miracle of Ningguang, a barefoot commoner, becoming the most powerful star in Liyue.

But Zhiyi just doesn’t have the confidence.

[Teacher's poison, I will treat him after I become a Tianshu Star.]

With this thought in mind, Zhiyi acted without mercy.

However, just when he was ready to compete for Tianshu Star, the General Affairs Department came first.

The extremely stunned Zhiyi was escorted to the Liyue prison with confusion and puzzlement. Not only did he lose the qualification to compete for Tianshu Star, but he would also have to spend the rest of his life in prison for the crime of poisoning Tianshu Star.

"How come the General Affairs Department acted so quickly? How come they were so sure that I was the one who poisoned them?"

Zhiyi couldn't figure it out no matter what.

Which link did I go wrong in?

How did the spies from the General Affairs Department get wind of this? And how did that idiot Yusupov let them get the evidence?

Zhiyi would never have thought of it.

His failure.

It wasn't that the people from the General Affairs Department found the evidence, or that there was a loophole in his plan.

It was because before returning to the country to report on his work, Zhidong's executive handed over evidence of him colluding with his own ambassador to poison Tianshu to the Liyue officials.

At the same time Zhiyi was arrested.

Similar events continued to occur throughout Liyue Harbor.

Among them were young people in high positions like Zhiyi, as well as elite children of powerful families, including elites of some large chambers of commerce. In this wave of turmoil that the people of Liyue called the Great Purge, all of them were arrested and taken to Liyue Prison.

As the mastermind behind this incident.

After Ye Lan brought the news that the net was successfully closed, Ningguang could finally put down the secret report in her hand and breathed a long sigh of relief.

Just yesterday.

The Fatui's lady executive officer left Liyue.

before going.

She took away the ambassador Yusupov and the deputy ambassador Theofan, as well as many people involved in the case of Zhidong, and sent evidence of Yusupov's connection with many powerful people in Liyue as a condition of exchange, in exchange for the life of her subordinate.

And in this evidence.

The most serious one was that Zhiyi poisoned his master Tianshuxing.

Before Ningguang had time to figure out why the lady did this, she handed the evidence to Ye Lan and asked her to verify its authenticity and take immediate action to arrest all those who were currently or were planning to disrupt the order of Liyue.

Liyue's Tianquanxing is one of the people closest to the Geo King Emperor.

What exactly is the Emperor going to do?

Ningguang knows it better than anyone else.

It is the release of power that everyone is guessing.

And it was not a test as those conservatives imagined, but really was to delegate the emperor's power to the mortal power layer in Liyue.

For others.

It is a good thing that the emperor delegates power.

For Ningguang.

This is a test.

The Emperor suddenly began to delegate power, which meant that Liyue was about to face an unprecedented political storm. At the same time, the changes in Liyue’s power structure would inevitably attract the covetousness and intervention of other countries.

No matter how good the relationship among the gods is.

There is intrigue among countries.

For their own benefit, everyone is likely to do anything.

For example, Ningguang took advantage of the dragon plague in Mondstadt when goods could not be shipped out normally and bought a lot of cheap goods from the Dawn Winery. After the Dawn Winery resumed production, she sold these goods at a price slightly lower than the market price and made a lot of money. She also forced the Dawn Winery to lower its prices, and its losses continued.

Understand that everyone is in trouble and everyone is trying to take advantage of the situation.

Tianquan Star is the core of power in Liyue.

Ningguang must find a way to help Liyue weather this storm safely.

to this end.

She hadn't had a good night's sleep for a long time.

"I still don't understand why the executive officer suddenly gave up on Zhidong's plan here?"

Compared to Ningguang who looked solemn all day long, Ye Lan looked much more relaxed and even had the mind to make tea for herself.

Speaking of this matter she mentioned.

Ning Tube also looked doubtful: "I don't know either."

She tapped the table with her right hand and continued, "The Fatui's men in Liyue are not just subordinates of one executive officer. These people have basically no subordinate relationship with her. Could it be that they are just attacks between political enemies?"

The relationship between the Fatui's executive officers is not as harmonious as it seems.

This is no secret.

Any country with a strong intelligence network would have learned of this news long ago.

usually.

Most of the people who go out in winter are under the command of the fourth executive officer, the servant, the fifth executive officer, the rooster, and the ninth executive officer, the rich.

Among them, the servants' subordinates are mostly engaged in espionage-like work, and it is difficult to find their traces; the rooster's subordinates are mostly engaged in official actions, such as envoys from various countries; the rich are special. This person is playing economic warfare. In addition to the overt economic offensive, he also supports a large number of smuggling routes in secret, endlessly plundering wealth from various countries for Zhidong, and this person is extremely ambitious and is suspected of trying to deprive Liyue of the right to mint coins.

The bad news is that the Fatui's infiltration is in all aspects. When you find a termite, it means that the dark side has been almost completely infiltrated by them.

Good news: The Fatui's executive officers are not on the same page.

They had been fighting with each other for their own interests before.

This incident.

In Ningguang's opinion, it was most likely the result of infighting among the Fatui.

The only doubt about this statement.

That’s why it was a lady who delivered the information instead of those executives who were fighting fiercely in Liyue.

In this regard.

Ye Lan has a different opinion.

“That may not be the case.”

"It may also be that the Emperor took action."

Ye Lan’s idea is very simple.