The carriage sped along the snow at sunset, leaving two deep wheel marks along the way. The speed brought with it the wind, and the wind gently blew the curtains with a crackling sound.

Jiang Yuetang fell asleep in Xiao Diyuan's arms, as stable as sleeping in Jiang Chuanxiong's arms when he used to ride in the carriage.

She dreamed that Jiang Chuanxiong's neck was injured, and there was a big hole in his throat, and blood gushed out of the big hole, and he was unconscious, and the whole person kept sinking to the bottom of the lake, and the blood spurting out of the throat quickly dyed the lake red.

Jiang Yuetang woke up from her sleep suddenly, looked around, and found that she was in Xiao Diyuan's arms, so she was a little more settled.

Xiao Diyuan asked gently, "Is it a nightmare?"

Jiang Yuetang nodded, hugged him tightly and said, "I dreamed of my father, he was seriously injured, his blood flowed, and his appearance was also terrifying. ”

As she spoke, her eyes turned red.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Chuanxiong has passed away for more than half a year, and time flies so fast.

Jiang Yuetang's expression was a little sad and a little emotional.

Xiao Diyuan stroked her shoulder and said, "It's just a dream, don't think too much." He added, "In the past six months, I have seen your strength, and you will definitely be able to continue to be strong." ”

She nodded, but decided to take some time out of the past few days to pay respects at Jiang Chuanxiong's cemetery.

The war was over, and she wanted to tell him the good news.

Then, she fell into a deep nostalgia for her father.

Xiao Diyuan sent her back to Jiangfu first.

When she arrived at the gate of the Jiang Mansion, Mei Xiang trotted over and said to Xiao Diyuan and Jiang Yuetang: "Your Majesty has sent someone to pass the word, let you go to the palace as soon as you return, he has something to talk to you about." ”

Jiang Yuetang went into the house to change her clothes, said hello to Mrs. Tao and Zhen Huiyuan, and then got into the carriage with Xiao Diyuan and hurried to the palace.

Along the way, Jiang Yuetang didn't feel sleepy at all, and sat side by side with Xiao Diyuan, silently and anxiously waiting for the carriage to take them to their destination.

After entering the palace, they went directly to the Yinghua Palace.

Emperor Li Pei was discussing something with several ministers inside, everyone's faces were very solemn, and it seemed that the matter was more tricky, so the brows of several ministers were deeply locked.

When Xiao Diyuan and Jiang Yuetang came in, everyone's faces relaxed a little, and they looked at them with a polite smile.

After the two sat down, Li Pei handed them the two letters and said, "This is written by the monarchs of Ye and Yun. ”

Xiao Diyuan and Jiang Yuetang hurriedly watched together.

In the letter, Jiang Sheng, the monarch of Ye, condemned Zhao for not consulting Ye when he attacked Shu, believing that this was a sign of disrespect for the peace agreement previously made by the five Central Plains states, according to which Zhao must take the initiative to admit his mistake and cede two cities to Ye. and said that now Yunguo has ceded two cities to Ye, and asked Zhaoguo to cede the city as soon as possible.

At the end of the letter, he attached the agreement of Yun Guo to Ye Guo to cede the city.

At the beginning, Zhao and Yun joined forces to attack Shu when Shu had a total of 45 cities, and after the capture, the two countries were divided equally, because Zhao was the main force, so Zhao had 23 and Yun had 22. After dividing up the cities of Shuguo, Zhao Guo had a total of 78 cities, and Yun Guo had a total of 57 cities.

Since Ye Guo was not in the cooperation at that time, it still maintained the original number of cities - 83.

Of course, 36 of the 83 cities of the Ye Kingdom belonged to the Yan State, and the Ye Kingdom captured these cities by killing the king of the Yan State.

Now that Yun Guo has ceded two cities to Ye State, there are only 55 cities left in Yun State.

Zhaoguo is currently 78.

Dong Yu, the monarch of Yunguo, was much more polite in his letter, and he explained in detail the reason why he did not help Zhaoguo and Yeguo, and emphasized that it was a last resort. At the end of the letter, he kindly advised Zhao Guo - Ye State is now the country with the most cities in the Central Plains, and it must not be an enemy of it.

"Apparently these two countries are colluding. A certain minister exclaimed.

Another minister also nodded, and then said: "This monarch of the Yun Kingdom is also strange, obviously it was because of our light that he was able to share half of the territory of the Shu Kingdom, but now he has been instructed by the monarch of the Ye Kingdom to turn around. ”

Li Pei said: "The reason why he did this was obviously to try his best to keep Yun Guo, and it was obvious that the monarch of Ye Guo agreed on the surface. ”

Xiao Diyuan said: "At the beginning, the monarch of Ye killed the monarch of the state of Yu and captured the city of the state of Ye, and they did not consult us when they did this, just at this point, we can't cede the city to the country of Ye, but now that the country of Ye and the country of Yun are united, we are no longer their opponents, so the suggestion of the retainers is - cede the two cities first." ”

Li Pei was reluctant, he said: "The attack on Shu was a personal enmity between our country and Shu State, of course, it is not convenient to call Shang Ye State, and if the attack on Shu State is discussed with Ye State before the action, it will inevitably cause Ye Guo to oppose or ask for a piece of the pie, so of course we will not do this." Besides, if it is not broken, it will not stand, and I think that there are many places where the old rules cannot keep up with the trend, and there is no need to stick to it. As for whether it is moral, as you said, Ye Guo also used immoral means to seize the territory of the Yan State, and we haven't asked them yet. ”

Xiao Diyuan patiently explained: "Your Majesty, although we do have our reasons for doing what we did in the first place, it is indeed a fact that we did not consult Ye Guo, based on this fact, we might as well cut these two cities first." Your Majesty don't worry, we can tell them the conditions before we cut the city, such as how many years no fighting between countries will be allowed. Regarding the matter of Ye Guoqiang robbing the country, it is natural that Ye is not moral, but now he is the strongest in the remaining three countries in the Central Plains, and we know that his approach is inappropriate, so we have to endure it. ”

Li Pei said: "The conditions can be said, but after they are spoken, they may not be complied with, which is the problem." ”

Xiao Diyuan: "At present, the two countries have greatly reduced their forces due to the defeat in the last war, and they must not dare to fight in a short time, so we might as well pretend to be a group of peace at this time to reduce their vigilance, and secretly actively prepare ways to deal with it." ”

Li Pei pondered for a moment and said, "I really don't want to cede two cities to him, but you're right, right now he is the overlord, and we can't do anything about it." ”

After that, Li Peicai was extremely reluctant to order the cession of the two cities.

As a result, the number of cities owned by Ye rose to 85, while that of Zhao was only 75.

Moreover, Ye Guo and Yun Guo also formed teammates, and the combined strength of the two countries was twice as much as that of Zhao Guo.

Zhaoguo is in dire straits.

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