Chapter 493: Return to Xuzhou

Chen Guotai was built for five years, Qi Wuping was four years old, and Zhou was Jiande for two years, as Xiao Yao privately represented Chen Guo, came to Yecheng and Qi to sign an armistice and peace treaty that was not officially recognized by Chen Guo, plus the armistice and peace treaty that Zhou State had also signed with Qi State before, which made the three kingdoms of Chen, Zhou and Qi finally stop attacking each other, and let the land of China usher in a very rare and very short period of peace!

On the side of the Zhou State, since Yuwenyong, with the assistance of Xiao Yao, Yuwenmin, Yuwenzhi and others, killed the powerful minister Yuwenhu father and son and their henchmen, and successfully regained the power of the Zhou State, the ambitious Yuwenyong began a drastic reform of the Zhou State with the goal of developing the comprehensive national strength of the Zhou State, eliminating the two countries of Chen and Qi, and unifying the world!

On the side of Qi State, Emperor Gao Wei is having a carefree time, the monarchs and ministers in the court are centrifuged, and Gao Wei is also a faint monarch who has no ambitions and only pursues enjoyment, plus those ministers in power are also only to satisfy their selfish desires, corrupt the law, and take bribes, which makes the people of Qi have a hard life, and life is becoming more and more difficult, so the national strength of Qi is also rapidly declining due to Gao Wei's various absurd and unscrupulous behaviors and the inaction of the court ministers!

And on Chen Guo's side, although Emperor Chen Xu was very unhappy with Xiao Yao's decision to armistice made privately, and he did not recognize the armistice and peace treaty signed by Xiao Yao and Qi State, and even when he heard the news that Xiao Yao dared to go to the Yecheng of Qi State without reporting to the emperor with only dozens of guards and a team of civil officials, Chen Xu was so angry that he overturned three tables in a row!

But in the end, Chen Xu still acquiesced in this armistice and peace treaty, and did not let Wu Mingche continue to launch the Northern Expedition against Qi State, but let Chen Guo's army stand by, and then seize the opportunity to vigorously develop his own strength and prepare for future wars!

Moreover, Chen Xu did not condemn and punish Xiao Yao for all kinds of disregard for imperial power, and even withstood the pressure exerted by the prince's camp, ignoring the various impeachments and complaints of these ministers against Xiao Yao, and sent a rich wedding gift and blessings from the emperor to Xiao Yao, who was about to get married, which can be regarded as an encouragement and support for Xiao Yao, the future star of Chen Guo!

Because as Xiao Yao said in his secret letter to Chen Xu, now the three countries of Zhou and Chen Qi are in a relatively balanced situation, if you want to break this balance, you must have absolute strength, but now none of the three countries have this kind of absolute strength, so the only thing that can be done now is to stop the war, recuperate, and concentrate on developing their own comprehensive national strength!

Yu Wenyong of the Zhou State had long seen this situation, so after killing Yu Wenhu, he took the initiative to truce with the Qi State to create a relatively peaceful and stable condition for his comprehensive reform of the Zhou State!

And Chen Xu also saw very clearly that after Chen Guo captured Xuzhou and recovered Huaibei, he had also successfully completed the goal of the second phase of the Northern Expedition, so the first task at this stage should also stop continuing to align the Northern Expedition, let the people recuperate, and the army recuperate, so as to accumulate strength for the third phase of the Northern Expedition!

And here in Xuzhou, since Xiao Yao left the border of Qi State, he was escorted all the way by the forward brigade led by Huang Wenyuan and returned to Xuzhou safely!

After learning the news that Xiao Yao, the unreliable Xuzhou assassin, had returned safely, Xiao Moke, who was sitting in Xuzhou instead of his son, also immediately brought the big and small officials of Xuzhou and came to Xuzhou to welcome Xiao Yao's return with a grand ceremony!

It has been nearly two months since Xiao Yao left Xuzhou City and went to Yecheng alone to attend the meeting, although during this time, Xiao Yao sent people to keep in touch with Xuzhou every day, but at the beginning, Xiao Moke was still very worried about Xiao Yao, after all, the people of Qi regarded Xiao Yao as a thorn in the flesh, even a demon from hell, and now Xiao Yao dared to enter the tiger's mouth, of course they wanted to take the opportunity to assassinate and get rid of future troubles forever!

Especially when I heard that Xiao Yao had just arrived in Yecheng, and when he entered Yecheng, he was assassinated by blocking the street, although in the end Xiao Yao was not only safe and sound, but also killed these assassins on the spot, showing Xiao Yao's domineering prestige in front of the people of Qi, but this news still made Xiao Moke and Huang Wenyuan's subordinates very worried!

However, the various news that came from Yecheng one after another made Xiao Moke and everyone a little stunned and red-faced!

Gao Wei, the emperor of Qi, not only let Xiao Yao live in the palace of Qi, but also called Xiao Yao brothers, and finally even let his queen and other concubines serve Xiao Yao, so that Xiao Yao, the general of Chen, could enjoy the treatment of the emperor of Qi, this news really made everyone feel incredible and absurd!

So at that time, when Xiao Yao had just crossed the border and returned to the forward brigade camp stationed on the border line, Huang Wenyuan's first words to greet Xiao Yao were not "Commander, you are finally back", but "Commander, you are finally willing to come back, before you not only recovered Xuzhou in the hands of Qi State, but now you have conquered the harem of the Emperor of Qi, how does the Empress of Qi feel like?" Is she more coquettish than other women? ”

Before Xiao Yao could explain, Huang Wenyuan had already shown an expression of extreme envy, jealousy and hatred and said: "I can't imagine that she is a dignified queen of Qi and the master of the harem, and she wants to personally serve you, a foreign envoy, the commander of the country, and the emperor of Qi is too selfless!" And he not only let the queen serve the commander alone, but also let the concubines of the entire harem of Qi serve the commander, which is a ridiculous thing that has never been heard of throughout the ages! ”

"In case these empress concubines of the Qi State are pregnant with the commander of your flesh and blood, then won't this emperor of the Qi State still have to help the commander raise your son? In case this emperor of Qi suddenly dies, won't your son have a chance to sit on the throne of Qi? Then Commander, won't you become the father of the Emperor of Qi? Commander, you are both powerful and sexual, no wonder we captured every city before, when the brothers gave the ordinary beauties they grabbed to the commander, you didn't want it, it turned out that the commander's requirements were so high, and the women of these queens and concubines could only be seen! Huang Wenyuan smiled lewdly.

"What nonsense are you talking about! Is this commander so unbearable as you say? Xiao Yao said angrily, but seeing that Huang Wenyuan was very sure, he could only sigh and say angrily: "These so-called queen concubines, although they usually look high, and the various titles sound very prominent and noble, but in Gao Wei's eyes, they are just playthings for themselves to vent!" Don't you know that Gao Wei's queen has already changed two! If I had been extremely excited to enjoy her service and reluctant to come back because of that Mu Huanghua's status as a queen at that time, would you believe it or not, Gao Wei might have made all the concubines queens, and then let them serve me! The so-called queen concubine is just a title! ”

"Even if it's just a title, it's a very noble title! The queen's mother, the concubine's mother, these titles are all over the world, only the emperor can enjoy them, and now there is one more commander! We, ordinary men, of course, can only fantasize in our hearts! Do you think we can't envy you, Commander? Huang Wenyuan argued.