On the same day that the Yan army entered Donglai City, the supreme ruler of the Qi State, the Queen and the King of Qi, finally got the exact news of the east and south roads of the Yan State in Linzi, the capital of Qi.

After hearing this news, Qi Wang Jian walked around the palace and was at a loss.

"Mother, this ...... This Yan Wang Kang, how could he attack my Qi country? He...... How could he do that? Queen mother...... What should I do now in Qi country? ”

Seeing her son like this, the queen was furious and reprimanded:

"Your Majesty, you are the lord of a country, how can you be so flustered? Don't forget, Yan Wang Kang, who has just ascended the throne of Yan Kingdom, is younger than you! As the saying goes: "When the soldiers come, the water will cover the earth". My Qi and Yan have been at loggerheads for generations, and since this Yan Wang Kang has attacked my Qi country, he will not reason with you. ”

Seeing that his queen mother was angry, Qi Wangjian hurriedly said to the queen:

"Queen Mother, it's up to you to deal with this matter! The sons will obey the command of the queen mother. ”

Seeing that her son, as the king of a country, encountered such a situation, the queen shook her head helplessly.

I regret a little in my heart, my son's current indecisive and courageless character is not my own reason.

Because he dictates state affairs, he naturally hopes that his son Qi Wangjian will be obedient and obedient. Therefore, in the past major affairs of the court and government, the queen always made a decision, and did not let her son Qi Wangjian participate at all!

It seems that in the future, he will gradually return to his son and let him exercise.

However, this is not the time to think about these issues, let alone blame and blame your son.

At present, the most important thing is to get through this "difficulty" of Qi State.

"Come on, immediately send someone to summon Shangqing Housheng and Zhou Zi into the palace to meet the king."

The queen commanded the attendants beside her.

"No."

The current de facto ruler of the Qi State, the queen, is the daughter of the Taishi of the Qi State.

In the thirty-second year of King Yan Zhao (284 B.C.), Yan sent the general Le Yi to join Qin, Zhao and other five countries in the Central Plains to jointly attack Qi, and King Qi fled to Jucheng and was killed by Naoya, a general of Chu.

The prince of Qi, the son of King Qi Tian Fazhang, changed his name and surname to work as a servant in Taishi's family.

The queen has been able to become the queen of Qi since then, and the official statement is: "Taishi has the appearance of the strange law chapter, thinking that she is not a perverted person, and she often steals food and clothing, and has fornication." ”

Actually, things are very simple and very cliché.

As the Taishi of the Qi State, Taishi's position was to be in charge of drafting documents, instructing princes and doctors, recording historical events, compiling historical books, and taking charge of classics, astronomical calendars, sacrifices, etc., which was a very important official position in ancient times.

Taishi belongs to the close ministers around the king, how can he not know the prince Tian Fazhang of his own Qi country!

Therefore, Tai Shi Ji instructed his daughter to send food and clothing to the prince Tian Fazhang of Qi State. Do you think, as a down-and-out prince, can you not be moved to see such a young and beautiful woman favoring you at this time?

As soon as he came and went, Tian Fazhang, the prince of Qi State, got along with the daughter of Taishi Ji. In other words, under the deliberate arrangement of Tai Shi Ji, Tian Fazhang, the prince of Qi State, and the daughter of Tai Shi Ji, the two of them were "cooked rice into cooked rice." ”

In order for his daughter's position to be stable, Tai Shi also cooperated with his daughter to act in a bitter love scene.

The history books record that the king of Qi Xiang was established, and the daughter of the Taishi family was established as the queen, and it was built for the queen and gave birth to a son. Tai Shi said: "Women don't take the matchmaker because they marry themselves, and they are not my species, and they are not in the world." So he never saw the queen for the rest of his life.

In this way, Tai Shiji's family can be said to have received fame and fortune!

It can also be seen how deep the queen's scheming is.

When the Qin State entered the Central Plains eastward, the Chu, Zhao, Wei, and Han states were defeated and retreated by the Qin State. At that time, in order to find out the foundation of Qi State, Qin Wang Yingji and Qin Prime Minister Fan Ju sent envoys to Linzi, the capital of Qi, to explore the reality of Qi in the name of "unraveling".

King Yingji of Qin sent a special envoy to send a jade chain to the state of Qi, and the envoy said: "Our king heard that there are many intelligent people in the kingdom, so he specially sent this jade chain, I don't know if there are capable people in the kingdom to solve it?" ”

The queen used the simplest way to untie the "Nine Links" sent by King Yingji of Qin.

At that time, the queen found out that the "Nine Rings" sent by King Yingji of Qin was actually an unbreakable jade chain carved by skilled craftsmen on a whole piece of jade.

It seems that the King of Qin sent an envoy to send this unsolvable "Nine Links" of Laoshizi, which is obviously difficult and provocative.

Quietly, she handed over the jade nine links to the left and right ministers to try to solve them. The group of civil and military generals in the court of Qi State were busy with sweat, but in the end, no one untied the nine links.

The envoy of the Qin State was very amused to see the embarrassed look on the face of the minister of the Qi State, but he had to pretend to be respectful.

The queen ordered someone to take back the nine rings, and she held it in her hand and played with it intentionally or unintentionally, deliberately showing a proud look. Said to the envoy of the Qin State: "Isn't it just this little Nine Links, the mourning family can unravel this Laoshizi without much effort." ”

As she spoke, the queen lifted the Nine Rings high and slammed them at the feet of the messenger.

The jade nine rings were shattered, and the jade chips were scattered all over the ground.

The Qin envoy was taken aback by this sudden change, and was stunned for a while, and it took a while to come to his senses.

After returning to China, the Qin envoy told the Qin king Yingji about this, and Yingji sighed: "The Qi country should not be insulted!" ”

Since then, according to the suggestion of Qin Xiang Fan Ju, the Qin State has reconciled with the Qi State, and has never taken a step towards the "Thunder Pool" of the Qi State

After Shangqing Housheng and Zhou Zi came to the palace, they read the news of the Yan State War.

The queen's younger brother was completely panicked, and stammered to everyone: "Queen Mother, King, this ...... How is this possible? …… No, years ago...... A few years ago, the current Yan Wangkang also sent his eldest husband Liao Shan to my Linzi, saying that he wanted to reconcile with my Qi country? ”

Shangqing Zhou Zi said hatefully: "The Queen Mother, the King, Yan Wang Kang is young, but his strategy is treacherous. Sending people to my Qi country, where is this to reconcile with the Qi country? It is clear that he sent an envoy to visit the reality of my Qi country. Hateful! Annoying! ”

The queen said to Hou Sheng and Zhou Zi:

"The two of you, now is not the time to talk about these issues. The face capital Yan State is attacking in a big way, how should my Qi country respond? ”

Zhou Zi stood up, bowed to the queen and the king of Qi, and said:

"Queen Mother, Your Majesty, now my Qi country can be described as a life and death crisis. The minister thought that our Qi country could organize our Qi country's elite Qi army as soon as possible, and together with our other Qi troops in the surrounding cities of Linzi, go to the front line to resist the invasion of Yan State. ”

"In addition, our Qi country will immediately send envoys to other countries in the Central Plains with heavy money. Lobby and persuade the monarchs and ministers of various countries to send troops to help our Qi country and fight against the Yan army together. ”

The Qi technical army mentioned in Zhou Zi's mouth is the most elite army in Qi State.

The Qi technical army of the Qi State, as well as the Wei Wushu of the Wei State, according to Ji Kang's words, are the "professional soldiers" of this era.

During the reign of King Qi Shu, he relied on this army to conquer the east and west.

However, this army is indeed strong, following King Qi to sweep through the countries, and repeatedly performed miraculous feats.

Later, Tian Dan commanded this Qi technical army, defeated the Yan army, and successfully restored the country.

When Zhou Zi said that he would let the Qi technical army of Qi go to the front line and resist the Yan army, Shangqing Housheng showed embarrassment.

Now the Qi technical army of the Qi State, the queen let her younger brother Housheng directly lead it, with a total of 100,000 troops.

When the queen saw the expression on her brother's face, she "chuckled" in her heart.

The queen knows too much about the "virtue" of his younger brother Hou Sheng's greed for money.

The queen asked Hou Sheng directly:

"Hou Sheng, you tell the truth to the mourning family, how many soldiers and horses are there in my Qi country's Qi technical army now?"

Hou Sheng looked at his sister's face and knew that it was better to tell the truth.

Facing the queen, Hou Sheng opened his five fingers and slowly stretched out a slap.

When the queen saw it, she was almost dizzy, which meant that the Qi technical army, which was composed of 100,000, now had an actual number of 50,000.

Hou Sheng was too bold to eat "empty salary" to such an extent.

The queen was furious, stood up, pointed at her brother and said, "You...... You...... Come on, put the ......"

When Hou Sheng saw it, he made a "poof" sound and knelt on the ground, which was a howl and a cry!

"Queen Mother, King, spare your life! It's all because I'm confused......"

The queen couldn't help but think of the words of her father, Tai Shi, and her mother, who asked her to take care of her younger brother before she died.

To tell the truth, Qi Wangjian and his younger brother Housheng are the result of their own "connivance" in the current situation.

The queen resisted the thought of killing her brother Hou Sheng, and ordered:

"Come here, deprive Hou Sheng of the post of Shangqing, and make the general Damin the commander of the Qi Technical Army, and lead the Qi Technical Army and our army near Linzi, a total of 150,000, can be stationed in Qin Zhou City to resist the invasion of the Yan army."

At this point, the queen said to Zhou Zi: "Lord Zhou Zi, you can arrange envoys to go to Chu, Wei, Zhao, Han, and Qin countries to lobby the monarchs and ministers of various countries to see if you can let all countries send troops to help our Qi country and resist the Yan army together." ”

Zhou Zi saw that the queen was up to now, and he was reluctant to deal with his younger brother Housheng too seriously, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed in his heart.

But at this moment, the queen's edict must be carried out by herself.

This is also for the sake of Qi country!

Zhou Zi bowed to the queen and said, "The ministers obey the edict." ”