Wu Zixu not only failed to persuade King Wu to come out of the gentle township, but deepened the contradiction between him and King Wu.

King Wu said very clearly, if it weren't for the fact that he was an old minister of the previous dynasty, he would have been punished.

King Wu also restricted Wu Zixu's behavior, telling him to manage military affairs and not to interfere in other aspects.

As a matter of fact, strengthening the building and training of the armed forces is the most important thing for a country in the years of war and chaos, and as long as a country's armed forces are strong enough, it will guarantee victory whether it is a stable country at home or a war waged abroad.

This is also Wu Zixu's business, without the supervision of King Wu, Wu Zixu will also do this well, and later Wu was attacked by the Yue army into the capital, and the crown prince was killed and did not lose the country, which has a lot to do with the fact that Wu has a strong army trained by Wu Zixu.

Wu Zixu has been working hard to train the army. But as a politician, with a keen sense of politics, he sensed that Wu Guozheng was deeply involved in a huge conspiracy.

And using beautiful women to bewitch King Wu is the most important part of this conspiracy. 's loyalty to Wu Guo made it difficult for him to sleep. He was going to try to kill these two beauties, or drive them out of the palace and pull the king of Wu out of the quagmire.

As soon as Wu Zixu thought of a way, he involved another important character in our story, which is the queen of Wu Wangfucha, Mrs. Gou Xuan.

Mrs. Gou Yu was born into a wealthy family and was a relative of the monarch of the northern power. It has become a common practice for the princely states of the world to intermarry with each other, which is actually a kind of political marriage. When two countries marry and become relatives of each other, they can join a group to keep warm, form a relationship equivalent to an alliance, and make themselves strong. At least, they will not become enemies of each other.

But as the wife of the monarch, she is not like the husband and wife of a peasant family in the countryside, who share joys and sorrows.

There are 3,000 beauties in the palace, there are more beautiful women, whoever the monarch fancies, is who, if you fall in love with any concubine, you can also be favored for a long time. In this way, even if you are a queen, it is very likely that you will not be able to see a man for a long time, and you will have to endure the loneliness and helplessness of staying alone in an empty house.

From this point of view, the women who lived in the high-walled compounds, although they were well fed and dressed, were no happier than peasant women.

But this has become the norm, and no queen can occupy a man on her own like a peasant woman.

Mrs. Gou is also in this situation. After the freshness of the newlywed passed, King Wu treated her with a match, maybe a few days, maybe a few months to spend the night with her. Since Yayu entered the Wu Palace, Mrs. Gou Yu has never seen a man again. As for Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, she is even more useless.

It would be a lie to say that she didn't have a little resentment in her heart. As she was young, she was inevitably lonely and desolate in the face of the huge court.

But such is the fate of women. What can be done? Men can have a group of wives and concubines, and they can also look for flowers and willows, but women cannot. Everyone knows no, but no one asks why they can't.

Mrs. Gou can only pass the time in loneliness. It's okay to walk around the harem and slip around in the garden. Although she is not favored, she is still the queen and has absolute authority in the harem.

The palace maids and attendants all stood on the side of the road, hunched over, lowered their eyebrows, and greeted respectfully. Mrs. Gou replied lazily, and sometimes she simply didn't reply, and walked over directly.

Although King Wu favored Xi Shi and Zheng Dan, he did not mean to abolish the queen, which was not only a personal marriage issue, but also involved the relationship between the two countries.

Mrs. Gou Yu was tired of playing in the palace, and she had a whim, anyway, it's okay, why don't you go around the street and have fun? King Wu was tired of Xi Shi and Zheng Dan all day long, never asked her, didn't care about her, and forgot about her.

In fact, except for King Wu, no one is qualified to care about her, and the personal maid also thinks this is a good idea, but the attendant who followed said: "If the queen wants to go out to play, she must put on makeup, otherwise it will cause unnecessary trouble." ”

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the barriers between men and women and between the government and the people were not as strict as those in later generations. Mrs. Gou Yu put on makeup, and the group went out of the palace to play on the street, and they didn't want to play, so they alarmed a person, this person was Xiangguo Wu Zixu.

Wu Zixu has been unhappy with his relationship with King Wu during this time, and he doesn't know how to untie this knot. Sitting in the study sulking. Someone came to report: "Lord Xiangguo, the little one has found something strange on the street." ”

Wu Zixu said: "Is it important? ”

The attendant said, "The little one doesn't know if it's important or not." ”

"Then what else do you report?" Wu Zixu reprimanded. He's a pretty boring person, and he doesn't want to know anything about military affairs.

The entourage touched his nose and was about to withdraw, Wu Zixu said: "Come back, say, what's the matter?" ”

The attendant said, "The little one saw the queen Lady Gou Yu go out into the street." ”

Wu Zixu suddenly became interested: "Oh? Did you see that? ”

The entourage said: "Back to the adult, the thing is like this, the little one went to the street to do errands, and saw a group of people surrounded by a beautiful young man strolling around, the little one thought it was the son of the house who came out to play, and suddenly felt that one of the followers was a little familiar, take a closer look, it turned out that this person was a small acquaintance, he was the attendant next to Mrs. Gou, once I followed the adult into the palace, and chatted with him for a while. If you look closely, you can see that the beautiful young man is wearing the makeup of Mrs. Gou. The people around him were all palace maids and chamberlains around her. ”

Wu Zixu said: "What else is the situation? ”

The attendant said, "That's all there is to it." ”

Wu Zixu snorted, feeling bored, she was too lazy to care about these things, the queen went to the street to play privately, just play, take care of it.

Just as he was about to leave this matter behind, suddenly like a lightning bolt flashed in his mind, he stopped the retinue who was about to withdraw. "Come back! Where is the queen now? ”

The attendant said, "Not far from the palace, there is a small restaurant called Ximen Caiyun, and the little one saw that the queen was going there with people. ”

Ximen Caiyun Restaurant? Wu Zixu seemed to have heard of this name, but he couldn't remember it for a while, he never paid attention to these trivial matters.

The attendant explained: "Ximen Caiyun has two snacks that are particularly famous, one is tea eggs, and the other is spiced pig's head meat. The small ones were once bought for adults. ”

Wu Zixu said: "Quick! Bring me a set of civilian clothes. ”

The attendant said, "Your Excellency wants to go out?" ”

Wu Zixu said: "Where is so much nonsense, go quickly!" ”

The entourage ran away in a panic.

Mrs. Gou Yu walked and played, and ate a few snacks, but they were not very good. He asked, "What else is delicious in this capital?" ”

Someone told her that there was a Ximen Caiyun restaurant not far ahead, and the tea eggs and spiced pig's head meat sold were particularly delicious, so Gongzi might as well try them. "When they left the palace, they agreed that they would not be called queen, but only son.

Mrs. Gou said, "Is it really so delicious? ”

The attendant said, "Son, go and eat, and you will know." ”

Mrs. Gou Yu said, "Let's go, eat tea eggs." ”