The Chu Palace, which has lost its silk brocade, has a lot less color, but the Queen Mother and the Great King can endure this monotony, and others are helpless even if they miss the colorful grace. In the faint Ruoying Palace, before the queen mother in filial piety clothes appeared, Yin Nao had no choice but to wait quietly on the red mat with his eyes and nose, and when the footsteps appeared, he got up and shook each other.

"What's the matter with Ling Yin?" Concubine Zhao heard that Ling Yin asked to see her a little strangely, but Ling Yin was Ling Yin after all, so she still came out to meet her.

"Does the Queen Mother know that the king wants to marry the Xiang family today?" Nao opened his mouth slyly, but his head was lowered, not daring to look at Concubine Zhao.

"Indeed, the king said that they were in love with each other." Concubine Zhao replied lightly, she became the queen mother, and now she is in charge of this pair of children, and she has nothing to ask for.

"Does the Queen Mother know that Zhao will ally with the Qin State this month?" Nao asked again. "The State of Qin may attack my State of Chu again."

"Attack my Chu State again?!" Concubine Zhao's voice finally rose, she cared about her son. Once the Qin State invades Chu, the son will go to the battlefield again. The battlefield is dangerous, who can ensure that his son will come back safely?

"Exactly." Nao said in a deep voice, in the past few months, Zhibi Si has integrated all the spymen of the Marquis of Chu State, coupled with the guidance of unknown forces, his understanding of the Qin State is far better than before. "Does the Queen Mother know that Qi people Mao Jiao risked his life to admonish the King of Qin?"

"I know." Concubine Zhao nodded, "King Qin ordered: Those who dare to admonish the Queen Mother will be killed, and twenty-seven people have died so far." Mao Jiao admonished the twenty-eighth person, risking his life to persuade the King of Qin to Yongcheng to welcome Zhao Ji back to Xianyang, the mother and son were reconciled as before, and Mao Jiao was also worshiped as Shangqing. ”

Mother and son get back together, especially the mother and son of the monarch get back together, this kind of story Concubine Zhao is very interested, the temple maid naturally knows that the queen mother likes this kind of story, as soon as the news comes from the Qin State, she said to listen to Concubine Zhao.

"The Queen Mother knows and knows that Qin is a country of tigers and wolves, and every year she has to attack the Kwantung countries, if you don't cut down Han, you will attack Wei, if you don't cut Wei, you will attack Zhao, and if you don't cut Zhao, you will attack Chu. Now Han Wei and Qin are two or five couples, Qin Wang and Zhao Ji are reconciled as before, because of the love of mother and son, Qin and Zhao will also be reconciled this month, but my Chu and Qin will not be allied.

Last year, the Qin envoy invited Chu and Qin to marry, and asked Princess Qian to marry the queen of the Qin Palace, but the king did not allow it, and now the Qin State wants to kill me, and the minister asks the Queen Mother to be the master, and allows Chu and Qin to marry and marry Princess Qian into the Qin State. ”

Nao Cunning touched the wall many times in Xiongjing, and had to come to the Queen Mother to intercede. He was worried that Concubine Zhao was worried about Zhao Guo, and said: "Qin Zhao will hold an alliance meeting this month, and my Chu State will allow the marriage envoy to enter Qin in the next month." ”

"King Qin really wants to marry Mi Qian as the queen?" Concubine Zhao was taking a nap, and after a few sly words, she was no longer a little lazy.

"Exactly. If the Queen Mother doesn't believe it, she can ask the princess. Nao said slyly. The princess of Mi Xuan came for Princess Qian, but the king never allowed it, but wanted to give Princess Qian to Xiang Chao, the general's son-in-law. ”

"Since Princess Qian can marry into the Qin Palace, she can't be allowed to give it to the Xiang family." Concubine Zhao whispered. She immediately said to the maid behind her: "Go, please come to Mi Qian, and her mother, Concubine Yue, please also come." I'll go and ask Mi Xuan again, I'll see what she says. ”

"Yui." The maid went down with only one voice, Mi Xuan was in the main bed, and Mi Qian was in the back bed, and Mi Xuan had already arrived before Mi Xuan arrived. Concubine Yue, the mother of Mi Qian, was just a concubine, and suddenly the Queen Mother was already apprehensive, and when she saw Ling Yin here, she was even more worried.

Concubine Zhao said: "I heard that Mi Qian and Xiang Chao, the son of the general, are in love, but is there such a thing?" ”

"Tai, Queen Mother, ......" As soon as the words came out, Concubine Yue's color changed, although the woman had no chastity, but the princess's name could not be tarnished.

"Mi Qian, let me ask you, is there such a thing?" Concubine Zhao ignored the panicked Concubine Yue, but looked at Mi Qian.

Concubine Zhao was the princess of Zhao when she was not the queen, and her mother was only the daughter of Yue Jun before she married into the Chu Palace, and her status was one level lower, and when Concubine Zhao became the queen, it was one level lower. Seeing that her mother was so panicked, she was not angry, she raised her head and said: "Tell the Queen Mother, when she was on the throne, she met the son of the Xiang family, although they were acquaintances, they did not exceed the etiquette, nor did they have a happy heart. Qi Qian only felt that the son of the Xiang family was a true hero, and he made frequent contributions to my Chu State in the last year's war, and he was respectful. ”

"Since you don't have a heart to be happy, then I'll ask you," Concubine Zhao glanced at Ling Yin Nao, who happened to look at him as well, and the two glanced at each other and hurriedly staggered their gazes. Concubine Zhao continued: "Then let me ask you, if you want to marry into the Qin Palace as the king of Qin, are you willing?" ”

"Ah......" Qi Qian has not yet been born, Concubine Yue sighed, she thought that her daughter did not respect the law of etiquette and made the Queen Mother angry, but she didn't want her daughter to marry into the Qin State and become the queen of Qin.

"Would you like to?" Concubine Yue was surprised, but Mi Qian remained silent, she knew about it last year.

"After the mother, for the sake of the mother country, Mi Qian is willing." Previously, the head had been upright, but at this time it was lowered. On that day, she rode a horse with Xiang Chao, although she had never exceeded the etiquette, but the young man and woman were in the same day, and the king had continued to elaborate on how brave Xiang Chao was in battle, and he had feelings in his heart. What I didn't expect was that this love had not yet sprouted, and it had already frosted.

How could Concubine Zhao not know the girl's thoughts, she turned to a harmonious voice: "I was born in the palace, since I was a child, I have been Zhong Ming Ding food, palace rooms, pavilions, and servants, but this is all a gift from the community, as a prince and princess, I should share the worries of the mother country." The king still needs to risk the arrows when he is still young, and after he dies, how can you ignore your mother country because of your own selfishness? The mother country is dead, how can there be us?

The Qin State is the overlord of the world, the countries are not afraid to obey, the King of Qin is going to the age and the crown, young and heroic, you enter the Qin Palace not for his concubine, but for his queen, and his status is honorable. Although Xianyang is thousands of miles away, the Empress Dowager of Huayang of Qin is a Chu person, and the prime minister Changping Jun and Chang Wenjun are also Chu people.

After getting married, I will treat your mother and concubine as sisters, and I will also ask the king to treat the Yue people kindly......"

First with affection, then with profit. There was no joy in listening to this, and the thought of separating her mother for thousands of miles made her eyes hazy with tears. Concubine Zhao finally stepped forward and hugged her crying while wiping her tears.

Nao also spoke, but he spoke to Concubine Yue, "The king has a new policy, and he wants to allow the restoration of the Yue country, and the king of Yue does not want to be the king of Yue. ”

The daughter cried, and the mother cried too, but Nao's cunning words still made Concubine Yue nod again and again. The rumor of the restoration of the country has been blown throughout the Chu country, and the southern Zhuyue has naturally heard of it. Although Huiji Yue Junkai is close to the Chu State, he is the weakest among the Yue, so a few months ago, he asked Concubine Yue to try to make a statement to the King of Chu: If he is the King of Yue, the Yue Kingdom will remember the grace of recovering the country and be obedient to the Chu State from generation to generation.

"Mi Xuan meets the Queen Mother." When the Mingtang of Ruoying Palace was crying, Mi Xuan came, she was still dressed in the clothes of a scribe, and she paused on the mat. She couldn't guess why.

"Mi Xuan, let me ask you, does Qin Wangzheng really want to marry Princess Qian as the queen?" Concubine Zhao didn't like it when she saw Mi Xuan dressed as a scribe, but Mi Xuan was the empress dowager of Qin Guozu, and she couldn't get someone to drive her away from her son, so as not to ask Qin Guo for guilt.

"Tell the Queen Mother, Sister Qian's country is beautiful and fragrant, the King of Qin admires his portrait, and he has asked the Qin envoy to propose marriage last year, and then ......" When Mi Xuan spoke, she thought of Xiong Jing, she was looking at Nao cunning here, and instantly understood that this was a good action discussed by the important ministers. It's just that the important ministers will act like this, is the Qin army really going to attack Chu again?

"Alright. The king of Qin is willing to marry Mi Qian as the queen. Concubine Zhao naturally knew that it was her son who was preventing this marriage, and she waved her hand impatiently, "You go to the State of Qin immediately, just say that the State of Chu agrees to the marriage, and ask the King of Qin to send someone to Yingdu to accept it." ”

"Yui." Mi Xuan looked at Concubine Zhao and Nao Cunning a little worried, but she still nodded and replied, and when she was about to get up, she asked: "Dare to ask the Queen Mother, if the king asks, ......"

"If the king asks, the old minister will take it all in." Nao said slyly. "Lady Xuan, send someone to Xianyang quickly."

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"What about Nao Qing?" Xiong Jing, who returned to the palace from the mansion, was not in the main bed, but came to the Great Sima Mansion. He needs to listen to the reports of the War Department and Zhibisi, and such a top-secret matter is naturally excluded.

"Ling Yin said that it was a matter and he couldn't come today." Fu Yin Luyang Jun said, "I would like to inform the king: it is reported that the Qin people have been increasing their troops in Nanyang County, and after allied with Zhao Guo this month, Taiyuan County, Shangdang County, Hanoi County, and Dong County, the Qin army of these four counties will also be transferred to Nanyang, and Nanyang County will gather troops from ten counties, with no less than 400,000 troops. ”

"Four hundred thousand?" looked at Lu Yangjun, and then looked at Li Ji from the War Department, and at Bi (bi) me.

"Tell the king, at present, the Qin State is at peace with Han Wei, and with the Zhao Dynasty, if I am attacked by the whole country's army, there will be 500,000." Don't think Lu Yangjun is too conservative, and the matter is related to the safety of the Chu State, he would rather offend Lu Yangjun than let the king be more vigilant.

"Half a million?" Xiong Jing's pretended relaxed face couldn't help but froze, and he forced a smile: "500,000 Qin States are coming from the direction of Jiyi, how can their logistics be guaranteed?" The kind of double-wheeled carriage of the Qin State has a transportation limit of only more than three hundred miles......"

"Tell the king, the Qin people know the secret of the four-wheeled carriage, and since last year, the Shaofu is rushing to make the four-wheeled carriage. The Qin Road is far superior to our country's roads, and the four-wheeled carriage is ten times that of the two-wheeled horse......"

Don't let my words be like a stick, and he was immediately stunned. "You say, the Qin State also has a four-wheeled carriage? How can it be? He said loudly, feeling a little out of control.

"Exactly. The spy of the minister saw it with his own eyes in Xianyang. It was also heard that Shaofu would build 50,000 four-wheeled carriage frames and 50,000 four-wheeled carriages. "Don't let my expression change at all, I'm as calm as ever." The minister thought that although the Qin people had four-wheeled carriages, I had to be wary of the Wei State. Daliang is the place where all the rivers meet, if the Wei State borrows the road to Qin, Huaibei is in danger. ”