Fengluan Palace.

Zhao Yong played with a wine glass, poured the wine into the glass with the wine jug, without spilling it at all, and then poured it into the jug, and then repeated this action.

The ancients used Wei to drink, and the wine pot was created by Zhao Yong's initiative, and it quickly became popular in Zhao and became a product to be imitated. If Zhao Yong was a businessman, he would definitely make a lot of money because of it. His mind was naturally not on this, but on the meeting that had just dispersed.

Coincidentally, Yingji came here, first, to be close to Mi Ji, and secondly, to introduce Gan Mao to Mi Ji, hoping that she could help. And at this time, Zhao Yong, who had rarely come to Fengluan Palace, happened to meet the two of them.

It is said that it is best to meet the envoy in person, but Zhao Yong has been guessing his purpose since Gan Mao came, because he has never seen him. And this time, it can't be hidden.

Gan Mao is also a cheerful person, and he explained his purpose straight to the point, which is to hope that Qin and Zhao will get along and maintain goodwill towards Qin. At the same time, he told Zhao Yong that Qin was preparing to attack Korea, and if Zhao could stand on the sidelines, Qin was willing to hand over Anyi in Hedong to Zhao.

Anyi, which was the capital of the previous Wei State, was also the main way to control Yiguan, and controlled this place, which could not only threaten Fenyin and Quwo, but also control Yiguan, the main road in and out of Taihang Mountain, without being controlled by others, and what is even more rare is that the leather prison of Zhao State and this city are connected together, and it is no longer a lonely city, so to speak, the chips given by the Qin people are very sincere.

Zhao Yong has experienced so many tricks and tactics, and he quickly saw the problem.

If Zhao really accepted Anyi, then it would inevitably provoke contradictions with Wei. This was not good for Zhao Yong, who was interested in integrating Han Zhao Wei against the other princes. Since Anyi controlled Yiguan, which was a strategic artery connecting the eastern part of the Wei River and the Central Plains, it was the core interest of Wei, Qin was in possession, Wei was powerless to resist, and if it was given to Zhao, Wei might not be so willing.

Second, compared to obtaining Anyi, the coldness of Koreans is the most important. As Zhao's most important ally, Korea's purpose was to control Qin's entry and exit from Hangu Pass. As long as Yiyang is in the hands of the Six Kingdoms, the Six Nations will have no worries if they want to attack the Qin State, and if the Qin State wants to dispatch a large army, it must worry about the betrayal from Korea. So in any case, Cho must stand up for South Korea.

Third, the State of Qin sent an envoy to the State of Zhao at this time, and it should have made up its mind to attack Yiyang. If he raised an objection at this time, he might incur retaliation from the Qin State. It's not that the Zhao State at this moment is afraid of the Qin State's retaliation, but the Zhao State at this time may not be the Qin State that the Qin State is willing to confront it. It's just that the Three Kingdoms Alliance has just ended, and according to the personality of Wei Guo's wall grass, he may betray Zhao at any time. If Qin and Zhao competed and Wei came forward to attack, Zhao would be in danger.

It is precisely because of these questions that Zhao Yong did not respond positively to Gan Mao. And this meeting, after all, was not formal, and the two sides did not continue to discuss this issue in depth. For a while, the guests and hosts were happy, and the two disturbed for a while, and then took their leave. Only Zhao Yong and Mi Xi were left.

Mi Xi cleaned up and walked out, and saw Zhao Yong playing with the wine jug there from a distance. She hesitated for a moment and stepped forward.

"King, you can go to bed."

Zhao Yong put down the wine jug and looked at her from a distance, without saying a word. Seeing that his eyes were cold, he stared at himself uncomfortably. was about to ask, when Zhao Yong said coldly: "Take off your clothes." ”

"What?" Mi Xi looked at Zhao Yong suspiciously.

"What the widow said is that Madame is asked to strip here." Zhao Yong's tone was unquestionable

Mi Xi looked at him, and he didn't know why Zhao Yong, who was still smiling just now, suddenly made such an impudent request. At this moment, the palace people above the main hall were all brought back from the Chu State by themselves. On top of this great hall, you have to take off your clothes, how can you not make her feel humiliated?

"Didn't Madame hear the widow?" Zhao Yong looked at Mi Xi, and the determination and coldness in his eyes made Mi Xi fall into the abyss. Mi Xi also looked at him stubbornly, as if she didn't intend to give in.

"Take it off!" Zhao Yong's sharp voice said, frightened and trembling, looking at Zhao Yong's expression, it also changed from stubbornness to pity. She slowly reached out and began to take off her coat. Tears flowed down his cheeks, but he didn't ask for mercy.

"Go on."

Mi Xi had already clearly felt the chill, but continued to take off her clothes. The two palace people discovered the abnormality here and hurriedly stepped forward to beg for mercy, but the two of them, one looked at each other coldly, and the other was stubborn and unwilling to bow their heads, so they were deadlocked, as if they would not compromise. Finally, there was still the last layer of gauze left on Mi Xi's body, and the spring light was already unbearable, and even with the way she cried, there was a bit of the smell of spring rain and begonias. She didn't hear Zhao Yong's voice shouting to stop, nor did she hesitate, she trembled and stretched out her hand to her last piece of shameful clothes, and in an instant, the whole hall was full of spring light.

Zhao Yong put down the wine jug, walked in front of Mi Xi, stretched out his hand to lift her lowered face, Mi Xi's eyes were still so sharp, even if he was facing Zhao Yong, he was not afraid.

"Humph!" Zhao Yong put down his hand, didn't say a word, and turned to leave. The two palace people hurriedly dressed Mi Xi, but Mi Xi finally couldn't bear it anymore and cried. Throughout the palace, her crying could be faintly heard.

The royal palace is a place where secrets cannot be hidden, not to mention, where there are women, it is the rivers and lakes. The news of Mi Xi's humiliation soon spread throughout the harem. Mi Xi herself is a Chu person, and her accent is different from that of these concubines, so she doesn't have much contact on weekdays. In addition, she has her own noble temperament, if she wasn't from Chu State, I'm afraid she would have been isolated by these people a long time ago. This time, I don't know what mistakes I made, and I was humiliated by Zhao Yong, and I was no longer favored.

On the second day, news came from the harem that Mi Xi was sick, and Queen Han hurriedly sent someone to treat her. At the beginning, Mi Xi still insisted on refusing to take the medicine, and she looked like she had no love. But I don't know what Han Chan'er, who went to visit later, persuaded her, so that this beauty of Chu did not die without fragrance.

Before these people could gloat, news came that the queen was also reprimanded by Zhao Yong in person. It's going to blow up. Since the death of Mrs. Jun, the harem of Zhao has always been taken care of by Empress Han, she has always persuaded people with reason, and the harem concubines also respect her and obey her words. Zhao Yong has always respected the two queen's sisters, and almost never blushed, but now the queen has been reprimanded, which is the first time.

In the next few days, such a situation was also frequently staged, and one after another concubines were reprimanded and scolded. In addition to Han Chan, who has always been favored and is pregnant, even Meng Yao, who has just given birth to a son, has not been spared, which makes everyone tremble and walk on thin ice. lest if one is not careful, he will be scolded, and even be kicked out of the 2 royal palaces.

Paper can't contain the fire, and Gan Mao and Yingji, who are in Handan, naturally have their own channels to hear about it. At the beginning, Gan Mao was also worried that Zhao Yong was killing chickens to show the monkey, knowing that Zhao Guo did not dare to offend Qin Guo openly, so he was angry with him. But then, more and more concubines were reprimanded, and everyone was very careful, and there was less and less news about themselves.

Is Zhao Yong really dissatisfied with the Qin State? Of course not. Is that a grudge against Mi Ji? It should be said that not all of them. Otherwise, he would not have asked Han Chan to apologize to Mi Xi instead of herself. In the harem of befriending ministers, it becomes a weapon of pressure from other countries. is like Mi Ji, who was used by Yingji to recommend to herself, just because she wanted her to blow the wind on her pillow. However, Mi Xi, like Han Chan, has never been very keen on this kind of thing. is not like Queen Han and Meng Yao, who always become the mouthpiece of South Korea's envoy and Wu Guang. made a big fuss about this matter, that is, the secrets of the palace soon became the object of suspicion among the ministers, which made Zhao Yong very angry. This time, it was just time to rectify the atmosphere of the harem, because Zhao Yong vaguely felt that Zhao Guo was falling into a conspiracy, and he had to be cautious, otherwise he might not recover.

Zhao Yong didn't let Gan Mao wait too long. Just before Gan Mao left Handan, Zhao Yong specially met with him and expressed to him Zhao's friendly attitude towards Qin, and also hoped that Qin would value peace and not embarrass Korea. If the two countries talk about war, Zhao is willing to act as a mediator and urge the two countries to call off the army and make peace.

Zhao Yong's answer was really ambiguous, but it also made Gan Mao read some meanings, that is, Zhao Yong was willing to be a spectator, but Qin Guo should not be excessive. From this, Gan Mao at least felt a little comforted in his heart, and he felt that this was Zhao Guo's euphemism.

With this good mood, Gan Mao said goodbye to Yingji and set off towards Wei, he believed that Zhao Guo nodded and agreed, and there would be no mistakes with the King of Wei. The trip will be very smooth.

Gan Mao would never have imagined that on the night he left, the White Tiger Hall in the Handan King City was brightly lit and never extinguished all night.

(End of chapter)