When Tian Ying received the order from the King of Qi, he was not surprised by the praise of the King of Qi for himself between words, but Su Qin. He actually did it, and he did what he promised himself. This alone was enough to make Tian Ying wary of him. Either this person is really a genius like Zhang Yigong Sun Yan, or he has ulterior motives, and he is personally inclined to the latter.

To go or not to go?

It doesn't seem to be a problem, he's not a loyal servant, he's not a traitor. Just like Su Qin said, after leaving the Qi Kingdom, he will not live long by relying on Xue Cheng, not to mention, he still has so many descendants who need his protection, and just one Xue Cheng can't support this family at all. In his capacity, how long can he be sheltered? I'm afraid that if I die, this Xue City will also be annexed by the State of Qi, the State of Chu or the State of Song, and at that time, the infamy on his Tian Ying will probably be even more. Rather than that, why not choose the most advantageous path?

People, people, after all, are burdened by fame.

The news that Tian Ying returned to Linzi and became Xiangbang again was like a thunderclap, which exploded the entire Qi court. When they thought that this was just a joke made by the King of Qi, Tian Ying was already neatly dressed, and a sword hanging from his waist appeared under Linzi City. And after King Qi heard that Tian Ying had arrived, he personally greeted him, which made everyone finally confirm that King Qi was serious this time.

"Xiangbang can come to Linzi to help the widow govern the government, and the widow welcomes each other, and it is not unpassing."

"The king greeted him personally, and he was terrified." Tian Ying said that he was about to bow to the ground, but King Qi hurriedly supported him and said with a smile: "Xiangbang is old, these customs etiquette can be saved." As he spoke, he held Tian Ying and said with a look of shame: "You and I are brothers, who are already compatriots, and we were a little dirty before, but they were too late. If you and my brothers can join hands from now on, the glorious day of Qi is not far away. Please help me a lot, brother. ”

When Tian Ying heard this, he kowtowed again: "The minister has a word, and he wants to ask the king for permission." ”

"If you have some requirements, you might as well elaborate on them." The King of Qi was still waiting.

"After all, the minister is old and faint, if he fills in the gaps for the king, he can still deal with it, but if he wants to deal with government affairs, I am afraid he will not be able to do it. He also asked the king to take back his fate and let him return to Xue Cheng and retire for the rest of his life. ”

Tian Bijiang looked at Tian Ying, he tried to see a trace of cunning in his eyes, at least it showed that his judgment of Tian Ying was correct, this is a person with evil intentions. However, no, Tian Ying's eyes were full of sincerity, which made Tian Bijiang feel, is Tian Ying really unwilling to be this prime minister?

"Mr. Lone invited me to really hope to assist Lone in governing the Qi country." Tian Bijiang said again.

"The old minister also really thinks that he is no longer qualified for the position of prime minister."

The two of them stood there awkwardly in front of Linzi City, no one knowing what to do.

"Your Majesty, you can discuss the affairs of the Xiangbang later." Su Qin walked up to King Qi and whispered.

Tian Bijiang nodded, picked up Tian Ying and said, "In this way, it's better to enter the city first." Saying that, he took Tian Ying and walked to Linzi City together, and Tian Ying could only do this, and followed Tian Bijiang to Linzi City. Before leaving, he saw Su Qin's warm smile and turned his head again.

Tian Ying's return made the ministers who had been attached to Tian Pan all these years terrified, especially when Tian Pan was no longer able to look at things, Tian Ying brought these people a deep fear, they were afraid that Tian Ying would definitely use his own people when he returned to that position.

But unexpectedly, the court of Qi is still calm, although Tian Ying stands out in the court, but Tian Bijiang does not say a word, Tian Ying will not speak, and he is very low-key. Everyone was waiting to see what Tian Ying wanted to do.

"You say, does he really have no intention of staying in Linzi?"

"I'm afraid so." Su Qin said.

Tian Bijiang paced back and forth, and suddenly said, "What do you think Lone should do?" ”

Su Qin thought for a while and said, "The minister is willing to persuade Xiangbang for the king." ”

No one knows what Su Qin said to Tian Ying that night, on the ninth day, Tian Ying played the king of Qi, hoping to return to the fiefdom and live for the rest of his life. And the king of Qi finally ordered to agree to Tian Ying's request after the third retention. In this way, Tian Ying returned to Xue Cheng after ten days as the prime minister of Qi State.

After this incident, the slightly flustered court of the Qi Kingdom returned to calm, and those who were afraid that Tian Ying would come back to retaliate against them could also rest assured. After this incident, Su Qin was named Shangqing by the King of Qi and became the new political star of Qi. Su Qin's name spread all over the world, and he opened his own era because of this.

At the same time, Sima Xi is also looking forward to creating his own era, and in his opinion, it is only one step away.

"King Zhao's letter, is that really what it says?" Yin Ji looked at herself in the mirror and seemed to feel that the hairpin on her head was a little crooked.

"It should be, otherwise, the king would not have summoned Xiangbang and the others to meet him."

"Hmm." Yin Ji nodded. She suddenly remembered that a few days ago, her father seemed to be talking about this matter, saying that he had thought of a way to make herself queen, but now, how did King Zhao come to ask for him.

In fact, in this era, this kind of thing can't be said to be taken for granted, but at least it's not a shameful thing, and it's not surprising that King Zhao has such a request. But if this is really the case, it will be the king of Zhongshan who will be ashamed.

Become King Zhao's concubine? Yin Ji thought, although it is a little far, but Zhao Guo is obviously much better than Zhongshan, compared with the current national strength, Zhongshan is far worse than Zhao Guo, to put it mildly, as long as Zhao Guo is willing, he can send troops in the morning and besiege Lingshou in the afternoon. It's just that because of the face of Qi State, Zhao State didn't dare to send troops.

Yin Ji looked at herself in the mirror and said something proud, in the entire Zhongshan country, who can compare to herself? Even the Jiang Ji who competes with him for favor is just because Jiang Ji's father and Le Chi have always watched over each other. Wheel posture, where can she be on her turn?

"I heard that King Zhao has only one queen and one concubine." Yin Ji muttered. When the maid beside her heard this, she did not dare to make a sound, and lowered her head, and she decided to go back tonight, and forget all the words she had just heard.

At the same time, Le Chi looked at the anger that King Zhongshan couldn't hide, and said in a low voice: "The minister thinks that it is better to promise King Zhao ......"

Before the orchestra pit finished speaking, he saw an unknown object flying towards him, and he didn't dodge, he felt a pain in his forehead, and heard the roar of the king of Zhongshan: "The widow will never agree!" Even if he fought with Zhao Guo to the end, the widow did not agree. ”

He should indeed be angry, and he is qualified to be angry, before Zhao Yong succeeded to the throne, Zhao was the place where he took what he wanted, and Zhao Yong had only succeeded to the throne for a few years, and Zhongshan had lost half of the country. Although those lands were only taken by him from Zhao State, but in the troubled times, who is not the style of occupying the mountain as the king, as long as he grabs it back, it will be mine.

Immediately afterwards, Sima Cheng, who brought him glory, died. To tell the truth, when he thought that he had little life, he intended to support Le Chi and Gongsun Hong to fight against Sima Cheng, and the provincial Xiangbang, who brought supreme glory to Zhongshan, would be unfavorable to the prince in the future. However, when his health improved, when he was about to use this old minister again, he passed away first, which made King Zhongshan feel very regretful.

Le Chi and Gongsun Hong, although they are also quite talented, but in handling government affairs, they are still far inferior to Sima Cheng, at least Sima Cheng helped him and expanded the land for Zhongshan for more than 100 miles, while Le Chi and Gongsun Hong and others can only help protect half of the country. Every time he proposed a counterattack on Zhao, they couldn't stop shirking it.

And now Zhongshan has also encountered a very headache, that is, when Sima Cheng was alive, he once made an alliance with Zhao State, which not only allowed Zhao State to send hundreds of professors to Zhongshan to teach, but also allowed Zhao State merchants and Zhongshan merchants to exchange information and not raise tariffs. Doing so always made him feel that an inexplicable situation was slowly happening in Zhongshan, and he knew that Zhao Guo was definitely not so kind.

Just when the King of Zhongshan and the orchestra were relatively speechless, they heard that someone came to report that Sima Xi had something to see. The two of them immediately came to the spirit, of course, the orchestra pit was to raise the vigilance of Sima Xi, lest this person come unkindly, and the king of Zhongshan felt that Sima Xi was rarely resourceful, and he might be able to solve his own problems.

Sima Xi heard the eunuch's message, stood up, and straightened his clothes, this day, he had waited too long, he believed that this time would definitely allow him to revitalize the entire family.

Sima Xi respectfully saluted the king of Zhongshan, sat down, and said unkindly: "I don't know what happened to Sima Zi to meet the king?" ”

Sima Xi said respectfully: "The subordinates heard that King Zhao wanted to seek Yin Ji, so he had something to say to the king." ”

"Oh? I don't know what Sima Zi thinks? The orchestra pit sneered.

King Zhongshan also looked at Sima Xi, as if hoping that Sima Xi would give him an answer.

"The subordinates think that this matter must not be done!" Sima Xi said indignantly: "Although there were also things about marriage in ancient times, and no one blamed anything, but for me Zhongshan, it was definitely a humiliating act of Zhao Guo!" The subordinate thought that he should never agree to this matter to King Zhao, otherwise, the minister would be willing to apologize with death! ”

Sima Xi's words made Le Chi want to kill him immediately. As soon as he finished speaking, he hoped to be able to agree to King Zhao's request to avoid the two countries falling into war. And now, Sima Xi sealed his back road with a word, that is to say, as long as Le Chi continues to insist on his own opinions, then he has to apologize with death.

It's so ruthless!

When the king of Zhongshan heard Sima Xi speak, he immediately smiled, and sure enough, the people of the Sima family are still the most loyal, and they will protect their interests no matter when. "Oh, I don't know if Sima Zi has any way to solve this matter?"

Sima Xi said: "King, the reason why King Zhao asked for Yin Ji, the so-called one, is just because Yin Ji is an ordinary concubine, not a person close to the king. It is a gift from this concubine, there is nothing inappropriate, and there is no reason for other countries to say anything. ”

"And if this Yin Ji is the queen of my Zhongshan, then Zhao Guo will be condemned by the other princes if he asks for anything again, so I am afraid that Zhao Guo will have no reason to trouble my Zhongshan State, so not only rejected Zhao State, but also blocked the reason for Zhao State to attack Zhongshan, isn't it a matter of killing two birds with one stone?"

"Is Yin Ji the queen?" King Zhongshan hesitated, he didn't have any prejudices against Yin Ji, in fact, he also liked Yin Ji more, but he felt that it was a little unfair to Jiang Ji.

"The king, Yin Ji was established as the queen, but it was just to plug Zhao Guo's mouth. It doesn't matter who you like or who you make your queen. You can still choose other women who like them. Please consider it. ”

The orchestra pit lowered his head, and cold sweat flowed from his back. In the matter of who to appoint as the queen, he supported Jiang Ji, and when Yin Jian begged himself in this matter, he didn't say a word, just to ask for a left and right. But I didn't expect that Sima Xi would take advantage of the loophole like this, if you want to say that this matter has nothing to do with Zhao Guo, you won't believe it if you kill him.

King Zhongshan asked the two of them to go back first, and he had to think about it before making a decision, but on the second day, an order to crown Sima Xi as the Lan Zhujun let Le Chi know that King Zhongshan had made a decision, and Sima Xi's return to the court was a foregone conclusion, and he could only lament that the future would not be easy.

At the same time, Sima Xi said to Sima Qian: "I hope that Zhongshan and Zhao will be friends for generations." ”

Sima Qian had to admit that Sima Xi was indeed superior in terms of conspiracy and trickery, at least after the establishment of Yin, Sima Qian, who was involved in the whole process, had to be admired.

"Is your majesty satisfied? Don't want to get back to the position of Xiangbang? ”

Sima Xi smiled faintly, he knew that it would be difficult to get down when he got on Zhao Guo's ship, but he was not a fool, he knew that Zhao Guo would help him, and he must have a requirement, but how to choose, you have to carefully discern it.

"Is the gentleman ready to help?"

"Definitely. King Zhao felt that only when the monarch became the prime minister of Zhao was the beginning of the eternal friendship between the two countries, and he was prepared to make the monarch become the prime minister of Zhongshan again. ”

"Oh, I wonder how King Zhao is going to help you?" Sima Xi said with no yin or yang.

"Of course, it's a big credit to you!"

(End of chapter)