Hou Yingben was reluctant to participate in the political affairs of Qi State, but Jiang Wan'er couldn't help it, and finally agreed to accompany her into the palace and say a few good words for Tianluo Sect.

The two hurried to the palace, and when they saw Jiang Huan Chu, they found that Tian Wuji and Song Chong were already inside.

"The eldest princess entered the palace so late, it seems that she and Your Majesty are really brother and sister." Tian Wuji had another way to refer to.

"Wan'er, but is there anything urgent to find me?" Jiang Huan Chu asked with a smile.

Jiang Wan'er saw that everyone was present, and it was inconvenient to speak, so she asked rhetorically: "Wan'er has seen the prime minister and the general, I wonder why the two of you entered the palace so late to find the imperial brother?" ”

Tian Wuji and the others returned a salute: "My Daqi has just experienced civil strife, and now it is in ruins, and the prime minister and I came to Your Majesty to discuss the next national policy." ”

"Oh? It's a national policy, I don't know if I can participate? Jiang Wan'er turned around and asked Jiang Huan Chu, she felt that if she was there, it would be inconvenient for Tian Wuji to talk about Deng Wenhao, as long as they left, she would be able to talk to Jiang Huan Chu about the Tianluo Sect first.

Just when Jiang Huan Chu was about to agree, Song Conflict interjected: "I'm afraid it's inconvenient, the eldest princess, please forgive me, although you are a member of the royal family, but after all, you are married to a wife, and your husband's family is still a force in other countries, and now you are participating in our discussion of national policies, I'm afraid... Something is wrong. ”

"What does the prime minister mean by suspecting that Hongu is a spy?" Jiang Wan'er was slightly angry, and even changed her self-profess.

"The minister didn't dare, just for unnecessary trouble, he asked the eldest princess to avoid suspicion." Song Chong insisted.

"Prime Minister, I don't need to see it, the eldest princess is my sister, and she will never do anything harmful to the interests of the country. Besides, the Stone Sect Master of the Tianluo Sect is also a good brother of mine, so it doesn't hurt for Wan'er to stay here. Jiang Huanchu was worried that the two would quarrel, so he hurriedly opened his mouth to persuade.

"Your Majesty, this time is different from the past, now you are the king of a country, everything should be put first by the country, and should not involve personal affairs. The same is true for you, eldest princess, although you have a good relationship with Your Majesty, when it is time to avoid it, you still have to avoid it. Tian Wuji also opened his mouth to dissuade.

Jiang Wan'er pursed her lips and looked at Jiang Huan Chu with some dissatisfaction. The latter was also helpless, so he had no choice but to say: "Wan'er, you better avoid it first, and when I finish dealing with political affairs, I will immediately go to you." ”

Seeing this, Jiang Wan'er couldn't insist, so she had to say: "No need, it's getting late now, it's better for the imperial brother to rest early after dealing with state affairs, I'll come to you tomorrow." After speaking, he took Hou Ying away.

Jiang Huan Chu looked at her back and smiled apologetically at Tian Wuji and the others: "Are there any urgent matters for the two of you to look for me so late?" ”

Song Chong was just about to speak, but Tian Wuji stretched out his hand to stop him, and hurriedly asked: "Before getting down to business, the minister wants to ask Your Majesty, how do you think of the relationship between Daqi and the Tianluo Sect?" ”

Jiang Huan Chu didn't think about it, and blurted out: "Luosheng and I are friends of life and death, and Daqi and Tianluo Sect are also in-laws, so we should be brothers." ”

Tian Wuji snorted coldly: "A state of brothers? According to what Chen sees, the Tianluo Sect may not treat us as brothers. ”

"Why did the general say that?" Jiang Huan Chu asked in surprise.

"If the Shi Sect Master treats us as a brotherly state, it will be okay to occupy the Yan Land, so why would he send troops to capture our Beihai Harbor?"

"Luosheng just wants to help me contain my eldest brother's forces."

"Then after we capture Shangjing, why doesn't he return Beihai to us?"

Jiang Huanchu was speechless for a while, and he didn't know how to refute it.

Tian Wuji said earnestly: "Your Majesty, you are now the emperor of Great Qi, and you can no longer consider problems like when you were a general before. I know that you and the Stone Sect Master are good friends, but in the face of national affairs, all personal feelings have to be compromised, including the brother-sister relationship between you and the eldest princess. ”

"What the general said is, Your Majesty, don't forget, the last wish of the first emperor and the third prince is to unify the five kingdoms, do you give up this goal for personal feelings?" At this time, Song Chong also came out to persuade.

Jiang Huan Chu was stunned for a while, he thought for a long time and finally spoke: "It's me who is wrong, it's that I haven't fully integrated into the role of the emperor, and I still demand myself by the standard of a general as before, and I won't do it again in the future." After speaking, he bowed deeply to Tian Wuji and the others.

The two hurriedly avoided it: "It's not too late for Your Majesty to realize the problem now, although we have missed the great opportunity for the turmoil in the four countries this time." However, in terms of comprehensive national strength, it is still the strongest of our great Qi, and with the ability of His Majesty, as long as he can let go of his personal feelings, it will not be difficult to unify the five countries in his lifetime. ”

Jiang Huan Chu nodded: "Don't worry, I know what to do." Now let's talk about what you came to me so late. ”

"The minister wants to ask His Majesty to come forward to meet with Sect Master Shi and ask him to return Beihai Port and Yandi." Tian Wuji explained the intention.

"What?" Jiang Huan Chu was taken aback: "Let the Tianluo Sect return Beihai, maybe they can still agree, but if you want the entire Yan Land, I'm afraid it will be difficult, right?" ”

"The price is all over the place, just sit on the ground and pay the money, if we only mention the North Seaport, I guess they will not happily agree. It's better for the two of them to mention it together, as soon as they make a counteroffer, Beihai will come back smoothly. Tian Wuji explained with a smile.

"I see, then what if the Tianluo Sect still refuses to return it?" Jiang Huan Chu asked again.

"Won't return? Hehe" Tian Wuji sneered again: "I'm afraid I can't help them, does Your Majesty know why Deng Yuanjue sent Deng Wenhao over to condole?" ”

"Could it be that Deng Yuanjue wants to form an alliance with us and jointly deal with the Tianluo Sect?" Jiang Huanchu thought of the two of them insisting on not letting Jiang Wan'er be present just now, and guessed the intention at once.

"Yes, Deng Wenhao is here for the alliance. I see that Deng Yuanjue is very worried, with the personal relationship between His Majesty and the Shi Sect Master, they will join forces to deal with him, so he wants to befriend us first. At present, among the three forces, we have the initiative. If the Tianluo Sect does not agree to return Beihai, then we will ally with the Song State and then take it ourselves. If the Tianluo Sect agrees to return it, then we will consider forming an alliance with the Tianluo Sect and jointly sending troops to attack the Song Kingdom. Tian Wuji said his thoughts in one go.

"What the general said is very true, now it depends on how the stone sect leader chooses. To be honest, I still prefer to unite with the Tianluo Sect to attack the Song Kingdom. Now Deng Yuanjue is the real internal and external troubles, internally, because he has just killed Xiao Yan and the people's hearts are unstable, everyone is in danger. Externally, Yan Chixing sent troops to attack Jiangdu. If we and the Tianluo Sect, as well as Xiang Chu are added, Deng Yuanjue is afraid that it will not be comfortable. Song Chong took Tian Wuji's words and continued.

Jiang Huan Chu thought for a while: "I understand what the two of you mean, when I see Wan'er tomorrow, I will mention this matter to her, and make an appointment to meet Shi Luosheng at the foot of Hanzhong City in a month." ”

"Sect Master, this time Emperor Qi Emperor Jiang Huan Chu made an appointment with you to ask us to return Yandi and Beihai, how are you going to deal with it?" In Rongcheng City, the high-level leaders of the Tianluo Sect were discussing the matter of meeting with Jiang Huan Chu.

Yang Yi was the first to speak: "Since we decided to send troops, we thought that there would be such a day. Beihai and Yandi occupy half of our territory on the mainland, and it is absolutely impossible to return them. ”

Shi Luosheng took out Jiang Wan'er's private message to him and said to everyone: "I'm afraid this matter is not simple, there is still the shadow of Deng Yuanjue behind it." Wan'er sent me a message telling me that Deng Wenhao attended Jiang Wushuang's funeral on behalf of Song Guo, and after the funeral, he also went to visit General Tian Da. Later, when Huan Chu saw Wan'er and Zixuan again, his attitude towards them changed subtly. ”

"What does the sect leader mean is that Deng Yuanjue is stirring up a relationship between us and the Qi State?" Yang Yi asked in surprise.

Shi Luosheng nodded slowly: "He knows that my personal relationship with Huan Chu is not ordinary, and he is worried that we will join forces to deal with him, so he let Deng Wenhao take the risk of going to Beijing, the purpose is to reach the Qi and Song alliance by persuading Tian Wuji and Song Chong." ”

"I've been under General Deng for many years, and it is indeed possible to do so in his style. Jiang Huan Chu also deliberately borrowed the hand of his wife to release a signal, if we don't agree to return these two places, then they will unite with the Song State to jointly send troops to attack us. Shi Zhen said his opinion with a worried face.

"Mr. Shi is right, now the three major forces on the mainland have experienced war and chaos, and it will take time to recover. And among them, Deng Yuanjue, in addition to internal worries, also has the external trouble of Yan Chixing, at this time he will never want to see us join forces with Qi State. Gao Yi, who had just defected from Jianye, also agreed with Shi Pre's opinion.

In addition to Gao Yi, Yuan Chengce also persuaded Xiao Yu to come to Rongcheng, accompanied by a group of children from poor families who had been promoted in the past two years by the Song Kingdom.

They knew that after Deng Yuanjue killed back Jianye, he would definitely reactivate the family, and then they would not only be beaten back to their original form, but also might be killed, so they followed Gao Yi to the Tianluo Sect, which also greatly alleviated the dilemma of the Tianluo Sect's urgent shortage of internal affairs talents.

"The goal of the Qi State is to unify the five countries, even if the emperor is replaced by Jiang Huan Chu now, it will not change. Return these two pieces of land to the Qi Kingdom, and when they grow stronger, they will ask us for a new place. Don't forget that Emperor Feng Bomou of Qin promised to assign the entire annexed state to them, will they use this as an excuse to ask us again? If we put out the fire, we will die at their hands sooner or later. Yang Yi still insisted on his point of view and refused to agree to return the territory.

"What Sect Master Yang said is reasonable, the land must not be returned, even if there is a war, with the strength of the Tianluo Sect today, it may not be able to lose to them." It was Xiao Yu who spoke, he had already pinned all his hopes for revenge on Shi Luosheng's body, if the strength of the Tianluo Sect was weakened, it would be extremely unfavorable to his revenge, how could he agree.