At that time, it was this person who sent an envoy to the country.

At that time, Qu Dan was a Shaoqing of Dahonglu Temple, Yang Mu in order to ambush the dark line, very courteous to him, over the years several times to the Cangguo, under the instruction of Yang Mu, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs often bribed him, and even if there was no signal to convey a signal, the Emperor of Cangguo admired it very much......

For a long time, Qu Dan himself has been a little flustered, and sometimes he even thinks that being an official in Cangguo will definitely be able to mix better, but it is a pity that he was born in a Chu country where he is good or bad based on his background, and he buried his talent.

Because, until now, he is still a young secretary of the Great Honglu Temple of Chu State, and his status has not changed in the slightest.

He sometimes thinks that if the Emperor of Cangguo invited him again at this time, as he did more than four years ago, he would not hesitate to choose to abandon his wife and children and go to Cangguo.

Due to the relocation of the capital of Cangguo, the journey from Chu to Xincangcheng was much shorter, and after seeing the majesty and scale of Cangcheng, Qu Dan could not hold himself.

If you compare Cangguo with Chu State, then in his eyes, Chu State is like a young man in his prime, slowly moving towards the twilight of his camel.

After exchanging pleasantries with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he began to knock on the side.

As he expected, many courtiers of Cangguo did not shy away from Cangguo's covetousness of the overlord's position.

There are even some officials who hail the current emperor as the son of heaven.

The Son of Heaven is the Son of Heaven.

You know, the original Jin Kingdom never had such thoughts!

Following the emperor's order, Qu Dan hurriedly arrived in Ruan after sending an envoy to Cangguo.

From Cangguo to the capital of Ruan, the road is still relatively smooth, although there is no convenience of cement roads and relaxation roads, Qu Dan still arrived in Ruan Cheng in more than 20 days, and was received by Ruan Cairui, the empress of Ruan.

Today's Empress Ruan Guo is not the same as two years ago.

At the beginning, because Cangguo took the lead and the forces of all countries intervened together, the major forces in Ruan finally stopped, and finally reached a subtle consensus with Ruan Cairui, the empress of Ruan, the former gradually stepped up the layout in the court, and the latter was a baby boy under Ping'an's estate, knowing that the nobles of Ruan would not let him go, so he designed a murder of the baby boy, and secretly transferred it to Cangguo through the hands of Jinyiwei lurking in Cangguo.

Although the power structure has not changed, the whole Nguyen Nation is not the same as before.

In the imperial court, the kings tightened their control and joined forces to fight against the Empress Nguyen, and in the past two years, except for the main armies, the control of the Empress Nguyen has been greatly weakened.

Among the people of Ruan, Ruan Cairui's reputation has also plummeted, living up to the reputation of the year.

This situation has long been known to the world, so Qu Dan also knows how to deal with it.

After some greetings, Qu Dan said: "Not long ago, I heard that Cangguo moved its capital, I don't know what the empress thinks about this? ”

Ruan Cairui's face was as usual, and she said lightly: "Cangguo moves the capital, or if you don't move the capital, what does it have to do with me?" ”

Hearing this, Qu Dan frowned slightly and said, "Hasn't Your Majesty seen a potential threat?" ”

As he spoke, he stated some of the emperor's worries about the state of Chu one by one.

Unexpectedly, Ruan Cairui disagreed after hearing this, and said lightly: "In the first battle of the Jin Dynasty, although the Cangguo rose and the territory expanded a lot, is it possible that my Da Ruan will be weak?" ”

Qu Dan was stunned, remembering that the last time he met the empress of Ruan, the two sides could still communicate very well, and the empress was also a very shrewd woman, but she didn't expect to be so unreasonable after not seeing her for two years.

Could it be that after a woman gives birth to a child, she becomes arrogant?

In a hurry, Qu Dan was about to continue to persuade, but saw Ruan Cairui waving his hand and said, "I'm tired, the envoy has worked hard all the way, so it's better to rest in the post house in the city." ”

After that, he ignored Qu Dan and left on his own.

Qu Dan had no choice but to go to the post house in the city to rest first, carefully consider the wording, and prepare to persuade the empress tomorrow.

In fact, doesn't Ruan Cairui really know what it is?

Arrogant?

Not necessarily!

After perfunctory Qu Dan, Empress Ruan immediately summoned King Ning, King Rui, King Duan and others.

It's not that she doesn't have an idea, but in today's Ruan Kingdom, it's not her words, when she encounters such a big event, if she doesn't have the support of a few princes, she can't do anything at all.

For Ruan Cairui's sudden summons, several princes were obviously surprised, and they were a little apprehensive at first, worried that this was a ploy or something, but after Ruan Cairui talked in detail about the relocation of the capital of Cangguo, they all dispelled their doubts.

At the same time, there is also something bad in my heart.

No matter what, this empress is still the royal family of Ruan Guo, and her heart is always dominated by Ruan Guo, and once she encounters something unfavorable to Ruan Guo, she can still temporarily let go of her prejudices.

If you think about it from another angle, in the matter of the empress's pregnancy, both parties are actually at fault.

After all, Ruan Cairui is also a human being, she also has lust, and she also has the instinct to have children and continue the offspring.

King Ning Ruan Funing pondered for a while and said, "It seems that the Emperor of Chu is already in a hurry. ”

After that, he was a little surprised, and after looking at Ruan Cairui, he asked, "Why didn't Your Majesty let Qu Dan continue?" ”

"Go on?" Ruan Cairui glanced at him and said, "If you continue to talk about it, it is nothing more than to form an anti-cang alliance with Ruan State, but if you think about it, there is no external trouble in Chu State at the moment, but I, Ruan State, have it, and if Cao State and Lan State are not eliminated one day, I am afraid that something will happen." And in terms of weapons and equipment, there is a huge relationship of interests between Ruan and Cangguo, on the other hand, in Chu State, the domestic nobles are desperately throwing money at Cangguo, and the extravagance among the nobles is unprecedentedly heavy. Since this is the case, simply hang the Chu State for a while, so that it will be convenient for the future. ”

"I see."

Ruan Funing, the king of Ning, suddenly realized, and then he knew that His Majesty had already guessed the purpose of Qu Dan's visit, but he deliberately wanted to hang him, so that the Chu State would panic, so that Ruan Guo could make all kinds of requests to the Chu State in the future.

In other words, let Chu have to play the role of the vanguard against Cang.

"Your Majesty!"

After learning of Ruan Cairui's overall plan, Duan Wang Ruan Fuduan praised him and added: "Since the Chu State has shown goodwill, Your Majesty might as well say something else." ”

"Huh?" Empress Ruan was slightly stunned.

The other thing?

Because of the previous sycophancy, she was a little vigilant in her heart.

As we all know, Duanwang's power is ranked last among several princes, relying on the left and right sources and gangs to get mixed up until now, and he has not been kicked out, he is a well-known wall grass, and he is also a smiling tiger, it is good to believe half of his words.

"Your Majesty, in the past few years, there have been many conflicts between my Ruan State and Cao Lan, and the latter two have taken the initiative to attack because they are worried about being annexed by our Ruan State after getting the weapons of Cangguo, and they have been eyeing each other, which just greatly restricts the strength of my Ruan State, no matter what you do, you can't do anything, and to solve these two troubles, you have to have no distractions, and the attitude of Chu State is only important."

"What do you mean......" King Rui frowned and said, "At this opportunity, I, the Ruan State, want to cooperate with the Chu State in exchange for the non-interference of the Chu State, so that we can concentrate our efforts on attacking the Cao State and the Lan State?"

"Yes, the Chu State agreed, don't forget, there are also many small countries around the Chu State, in addition to the Yun State that is bigger than the Cao State, the Yun Kingdom and the Cang Kingdom have been close to each other over the years, and a large number of weapons have been purchased, and the Chu Emperor must have wanted to pull out this tumor for a long time."

Ruan Cairui nodded in agreement.

This proposal of King Duan is to start the era of conquest and annexation together with the State of Chu.

Ten years ago, the two countries would never have had the confidence to do so.

But now, both countries have more than tripled in terms of territory and national strength, and several powerful rivals, such as the Jin and Wei states, have declined, and the annexation of the surrounding small states at this time is simply a godsend.