The widow has gone through so many painful efforts to get to where it is today, and only then has it been the current Su Guo, and it has created such a situation, and you want to take it back now with a word from the imperial court? Why? Where in the world can there be such a cheap thing? Qi Tai has so many eyes, there must be something about you here, you actually pushed it to the emperor and Fang Xiaoru, and said that it was for the good of the widow, how can it be reasonable?

You know, the high-ranking officials of the Su State are not fools, after listening to Qi Tai's words, they are all dumbfounded, there is no need to think about this matter, think about it with your toes, and know that it is impossible for the King of Su to agree, not to mention that the current Su State has covered an area of thousands of miles, with a population of seven or eight million, can the status of the king and the vassal king be the same? Being a slave to others, no matter how good you eat and drink, how can you be at ease? Immediately threw down the chopsticks and shouted: "No, never!" ”

Some generals with a quick temper even stood up with a slam and pointed at Qi Tai's nose and scolded: "Lord Qi, we are delicious and delicious to entertain you, why did you come up with such an idea to harm my king?" ”

Qi Tai saw that the crowd was raging, and his momentum immediately shortened by three points, and he raised his eyes to look at Zhu Ao's face, and shouted in his heart, he didn't expect the civil and military officials of Su to worship their king so much, it seems that the prestige of King Su is really in full swing, this measure of the imperial court is really not brainy, and what is even more hateful is that it has to affect himself.

Qi Tai lowered his head and didn't dare to speak, but at this time he heard more than who raised his head, and shouted loudly: "Eat the king's food and wear the king's clothes." Serve the King! ”

"Eat the king's food and wear the king's clothes. Serve the King! "Eat the king's food and wear the king's clothes." Serve the King! "Eat the king's food and wear the king's clothes." Serve the King! ”

The slogan had already sounded, and the ministers echoed it, and before long, everyone in the hall raised their fists and shouted this slogan, not taking the emperor's decree seriously, they were as fanatical as religious people, crazy as demons, and intoxicated.

After a long time, Zhu Ao slowly stood up from the throne with a blue face, pressed the heavy sword in his hand, looked around with tiger eyes, and swept majestically towards the ministers, and immediately suppressed the shouts of the ministers, so that the atmosphere of the scene suddenly solidified and became very depressing, and after a while, he said slowly: "This is a cage method, you can give to others, but you can't give to the widow." ”

Qi Taiden was stunned, not to say anything else, just saying Zhu Ao's words was already a big rebellion, he originally thought that Zhu Ao would find a lot of excuses even if he refused, but he didn't expect him to refuse so straightforwardly, without concealing it at all.

You know, the so-called excuses and pretending to be loyal ministers are just things done by weak people, and now Zhu Ao's strength is already very strong, there is no need to wear this hypocritical mask, so tell Qi Tai bluntly, Lao Tzu does not accept it, you can do whatever you like.

A small drop of sweat oozed from Qi Tai's forehead, the atmosphere of the scene was so oppressive that he could barely breathe, he scolded his mother in his heart, and secretly hated Fang Xiaoru, a nerd, for coming up with such a bad idea to pit himself, he had the heart to end the meeting, and even told King Su that you can do whatever you like, Lao Tzu doesn't care, but he can't do it, because he is the imperial court's Qincha, and if he does this, it is completely dereliction of duty, after he goes back, even if Zhu Yunwen doesn't kill him, his political and political life will definitely end, For Qi Tai, who is keen on power, this is even more uncomfortable than killing him, at this time, he can only go up hard, and persuade him, even if it is unsuccessful, after returning to the imperial court, he will have something to say, so as not to let people hold the handle, secretly raised his eyes and looked at Zhu Ao, and said cautiously: "Your Highness, please ask Your Highness to ...... this matter."

"No more talk!" Zhu Ao suddenly shouted, the sound was like thunder, and immediately interrupted Qi Tai's words, his face was covered with frost, the green tendons on his hands were violent, and his chest fell together, obviously angry, the tiger's eyes swept downward, with hot and vicious eyes in his eyes, and scolded: "Traitor!" It must be you traitors who are dividing our flesh and blood in front of the emperor! Someone, give him to me......"

Before the words were spoken, a group of generals hugged each other with a hula, and held Qi Tai in three times and two times, according to the rules of Su Guo, the generals could not bring blades before entering the palace, but even so, they were still able to deal with Qi Tai, a powerless scholar.

Qi Tai was so frightened that his face was pale, his soul flew out of the sky, could it be that today's little life was confessed here? He was about to defend himself loudly, but at this moment he heard a cool cry coming from the apse, saying, "Your Majesty, no. Please stop! ”

This voice is very familiar, and Qi Tai at this time sounded like a voice from outside the sky, and subconsciously raised his eyes to look at it, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, it was Queen Sun.

It is said that Sun Yunqi dined in the back hall, and he ate well, but he just kept a little more of the roast duck that the king liked, hoping to eat with him, but while eating, he vaguely heard the conversation in the front hall, and after hearing the news that Qi Tai ordered King Su to change his seal, she was not only secretly worried about the king, but also knew the temper of King Su, and he refused to agree to this condition anyway, so he signaled everyone to silence and listen attentively to the situation outside the palace, for fear that the king would do something impulsively and let the whole situation get out of control.

Sure enough, after a while, she heard the shouts of the ministers in the palace like estrus, and heard the king's violent shouting, and immediately realized that the situation was out of control.

Sun Yunqi ignored the demeanor of the queen's mother, ran to Zhu Ao in three steps and two steps, hurriedly knelt on the ground, and cried and admonished: "Your Majesty, please think twice, Lord Qi can't kill." He is the Qincha of the imperial court, and there is no turning back if he kills him, please consider the king for the concubines and the king's son. ”

Zhu Ao glanced at Sun Yunqi with an expression on his face, and said lightly, "Why are you here?" This is the front hall, not you, the queen, should come, hurry up and go back to the widow. ”

I don't want to be well-behaved and obedient, and Sun Yunqi, who regards her husband as bigger than the sky, knelt on the ground motionless, still holding Zhu Ao's legs and crying: "The king must not be rash, please take back the queen's life, otherwise the concubine will not be able to kneel for a long time." ”

Zhu Ao's face suddenly showed a look of surprise, and he looked at Sun Yunqi with incredible eyes, with a hint of anger in his tone, and said, "You are a harem politician, do you know?" ”

"The concubine knows that the concubine should not come out to interfere in national affairs, but the concubine is all sincere for the king, today is to fight for the queen's position, go to the cold palace to spend the rest of her life, and persuade the king to take back his life." After that, he hugged Zhu Ao's thigh and cried, his demeanor and tone were very sad and sincere, and he couldn't cry when he smelled it.

In fact, there are many people who are sober-minded in the officials of the Su State, they know that this Qi Tai cannot be killed, at least not now, killing is a rebellion, it is untenable to be reasonable, and the imperial court will definitely send a large army to crusade against the Su State, otherwise the imperial court still has any prestige, and the hearts of the people in the world will also be towards the imperial court.

More importantly, the Timurid Empire, located in the west of the Su State, has recently been active frequently, has defeated the Ottoman Turkish Empire, is planning the Eastern Expedition to the Ming Dynasty, if he goes east, the Su State will bear the brunt, at this time there is a Timurid Empire that swept through Central Asia, and there is a million army of the imperial court, how will the Su State deal with itself? In the midst of the attack of these two powerful countries, even if King Su has great ability, I am afraid that it will be difficult to show it, and in the end it will inevitably be defeated, so the situation created by Su Guo over the years will be in danger, and their lives will not be saved.

However, none of them stood up to advise King Su, it was not that they were not highly intelligent and could not think of this layer, but their position determined that they could not open this mouth.

You must know that they are all the courtiers of King Su, and now the king is in trouble, and they will be locked up as a small bird in the mainland, and they can only show their indignation at this time, show their determination to stand against the enemy, and show the attitude of fighting to the end.

Therefore, they would rather risk a big war and take a stupid move to slaughter Qi Tai, rather than say the best plan in their hearts that is consistent with the queen.

The butt decides the head, which is really a wise saying. The words to persuade Zhu Ao to stop can only be said by his family, the family relationship between family members is the strongest relationship in the world, even if there is a big misunderstanding, it can be solved, and they will persuade Zhu Ao, Zhu Ao will not suspect anything, because Zhu Ao knows that his family shares honor and disgrace with him, and it must be for his good.

However, the ministers will say this sentence, because in the final analysis, the ministers who work for Zhu Ao are not for the long-term peace and stability of the country, but want to serve the king through their own efforts and talents, so as to exchange for official positions, power, wealth, etc., so that they and their families can live a better life, and in the final analysis, they are still serving their own families. If they persuade Zhu Ao to stop, it is inevitable that Zhu Ao will not misunderstand that they want to keep a hand and sell the personal favor of the imperial court, in order to cooperate happily in the future.

So they knew that it was wrong to kill Qi Tai, and they had to insist.

These ministers are all old fritters who have read the scriptures and have been in the officialdom for decades, and they know the ugliness of human nature, whether it is a king or a pawn, this is definitely a critical moment in life, if you say the wrong word or do one wrong thing, it is very likely that you will never recover, so they all looked at Qi Tai with indignation, and they couldn't wait to eat him raw. At this moment, the story told in "Han Feizi" must have come to their minds.

The story is about a rich man whose wall was washed down by the rain, and his son advised him to repair it quickly, otherwise it would attract thieves, but the rich man disagreed, and said: "It is raining so hard in the sky, and the thieves must also take shelter from the rain, so they cannot steal, not to mention that the wall of the house has just collapsed, how can the thieves know." ”

When he went out into the street, his neighbors saw that the wall of his house had collapsed and came to him to advise him to repair it quickly, otherwise it would be easy to attract thieves, but he did not listen.

When the night came, the thieves had stolen their money, and the rich man boasted of his son's foresight, but suspected that his neighbor was in league with the thieves.

The same sentence is said by the son, but the impression left by the neighbor on the rich is diametrically opposed. Today's scene is very similar to that story, Queen Sun persuaded Zhu Ao to stop, Zhu Ao must have thought that his wife was for his own good, and did not want him to be caught in a two-front battle with the court and Timur.

However, if these ministers persuaded Zhu Ao to stop, Zhu Ao might think that they were secretly in tune with the imperial court.

That's human nature.

Sure enough, when Zhu Ao saw that Queen Sun Yunqi said so earnestly, he also looked up to the sky and sighed, and said helplessly: "The queen has followed the widow for many years and has never made a mistake, how can the widow send you into the cold palace?" Come on, send Lord Qi back to the post house to rest, don't snub him. ”

The ministers also breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and said that Su Guo had avoided this catastrophe this time, but everyone's faces still had an expression of righteous indignation, and they still glared at Qi Tai angrily, eager to eat him alive.

Qi Tai walked around from the ghost gate, and was shocked, although he was okay now, he was still frightened, his legs and stomach were weak, and the things he ate today seemed to have disappeared all of a sudden, he felt that his stomach was empty, and he had no strength in his body, and he was hungry to death, but he still held on to Zhu Ao and Sun Yunqi, and said weakly: "Thank you, Your Highness, thank you Queen Niangniang." After speaking, there was a sleeve and gently wiped the beads of sweat.

Zhu Ao didn't answer, Tie Qing turned to the side, looked away, he and Qi Tai could be said to have torn their faces, and it was useless to say anything at this time.

All the generals also let go of Qi Tai with interest, Qi Tai didn't speak, his face was depressed, and he slowly retreated. The old servant who was waiting for him outside the palace gate saw him like this, and knew that he had passed the test of life and death inside, so he immediately supported him and asked eagerly, "My lord, just ...... it"

Qi Tai waved his hand, motioned for him to stop, let out a long sigh of relief, and said in a frightened tone, "Go back first." With that, he boarded the sedan chair with the support of the old servant, and fled back to the post house with a puff of smoke.

In the main hall of the palace, all the civil and military officials have also retired, and the matter has reached this point, and there is no point in them staying.

Only Zhu Ao and his queen Sun Yunqi were left in the huge palace, as well as a few palace maids and eunuchs, standing respectfully beside them, so frightened that they didn't dare to make a sound.

Zhu Ao slowly helped up the queen who was kneeling on the ground, and comforted her softly: "Okay, queen." It's over, so get up quickly. ”