No matter whether the crown prince smashed the medicine bowl in shock, or the queen mother who heard the news later persuaded him with tears, it was to no avail.

The king of Qi expressed his loyalty to the emperor to sacrifice his son, and the iron-faced general accepted it without refusal.

Or the iron-masked general just waited for King Qi to take the initiative to say this.

The crown prince could not even see his wife and children, and the beloved beauty could not say goodbye gently, and the ruthless father was sent out of the palace on the same day, accompanied by several princes and ministers.

But the Iron Mask General still lived in the palace, and the imperial army was also all over the palace.

"Your Majesty." The white-haired queen mother wept in front of King Qi's bed, at this time there were only two mother and son in the palace, in the palace city soaked by the imperial army, it was a moment when the mother and son could speak their hearts for a short time, "The emperor has to die to be at ease, I knew this was the case, why send the crown prince out?" ”

Lying on the bed, King Qi let out a hoarse laugh: "Keeping this son, Lone is not at ease, it is better to send it to let His Majesty feel at ease, and it can be regarded as Lonely, this son is not raised in vain." ”

The queen mother is very clear about her son, although this son is lying on the bed, but more intelligent than ten able-bodied people, when the old king of Qi was seriously ill, the queen mother loved her eldest son, but thinking that he was sick and weak, for the sake of Qi she took the initiative to ask the old king of Qi to choose another prince as the king of Qi, but the old king of Qi said that only this sick son can be the king of Qi.

Sure enough, after this son ascended the throne, although he was younger than the king of Zhou, the king of Wu, the king of Lu, and the king of Yan at that time, he was not inferior to these people in any way.

It's a pity that this body is dragged down, if it weren't for being so sick and weak, day by day, and today I wouldn't be bullied by the emperor's child so much, the queen mother was full of hatred.

"Although the crown prince is stupid and disrespectful to you, if you really give it to the emperor, he will hold it in his hand." The Queen Mother was worried, "Once you have a good deal, our Qi Kingdom will be finished." ”

The imperial court will definitely not send the crown prince back, and the king of Qi will not want to set up other sons as the king of Qi, if the state of Qi dares to do so, the emperor will immediately send troops to destroy the state of Qi in the name of setting things right-

The queen mother wept, looking at the mirror by the window and unconsciously turning from black hair to white hair, and the time of the princes and kings was gone.

The King of Qi, who was lying on the bed, let out an ugly laugh: "When the Qi country is finished, it's over, what do you have to do with me." ”

He can't be the king of Qi forever.

So he didn't care if the Qi Kingdom could exist for a long time.

The Queen Mother looked at King Qi with a frightened expression: "Wang'er, then what do you want?" ”

King Qi's cloudy eyes were clear and crazy: "As long as others can't be satisfied, as long as you are lonely, you can harm others." ”

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Wang Xian walked in with a frown, brushing the fallen leaves off his shoulders while complaining about the ghost weather in Qi Kingdom.

"The crown prince of Qi went to the capital to be a proton, why don't you take charge of the escort and go back together?" He looked at the iron-faced general who was still sitting in a pile of paperwork sand tables, "Just in time for the Marquis of Xuanfeng last week, although the general has no reward, at least he can watch the excitement." ”

The last sentence is, of course, a mockery.

Zhou Xuan made a meritorious contribution to attacking Qi, and the iron-faced general wrote a letter to ask the emperor to reward Zhou Xuan, and the emperor asked the iron-faced general what reward he wanted? The iron-masked general said that he didn't want anything, and he would talk about it after the country was stable, so the emperor made Zhou Xuan a marquis, and the iron-masked general had nothing.

The iron-masked general turned around with a letter in his hand, and said casually: "The old man is old and doesn't like to be lively. ”

Wang Xian snorted: "When you're old, you don't like to watch the excitement, why can't you ask for a reward?" There is still a reward to be had, even if not for you, but for the sake of—for the glory of the Iron Mask. ”

The iron-masked general glanced at him: "The glory and reputation that deserve it will not be erased, the time has not yet come." ”

When, Wang Xian obviously knew and opened his mouth, it was inconvenient to talk about this topic, but looking at the iron-masked general sitting in front of him like a dead tree, he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.

"It's good to figure it out for yourself." He only said in a muffled voice.

The iron-masked general spread the letter in his hand on the table: "I've thought about it a long time ago." ”

Wang Xian looked at the letter that he spread on the table and picked up the turning, his eyes were gradually attracted, and he sighed twice: "What letter?" ”

The iron-faced general sighed and put the letter down: "Sent by the bamboo forest - a letter written by Chen Danzhu." ”

Wang Xian originally pouted when he heard the bamboo forest, but when he heard the three words behind, his eyes lit up, and he babbled: "Chen Danzhu? She actually wrote a letter to the general? What is written? ”

"What can be written?" The iron-masked general turned the letter and showed it to him, "Of course, it's to please the old man." ”

Wang Xian glanced at it, a simple piece of letterhead, with only one line of words on it, thank you, general.

"It's too perfunctory, isn't it?" He was puzzled, "Thank you for what?" What did she do again? What did you do again? ”

"It's too much to mention." The iron-masked general took the letter back, "Go and ask yourself, the old man is thinking about something important." ”

The iron mask covered his face, Wang Xian couldn't see his expression, but his voice was solemn.

"What else is going on?" He asked, "Everything is going well in the Qi Kingdom, what are the problems?" ”

The iron-faced general pointed to a thick stack of papers: "The Qi State has nearly 500,000 soldiers and horses, but now we have less than 300,000 soldiers, what about the other soldiers and horses?" ”

This matter, Wang Xian also knew that the matter of soldiers and horses statistics began to be done after the capture of Qidu, and it had ended so long ago, and the iron-faced general was still thinking about it.

"Didn't the captured Qi general say, the so-called 500,000 soldiers and horses of Qi are very false, one is that they have falsely registered the number of officials above and below, in order to be greedy for military salaries, when the two armies are fighting, there are many deserters, the king of Qi has been seriously ill in recent years, the crown prince is stupid, and the national strength deficit has long been less than before." Wang Xian said, "The Qi army is vulnerable, haven't you also seen it with your own eyes?" ”

The iron-masked general knocked on the table: "I always feel that there is a problem. ”

"What's the problem, look at the empty treasury of the Qi country, everything can be understood." Wang Xian said.

The iron-masked general snorted: "The treasury of the Qi State is really a little too unbearable-"

Wang Xian snorted: "Zhou Xuan's kid took the men and horses to loot first, I don't know how much he swallowed, you remember to tell Your Majesty." ”

The iron-masked general smiled: "Does Your Majesty still care about him embezzling?" Maybe you will feel sorry for him and give him some money and rewards. ”

Wang Xian hated again, and when he thought of Zhou Xuan, he felt soaked - this kid was too bad: "Now that he is a marquis again, he can't go to heaven in the capital." ”

Hearing this, the iron-masked general thought of another person, and smiled: "That's really not easy, there is another person in the capital who wants to go to heaven." ”

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Chen Danzhu looked at the letter on the table, then looked at the bamboo forest, and asked, "What is this?" ”

Zhu Lin Muran said: "The general's reply to you. ”

"I know." Chen Danzhu said, pointing to the three words on a piece of letter paper and reading them out, "Got it." She looked at the bamboo forest again, "What do you mean?" ”

Zhulin glared: "Of course you said thank you for what you wrote, general, he knows." ”