During the banquet, the Queen Mother didn't say much as always, but at this time, she changed her words and asked: "I heard that Zhao sent a twelve or thirteen-year-old princess to marry us during the state banquet in Kyushu, why have you never seen the mourning family?" ”

Liu Ying replied: "The princess of Zhao is still young, and I have already told the envoys of Zhao to let them go back to Zhao first, and then discuss the matter of marriage. ”

The Queen Mother sighed: "Wang Er is confused, in this way, how can the princess of Zhao Kingdom marry someone else in the future?" married Song Guo, but was sent back to her mother country, which was not only a denial of her, but also an alienation of Zhao State. ”

Liu Ying explained: "I think that the Zhao State is weak and sandwiched between the Chen and Song countries, and it is better to be impartial and the long-term solution." King Zhao sent the princess to marry the Song State, which was to show that he would unite with the Song State against the Chen State. And if I agree to marry Zhao, I agree to use Zhao as a barrier against Chen. In this way, the relationship between Chen and Song will be rigid. ”

Qiao Jing asked, "But how does the king know that the Zhao State will not unite with the Chen State to fight against our Song State?" The king sent the princess of Zhao back to Zhao, and the king of Zhao could also send other princesses to Chen to marry, but it is not known. ”

Liu Ying said: "King Dugu Yu of Zhao is an old fox, he once persuaded his father not to break the Zhao Kingdom with his three-inch tongue under the blade of his father, and naturally understood the meaning of me sending his granddaughter back to Zhao at this time." He understood my kindness for the sake of Zhao Guo, and naturally he wouldn't mind me sending his granddaughter back. Such goodwill can play a more important role in forming an alliance than marriage. Besides, since ancient times, which monarch is sincerely willing to marry his blood to other countries? Old King Zhao thanked me too late. ”

Qiao Jing said with admiration in her eyes: "The king is really wise. ”

Liu Ying sighed lightly, glanced at Xiao Yi lightly, and thought: In front of Yi'er, I am a wise plan for success and a wise plan for defeat, I'm afraid she has already hated my wise plan. She is so talented, how can she deign to be such a well-mannered harem beauty who does not show off her limelight? It was I who broke her heart that she was a completely different person. couldn't count on my protection, so she found another way out, formed an alliance with Lin Long, and was afraid of Qiao Jing and the queen mother.

Xiao Yi was also bowing his head and sighing lightly. She no longer trusts Liu Ying, and she doesn't want to figure out his mind anymore. He once told her to abdicate, but he was still planning for the Song State. He once told her that he would not marry the princess of Zhao Kingdom, because Xiao Yi was his last woman. But now, if you don't marry the princess of Zhao Kingdom, you can gain the trust of King Zhao more, and it is the best strategy for Song and Zhao to form an alliance...... Maybe the love words he said to himself were just a means to engulf the last trace of Qi Guo's bloodline.

Liu Ying heard her sigh in the distance, but she couldn't do anything for the time being.

At this time, Antai hurriedly came in from outside the door and knelt down to report: "King, Jiangyi Taishou Cao Ming sent an urgent report on the military situation." "Jiangyi is an important city on the border of Zhao and Song, and it was only when Shicai mentioned that the princess of Zhao was sent back, and everyone couldn't help but look at Antai nervously when they heard about Jiangyi's military situation. Antai handed over the secret letter of military intelligence and said, "Your Majesty, please take a look." ”

Liu Ying opened the secret letter and frowned instantly. The Queen Mother asked, "Wang'er, what happened at the Song-Zhao border?" ”

Liu Ying said: "Chen Guo has changed hands, and Chen Wangchan, who was not the main battle, is located in Prime Minister Li Heng. Li Chen, the son of Li Heng, was named the vanguard general, led the troops to raid the Zhao State, captured the King of Zhao, and led the troops to break through the Jiangyi of our Song State. Jiangyi Taishou Cao Ming wrote this blood letter before his death. Li Chen's 100,000-strong army went straight to our jade capital, and if he broke five more heavy cities, it would not be a problem to take the jade capital. ”

The Queen Mother was shocked and said, "What are the soldiers of my Song Kingdom doing?" I can let the son of a prime minister of Chen Guo lead the army straight into my realm! ”

Liu Ying said coldly: "The elite army of the Song Kingdom has long been broken apart with the departure of my father and brother, and which of the generals who can fight well can escape the crime of wanting to add when my brother died violently?" ”

The queen mother said: "Wang'er, these are the queen mother's ...... for your good."

Liu Ying said: "If it is for my good, please ask the queen mother to take care of the harem and take care of my heirs." Now that I have a plan, I have no choice but to drive the expedition in person, and I can't let Chen Guo be so arrogant. ”

King Song glanced at Xiao Yi as he hurriedly left the table. Xiao Yi made eye contact with him for a short moment, and saw that there seemed to be some doubt in his eyes, and he didn't know what he meant. Does he know that Li Chen, the eldest son of Prime Minister Chen Guoguo's mansion, is her former friend? Does he suspect that the assassination at the state banquet in Kyushu that day is directly related to Chen's attack on the Song State today? Will he never again trust that he was sincere to him?

******

The family banquet of Jinghe Hall ended in a hurry due to the departure of King Song. Xiao Yi returned to Suhua Palace, a little sleepy, his body has become heavier and heavier recently, and occasionally he has symptoms of harmful joy, and he wants to rest early. Aunt Tingfang, who was beside King Song, was serving her to wash, and suddenly heard a few weak knocks on the door, probably not wanting others to know.

Tingfang opened the door, and the person who came was Antai, a close servant of King Song. Antai handed a letter to Tingfang and said, "The king has military affairs with him, and he really can't come to say goodbye, so he specially ordered me to send a letter to Xiao Meiren, and ask Xiao Meiren to burn it after reading it." Tingfang took the letter, and Antai hurriedly turned around and left.

Xiao Yi took the letter from Tingfang's hand, and on the envelope was the line of the handwritten handwriting of Liu Ying, the king of the Song Dynasty, which she recognized, with only one word: "Memory." Gently opened the letter, there were only sixteen words: "Death and life are broad, and Zicheng said." Return to the garden and meet Zhao Guo. The word "Ying" is signed, and there is nothing else to say.

Xiao Yi looked at the word "Ying" in a daze, and his heart shrank, and he was worried about him. Chen Guoguo's prime minister Li Heng is cunning and cunning, and his eldest son Li Chen is also very powerful. Chen Guo's national strength is prosperous, and the people are united, and he often fights with the Rong people outside the Guanwai, not only the sweat and blood of the foreign horses, but also the iron-blooded and loyal generals. Although the territory of the Song State was large, it had just annexed the two countries of Qi and Wei, and its treasury was empty. On the Jinghe Palace, King Song had already said that the Qiao family had purged the elite soldiers and strong generals of King Wu of Song and the crown prince Liu Jue in order to consolidate their power. Is the current Song Kingdom really the most powerful in Kyushu? Liu Ying has never led troops or fought, does he have a decent military advisor by his side?

What is called "death and life are broad, and Zicheng said." Return to the garden and meet Zhao Guo? "He's going to threaten her with death again? Death to win her sympathy? What to return to the garden and meet Zhao Guo, it is just a distant dream that they once had empty mouths and white teeth. Now that the monarchs of Zhao have been captured by Chen Guo, how can there be Zhao Guo in the future? Without Zhao Guo, how can she "meet" him?

She burned Liu Ying's handwriting, leaving only a few pieces of black scum flying from the candlestick to her dressing table.

Looking at the dregs that were almost like ashes, she couldn't bear it. After all, he was the father of the child in her womb. She still wished him all the best on the battlefield.