Chapter 482: Bargaining with the Emperor

Early the next morning, Bao Xi woke up from the soft bed, turned over, only to feel that there was an empty piece next to her, the smooth skin and the brocade bedding were close to each other, the slippery feeling hit all over the body, and the room was still rippling with a dense atmosphere, but this feeling made people feel very little, Bao Xi opened her eyes, Ji Gongyan was no longer on her side, she sat up suddenly, the sky was not yet bright, after all, it was not yet the time of morning.

Bao Xi dragged her tired body and rolled over from the bed, pulled her robe and draped it over her body, the sweat soaked in her hair had not yet dried, it was too late for Ji Gongyu to come back last night, he was going to go to Xiuxiu's room, what were they going to say? Bao Xi looked at herself in the mirror and thought distractedly...... I was stunned for a long time, and when I heard a knock on the door, I suddenly came back to my senses, "What's the matter?" ”

"Mother?" Xiuxiu's voice came from outside the door, "It's not early." ”

"Got it!" Bao Xi turned her head to the door and said, looked at herself in the mirror and rearranged her makeup, stood up and walked towards the door, opened the door of the dormitory, and saw Xiuxiu standing outside the door, "Is there something wrong?" She frowned, there was a hint of displeasure in her heart, Xiuxiu has rarely been in and out of her left and right since she was named the queen, and today's unusual call Bao Xi felt that something seemed to have happened.

"The king went to the court earlier, came in a hurry last night, and left in a hurry this morning, and the king asked me to talk to my mother." Xiuxiu said, "I heard that something happened, and the king rushed to deal with it, which should have been dealt with last night." ”

"Really?" Bao Xi looked at Xiuxiu and asked, Xiuxiu had a kind of question in her tone about Bao Xi's intention to invite pets and hinder Ji Gongyan from handling government affairs, she stopped and looked at Xiuxiu, "So what's going on in the court?" Can't afford to delay for a moment? ”

"This matter ......," Xiuxiu said embarrassedly, "Niangniang doesn't need to know." ”

"Oh!" Bao Xi nodded, no longer said anything and walked towards the top of the hall, but her heart was faintly uneasy, Xiuxiu said that now the king will always come to talk to him about something, although Bao Xi was panicked in her heart, but in the end she still swallowed this breath, and did not worry about Xiuxiu anymore, Xiuxiu still said in her ear, "Niangniang's guess is really good, the king is hunting, and what he brought is really Mrs. Chu, but because of the face of the Marquis of Chu, the king wants to use the hand of the Marquis of Chu to eradicate Shenhou, so he has to give the Marquis of Chu this face." ”

Bao Xi stopped, looked Xiuxiu up and down, and asked with sharp eyes in her eyes, "What else, finish it all at once!" ”

Xiuxiu shook her head.

Bao Xi admitted that he was a little uncomfortable in his heart, he thought that only he knew about these things, and finally found out that Ji Gongyan also informed Xiuxiu of this matter, and now she has become his confidante, her face was embarrassed for a moment, and when she saw Xiuxiu shaking her head, she stopped paying attention to her, turned around and walked straight ahead.

Bao Xi didn't know that the things that made Ji Gongyan deal with it non-stop had actually slowly implicated her. Coming back from the paddock, it was just the afternoon time, Ji Gongyan came to the East Palace so late, in fact, he was dealing with government affairs in the Dazai Palace, Uncle Zhao brought a wire report, the soldiers and horses of the Qin State were withdrawn from the north of Jin on the same day, and now they have not had much time to return to the Qin State, but the action is not small. Shen Hou reported his worries to Baili Cheng, saying that the king wanted to kill his own son, and use Shen Guo as his companion, and once Chu Hou returned to Chu, he would send troops to Shen Guo to fight.

If Shen is annexed by Chu, and with the national strength of Chu today, it is only afraid that Qin is not an opponent, and Chu is attacking Shen on the surface, but it is actually to seize the land of Qin. Ji Gongyan did not return the young Qin Hou to win and return it, but also to weaken the Qin State.

Bai Licheng thought in his heart, feeling that this matter was certainly good for the Marquis of Chu, but for the king, the dispute between Qin and Chu was beneficial, if Chu was strong and Qin was weak, it was also the rule of the Great Zhou, and he only felt that what the envoy said could not be trusted. The envoy sneered, "General Baili really knows very little, that day Qin Shizi led the troops to the battle, but he died for no reason, and died in the Qinling Mountains, and the death is unknown, didn't General Baili think about why?" ”

Bai Licheng frowned slightly, looking at the envoy in front of him without saying a word. In fact, they have long suspected this matter, suspecting that Ji Gongyan and Yingde joined forces to make a ruthless move, in order to eradicate the son of the world, in order to deprive the Qin State of its military strength, Ji Gongyan thought that the Qin State would be handed over to Yingde as Yingde, and Yingde would definitely be sent at his disposal, but he did not expect that not only did he have two hearts, but also almost destroyed the rule of the entire Zhou Dynasty.

Seeing that Baili Cheng didn't speak, the envoy speculated in his heart that Bai Licheng must have known about it, "Qin Shizi's father led the troops to fight, fought on the battlefield for many years, and fought against the dogs, and the Qin State was strong, which made the king of Zhou fearful, and Qin Shizi did not get rid of it, but he was afraid that this threat would always be like a dagger, against the throat of the Western Zhou." King Zhou instigated Yingde to turn against his son, killed his father during the battle, and blamed him on Dog Rong to cover up his suspicions. But please think about it, if there is someone in the dog Rong who wants to kill the son, can anyone have this ability? It's that vanguard general full and fast, can he do it? ”

Bai Licheng's brows were slightly furrowed, and his face was full of dissatisfaction.

Seeing Bai Licheng's expression change slightly, the envoy then said, "The Qin State is strong, and the king is afraid of three points, and now he is taking advantage of the great opportunity to eradicate the Shen State to attack the Qin State, how can the king miss the opportunity?" If the king didn't have this intention, why did he refuse to return Qin Hou for a long time, and what was the use of him keeping Qin Hou? ”

"If the king thinks that I am strong Qin forces and threatens Hojing, is it just a Chu country, am I still afraid of him?" Bai Licheng let out a loud shout, looked at the envoy and asked.

"General Baili naturally won't be afraid of a mere Chu State, but if the Chu State and the King send troops at the same time, what does General Baili think?" The envoy asked.

These words made Baili Cheng's face pale for a while, and he was terrified in his heart, if Ji Gongyan and Xiong Yi sent troops to the two places, I was afraid that the outcome of this matter would be unpredictable, and the envoy took advantage of the situation to continue, "Now Jin Bo Ji Qiu is even more blessed by the king, if the Jin Kingdom wants to attack the city in three ways, General Baili thinks that it will ...... The Qin State is strong, can it resist? ”

"This ......" Baili Cheng frowned and said nothing.

"The place where my Shen State is located is in a dangerous position, if the Marquis of Chu can't take it, the king naturally doesn't dare to attack rashly, first, to consider attacking Qin State, win less and lose more, and second, consider my Shen State to hinder...... But if the Shen State is taken down and controlled by the Marquis of Chu, according to the eyes of General Baili, the king even killed Yijiu ruthlessly, what else can't be done? The envoy looked at Bai Licheng and asked, these words made Bai Licheng's heart froze, and he felt that it was dark in front of him, and he was afraid that this matter would be ...... As the envoy said, he looked at the envoy and stopped, and couldn't make a decision for a while, "If it's just a temporary right to replace the Marquis of Qin, I just look forward to the Marquis of Qin's return to China and preside over the government." Now that such a big thing has happened, I am afraid that it will be ......" Bai Licheng shook his head, "I need some time to think about this." ”

"I'm waiting for General Baili's news in the post house." The envoy said.

A few days later, Qin's soldiers and horses marched to the south to the border with Shen, stationed on the Shen side, and waited for the Marquis of Chu to attack, and the two armies went to war. In the Qin Dynasty, there was an eyeliner under Ji Gong Yan's cloth, and he wrote this matter on a bamboo letter and sent it to the pickaxe capital, and Ji Gong Yan, who came back from the paddock, saw this letter and was furious. No one knew about sending troops to attack Shen Guo, but now he was not only insighted by Shen Hou, but also invited Qin Guo as his own reinforcement, and he was even more furious, he came to Xiuxiu to let Xiuxiu test Qin Hou to win.

Above the court, Ji Gongyan overlooked the ministers, even though he was furious in his heart, he still had to suppress his temperament, judging the situation in his heart, if he told the matter and the situation, the people above the entire court would know that the king intended to attack Shen Guo, and the so-called attack on Shen Guo was to get rid of the former prince Yijiu who had been abolished.

But fortunately, now everyone doesn't have this opportunity to talk about Bao Xi's gossip, after all, Ji Gongyan has already scattered the favor on Bao Xi's body on Mrs. Chu and Xiuxiu, even if you go to discuss, maybe you have to talk about Chu Hou's ambitions. But the ministers will still advise Ji Gongyan not to embarrass Shenhou, firstly, the tiger poison does not eat children, after all, Yijiu is there; The second is that Shenhou is an important minister in the court, a veteran of the two dynasties, and the king can't move!

If Ji Gongyan wants to convince these stubborn ministers, he must have a proper reason, and after thinking about it, this reason is: Shenhou collaborated with the enemy and treason...... Once this matter was put on the table, the war between the Marquis of Chu and the Marquis of Shen was put on the table and became an official action, and it was up to Ji Gongyan to change his mind or retreat. He felt that this matter had not yet reached the point of publicly tearing his face with Shenhou, and after thinking about it, Ji Gongyan decided to swallow this matter, took a deep breath, and sat on the top of the main hall to listen to the advice of the ministers below.

The Zaifu of Dazai Palace said, "Jin Bo sent a letter to start the king, now that the Jin Kingdom has just made a truce, and the Jin Uncle has changed hands, the Jin Uncle has lost the Jin State treasury, and the Jin Uncle is worried that the taxes of the Jin State will be too heavy in the coming year, and I hope that the King can allow the Jin State to halve the annual tribute next year." After saying this, even Uncle Zhao who was present broke out in a cold sweat, this Jin Bo Ji Qiu was too stupid, he was too unfamiliar with Ji Gongyan's temperament, and he could make such a ridiculous request.

Ji Gongyan single-handedly helped Ji Qiu to the position of Jin Bo, not to let the new Jin Bo say that the tax was halved for himself, he was angry about this matter, this Jin Bo can be regarded as a coincidence, and he was in a hurry, Ji Gongyan lined up on the stone case with one hand, and there was a loud bang in the hall, and then he sneered, "If today, the princes have learned to bargain with the widow?" ”