Chapter 527: A Game Within a Game
Yong Zhi has been forced to this role, even if he knows that he does not have the talent to lead the army to fight, he has to stubbornly respond to this military order, but in a blink of an eye, he began to think about how to escape. In fact, there is still some chance of success in this matter, Yongzhi appointed the general who is good at fighting in the army as the commander-in-chief, and he made a dispatch behind the scenes.
Win Kai put all his net worth and life on the matter of allegiance to the Zhou Palace, although he has the hatred of killing his father, but Win Kai's body is burdened with the rise and fall of the entire Qin State, he must not let Yi Jiu take power, for him the successor can only and must be Bofu. Although Xiong Yi has also fought in the north and south, he is still slightly inferior to the ghost talent of digging out. As long as Qin and Zheng Erguo can restrain this Chu Hou to death, this Yongshu is the last straw that crushed the camel, not only will there be no fault, but he can also make meritorious contributions, and this Sima will be worthy of his name.
After retiring from the court, he grabbed Yongzhi and told the relationship and pros and cons of this matter, Yongzhi nodded and agreed, but what he slandered in his heart was that this matter had nothing to do with Yu Shi's father, that is, he lost the battle and lost his Yong's life, but it was a life of Yu Shi's father. This Shangqing is simply sitting on the profits, Yongzhi hates in his heart, but he is helpless, whether this matter is to blame has to be traced back to the battle of Northern Jin that year, if it were not for Qizhi and Xiong Yi in the court to be aggressive to Bao Hongde to make a heavy oath, to gamble on the victory or loss of a war with the Bao family, I am afraid that today's Zhou will not be able to think of this idea.
Yongzhi said goodbye to Yu Shi's father, and then returned to his house to think about the whole thing carefully, and his heart was terrified.
And the news that Ji Gong ordered troops to attack Chu also spread throughout the harem, from the beginning of the pilgrimage, the women of the harem continued to inquire about the news to Bao Xi, but Bao Xi did not say a word about the affairs of the court in advance, only said some affairs of the harem, and then hurriedly dispersed the court. The news was done, Mrs. Chu's heart was terrified, and the women in the harem are now more and more distant from Mrs. Chu's attitude, and they can always avoid it, looking at her as if they have seen some plague, which makes Mrs. Chu's heart bottomless, she wanted to join forces with Bao Xi to eradicate Xiuxiu several times, but Bao Xi always rejected this proposal with righteous words, and now Xiuxiu proposed to join forces with herself, and after thinking about it for a long time, she finally made up her mind.
Bao Xi's silence made these harem women think that Bao Xi's fall from grace had taken her out of the core area of politics, but they were afraid that no matter what decision the king made, he would no longer inform his wife. After the East Palace was dispersed, Mrs. Chu followed Xiuxiu to leave from the East Palace, walked a little way, and saw that there was no one on either side, so Mrs. Chu caught up with Xiuxiu's steps and called, "Mrs. Zheng? ”
"Mrs. Chu?" Xiuxiu stopped and turned to Xiong Ning with a smile on her face.
"Let's go together?" Xiong Ning proposed, Xiuxiu nodded, made a gesture of invitation and walked side by side with Mrs. Chu, both of them stood aside and were silent. Xiuxiu was waiting for Xiong Ning to speak first, and that day she came to the door to ask Mrs. Chu for cooperation, but Mrs. Chu did not directly agree to herself that day, so she asked Mrs. Chu to think about it herself; Mrs. Chu was also waiting for Xiuxiu to speak to herself first, like a person who had lost her interpersonal skills, and she didn't even know how to open her mouth to express her fearful needs to Xiuxiu.
"It's time to congratulate Mrs. Zheng!" Xiong Ning finally found the wording to say to Xiuxiu.
Xiuxiu glanced at Mrs. Chu, "Congratulations on what?" ”
"Now that the king is discussing politics, he doesn't avoid you, but you told me a few days in advance about things that are not even clear to the queen of praise, it seems that the harem in the future is Mrs. Zheng's world, but I am afraid that the position of the queen will be yours sooner or later!" Mrs. Chu's compliments were actually full of snarky meaning, like a kind of mockery of Xiuxiu's stepping on the top position, this tone Xiuxiu didn't care, "Mrs. Chu ......" She turned to Xiong Ning, "You and I are not the only ones in this harem, if you ask others to say this, I'm afraid it will be inappropriate!" ”
"Isn't it?" Xiong Ning asked, "Back then, the king consulted with Empress Bao on everything, but now he consults with you on everything, I have seen this kind of change several times, and the fate of each woman is not very good." Compared to them, the queen is neither much more beautiful nor smarter, at most she is a heart towards the king who can sell anything around her, and who is not a woman in the harem? ”
"She can sacrifice everything for the king and the country of the Great Zhou, what about you?" Xiuxiu looked at Xiong Ning and asked, "Compare yourself to her, Mrs. Chu can't help but think too highly of herself!" What Empress Bao has paid and done in this harem will always be better than anyone in the past, even you......" She pointed to Mrs. Chu's chest, "It's not as good as that!" ”
"Does it make sense for you to say that now?" Mrs. Chu sneered and asked, "You are the one who wants to step on her to death, but now you refute my words, won't you still have to step on the glory and wealth of the future in the future?" You are arguing with me about these things today, and Mrs. Zheng can do all the cruel things, can't she even tolerate one or two ugly words? ”
"I just want to remind you," Xiuxiu said calmly, she had already learned to be calm and calm in her gestures, "Do you really think that Empress Bao doesn't know anything?" If Mrs. Chu underestimated her opponent, then the next one to die, I bet that it was not the queen, but you! ”
Xiong Ning was stunned for a moment, looking at Xiuxiu, full of dare, but she couldn't help but admit that she was not as good as a person from the East Palace, she gritted her teeth, no longer polite and wronged, and said directly, "Mrs. Zheng once said that day that after killing Shen, the relationship between Chu Hou and Shen Hou was divided, so that the king was full of gratitude to me for this. But then again, if I do something about it, as soon as Empress Shen dies, the king will definitely correct me, and I won't take advantage of it at all, right? ”
"Yes, not necessarily," Xiuxiu looked at Mrs. Chu, "It depends on whether Mrs. Chu dares to bet?" ”
"How to bet?" Xiong Ning asked.
"Empress Shen was beaten into the cold palace, and now the king is waving his army against Chu and Shen, do you really think that the king cares so much about the life and death of Empress Shen?" Xiuxiu looked at Mrs. Chu and asked funny, "If you kill Mrs. Chu, the king can use this article to punish you for capital crimes, or maybe not." It's just one thing for sure, if Empress Shen dies of poisoning, but no evidence is left at the scene, the king must be looking for you as soon as possible, and it depends on Mrs. Chu what to do. ”
"I flatly deny it, and resolutely dissociate myself from this matter?" Xiong Ning asked.
"Then ......" Xiuxiu looked at Mrs. Chu and smiled, "Won't you lose the purpose of my plan for you that day?" Why don't you tell the king the truth, the purpose of killing Empress Shen is to use his identity to divide the alliance between Shen and Chu, and ask the king to punish you, and then the world will know that it was you who killed Empress Shen, if you ask the king to execute you, he may not be willing! ”
"What if the king is willing?" Mrs. Chu asked.
"That's why it's a gamble!" Xiuxiu said with a smile, "What's more, the king doesn't kill, Empress Shen died because of the king, even if it was Mrs. Chu's hand, do you think Shenhou won't put this account on the king's head?" If the king kills you again, the Marquis of Chu will have to put this account on the king's head. The two joined forces to deal with the king at this time, but they were the same enemy, didn't the king know the pros and cons of this? ”
Mrs. Chu nodded slightly, "What Mrs. Zheng said is reasonable. ”
"Do you know why you have given so much and still can't please the king?" Xiuxiu took a step forward, very close to Mrs. Chu, her breath beat on Xiong Ning's skin, making Xiong Ning feel extremely nervous, took a step back, and asked very unconfidently, "Why?" ”
"You don't know this man at all!" Xiuxiu said stiffly.
"If you don't rely on Bao Xi's knowledge of the king, can you know so much about him?" Xiong Ning looked at Xiuxiu with disdain, although she had no choice but to choose to cooperate with Xiuxiu, but she still inevitably had a feeling of contempt for Xiren in her heart, although she didn't understand how Xiuxiu got the favor of King Zhou Gongyan, but Mrs. Chu attributed this matter to Xiuxiu's light, whether it was her understanding of Ji Gongyan or her insight into the current situation.
Xiuxiu did not answer Mrs. Chu's question, "If Mrs. Chu wants to do something to Empress Shen, hurry up, the king asked Tai Shibo to calculate the auspicious day of the zodiac, if you miss this time, the army will go south, and the king may not be considerate of your hard work!" The army goes on an expedition, and the times change. After saying this, she walked towards Huachen Palace, leaving Mrs. Chu frowning slightly in place, and a smile appeared on Xiuxiu's face when she turned around, no matter whether Mrs. Chu moved or not, Xiuxiu took the lead in this matter.
Returning to the Huachen Palace, Xiuxiu instructed the people in her palace, "Keep an eye on Mrs. Chu's movements, if she goes to Shenhou, she will return immediately!" ”
"Yes!" The man replied.
After instructing the people, Xiuxiu was still a little uneasy, and sent someone to call Yu Shi's father and asked him to find someone from Youyang Palace to keep an eye on Mrs. Chu's movements, once Mrs. Chu decided to poison, Xiuxiu could prepare the next plan, but if Mrs. Chu was not ready to poison, then she could only replace Mrs. Chu in the next step. After the incident of Concubine Song, although Ji Gongyan and Bao Xi did not say that Mrs. Chu was not, but there was a mirror hanging in everyone's hearts, and the poisoning must be involved with Mrs. Chu...... Even Bofu couldn't imagine that Xiuxiu's ruthless methods were far beyond his imagination that day.