The cloth of the reply was packed in a bamboo tube, carefully sealed with wax, and the battle was quite large, but in fact it was only four words, and these four words seemed so ruthless. Xiuxiu looked at Bao Xi's movements, and didn't know whether to remind her of this matter, the letter from Twenty-Seven must not be to listen to Bao Xi's preaching, she still said it after enduring it for a long time, "Niangniang? ”

"Huh?" Bao Xi put the bamboo tube on the table and looked up at Xiuxiu.

"If the eldest lady is really as terrible as Niangniang said, I'm afraid that the twenty-seventh girl will not have a good time in the Zheng Mansion now." Xiuxiu said, "If Uncle Zheng is in power, this matter will be fine, but now that Uncle Zheng is in the air, he can only have more than enough strength to protect Twenty-seven." ”

Bao Xi looked at Xiuxiu and waited for her to continue.

"Miss Twenty-Seven wrote to you, you should ......," Xiuxiu pondered for a while, "It's not to listen to the four words of going with the flow, she must be very frightened now, and she doesn't know what to do." ”

"When you don't know what to do, it's best to do nothing." Bao Xi said very calmly, she understood what Xiuxiu said, but at the moment, she could only give Twenty-seven that, "Tomorrow morning, help me call my uncle to come to Qiongtai Palace." ”

Xiuxiu nodded, "It's not early, Niangniang should go to bed early, right?" ”

Now it is getting closer and closer to Nian'er's 100th birthday banquet, less than seven days. All the invitations and letters have been made and sent out, Nian'er's 100th birthday banquet was held in Huachen Palace, presided over by Empress Shen, and the concubines of Huachen Hall helped, and Bao Xi only cared that Nian'er could appear on that day, and she was dressed properly and not subject to the wind and cold.

At this moment, Bao Hongde's advance and retreat and retreat make people a little unable to understand this situation, everyone is like a cloud and mountain fog cover, and they can't see the real reason for Bao Xi's every move under the clouds. Because of this, everyone locked their eyes on Bao Xi's body and refused to leave, for fear that if they didn't pay attention, they would miss any information.

When he came back the morning of the second day, Uncle Zhao was already waiting in the Qiongtai Palace, and when he saw Bao Xi entering the hall, he immediately got up and said, "Niangniang." ”

"Uncle, please later." Bao Xi stretched out his hand and motioned for Uncle Zhao to take him to the wing room in the back hall to speak, since the winter came, the hall has become more and more empty, the cold air here is pressing, the cold wind gusts, if it is not for the daily need to go out of the hall and enter the hall, no one wants to stay here longer.

Uncle Zhao sat on the chair in the back hall, and the soft cushions contained the gentle air, making people gradually stretch out.

Bao Xi took the bamboo tube sealed with wax from the table and handed it to Uncle Zhao, "This is a reply to Twenty-seven, please ask your uncle to transfer it on your behalf." ”

Uncle Zhao looked at the bamboo tube so packaged and a little strange, "Why is it so tightly sealed." ”

"It's just four words inside," Bao Xi laughed.

"Which four?" Uncle Zhao asked.

"Go with the flow." Bao Xi replied and sat down beside Uncle Zhao, "The twenty-seven letter you sent yesterday, as stated in her letter, now the Qin State has formed an alliance with the small princes and intends to fight against the Great Zhou. Now the vassal states follow the example of Qin, in the name of self-preservation, the wolf son's ambition is real, and they form alliances arbitrarily. ”

"The same goes for Zheng Guo?" Uncle Zhao asked.

Bao Xi nodded, "Mrs. Zheng Bo is the daughter of Jin Bo, and now this alliance is very interesting. ”

"Uncle Zheng agreed?" Uncle Zhao frowned, looked at the bamboo tube in his hand again, and guessed in his heart whether the real purpose of this twenty-seven marrying into the Zheng family was a chess piece that Ji Gongyan placed next to Zheng Boyou, or a reassuring pill placed by Bao Xi in Zheng Guo?

"No," Bao Xi shook his head, "Zheng Bo is well aware of his current form, but the rest of Zheng Guo no longer takes Zheng Bo seriously. The ministers and the eldest lady made a decision privately, overstepping Zheng Bo's power. Therefore, Zheng Guocheng is currently embarrassed and abnormal, and Twenty-seven is worried about Uncle Zheng, so he wrote this letter back, perhaps because he wanted to ask me to give some advice. ”

"You only wrote four words and ordered her to go with the flow?" Uncle Zhao asked.

Bao Xi nodded, "What would he do if he was here?" ”

Uncle Zhao shook his head.

Bao Xi sighed, "I can't think of it, so I called my uncle to come, if the situation is tense today, but we are helpless, when will this battle be the end?" ”

Uncle Zhao stood up suddenly, stood with his back to Bao Xi, looked at the light outside the window through the layer of paper pasted on the window, and was silent for a long time before he spoke, "I'm afraid it's longer than you and I imagined." ”

"What do you mean?" Bao Xi raised her head and looked at Uncle Zhao.

"Qi Guo knows that this battle between Dongyi and the king, once the king wins, the end of Qi will be very miserable," Zhao Shudai turned around and looked at Bao Xi and said, "So Qi Bo has handed over the military deployment map to Dongyi, if the military deployment of the past is used, then the king can only be defeated, but if it is a surprise army, find another way, and be anxious for a while." You should also know that changing the method of battle is a taboo for soldiers. The current situation can only judge the situation and let it be! ”

Bao Xi frowned, not wanting to let this go with the flow and turn out to be such an ironic sentence, "Is there no other way?" ”

"In addition to the Qin State, if the best generals have gathered in the Qi State today, they still can't discuss a countermeasure, and the military deployment of the Qi State is not achieved overnight, and now it is only afraid that it will be more auspicious than it will be spied on by Dongyi." Uncle Zhao said, "In this way, the two armies are only afraid that there is only the word bravery, and it depends on who is more ruthless!" ”

"I can't help with the war." Bao Xi sighed, her mind was a mess, involving the life and death of the generals, she didn't even dare to say anything, all she could deal with at the moment was the intricate relationship in the palace, "Internal and external troubles are really worrying, can't the alliance of the Qin State be stopped?" ”

"Baocheng is a country of its own, uniting all countries to fight against Qiang Qin!" Uncle Zhao looked at Bao Xi and said, "Now that you are favored and I am in power, Bao Hongde has a lot of say in the court, and the ambition of the Qin State is too great, which has caused the dissatisfaction of the princes." As long as you can reward your father as the prince of Baoguo, although Baocheng is small, it can also rely on this sudden rise to compete with Qin. ”

"Uncle has already made a decision?" Bao Xi looked at Uncle Zhao and asked.

"Not yet, uncertain, undecided." Uncle Zhao shook his head.

"I'm afraid that it won't work," Bao Xi's face was sad, very worried, "Father won't agree to you doing this, my father's current move is to stay out of the matter, watch the demise of the Zhou Dynasty, and let him help is just afraid that he will help more and more." ”

"Then set aside your father and directly reuse Bao Hongde!" Uncle Zhao said categorically, which made Bao Xi look at him and think for a while, but still shook his head, "No, no...... If this is done, the world will be chaotic, and the small country will no longer be at ease with the position of the small country, and the big country will have to think about the future of its big country, and it must break the current alliance of princes. ”

Uncle Zhao sighed and nodded, "I'm also afraid of this, so I don't dare to act rashly." ”

"I had to go with the flow!" Bao Xi said weakly, and finally found that there was only one way left to go, "The current war of the king is unfavorable, how many people know about this?" ”

"It's not much for the time being, I'm afraid it will soon spread all over the city." Uncle Zhao said, "Before that, we must separate Mrs. Qin and Bao Hongde, we can't make wedding dresses for others!" ”

Bao Xi nodded, "I see." ”

Uncle Zhao sighed and shook his head, feeling a deep sense of powerlessness, he stood up and took the bamboo tube and resigned. Bao Xi called Xiuxiu to see off the guests, and she sat alone in the room staring at a certain place: when she entered the palace, she never thought that a harem woman was tied to the fate of the Great Zhou Dynasty and couldn't get out.

Before Bao Xi's mind could be withdrawn, Xiuxiu hurriedly pushed the door in, "Niangniang? ”

"What?" Bao Xi turned to look at Xiuxiu and asked.

"Yu Shangqing has come to give gifts!" Xiuxiu replied, "Do you want to go back, saying that Niangniang is resting?" ”

"No need," Bao Xi said, with a look of uncertainty on his face, and put on a solemn outfit, his hands were stacked on his lower abdomen and slowly moved towards the door.

Bao Hongde's power in the court made him very arrogant and unpopular, and he joined forces with Zhao Shudai to suppress the power of Yu Shi's father's faction. Now Father Yu Shi can't get in touch with the core of the government at all, let alone spy on the current situation. Mrs. Qin asked Father Yu Shi to go to Youyang Palace several times, but considering many factors, he didn't dare to take this step easily, how powerful Ji Gongyan was that others didn't know, but he knew one or two, if it was not a last resort, he would definitely not be able to disobey the king's will.

After all, Father Yu Shi has today, and it was Ji Gongyan who brought it out single-handedly. If he dares to betray, I am afraid that the end will be miserable. For example, there are a lot of criticisms of him today, and when I came to look for Bao Xi today, I also believe that Bao Xi will definitely not abandon Ji Gongyan's original intention, and at least he should be left with a way to live.

"Yu Shangqing," Bao Xi called softly, this voice from far and near, drawing back Yu Shi's father's scattered thoughts, he gathered his body, turned to Bao Xi and said, "Wei Chen see Niangniang." ”

"Yu Shangqing doesn't have to be polite, these courtesies are exempt." Bao Xi raised her hand and looked at Father Yu Shi and said.

"Xie Niangniang," Yu Shi's father said, "Weichen congratulated Niangniang, and specially sent a congratulatory gift to celebrate Nian'er's 100th birthday." ”

"It's time for Nian'er to wake up, I'm going to take care of Nian'er, I'm afraid I won't have time to catch up with Shangqing, and I hope adults will forgive me for the rudeness." ”

"Mother, please stay!" Father Yu Shi looked at Bao Shi and said, Bao Xi's body that had already turned around turned back and looked at Father Yu Shi, full of doubts.

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