"Can't mediate?" This sentence was a questioning tone, but the person who spoke had slightly curled lips and peaceful eyebrows, and did not have the slightest look of surprise.

The third prince - now he is going to be called the Great Prince, in Xiliang, he is already the highest person under the king and the crown prince, above the prince of Yi, and enjoys the title of succession to the throne.

The newly baked Dajun held a white jade cup in his hand, and gently touched Xue Guoxiang: "The national minister has also expected it." ”

The two of them are now in a certain alliance between the Northwest Plains and the Western Liang.

It turned out that these two alliances were to the West Liang to pay tribute, and even the succession to the throne needed to be approved by the King of the West Liang, not long ago because of the instigation of the Northwest Plains, there was a conflict and war, so the King of the West Liang sent Xue Guoxiang to mediate and mediate, signed an agreement, and stopped the war, just happened to be caught up by the Maharaja, the King of the West Liang intended to let the Mahjun be familiar with the affairs of the West Liang, so he let him follow, and so on to solve the matter, just to tour the counties of the West Liang.

"Why does Your Highness think so? The two alliances have signed an agreement, and we are done. Xue Guoxiang did not admit it.

"The agreement is unfair, but because of my Xiliang's intervention, one side swallowed his anger, but Beiyuan will not let go of the opportunity to instigate discord." Yu Haoxi raised his head and drank a glass of wine, and raised his eyebrows slightly: "The Zhaokang clan must have taken a fancy to the territory of the two alliances, so they provoked a conflict, intending to make one side dissatisfied, turn their backs on Xiliang and turn their backs on Beiyuan for help. ”

Xue Yaotai took a glass of wine: "In this way, haven't we fallen for the tricks of the people of the Northern Plains." ”

At this time, the regime occupying the southwest had no absolute chance of winning if it declared war on the two alliances at the same time, not to mention that the two alliances also had the support of Xiliang.

That's why one side will be wooed first, and it will be time-saving and labor-saving to send troops into the territory of other countries and annex them one by one.

His Royal Highness the Maharaja stretched out his hand and pushed the prime minister: "Why should the prime minister make a fool of himself, Your Majesty should have already made a plan, but in the end, the two alliances are subordinate to Xiliang Nagong, if it is a crusade, it is not an axiom, and it will also make other subject countries taboo, but if the people of the Northern Plains invade my Xiliang subject country, of course Xiliang will fight back." ”

In this way, the two alliances can be rightfully annexed and brought under the rule of Western Liang.

Xue Guoxiang was obviously satisfied: "Your Highness is really witty. ”

"Can I lead this battle?" The Maharaja poured a glass of wine for Prime Minister Xue very diligently: "I have to say a lot of good things for the Prime Minister of the Kingdom, after all, I have no experience in leading troops to fight." ”

Dalong has been calm for nearly 30 years, even if there is a small conflict with the northern plains, it is not enough for the princes to lead the troops to fight, and His Royal Highness the Great King only has the opportunity to participate in hunting and show his skills, and he has never really seen war.

"Does Your Highness have a chance of winning?" Xue Guoxiang asked with a smile.

"Although the northern plain soldiers are fierce, they are better at fighting in the plains, and the two alliances have many mountains, forests and highlands, if they set up an ambush and assassination, first thwart their elites, and then take advantage of the victory to pursue, they will be able to win a big victory." The Maharaja is confident.

Xue Guoxiang heard that the prince was not a whim, and obviously analyzed the terrain of the two alliances, and even made a detailed plan, and his satisfaction was even more satisfying: "Your Highness has confidence, and of course your subordinates are willing to recommend it." The two happily touched the cups again, and Xue Yaotai asked again: "The ministers plan to return to Dajing in two days to resume their lives, I don't know what His Highness's plans are?" ”

According to the arrangement of the king of Xiliang, it was to let Haoxi secretly visit the county town of Xiliang, and be familiar with the government affairs of various places and those intertwined nobles and ministers, so naturally it was necessary for Xue Guoxiang to send personnel to assist.

"I'll patrol all the way to Wangyang County." The monarch smiled lightly: "Don't hide it from the prime minister, Haoxi wants to sneak back to Jinyang." ”

Xue Guoxiang frowned slightly.

"If the throne of Emperor Dalong is inherited by the current crown prince, it will not be beneficial to my Xiliang state, although this may be very small, but it can't be careless, it is better to eradicate hidden dangers."

"In the eyes of the ministers, the prince is incompetent, even if he inherits the unification, the regime will fall, and at present, only the two mansions of Weiguo Gong and King Chu are the most powerful, and they have actual military power, they should not fight with my Xiliang."

"It is because the prince has no assertiveness that he is easily deceived, and ignorant people are especially arrogant, if it is really the prince who succeeds to the throne, the Confucian family has not been completely eliminated, and there are also those civil servants who covet military power, such as the Qin family, etc., may not instigate the prince to start a war, so as to grasp the military power and weaken the power of the Su and Chu governments." Yu Haoxi smiled lightly: "Besides, it is really difficult to calm the resentment in my heart to let the queen die with expectations, I must let her be discouraged, and taste what it means to break the liver and intestines before she dies." ”

In order to achieve this goal, he even gave up the throne of Emperor Dalong, and resolutely could not accept it when he saw it, and was bound to take revenge to the end.

"Prime Minister, I have made such a stir, it is very likely that the throne of Emperor Dalong will fall on one of the two second brother and the fourth brother, if the father and emperor finally choose the second brother...... Although he lost his talent slightly, he must believe in the two prefectures of Su and Chu, and have Yu Feng's auxiliary government, at least for 50 years, Xiliang will maintain diplomatic relations with Dalong, and the two countries will not commit any offense in the autumn, only slowly annex the large and small allies, and first drive away the northwest plains or even cut them off, so as to enhance the national prestige of our Western Liang. But if in case, the throne of Emperor Dalong falls into the hands of my fourth brother......" The corners of His Royal Highness Dajun's lips slanted: "I have a lot to do with Xiliang." ”

Xue Guo's understanding of Dalong's internal affairs is naturally inferior to that of Dajun, and he raised his eyebrows when he heard the words.

"My fourth brother is suspicious, and Su, Chu two provinces are heavy, if the fourth brother inherits the unification, will inevitably regard the two provinces as a threat, not to remove unhappiness, may lead to civil strife, although Yu Feng this person is resourceful, but he lacks greed and wild desire, and is very loyal to the heavenly family, may not be opposed, once the opportunity is lost, maybe it will be assassinated by the fourth brother, Dalong has no Chu King to assist, to be precise, there is no Yu Feng to set the policy to secure the country, the major magnates will be fighting hard, the fourth may not be able to grasp the overall situation, once the chaos, Xiliang will have the opportunity to break through the pass, the army is on the scene."

"It seems that in the eyes of His Royal Highness, there is only one prince of the king of Chu."

"That's true." Yu Haoxi slammed the wine cup: "Looking at Dalong, he is the only person I admire, and I also want to compete with him, I regard him as an opponent, but I have never wanted to be an enemy with him, so if the second brother succeeds to the throne, he can only put his mind on the Northern Plains, but he can compare with Yu Feng to see if Dalong destroys the Northern Plains first, or my Xiliang takes the lead in capturing the Northern Capital." ”

"From the point of view of His Royal Highness, what are the chances of King Fu?"

These words made the prince silent for a moment, and shook his head: "The fourth is vicious, and has prepared a lot of secret layouts over the years, if the father hesitates and does not get rid of the fourth first, he will be allowed to take the lead, I know Wei Guogong and Yu Feng very well, without the father's holy order, they will not take the lead in attacking the fourth, but I went to Xiliang this time, it is to let the fourth child take advantage of his heart, and he will not treat me as a hostile in the future." ”

"Your Highness forgives the minister's bluntness, after listening to this break, the minister doesn't think that His Highness has to go this way." Xue Yaotai suddenly said: "The son of a daughter does not sit in the hall, His Royal Highness has ambitions, why risk his life." ”

"I don't know if there is anyone in the prime minister's life who must fight for and can't let go." The Maharaja did not answer the rhetorical question.

When he asked this, his eyebrows slanted towards his sideburns, and the amber light in his eyes swept away, firmly staring at Xue Guoxiang.

Of course, His Royal Highness has heard of Xue Guoxiang's admiration for Princess Lanzhu, and he also knows that when he was a child, the reason why Xue Guoxiang made a lot of trouble to get in touch with him, signaling that as long as he has ambitions, he will help him, and one of the key reasons is that he is afraid that it is because of his unforgettable thoughts of Concubine Wan.

Xue Yaotai will not marry Princess Lanzhu for life, and it is not a secret in Xiliang.

He believed that Xue Yaotai's affection was far purer than that of his father, but His Royal Highness couldn't figure out why Xue Yaotai let go so easily in the first place, watching his sweetheart marry away from another country without making any reservations.

And this question also made Xue Guoxiang stunned for a moment, seemed to understand something, and took a deep look at the monarch: "In my life, there is only one person who wants to fulfill it with all his might." ”

Because of perfection, let go, but this truth is obviously not written in Yu Haoxi's life creed.

In late July of the ninth year of Yuanqing, Yiyangjun witnessed the assassination of the prince of Xiliang not long ago, and the Kong family who participated in the queen's assassination of Concubine Wan was wiped out by the whole door, and the grievances of Princess Lanzhu finally got blood, and the ministers lived up to the entrustment of the king of Xiliang, and was finally able to return to China.

Before that, of course, I had to visit the palace of the king of Chu and say goodbye.

The Chu Wangfu set up a family banquet for this purpose to entertain Yiyangjun, but this time, there were fewer people at the banquet than the last time.

Yu Dong's family of five had died in Huangquan, An Hui was impatient to go back to the palace to entertain Yiyangjun, and found an excuse to avoid it, and because Yu Feng recommended Yin Yong to go to Mingshan Academy, An Ran also went to Jizhou, and the husband and wife were not in Jinyang at this time.

However, the atmosphere at the table was not dull.

The old princess listened to Yijing read the family letter that An Jin asked Yiyangjun to bring back, and learned that her granddaughter was quite courteous in Xiliang and everything was fine, so she naturally felt happy.

Regarding the end of Yu Dong's family, Yi Yangjun also heard about it in Xiliang, and Yi Jing even wrote the details into a letter and handed it to An Jin, Yi Yangjun knew that Xiao Xie and Yu Zhou brothers did not have much family affection for An Jin, and at this time they didn't even ask a word, which saved a lot of embarrassment.

However, when it came to the reaction of the Qing family, Yi Yangjun inevitably explained two sentences: "The family learned that the father-in-law had committed a capital crime, and they were very complaining at first, but when they inquired that the princess was not involved, they turned to a lot of appeasement, and they did not dare to be contemptuous. ”

Yu Dong was expelled from the clan, but An Jin had the title of princess, so it was simply written in the name of Princess Wei on the Zongmu, and she became the concubine of the King of Chu.

And this time Yiyangjun returned to China, the saint rewarded a lot, and when he met him, he specially asked Princess Donghua, and the news was transmitted back to Xiliang, and the Qing family did not dare to embarrass An Jin.

However, the third prince just threw his hand and went to Xiliang, but he still left two side concubines, the Son of Heaven originally considered letting Yiyang Jun take Ning and Kong Erfei to Xiliang, but the third prince had already confessed, saying that the two side concubines were all members of the queen's family, and they had been used by the queen as eyes and ears for many years, and they had long harbored evil intentions for him.

The next day after the family banquet in the palace of the king of Chu, Yiyangjun set off to return to China.

Within a few days, Yi Jing heard that the Queen Mother wanted to make the daughter of the Yan family the concubine of King Fu, of course, she did not publicize it, but edicted King Fu and his wife to enter the palace and mentioned it in person.

Yichen was pregnant with Liujia, although he was a little surprised by the sudden thing, but he didn't have too much rejection, and was about to thank him, but he knelt down when he knew that King Fu had already sworn that he would never accept a concubine, and he didn't dare to go back on his word and make a negative oath.

It was Yu Feng who told Yijing about this.

"It happened suddenly, and I think it was a temptation by the Holy One." Yu Feng said.

However, for a while, he was not sure whether the Holy Lord was satisfied with the result of this temptation.

"If King Fu succeeds to the throne, there must be only one middle palace, and the harem must be widely accepted to balance the momentum of the Patriotic Mansion." Yu Feng frowned slightly.

In other words, Fu Wang did not pass the first round of tests.

"I'd like to meet with my brother-in-law."

"At this time?" Yi Jing was surprised: "At this time, dealing with the Fu Wang's Mansion will not make the saint live and defend." ”

"I think the Holy Lord should hope that my brother-in-law can focus on the overall situation, so that this matter will reach my ears." Yu Feng rubbed his brows with some annoyance: "It may not be a temptation for me, if we stand by and watch, maybe it will make the saint think that we intend to let King Fu rely on the Weiguo Mansion alone." ”

The heart of heaven is unpredictable, and the trust between kings and ministers is sometimes far less solid than it seems.

"Then let's go together, I also have to remind my sister." Yijing said, she was always a little uncomfortable in her heart, but she didn't expect that one day, she would take the initiative to persuade others to take concubines...... What the hell is this?