Chapter 44: The Palace Controversy

"Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty!" When the tall and thin official heard that he was going to be beheaded, he collapsed on the ground in fright and begged King Qin for mercy, and a foul smell came from between his legs, causing a foul smell in the hall.

"Hurry up and drag him out!"

"Your Majesty~ Your Majesty, I don't dare anymore, Your Majesty, spare your life, Your Majesty!"

Finally, the hall was quiet again, but at this moment, everyone lowered their heads, not daring to look at King Qin.

"Ahem, everyone, in the past three years of my Great Qin, natural disasters have continued, first there was a flood and then a plague, the livelihood of Great Qin has been hit hard like never before, the beast clan in the west has invaded from time to time, Fatil is eyeing in the north, and although Feng Lan and Kavanagh have fought in the east, no one can guarantee that they will not join forces to bite my Great Qin, you are all the pillars of my Great Qin, let's talk about it, what is a good way." King Qin raised his eyes to look at the people at the bottom of the steps, as if waiting for their speeches.

The eldest prince took the lead and said: "Father, I have a large number of soldiers in the Great Qin Kingdom, how can I be afraid of these young people, as long as my father gives an order, my sons and others are willing to lead the troops to conquer and set foot in this country of tigers and wolves." ”

The third prince said: "My father has already said that my Great Qin Kingdom has been plagued by natural and man-made disasters recently, so the top priority is to recuperate, and it is not beneficial for our country to start a war now." "He is good at grasping the mind of King Qin, and invisibly, he has already hidden the upper hand.

King Qin nodded appreciatively: "Ling'er's words are very heartfelt!"

The eldest prince retreated with a flushed face.

King Qin turned to the third prince and said, "Ling'er, since you have such a saying, you already have an idea in your heart, you might as well tell it to everyone!"

The third prince was stunned, obviously unprepared in advance, and muttered, "This ...... Erchen thought ......"

Just when the third prince's face was flushed with anxiety and shame, suddenly a sound that made the third prince feel as if he was a fairy sound.

"Report!" a chubby middle-aged man crawled into the hall, sweating profusely and looking terrified.

"What are you doing in such a panic!" King Qin finally shifted his attention to the big fat man who broke in, which made the third prince breathe a sigh of relief, and he really wanted to run up and kiss this fat man fiercely.

"Your Majesty...... Your Majesty...... Law...... Fatil State ...... State Envoy ...... Die...... "The big fat man stammered.

"What? Say it again, tell me what the hell is going on!" King Qin asked loudly as he stood up from his throne.

"Back... Report to...... Your Majesty, Fati...... Erguo ...... Envoy... Suicide!"

Quiet, the hall suddenly fell into a dead silence, and only the sound of gasping cold air could be heard. The officials present were all old fritters in the officialdom, and naturally knew what it meant for the Fatil envoy to die in Daqin, and they were all silent.

"You say, the Fatil envoy died?" After a while, King Qin came to his senses and confirmed.

"Yes, this morning the minions were washing up and found Master Seguna dead in his bedroom......"

"That's enough! You idiot! Lone wants you to take good care of the Fatil envoy, and don't make any mistakes, and now you tell me he's dead! What is the use of Lone asking an official like you! Come on, drag me out and behead him!" The poor fat man became a punching bag for the angry King of Qin, and was dragged down by the guards like this.

And King Qin, who killed two people in a row, was obviously a little tired, and returned to the throne and said to the ministers below: "What do you think of the current form!"

Unexpectedly, everyone below stood with bated breath one by one, for fear that King Qin would ask him.

Finally, the third prince, who had been suppressed by the eldest prince before, stood up and said: "Father, now that the envoy of the Fatil Kingdom has died in my Great Qin, Fatil will definitely take action in order to save face! Now that I am invaded by orcs to the west, we must be cautious." ”

King Qin couldn't help nodding his head and said to the third prince, "Do you have a good plan to alleviate my Great Qin's current crisis?"

The third prince raised his eyebrows in front of the eldest prince, and his heart was extremely relieved, he deliberately took two steps towards the eldest prince and said, "Father, have you heard that there was a proton in the previous dynasty?"

King Qin nodded and said: "I have heard of this matter, the peace-seeking side sent its own prince to the enemy country as a hostage to show sincerity, and there was indeed such a precedent in the previous dynasty. ”

"Father, the orcs are reckless and unreasonable, so we should resist with all our strength and drive them out of our Great Qin! And Fatil is one of the three major empires, and the national strength is already above my Great Qin, if we rashly start a war with them, it will be extremely unfavorable to our Great Qin! Therefore, my father only needs to send an envoy to Fatil to explain, and in order to show his sincerity, he can send a proton to Fatil, and the war between the two countries can be resolved!"

Suddenly everyone understood the true intention of the third prince, among the princes, the most qualified to be the prince is the eldest prince Qin Shou, because Qin Shou was born to the queen, plus Zuo Xiang is his grandfather, so he has the upper hand in the competition for the storage position, if the three princes' proton strategy is really achieved, then the eldest prince is sent to Fatil as a hostage, and the third prince who stays in the country will naturally become the best candidate for the prince, this strategy is really vicious, and it can kill two birds with one stone.

The eldest prince said: "Although the third brother's plan is wonderful, if one of our brothers is sent to the Qin State, once there is a war between the two countries, won't it be certain that he will die!"

The third prince said impassionedly: "As a son of man, he should put filial piety first, be a minister, and put the country first, at a critical juncture, we should relieve my father's worries and solve difficulties for the country, how can we worry about too many personal gains and losses!"

The eldest prince sneered: "The third brother's words made the foolish brother have an epiphany, if I am not mistaken, the third brother will take the initiative to take the responsibility of going to Fatil!" He finally grasped the opportunity to counterattack and provoked the enemy at the key point.

The third prince was speechless for a moment, he had exhausted all his calculations, just to send the eldest prince to Fatil, but he didn't expect that he would seize the opportunity and eat himself.

The scene suddenly came to an impasse, and the ministers of the first line of the eldest prince and the first line of the third prince began to attack each other, and the hall was suddenly as noisy as a market.

"That's enough, what are you like, look at yourselves, all of them are marquises, earls, how come you don't have a bit of aristocratic demeanor!" King Qin yelled from his throne to the noisy ministers below.

The noisy hall fell silent for a moment.

"Zuo Xiang, what do you think?" King Qin asked, turning to Zuo Xiang.

"Your Majesty! The old minister thinks that the eldest prince and the third prince are reasonable, Your Majesty might as well ask the right minister!" As an old fox in the officialdom who has been an official for decades, the left minister threw the ball to the right minister with a Tai Chi fist.

"Your Majesty! The minister also agrees with the statement of the eldest prince and the third prince! Your Royal Highness the Nine, oh, it is the three masters of Shenwu Gong who bravely defeated the three masters of Fatil, and praised my great Qin Xiongfeng, I must have a good opinion on this matter!"

For a while, all the eyes of the main hall were focused on Qin Feng.