Chapter 106: Old Friends Meet
"The minister thinks that he should send an envoy to Shu to negotiate peace."
"Peace? How to negotiate peace? People are here for me, if she doesn't pull me off the throne, how can she give up? β
Zeng Yu said: "No, no, no." The emperor and His Royal Highness the emperor are siblings, and they naturally miss the brotherhood with the emperor. β
"Heavy profit? What heavy profits? β
"Her Royal Highness the Emperor doesn't like the emperor calling you the emperor because she didn't become the emperor herself. Your Majesty, you might as well let her sit on the throne of God and cede a piece of land to let her be the emperor. Once she becomes emperor, it will cause the vassal states to be angry, and they will crusade against her, ignoring the emperor, and finally they will regard the emperor as orthodox. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to strangle it in the cradle without much effort? β
"What? Cession of land? Zeng Yu, are you crazy or my tinnitus? The Shu army is coming, and there is still a chance to fight, you are obviously going to be unable to come to Taiwan! β
"The emperor thinks twice, this is a delaying tactic, and when the emperor sits on the throne in the future, he will be caught off guard and then killed by surprise, so that he can recover all the ceded land? Can you still sit on the pure blood among the princes? β
Meng Yao thought about it carefully and felt that his method was indeed feasible.
She asked, "Then who do you think will be the messenger as appropriate?" β
Zeng Yu smiled flatteringly, "Your Majesty, have you forgotten who the emperor used to care about the most." β
"You mean ......"
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It's only been a month.
Meng Qing led 20,000 troops down the river, captured the Three Gorges, and made a suspicious posture, so that the courtiers of Yujing thought that she was going to attack from Jingzhou.
Now that they are marching east to occupy Badong, the soldiers and horses of Jingzhou were caught off guard and fled in all directions.
After the camp arrived at the flat land, it was stationed and occupied, waiting for Jingzhou to continue to send troops to attack, but it did not wait for several days.
The sword in Su Zhou's hand was polished by him, sharp and shiny.
Meng Qing looked at the terrain near Jingzhou in the sand table and fell into deep thought.
Su Zhou sneered, "What's the use of watching the sand table?" If I were you, I would attack the north directly and take Yujing, and I would still need to waste time here? β
Meng Qing didn't want to argue with him, this person didn't know what kind of cannonball he had eaten, he would call her His Royal Highness in a good voice when she was in Yujing, but when she arrived in Yizhou, she was sent to her by Xiao Yan, so she sneered every day.
She thought about it, as if she hadn't offended him......
"Since Xiao Yan sent you to me, then you must listen to my orders, and you must not send troops without authorization, and the rest will be up to you."
I only heard Su Zhou "sneer" and withdraw from the tent contemptuously.
How do you feel that Suzhou is more ancestral than Xiao Yan?
Lingyu glanced outside the tent and said: "Your Highness, don't be like him, this boat is also strange, not only do you not want to see Your Highness, but even the slave and maid talk to him, he doesn't like to deal with it, as if we owe him millions of taels." β
"I don't have the same knowledge as him, I'm used to it."
Suddenly, a soldier burst into the tent.
"Newspaperβ"
"Speak."
"Your Highness, Yujing has sent a messenger and is asking for a meeting outside."
Meng Qing and Lingyu glanced at each other, "Messenger? β
She threw away her long pole and stepped to the general's throne, "Invite him in." β
"Yes."
The tables and chairs in the tent were simply placed, and even Meng Qing was just wearing a moon-white cardigan, embroidered with a pattern of butterflies picking magnolia nectar, crow hair was slightly pulled, and a few magnolia tassel hairpins were pinned in the bun, which was elegant and refined.
I saw a pair of shining palms lifting the curtain and walking in from outside the tent.
The man was dressed in a crimson official robe, bowing his head and entering, so familiar between his eyebrows and eyes.
Meng Qing was stunned.
Damn it...... Isn't this the damn Qi Yuan!
"How could it be you?"
Qi Yuan was dressed in a red official robe with a round neck, an ink-colored jade belt close to his waist, a black gauze hat, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a slender posture.
He saluted in a proper manner, "Chen Qiyuan has seen His Royal Highness the Emperor. β
Meng Qing was speechless, not knowing what to say.
She has no guesses with Qi Yuan's childhood sweetheart since she was a child, so the number of etiquette can also be saved, and since she parted outside the palace that day, she has never seen Qi Yuan again.
Now that Meng Yu is gone, he should be the saddest and most haggard.
She sneered: "How dare Lao Qi Xiaohou make such a big gift." β
Meng Yao actually sent Qi Yuan to convince her, which was ridiculous.
After Qi Yuan got up, his face became a lot colder, and he didn't feel unhappy with Meng Qing's words at all.
"The minister offended His Royal Highness a lot in the past, and it was the minister's rudeness, I hope His Highness can ignore the past suspicions."
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Looking at this appearance, he didn't know that Meng Yu was killed by her.
She pursed her lips and said, "That's it, sit down." β
"Yes."
Qi Yuan sat on the side.
It's a bright day outside, but it's already November, and I don't know if I can return to Yujing before February.
Meng Qing made a preemptive move, "Meng Yao sent you here to make peace?" β
"Yes."
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Does Meng Yao have a hole in her brain, what she wants is the throne of Chu State, and if she speaks of something useful, she will also send a messenger to tell Meng Yao, telling her to give up the throne to her.
Qi Yuan continued: "The emperor is now announcing that the world is going to denounce the emperor, which has caused countless Chu people to panic, but the emperor is the emperor after all, and he wants to consider countless living beings, so naturally he will let the ministers make peace with His Royal Highness." β
Meng Qing's patience was limited, "Peace? There's nothing to talk about, you go back and tell Meng Yao that His Royal Highness doesn't want to make peace with her. β
Qi Yuan also asked His Highness to consider the living beings in the world. Now Chu is worried about external troubles, there are princes rioting inside, and there are Jin countries eyeing the outside, if His Royal Highness insists on going his own way, it will make the country not a country! Even if His Royal Highness sits on the throne, he will definitely face the risk of losing the country in the future, and the ministers are not protecting the emperor, but protecting His Highness. If His Royal Highness is willing to make peace, the emperor is willing to cede Yizhou, so that His Royal Highness will be called the emperor, and he is willing to repair the good of the two places. But if His Royal Highness refuses to make peace, the concubine Niangniang and the Gu family are still in the hands of the emperor, and His Royal Highness must consider it carefully. β
Such words made Meng Qing accidentally laugh.
She didn't seem to be that stupid.
The mother concubine and the Gu family had already been secretly transferred by Xiao Yan's people, and they couldn't pose a threat to her, so they could only lie to deceive her.
And the land cut makes her emperor?
This condition is indeed tempting.
What is the emperor, it means supreme power, no need to bow down to others, enjoy the supreme ninety-five.
But if she is the emperor alone, then the princes of the entire Chu State will look at her unhappy, how can a country have two kings? At that time, Meng Qing was the only one who was attacked.
And she, Meng Yao, sat in Yujing and enjoyed her success and enjoyed the respect of orthodoxy.
Her eyebrows were lightly raised, and her posture was very beautiful.
"Cutting ......the land," Meng Qing played with the talisman in his hand, "It is indeed a tempting condition." But Qi Yuan, what I want is not just the emperor, but the entire Chu State, understand? β