"Your Majesty, Your Majesty......"

Empress Yang's face was pale, and she exclaimed in surprise.

The conditions proposed by the Son of Heaven of Chu State were really beyond her expectations.

actually proposed the shameless condition of letting Gao Yang's child marry him, and it was so straightforward and undisguised.

For a while, Empress Yang's impression of the Son of Heaven of the Chu Kingdom was extremely bad.

Empress Yang, whose eyes were weeping, held Wang Kuang's hand tightly and said in a trembling voice:

"Your Majesty, that kid in Gao Yang is your Majesty, you grew up, you can't just trust someone like this!"

Wang Kuang gently stroked his wife's back and comforted him softly:

"Zitong rest assured, Gao Yang is Zitong's daughter, why not my daughter? How could I bear to push her into the fire pit? That Chu Lord wants Gao Yangxia to marry him, it is simply wishful thinking! ”

Thinking of the conditions proposed by the other party, Wang Kuang couldn't help but grit his back molars.

My beloved daughter, how can you, a southern barbarian, covet her?

"Your Majesty can say this, and the concubine will be relieved." Empress Yang sobbed and said lamentingly, "It's just that if you don't agree to the other party's conditions, how should Your Majesty reply to the other party?" ”

"I'll just let him go!" Wang Kuang waved his hand extremely domineeringly, and said coldly, "It's a big deal to fight a few more battles with the Chu State." I don't believe it, then Chu Man can still cross the river and go north, and fight with my Great Qi Male Army on land? ”

Empress Yang lowered her head and stopped sobbing.

Although His Majesty said extremely domineeringly, as if he didn't take Chu State to heart at all, as a pillow person, Empress Yang, who was very familiar with Wang Kuang's tone, heard a little unconfident from these words.

Empress Yang is still quite concerned about the court situation, and naturally knows about the fiasco of the sailor a few months ago.

With the previous defeat of the sailors in front, whether it was her or Your Majesty, there was obviously not much confidence in whether they would be able to defeat the Chu army on land.

Who let that battle be defeated too miserably, not only was the water division almost wiped out, but also let a small force of the Chu army take the opportunity to land, and caused a lot of trouble in the provinces along the river.

Now His Majesty's performance is reasonable.

Thinking of the difficulties of the state now, and seeing a few strands of white hair on Wang Kuang's sideburns, Queen Yang sighed in her heart and said:

"Your Majesty, if the war resumes, I don't know how many lives will be lost. Even if the concubines are reluctant, they also understand that at this moment, making peace with the Chu State is a foolproof strategy. No, no......"

Empress Yang bit her lip and said a few "no" words intermittently, before she said the second half of the sentence stuck in her throat with difficulty.

"It's better to agree to the conditions of the Lord of Chu and marry Gao Yang to the Chu State."

In the end, the beauty was already in tears and couldn't cry.

No matter how you say it, it is a piece of meat that fell from her body, but now she is going to marry her far away to Jiangnan, and the mother and daughter look at each other across the river, and even never see each other again, which makes Queen Yang, who is a mother, not heartbroken and grief-stricken.

What's more, she understands that it is extremely inappropriate for a matter of national shame to agree to the conditions of the Lord of Chu from the mouth of His Majesty.

Looking at the front and harem, it is not appropriate for anyone to let the Son of Heaven send his beloved daughter and relatives.

But the most suitable candidate is none other than himself, the queen of the dynasty, Zitong, the son of heaven, and Gao Yang's biological mother.

"Zitong, I'm sorry for you."

Looking at Queen Yang, who had accompanied him through the ups and downs of the past few decades, Wang Kuang's eyes darkened, and he said in a gloomy tone.

Zitong is like this, why is he not like this?

Taking Empress Yang into his arms, Wang Kuang stroked her hair, was silent for a moment, and then said astringently:

"Zitong, you are looking for an opportunity to probe Gao Yang's tone. If she is not willing at all, I would rather fight to the death with that Chu State than let her be so sad! ”

Empress Yang raised her pretty face, looked at Wang Kuang with a guilty face, and said softly:

"Your Majesty relaxes. Gao Yang's child is sensible, understands her father's difficulties, and will agree. ”

Wang Kuang sighed and said quietly:

"That kid doesn't hate me as a father, I'm already satisfied, how dare I expect anything else?"

At this moment, a beautiful female voice came from outside the temple gate.

"Gao Yang will never complain about his father!"

Wang Kuang and Empress Yang were taken aback, and looked out of the hall following the sound, and suddenly a figure came into their eyes.

"Gao Yang, my son, why did you come to this Chengming Palace?"

Seeing his beloved daughter suddenly appear in front of him like this, Wang Kuang couldn't help but exclaim.

Doesn't this mean that all the conversations between me and Zitong have been listened to by Gao Yang?

"Gao Yang has seen his father and the queen mother." Wang Qianmo, the lord of Gaoyang County, walked into the Chengming Palace, and after saluting Wang Kuang and Queen Yang, he explained, "The daughter originally went to Jiaofang Palace to find her mother, but she didn't think that her mother was not in the palace, and she heard that the female official said that her mother later saw her father in the Chengming Palace, and Gao Yang thought that she hadn't seen her father for a few days, so she found this Chengming Palace." ”

Wang Kuang exchanged glances.

Empress Yang stretched out her hand, pulled the county lord of Gaoyang to her side, and asked softly:

"So, Gao Yang also heard what the queen mother and your father said?"

The county lord of Gaoyang nodded, and generously acknowledged.

"The daughter didn't dare to hide it from her father and queen mother, and the daughter did hear it."

After a pause, she added:

"However, the daughter does not hate her father in her heart, let alone her mother."

When Wang Kuang heard his daughter say this, his already somewhat guilty heart became more and more uncomfortable.

"Child, if you scold me a few words, I may feel better in my heart......"

"My father often said that our royal children are supported by all the people, and when the country is in danger, they will stand up."

The county lord of Gaoyang met Wang Kuang's inquiring gaze, and said in a soft but firm tone:

"Now, for the sake of the people to recuperate, and for my Daqi to get a little respite, my daughter is willing to marry Chu in the south!"

"My son!"

After hearing this, Queen Yang couldn't hold back any longer, took the county lord of Gaoyang into her arms, and cried bitterly.

The daughter of the mourning family, empathetic and distressing!

Wang Kuang looked at the mother and daughter who were hugging and crying, and were stunned for a while.

My daughter has grown up after all......

Wang Kuang was a little relieved in his heart, but he also had a painful thought.

It's just that this kind of growth, I would rather Gao Yang she has never had, I only want her to live a carefree and happy life.

It's me, who ruined my expectations for her with my own hands!

"Child, I'm sorry for you."

As the lord of a country, Wang Kuang just sighed, then regained his true character again, nodded and said:

"Gao Yang, since you think so, although I am reluctant to be a father, as you said, for the sake of Qi Guo, now I can only do this. However, Gao Yang can rest assured that I will keep your sacrifice in my heart, and in the future, I will make the Chu State pay the due price. One day, I will bring you back to Qi in Gaoyang! ”

The county lord of Gaoyang gently broke free from Empress Yang's arms and made a big salute to Wang Kuang.

"The daughter will not be able to fulfill her filial piety in front of her father in the future, and she also asks her father to put her body first, and not to work too state affairs."

Wang Kuang nodded silently.

After the family said a few more words, the county lord of Gaoyang said goodbye and left.

When the county lord of Gaoyang walked out of the Chengming Palace, her personal maid Bai Lotus hurriedly greeted her.

The group walked to a remote place, and when Bai Lotus saw that there was no one left and right, he asked in a low voice: "Your Highness, why are you so embarrassed about yourself?" If His Royal Highness insists on not marrying into the Chu State, will His Majesty still force you to fail? ”

The county lord of Gaoyang shook his head slightly, and sighed and said, "White lotus, you don't understand ......."

Bai Lotus is a maid, and she is the lord of the county, and what she can see and touch is naturally not on the same order of magnitude.

In this matter, the county lord of Gaoyang himself has an extremely calm judgment.

Palace people like Bai Lotus thought that with their father's favor for themselves, they would never let themselves marry far away from another country.

But he was in the harem, heard and witnessed, and naturally understood that with his father's character, as long as it was related to state affairs, nothing could not be abandoned, even if it was his dignity as an emperor, even if he was favored as himself.

Now, Chu Guo has made it clear that he will marry himself before he stops, otherwise he will have to fight to the death with Daqi.

Because of the fiasco of the naval division, the morale of the Qi army dropped greatly, and even if it was a land battle, it was not completely sure that it would be able to defeat the Chu state.

And the big war will be a great battle, and it will be a misery.

A county lord, compared with the lives of hundreds of thousands of nearly millions of people, it is needless to say which is more important.

No matter how favored she is, it will not help.

As she said in the Chengming Palace, in order to let the Qi State ease this breath and have the opportunity to regroup, even if the father is reluctant, he will not hesitate to marry himself to the Chu State in the end.

Since the result cannot be changed, what is the use of crying and pleading in the middle except for reducing his father's patience with him?

He had no other options, so he might as well be more righteous and awe-inspiring, and without waiting for his father to speak, he offered to marry Chu Guo far away.

In this way, he can use his father's guilt for himself to deepen his father's impression of himself and improve the evaluation of himself by the government and the opposition.

Marrying far away from the Chu State is indeed dangerous, but why is there no opportunity among them?

Then the name of the emperor of Chu is Zhao Yu, right?

Hopefully he doesn't let himself down!

The moment the county lord of Gaoyang stepped into his dormitory, he looked back at the sky.

On the horizon, the red fiery clouds resemble the ambition hidden in her heart.

Day 2.

At the court meeting, Wang Kuang announced to his ministers that he had decided to agree to the conditions proposed by the Chu State, compensate the Chu State with two million taels of silver, and marry the most favored Gaoyang County Lord to the Chu State and negotiate peace with the Chu State.

Seeing that Wang Kuang had made up his mind, he was relieved to be martial arts.

The previous fiasco of the sailors not only severely damaged the confidence of the ministers in the Qi army, but also dealt a heavy blow to the morale of the army.

If His Majesty does not agree to the conditions proposed by the Chu State and insists on continuing to fight with the Chu State, then as long as he loses one or two more battles, even if it is a small-scale battle, the Qi army will completely become "afraid of Chu like a tiger".

At that time, before the Chu army came over, the Qi army would collapse completely.

If this is really the case, then it is possible that the Qi State will really be wiped out by the Chu State in a war.

Fortunately, His Majesty was not carried away by anger, and gritted his teeth and agreed to the conditions offered by the Chu State, giving the Qi army a chance to regroup.

Xie Wenyuan and other important generals in the army all believed that this time they were just caught by the tricks of the Chu army, and they were stunned by the other party for a while.

As long as you ease down and train again, next time, it will be absolutely impossible for the Chu army to take advantage of it again.

After retiring from the dynasty, Wang Kuang left behind a group of important ministers led by Prime Minister Cai Xuangan.

"Prime Minister, this time Gao Yang married Chu Guo, I am very unhappy in my heart. I decided to make Gao Yang's dowry thicker, so as to support the scene, and save myself from being bullied in the Chu State Palace. ”

Wang Kuang said straight to the point:

"I know that the Lord of Chu is not taboo in meat and vegetables, and even the demon girl of the Demon Gate has received the harem."

The grievances between the Demon Gate and the Buddha Gate, he, the emperor of the Qi State, are very clear.

For the sake of his daughter's safety, he felt it was necessary for him to do so.

It can be regarded as some compensation for Gao Yang's child.

Prime Minister Cai Xuangan bowed his head slightly and said:

"The minister has no objection to this matter. If the county lord of Gaoyang knew His Majesty's intentions, he would definitely be grateful. ”

Wang Kuang sighed: "I don't need that girl to be grateful to me, I just hope that she can understand my helplessness and hard work, and just be less resentful of me." ”

Knowing the daughter Mo Ruo's father.

Even if Gao Yang said such things to himself yesterday, how could Wang Kuang not be able to hear the trace of resentment in her tone.

"This dowry is to be prepared at 1,880,000 taels of silver, which is a good fortune. I will give one million from the treasury, and the rest will be prepared by the treasury. ”

"The ministers obey."

Seeing that the ministers agreed, Wang Kuang nodded with satisfaction.

"When I thought that Gao Yang was forced to marry into the Chu State, I couldn't get out of this evil anger in my heart. Ladies and gentlemen, I don't know what way to make Chu have bitterness and can't speak. ”

The matter of harmony, no matter which dynasty or generation, is a shame.

I was forced to suffer a big loss, and I had to take revenge elsewhere.

Otherwise, the other countries will think that they are easy to bully!

Taishi Nangong Zhao said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, if you provoke the border without permission now, I am afraid it will not be good for our dynasty......"

What's more, the sailors were wiped out in one battle, and the Qi State had completely lost control on the Canglong River.

If you want to reorganize the water division, in addition to the financial support of the imperial court, the most important thing is time, without three or five years of effort, the water division will not be rebuilt at all.

Wang Kuang glanced at Taishi Nangong Zhao helplessly, and said unhappily:

"I'm not stupid, I'm about to make peace with the State of Chu now, how can I provoke the border? What I mean, don't Nangong Taishi understand? ”

This kind of thing, you can't let me, the emperor, say it clearly, right?

Taishi Nangong Zhao couldn't help but show a trace of embarrassment on his face.

Gu Qinggang, who was a captain, pondered for a moment, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he said:

"Your Majesty, the minister has two plans, but I don't know if it is feasible or not, and I ask Your Majesty to make a holy judgment."

When Wang Kuang heard this, he couldn't help but be happy.

This Gu Taiwei is worthy of being an old minister of the two dynasties in charge of the military, and this opening gave me two choices.

"Please come quickly!"

Facing Wang Kuang's urging, Gu Qinggang bowed to him before he said:

"Your Majesty, now that the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State are united, the Lord of Chu is in power, and the morale of the Chu army is flourishing, on the other hand, my Qi State, compared with the Chu State, is at a disadvantage. If you want to cause chaos to the Chu State, I can't make a move, I can only rely on the hands of others. The old minister's intentions, the people who borrowed the power, one is the Shanyue clan who lives in the depths of the Taihe Ridge of Qiyang Mansion, and the other is the Haikou who are entrenched in the islands in the sea. ”

Gu Qinggang said this.

(End of chapter)