1. The king is newly established

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The king of the Cuizhu Kingdom is still very young, only in his early twenties. The old king died violently overnight due to an unknown disease. Cuizhu Kingdom claims to the outside world that the old king suddenly left his people because of the overwork of the country, but the ghost knows whether the old king died of overwork for the country, and it is said that the old king died in the dormitory of several concubines. The old king died with a whimper, leaving the mess of Cuizhu Country but suffering the little king who has not lived much. Although the old king has a group of wives and concubines, three palaces and six courts, his long-standing body and bones are too unsatisfactory. The queen of the main palace gave birth to a lone seedling to the old king who was almost dying.

The current situation in Cuizhu can be said to be embattled, and the country's survival is at stake. Several surrounding countries have been fighting for the Xuantan River Valley for several years. Because of its geographical location in the lower reaches of the Xuantan River Valley, Cuizhu Kingdom has a very unfavorable strategic position in the dispute between the soldiers. The upper reaches of the Xuantan River Valley are entrenched in two countries, the Niuling Kingdom and the Linshi Kingdom. Now these two countries are stronger than the Cuizhu Kingdom, and in order to completely destroy the Cuizhu Kingdom, these two countries judged the situation and formed an alliance to deal with the Cuizhu Kingdom in unison. The current situation of Cuizhu Country can be said to be in dire straits. At this tense moment when the battle was in full swing, the old king suddenly died in the palace in the middle of the night because of the battle. The old king died, and it died very suddenly, and the people of the Cuizhu Kingdom were worried. At this critical juncture, Niuling Kingdom and Linshi Kingdom will definitely take advantage of the danger of people and press the troops, and the current mess situation of Cuizhu Country will be broken by the enemy in one fell swoop, and the people of Cuizhu Country will become slaves of the country, and they will be slaughtered by others, and life is worse than death.

The new king also started the early dynasty with great fatigue, and the young man, who had just passed twenty years old, completed the marriage of the new king who was still the crown prince at that time when the old king was still alive, and the crown princess at that time was the daughter of the king of the neighboring Gangshi country, who was friendly with the Cuizhu country. The current new queen is eighteen years old, with a graceful figure, a good face, and affectionate eyebrows, and she has inherited the beauty of Queen Gangshi in place. When they first got married, because the old king was still alive, the crown prince did not care at all, and stayed with the crown princess all day long, enjoying himself to the fullest. On this day, the new king of the early dynasty left the new queen under the repeated urging of the queen mother, and the new queen got up very reluctantly, and hurried to the early dynasty under the care of several eunuchs.

As soon as the king sat on the throne of the main hall, he found that the ministers of the court and the people, who were worried about the country and the people, had already lined up neatly, waiting for the king's arrival respectfully. As soon as the king sat down, Miao Wen, the prime minister of the imperial court, couldn't wait to kneel down under the king on his knees and play to the king, and Prime Minister Miao almost cried to the king: The situation is very urgent, the two countries of the Niuling Kingdom and the Linshi Kingdom are under the command of Shang Shutianlong of the Niuling State Military Department as the marshal, and the heavy troops are stationed on the Yunmeng Mountain at the end of the upper reaches of the Xuantan Valley. The other ministers then fell to their knees and begged the king to make a haste and send his troops to resist the enemy.

The king, who had never experienced the complicated situation of governing the country, heard the ministers say that the two countries were ready, that the situation was very urgent, and that there was a risk of destroying the country, and suddenly the six gods were left without a master, and his expression was panicked, and his legs trembled. There was a deathly silence in the main hall, and suddenly, I don't know which timid minister actually cried. The king sorted out his nerves of gaffe, learned from the old king's previous way of dealing with them, and spoke to the ministers for the first time: What do you think about Aiqing? The ministers kneeling together were silent, perhaps because they really had no way to deal with it, or maybe they were trying to test the new king's ability to cope. The hall fell into a deathly silence.

At this time when the move was indecisive, everyone was silent, and there was no breakthrough in resolving this crisis situation, the Queen Mother walked out from the screen in front of the main hall with an unpredictable expression, standing behind the new king, the Queen Mother suddenly appeared, and the ministers who were kneeling in Her Highness buried their heads lower. The Queen Mother has followed the old king for many years, and she has never seen any occasion, although she is a woman, but she is not a simple woman. When the old king was alive, he was not only in charge of a huge harem, but also for the safety of the Cuizhu country, the queen mother often gave advice to the old king for national affairs. In the long-term war with neighboring countries, the queen mother often accompanied the old king to the battlefield to live and die. The old king gradually aged, and the other groups of concubines did not give birth to a son and a half daughter to the old king, only the queen mother had only one son, and the queen mother consolidated his unshakable position in the kingdom even more, and at the same time he also knew that the crown prince he gave birth to was pampered by the old king and himself, and had not yet cultivated his skills and abilities as the king of a country. Therefore, the Queen Mother knew that her son would not have the wisdom and ability to deal with the complex situation for the first time when dealing with this important matter related to the life and death of the country. After the new king entered the palace, the queen mother quietly hid behind the screen behind the palace to watch the development of the situation, when the new king was at a loss, the queen mother had to go to the forefront, for her son, but also for the current difficult situation faced by the green bamboo country.

There is also the old king's own brother who is currently in the prime of life, when the old king is still alive, he behaves very meekly, and he is also very obedient to the old king, who knows that now that the old king is dead, his son is young and ignorant of things, he has no bad intentions. Besides, the prince also has a group of cronies in the court, will he have some incidents without the deterrence of the old king. These are unpredictable, and it is entirely possible, because as soon as the old king is gone, her mother and son will be orphans and widows in the court. There are also a few years ago that the queen mother's maiden brother was flying high and domineering when there was the support of the old king, bullying men and women in the Cuizhu country, and also offended many ministers in the court, especially the prince because the queen mother's own brother robbed the people's daughter, causing a girl from a good family to commit suicide by throwing herself into the river, creating a very bad influence in the Cuizhu country, the prince strongly demanded that the uncle must be dealt with seriously, because because of the queen mother's feelings, the old king took a blind eye to the method, so that the uncle was in danger. Since then, the Queen Mother has had some grievances with the prince to a certain extent.

The Queen Mother is an old man, in this scene, first of all, he maintained absolute calm, in the face of the ministers, the Queen Mother looked at everyone with a majestic demeanor, and then began to speak slowly; The old king is not hard to die, the enemy poses a huge threat to our country, the current life of the country is hanging by a thread, the king is young, I hope you will help a lot, what are the best ways for you to deal with it as soon as possible. The Queen Mother spoke, and Prime Minister Miao, who has been loyal to the kingdom all his life, will lose the dignity of a country if he does not break the deadlock, Prime Minister Miao Cheng took a step forward and bowed and said; Qiyu King, Queen Mother, as the saying goes, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, the enemy army formed an alliance, taking advantage of the danger of people, and caused us to be overwhelmed by the soldiers when the old king's bones were not cold, and we had to select troops to send generals to charge into battle and defeat them in one fell swoop. Who will lead the army? The Queen Mother then asked. Before the Prime Minister could continue to answer, the Prince asked the King and the Queen Mother with an unpredictable look. I would like to lead the troops to go. The new king remained silent, and looked at his mother with a pleading look.

In the past, whenever there was a war in the country, it was the old king who drove the expedition himself, of course, the old king would not forget to bring a few concubines who were proficient in human customs, otherwise, the old king would not have died so quickly and left the stall to the new king. Every time there is a war, the Queen Mother will also go with her, and the Queen Mother will definitely not have a deep affection for him when she follows the old king. To tell the truth, the old king rarely spent a few times alone with the Queen Mother in a year and a half, because there were too many women around him. The Queen Mother had to get used to it. The Queen Mother went out with the king, her intentions were nobler than anyone else's, and she had to remind the king at all times to put the overall situation first, to restrain some of her bad habits at all times, and not to miss the military affairs on the battlefield because of greed for pleasure. Because the facts are obvious, this country is currently the old king's, and the old king whines, and this country is the son of the queen mother. Therefore, the Queen Mother must play her vital role while the old king is alive, laying a solid foundation for the future of her son's kingdom.

The queen mother understands the prince's intentions very well, the previous wars were all the king's personal expeditions, and now the prince's expedition, which clearly shows that the current king is useless, as soon as the old king dies, the overall situation of the country will have the king's younger brother to play a major role, the prince goes out, if the war is won, it can eliminate the danger of destroying the country for the Cuizhu country, then it is only a matter of time for the prince to become the king. In any case, the prince could not be allowed to take command of the battle, and the queen mother suddenly felt that the danger was about to make her tremble with fear.

The tradition of the king's personal conquest could not be changed, and the Queen Mother's tone was very firm, leaving no room for any of the ministers below to make further suggestions. Prime Minister Miao Wen went with you, and I myself went with me. The prince conducts day-to-day affairs at the imperial court. Prime Minister Miao immediately prepared, dispatched troops, and went out to fight early in the morning two days later to retreat from the enemy. The ministers dispersed. After the queen mother finished speaking, she gave the new king a look, and the mother and son lifted the screen and returned to the palace.

The young king returned to the queen, who was still sleeping soundly on the king's couch, the new king was full of fear, the queen mother's royal conquest made him feel stressed, and his own uncle's abnormal eyes caught by him in the main hall made the new young king extremely troubled.

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