Time passes day by day.

The physical condition of the Empress Dowager Wu Mengyao was still deteriorating. The Lord's father was worried about this and basically stopped dealing with state affairs and stayed in the palace all day long.

Several palace doctors were also infected with the stinky face of the Lord's father all day long, and they were scolded every now and then. Fortunately, the Lord's father was still under control. Otherwise, these palace doctors would have gone to the grave and stayed in a cool position.

Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng was also hit by the yang. Although the master's father urged him to have less time to study, he became more and more harsh. Almost every time he came to check his studies, he would scold Pingyuan Jun and then beat him hard.

Zhao He also ran to the Empress Dowager when he had time and found Miao Xian.

"You immediately send someone to Shangdang County to find medicinal materials called ginseng. If you find them, I will be rewarded!"

"Ginseng?" The Lord Father, who was standing beside him, couldn't help but ask, "What is that?"

Zhao He said: "That is a good medicine that can cure the body and treat deficiency diseases. It may be effective for the queen mother."

In this era, ginseng was still unknown, but in later generations, ginseng was quite famous.

Li Shizhen, a famous Chinese medical scientist, said in his book "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Ginseng cures all symptoms of deficiency in men and women", including "fever, spontaneous sweating, dizziness, headache", and "diseases, long-term diseases", etc.."

The ginseng from Taihang Mountain in Shangdang County is undoubtedly the best among ancient Chinese ginseng.

This is also the best way Zhao He, who lacks medical knowledge, can think of.

The Lord's father frowned and did not speak, but he was obviously quite disbelief in his expression.

Can medicinal materials that I have never heard of before be useful?

Forget it, it is also Wang'er's filial piety...

Miao Xian naturally went to handle this matter immediately and sent a large number of people to Shangdang County to find the medicinal ginseng.

The bad news continues. The heavy snow in winter blocked the only channels to Shangdang County, Baixing and Wukouxing, and the teams looking for ginseng could not enter the mountain at all.

Seeing the empress dowager's body weakening day by day, the master father and Zhao He were both frowning.

Just when everyone thought the Queen Mother would die this winter, a small accident occurred.

Queen Zhao is pregnant.

When he was diagnosed, Queen Zhao was about two months pregnant.

This news greatly encouraged the Queen Mother.

After all, the child in the queen's belly is likely to be her eldest grandson and the heir to the future throne of Zhao!

With expectations for her grandson, the Queen Mother miraculously survived this winter.

Spring has arrived, and the Empress Dowager's condition finally stopped deteriorating. Although there was no sign of improvement for a while, it still made everyone feel relieved.

The team looking for ginseng began to enter the mountain.

At this time, a series of major events began to happen, forcing Zhao He to turn his attention away from his mother's illness and pay attention to foreign countries.

Linzi.

Qin envoy Han Min stood in the hall and talked happily.

"King, now Qin and Qi are one east and one west, separated by the Three Jins, and there is really no need for any conflict between the two countries.

Now the king wants to attack Song, while the Qin wants to attack Chu. Then the king can obtain the State of Song, and the Qin can obtain the city of Chu and the land of Nanyang. Later, Qin and Qi can jointly attack Zhao, and the Qin can obtain the county of Zhao, Yiqu, and the king can obtain the land of Hejian and Julu. Later, the Qin and Qin can attack Wei, and the land of Hedong, and the King and Yan can obtain the land of Yishui. After this, the Three Jins will be destroyed and the State of Chu will not prosper. By then, even if Qin and Qi have been promoted to emperor a hundred times, they will be without worries!"

Han Min successfully persuaded King Qi, and the two countries reiterated the previous alliance.

After Han Min finished his mission, the general of Qi State Shizi accepted the order of the King of Qi and led his army to attack the State of Song for the third time.

This time, Yan State did not send troops to attack Song with Qi State.

Qin also began to gather troops in the eastern part of the country. Wei State, who learned the news, was very nervous and refused Song's intention to request support.

The State of Chu had already begun to gather troops on the Chu-Song border, but a piece of news that surprised the State of Chu-Qin army set out to fight!

The Qin army divided into two groups, one with Sima Cuo as the main general, led the army from Bashu to advance eastward, and rushed along the Yangtze River to the hinterland of Chu. The other was Bai Qi as the main general, heading from Wuguan to the south and attacking the Fangcheng area of ​​Chu.

Under such circumstances, Chu State was too busy to take care of itself, so naturally he had no intention of supporting Song State.

Facing the fierce Qi army, the Song State, without reinforcements, was in a state of great shock.

The envoy of Song State arrived in Handan again. This time, the envoy did not turn away like he did last time, but was received by Zhao He.

The Lord Father, who accompanied the Empress Dowager in the harem, did not attend the meeting.

The envoy of Song State stood in front of Zhao He and spoke sincerely: "King, foreign ministers beg the king to rescue Song State. Otherwise, once Song State is destroyed, the next target of Qi State will definitely be Zhao State!"

Zhao He sat upright at the main seat, looked around at the ministers, and said, "What do you think of Ersanzi?"

Fei Yi and Zhao He looked at each other in the air, understood it, and stood up and said, "King, the old minister believes that Zhao and Song are allies. Since Qi is brazenly attacking Qi, then Zhao must rescue Song. This is the right thing for allies."

A few years ago, in order to confront the then Qi, Han and Wei alliance, Qin, Zhao and Song also formed a three-country alliance.

However, the alliance between Qin, Zhao and Song was relatively unreliable. When Qin was beaten by Qi, Han and Wei in Hangu Pass, Zhao and Song stood by and fully demonstrated what a covenant is not as good as a toilet in the toilet.

Having said that, there has been no war between Zhao and Song in recent years, so this covenant has not been really used to wipe the butt. It is still useful to find it and dust it out. This ally relationship is indeed effective.

As soon as Fei Yi spoke, all the ministers agreed.

Zhao He nodded and said to the excited envoy of Song State: "Don't worry, messenger, the ambition of the King of Qi is known to everyone. As an ally of Song State, how can I make the King of Qi so rampant? Even if the envoy goes back and tells the King of Song, let him resist the Qi army with peace of mind, my reinforcements will arrive soon!"

After the envoy of Song State left satisfied, Zhao He looked around at the ministers of Zhao State present: "Two and three sons, who would be willing to lead the army to support Song and attack Qi?"

"King, I am willing to go!"

"Master, please give me a chance!"

"King, I am willing to go!"

For a moment, those who responded were like clouds.

Zhao He's eyes moved among the ministers and finally fell on one of them.

"Han Xuwei, I will give you 50,000 troops, and you will be the leader of this time."

After Zhao He finished speaking, there was a sigh of confusion in the hall.

Le Yi and Lian Po looked at each other and saw doubts in each other's eyes.

Zhao He sat in the upper head and saw the reactions of the ministers below, but did not explain anything.
Chapter completed!