Chapter 178: Deng Sheng’s Thoughts

Soon an eunuch came to read out the order of the King of Wu, and took Princess Tai'an and Princess Wanling out of the cold palace and sent back to Princess Tai'an's original palace.

As soon as Princess Tai'an left the cold palace, many wives and palace maids and eunuchs came to congratulate Princess Tai'an on getting out of the sea of ​​suffering and becoming the queen again. However, Princess Tai'an responded calmly. The current Princess Tai'an no longer wanted to be the queen of Wu. She now wanted to return to Deng State, leave this place that made her suffer from the weather and heartbreak, and return to Wancheng, which gave birth to her and raised her.

On the contrary, Lian'er sneer at these people's faces. I remember that when Princess Tai'an was thrown into the cold palace, these people had many people who came to take advantage of the situation. Now it would be strange if Lian'er has a good face to give them.

After sending these people away, Princess Tai'an and Lian'er began to pack up their things. They knew that the war was about to end and that they would soon return to their hometown.

When the King of Wu learned that Princess Tai'an returned to the palace, he began to pack up his luggage. He was furious, but he had no choice but to turn a blind eye.

Zhang Chao, who was ordered to go on a mission to Wancheng, packed up his salute, took a few guards and entourage to say goodbye to his family, heading west, first to Pengze, met Zhou Kai, informed Zhou Kai of the peace talks, and sent someone to send a message to Yang Yanzhao, telling him that the Wu Kingdom had admitted defeat and should not fight again.

Yang Yanzhao did not make things too difficult for the Wu army. He didn't want to fight it very much, but it was just to force the King of Wu to compromise. Now that Wu has taken the initiative to admit defeat, he has saved a lot of trouble. However, Yang Yanzhao did not retreat, but directly hoarded troops under Pengze City to prevent Wu from making any tricks.

However, Zhang Chao and Zhou Kai did not care too much. There is nothing more important than peace talks. You should know that Yang Yanzhao, a crazy man, directly recruited Murong Ke's army after the Vietnamese army entered Yuzhang, and all the cities in the south were given to the Vietnamese army. Now the Vietnamese army has occupied most of Yuzhang, and the Wu Kingdom can no longer afford to consume it.

On May 20, in the 14th year of Qianyuan, Zhang Chao arrived in Wancheng and moved into the inn of the Ministry of Rites.

At the same time, in Ganyang Palace, Deng Sheng sat in the main seat, and there were three people in the house, including the Secretary of the Secretariat Cui Hao, the Secretary of the Secretariat Jiang Wan, and the Secretary of the Ministry of War Su Hong.

"Three Qing families, Wu Kingdom sent people to negotiate, we won, tell me how to negotiate." Deng Sheng said with a smile. Although he seemed to be relaxed during this period, he was under great pressure, especially when Yang Yanzhao was defeated and lost more than 30,000 troops, which made Deng Sheng once doubt whether this battle could be won. Now that the dust has finally settled, Deng Sheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Haha, yes, I finally won, but there were many General Yang's intention to ask Yue Kingdom to send troops, otherwise the outcome of this battle would be unpredictable." Jiang Wan also breathed a sigh of relief. If Deng Sheng was the one with the greatest pressure, then Jiang Wan was the second one, and he was under great pressure in charge of logistics.

"But we need to consider how to discuss it in detail. I wonder if the king has any conditions to raise?" Su Hong asked.

Deng Sheng closed his eyes and kept knocking on the table with his fingers. After a long time, he spoke: "There are two conditions. First, let Wu send my sister back, and second, let Wu borrow the road." This was the request of Empress Dowager Cui, hoping that after Deng Sheng won, he could take Princess Tai'an back. As for borrowing, this was related to Deng Sheng's plan.

"Borrow the way? What way?" Everyone asked in confusion. It was natural for everyone to take back Princess Tai'an. After all, this war started because of Princess Tai'an. Now that the war has been fought, it is understandable to take back Princess Tai'an. However, Deng Sheng said he wanted to borrow the way, so they were confused.

Deng Sheng smiled and said, "I want to take advantage of the great victory and destroy Xiang Kingdom in one go."

"What! King, are you too anxious?" Jiang Wan and others were a little surprised. Deng Sheng really thought about it, but why did he suddenly say that he wanted to destroy Xiang Kingdom?

Deng Sheng shook his head and said, "Don't worry, this plan has been brewing in my heart for a long time, but it was just disrupted by the Wu Kingdom. Now, the strength of the Great Deng is already a world-class country, but he is in the four battles, and his strategic depth is not enough, and now he is enemies on all sides, so the destruction of Hunan is imminent."

Deng Sheng stood up, walked into the crowd, and continued, "Besides, this time, Xiang State sent troops to support Wu State, and I have enough reason to send troops. I think so. I will be willing to cross the Yangtze River and attack from north to south. Yang Yanzhao broke into Changsha from Ai County and headed straight to Linxiang, the capital of Xiang State."

When everyone heard this, they thought something. Deng Sheng understood what they said, but they still felt too anxious. After all, Deng State had just finished a war and immediately attacked Xiang State, and the army had not yet been rested, so they wanted to persuade Deng Sheng again.

However, Deng Sheng also knew what they wanted to say, but this time Deng Sheng's attitude was very firm and said directly: "You guys don't have to say anything more. I have decided. On the day the peace agreement is reached, I will order Chang Yuchun and Yang Yanzhao to order them to raise troops to attack Xiang Kingdom. What you have to do now is to make the Wu Kingdom give way."

"Here!" Seeing that Deng Sheng had made up his mind, Jiang Wan and others could only nod. All they could do was to do their best to do everything.

Afterwards, Deng Sheng and his ministers discussed the specific conditions during the peace talks, Deng Sheng handed over the full power of the matter to Jiang Wan, Su Hong and others.

After the discussion, Deng Sheng left Ganyang Palace and went to Empress Dowager Cui's Anlan Palace to tell Empress Dowager Cui about this good news. Since Princess Tai'an, Empress Dowager Cui has been depressed and often asked about Princess Tai'an. Now everything is about to settle. Of course, Deng Sheng has to tell Empress Dowager Cui so that she can rest.

"Master, is it true? Is Tai'an really coming back?" In Anlan Palace, Empress Dowager Cui was overjoyed after learning the news.

Seeing that Empress Dowager Cui was so excited, Deng Sheng quickly helped her sit down and said, "My mother, you have not recovered yet, don't be so excited. This is true. Now that the envoy of Wu has arrived in Wancheng, the son has handed over the peace talks to Su Hong and others. With them here, the matter of sister returning to China will be natural."

"That's great, so good. The Ai family will send someone to clean up Tai'an's room and wait for her to come back." Empress Dowager Cui said happily.

In the next few days, Empress Dowager Cui was extremely excited. She pulled Cai Yan, Li Shishi and Mi, and Zhang decorated Princess Tai'an's residence every day. Empress Dowager Cui was a grateful person. When she first entered the palace, she had no relatives. It was Princess Tai'an's mother who gave her comfort and help. Even the young Princess Tai'an was very close to her. After Deng Sheng was born, because she was the fifth son of the king, she did not receive the attention of King Wuzhuang. Several princes in the palace bullied him. It was Princess Tai'an who took the initiative to step up and protect Deng Sheng. So this time, Princess Cui was more concerned than anyone else.

At this time, Zhang Chao was alone in the inn of the Ministry of Rites, and was worried. He had been in Wancheng for several days and had been living in the inn. The Ministry of Rites had sent someone to inform him. Now the king and minister of Deng were still discussing the terms of peace talks and would meet him soon. But the more this happened, the heavier Zhang Chao was in a mood. It seemed that Deng's conditions would be very high this time, but I don't know if Wu could bear it.

Just as Zhang Chao was thinking alone, the follower came in and said, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Rites of the State Deng has sent someone."

Zhang Chao then came to his senses and said, "Please come in."

Soon, someone from the Ministry of Rites came in and said to Zhang Chao directly: "I have met Zhang Xiang. My king has ordered me to visit Zhang Xiang in Jingyang Palace tomorrow."
Chapter completed!