The Chu Palace, which had lost its silk brocade, had many colors, but the empress dowager and the king could tolerate this monotony. Even if others missed the colorful grace, they could do nothing. In Ruoying's palace, the empress dowager in filial clothes appeared, Ling Yin Naojiu had to wait quietly on the red mat, and when his feet appeared, he stood up and bowed.

"What's the matter with Ling Yin?" Zhao Fei was a little surprised when Ling Yin asked to see him, but Ling Yin was Ling Yin after all, so she came out to meet him.

"Can the Empress Dowager know that the king wants to marry Xiang today?" Nao spoke, but lowered his head and did not dare to look at Concubine Zhao.

"There is indeed such a thing, and the king said that they were in love with each other." Concubine Zhao replied lightly. She, who became the queen mother, now she only manages these two children and has no more requests.

"Can the Empress Dowager know that Zhao will join the Qin State this month?" Naojiu asked again. "Qin State may attack our Chu State again."

"Attack our Chu State again?" Concubine Zhao's tone finally raised. She was concerned about her son. Once Qin attacked Chu, her son would go to the battlefield in person. The battlefield was dangerous, who could ensure that his son came back safely?

"That's right." Nao said in a deep voice. In the past few months, he knew that the officials had integrated all the marquises and spies from Chu. With the guidance of unknown forces, his understanding of Qin was far better than before. "Can the Empress Dowager know that Mao Jiao, a native of Qi, risked his life to advise the King of Qin?"

"I know." Concubine Zhao nodded, "The King of Qin ordered that those who dared to give advice to the Queen Mother will be killed and killed. Twenty-seven people have died so far. Mao Jiao took the 28th person to give advice and risked his life to persuade the King of Qin to go to Yongcheng to welcome Zhao Ji back to Xianyang. The mother and son were reconciled as before, and Mao Jiao was also appointed as the Supreme Minister."

The mother and son reunited, especially the monarch's mother and son reunited. Concubine Zhao was very interested in this kind of story. The temple's palace maid naturally knew that the empress dowager liked such stories. As soon as the news came from Qin, she said to listen to Concubine Zhao.

"After the Empress Dowager knew, he also knew that Qin was a country of tigers and wolves. He had to attack the various countries in Guandong every year. If he did not attack Han, he would attack Wei, if he did not attack Wei, he would attack Zhao, and if he did not attack Zhao, he would attack Chu. Now Han and Wei are two or five couplings, and the King of Qin is reconciled as before. Because of the love between mother and son, Qin will also reconcile this month, but our Chu and Qin are not aligned.

Last year, the Qin envoy invited Chu and Qin to marry Princess Hui to marry the Qin Palace as the queen, but the king refused. Now Qin wants to attack me, so I ask the queen mother to take charge and allow Chu and Qin to marry Princess Hui to the Qin State."

Naojiu hit Xiong Jing many times, and had to come to the Empress Dowager to plead with him. He was worried that Zhao Concubine was worried about Zhao State, and said, "Qin and Zhao will join the alliance this month, and our Chu State will allow the marriage envoy to enter Qin in the next month."

"The King of Qin really wants to marry Mi Rui as the queen?" Zhao Fei was taking a nap. After talking in a cunning manner, she was no longer lazy.

"That's right. If the queen mother doesn't believe it, please ask the daughter of Mi Xuan." Naojiu said. "The daughter of Mi Xuan came for Princess Lu. However, the king never allowed it. Instead, he wanted to grant Princess Lu to the general's legitimate son Xiang Chao."

"Since Princess Xu can marry into the Qin Palace as her queen, she cannot give it to Xiang." Concubine Zhao whispered. She then said to the maid behind her: "Go, please invite Mi Lu, and her mother Concubine Yue, too. Go and invite Mi Xuan again, I want to see what she says."

"Which." The maid went down with only a word. Mi Xuan was in the main bedroom, while Mi Xuan was in the queen's bedroom. Mi Xuan had already arrived before Mi Xuan arrived. Mi Xuan's mother, Concubine Yue, was just a concubine. Suddenly, the empress dowager was nervous when she invited her to invite her, but when she saw the emperor here, she felt even more nervous.

Concubine Zhao said: "I heard that Mi Qian and Xiang Chao, the son of the general, are in love with each other. Is there any such thing?"

"Teacher, Empress Dowager..." As soon as he said that, Concubine Yue changed her expression. Although the woman had no chastity, the princess's reputation could not be defiled.

"Mi Qian, I'll ask you, is there any such thing?" Concubine Zhao ignored Concubine Yue, who was panicked, and looked at Mi Qian.

Before Zhao became the queen, she was the princess of Zhao. Before her mother married into the Chu Palace, she was just the daughter of Yue. She was originally a lower status, and when Zhao became the queen, she was even lower. Seeing that her mother was so panicked, she was resentful. She raised her head and said, "I would like to remind the Queen Mother that at the time of Shangsi, Mi Qian met the son of Xiang. Although they met each other, they did not surpass the etiquette and law, and they did not like each other. Mi Qian only felt that the son of Xiang was a true hero. She made frequent contributions to our Chu State in the war last year, and she felt respect."

"Since I have no desire to be happy, I'll ask you," Concubine Zhao glanced at Ling Yin Naojiu, who happened to look at him. The two looked at each other and then quickly opened their eyes. Concubine Zhao continued, "Then I'll ask you, if you want to marry into the Qin Palace and become the King of Qin, are you willing?"

"Ah..." Before Mi Qian was born, Concubine Yue fell down. She thought her daughter was disrespectful to etiquette, which made the queen mother angry, but she didn't expect that she wanted her daughter to marry into Qin and become the descendant of the King of Qin.

"Mi Qian, do you want to?" Concubine Yue was surprised, but Mi Qian remained silent. She knew about this last year.

"Report to the mother, Mi Qian is willing to do it for her mother's national fortune." Mi Qian's head was always tilted before, but she lowered her head at this time. On the day of Shangsi, she and Xiang Chao rode together. Although she had never surpassed the etiquette, the young men and women lived together for a day. The king had previously discussed in detail how brave Xiang Chao was in the battle and had already developed feelings for her. Unexpectedly, this love had already frost before it sprouted.

How could Concubine Zhao not know about the girl's thoughts? She turned to a harmonious voice: "We were born in the palace. Since we were young, we were bells and food, palaces and terraces, and servants served. However, these were all gifts to the country. As a prince and princess, we should share our worries for our mother country. The king still had to face the battle before he was old. After death, how could you ignore your mother country because of your own selfishness? If the mother country is destroyed, how could we have?

Qin was the overlord of the world, and all the countries were afraid of submission. The King of Qin was only crowned last year. He was young and powerful. You entered the Qin Palace not as his concubine, but as his queen, and his status was honorable. Although Xianyang was thousands of miles away, the Empress Dowager Huayang Zu of Qin was a Chu native, the Prime Minister Changping Jun, and Changwen Jun was also a Chu native. I heard that all the nobles of Qin were wearing Chu public costumes and practiced Chu customs, and they regarded Chu artifacts as beautiful. When you entered the Qin Palace, you should be no different from the Chu Palace.

After getting married, I will treat your mother as a sister, and I will also ask the king to treat Yue people well..."

First, with love, then with profit. Mi Qian was not happy as she listened. When she thought of separating from her mother, she was so vague that she was tearful. Concubine Zhao finally kissed her, hugging her crying while wiping her tears.

Naojiu also spoke, but he was speaking to Concubine Yue, "The king carried out a new policy and wanted to allow Yue to restore the country. All the kings of Yue want to be King Yue. If Princess Qian married into the Qin Palace, I should convince the king to take the King of Kuaiji Yue as the king."

The daughter cried and the mother cried, but the cunning words still made Concubine Yue nodded repeatedly. The news of the restoration of the king's country had already spread throughout the Chu State, and the southern Yue State was naturally heard of it. When the family was separated, everyone left. Now they heard that they could restore the country, but they rushed forward to compete for the position of King Yue. Although Yue Junkai of Kuaiji was close to Chu State, he was the weakest among the Yue State. Therefore, a few months ago, Concubine Yue tried to advise the King of Chu: If he was King Yue, the Yue State would remember the kindness of restoring the country and obeyed Chu State from generation to generation.

"Mi Xuan pays homage to the Queen Mother." When Ruoying Gong Mingtang cried, Mi Xuan came. She was still wearing civil servant clothes and paused her head on the mat. She couldn't guess why the scene in front of her was.

"Mi Xuan, I ask you, does King Zheng of Qin really want to marry Princess Qian as the queen?" Concubine Zhao was disliked when she saw Mi Xuan wearing civil servant clothes, but Mi Xuan was the queen mother of Qin. She could not let anyone drive her away from her son, so as not to be punished by Qin.

"Report to the Queen Mother, Sister Qian is so beautiful that the King of Qin is so envious to see her portrait. Last year, he asked the Qin envoy to propose marriage, but..." Mi Xuan thought of Xiong Jing when she spoke. She was looking at Naojiu here, and instantly realized that this was an action discussed by the important officials. But the important officials would act like this. Could it be that the Qin army really wanted to attack Chu again?

"Okay. The King of Qin is willing to marry Mi Qian as queen." Concubine Zhao naturally knew that it was her son who was stopping the marriage. She waved impatiently, "You go and believe in Qin immediately, and say that Chu agrees to the marriage, and ask the King of Qin to send someone to Yingdu to adopt it."

"Wi." Mi Xuan looked at Concubine Zhao, Naojiu was a little worried, but he nodded and replied. When she was about to get up, she asked: "I dare to ask the Queen Mother, if the king asks..."

"If the king asks, the old minister will take it with all his strength." Naojiu said loudly. "Mr. Xuan, please send someone to Xianyang quickly."

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"Where is Naoqing?" Xiong Jing, who returned to the palace from Zaofu, was not in his bedroom, but came to the Grand Sima Mansion. He needed to listen to the War Department and know the report of the Admiral Department. Mi Xuan was naturally excluded from such a top-secret matter.

"The ruler said this is a matter, and he cannot come today." The prefect Lu Yang Jun said, "Tell the king: It is reported that the Qin people have been increasing their troops in Nanyang County. After joining Zhao Guo this month, Taiyuan County, Shangdang County, Henei County, and Dong County. The Qin troops of these four counties will also be transferred to Nanyang. At that time, Nanyang County will gather troops from the ten counties, with a total of no less than 400,000."

"Four hundred thousand?" He looked at the Lord of Luyang, then looked at Li Qi from the Operations Department, and knew that the Secretary of the People should not give me (bi) the person.

"Tell the king that Qin is now in harmony with Han and Wei, and Zhao is also in harmony with Guo and Zhao. If the whole country attacks me, there will be 500,000." Don't let me think that the Lord of Luyang is too conservative, and the matter is related to the safety of Chu. He would rather offend the Lord of Luyang than make the King of Luyang be vigilant.

"Five hundred thousand?" Xiong Jing's face was relaxed and he couldn't help but stumble. He forced a smile and said, "Five hundred thousand Qin came from Jiyi. How can their logistics be guaranteed? The transportation limit of the two-shaft carriage in Qin is only more than 300 miles..."

"Tell the king that the Qin people have known the secret of the four-wheeled carriage. Since last year, the Shaofu is rushing to build four-wheeled carriages. The Qin road is far better than the roads in our country, and the transportation of four-wheeled carriages is ten times that of the two-wheeled horse..."

Don't give me words like a stick. He slapped Xiong Jing with a stick. He was immediately stunned. "You said, Qin also has a four-wheeled carriage? How could it be?" He shouted, his mood a little out of control.
Chapter completed!