In the little bed, the Empress Dowager Zhao was looking at the newly woven bun in front of the mirror. The real hair was fused with wigs, making the bun look like a towering mountain, with gold and jade gems arranged in a staggered manner. Under the majesty, it was extremely delicate, exquisite and luxurious. Under the bun was the beautiful face of the spiritual sleeve, but what was more swaying than the face was the cleavage like a white jade under the low neckline, and the tulle that was deliberately applied by pink rouge under the gauze...

Looking at herself in the mirror, she frowned slightly in the dark eyebrows. She sighed and asked behind her: "Why haven't Xiangbang come yet?"

"Report to the Empress Dowager, the Prime Minister has left the city." The maid carefully agreed. "Have you, Xu You..."

"The Qin people attacked me, and the country is busy. Why do the prime ministers leave the city?" Ling Hui no longer looked at himself in the mirror, but turned his head.

"The Empress Dowager's Reveal." The temple man on the outside bent and spoke carefully.

"Yan." Linghui glanced at him. She lived in the bedroom, and she had much information about her due to the temple people.

"Reported to the Empress Dowager, Zhao's army was defeated in Pingyang, and Xiangbang urgently asked the ministers for countermeasures." The temple said that what he said was actually news about the road. "Xiangbang left the city, and he was afraid to see Mr. Fengguan in the west of the city. Mr. Fengguan was the Grand Tutor of the King of Chu, Xiangbang..."

"Yu Pingyang was defeated?" Pingyang was about ninety miles south of Handan City. The Zhao army was defeated here, and Handan was in danger of being surrounded. Although Linghui was a woman, she did not understand the national affairs. "Where is General Hu Zhe?" she asked anxiously.

"Tai, Empress Dowager," the temple man's face changed a few times. Under the pressure of the spiritual sleeve, he finally said: "General Hu Ze... is dead."

"Ah." Ling Hui couldn't help but cry. The general of Zhao State was not the general of Chu State. The general was actually equal to the Grand Marshal of Chu State. If the general died, the actual commander of the Zhao army was killed. This was also the reason why the Hou of Chunping Zhao Liang blocked the news. Ling Hui suddenly felt that it was difficult for her to breathe. She gasped for a while before saying, "Summon the Grand Tutor, summon the Grand Tutor quickly!"

Smart people will never put eggs in a basket, let alone women who are humble from a lowly background and have a sense of security. The Grand Tutor Guo Kai is another reliance for Linghui. Although this reliance is still very weak compared to the power of the Zhao clan represented by the Chunping Hou Zhao Liang, it is independent of the power of the Chunping Hou.

Guo Kai, who knew his status, rushed over as soon as he saw Zhao Jie. On the way, he knew all the reasons why Linghui summoned him. He said as soon as he saw Linghui, "Reported to the Empress Dowager, the Qin people want to destroy our Zhao State, and Zhao State is in danger. However, the prime minister does not need the strategy of Sima Kong, to seek help from Chu State. This is a mistake."

"What is the plan for the Shangqing Sikong Ma? What is the plan for the Shangqing?" Linghui asked afterwards that Sikong Ma was appointed by her husband Zhao Yan after he dismissed Jianxin Jun. Her impression of Sima Kong was not only not bad, but also very good.

"I don't know either." Guo Kaidao. "I only heard that the Supreme Lord was expelled from the Prime Minister's Mansion. The Supreme Lord said outside the Palace: 'I followed the foolish plan and the Prime Minister's Mansion will not be used. This is because I have no choice but to serve Zhao, and I am willing to ask for it'."

Sikong Ma was not allowed to use it after offering a plan, so he asked to go to Zhao himself. Lingmei could not sit still after hearing this. However, Sikong Ma offered a plan as a national government. According to the tacit understanding she maintained with Chunping Hou, she could not participate in the national government, because Chunping Hou promised that Zhao Qian would return the national government to Zhao Qian. However, if Zhao State died here...

"Can the Taifu ask someone to ask what the plan has been proposed by the emperor?" Linghui hesitated for a while and was determined to ask for advice. Soon, in less than an hour, Sikong Ma's plan appeared in Linghui's eyes: on the map of Zhao, the Hutuo water flowing west and east were heavily marked out. With the Hutuo water as the boundary, the south accounted for only one-seventh or even one-eighth of the Zhao land area. Sikong Ma's plan was to ced all the Zhao land south of the Hutuo water to Qin in exchange for the Qin State to stop the army.

Vision can deceive people. The map only expresses the land area. In fact, the land north of Yanshan has no farming value. Once the Hejian land south of the Hutuo River and the Handan Plain are ceded to Zhao, there will be very few places left for cultivation in Zhao. Even if the land of Dukang in Yan State is supplemented, the national strength will be greatly damaged.

"In this way, can Zhao State survive?" The spiritual corsage, who didn't know what the south of the Hutuo River represents, looked at Guo Kai.

"I agree." Guo Kai nodded repeatedly. "Qin attacked Zhao because Zhao occupied Yan territory and was afraid that Zhao would be strong. If half of the country was stolen with Qin, Zhao would be weak. Since Zhao was weak, Qin should attack Chu and Qi, and Zhao would survive. The prime minister did not use this plan to ask Chu to save Zhao. He would not say whether Chu would save me. He would only say that the three-year battle between Chu and Qin would be without the power to save Zhao, unless..."

Guo Kai also thought of what Feng Guanzi thought of at this time: If Chu State is angry with Qin State, it is likely that such a result of attacking Chu and rescuing Zhao. But is Chu State that stupid?

"Unless it?" Linghui was stunned when she saw him and quickly asked.

"If Chu can attack Qin, Qin will attack Chu. Qin will attack Chu, Zhao will also be accused." Guo Kai told the truth that although he and Hou Chunping were political enemies, this was just a political opinion, especially the different strategies adopted for negotiations with Qin, which did not mean that he really wanted to betray Zhao.

Guo Tongguo, and the Guo family was destroyed by Jin. When Zhao Jianzi opened up Jinyang, the Guo family merged into Zhao. Later, Zhao moved its capital to Handan, and the Guo family's iron smelting craftsmen migrated. After more than two hundred years of marriage, the Guo family had become part of the nobles of Zhao. Betrayed Zhao State without any benefit to the Guo family. He was as smart as Guo Kai, and could fully predict the fate of the Guo family after the fall of Zhao State. He also understood that Zhao State could not withstand the continuous attack of Qin State. With the current situation, if he could not cause trouble to the south, he could only cut off his arm.

"Can Chu attack Qin?" The temptation of the Nanyan of the Huoshui made Ling Mei breathe rapidly again. If Qin could attack Chu for another three years, Zhao would be safe. "Can you ask the Empress Dowager of Chu..."

"I thought it was impossible." Guo Kai thought about it and finally shook his head. "The Empress Dowager of Chu has no power. The policy of Chu is not in the hands of the King of Chu but in the hands of Zhu Ao. Zhu Ao was also elected by the nobles of the Duke clan. The subordinates were in the upper hand, and the royal power was the elliptical. The King of Chu should not raise troops with just one thought.

Only when the King of Chu met in Gaotang, Zhu Ao Yicheng Jie drew his sword and killed the Qin envoy angrily. He also insulted the King of Qin, saying that he was not the son of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, but the son of the Marquis of Wenxin, Lu Buwei, and called him Lu Zheng. If the King of Qin was angry, he might attack Chu."

Guo Kai mentioned the news about the Gaotang Alliance. The most sensational person besides the killing of Qin Yao Jia was that the King of Qin was the son of Lu Buwei. The countries in Guandong had long hated Qin. As soon as this news came out, it seemed to have grown wings. It spread to Handan within a few days, and within a dozen days it spread throughout Qi, Zhao, Wei, Han, and Chu.

The story of Lu Buwei's "disclosed girl" was not circulated in this era. This is a story that only existed in the Han Dynasty. After Sima Qian recorded it in "Records of the Grand Historian: Biography of Lu Buwei", Ban Gu, after Ruoao, wrote it into "Book of Han".

There is no evidence in fact that Zhao Zheng is the son of Lu Buwei. At the beginning, Lu Buwei was just thinking about the "master of the country". Since it was just for the "master of the country", there was no need to risk giving a pregnant beauty to the future "master of the country". If the incident happened - even if Zhao Ji didn't say anything and the person who knew about it, the child born would be likely to look like Lu Buwei.

This is not only very likely, but also unchangeable. Lu Buwei, a merchant-born, bet on the 'establishing the lord of the country' rather than giving away his heir to Qin. Even if things succeeded by luck, Qin still had a surname named Ying clan Zhao. Lu Zheng worshiped the ancestors of the Zhao clan instead of the ancestors of the Lu clan. Maybe he would have to kill the Lü clan in order to keep it secret, and it was impossible for the 'soul to be left alone'.

However, as Tasidu said: Once the emperor becomes the object of hatred by people, the good and bad things he does will also arouse people's disgust towards him. All countries in the world hate Qin, and some Xinqian leaders who have become "Qin people" hate Qin even more. Once the rumors spread, Luoyang, the closest to Guandong, was the first to spread the Qin Wang family, Lu Fei family Zhao. Luoyang Order quickly used the "slander clan" to punish the people who spread the matter, but the news still uncontrollably spread to Guanzhong and reached Xianyang.

"Report to the king that the slanderers have killed the three clans. Those who heard this have all moved..." Li Si, the court officer, lay in front of the case of the Qin King in Zhangtai Palace, talked about the way the rumor spreaders were dealing with. He heard the princess voice that Zhao Zheng gritted his teeth.

"Great King, I have a plan to break this rumor." The right prime minister, Changping Jun Xiong Qi, made a statement. When he saw Zhao Zheng looking over, he immediately said: "The eldest son Fusu Xiaoji, the former king. I think he can make the eldest son Fusu the crown prince of Qin, and told the world that Qin has made the eldest son Fusu the crown prince because of his Xiaoji's previous king. People have children, whether they are Xiao's father or Xiao's mother, if they are true or not, the rumor is spread, how can the eldest son Xiaoji's previous king?"

"I think it's okay." Wei Zhuang and other ministers immediately agreed. "Please ask the king to make the eldest son Fusu the crown prince."

"King, Prince Fusu is still young, if..." Xiong Qi used his strength to fight, just to make the son of Chu girl the crown prince. Seeing that the king was not happy to agree, Feng Quji, a censor who did not belong to the Chu clan, immediately expressed his opposition. "I think that those who are clear will be clear, and those who are turbid will be turbid. The more you distinguish this matter, the more you believe in the people who are vengeful to Qin, you should not argue and kill the clan."

"Doctor Feng is well-known." Xiong Qi, who seized the opportunity, was unwilling to let go. "Precisely because this matter should not be defensive to those who hated Qin, the eldest son Fusu should be appointed as the crown prince, and the eldest son Xiao Ji and the former king to refute the rumors. King, this matter is related to the country of Qin, so do not slackew."

"This rumor was circulated by Jing Ao Chengjie. If you want to refute the rumors, you should attack the people of Jing." As soon as Xiong Qi said that he would establish the prince, Wei Liao knew his plan, so he specially proposed to attack Jing. "What do you think?"

"The people of Jing killed my envoy and insulted my king. I need to attack him." Xiong Qi pretended to be angry and bowed: "Please ask the king to attack Jing as punishment."

The Qin army had already attacked Zhao in an all-round way, and instead attacked Chu, it regarded military and national affairs as a joke. Xiong Qi, who maintained close ties with Chu, was reluctant to do this. The Grand Sima Mansion believed that what he had to do was to make the Qin State's national policy fluctuate, attacking Chu one year, attacking Zhao one year, and attacking Wei one year, etc. Only by disrupting the strategic rhythm of Qin State and sweeping the world was the most beneficial to Chu State.
Chapter completed!