Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

And the more outrageous the rumors, the easier it will be for the common people to talk about them, and from time to time they express their emotions. It turns out that the circles of these nobles are so chaotic, it can be said that the noble circles are really chaotic.

From Zhao Kuo's point of view, of course he is very happy to see this day.

But it also reminded Zhao Kuo.

Because the reason why Lord Pingyang is willing to cooperate with Concubine Li at the risk of breaking with Zhou Shaofen, this shows that Lord Pingyang must have obtained a very important bargaining chip from Concubine Li, which can be said to be a bargaining chip that Lord Pingyang cannot refuse.

After thinking about it, Zhao Kuo felt that the only bargaining chip was Zhao Kuo himself.

"I never imagined that this concubine Li was sent to the palace by me, but now she wants to deal with me in reverse?

If I had known this before, I might as well just send a nightingale spy in. "

Zhao Kuo couldn't help but make complaints.

In front of Zhao Kuo, several confidantes couldn't help laughing when they heard the words.

In fact, they all knew that according to Zhao Kuo's personality, he would not give a woman to Zhao Wang to play, even if it was just a "subordinate".

Nightingale has a large number of spies in various countries, including men and women, but there has never been a case of taking the initiative to send a woman to the target to play with or go undercover.

Li Mu said to Zhao Kuo eagerly, "My lord, isn't our Chi You army still outside the city?

As long as you give an order, Chi You's army will directly enter Handan City and take down Zhao Kuo and Concubine Li directly, there will be absolutely no surprises. "

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing when he heard the words, shook his head and said, "Of course it's easy to take down Handan City, but if you really do this, then the whole Zhao country will become our enemy."

Li Mu said helplessly, "Then what should we do next?"

Zhao Kuo smiled, glanced at Han Fei, and said meaningfully: "Haven't Han Fei's idea already been said before?

The most important thing to deal with them is to divide the relationship between the queen and the king. Now that we have done this, we only need a small push. "

Li Mu couldn't wait to say: "How can we go smoothly?"

Zhao Kuo stroked the beard on his chin and said with a smile: "When a person is at his happiest, it is also the time when he is most likely to let his guard down.

So, of course we have to wait until Concubine Li gives birth to this child before making any plans.

If possible, I really hope that the child born to Concubine Li is a boy. "

Chapter 866 The calm before the volcanic eruption

Li Mu was stunned by Zhao Kuo's words.

From Li Mu's point of view, it's actually hard for him to understand why Zhao Kuo actually hoped that the child born to Concubine Li would be a boy?

So Li Mu couldn't help asking: "My lord, if the child born by Concubine Li is a girl, wouldn't it be more beneficial to us?"

Zhao Kuo smiled, and said to Li Mu patiently: "In the short term, Concubine Li's birth of a girl is really beneficial to us.

Since Concubine Li couldn't give birth to a boy, it was naturally impossible to find ways to target the queen, and the conflict between her and the queen would not be intensified.

But in the long run, since Concubine Li can conceive the first child, she can of course conceive the second child. Once the second or third child gives birth to a boy, several years have passed by then. As a political ally, the power will be very stable, which is a relatively unfavorable thing for us. "

Guo Zong on the side couldn't help but interjected at this time: "So what the lord wants is to use this matter to attack them when the alliance between Concubine Li and Pingyang Lord is not particularly strong. Attack, right?"

Zhao Kuo nodded slightly.

He smiled and said: "It is indeed like this, by the way, didn't Lian Po go to conquer Liaodong just now?

If Lian Po can conquer Liaodong, it will also be a great development for Pingyang Jun's power. By that time, Pingyang Jun will definitely be more proud.

On the one hand, his ally in the military won the victory, and on the other hand, his ally in the harem successfully gave birth to a son, so Pingyang Jun can be said to have reached the most glorious moment that can be achieved during this period of time.

This kind of moment is also the moment when a person is most likely to relax his vigilance because of pride and complacency. As long as we can make a move at this moment, then this Pingyang Lord will naturally be pushed by us very easily, and then fall to the ground with a slap into countless fragments. "

When Zhao Kuo said these words, his tone was very relaxed, but all the confidants present could sense a kind of self-confidence with a well-thought-out plan and a sure chance of winning from the expression of Zhao Kuo's speech.

This kind of confidence immediately infected everyone else present, and made them all calm down.

Yes, since the lord has already made up his mind, what do we ministers need to worry about?

All you need to do is to follow the Lord's will.

In the following time, Zhao Guo's political arena changed again.

The first thing that can be clearly felt is that Zhao Wang's attitude towards Zhao Ke has become much colder, and he even rejected Zhao Kuo's opinions in public several times when the court meeting was held.

This made everyone aware that something was wrong, and Zhao Kuo knew very well that this was of course the credit of the concubine Li in the court.

As for Mr. Pingyang, he was overjoyed, because almost every time King Zhao rejected Zhao Kuo's opinion, it would inevitably lead to Mr. Pingyang becoming a powerful winner in the end.

As for Zhou Shaofen, he was still relatively silent, but once Pingyang Jun and Zhao Kuo disagreed, Zhou Shaofen would either not speak up, or if he spoke, he would definitely support Zhao Kuo, which made Pingyang Jun quite helpless.

Generally speaking, in the original political arena of Zhao State, Zhao Kuo firmly suppressed Lord Pingyang.

However, during this period of time, as King Zhao began to support Pingyang Jun, Pingyang Jun was also able to win a round in some places. The overall offensive and defensive battles between the two sides are still in a [-]-[-] state.

The fierce struggle in Zhao's political arena has also attracted the attention of other countries. A large number of spies from other countries, especially Qin's spies, have created a lot of rumors in Handan City during this period. Zhao Kuo was also extremely annoyed.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo immediately ordered Nightingale to report some evidence about the spies of Qin State in Handan City to the Zhao State government on its own initiative.

Then the Handan government naturally followed these evidences to arrest a large number of Qin spies. For a while, the current Handan commander was very complacent, feeling that it was all relying on his own sharp eyes that these Qin people could not Show off your power in Handan City.

If the matter just continued like this, it would still be in a relatively controllable range overall, but at this moment, a news that was enough to change the situation came back again.

Lian Po won.

After leading the [-] Zhao army to set off, Lian Po also broke into the Liaodong Peninsula all the way, and just conquered Xiangping City, the largest city in the Liaodong Peninsula and the last city occupied by the Yan people just seven days ago.

After Xiangping City was conquered, Lian Po completely included all the land in Liaodong of Yan State into the territory of Zhao State.

Except for a small part of the King Yan family who fled to Jizi North Korea, most of the King Yan family had been captured or beheaded by Lian Po.

After this great battle, the country of Yan has completely nailed the last nail on the coffin wood. At least relying on the strength of the people of the country of Yan, it is absolutely impossible to have any chance of turning over.

Lian Po's victory naturally set off a small upsurge in the country of Zhao, and the happiest person among them was undoubtedly Lord Pingyang.

Lian Po has won two battles this year, defeating the Yuezhi respectively, and completely destroying the Yan Kingdom. The prestige that exploded was completely salvaged.

In addition, many people have become a little optimistic about Pingyang Jun because of this incident, and feel that after being suppressed by Zhao Kuo for a long time, Pingyang Jun has finally begun to be very happy.

In this regard, Pang Nuan, one of Zhao Kuo's most loyal allies, couldn't help complaining: "Mr. Wu Xin, during this period of time, many grasshoppers have begun to be a little uncomfortable again. The speed of these guys is really fast enough. Yes."

For this hard-core ally, Zhao Kuo didn't have any intention to hide anything. He smiled and said to Pang Nuan: "Pang Qing, please be patient, we will solve this matter completely soon. gone."

Pang Nuan was taken aback when he heard this.

Then he said somewhat uneasy: "Wu Xinjun, can this matter really be resolved?

You know you've said it several times before. "

Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing after hearing this sentence, and said to Pang Nuan very affirmatively: "The reason why we didn't solve it before was because various variables interfered with our plan, but this time the plan should not No more flaws."

When Zhao Kuo said these words, he felt a little helpless in his heart. He didn't expect that it should be a relatively simple plan to bring down the Pingyang Army. Why are there so many variables along the way?

Thinking about it carefully, most of these variables are actually brought about by King Zhao. After all, King Zhao controls the supreme power of Zhao State. With Zhao Kuo's current power, he still cannot compete with King Zhao for the time being.

Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, thinking silently in his heart: "Soon, this problem of the king should be solved."

Chapter 867 Concubine Li's Careful Thoughts

Lian Po's victory brought many consequences, one of the most intuitive consequences is that Mr. Pingyang felt that he was doing well again.

So on the second day after hearing the news of Lian Po's victory, Lord Pingyang quietly entered the sky and begged to see Concubine Li again.

Concubine Li's belly is already getting big at this time, and the various discomforts brought about by pregnancy are tormenting this beautiful woman, so she obviously has some impatient expressions when she speaks.

"Pingyang County, is there something wrong with you running here suddenly?"

Concubine Li could be impatient, but Jun Pingyang did not dare to show any impatient expression. In the past so many days, it was precisely because of the support from this woman that Jun Pingyang was able to face Zhao Kuo again and again. back to the situation.

Lord Pingyang cautiously said to Concubine Li: "This is Concubine Li, General Lian Po has just won the victory, so the old minister dared to ask Concubine Li to help continue the activities in front of the king, and see if he can give Zhao Kuo directly knocked out.

Once Zhao Kuo is defeated, we can take advantage of the situation to help Lian Po to the position of general. Then with veterans and Lian Po around, the prince in your stomach, Concubine Li, will be absolutely as stable as Mount Tai. "

After listening to Mr. Pingyang's words, Concubine Li thought for a while, and then said to Mr. Pingyang, "It is true that I can explain it to you, but you'd better wait for the specific actions in my stomach." Do it after the baby is born.

Otherwise, what should Zhao Kuo do if he jumps over the wall in a hurry? "

For Concubine Li's words, Jun Pingyang was actually not that satisfied in his heart, but he still agreed with a smile on his face.

Seeing Jun Pingyang's leaving figure, Concubine Li's pretty face was slightly cold, and she sneered softly.

"What a brainless guy. He knows how to fight for power all day long. No wonder he can't even fight that Wu Xinjun."

From Concubine Li's point of view, if she was a man, where would these stinky men in Zhao's political arena have their foothold?

But Concubine Li smiled immediately, because his gaze had already fallen on her stomach.

As long as there is a prince in the belly, Concubine Li can continue to be the queen mother after the prince inherits the throne. In this way, the entire three generations of Zhao's monarchs have the queen mother as regent, which is also a good story.

At this moment, there was a sound of footsteps approaching from far away, and Zhao Wang's very pleasant voice came over.

"My concubine, the widow is here again."

After hearing Zhao Wang's voice, Concubine Li's pretty face suddenly changed an expression, from the heart like a snake just now, to the charming like a flower in an instant.

Concubine Li went up to welcome King Zhao, and said delicately: "Why did the King come here?

The concubine thought that the king had already forgotten the concubine. "

King Zhao laughed loudly, hugged Concubine Li, and said to Concubine Li, "What are you talking about? Even if I forget the whole world, I can't forget my beloved concubine."

After listening to King Zhao's words, Concubine Li had an extremely moved expression on her face, as if she was completely paralyzed in King Zhao's arms.

But in fact, as a woman who has been in the brothel for so many years, Concubine Li has long been used to this kind of sweet talk.

Even for her, Zhao Wang's words were child-level love words, and they didn't cause any waves at all.

However, as a courtesan in a brothel, Concubine Li's acting skills are still very online, and she directly coaxed King Zhao into a circle.

Under such circumstances, King Zhao also unknowingly made many promises to Concubine Li, including a very fatal word.

"My concubine, if you can really give birth to a prince for me in the future, then I might think about it and see if this prince can be the king of our Great Zhao in the future."

As the saying goes, the speaker has no intention, but the listener has intention. After hearing this sentence, Concubine Li felt ecstatic in her heart.

Ever since, Concubine Li winked more and more, and said to King Zhao: "Your Majesty and my concubines are a little tired, please go in and rest with your Majesty and my concubines."

After hearing Concubine Li's words, King Zhao couldn't help hesitating, and said to Concubine Li: "My dear concubine, you are pregnant with Liujia now, isn't it a bit inconvenient?"

Concubine Li gave King Zhao a very charming look, and said softly: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, there are many ways to deal with the concubine."

After a long time, the room became quiet again.

Concubine Li leaned on King Zhao's chest, and said softly to King Zhao: "Your Majesty, you have already said before, you should think about it carefully, and restrain this Wu Xinjun?

But why does the concubine seem to feel that Wu Xinjun is still so rampant recently?

As a warrior, if Wu Xinjun's power continues to expand like this, it will be very unfavorable to our country Zhao. "

In fact, I don't know how many people have said words like Concubine Li's in front of King Zhao.

But the problem is that when the same words are spoken by different people, they have different effects.

King Zhao frowned, and said to Concubine Li: "Mr. Wu Xin is actually loyal, you see, he hasn't caused any trouble after all these years?

I want the widow to say, Wu Xinjun can suppress it appropriately, and the widow will rely on him to eliminate other princes in the future. "

After hearing these words, Concubine Li felt a little unhappy.

Of course, it was impossible for her to reason with Zhao Wang, because from the perspective of reasoning, what Zhao Wang said was indeed correct.

So Concubine Li immediately took out a woman's most advanced weapon, that is to act coquettishly.

Sure enough, after a lot of acting like a baby, King Zhao had to raise his hand and surrender.

"Okay, okay, the widow knows about this.

That's good, doesn't Lord Wu Xin have a confidant named Li Si, who has also been a sheriff in Donghu County for several years recently.

Isn't this period of time just on the clock?

The widow finds a reason to dismiss Li Si from his position, so it can be regarded as allowing you to give you an explanation, okay? "

When Concubine Li heard this, her anger turned into joy, she hugged Zhao Wang's arm, and said softly: "I already know that the king is the most wise."

Zhao Wang looked at Concubine Li's appearance, and the unhappiness in his heart disappeared in an instant. He could only shake his head helplessly, and said to Concubine Li: "You, you haven't become a queen yet. Then I started to point out the country.

Your task now is to give birth to this child properly. After the child is born, the widow will naturally have other plans. "

Faced with Zhao Wang's words, Concubine Li naturally nodded obediently, but she had other plans in her heart.