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Shangguan Yao said: "Master Yuan, Lord Ji, we are subjects after all, and have no right to decide such important matters for the lord." He looked at Tan Qiao, "Mr. The lord is good, the lord must have started to recover, otherwise how can he start to get close to the eldest lady and prepare to give birth to an heir for our country?"

As soon as his words came out, there was an uproar in the hall. The ministers of the Xinyuan Kingdom looked at each other first, and then couldn't help but began to talk in whispers, especially the Han officials. Isn't Qiang already almost abolished?Now that the king's body is recovering, why doesn't he come out?

The officials of the Qi family all looked a little unhappy, but Tan Qiao broke out in a cold sweat instantly. How did Shangguan Yao know about Feng Qiang!Did Shangguan Yao bury someone in the palace? !Did he know that Feng Qiang had an affair with him?

Yuan Rong and Ji Huan looked at each other, and they both saw something wrong from the reactions of the officials of Xin Yuan Kingdom.

Tan Qiao hurriedly said: "Please return the two envoys to the embassy for the time being, and then return to the Lord of the Ming Dynasty next time, and give you two answers."

Yuan Rong nodded slowly, and said indifferently: "Since the lord of your country is getting better soon, but he doesn't want to meet with us, is it because he looks down on my lord and deputy, or is he dissatisfied with Dakang... I hope the prime minister will come this morning." Give us an answer."

Tan Qiao sent the two of them away with a smile on his face, and calmly said under the strange eyes of many courtiers: "The lord's health has indeed begun to improve, and I will go to visit and ask for instructions." He and Feng Qiang planned to take her away at the right time. When the matter of pregnancy was revealed, he could not refute Shangguan Yao's words at all.

One of the Han officials said strangely: "What's the matter, Prime Minister Tan? What's the idea of ​​asking Mrs. Feng to take care of the lord when he was seriously injured?" He thought that if the lord really started to get close to Feng Qiang, it might be Feng Qiang. During the illness of the king, he took good care of him and moved the king, but can Feng Qiang really change his temper?How can it be.

Tan Qiao remained silent, but a courtier of the Qi family said to the Hanchen, "Are you dissatisfied with the arrangement of the lord? When is it your turn to be the master of the lord's family affairs!"

The previous Han official said leisurely: "If ordinary Han women are the eldest wives, this is the affairs of the head of the country, but if it is you Qi clan women, this is the state affairs of our Xinyuan Kingdom."

The Qi clansman was about to call in anger, Shangguanyao looked at him calmly, then smiled at Tan Qiao: "Anyway, the king is coming out soon, if you have any questions, you can ask the king yourself!"

Another Hanchen sighed: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen the king for a while. The king will calm down in the future and stay in the country for a long time. Only then can I feel at ease." The taste is really bad. When they took the initiative to send troops, they were all described as such by the king. Compared with the words of the Han envoys who were speechless, Tanqiao is really not enough.

"You're right..."

"This time, let's ask for orders together, and don't let the king go away!"

"Yes! Let's beg him together!"

Tan Qiao gritted his teeth, and his face became more and more ugly. Cheng Sijie was not around these few years, and he handled the government affairs and corrected the papers by himself. The Xinyuan Kingdom is now ruled by Langlang. forget!

When Tan Qiao returned to the palace, Feng Qiang already knew the news, and said with a gloomy expression, "Are we really going to release Cheng Sijie?"

Tan Qiao said coldly, "What do you want to do?"

Feng Qiang's face was full of viciousness, she sneered and said: "It's better to kill their good country leader directly! Let's say that the injury is not treated to death!"

Tan Qiao said: "What about your belly? Those ministers all have eyes. You are already four months old, and it has not been a month since Cheng Sijie came back! Even if you hide it, if you give birth to a girl Woolen cloth?"

Feng Qiang raised her head high, "If it's a girl, you can also ascend the throne!"

Tan Qiao said calmly: "In the eyes of us Han people, girls have no possibility of becoming the throne."

Feng Qiang said angrily: "You Han people! You Han people! You Han people say everything! This was originally the land of our Qi people! You doves occupy the magpie's nest! We Qi people, women can also support the family and stand upright!"

Tan Qiao looked at her, without saying a word, turned around and went to the place where Cheng Sijie was imprisoned.

Feng Qiang stood up and said anxiously: "Come back! You bastard! Come back—you coward! You are an idiot! How did I find a man like you! What use are you for!"

Tan Qiao finally couldn't help but stopped, and looked back at Feng Qiang.

Feng Qiang was forced to take a step back by the chill in his eyes, and fell down on the chair.

When Tan Qiao appeared in front of Cheng Sijie, Cheng Sijie was playing chess with Qi Yunruo. Qi Yunruo learned Reversi from his mother when he was young, but it was abandoned all these years and he picked it up again.

Cheng Sijie glanced at Tanqiao without any surprises, and continued to settle down.

Qi Yunruo twisted Baizi, but his heart was not as calm as Cheng Sijie's. Who is Dakang's envoy?Do you know the prince?Have you had a chance to meet them?

Tan Qiao said: "The lord..."

Cheng Sijie said indifferently: "I dare not take it."

Tan Qiao's face was a little embarrassed, but then he stood aside calmly and told the story of today's negotiation with Dakang's envoy. Qi Yunruo quickly thought about the name "Yuan Rong" in his mind, but he never heard the prince say I have never heard of this person before.

Cheng Sijie didn't answer, but reminded Qi Yunruo: "It's your turn."

Tan Qiao took a deep breath and said, "Xinyuan Kingdom is the ruler's world. If we really surrender to Dakang and become their vassal state in the future, wouldn't the ruler feel sad?"

Cheng Sijie asked strangely: "What does this have to do with me? You have no ability to defend the Xinyuan Kingdom. It is your son and Feng Qiang who will become the lord of the Dakang vassal state in the future, not my descendants."

Qi Yunruo on the side couldn't help chuckling, Cheng Sijie seemed really puzzled, and said to Tanqiao, "I'm a person waiting to die, and you actually come to ask me? Tsk tsk."

Tan Qiao's face turned red at first, then gradually turned black, and finally, as if he hadn't heard what Cheng Sijie said, he continued: "The two people sent by Dakang this time are the emperor's close ministers, and Yuan Rong is a cabinet scholar. Ji Huan is a Bachelor of Attendance at the Imperial Academy..."

Qi Yunruo's hand trembled, and the chess piece fell to the wrong place—Ji Huan?Brother Ji?It's him!He came to Xinyuan Kingdom!In an instant, Qi Yunruo's heart beat wildly.

Cheng Sijie glanced at him vaguely.

Tan Qiao said: "Master, the Xinyuan Kingdom has been built with three generations of hard work by the married couple, do you really care?"

Cheng Sijie yawned, and said casually, "I have been married for three generations, why not your Tan family? The grandfather of the Tan family is also my grandfather's savior."

Tan Qiao's whole body froze, his teeth clenched tightly, and he thought countless times, why did his grandfather have that ability back then, why did he choose to save Prince Ruiwen? Couldn't he come to build the country by himself?He also thought of his grandfather and father teaching him to be loyal to his family, and Cheng Sijie confided in himself and completely entrusted the state affairs to himself... Finally, he remembered that the palace was here, he happened to pass by, and saw Feng Qiang arrived with a haggard face.

He felt pity and sympathy for Feng Qiang at first, then he fell in love with him, and finally he was provoked by her words, so he thought that he could take Cheng Sijie instead.

Now, he has completely lost his affection for the ambitious Feng Qiang, and the deepest feeling is that she bewitched him with her tricky words!I did such a rebellious thing myself!

Feng Qiang!It's all Feng Qiang!

Tan Qiao left in a daze, and Qi Yunruo had no intention of continuing to play chess at all. Cheng Sijie stretched his waist and asked, "Do you know the envoy?"

Qi Yunruo said: "I don't know." Outsiders rarely know that Ji Huan was once in Prince Chun's Mansion. He was also a secret guest in the mansion. When he left, he had to go out of the city to go around a few times before returning to Ji Shangshu's Mansion.

Cheng Sijie narrowed his eyes slightly and let out an "oh".

Qi Yunruo asked: "When are you going out?"

Cheng Sijie said: "Can you hold on without looking at Tanqiao? When he can't hold on anymore, Gu will naturally come out of the mountain." He shook his folding fan with a proud expression on his face.

Qi Yunruo forced a smile, and his mind began to spin crazily. How can he let Brother Ji know the news of his being trapped—but he suddenly thought that if Cheng Sijie was released, he must be more difficult to deal with than Tanqiao. It's hard for my brother to deal with him, so what should I do?

Also, Cheng Sijie's countless spies in the pass, in the capital, and in the Qiang nationality!

The territory of the Qiang nationality, Botuk's tent.

Botuk sat with his mother, Ayi, and Botuk walked back and forth in the tent, asking once in a while, "Have the people who went to Xinyuan Kingdom come back yet?"

He first contacted Cheng Sijie's spies who stayed in the Qiang nationality, and was afraid that those spies would never return, so he then sent his own soldiers to ask for help. According to the time, those people should have arrived long ago. There was no news from the country.

"Now Berg is more favored by the father, and Cheng Sijie is playing the role of the wind! Has he forgotten that I was the one who spoke in front of the father, gave them more cattle and sheep, and promised to give them land!"

Ayi calmly said: "Perhaps Cheng Sijie is in danger."

Botuk remained silent for a long time.

Ayi sighed: "At the beginning, if you accepted the princess of the Han Dynasty yourself, in the eyes of the Han people, you were the uncle of King Chun, and he would definitely support you to ascend to the position of Chanyu, but you pushed him to the uncle. Ge, now Berg is not only favored by your father, but also supported by the Dakang royal family behind him, how can we beat him."

Botuk said angrily: "If I had known that such a day would come, of course I would have brought the Han princess here!"

King Chun has already begun to invade the territory of the Qiang people, gradually encircling the capital of the Qiang people. Bo Tuke was even worried that not only would he not become the next leader of the Qiang people, but he would also become a prisoner. Ayi was also afraid that she had completely fallen out of favor. The Xixiao clan has lost its former glory, and it is very likely that she will be included in Berg's account in the future, and those lowly female slaves and concubines can step on her head.

Three days later, Botuk still hadn't waited for Xin Yuanguo's response, but he received a letter from King Chun of Dakang. Botuk hurriedly opened the letter, feeling panicked in his heart. What does hand over mean?Who is this?He continued to read the letter, and when he saw what happened on the day the man lost contact with King Chun, he felt a sudden shock - he once heard that his subordinates forced King Chun to jump into the river of clouds, and before he had time to be happy, he heard that The news that King Chun led the troops to call, then, the person who really jumped into the Yunhe River is probably this man!

... What if, what if he died?

Berg had already served as an envoy to discuss peace with Li Chen, but when he was in Tanqiao of Xinyuan Kingdom, he felt even more headache when he saw these Qiang men who were eager to ask the king for help.