Emperor Longyu quickly made a decision in his heart, but in front of Qi Zhan, he didn't mention Jing Qianjiang.

Emperor Longyu said: "If Grand Master Song learned that he was fighting on the battlefield, but I sent his grandson to Nanrong, do you think he would feel resentment?"

Qi Zhan said: "If you are ordered by your father, it is a matter of course."

What did he mean to ask Qu Xiao to come forward to persuade? Qu Chang lost, this is a good idea, no one can tell? Nothing can come out.

When Emperor Longyu heard this, he looked at Qi Zhan and smiled, and said: "Zhan'er, since you were young, I have always said that you are the smartest one among my children."

Qi Zhan was stunned, and only listened to him: "No matter what, you can always find the best solution? And it's all intertwined, so that everything can be used to the best of its ability. This point, even Hui'er Not as good as you."

Qi Zhan was obsessed with competing with the prince. This sentence "Even Huier is not as good as you", I am afraid it is what he wants to hear the most, not to mention that it was said by Emperor Longyu himself. Restrain the look of joy.

Emperor Longyu was at this time? The conversation changed: "But things? Make the best use of them, but people? There are many variables. Zhaner, in your eyes, can you see people?"

Qi Zhan's mood was ups and downs, and he immediately understood what the emperor meant, and quickly knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, forgive me, my son is in a hurry? I want to share my father's worries..."

Emperor Longyu waved his hand: "Go down, your suggestion is quite good. Come here and order Qu Xiang to enter the palace immediately."

After leaving the imperial study room, the panic on Qi Zhan's face disappeared.

They can hear the meaning of warning in the father's words, but that is not important, what is important is that they have achieved their goal and gained practical benefits.

Since being grounded in the mansion last time, Qi Zhan has thought a lot. It turned out that they made a very serious mistake, that is, they foolishly tried to win the emperor's favor.

In fact, Emperor Longyu's liking or disliking doesn't mean much, because the king's mind is unpredictable. He can give himself unlimited glory today, but he can drive himself to the bottom because of doubts tomorrow.

Their pampering is like pampering a cat or a dog.

You can never replace Qi Hui and become the right candidate in Father's heart, so no matter how much you favor, there is no reliable substantive meaning.

So what he has to do now is to get rid of those who oppose him, win over supporters, and gain power.

Who can no longer? Manipulate him?.

When Qi Zhan was leaving the palace, he happened to be catching up with Qu Xiao entering the palace, the two people's cars met each other head-on, Qu Xiao gave way to salute.

Qi Zhan hurriedly helped him up and said, "Please get up, Mr. Qu."

The two exchanged a look, they let go of their hands, and Qu Xiao got into the car and left.

Qu Xiao talked with the emperor for a while in the palace, when they came out of the palace and returned to the mansion, it was already dark and Qu Changlu had rested.

Qu Xiao walked into their room as usual to visit patients, and sat down in front of Qu Chang's bed.

He? Bringing the chill from the cold winter, Qu Changcai draped his coat? He sat up from the bed, coughed twice, and said: "Come here late at night, and something important happened?"

Qu Xiao said: "Just half an hour ago, the latest battle report came. It said that father-in-law and elder brother encountered a sandstorm on the bank of the water, and then fell into ambush. They are currently missing."

In the middle of the night, I heard such news suddenly. It was really sudden. Even with Qu Chang's temperament, I couldn't help being shocked. He took a breath and wanted to say something, but coughed violently.

Qu Xiao paused, then poured a cup of tea from the side and handed it to him, Qu Changlu pushed his hand away, took a slow breath, and asked, "Is it true?"

Qu Xiao said: "Just now His Majesty called me into the palace to discuss matters, I heard the news together with His Majesty."

Qu Changcheng closed his eyes, remained silent for a moment, and said slowly, "Go to the Three Treasures Hall if you have nothing to do, just tell me, what do you want me to do by telling me this?"

Qu Xiao mocked: "Don't worry, it's not that I want you to do something. With your current ability, I won't order you. It's just that His Majesty wants you to go to the school? I invite you to take a trip to Nan Rong to achieve the same goal as you. The alliance agreement of Nan Rong's new king."

Everything happened in such a weird and hasty way, he was lying on the bed for a moment, dreaming about the past when he was in exile with Jing Qianjiang when he was a child, and when he opened his eyes, there were many plots and the world was turned upside down.

Qu Chang negative felt a sharp pain in his head, pinched the center of his brows, and slowly sorted out his thoughts.

There are many capable ministers in the court. They are not only young, but also have insufficient qualifications, and their official positions are not too high. Going to other countries and forming alliances is not logical.

What's more, Qu Xiao also brought up the situation of Song Taishi and others, which was quite threatening.

No matter how you look at it, how does this look like coercion to drive ducks into the country? Ordinary missions will not be like this.

One has to doubt... In fact, they? They? already know the delicate relationship with Nan Rong. The main purpose of this time is not to negotiate with them, but to send them to death.

Qu Changlu pondered for a moment, then asked: "Who is the Deputy Envoy?"

Qu Xiao said: "It's He Ding, the servant of the Ministry of Rites."

Qu Chang negative has quickly calmed down: "Hey, he belongs to King Wei."

He raised his eyes and smiled at Qu Xiao: "Are you teaming up?"

Without too many words, Qu Xiao also realized that Qu Changlu should have already guessed the whole thing.

The father and son deeply loathe each other, yet they are so understanding and similar in their way of thinking and temperament.

Qu Xiao said lightly: "It's not possible to join forces, it's just that he just made a suggestion that I agree with. I asked you to take the initiative to submit a letter requesting to be sent to Nanrong, although it's for the benefit of the Song family. What did you say? But it looks better to you, doesn't it?"

To put it bluntly, the emperor wanted to be a bitch and set up a memorial archway. On the one hand, he wanted to send Qu Changling out, and on the other hand, he wanted other people to think that Qu Changling was voluntary.

Qu Chang negatively sneered, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, and said, "Okay, as you wish. I'll write the notes right now."

He agreed without mentioning any conditions, Qu Xiao was quite surprised, so that he sat on the side of the bed and looked at him suspiciously for a moment.

Qu Zhang negatively said: "What? The news of the Song family has been brought out, don't you believe that I will easily compromise? Father, don't think of me too scary, I am just an ordinary person who can't help himself .”

Qu Xiao was silent for a while, and said: "Since you know that even the king of Wei has come forward, you should understand that there is no way to turn it around. It would be the best if you can avoid unnecessary complications. It will save everyone's worries. "

After they finished speaking, they wanted to leave the room of Mr. Qu, but they were called from behind: "Wait a minute."

Qu Xiao stopped, and Qu Chang said, "Before I leave Ying Country, I'll make a marriage arrangement for my second sister."

He said: "Ningguo? Li Sui, the third young master from the Hou family's concubine, has a gentle temperament. His aunt died young, and he is about the same age and talent as the second sister. He is a good candidate. Qu Rong is just a little concubine daughter, I don’t block your way, and I hope you can retain some of the humanity of a father.”

Qu Xiao said lightly: "I will do as you wish."

After Qu Xiao left, Qu Changlu supported the table and sat down.

He just sat on the bed and talked to his father for a while, but he almost lost his strength as if he had fought a tough battle. After a long rest, he slowly picked up his pen.

They spread out a blank booklet and began to ponder over the words and sentences.

Of course, Qu Chang is not such a submissive character. If Qu Xiao knows about him? What will he do tomorrow? I am afraid that he will regret driving him to Nan Rong.

It's a pity, it seems that everyone has come to a time when they should end up.

He wanted to write, but he couldn't get rid of all kinds of distracting thoughts in his mind.

"The Song family was defeated, and the commander is missing", "Yangyuan soup is already poisonous, and you are suffering from a serious illness because of it", "Hurry up, protect the sixth prince and leave?", "Hey, don't disturb your mother, Daddy will take you to ride a horse."...

The words and sentences are like melancholy and bright snow blades, piercing one's heart ache, and a fishy and sweet breath churning up his throat.

A drop of ink fell on the snow-white paper and splashed, like being splashed with a childhood dream of the world's tedious sorrow.

Qu Chang negatively suppressed those emotions that shouldn't be there, and changed the notebook, but this time he wrote, but he didn't think too much about it.

He put the written notebook aside, and someone from outside walked over lightly, and said in a low voice, "Master, didn't you take a break?"

Qu Chang said: "I remembered that I didn't write a copy, so I got up and made it up? What's the matter, come in and talk about it?"

Liu Yuan entered the door and reported: "Just now someone from the Song family came to send a letter, saying that it was about the battle report from the front line..."

Qu Chang negative interrupted him: "I already know the content."

Liu Yuan hurriedly said: "The people who came from the Grand Master's Mansion just want the young master not to worry too much after hearing the news. I heard that the battleground? The terrain is complicated and there are many forks, which are easy to hide, and the Grand Master is very familiar with it. Temporary? Disappearance, probably not bad news..."

As Liu Yuan spoke, he showed the letter written by Song Mingfeng to Qu Chang-negative. Qu Chang-negative simply scanned it and saw a few place names. The situation was not as serious as Qu Xiao described.

Liu Yuan felt that this was obviously a good thing, but Qu Changlu suddenly put down the letter paper, covered his mouth with his sleeve, and coughed violently.

They seemed to be out of breath, as if they were going to cough out their lungs. Liu Yuan was shocked, and hurried up to give him a pat on the back.

"Young master, you, you... I'll get the imperial physician!"

"No need." Qu Chang said negatively, "cough... pour me a glass of water."

The water was already cold, but in this situation, Liu Yuan didn't even bother to fetch hot water, and hurriedly handed it to Qu Changlong——it was Qu Xiaozhi who poured it before.

The glass of cold water was poured down, and all the emotions that should not appear were frozen into icicles, supporting the spine that needed to be straightened forever.

"Let's talk back." Qu Changlu put down his cup and said nonchalantly, "It's too late today, I have to rest."

When Liu Yuan withdrew, he casually tore off a piece of sleeve and put it on the candlelight, and burned the blood he coughed up on it together with the cloth to ashes.

Until the morning of the second day, the other courtiers also heard the news from the front.

They were not as reassuring as the Song family, and they didn't understand the local war situation, so they couldn't help being in an uproar.

Xiqiang's recent offensive is very fierce, which is already worrying, but now even the Song family can't stand it anymore, and King Jing's army has just set off, so it can be said that the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable.

Under such circumstances, the king of Wei proposed to negotiate with Nan Rong again, which won the support of most people.

However, this time, for the first time, the prince stood on the opposite position to everyone?

"Father, my son thinks this is inappropriate."

Emperor Longyu said: "What do you say? Dharma?"

Qi Hui had already thought about the reason, and said: "Firstly, the current war has blocked several roads leading to the southwest. This journey is difficult and dangerous. For the mission team? I am afraid it will be close to death. .And even if we successfully reach Nanrong, it will inevitably take a long time, and by then, the situation may have other changes."

"Secondly, judging from the current situation, we? Sending people to Nanrong is the one who is impatient. If we put our posture too low, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not cause the opponent's lion to open its mouth. In the end, we may not be able to gain anything."

He cupped his hands and bowed: "I hope the father thinks twice."

Qi Hui's proposal was approved by Song Mingfeng.

Song Mingfeng still didn't know what Qu Changlu was going to do at this moment. He simply felt that sending envoys to Nanrong would not solve the immediate crisis immediately.

He came out and said: "Your Majesty, I'm seconding the council. The negotiation can be settled slowly, but the current war is tight, and solving this problem is the top priority. I am willing to take twenty or thirty elites to the west overnight. Qiang, look for traces of father and brother!"

Qi Zhan said: "Your Majesty Song, you don't have to worry about this. King Jing's army has already traveled halfway, so send him a message with flying pigeons immediately, and then ask King Jing to send a team of vanguards to rush to find the trace of Grand Master Song. What's more important? It’s much faster to send someone from the capital.”

He looked at Qi Hui in a blink of an eye, and said, "The re-alliance with Nanrong is not something that can be accomplished overnight, but if you act one day earlier, you will win aid one day earlier. How can you not put it aside?" Why?"

What they said is very reasonable, and there is no way to refute it.

If there is no such thing as Qu Chang's loss, Qi Hui actually agrees with Qi Zhan's opinion. After all, multiple allies are always a good thing, and whether they are useful or not is another story.

But the key point is, he also knows that Qu Chang bears the grievances with Nanrong.

As the crown prince, Qi Hui naturally has his own news channel. Although the emperor didn't summon him last night, he already knew the battle report from the front line immediately, and immediately sent people to investigate and assist Grand Master Song. and others.

They still hesitated for a long time at that time, because they were concerned about Qu Chang's health, so they didn't tell him about it overnight.

Qi Hui originally wanted to discuss with Qu Changlong slowly after the early court today, but he did not expect Qi Zhan to propose peace talks with Nanrong again.

Relying on the keenness honed over the years, he immediately realized that Qi Zhan was not kind, and that this was likely to be a game.

Therefore, Qi Hui repeatedly spoke out to stop him.

Seeing that Qi Zhan had a plausible statement, and that he was indeed on the right side, Qi Hui changed his mind and said, "What King Wei said is also powerful, so it's just that Gu's thinking is biased."

Qi Zhan was startled.

Qi Hui would agree with him? What the hell is this going to do?

Qi Hui didn't give him room to ponder: "Since you want to send envoys there, you should have a certain status in order to show your sincerity. In this case, father and son are willing to go!"

Qi Zhan was stunned for a moment, and then realized Qi Hui's intention, his face turned livid, and he almost wanted to curse.

As the crown prince, even if Qi Hui invited himself, who would let him go to take risks?

But Qi Hui's sentence "status is precious", an act of inviting himself to be an envoy, is tantamount to holding Qi Zhan in mid-air?

——The prince can't take risks, so isn't the king of Wei just the most suitable person?

When Qi Hui said this, even if he was not happy, he could only join the petition with the other princes.

Qi Zhan cursed inwardly, but on the surface, he cupped his hands and said: "Young son of a thousand gold, you can't sit down. Since His Royal Highness is the crown prince, how can you go to his country in person? Father, let the sons and ministers go. stop!"

Zhengshi had already been selected as Qu Zhang by default. The emperor? So you said? He wanted to make a formality, but he didn't expect that Qi Hui, who has always been cautious in words and deeds, would come out to meddle, and he was silent for a while.

At this time, Qu Chang negative finally came out and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me."

Emperor Longyu thought in his heart that you kid has stood up, otherwise, if you have been shrinking back, I will also order you.

He also understands that no one is willing to do this kind of errand, and Qu Chang must be unhappy in his heart.

But he can't help it. After all, the only people Nan Rong wants are them. For the sake of the country and the family, what's the point of sacrificing one person?

Emperor Longyu said: "Say?"

Qu Chang negatively turned a blind eye to Qi Hui's anxious gaze, and said: "When I was young, I was exiled due to the chaos of the war, so I have some understanding of the customs and customs of Nanrong. I believe that at this time, Nanrong is competing with many forces, and the new majesty will also I hope to get the support of Ying Guo, but the two sides cannot trust each other, which is why we have not communicated for a long time. Therefore, if several princes go, they are likely to be taken as hostages."

"The minister is willing to go first, investigate the situation and send the news back, and then carry out the follow-up of the plan, which is safer."

What they said was very concise, and the emperor pondered: "Do you have any specific plans in mind?"

Qu Changcheng took out the memorial written overnight from his sleeve: "Since the new king of Nanrong took the throne, I have been paying attention to this matter, and I have some thoughts in my heart, and I have written them all on it. Please, Your Majesty Take a look."

Emperor Longyu took Qu Chang's note and flipped through it.

He? He just knew that the Nan Rong people wanted to find Qu Changnegative, so the Ying Kingdom sent Qu Changnegative to show their favor, and didn't expect him to really play any role.

But after reading the countermeasures written by the other party, Emperor Longyu was slightly shaken.

He felt that perhaps Qu Changhe had the ability to act as a real envoy to go and persuade the Southern Rong to fight against the Western Qiang.

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