I am a ruler in troubled times

Chong Yi's hand is very steady, it was steady when he hit someone just now, but now he is holding the dagger even more steadily.

Murong Jing can be sure of the keenness produced by licking blood with the tip of a knife for many years. If Chong Yi becomes murderous, he will not be able to escape.

Does Chong Yi dare to kill him in the cubicle of the East Palace study?

Murong Jing found that he couldn't give a definite answer.

In other words, he already had an affirmative answer in his heart, but he was unwilling to face it.

The stagnant atmosphere in the cubicle became more and more oppressive, Murong Jing had no choice but to speak up. Even with a dagger on his neck, Murong Jing still did not lose his balance. He tried to reason with Chong Yi, "I really hope that the court will be stable, and the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe." , Why does Your Highness say that the minister is lying?"

Chong Yi's wrist trembled almost invisibly, originally it was just tightly attached to Murong Jing's neck, and the dagger was immediately inserted into Murong Jing's neck.

Thin red threads spread along the dagger, and Murong Jing smelled the blood before he felt any pain.

"You can understand me." Chong Yi's calm eyes moved from Murong Jing's bleeding neck to Murong Jing's face, "I gave you a chance."

Murong Jing immediately realized that it was a wrong decision for him to try to reason with a person who is not reasonable at all.

He raised his hands, trying to calm down Chongyi, but felt that it might be counterproductive.

At the moment of life and death crisis, Murong Jing always likes to make decisions based on the vague feeling in his heart, and this time is no exception.

In fact, besides telling the truth at this time, he couldn't think of a better rhetoric in a short time.

"I don't want to leave the battlefield." Murong Jing looked into Chong Yi's eyes and answered this question seriously.

He is a general, and everything he has today is due to his hard work on the battlefield.Murong Jing couldn't deny the attraction of the battlefield to him, because only on the battlefield could he be a veritable general.

Ever since Emperor Yonghe appointed him as the left governor and commanded 20 frontier troops, Murong Jing knew that he was about to leave the battlefield forever.

This is the only way for him to survive.

He was not reconciled.

Murong Jing felt that he was like a wild horse that had been completely tamed, his wife and daughter were his reins and stirrups, if he wanted to continue running, he had to find someone who could hold the reins.

It doesn't matter what he says about this candidate, only Emperor Yonghe and the court can accept it.

So far, Murong Jing can think of a candidate who will satisfy all three parties, and only Chong Yi.

After a long time, Chong Yi gave an 'hmm', put the dagger back into his boots, took out the handkerchief and threw it to Murong Jing, indicating that Murong Jing could go down and bandage the wound.

After Murong Jing held the handkerchief, he casually raised his hand and wiped it on the stinging part of his neck.

Chong Yi's reaction made him feel very interesting.

He seemed to have made an extremely correct decision unconsciously and following his feelings.

After feeling that the wound on his neck was no longer bleeding, Murong Jing stuffed the dirty handkerchief into his sleeve pocket, and boldly approached the sand table.

Out of the corner of his eye, he didn't see Chong Yi's reaction, so Murong Jing picked up the slender wooden stick in the groove on the right side of the sand table and pointed to Weiguo's position.

"Look, Your Highness, this is Weiguo." Perhaps because of the wound on his neck, Murong Jing's voice was hoarse and darker.

In Chong Yi's eyes, the wound on Murong Jing's neck is not even a flesh wound, it's just that people in this world are extremely fragile, so he let Murong Jing go down to bandage the wound.

Murong Jing himself didn't care, and Chong Yi didn't even care.

Chong Yi supported the sand table with one hand, and looked in the direction pointed by the slender wooden stick.

Murong Jing had already given him a reason to join the army, and he thought it was acceptable.

Now, Murong Jing should tell him the reason for attacking Weiguo.

After seeing Chong Yi looking over, Murong Jing put his hand behind his back holding the slender wooden stick, and suddenly brought up a topic that had nothing to do with the state of Wei, "Have you ever heard that King Xiang of Chu is discussing with His Majesty about the state of Wei?" What about the alliance between Chu and Chu?"

"Yeah" Chong Yi has always been more patient with useful people, "everyone takes what they need"

Murong Jing nodded in agreement.

The content of the negotiations between Emperor Yonghe and King Xiang of Chu is not a secret. Murong Jing, as the governor of the left, had the honor to personally participate in the negotiations between Emperor Yonghe and King Xiang of Chu.

Although Chong Yi's description was brief, it made Murong Jing feel very appropriate.His Highness actually knew about Zhao Chu's negotiations, and Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe probably played a big role in it.

"Your Highness, do you know why Zhao Chu's negotiations have temporarily stalled?" Murong Jing asked again just in case.

"The state of Chu wants to get married." Chong Yi paused, then said, "Impossible"

Murong Jing's eyelids twitched, he really wanted to know why it was impossible.

He could understand King Su's kind father's heart that he would not let the eldest princess marry Chu, but he couldn't understand that Princess Lingyun of Chu had come to Zhao from a long distance, but she didn't marry Chongyi.

Could it be that Princess Lingyun is really not the Crown Princess and refuses to give in?

The slight pain remaining on the neck made Murong Jing put down his curiosity, and he explained to Chong Yi seriously, "Since Your Highness already has such a deep understanding of Zhao Chu's negotiations, I also know why Chu State wants to ally with Zhao State. The State of Chu suspects that the State of Li has reached an agreement with the State of Chen in private, and they may send troops to the State of Chu at any time."

While saying this, Murong Jing tapped the sand table a few times with the slender wooden stick in his hand, and pointed out the locations of Chu State, Li State and Chen State to Chong Yi.

"Chu State wants to get married because it is afraid that Zhao State will turn its face and deny people after getting the commercial routes from the Western Regions and Jingzhou to the sea. In the future, Li State and Chen State will attack Chu State, and Zhao State will not follow the current promise. Send troops far away to help Chu State defend the country."

After the successful alliance between Zhao State and Chu State, once Zhao State and Li State launched an attack on Chu State, it would be a great risk for Zhao State to send troops through King Liang's territory to aid Chu State.

The distance between Zhao State and Chu State is too far, and the farther the army is from Zhao State, the more difficult it is to control.

During this period, Zhao Guo not only had to face the risk that Liang Wang, who had never met before, might turn his face at any time, but also faced the risk that Chu State might turn his face.

What if the State of Chu uses Zhao Jun to repel Li State and Chen State, and Zhao Jun is not allowed to return to the country?

The sky is high and the earth is far away. If Xianyang wants to provide food and grass to Zhao Jun who is far away in Chu State, it depends on King Liang's face.

Before the State of Zhao sent troops, these issues should have been worrying for the State of Zhao, and they were all the reasons for the State of Chu to worry that the State Council of Zhao would break the contract midway.

In the final analysis, it is still the same sentence, the distance between Zhao State and Chu State is too far, and Liangzhou King Liang and Liangzhou King Rui are separated in the middle.

There are too many variables, and no one can be sure what the situation will be when things come to an end.

As a result, under the many concerns of Chu State, it insisted that if it could not marry the eldest princess, it would not provide Zhao State with trade routes in the Western Regions and Jingzhou's exit to the sea.

Chu's behavior is not incomprehensible.

After all, the commercial routes in the Western Regions and the Jingzhou estuary to the sea are things that Zhao Guo can get immediately after the alliance is formed.The "Zhao Guo Aids" that Chu State wanted would not be needed until how many years later, and the uncertainty of the time made this matter more variable.

Based on the current situation, no matter how you look at it, Chu State is more likely to suffer.

Bisheng Chu State is the party that takes the initiative to ask for help. Even if it knows that it may suffer losses, it must not persevere. It can only increase its bargaining chips as much as possible before the alliance is reached.

Insisting on marrying the eldest princess back to the state of Chu is one of the ways King Xiang came up with to increase the bargaining chip for the state of Chu.

Because of this, Emperor Yonghe and King Su felt that King Xiang was hideous, but they had to admit that King Xiang was right.

Changing places, they will also make the same request in order to protect their own interests.

But now it is the state of Chu, not the state of Zhao, who is asking for help. Emperor Yonghe and King Su will never let the eldest princess marry far away from the state of Chu.

Things seem to be stuck in an endless loop.

Murong Jing and Chong Yi first analyzed in detail the thoughts of all parties in the Zhao-Chu alliance.

After quietly letting Chong Yi digest it for a while, Murong Jing pointed the wooden stick at the position of Weiguo again, "Can what I said just now convince you to take the initiative to send troops to defend the country?"

Chong Yi followed the wooden stick and looked at Weiguo's position in the sand table.

Among the Nine Kingdoms, Wei State has the smallest territory, and Wei State is also the only country that occupies multiple states.

Wei State occupies almost negligible Liangzhou and a very small part of Yuzhou. At the top is Zhao State and Yan State. To the west is King Rui of Liangzhou. .

If the State of Zhao can occupy the State of Wei, not only can there be an official road from the State of Zhao in Youzhou to the State of Chu in Jingzhou, but also the time spent traveling between Zhao and Chu can be reduced by at least two-thirds compared to passing through the territory of King Liang in Liangzhou. In the case of cement roads, the calculation is based on the length of the road.

As long as Zhao Guo can take down Wei Guo, not only will the problems hindering the Zhao-Chu alliance be solved, but the relationship between Zhao and Chu can go a step further.

As for Prince Rui of Liangzhou being suddenly surrounded by up, down, left, and right sides, would he be unhappy...

It was completely out of Murong Jing's consideration.

Chong Yi only glanced at the sand table, combined with Murong Jing's previous words, he understood what Murong Jing meant, "You draw up a copy for Gu."

While speaking, Chong Yi touched the jade pendant on his waist, and put his hand down again.

The dragon-shaped jade pendant on his body is the same as the sapphire pendant presented to Song Peiyu, and it can also be used as a private seal. I wanted Murong Jing to take it back and write it directly in his name.

But thinking that Song Peiyu might not be happy.

Forget it.

There was a flash of light in Murong Jing's eyes

Chong Yi let go of his mouth so easily and asked him to make an excerpt, because he understood everything he said, right?

How did His Majesty choose a teacher for His Highness?

Your Highness is so keen and intelligent, all of which were delayed by those mediocre teachers who misled his students!

Afraid of being misunderstood, before leaving the palace, Murong Jing specially asked Eunuch An for a fur collar to cover the wound on his neck that had completely scabbed over.

With a guilty conscience, Eunuch An deliberately found a good white fox fur collar.

The next day, rumors began to circulate in the court that the Zuo Dudu had a close relationship with the crown prince.

Both Song Peiyu and Lu Jihe knew that Chong Yi suddenly fell in love with Murong Jing telling him stories some time ago.I thought that Chong Yi had listened to the story of King Xiang for a long time, and suddenly wanted to change the style of the story, but he didn't take it to heart.

Not to mention that Chong Yi didn't have the intention to pull generals at all.

Even if Chong Yi really wanted to win over the generals and set his sights on Murong Jing, what else could they do besides giving advice for Chong Yi and praising him for his foresight?

It is impossible for the Song family and the Lu family to conjure generals out of thin air.

On the contrary, Luo Yong, Ping Zhang, and Wei Zhiyuan began to visit the East Palace frequently, and they even brought Luo San to the East Palace to pay their respects several times in person.

After Luo San went to the East Palace to pay his respects, although he had been restored to his post, most of his personal soldiers were separated, and Wei Zhiyuan, who was gradually squeezed out of the power center, couldn't help it anymore, and repeatedly sent greeting cards to the East Palace.

Chong Yi treats these people equally.

Whoever comes to pay his respects will be taken directly to the martial arts arena.

Only those who can stick to a stick of incense are eligible to stay in the East Palace to drink tea.

Song Peiyu saw the paper that was sent back to the East Palace after Emperor Yonghe's approval, and only then did he know that Chong Yi had actually sent a paper to the Qinzheng Palace behind his back, requesting to send troops to defend the country.

The content on the booklet is concise, well-organized, and professionally used.

Although it is Chong Yi's handwriting, Song Peiyu can be sure that someone must have ghostwritten the first draft of the booklet.

Looking at the word 'ke' in Emperor Yonghe's reply, Song Peiyu put his hands on his face and fell into deep thought.

The cover of the book is vermilion, and there is also a wax seal.

Unless the person who submits the notebook or Emperor Yonghe reveals it, no one will know the content of the notebook.

Song Peiyu saw this notebook from a small box with a lock in the study of the East Palace.

There is a secret compartment in the study of the East Palace, in which there is a small box with a lock. The small box is dedicated to storing letters from the strange goods city. Only Song Peiyu and Eunuch An have the key.

The letters sent from Qihuo City to Xianyang are also confidential letters of sealant. Every time, Eunuch An puts them in a small box with a lock in the dark compartment of the study. Song Peiyu personally unwraps the sealant every day when he checks new letters, and then confesses. What will Eunuch An do with those letters?

If Song Peiyu had been a little careless and hadn't sorted out the letters in the small box every day, she wouldn't even have found this notebook that suddenly appeared at the bottom.

Song Peiyu reasonably guessed that Chong Yi received the approved paperwork in the study, and after reading it, he put it in the small box in the hidden compartment, and then Eunuch An put all the latest letters from Qihuo City on it. .

Suddenly there was a sound at the door, Chong Yi took two plates of pastries and put them on the table in front of Song Peiyu, "Brought from my father-in-law, they are delicious."

Song Peiyu didn't even look at the cakes, but focused her probing eyes on Chong Yi.

He counted the people who had been in contact with the East Palace recently, and the person who was most likely to encourage Chong Yi to attack the Kingdom of Wei, and who could write such a clear and convincing note, was Murong Jing.

As for why Song Peiyu didn't guess that it was Chong Yi who wanted to attack Wei.

Not to mention that Chongyi has no grievances with Weiguo, even if Chongyi suddenly dislikes Weiguo, and is even willing to waste more time and energy for Weiguo, he will not give such a long-winded note to Emperor Yonghe.

At most, Chong Yi could write a sentence on the booklet.

I'm going to fight Weiguo.

Song Peiyu was a little uncertain whether Chong Yi took the matter with Murong Jing as a little secret and wanted to keep it from him.

If he didn't want to hide it from him, why didn't Chong Yi tell him before submitting the paper?I never mentioned to him that I wanted to send troops to defend the country.

If it was deliberately concealed from him, why did Chong Yi fold the wax paint approved by Emperor Yonghe and put it in a place where he would definitely see it.

Although he knew very well in his heart, as the crown prince, it was normal for Chong Yi to have secrets that he did not want others to know.It's like he and Lu Jihe can be regarded as life-and-death friends, but he has always deliberately kept everything about Xinzhi from Lu Jihe.

Thinking that Chong Yi would deliberately hide something from him, Song Peiyu suddenly felt inexplicable depression.

Suddenly there was a moderate touch on the top of his head, and Song Peiyu subconsciously raised his hand to pat Chong Yi's hand.

I don't know what's wrong with Chong Yi recently, he always likes to attack him on the head, always giving Song Peiyu the feeling that Chong Yi is petting a kitten or puppy.

In fact, Chong Yi is someone who even the Bing King doesn't bother to touch.

"Unhappy?" Chong Yi bent down, his jet-black long hair slanted down against Song Peiyu's face, he imitated Song Peiyu's posture, with his hands on his face, and looked at Song Peiyu seriously.

Song Peiyu could see his shadow in Chongyi's black pupils by turning his head.

The distance between the two sides was too close, and Song Peiyu could even feel the warm breath on his face. He subconsciously wanted to back away and distance himself from Chong Yi, but Chong Yi, who had quick eyes and quick hands, pinned the back of his head.

"Why are you unhappy?" Song Peiyu's shadow became clearer in Chong Yi's eyes.

It is said that the most expressive features on the face are the eyes, and what a person's eyes look like is how he feels.

Chongyi's eyes are long and narrow, they are standard phoenix eyes, but they are not the most common red phoenix eyes nowadays, but double phoenix eyes.

In addition, the arc between the corners of Chong Yi's eyes and the end of his eyes is extremely round.

When viewed from a distance, it is narrow and sharp, making Chong Yi look majestic.Looking closely at this time, Song Peiyu suddenly felt that the so-called "eyes are flowing, looking bright" refers to Chong Yi's appearance.

Song Peiyu was in a daze for a moment at the beauty that was close at hand, and then became angry from embarrassment.

"Let go!" Song Peiyu's tone was not good, it could even be said to be scolding.

After Chong Yi let go of the goodness, Song Peiyu did not retreat but advanced. He grabbed the waxed seal cover and lifted it up. His eyes and tone were fierce, "When did you submit this book? Why? Won't tell me?"

"Huh?" Chong Yi thought for a while before answering this sentence, "I want to get a reply sooner, so I sent it directly to Qinzheng Hall after copying it. At that time, you should... be in Honglu Temple."

Speaking of this, Chong Yi's originally upturned eye tails were slightly lowered, and he looked a little aggrieved.

Song Peiyu was in a complicated mood, and he didn't even know whether he should be angry or wronged.

That's why he only found out about it today, so he has to blame himself?

Chong Yi picked up a pastry and brought it to Song Peiyu's mouth, "Why don't you tell me, you want to know?"

I don't know anything, what can I tell you? !

Song Peiyu was speechless and choked, she was so angry that she lost all temper, biting the soft and sweet pastry in her mouth bitterly, thinking that she was venting her anger.

Even after eating half a plate of cakes, Song Peiyu's brain that was burned by anger gradually returned to normal, and the speed of eating cakes became slower and slower.

He raised his eyelids to look at Chong Yi who was still close to him.

Chong Yi has already changed his posture, with one hand on the table, and the other hand is feeding the pastry to his mouth, his gaze... is always on his face.

This discovery made Song Peiyu a little embarrassed, she lowered her eyes subconsciously, she clearly wanted to distance herself from Chong Yi, and get out of the strange atmosphere, but she didn't move at all, she even opened her mouth.

In fact, Chong Yi was right.

He habitually shared everything that happened around him with Chong Yi in detail.

At the beginning, he wanted to let Chong Yi know more about the court affairs and family secrets by telling stories and gossiping, and urged Chong Yi to make progress in disguise.

After discovering that her mind had changed, Song Peiyu was more willing to tell Chong Yi everything that happened around her.

Even if Chong Yi never gave him any advice, only the occasional response and focused eyes told Song Peiyu that Chong Yi would listen to everything he said, but it could make Song Peiyu feel happy.

Song Peiyu never told Chong Yi, while he told Chong Yi what happened around him, he also wanted to know what happened to Chong Yi.

Even if it's not some strange and interesting things, or important matters that affect the situation of the court, but just plain daily accounts, Song Peiyu would like to know.

Song Peiyu thought that if he didn't say something to Chong Yi, Chong Yi could understand it.

But the reality tells Song Peiyu that if he doesn't say it, Chong Yi won't understand.

Song Peiyu also found that the details that made him feel more unacceptable

Because Chong Yi has no defense against him, Song Peiyu takes it for granted that Chong Yi has no secrets or privacy in front of him.

Subconsciously, he regarded Chong Yi as his own personal property.

This is a very dangerous state.

Song Peiyu, who was rational, didn't even want to believe that he had such an incredible idea.

Song Peiyu looked up at Chong Yi again, her voice was full of surprise, "I'll tell you what I want to know, will you tell me everything?"

Only after returning to his senses did Song Peiyu realize that Chongyi had casually made multiple...promises to him.

Without Chongyi's promise, Song Peiyu would start to learn to leave appropriate space for each other after realizing her own excess.

Although I don't know if it will affect their unspoken relationship, it will definitely make Song Peiyu feel regretful.

Chong Yi keenly sensed the completely different emotion in Song Peiyu's tone from before, and he moved his gaze from the pastry plate to Song Peiyu's face.

Song Peiyu was looking at him with bright eyes, and there was his favorite smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Um"

It's a pity that Chong Yi was always facing Song Peiyu. From Song Peiyu's perspective, he couldn't see the bright red behind Chong Yi's ears at all.

Song Peiyu was no longer obsessed with why Chong Yi was persuaded by Murong Jing, and even used wax seals.

He studied the notebook carefully and found that every word on the notebook made sense. As long as Weiguo could be taken down, all the obstacles and problems faced by the Zhao-Chu Alliance would be solved easily.

If he were standing in Chong Yi's position, he would also be persuaded by Murong Jing.

But he is not a salted fish, so he still can't fully guess Chong Yi's mind.

After a brief hesitation, Song Peiyu chose not to ask further questions.

He should teach Chong Yi to share his thoughts with him, or to understand Chong Yi, instead of directly pressing Chong Yi.

The court, which had just settled down for a few days, was in turmoil again and again.

Last time, all the civil servants suffered, only Luo San had an extra troublesome adjutant for no reason.

Most of the people affected this time were generals.

Only a few people who knew that Emperor Yonghe had decided to attack Weiguo realized that Emperor Yonghe was preparing for Chongyi's first expedition with his own troops.

After all, Emperor Yonghe still didn't trust Murong Jing that much. Although there were 20 frontier troops stationed on the border of Zhao and Yan who could be called immediately, he mobilized all the available soldiers and gathered another [-] troops for Chongyi. .

On the one hand, Song Peiyu felt that these [-] soldiers and horses followed Chong Yi to defend the country, so that they could barely make people feel at ease.

On the other hand, Song Peiyu understood that if all the [-] soldiers and horses left with Chong Yi, the whole Xianyang would be in silent crisis.

It may be an exaggeration to say that it is an empty city, but it is not enough to describe the dangerous situation Xianyang is about to fall into.

There are many people who have the same concerns as Song Peiyu.

Except for Mu Shizhong who was always kept in the dark, both Zhongshuling and Shangshuling firmly opposed Emperor Yonghe's crazy behavior, and they directly suggested that Chongyi should not leave Xianyang either.

At least don't leave Xianyang until you don't have a son, or hold the dangerous purpose of starting a war.

Due to his identity and position, Murong Jing was inconvenient to ask the Emperor Yonghe not to touch the Jingwei with a clear attitude like Zhong Shu Ling and Shang Shu Ling did.

Emperor Yonghe immediately asked the imperial physician of the imperial hospital to take Murongjing's pulse, but he didn't mention the half tiger talisman that had been returned to Murongjing three times in a row.

Another half month passed in a blink of an eye, and another year of spring plowing and offering sacrifices.

The fine seeds have been promoted in the family for three years and harvested for two years.

In the case of successive reductions and exemptions of agricultural taxes across the country, the grain in Zhao Guo's grain depot has not decreased but increased.

This is also a courtier who knows the inside story, and only opposes Emperor Yonghe's plan to hand over all the soldiers guarding Xianyang to Chong Yi to take them to the border.But he did not object to the essential reason why Zhao Guo took the initiative to send troops to Weiguo.

In just five years, the State of Zhao was no longer affected by the war with the State of Yan for many years, and had completely stabilized, and even had enough energy to start another war.

Weiguo conscripted troops to Zengzhen several times, laboring the people and costing money, but failed to win a battle for two consecutive years, and lost [-] soldiers and horses in the Zengzhen earthquake.

Immediately after the old emperor passed away, the princes and grandsons took turns to be the emperor, but none of them could really secure the throne.Now there is no hussar general who can control the remaining soldiers and horses of the Wei country, and the Wei country is completely in chaos.

In just half a month, there have been no less than [-] turmoil in Weiguo.

Not only Zhao Guo discovered Wei Guo's weakness and was ready to attack, except Yan Guo and Li Guo were also senior victims of the Zengzhen earthquake. Unless they were absolutely sure, they would never send troops easily again. Liang Zhou Rui, who also bordered Wei Guo, was also ready to move. .

I haven't done it yet, but I'm waiting.

Only by waiting for the situation in Weiguo to get worse can we get the maximum benefit at the minimum cost.

Zhao Guo wants to monopolize the Wei country, not only to guard against Liang Zhou Rui Wang who is also dispatching troops, but also to guard against Yan Guo and Li Guo, who seem to be calm but actually have turbulent tides.

If Zhao Guo waits until other countries have already started to attack, he will lose the opportunity.

Now the most ideal process to take down the Wei State is for King Liang of Liangzhou to help drag King Rui of Liangzhou so that Zhao State can completely occupy Wei State before Yan State and Li State can react.

Do not give half a chance to other countries.

In short, be quick.

King Xiang promised that if the State of Zhao sent troops against the State of Wei, he would personally ask King Liang of Liangzhou to send troops and drag King Rui of Liangzhou's troops there.

It cannot be guaranteed that all the troops of King Rui of Liangzhou will be held back, but it can be guaranteed that King Rui of Liangzhou will not be able to put all his attention on defending the country.

As the time goes.

Not only did Emperor Yonghe, who was still in a stalemate, and the important officials in the court grow more and more tempered, Song Peiyu also felt the oppression and urgency that had not been seen for a long time.

On the day when Song Peiyu's mouth was found to have blisters, Chong Yi asked to see Emperor Yonghe outside the Hall of Qinzheng.

This was the first time he appeared in the apse of the Qinzheng Hall after he was beaten and punished to kneel in the Qinzheng Hall, and it was also the first time since then that he met Emperor Yonghe outside the Great Court Assembly.

I just saw him in the court during the day, and when Chong Yi saw Emperor Yonghe, he didn't have any complicated thoughts.

He cut to the chase and said, "Keep Jingwei for yourself, I have enough frontier troops."

Although Murong Jing claimed to be sick and recuperated in the mansion, he has always been in contact with the East Palace in private.He sent a thick letter to the East Palace almost every day, the contents of which were all related to the 20 frontier troops on the Zhaoyan border.

Murong Jing felt that Yan State had spent two consecutive years in the Zengzhen War and lost all his money. Even if he found out that Zhao State was attacking Wei State, he would be powerless to stop it.

Of the 20 troops on the Zhao-Yan border, [-] were left, enough to guard against Yan.

The remaining [-] were taken to Weiguo. If the process went smoothly, it would be enough to crush the remaining [-] troops of Weiguo.

If we can't take Weiguo in a short period of time, let the surrounding countries react, let alone 20 troops, even if it is doubled, it will be difficult to completely eat Weiguo.

Chong Yi was persuaded by Murong Jing's letter, and he planned to take Murong Jing to mobilize an army of [-] troops located on the border of Zhao and Yan, and rush directly to Weiguo.

It would be best to win Weiguo directly, and Song Peiyu's long-cherished trade routes in the Western Regions and Jingzhou's outlet to the sea will be in his hands immediately.

It is not completely unacceptable to Chong Yi not to be able to take down Weiguo directly.

If you can't take it in one day, it will take ten days.

If you can't take it in ten days, it will take a year.

……

The last thing Chong Yi lacked was patience.

But he is short of time now, and the situation in Weiguo may change at any time, so he can't delay in Xianyang any longer.

After hearing Chong Yi's words, the joy on Emperor Yonghe's face suddenly turned into resistance. He frowned and said, "Don't worry, Xianyang will be fine if you take the [-] troops away, I..."

"I can't take it away." Chong Yi pierced Emperor Yonghe's fantasy mercilessly, "Song and Lu will not allow me to take all the Jingwei away, they will only let me stay too."

Emperor Yonghe shut his mouth in silence, how could he not have thought of things that Chong Yi could see through, but he still couldn't help being lucky, or just deceiving himself.

He didn't want Chong Yi to go to the battlefield either.

It is the most correct decision to know that Chongyi leads troops to conquer the country of Wei.

It was only by the way that Zhao State defeated Wei State, stabilized Chu State's heart, and further promoted the Zhao-Chu alliance.

Chong Yi, who is unwilling to marry a wife and take concubines, needs to use military power to stabilize his position, which is the real big deal.

There is no need to take down the entire Wei State, as long as Chong Yi can lead his troops to take down a few cities in the Wei State, his position in the Zhao State will be immediately stabilized.

After all, Chongyi has reached the crown, and Emperor Yonghe wanted to hide Chongyi's weirdness, but he couldn't hide it for long.

Sooner or later, the court and the people will know that the crown prince is unwilling to marry a wife and take concubines to continue Zhao's incense.

He has achieved nothing in politics, and he is not even willing to continue the incense.

Not to mention that Chongyi's crown prince is unstable, even Emperor Yonghe's throne will be shaken because there are no three generations of heirs.

At this time, both Chongyi and Emperor Yonghe urgently need to use other methods to stabilize their positions.

For Emperor Yonghe, the best way is to make the concubines in the harem pregnant, so that there are more heirs to choose from.

But... Princess Danqiong who can tolerate it, Emperor Yonghe is already the result of the prime minister's ability to pull a boat.

What Emperor Yonghe can do now is to send more beauties to his younger brother's mansion, and let the Imperial Hospital make tonics for King Su every day.

For Chong Yi, he needs influence in the court, and the fastest and most suitable way for him is to hold the military power in his hands.

It happened that Emperor Yonghe was willing to delegate power, and Murong Jing was also willing to support it, and it happened that the unlucky Weiguo was approaching.

This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity seems to be tailor-made for Chong Yi.

If Emperor Yonghe had taken the risk by himself, he would have rolled up his sleeves long ago.

But it was Chong Yi who had to face the danger!

He wasn't the dead Emperor Wei, there was a large nest of princes there, and he didn't even recognize them all, and he didn't feel sorry for a few who died on the battlefield of Zengzhen.

If Chong Yi had an accident on the battlefield...

Just thinking of this possibility, Emperor Yonghe felt it was difficult to breathe.

Chong Yi bent down to look into Emperor Yonghe's eyes, and when he was about to speak, Emperor Yonghe turned his head expressionlessly, and pointed the back of his head at Chong Yi's face.

Chong Yi was silent for a while, and put his arm on Emperor Yonghe's shoulder.

"Murong Jing is not lying, he will help me wholeheartedly."

"My horse is the fastest."

"When I run away, no one can catch me."

……

"Will the Kingdom of Wei be your gift for your longevity this year?"

"Stop talking!" Emperor Yonghe still didn't turn his head, but his voice became hoarse unknowingly, "I will give you fiefdoms for as many territories as you have won."

Sooner or later it's yours.

Originally, Emperor Yonghe thought that Chong Yi could not take away all the [-] Jingwei, but let Chong Yi take half or even [-], but Chong Yi resolutely rejected Emperor Yonghe.

The reason is that he wants to rush to Weiguo with light clothes, even if he takes away [-] troops from Xianyang, it may attract the attention of all countries, resulting in the failure of the plan to attack Weiguo.

In anger, Emperor Yonghe directly kicked Chong Yi out of the Hall of Qinzheng.

If he hadn't covered his eyes when pushing people away, he might have looked more intimidating.

Knowing that Chongyi has persuaded Emperor Yonghe, he will immediately rush to Weiguo with light clothes.

While Song Peiyu was in a complicated mood, she immediately rushed to the Hall of Qinzheng to see Emperor Yonghe.

Emperor Yonghe hadn't recovered from the melancholy that Chongyi was about to go to war, so he heard Eunuch Meng come to pass the news, Song Peiyu, a guest of the Prince of the East Palace, asked to see him, holding a stack of booklets in his hand.

Emperor Yonghe kept his posture of slumping on the soft chair unchanged, and sighed melancholy, "No, tell the raccoon slave that I'm not feeling well, and let him come back tomorrow." But Eunuch Meng didn't leave immediately, "Master Song said he wanted to be with you." Your Highness went to Weiguo together, and also sorted out a few ways to reach Weiguo without other countries paying attention. I would like to ask you to take a look."

"Ah..." Emperor Yonghe continued to sigh, and forced himself to cheer up, "It's hard for him to miss Suzaku so much, let him come in."

After seeing Song Peiyu list the various methods, Emperor Yonghe was amazed and touched even more deeply.

There was something waiting for him to do at hand, but Emperor Yonghe no longer felt sad.

He cheered up and asked Eunuch Meng to bring the roster of the generals of the frontier army. He would personally designate which generals would stay on the Zhao-Yan border and which generals would go to defend the country with Chong Yi.

Eunuch Meng wanted to make Emperor Yonghe happy, and said deliberately, "Your Majesty still has the insight to personally point Lord Song to be the prince's companion."

After hearing this, Emperor Yonghe really smiled, as if he had completely forgotten that it was Chong Yi who came to him in person and asked Song Peiyu to be a companion.

"It's not easy for Li Nu to think of Suzaku so wholeheartedly. When he returns from Weiguo, you remind me that I will give him a promotion."

Eunuch Meng looked embarrassed, "Your Majesty Song is young, and he is both the fifth-rank Honglu Temple Shaoqing and the third-rank prince's guest. Without a suitable reason, I am afraid it is not suitable for promotion in a short time."

The big tree attracts the wind, but it is not good for Song Peiyu.

Before Emperor Yonghe frowned, Eunuch Meng had already thought of a better idea.

He bent down and whispered in Emperor Yonghe's ear, "Master Song is only one year younger than His Highness, and he has reached the age to marry a wife. Now he wants to go to defend the country with His Highness, but it will be delayed. Your Majesty, why don't you wait for Lord Song to marry a wife?" Time to reward Mr. Song for his dignity."

Since the East Palace rewarded the bridesmaids of the Lu family with crowns when they got married in the Song Dynasty, there has been a custom in Xianyang that nobles in the palace reward newcomers with over-made dress crowns.

Emperor Yonghe nodded and was fair to Mr. An, "When the time comes, we will reward Song Peiyu and his wife, the official uniforms of the crown prince and Taibao, and the dress and crown of Yipin's wife. Remember to remind me."

Seeing that Emperor Yonghe was finally willing to smile, Eunuch Meng heaved a sigh of relief, and happily responded, and went to fetch the roster of generals of the frontier army.