emperor of a dynasty

The other party remained silent for a long time, the mansion soldier felt strange in his heart, raised his head tremblingly to look, only to find that the person standing in front of him had disappeared, only the curtain was still moving with the wind in front of him.

Let's talk about Zhang Sui here, Zhang Sui immediately packed himself up and went to the palace to meet the King of Chu after learning the heavy news that the Qin army was under pressure.Along the way, I had thought about how to argue in front of the King of Chu for a while, and even made preparations to meet the wrath of the King of Chu after handing over the papers. After entering the palace, I didn’t need him to hand in the papers. King Chu's personal palace servant came forward to pull him:

"Hey, my lord Xiangguo, you are here. The king lost his temper a lot inside. No one dares to go in. We are waiting for you to come. Hurry up and come in with our house. Bar……"

After Zhang Sui heard this, he felt a little suspicious, but he didn't show it on the surface, and said, "Elder-in-law offended the old minister, dare to ask the king, this is...?"

"Hey, it's not about the military department. The military department handed over the papers early in the morning. After the king read it, he became very angry and smashed a lot of things, coaxing everyone out. ...No matter how many there are, our family doesn’t know. It just so happens that you are here, and the king just said that he wants to summon you. Hurry up, hurry up, hurry in, don’t delay..."

Zhang Sui was dragged and pushed into the imperial study room by the palace servants. As soon as he entered, he saw the porcelain shards on the ground. He didn't dare to think about it. He lowered his head and walked forward quickly, bowed and saluted:

"My minister Zhang Sui, I have met the king. My king Sheng'an!"

"Oh, Xiangguo is here." The king of Chu sat on the throne with a gloomy expression. Seeing Zhang Suilai, he just said this in a casual way, and then closed his mouth, as if he didn't intend to speak again.

Zhang Sui went through the matter in his mind before and after, and then he said, "Your Majesty, I'm here today because of the assassination of Qin Xiangyan Wuwei in the city a few days ago." The case memorial was handed over with both hands, "This is the case statement, please read it, Your Majesty."

The King of Chu sat there without moving, and said in a low voice, "Oh, I know." Even though he said so, he didn't mean to read the memorial at all. Zhang Sui was not sure what the King of Chu was doing He didn't dare to be too earnest, so as not to arouse the suspicion of the King of Chu, so he had to lower his head and maintain the posture of handing out the memorial with both hands.

After a long time, Zhang Sui heard King Chu say again, "Speaking of which, I have a happy event to share with Ai Qing."

Zhang Sui's heart skipped a beat, and as expected, he heard King Chu say, "At this hour, the lonely Concubine Li was diagnosed by the imperial physician and found to be two months pregnant."

Zhang Sui said in his heart that it was indeed the case, thinking that Concubine Li was the one who saw the wind turn her back the most. Now that the case is clear, she will definitely do something to protect herself, so no one can say whether she is really pregnant or not, but the King of Chu wants to The intention to save Concubine Li has been revealed.After all, Zhang Sui is smart, even though he was thinking about it for a thousand times, he didn't say anything, just listened to the king of Chu continue, "Now the position of queen has been vacant for a long time. Flesh and flesh—Xiangguo thinks, can Concubine Li be a lonely queen?"

After the king of Chu said that, the study room fell into a deathly silence. Zhang Sui kept his hands in a memorial posture, lowered his head and did not speak. The king of Chu was patient, resting his chin with one hand. , Waiting for Zhang Sui for a long time, Zhang Sui said neither humble nor overbearing, "Your Majesty, this is the memorial played by the old minister, please have a look at it."

A hint of impatience flashed in King Chu's eyes, but his tone was still gentle, "Aiqing, you can put this memorial matter aside for now. I don't know what Aiqing means when I want to establish a queen now?"

Zhang Sui sighed in his heart. It seems that the king of Chu knew about Qin Jun's oppression, but in the end it was his favorite concubine who caused the trouble. Asking him to hand it over would be tantamount to taking it on the apex of his heart. Blood.

"Your Majesty wants to have a queen. This is a great joy for the Chu Kingdom, but..." Zhang Sui paused, and the King of Chu said, "Just what? Ai Qing can't help but speak up."

Zhang Sui's body became more and more stooped, he said, "If you just want to make Concubine Li the queen, please ask the king to read this memorial before making a decision."

However, the King of Chu laughed twice, then got up from the throne, walked up to Zhang Sui, and said kindly, "Aiqing, you and Gu both know that if Gu read this memorial... Gu's concubine Ai will I can't live anymore. Aiqing, surely you won't let Gu become so cruel, right?"

Sure enough, the King of Chu is not a fool, he just read the urgent military report from the border, and then thought about Zhang Sui’s recent abnormalities, he has a clue in his heart, but it’s one thing to accept it. It's another story.Concubine Li has always been arrogant and self-indulgent, and it's also his fault that he favored the other party too much, making him feel confident. In addition, when he summoned Yan Wuwei that day, he did indeed say that he would retire from the harem to marry Yan Wuwei, which made Concubine Li angry. Jealousy, he killed Yan Wuwei... So in terms of this matter, he has nothing to do with it. If he chooses to kill Concubine Li because of this, he really can't do it, and Concubine Li is already dead. She was pregnant, and she was his favorite concubine, so he could let her go... that would be weird!

Zhang Sui understood King Chu's thoughts even more after hearing what King Chu said. He thought for a while and said, "Speaking of which, I heard an interesting story a long time ago."

"Oh?" King Chu raised his straight eyebrows, looking very suave, "What kind of interesting story can Ai Qing remember to this day?"

"It's not really a matter of remembering it, but I just remembered it now," Zhang Sui said slowly, "It's an old story. In the past, King Wei and Lord Longyang went fishing in a boat, and Lord Longyang got more than ten. The fish came down with tears. The king was puzzled and said, "Then what is the tears?"

Said: "The minister is the fish that the king gets." '

Wang said: "What do you mean?" '

Confrontation said: "At the beginning, I got fish, and I was very happy, and then I got more and more. Now I want to abandon what I got before."The minister will also abandon it, and the minister will have no tears." "Seeing that the King of Chu's complexion is not good, Zhang Sui smiled and said, "Since ancient times, my concubine has been favored by her master, but she is afraid that the old flowers will be damaged in spring, and the favor will be replaced by the master's favor, making her feel the sorrow of Longyang crying fish. The grievance of the fan, what can I do? "

King Chu sneered after hearing this, "Is Aiqing really mocking Gu's promise to Yan Wuwei that day?"

This piece of Sui is really daring, to use the allusion of Longyang Weeping Fish to insinuate that he likes the new and dislikes the old.

Zhang Sui duan saluted, neither humble nor overbearing said, "My king is above me, I absolutely have no such intention.

I just want to say that the disaster of Concubine Li lies in her arrogance. A woman marries and obeys her husband.Only in this way can I be worthy of my king and be the queen of my Chu country.And that Concubine Li, who is not outstanding in character, talent and learning, is still committing such a serious crime, it is really a pity for the harem, even if she was not arrested for assassinating an envoy from another country this time, she will definitely commit other crimes in the future.

As we all know, Concubine Li was originally a concubine, and her father and brother had no meritorious service. Fortunately, the king favored her to have the glory she has now. The palace has been domineering and domineering for many days, and now she instigates others to assassinate the envoys of other countries. The crime is regarded as treason, and I ask the king to see clearly! "

After hearing Zhang Sui's words, the King of Chu laughed, "Is it true that Aiqing didn't understand what Aiqing said? But Yan Wuwei is still living in that inn, alive and well, but the lonely concubine Aifei has to do it for such a A small mistake and cost your life?"

"Your Majesty thinks it's just a small mistake?" Zhang Sui asked back, "but now it's because of the 'little mistake' that the King said that has angered the King of Qin. Hundreds of thousands of Qin troops are now stationed eighty miles away from the border of our Chu state! Will the king still sleep at night? Do you still think it is a small mistake?"

The face of the King of Chu changed again and again, "Why does Aiqing speak so badly? Who can be sure that the King of Qin sent a large army to suppress the country because Yan Wuwei was assassinated? What if the King of Qin was greedy for selfishness and wanted to use this to attack us?" What about Chu?"

"If that's the case, would Yan Wuwei stay in Chu for nearly a month after being assassinated?" Zhang Sui asked again.

"..."

The king of Chu said Zhang Sui's sentence, and every sentence was against the weakness of the king of Chu. The king of Chu is licentious, but after all, his father handed over the country to him, and he was afraid that it would hit him. In his hands, he will have no face to see his ancestors after a hundred years.

He paced the room with his hands behind his back, and his tone was no longer calm, "Then what Yi Aiqing wants to do now?"

Zhang Sui clasped his hands together, "—peace talks."

"Peace talk?" The King of Chu shook his head after hearing this, "I, Chu State, don't take this matter seriously. If peace talks are proposed now, and if Qin State speaks loudly like a lion, wouldn't I be a fish and let him wait for it to be slaughtered?"

"Does the king mean to wait for the Qin army to attack the door before peace talks?"

The king of Chu was furious and said, "So what if we attack? Is my state of Chu still afraid of his state of Qin?! His state of Qin is still entangled with the state of Lai on its own border. It really started a fight. It doesn't matter who wins or loses!"

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Sui whispered, "Your Majesty is not afraid of Qin, and Chu is not afraid of Qin, but has your Majesty forgotten? Chu...has Lord Chang'an."

"..." King Chu fell silent.

Zhang Sui took advantage of this and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Li can't stay here...It's better to hand it over voluntarily than someone else asking her to blame her?"

After a long time, the king of Chu said, "If there are peace talks...how sure is Aiqing that Qin will withdraw from the army?"

"If you go back to the king, seventy percent."

The king of Chu was silent for a long time, and said, "In this way, there will be Lao Xiangguo."

"The minister will not disgrace the king's order!"

Zhang Sui saluted and was about to retreat when the King of Chu said again, "Aiqing—"

"Kings."

"Aiqing... This country was handed over to Gu by his father and king himself. No one can lose even a penny. Does Aiqing understand?"

Zhang Sui was silent for a long while, then knelt down and saluted, "I am a minister of Chu, so I will swear to the death to defend our land of Chu, and never lose a single cent!" Then he kowtowed three times.

The king of Chu sighed and stopped speaking.

Zhang Sui then withdrew.