Chapter 77 The King of Qi was in his forties, wearing a purple robe and a jade crown. He couldn't help but get angry when he saw his son in front of him who was cowardly and timid.
"You tell me, why don't you dare? Aren't you just a woman?"
He raised his eyebrows and hummed, holding a bottle of wine in his hand, as if he was going to knock Jiang Ben on the head at any time.
Why dare not? Jiang Ben remained silent.
Not to mention that he had no thoughts of male-female love for Jiang He, just thinking of the slap Jiang He slapped him in the Yong Kingdom made him get goosebumps all over again.
In addition, Zhao Zheng is eyeing him in Yong State, so unless he doesn't want to live anymore, Jiang He must not be touched.
But if you tell your father this, you will inevitably be accused of being emotional, or you will simply use Jiang He to deal with Yong things backfired and everything became a mess again.
Regardless of etiquette, Jiang Ben raised his hand and scratched his head. He suddenly remembered the newspaper he had received on the way back. He rolled his eyes and said, "Perhaps my father already knows that Zhao and Yan are going to war!"
"Isn't it because Jiang He gave Yan and Zhao each a piece of art of war on how to restrain the other? They are eager to try it. Now they are stationing troops on the border, and they probably will fight before the New Year is over. I originally didn't want to fight with him. The state of Wei went to war, so they approved the marriage between Wei Ji and Jiang He. Now that you have gone around and the marriage is ruined, what do you think we should do?"
Although he was scolding Jiang Ben, King Qi's brows relaxed a little.
Everyone wants to wait for the snipe and the clam to fight so that they can be the profitable 's quite fun to watch others fight.
For example, this time when Wei and Chu went to war, although Qi didn't cut off many Chu soldiers' heads, it still shocked the six countries and took you brag about it in the future, you can say that you have defeated Chu.
Jiang Ben heard this and said, "Because of this, I cannot marry her."
"How many people must hate her!"
Jiang Ben sighed, his shoulders slumped, and said slowly: "In a war, there will be a victory or a defeat. When the time comes, the loser will resent her because of the casualties, the winner will be jealous of her because of greed, and the onlookers will blame her for both the victory and defeat. Her. If she were just the princess of our Qi Dynasty, there would still be some room for maneuver. But as long as Jiang He becomes the daughter-in-law of my Qi royal family, then whatever she does or does not do will be counted in our Qi kingdom. On the head."
King Qi looked slightly stern and leaned back, as if he was fearful and avoiding something.
I thought it was a big bargain, but I didn't expect it to be a big burden.
"Father," Jiang Ben was almost crying, "you don't want to see the situation where Zong and Lianheng jointly besieged Yong State happen to our Qi State, right? Can we, Da Qi, be able to withstand it?"
Can't stand it.
"That……"
"Use her." Jiang Ben suggested, "I'm getting along well with her these days. Whether it's military training or governance, we can use her insights. Doesn't she understand the art of war? Write it all down and let her know. The soldiers know it by heart. If someone sends a marriage certificate again and asks for marriage, they will refuse on the grounds of filial piety. Just keep her, and there is no need to worry about marrying her."
You are right.
King Qi frowned and breathed a sigh of relief.
He put down the wine cup in his hand and looked at Jiang Ben and nodded approvingly.
"It seems that going abroad as a pledge is a good choice. You should be grateful for the training over the past few years."
Jiang Ben kowtowed and stepped back. When his footsteps stepped on the thick ground of Qi State, he felt a little dazed in his heart.
Right, he is different from the stupid boy before.
But he would rather be a fool than live in fear of losing his life at any time.
If he wanted to thank anyone, he would only be grateful to the sister who slapped him in the face and gave up her life to marry him in exchange for his freedom.
On the 28th of the twelfth lunar month, Mi Fucu and Xiang Yan met and returned to Shouchun, the capital of Chu State.
The first thing, of course, is to meet with the new king of Chu, Mi You, the half-brother of Mi Fuchu.
There was no snow in Shouchun City, and the air was damp and cold.
Mi Fuchu's sword was confiscated in front of the palace gate, and he entered the palace alone to meet the saint.
Mi You was kneeling in front of the coffin of the former King of Chu, wearing heavy mourning, bowing respectfully, burning incense and weeping.
The chamberlain reported that the young master was back, but Mi still did not move.
Mi Fuchu strode in, knelt down behind Mi You and howled.
The new king of Chu had a cold look on his face and said indifferently: "Today in front of my father's coffin, you will explain why you brought 30 elite troops with you when you left, but only you and General Xiang were alive when you came back."
When the new king takes office, it is necessary to cleanse and eradicate the old his brother, Mi Fuchu is certainly the one who deserves to be punished.
But he did something wrong again, and he really deserved it.
"Your Majesty..." Mi Fuchu wailed and knelt forward a few steps. When Mi You realized that something was wrong, Mi Fuchu had already grabbed her hair.
"Boldly—"
His voice stopped abruptly.
Mi Fuchu pressed the head of the new king of Chu into the charcoal brazier, and knelt down on his neck until his body struggled and slowly stiffened, then he patted the dust off his body.
"Your Majesty, this is what I have told you."
With a smile on his face, he smelled the aroma of roasted meat in the room, inhaled deeply, and seemed to enjoy it extremely.
There was a lot of noise outside.
The head rolled off, the sword penetrated the body, and the blood splashed on the tightly sealed window lattice.
Mi Zichu strode out.
The soldiers and horses he had hidden in the palace had already begun to bloodbath the the winter of that year, Mi Fuchu killed his elder brother Mi You, who had only been in power for two months.
Later, he killed Mi You's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Li Yan, Mi You's uncle Li Yuan, and beheaded the entire Li family.
Mi negative Cu established himself as the king of Chu, and he was negative Chu for the king of Chu.
When the blood in the palace of Chu State seeped into the cracks of the bricks, the house of Jiang He's family in the capital of Qi State had been tidied up.
The house is in a slightly secluded place, because it is close to the slums. Except for the Jiang family, there are no other wealthy houses.
In fact, it has been vacant for nearly four years.
Four years ago, her father had just returned from Chu to rest for a few months, and then set off from here to take her to Wei.
After that, he stayed in Wei for several months. When Jiang He returned from Wei on foot, he was forced to stay in the palace by the Queen Mother.
After three years in the palace, I went to Yongguo to get married. Unexpectedly, after a lot of trouble, I still came back here.
It's good here, this is home.
The servants in the house did not leave. The old housekeeper who often followed his father had a hunched the maids were scattered, fortunately Jiang He didn't need many people to serve him.
The money envoy went out and repaired the whole house. He also wrapped white cloth on the pillars and window lattice, and pasted white peach charms on the side of the door. After giving some New Year's gifts to the servants, Jiang He had a good rest.
Although the New Year is approaching and everyone avoids funerals, there are still many people who come to express their condolences every day.
Jiang He rejected many royal nobles and dignitaries, but she still couldn't keep out the common people who came with a basket of eggs or a duck and goose in tears.
"We were attacked by locusts that year. If Master Jiang hadn't remonstrated in front of His Majesty to obtain food, I would have starved to death."
"My eldest son was in the army that year, and the conscripts had to take my younger son away. If I hadn't come to Master Jiang in tears, our family would have been wiped out."
"If it hadn't been for Mr. Jiang that year, the Yan State had swallowed up our town, and we would have been Yan people. How could we be where we are today?"
……
The common people put down their condolences, and if the Jiang family refused, they would talk about their gratitude to Mr. Jiang.
After listening too much, Zongjun often had red eyes.
Jiang He sat in front of the window, listening to the chickens, ducks and geese running around outside. He spread out a piece of silk and wrote a reply to Zhao Zheng.
I promised to write the reply now.
I don’t know if he cursed because he was anxious.
In the capital of Yong Kingdom, the banquet on New Year's Eve was very lively.
In previous years, only close ministers could participate with their families. This year, the Queen Mother said that she wanted to wipe away the bad luck, get rid of the old and welcome the new, and changed many rules.
Now that there is no queen in the Yong Kingdom, the queen mother has the final say in everything in the harem, and Zhao Zheng does not interfere.
But when he entered the main hall and saw the crowds of young girls here, just like a prostitution shop in Chu State, he couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"This is the eldest daughter of Zhang Tingwei's family, and this is the second daughter of Dr. Cui's family. You know this one, she is from Zhao Zongzheng's family..."
The Queen Mother introduced the names of these women one by one and observed Zhao Zheng's reaction.
"Are you here to say hello to your mother?" Zhao Zheng said calmly.
The Queen Mother waved her hands with a smile: "That's not entirely true. The Ai family heard that these girls are all good at music, so they specially invited them to join in the fun of the New Year's Eve reunion."
Zhao Zheng glanced at the Queen Mother and said, "Where are the musicians in the palace? Are they all dead?"
Immediately, Leling knelt down and responded, indicating that she was still alive and did not want to die.
The Queen Mother glared at Zhao Zheng and asked the girls to play regardless of whether he wanted to or not.
"Come and listen." She said, stroking her hands, "Of course there are musicians in the palace, but with the new year and new atmosphere, the Ai family wants to see these new faces."
She was determined that Zhao Zheng could not disobey her in front of the officials.
Zhao Zheng then sat down, drank with the ministers amidst the music played by dozens of girls, and greeted the hostages or envoys from various countries who stayed in Yong Kingdom.
After dealing with it for a while, he returned to Zhiyang Palace.
I met Li Wenzhou on the road and sent him an urgent letter.
Zhao Zheng's pace became a little faster.
Unexpectedly, he opened the door and saw a woman lying on the dragon bed.
Her shoulders were half exposed and her cheeks were slightly red. She was a little excited and a little shy. She was charming and a little innocent. She was the legitimate daughter of Zhao Zongzheng's family.
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注释 [1] During the Warring States Period, "doctor" was an official position, whose job was to understand the past and present, and he had the right to read banned books.
[2] Zongzheng is an official position in charge of the internal affairs of the royal family.
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