The drizzle is gurgling, and the mood of summer is waning.
The beauty was sitting alone on the edge of the window, her clear and bright eyes sometimes frowning, sometimes soothing.
Before she knew it, Mi Bazi had been "imprisoned" for a hundred days. Although the Zhao Kingdom did not restrict her travel, she was accompanied by members of the Zhao royal family when she came and went.
However, in recent days, she has gone out much less frequently.
In addition to losing the novelty of a foreign country, since last month, Zhao State has begun large-scale conscription, and the personnel in Handan City have become more chaotic. At the same time, the frequency of envoys from various countries coming and going to Handan has become more frequent. She faintly Feeling that the recent situation is 'bad'.
Two days ago, an old friend from Qin State sent her envoy to Handan and brought her the long-awaited letter.
The mother country has gone to war with Qin, Ba and Shu are fighting fiercely, Yue and Song are at war, and the war situation among the countries is now becoming more and more chaotic.
The letter was not long, and there was a vague statement at the end that the man's body was getting worse.
The small stove in front of her was burning brightly. The beauty turned her hand lightly, and the letter turned into wisps of smoke.
Mi Bazi let out a long sigh of relief. Although she was unwilling to do so in her current state, she could only sigh in vain.
The house that Zhao Guo had arranged for her had its own unique ideas. The corner of Baixingfang was lonely and quiet, which was quite suitable for her current situation.
From her perspective, through the hazy rain curtains outside the window, she could clearly see the luxurious and bright pavilions and palaces not far away. The night lights are going out later and later.
Suddenly there was a rustling sound outside the house door, but the breeze no longer blew on the fence. The beauty felt her heart tremble. When she turned to look, fortunately the green smoke had dissipated.
'Dong, dong, dong' there was a soft knock on the door.
Mi Bazi retracted her mind and picked up the coat beside her with bare hands. Unconsciously, the night wind was already slightly cold. Mi Bazi sometimes felt more at ease without the help of palace attendants.
"Princess, I am a slave." Qiu Yuedi's soft voice came from outside the door.
Mi Bazi quickly opened the door latch and saw Qiuyue outside the door holding a bamboo umbrella and wearing a thin midsummer shirt.
"It's getting cold. Yue'er needs to put on more clothes. Come in and eat." Mi Bazi stepped forward to take the bamboo umbrella and said in a somewhat complaining tone.
The warmth in the room also made Qiu Yue's body feel somewhat soothed. She had been by Mi Bazi's side since she was a child. Although the two were clearly servants of the master, their relationship was like that of sisters.
Qiuyue turned around and closed the door first, then bowed to Mi Bazi, and then said softly: "Princess, I have found out clearly that King Yan has asked Qi for soldiers and horses, saying that he is going back to Yan to destroy Prince Kuai's party. Zhao The state has stationed heavy troops outside Handan City, and when the servants returned, they saw a surge of people and horses in the northern city."
Mi Bazi frowned slightly, lowered his head and thought for a moment. After a moment, he asked in a low voice: "Is Zhao going north or west?"
Qiuyue shook her head and said: "I don't know, I don't know...but I saw King Zhao's Luan Jia outside the city today. It seems to be going to the military camp in Beishan. I think there should be some movement in the next three to five days."
Mi Bazi raised his head and glanced at the night outside the window, and suddenly fell silent.
Qiuyue was already used to it. She lifted up her hem and started to work on her own.
Today is different from the past. The tiger skin of the Qin State has faded away. They are no longer noble people. Now they have to do everything by themselves.
Fortunately, it doesn't seem difficult to adapt to living under someone else's roof.
Qiuyue was busy preparing meals in the house, while Mibazi sat behind her and stared at the window sill in a daze.
After a while, Mi Bazi suddenly smiled.
Qiuyue put down the spoon in her hand and looked at the princess with confusion, not knowing why.
Ying Ji, who was sleeping in the side room, was also awakened by the laughter. When he came out of the room, he saw his mother giggling there.
Mi Bazi seemed to be in a much better mood. She greeted Ying Ji, "Ji'er, come over for dinner."
Ying Ji obediently bowed to Mi Bazi, and then knelt down beside Qiu Yue in a decent manner, "Why were you laughing just now?"
"Mom was laughing at our good luck. Originally we were supposed to go to Yan State. Fortunately, Ji'er's foolish father was defeated, so we came to Zhao State." Mi Bazi rubbed the little baby's hair lovingly. .
"Yan Kingdom?" Ying Ji dodged his mother's hand and asked curiously, "What is the Yan Kingdom like?"
Mi Bazi said to himself: "The country of Yan is not a good place. There is chaos there now."
"Chaos?" Ying Ji said without hesitation: "Is it as chaotic as Qin?"
Qiuyue, who was serving porridge at the side, suddenly flashed a look of surprise on her face when she heard the young master's words.
Mi Bazi was stunned at first, then started laughing. She laughed without etiquette, her delicate body was in full bloom, and her proud breasts were surging up and down.
Ying Ji looked puzzled. He didn't understand why his mother suddenly laughed again.
Mi Bazi took a breath and said, "Ji'er is right, it's just as chaotic as Qin."
"Princess!" Qiuyue reminded from the side: "This is inappropriate."
"What's wrong? We were all sold to the State of Zhao. Besides, I have no intention of returning to the State of Qin." Mi Bazi stared at Qiuyue with a look of hatred on his face.
Qiuyue opened her mouth but said nothing more.
"Mom, why is the Yan Kingdom in chaos?" Ying Ji seemed to be still immersed in the question just now.
Mi Bazi thought for a while and said slowly: "The old King of Yan passed away, and the prince should have succeeded him. However, the officials of the Yan State thought that the prince had no benevolence and did not care about his heart, so they supported the old King of Yan. The younger brother succeeded to the throne. The prince was naturally unwilling, so he united with the ministers who supported him to regain the throne. Since then, the Yan Kingdom has naturally been in chaos."
Speaking of this, Mi Bazi suddenly asked Ying Ji, "What would Ji'er do if she encountered this kind of situation?"
Ying Ji stared at his mother and blinked.
Mi Bazi looked at him expectantly.
The little boy immediately replied: "Ji'er can run away. If Ji'er is no longer king, Ji'er will always be with his mother."
If a five- or six-year-old child can say such a thing, ordinary parents would definitely feel gratified.
However, Mi Bazi was furious.
"Run away?" She picked up the bamboo chopsticks and hit the kid's shoulder hard. After hitting him, she still didn't feel relieved and wanted to hit him again.
Qiuyue beside her was startled and quickly put down what she was doing to stop Mi Bazi from continuing to commit violence.
The beauty glared at Ying Ji and said angrily: "You are a waste, you have no future! You are not even as good as your foolish father!"
Qiuyue hugged the little baby, rubbed his shoulders distressedly, and looked at the beauty with an angry look: "Princess, the young master is only six years old."
Ying Ji didn't cry even after being beaten by Mi Bazi's preaching. He just lowered his head and held his mouth. Tears rolled in his eyes, but he didn't cry out.
"Don't spoil him too much. He is a man, and he is the son of the Qin State. How can he be so cowardly... Even though the situation is like this, it cannot dampen his ambition. If he behaves like this, how will he deal with strong winds and waves in the future?" Mi Bazi said with a sad look on his face.
Although she often speaks decadent words, there is still a glimmer of hope in her heart.
She is the eldest daughter of the Chu State, but her family is not very happy. She experienced the early death of her father when she was young and her mother remarried. When she grew up, she was 'sold' to the Qin Kingdom thousands of miles away because of her female sex, and had to stay away from her hometown.
The ups and downs of her childhood and her experiences in the court made her understand the importance of rights.
From the moment Ying Ji was born, it was not difficult to see her expectations from his name.
The length of Ji Baigu is also great.
"Mom, don't cry, the child will never say such things again." Seeing tears welling up in the corners of Mi Bazi's eyes, Ying Ji suddenly opened Qiu Yue, stepped forward and hugged Mi Bazi's shoulders: "The child is not hopeless. But the kid wants his grandma to be happy, and the kid doesn’t want to see his grandma suffer."
"Princess... how filial this young master is. I think that how can a person who doesn't care about human ethics and filial piety be the king of a country?" Qiuyue said.
"Hmph!" Mi Bazi snorted softly: "Those kings who killed their fathers and usurped the country can also expand their territory and become famous in history. You have seen that the accomplished king is foolish and filial, and they are all domineering!"
Although she said this, she hugged Ying Ji tightly.
Ying Ji broke away from the beauty in his arms and said seriously with a small face: "If Ji'er is a king, he will never be such a king."
The corners of the beauty's lips curled up slightly, and she said disdainfully, "Silly! If you do this, you won't be able to be the king!"
"Princess." Qiuyue said.
"kindness?"
'Dong, dong, dong,'
Suddenly there was another knock on the door.
The two women in the room trembled at the same time, and Mi Bazi quickly asked outside: "What's the matter?"
"Madam." The lady arranged by the Zhao Palace said outside the door: "The queen mentioned in the palace that autumn and winter are cold, so she specially asked the palace to send cloth to the lady and the young master."
Mi Bazi asked Qiu Yue to open the door of the room and said to the lady, "Just put the cloth in the outer hall and thank the queen for me."
The lady bowed respectfully to Mi Bazi and continued: "The queen also invites the madam and the young master to come to the palace for dinner tomorrow."
Mi Bazi nodded and said, "I can tell the queen that I will definitely attend the banquet tomorrow."
During these days of living in Handan, she had been invited to the Palace of Zhao many times. Perhaps because they were both foreign women, she had a harmonious conversation with the beautiful Queen Zhao, and she felt as if she had met her late. So every ten days and a half, Queen Zhao will definitely invite her to the palace. It's just that she has never seen the busy King Zhao.
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"Sneeze!" Zhao Yong suddenly sneezed heavily.
The sound of sneezing was extremely loud in the silent palace room, and Su Qin, who was about to do something, couldn't help but pause in his words.
"Your Majesty, it's getting cold, so you still need to take care of yourself." Fei Yi said with a bow.
Zhao Yong waved his hand back in embarrassment. His body now only felt hot, not even the slightest bit cold. "Wu Anjun, continue."
"Here." Su Qin continued to bow and said: "The Yan army has once again withdrawn to the east of Laishui River and the north of Yishui River. The twelve cities in the river are now occupied by Qi State, as well as the three cities and seven cities on the west bank of Laishui River. It is occupied by the Zhongshan State. After crossing the Bei Yishui River, the Zhongshan State clashed with the Qi army and has now withdrawn its troops. Three days ago, the Qi army and the Yan army had a large-scale battle on the banks of the Yishui River. Now the Qi army has crossed the Yishui River. Passed Yishui."
Zhao Yong nodded, pointed at the Kanyu map and said: "Qi's offensive this time was obviously much faster than the last time. In less than sixty days, it took over most of the Yan State. It seems that Qi is planning to What happened is exactly as Lord Wu An expected."
Qi's plan is considered an obvious one, and perhaps only those in the game like Ji Xie find it difficult to see through their own situation.
The princes of other countries either succumbed to Qi's power or succumbed to Qi's interests, but they all chose to see through it but not speak out.
But Zhao Yong still admired Tian Bijiang very much. For the sake of the so-called justice, he was willing to give up tens of thousands of his soldiers as Tongyan's toll. From this point of view, Tian Bijiang is a courageous king.
Anyway, he was reluctant to do so.
"Your Majesty, with the speed of the Qi army, they will reach Jidu City in less than a month. Do you want to send Captain Wu Sui to Yan?" Su Qin bowed and bowed. (Wu Sui = Xushui, Hebei Province)
Zhao Yong stared at Kanyu Tu, thought for a while, and asked Fei Yi behind him: "What do you think, Grand Sima?"
Fei Yi thought carefully for a moment and said: "I think that Zhao needs to wait and see the situation of the battle. The Yan army should be able to hold on for a while. Moreover, Zhongshan has withdrawn its troops at this time. Now if Zhao invades Yan, it may face the high morale alone. The Qi army."
Pang Nuan said at the right time: "Your Majesty, I think that our Zhao State still needs to focus on Zhongshan and Northern Xinjiang at this time. Now that our Zhao State's elite cavalry have gathered in Daijun, it coincides with the autumn and winter. I invite you to fight, and we must go first. I am suffering from wild beasts in northern Xinjiang."
Zhao Yong did not reply. It was not appropriate to start a war with Zhongshan at this time. Yan Guo's role as a bait has already been achieved.
The Zhongshan State added insult to injury and occupied 300 miles of Yan land, which has created a life-and-death hatred for the Yan people. In addition, regardless of whether Qi State succeeded in conquering Yan in the end, the war of annihilation of the country will inevitably damage its own national strength.
Moreover, Zhao Yong knew that Yan State would not be easily destroyed. In other words, even if Jidu is defeated, the Yan Kingdom will not fall.
When Ji is defeated, it is the best time to send troops. Only in this way can the State of Yan be grateful to the State of Zhao, and only in this way can the State of Yan seek the greatest interests for the State of Zhao.
But some truths cannot be stated clearly.
Zhao Yong cursed in his heart and asked again: "How is the war between Qin and Chu?"
Zhao Yong originally wanted to take part in the war between Qin and Chu, and then drive a nail in the southwest.
But it backfired.
It has to be said that Zhao Guo's current momentum is too strong.
The brothers Han and Wei are not stupid either. They have always sought a balance rather than a dominant one.
Compared to Qin, they may be less willing to see the rise of Zhao.
But now among the three Jin Dynasties, Zhao State has obviously become too powerful, and checks and balances are inevitable.
Wei and South Korea have repeatedly increased their troops on the Zhao border in recent days, but I don't know whether they are coveting or preparing for it.
Zhao Yong hoped it was the latter. After all, Zhao Guo really had no intention of attacking his brothers at this time.
Su Qin said helplessly: "The Chu army has retreated."
"What?" Zhao Yong suddenly turned around and said in surprise.
Fei Yi and others on the side also looked puzzled.
The Chu State was so powerful that it was said to be a war to destroy the country, but it just ended with a dumb cannon?
Zhao Yong frowned deeply: "Do you know the reason?"
If Qin is allowed to slow down, Zhao's western defense line will inevitably be tight again. After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and Zhao Yong will not really think that Qin's proton and Zhao are really on good terms with Zhao.
Now is the time to focus on conquering the Northland, but we must not make any mistakes.
"Zhang Yi sent an envoy to Chu and said that Qin would cede Shang to the two territories. The king of Chu agreed and then withdrew his troops." Su Qin had to tell the truth.
"idiot!"
