The next day, Qiu Rong began to ask to see Xiao Yuan.
Xiao Yuan didn't seem to be surprised at all by Huan Xiang's arrival.
In the meeting hall, the two sides began to engage in a verbal war over post-war matters.
Qiu Rong was reminded by Sun Qi and began to focus on the impact of Huan Jun's participation in the war. As a civil servant, his eloquence was obviously much better than that of Sun Qi. He was called a lotus with a brilliant tongue.
In fact, it is reasonable to divide the land with Huan Guo.
If it were not for Huan Jun's participation in the battle, the Qin Army would indeed not have achieved the expected results. Xiao Yuan recognized the role Huan Jun played.
He was not a short-sighted person. After some bargaining, he pretended to be reluctant and agreed to Qiu Rong.
When the latter saw this, he was immediately happy and excited.
But Xiao Yuan immediately said: "However, please forgive me for speaking bluntly, is it possible for your country's seal to be a national document?"
This is obviously talking about Huan Guo Xiangyin again.
When Qiu Rong heard this, his old face turned red with embarrassment, and he even said anxiously: "This, this, this, why did your Highness say this!"
"Okay, okay." Xiao Yuan stopped, and did not want to humiliate Prime Minister Huan, so he waved his hands and said, "I am just a little worried about the battle against Yan, so I just ask. Prime Minister, don't worry."
"Where, where." Qiu Rong said repeatedly as if he was grateful: "Your Highness is generous, and the matter of the seal of Huan Guo was just an accident and misunderstanding last time. This kind of situation will never happen again in the future."
"This is the best, otherwise, Xiangbang will be criticized wherever he goes." Xiao Yuan said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, His Highness said..."
After talking about the matter here, the Huan army has withdrawn. Xiao Yuan has taken over Jinling, Youzhou, Yanzhou, Liangzhou and other places. Next, he is also preparing to deal with the Jialing issue.
On the other side, after Sun Qi returned to the capital.
Under the order of King Huan, it was of course impossible for the army to enter the city, but was transferred back to the Huan camp.
Morning morning on this day.
Sun Qi entered the palace, knelt down and saluted: "I will bow to you, your Majesty, I will be your king for ten thousand years——"
"Sun Qi." King Huan did not ask him to get up, but said with a smile: "When you come back from the expedition, do you have the military talisman on you?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I am about to hand it over." Sun Qi said truthfully.
"Then hand it over." King Huan quickly motioned to the attendant.
"Yes!" Sun Qi responded, kneeling in the hall, raising his hands high and presenting the tiger talisman.
After the attendant took it and put it respectfully behind the king's desk, King Huan seemed to be secretly relieved, and his tone couldn't help but become relaxed:
"Save your life, Sun Qi. Oh, you led the army to conquer a lot of land for our Huan Kingdom. I am very pleased. I will definitely reward you. You can rest assured about this."
"I'm scared, thank you so much for your kindness, Your Majesty." Sun Qi said.
"Okay." King Huan was in a good mood. He took the tiger talisman, stood up, looked around and said, "Today's meeting will end here. I am also a little tired. All the beloved ministers will disperse on their own."
"Farewell, Your Majesty——" All the ministers saluted in unison.
On the first day, nothing happened.
In the afternoon of the same day, King Huan's reward did arrive at Sun Qi's home, but it was mostly some gold and silver silk and satin, with no title or title, and no official position.
The next day, there was no intention of letting Sun Qi enter the court to participate in political discussions.
When he is needed, King Huan can serve as commander, but now that there is no war, King Huan does not dare to use him, and there is no substantive recognition of his military achievements.
Under such circumstances, one can imagine Sun Qi's state of mind, and he was naturally extremely disappointed, but he had no choice but to drink to drown his sorrows all day long.
And Xiang Ge's followers in the Huan Kingdom Court also began to take advantage of this to help him regain his position.
Guo Kai said: "Your Majesty, General Xiang Ge has been loyal and loyal for generations. Only by entrusting our Huan Army to him to manage both internal and external affairs, both the army and the people, can we truly feel at ease."
"Yes, Your Majesty, as a general, loyalty to the country is the most important thing..." Someone else said.
"Well..." After hearing this, King Huan couldn't help but nodded, and then looked at Xiang Ge: "General Xiang."
"I'm here." Xiang Ge quickly stepped out of the queue.
"Before this king, I hope you won't mind the change of commander. From now on, we, the soldiers of the Huan Army, will have to rely on you to lead them." King Huan said.
"The king will destroy the ministers, and the ministers will swear allegiance to the king! Be loyal to Huan Guo!" Xiang Ge said in a shocked voice.
"Okay!" King Huan nodded again with satisfaction.
After the court meeting, Xiang Ge was so satisfied that when he left the palace, he raised his head slightly.
Guo Kai stood beside him and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Commander Xiang, you are reinstated."
"Thanks to Brother Guo for his help, otherwise, Xiang Ge would not be here today. I cannot thank you enough for your kindness." Xiang Ge quickly handed over his hand, very politely.
"Wherever, you and I have been friends for generations. This is what we should do. How can we let an outsider take power?" Guo Kai waved his hand, and after the two of them were polite, he said: "But Xiang Shuai, this Sun Qi, Although I have been left out by the king now, there is no guarantee that one day I will not make a comeback."
"Well..." After hearing this, Xiang Ge also became serious and said in a dark voice: "I can't repay the humiliation of the military stick!"
When Sun Qi was leading troops in battle, even if the war went smoothly, many people would find various reasons to impeach him, let alone now.
A few days later, Qiu Rong returned to the capital.
After he came back, he naturally heard about it immediately, but he didn't pay much attention and immediately found King Huan.
The monarch and his ministers met in the study room. King Huan first asked him about the result of his trip. After learning that it went well, he couldn't help but be happy: "Haha, good! Good! King Qin is still very generous! It is worthy of cooperation. "
Seeing that he was quite excited, Qiu Rong took a deep breath and bravely said: "But Your Majesty, I still have a request."
"Ah? It doesn't matter if the Prime Minister says so."
Qiu Rongdao: "From now on, if there are any diplomatic incidents in our country again, please, Your Majesty, please don't send mediocre ministers on envoys again."
"Why, why is this?" King Huan was puzzled. The prime minister of a country naturally has a greater say and can handle some major diplomatic matters better.
But Qiu Rong said: "The matter of the seal has been criticized by all countries. If I serve as an envoy again, I will definitely be mentioned by the monarch of other countries no matter where I go. Whether it is intentional or not, I don't want to be humiliated again."
"This, this..." King Huan choked. Thinking of what happened before, he suddenly didn't know what to say.
After a while, he laughed and comforted: "Oh, Prime Minister, it's not like this. The fault is all my fault. Don't worry about it."
"I don't dare." Qiu Rong could only lower his body.
At the same time, Xuan Guo, the palace study.
King Xuan was giving instructions on the memorial and asked without raising his head: "Is there any latest information from the Chu army?"
Yang Zhao bowed slightly and stood below, respectfully returning: "There are evacuation movements."
"If Hanzhou withdraws, let us withdraw too."
King Xuan said something first, and then snorted slightly:
"I helped him so much and didn't even say thank you! What a wolf-hearted person!"
