A tree of peach blossoms pressing the prime minister

Chapter 167

"The time is ripe." Shen Zaiye smiled: "You don't have confidence?"

Mu Wuxia frowned, looked at him with complicated eyes, turned around and left.Shen Zaiye didn't chase after him, but watched him walk out of Zhilan Palace, and then met Jiang Taohua at the gate of the palace.

"My lord." Taohua smiled: "Where are you going?"

Seeing her, Mu Wuxia's face finally looked better, but his voice was still muffled: "I don't talk too much with others, so I want to go out for a walk."

"Don't be in a hurry." Tao Hua said: "The envoy of Zhao Guo is still in the palace. As the only prince, how can you leave this mess and leave?"

Nan Wang frowned, and turned his head to look at Shen Zaiye again, but found that the man was elusive and disappeared.

"...Okay." He said: "This king will go to the side hall to sit for a while, and wait for Zhao Guo's envoy to wake up."

Taohua nodded, and followed him to the side hall, serving tea and water, looking at him kindly.Mu Wuxia noticed something was wrong, looked at her and asked, "Sister Jiang, do you want to ask for something?"

"My lord is amazing." Putting down the teapot, Taohua lifted her skirt and knelt down in front of him: "I want to ask my lord not to attack Zhao Guo."

Mu Wuxia was taken aback, and looked at her in surprise: "Did Shen Zaiye tell you?"

It was just said, how did she know?

"I guessed it myself." Tao Hua said seriously: "I don't think there is any need to attack Zhao Guo now."

"This king also thinks so." Frowning slightly, Mu Wuxia sighed: "But father doesn't think so, this king is probably powerless to do anything about this matter."

"Does the prince still remember the poor people he saw when he traveled with the concubine?" Jiang Taohua said, "The prince's mood at that time is still the same now?"

Mu Wuxia was taken aback for a moment, thinking of the blood all over the floor and the two steamed buns that the child asked for before he died, his heart suddenly became heavy.

His ambition is to make everyone in the world a peaceful and prosperous world, where old people have something to depend on, and young people have something to teach, at least everyone can have enough to eat, and they don't have to risk their lives for a minimum survival.Now he is one step closer to this goal, but...he still can't be the master of the world.

"Sister Jiang means..." Pursing her lips, Mu Wuxia lowered her eyes: "You want me to listen to the prime minister and follow the same path as the prince?"

"With the Prime Minister here, you will not be the second prince." Taohua shook her head: "You will be a generation of Mingjun. If there is a need to bear the stigma, the Prime Minister will do it for you."

Mu Wuxia chuckled, put his hands on his forehead and said, "Why don't you understand? I just don't want him to do that, so I don't want to listen to him."

Jiang Taohua was taken aback for a moment, then looked up at him in surprise.

"Once you are successful, your bones will be exhausted, but the person who helped you by sacrificing himself won't feel lonely? Looking back, there is nothing left. He is clearly doing it for your own good, but you can't do it when you are scolded by thousands of people." Say something for him." Mu Wuxia smiled and shook his head: "I don't want to go this far with Prime Minister Shen. He is a good teacher and a good friend. Although some ideas are different from mine, he really has been doing my best. Good thing. Such a person, how ruthless must this king be, to see him bear the infamy of the world for me?"

He knows everything!Jiang Taohua was so dumbfounded that she didn't know what to say for a moment.

At first, I thought children were easy to fool, but I didn't expect that Nan Wang's eyes could see more clearly than Shen Zaiye's. He knew Shen Zaiye's thoughts and what Shen Zaye wanted to do, so he refused to cooperate and insisted on going his own way.

What Shen Zaiye discussed with her earlier was indeed rebellion. First kill the emperor, and then let the king of the South kill them rebels. After ascending to the throne, he can unite with the state of Zhao, support Jiang Changjue, and attack the state of Wu.

According to the current situation in Great Wei, such a plan is feasible, and the only one who needs to be persuaded is King Nan. Shen Zaiye worried that he was too kind and would not be willing to hurt Emperor Mingde's life, so he let her be the lobbyist.

Unexpectedly, Nan Wang actually thought so.

After a pause, Taohua frowned and asked, "What do you want to do? Time waits for no one, and it is impossible to really wait until the emperor dies, and it will be too late."

The state of Zhao will also be destroyed before the state of Wu.

"This king will use his own methods to achieve what the prime minister wants, and he doesn't have to hurt his father." Mu Wuxia raised his eyes, and his eyes suddenly became firm: "He just wants his father to agree to unite with Zhao to attack Wu. country, this king will try his best."

"But..." Taohua was extremely worried. She didn't mean that she didn't trust Nan Wang, but what could this kid do without Shen Zaiye?The heart of the Son of Heaven is unpredictable, what if he fails to achieve this and Emperor Mingde has already ordered to attack Zhao?
"Sister, you might as well trust me once." Mu Wuxia got up and said, "People from Zhao Guo finally came here, you should have a good chat with them, the rest of the matter is for the man to worry about."

Not knowing whether to laugh or cry, Taohua got up and looked at him: "The words of the prince are really bold."

It's just impossible to tell her not to worry. If someone wants to kick the door of your house, you stand in front of him. Can you not be nervous?

At the garden party in the afternoon, Li Jin had obviously sobered up, wandering around the imperial garden with Nan Wang, Shen Zaiye and Tao Hua, looking for an opportunity to talk to Jiang Taohua, but in the public, all they could say were polite words.

"Second princess, don't worry, Changjue is fine in Zhao country." He looked at Taohua and said, "I just keep talking about you."

"En." Taohua nodded, looked at Qiuhua, and said calmly: "If he can make great achievements, then I have nothing to worry about."

Li Jin quickly said: "Chang Jue has become a centurion, and has a high reputation in the army."

Nan Wang was taken aback when he heard this: "The person Prime Minister Li mentioned is Jiang Changjue, the third prince of Zhao Kingdom?"

"Exactly."

Then the others couldn't figure it out: "The prince, even if he joins the army, how could he be just a mere centurion?"

Even for the sake of face, you have to be a general or something, right?
Taohua's eyes turned cold, and she looked at Li Jin. The latter turned his face away and said vaguely: "The situation in Zhao country is different from that in your country, so we can't compare it."

The situation is indeed different, Taohua nodded.To be a prime minister, Wei had to be as scheming and calculating as Shen Zaiye.However, it is much easier in Zhao country, just hook up with the eldest daughter of the emperor.

"There won't be much to see any further." Shen Zaye said, "It's better to come here today, and everyone should rest earlier. The envoy will stay in the capital for a few days, so it's better to go outside the palace if you have the opportunity .”

"It stands to reason that you should also go to the Prime Minister's Mansion." Li Jin frowned and looked at him: "I wonder if it is convenient?"

"Naturally, it's convenient. Shen Mou will inform the Holy Majesty later that he will invite Prime Minister Li and Lord Yang to visit the mansion tomorrow." Shen Zaiye nodded gracefully.

Yang Wanqing watched from the side, thinking that it's no wonder that Jiang Taohua can see it now. With such a good husband and son-in-law, what did the previous things count?

Everyone responded one after another. Li Jin and others wanted to go back to the post station, while Shen Zaiye took Taohua back to the prime minister's mansion. Everyone parted at the gate of the palace. Jin arched his hands: "One step ahead."

Nodding with complicated eyes, Li Jin watched the carriage go away, his face turned blue and his lips gradually turned white.

"Since she has let go, why do you still torment yourself like this?" Yang Wanqing shook his head: "Just take this trip as a visit to see Dawei Shanshui."

"The poison on her body hasn't been cured yet." Li Jin lowered his eyes: "I'm afraid I won't be able to get the antidote, so she really..."

Yang Wanqing was angry and funny, and suddenly felt that what Jiang Taohua said today was correct: "You were the one who decided to give up her at the beginning, so what's the use of doing this now? She won't be moved, let alone grateful. What is it for?"

"I..." Li Jin frowned, "I can't just watch her die."

"Come on." Yang Wanqing lowered his voice: "Didn't you care about her when she was about to die? In the end, if she was still in Zhao State, hadn't married far away, and hadn't met a man like Shen Zaiye, Do you still regret it like this?"

Li Jin was startled, and his face became even uglier.

Yang Wanqing turned his head and left: "Going back to the station, you and I should discuss how to talk to the people in Wei."

After standing there for a long time, Li Jin followed into the carriage, and couldn't help thinking about this question along the way.

Does he regret because Jiang Suheng is not good enough, or because Jiang Taohua married someone better?
People always have this kind of mentality. If something of their own is placed in a corner, they may not necessarily care about it, nor may they like it very much.But once someone takes that thing away, it makes me uncomfortable.This kind of discomfort can be understood as a momentary gap in the heart, but extreme people will turn it into jealousy, and then misunderstand the taste of love.

But try putting that thing back where it was, and people will keep an eye on it for a while, and when it's really the same again, it'll still be picking up dust in that corner.

Li Jin couldn't understand this truth, but Jiang Taohua thought it through very clearly. The friendship between him and him was completely broken when he chose Jiang Suheng, and he didn't come to clarify the reason for turning back many years later.If he really regretted it so much and liked her so much, how could the two of them get to where they are now?

The reconciliation after many years is just that time has wiped away the scars, and everyone has forgotten the pain.

But at this moment, Jiang Taohua didn't care about Li Jin's thoughts, she was looking at Shen Zaiye on the soft couch with green eyes.

Shen Zaiye said calmly: "If you continue to look at it like this, I will think you want to do something to me."

Reaching out for a pen and paper, Tao Hua pulled him up and said seriously: "I don't want to do anything to you, I just want to ask, did you listen to Nan Wang's thoughts that I just told you?"

"I listened to it, and then?" Shen Zaye chuckled: "What did he say that it is difficult to achieve something? It is the only way for the emperor to ascend to the top. If you don’t take a detour, I won’t agree.”

"I'm so happy that you have such an idea." Tao Hua chuckled, took a pen and drew on the paper: "Then according to the original plan, I should tell you about the relationship with Zhao's royal family first."

"I know all of this." Shen Zaiye looked at her inexplicably: "What can I say?"

Taohua shook her head again and again: "You don't know better than my concubine, trust me, come and see. Zhao Guo's current emperor recuperates in the deep palace, the empress and the eldest daughter of the emperor control the government, if Great Wei wants to cooperate with Zhao Guo , must only talk to these two people.”

But these two people are the ones who will make Jiang Changjue and her feel better, and she is worried that her requirements will not be met.

"The weakness of Jiang Suheng, the eldest daughter of the emperor, is Li Jin." After drawing two circles and drawing a line, Taohua said earnestly: "Jiang Suheng will always choose to give in when it comes to Li Jin's affairs, so should I let Li Jin go this time?" When you go back, it’s up to you to make a decision. Besides, the Empress Lu, the Lu family is cruel and ruthless, but because of her low birth, she has never been convinced to take part in politics. Convince Wang Buqun to unite with the court, then the Lu family will have nothing to do with you."

Shen Zaiye listened quietly, and looked up at her after she finished drawing the picture, and said with a low smile, "You Zhao's royal family have so many weaknesses, what about your weaknesses?"

With a chill behind her back, Taohua smiled dryly: "The weakness of my body is that I can't be hungry or cold."

Obviously it should be her baby brother, right?With a sneer, Shen Zaiya didn't say much, took the pen in her hand, drew a circle between her and Jiang Changjue, and said in a low voice, "You mean, the condition for the union of the two countries is to let Jiang Changjue be in command?"

"Yes." Tao Hua straightened her back: "In this way, Great Wei saves trouble, and Zhao Guo can be regarded as contributing."

"But." Shen Zaiye looked at her and smiled: "He is still only a centurion in Zhao Guo, and he suddenly took command, which seems unconvincing."

That's why she stared at Li Jin today!Tao Hua was a little discouraged, if they hadn't deliberately made trouble with Chang Jue, with his ability, how could he be just a little centurion?It is inevitable that it will be more difficult to promote now.

"It's really difficult." Shen Zaiye sighed.

Taohua squatted on the soft couch, scratched her head in embarrassment, and whispered in her mouth: "There should be other ways..."

"There is a way."

Upon hearing this, Taohua's ears pricked up, and she immediately looked at Shen Zaye who was speaking: "Master?"

Leaning back, Shen Zaiye leaned lazily on the edge of the soft couch, looked at her with distaste for a while, then pointed to his cheek: "Here."

Normally, Taohua might not understand what he meant by this, but today, when life and death were at stake, Jiang Taohua was so smart, she rushed over and just gave him a kiss, which made his face drool.

"Is there a way?"

Wiping away the saliva expressionlessly, Shen Zaye nodded and said: "You just stay calm, I will find a way for you."

It feels good to hug your thighs!Peach Blossom wanted to cry.In her lifetime, she finally had a taste of the pleasure of being promoted by selling her appearance.

(End of this chapter)