A tree of peach blossoms pressing the prime minister

Chapter 202 It's Too Late
"I understand." Xu Yangui said: "My people will arrive at the capital of Zhao State earlier than them. At that time, their emperor and the eldest daughter of the emperor can 'die of illness' first, and the queen will be left for you to deal with."

Frowning slightly, Shen Zaiye said: "I'm afraid you won't be able to win."

"Why?" Xu Yangui raised his eyebrows: "I have arranged everything, and they are all people close to Emperor Zhao, so it is very convenient to do it."

"Qian Baimei has returned to Zhao country." Shen Zaiye lowered his eyes: "Can your people beat him?"

Looking at him in surprise, Xu Yangui couldn't understand: "What is he going back to Zhao country at this time?"

"Peach Blossom said he was homesick."

"No wonder!" Xu Yangui stared, "Where did Qianbaimei come from? He was all alone!"

Shen Zaye raised his eyes and said calmly: "So I said there will be variables, and you don't have to do it so early."

A doorman was confused when he heard this, and asked with a frown, "Then what should we do now? Do we have to wait until His Majesty arrives in Zhao Guoguo before doing anything?"

"Well, this is the most comprehensive way." Shen Zaiye said: "After catching their queen, then lock up the Emperor Zhao and the eldest daughter of the Emperor. Under the chaos of Zhao State, take the opportunity to help Jiang Changjue to the throne, and then accept Zhao Guo. A country is a country. As long as Jiang Changjue is not stupid, he will agree to such a condition."

Everyone nodded and immediately discussed the details.Xu Yangui pulled Shen Zaye aside, and asked him in a low voice, "Have you told Mrs. Jiang about this?"

"No." Shen Zaiya glanced at him sideways: "I have to be so overwhelmed to tell her this?"

"But." Xu Yangui frowned: "I always feel that she can detect it even if you don't tell me. It's better to make it clear in advance. Anyway, the country of Zhao is already sunset, and it is a vassal country, so that the people of Zhao country can live without war. better, and she should understand."

understand?Shen Zaiye smiled, looked at him and said, "I demolished your house and asked you to live in a greenhouse with others. I told you that the environment around the greenhouse is better than your original house. Would you like it?"

Xu Yangui shook her head: "Then I definitely prefer my own house."

"That's it." Shen Zaiye said: "The people of Zhao Guo are still somewhat arrogant, don't take it for granted. After the matter is completed, I will talk to her later. And what you have to do is to try your best Do whatever you can to capture their queen."

"Understood." Xu Yangui nodded.

The news of the victory of the war has been sent back to the capital of Wei State, and Li Jin, Yang Wanqing and others are ready to leave for Zhao State.A few days before his departure, Li Jin invited Taohua to drink tea at the North Gate Pavilion.

"Prime Minister Shen is a very powerful person." He looked at the woman across from him and said, "I am convinced if I lose to him."

Taohua rolled her eyes angrily: "Prime Minister Li, you haven't even touched the chessboard, so don't care about winning or losing."

Li Jin paused, quite helplessly: "You still blame me? I thought you agreed to come out with me this time, more or less forgive me."

"Hehe." Tao Huapi smiled but said, "Prime Minister Li, don't need to think about anything else. I am here today just to talk to you about important national affairs, not any personal relationship."

National affairs?Li Jin frowned: "You are a woman, what are you worrying about?"

Tao Hua looked at him with both eyes, and said indifferently: "If all the men of Zhao Guo are useful, it is indeed not my turn to worry about it. The question is, Li Chengxiang, do you think that with your ability, you can guard Zhao Guo's country?"

Li Jin choked, and lowered his head in embarrassment: "It's not like you don't know how I came to be the prime minister."

"So, you have to do me a favor." Tao Hua said, "Zhao Guo's life or death depends on your ability now."

Li Jin was slightly startled. When he looked up, he saw Jiang Taohua handing something over. He opened it and looked at it. He frowned: "Are you sure you can do it?"

"Yes." Tao Hua said: "I don't do things that I'm not sure about, you just have to wait for me where the red line is drawn on it."

"……it is good."

Taohua got up, and took a deep look at him: "This time, don't betray me again."

"You said the matter was important, so how could I betray you?" Li Jin was a little anxious: "You believe me!"

Glancing at him up and down, Taohua pursed her lips, said nothing more, put on her cloak and walked out after saluting.

"Master." Qing Mos came to pick her up from the outside, and said in a low voice: "The people who followed were all thrown away halfway, the servants checked carefully, and there is no one else around."

"Very good." Tao Hua got into the car: "Let's go to the market."

"Yes." Qingmo replied, and drove to the market.Taohua was slowly choosing things in the jewelry store. After a while, there was a sound of neighing horses on the street outside the store.

"Master?" Taohua turned her head and looked at him blankly: "Why are you here?"

Shen Zaiye strode into the jewelry store, looked her around, and then heaved a sigh of relief: "I didn't see you when I returned home, so I came out to look for it."

"Look at what I said." Tao Hua laughed, holding a white jade hairpin and sticking it in his bun: "I just came out to choose a new hairpin for my master, it's not like I disappeared."

Slightly raising his eyebrows, Shen Zaiye reached out and touched the things on his head, with some joy in his eyes: "It's rare for you to be generous, will you buy me something?"

"In my heart, is this concubine such a stingy person?" Taohua flattened her mouth: "Didn't you save enough money before? Now that you have saved enough, you bought the most expensive one for me, and you still run on my concubine?"

The most expensive?Shen Zaiye raised his eyebrows, and the corners of his lips could not help but rise: "You have a heart."

With a soft snort, Taohua asked Qingmo to pay the bill, then took his arm and walked out: "Go back to the mansion, my concubine has prepared good things for the master."

"Oh?" Shen Zaye looked at her sideways: "What's wrong with you, you suddenly want to please me?"

Tao Hua smiled, blinking and blinking: "Haven't you already done this concubine a great favor? It's only right to repay you once or twice."

Is it really that good?Shen Zaiye didn't believe it, but when he returned home and saw the table full of good wine and good food, plus the new robe and cloak she brought over, he couldn't help but feel softer, hugged her and said: "You have been so cute for a long time. , it wouldn’t make me so angry.”

Taohua Bianzui: "This concubine has always been very well-behaved, you just didn't realize it."

With a chuckle, Shen Zaiye didn't intend to ask her this question, and nodded his chin in the direction of the food on the table: "I want to eat that."

Tao Hua inexplicably grabbed his hand and waved it in front of him: "Won't you pinch it yourself?"

Withdrawing his hand and hugging her waist tightly, Shen Zaiye said with a serious face: "I don't have free hands."

Jiang Taohua: "..."

This person is naive, and sometimes he really looks like a child!

Playfully picking up vegetables for him, and then feeding him, and then letting him try on the robe and cloak, Tao Hua caressed the delicate pattern on the skirt, and muttered: "This time, I really embroidered for two months!"

Shen Zaye nodded, and said indifferently: "I will go to the accountant to receive the reward later."

Jiang Taohua: "..."

She was so angry that she turned around to leave, but someone grabbed her waist. Shen Zaiye's voice sounded in her ear, so gentle that she got goosebumps: "I'm just teasing you, don't take it seriously."

She stomped on him as soon as she raised her foot, and she calmed down when she heard him groan: "If you do this again, I won't do it to you in the future!"

With a soft reply, Shen Zaiye hugged her from behind, pulled the cloak to cover both of them, and said in a low voice, "Make me one every year from now on, with different designs and colors."

The requirements are really high!Taohua pursed her lips, and after thinking about it, she nodded and agreed. Anyway, she won't suffer any disadvantages if she agrees. Let's talk about the future.

The two stood embracing each other, and the atmosphere was very good, but Shen Zaiye suddenly asked, "Shouldn't Li Jin and the others go back to Zhao?"

"Yes." Taohua lowered her eyes: "Since the alliance has won, they should naturally return to the country, and when they start to divide the country of Wu, they will send envoys to bring the letter of credence."

"Then do you want to send it off then?"

"I won't go." Taohua shook her head, "I'm not someone close either."

Shen Zaiya nodded, and was about to say a few more words, but he heard the person in his arms exclaim: "It's snowing!"

Slightly taken aback, he raised his eyes and saw fine pieces of snow falling from the sky.

Peach Blossom was a little excited, and she reached out her hand to pick it up, but the snow melted when it touched her hand.Shen Zaiye smiled lowly, covered her hand with the cloak, and raised her hand to catch it. The snowflakes fell on the cloak, and there was still time to see the shape clearly.

"It's so beautiful." Taohua stared at the little snowflake in the six corners without blinking, and couldn't help but looked up at the sky curiously: "Isn't it very hard for the gods to make such a delicate snowflake?"

Shen Zaiye laughed, and tapped her on the head lightly: "The gods are so busy, where do they have the time to make snowflakes?"

"But look, it's really delicate." Taohua handed him the snowflake on the cloak unconvinced: "Six corners, with so many lines in the middle, it's more ingenious than the most expensive hairpin in Zhenbaoxuan."

Blowing off the snowflakes in one breath, Shen Zaiye reached out and touched her cold little face: "It's too cold, you should go in. You don't look very good recently. I'd like to see a doctor when I have time."

"Yeah." Taohua followed him into the room, closed the door and said, "It's not a big deal, I guess I haven't eaten much recently, and my head is always dizzy."

"Why don't you eat well?" Shen Zaye frowned.

Tao Hua acted coquettishly when she posted it: "Because I haven't had dinner with my concubine for a long time."

"...I've been a little busy recently." Shen Zaiye said, "Aren't you here today?"

It was because she prepared it in advance today that he barely ate two bites?Taohua sighed: "Can tomorrow's dinner master also accompany my concubine?"

"Yes." Shen Zaye nodded, touched her hand, felt a little cold, and stuffed her whole body into the bed: "Take care of yourself, don't hold you back."

"Got it." Covered the quilt, revealing a pair of watery eyes, Taohua asked him: "You still want to go out tonight?"

"Well, there are still some things that need to be dealt with in the palace." Shen Zaiye said: "You go to bed first, you don't have to wait for me."

"Okay." Tao Hua agreed, closing her eyes obediently, Shen Zaiye sat by the bed and watched over her for a while, seeing that she seemed to be asleep, then got up and went out.

The door opened and closed, Taohua opened her eyes, waited for a while, and then called Qingmoi in.

"Is it arranged?"

"Okay." Qingmos said nervously, "Thanks to Manager Xu, who still remembers your kindness and is willing to help."

"That's good." Taking a deep breath, Tao Hua said: "If there is any accident tomorrow, don't worry about it, just take me to the north gate."

"The servant understands."

Zhao Guo needs time to breathe, as long as they are willing to raise their hands high, or Chang Jue can fight back against them for half a year, they will still be saved.However, this is easy to say, and it is almost impossible to do. She can no longer stay here and become Chang Jue's scruples and Shen Zaiye's bargaining chip.

She has to go back, maybe she can become Shen Zaiye's scruples.

After such a long time, she could feel that Shen Zaiye cared a little about her, but she was not sure how much she cared.If she doesn't care too much, then she has to go back, so as not to be used by him to threaten Chang Jue in the future.If she cared deeply...then she should go back, maybe in exchange for a glimmer of hope for Zhao Guo.

Mu Wuxia's child is not as cruel as Shen Zaiye, if he is asked to turn around and attack Zhao Guo immediately, he will definitely not agree.But the people around him are not necessarily the same. If the positive is obeying the negative, the situation is not good.As long as she can arrive in time and persuade him, at least in the process of passing Zhao Guo, it will not be so easy for them to start a war.

She made an appointment with Li Jin to meet at the North Gate, as long as she can bid farewell to Shen Zaiye smoothly and escape quietly, everything will be fine.However, there are still many unknowns, and Jiang Taohua is also worried that she will be seen through by him. If the last dinner is revealed, all previous efforts will be wasted.

She could have followed Li Jin instead of taking the risk.but……

With a wry smile, Tao Hua murmured in a low voice: "At least it's been almost a year. If we meet again in the future, if we are hostile, we should be happy to cook another meal for him this time."

Moss glanced at her and sighed silently.

The next day, everything was as usual. Jiang Taohua had been soaking in the kitchen since the morning, researched eight dishes, and tried to make them one by one.By the time she was satisfied with what she had done, it was already afternoon.

"Is everything packed?" Qingmoss asked in a low voice, and Taohua raised the kitchen knife and slashed at the duck's neck.

Qingmo nodded: "Everything is in order, but the master hasn't come back yet."

Haven't come back yet?Tao Hua paused, feeling a little uneasy: "What did he do?"

"I heard that something happened in the palace." Qingmosaid: "I don't know when I will be back."

"It's okay." With a sigh of relief, Tao Hua said: "It's still early, wait a little longer."

In the evening, all the dishes she prepared were served on the table, and the wine was warmed up, but there was no news outside until the wine was cold.

"Master, it's too late." Qingmo frowned: "The palace is still in chaos, Mr. Xiang probably won't be back until two hours later."

two hours?Taohua sighed: "Then it's really too late."

Glancing at the dishes on the table, she got up, went into the inner room to change clothes, looked at her face in the mirror, and said helplessly: "I'm worried too much, if this meal can't be eaten, then nothing will go wrong."

Without saying a word, Qingmo quickly changed her into a maid's clothes, then dragged her away from Zhengchun Pavilion, heading all the way to the side door of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

(End of this chapter)