Chasing King

When Chen Bi personally went to meet Huoli and Wu Liuqi, Yan Sikong invited Wu Liuqi to spread rumors in Zhongqing city that the king of Chu attributed the death of his mother's concubine to Princess Wen and the crown prince. Once he returned to Beijing, he would sacrifice their heads to her.

As soon as Wu Liuqi left, Qi manbi came. This is not the first time that she has come to visit WangYan Sikong. Every so often, she brings food and clothing to her. She is very polite to Yan Sikong for fear that she will not be well treated. She is really treating Yan Sikong as a housewife.

But Yan Sikong can see through her mind at a glance. She clearly knows that Chen Yu's feelings for herself are more than those of monarchs and ministers, but at the same time, she also knows that a man can't shake his position, so she wants to win over herself. In this way, no matter who she will marry as a princess or even queen in the future, she will have a seat behind Chen Yu.

This woman is very smart, but she is not smart enough. Chen's career has just started, far from the time when she is thinking about the imperial concubine's competition for favor. In this way, she is more eager to enter the capital than Chen.

However, as Chen's sideroom, Yan Sikong is generally satisfied with her. It would be better if she could stop trying to cheat him and let him waste his time.

After a friendly exchange, Qi manbi asked tentatively, "Sir, I heard that Chen Chun got a son last year and another daughter this year. He is two years younger than Wang Ye."

"Yes, the royal family must be prosperous, so that outsiders will not have a chance to take advantage of it. I have been advising your highness to open branches and spread leaves as soon as possible."

Qi manbi sighed and said wrongly, "Your Highness, I'm afraid you dislike my origin. I Well

"Madame, don't be depressed. Your highness is busy with big things all day. Let's neglect it for a moment." Yan Sikong hinted to her, "Your Highness doesn't care. Your wife wants to care. She gave birth to your Highness's eldest son and eldest daughter. How can your highness not like it?"

Qi manbi covered her lips with a smile: "in fact, I think so too. With the words of my husband, I feel more at ease. I don't ask my child to be a son or a princess. I just want to have a son and a half with my highness. As an ordinary husband and wife, I will be satisfied."

Yan thinks of nothing but smiles.

What else does Qi manbi want to say? Yuan Nanyu suddenly comes to see her.

Qi manbi had not met yuan Nanyu before, but he also heard that this man with a big beard covering half of his face and a black forehead was Yan Sikong's guard, and now he is the leader of the king's army of Chu.

Yuan Nanyu salutes them. Qi manbi looks at yuan Nanyu and says, "Oh," Professor Chen's eyes look so young. It seems that It's a bit like my husband. "

Yan Sikong was a little alert. He said with a smile, "Oh, is that right? It is said that after they have been together for a long time, they will look more and more like each other. "

Yuan Nanyu said in a rough voice: "I'm a little rude man. How can I compare with adults? My wife is joking."

"It's not like that again," said zimambi with a smile. Then I won't disturb you to get down to business. "

"Take your time, madam." Yan Sikong sent her out of the yard, then turned back and asked in a low voice, "what's new?"

"I received a secret report from Zhu Lanting in the morning. The imperial court has secretly ordered all government departments to gather forces. At the same time, it is also vigorously recruiting troops and collecting taxes. The people are full of complaints. However, it is expected that a large number of troops will be mobilized soon. I just don't know whether it will be used to deal with the wolf king or the king of Chu."

Yan Sikong pondered: "if you want to deal with Fengye, you don't need to make a secret order. In today's situation, Fengye and Chen Bi didn't join forces. It's the best time to break through one by one. The dog emperor planned to be polite before the other. If Huo Li can't appease the king of Chu, he should take advantage of the instability of the king of Chu to launch a crusade."

"The imperial court has always been indecisive in its work. This time, it is so resolute."

"The dog emperor put his sword around his neck. He was afraid that he would make the same mistake. After several rounds of peace talks, he just delayed time and made the enemy stronger."

"What should we do now?"

Yunnan is the territory of the king of Chu. Its mountains and rivers are steep, so it is easy to defend but difficult to attack Yan Sikong walked around the room and sneered, "if he comes to fight the king of Chu, he will be wasted here. That's a good time to send troops."

"You mean to use the king of Chu to hold down the imperial army?"

"Yes, I know best about the military strength and financial resources of the imperial court. The war in Liaodong is stalemate, and the imperial court has no spare power to march into Datong and Yunnan at the same time."

Yuan Nan Yu Si cableway: "if the imperial court is to build a plank road in the open, and secretly spend Chen Cang, it seems to attack the king of Chu, but in fact it is to unite with Chahar to attack the wolf king."

Yan Sikong nodded: "it's not impossible, so Fengye must take Chahar as soon as possible. These rude barbarians have a strange temperament. They have to use both soft and hard."

Yuan Nanyu frowned and said, "I'm worried about Fengye. He's arrogant and very competitive. When Chahar killed his envoy, he must be angry. I'm afraid it's hard to ask for peace from Chahar."

"He used to be more conceited and impulsive. Now he's a manager and he's more restrained." Yan Sikong couldn't help thinking that they had fought side by side for the first time, and they had different opinions almost everywhere. Now it's hard to tell who was right and who was wrong. Fortunately, they won the battle, but he still didn't agree with Feng Ye's boldness and adventure. He said in a deep voice, "I can't help Feng Ye now. He has his own ability to go to today. Let's wait for his news."Yuan Nanyu couldn't help saying, "you Don't you worry about him at all? "

Yan Si looked at the front with an expressionless face. After a while, she said, "No

"Then you're not going back to Datong?"

Yan Sikong looked at yuan Nanyu and asked, "do you really think I should go back?"

"If you don't go back, Fengye will surely think that you have a different intention. The relationship between him and the king of Chu is delicate and depends on you. Don't you think this move is too dangerous?"

Yan Sikong said calmly: "Feng yezao thought I had a different heart, so he sent you to look at me. So, how did you reply to him?"

Yuan Nanyu's face changed and her tone sank: "one is my pledge of allegiance, the other is my brother. How do you want me to reply to him?"

Yan Sikong knows yuan Nanyu's loyalty and uprightness very well, so he never tries to win him over. Otherwise, he will only sit on Feng Ye's sly evaluation of him and let yuan Nanyu be more and more defensive and far away from himself. If it had been a different person, he would have tried to get rid of it. It was yuan Nanyu. Fengye chose the most suitable person to monitor himself, which shows how wary Fengye is of himself.

Seeing that he did not speak, yuan Nanyu said in a low voice, "I hope you can be honest with each other and fight side by side, but your mind I really can't see through. "

Yan Sikong said with a bitter smile: "sometimes, I think you don't remember anything. It's good."

Although the words were endless, yuan Nanyu felt that he understood them. At least, he recognized Yan Sikong's deep helplessness.

There was a stifling silence in the room.

Yan Sikong said softly, "I'll go back. The imperial court sent envoys to the king of Chu to talk about peace. Fengye is already on pins and needles. If I don't go back, he will be suspicious." He took a deep breath, "but not now."

"When?"

"I'm going to stabilize the king of Chu first. Peace talks must not be successful, and..." Yan Sikong narrowed his eyes. "The king of Chu is not as well controlled as I imagined. If we let him send troops now, there will be no more than two results. One is defeat, and the other is to summon more vassal kings to conspire against us. Neither of these is what I want. I want to keep him in Yunnan for the time being. On the one hand, I want him to hold down the imperial army. On the other hand, I want him to be at a disadvantage all the time and have to rely on the troops who sealed the field. " There is a saying Yan Sikong didn't understand. The most important thing for him is to let Chen depend on himself.

Yuan Nanyu nodded: "but if the king of Chu can't stop the imperial army?"

"As long as Yunnan is easy to defend but difficult to attack, the imperial court will not be able to attack for a moment and a half. When it comes to the critical moment, it can solve the emergency of Yunnan by closing the field, encircling the Wei and rescuing Zhao and sending troops to the Central Plains."

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Chen Shu meets with Huo Li and his grandfather at the ceremony of guest. Yan Sikong can't show up, but he bribes Chen Shu's servants to know what they are talking about.

Although Huo Li is indifferent by nature, he is very thoughtful and highly respected. He is very suitable as a lobbyist. Mr. Xu is Chen's grandfather. As long as he moves out of huifei, he can beat Chen.

Yan Sikong was afraid of Chen's wavering, so he told him the secret report he had received, saying that the imperial court was gathering a large army to attack him in Yunnan, and he must not fall into their plan to postpone the war.

Chen Chuan's determination to become emperor has never wavered, but as Yan Sikong expected, what Huo Li brought was Emperor Zhaowu's expedient plan, that is, to abolish Chen Chun and re establish Chen Chuan as Prince. This is a very attractive condition. It's not too much to go to the capital. Who dares to say that he can only win but not lose? What's more, they are still plotting against each other. If they can not abolish one soldier, they will take back the crown prince Although there is a risk, it is much easier than fighting from Yunnan.

Yan Sikong was afraid that Chen Kai would have this idea. Chen Kai really hesitated to come up with it. Yan Sikong was not in a hurry to refute him, but said: "I have thought of this for a long time, and I reminded your highness last time. Your highness is still bewitched by Huo Ge. Your highness can think that once your highness goes back, it will be sheep into tiger's mouth."

"I naturally thought about it, but if my father told the world first, he would not be able to go back on it for a while, and now the eunuch party is declining, and most of the ministers in the court support me."

Yan Si said coldly, "if your Highness has the life to return to the capital alive."

Chen Bi frowned: "Sir, it's reasonable. I'm really hesitant these days."

"Why don't you do this? I'll give you a try for your highness."

"What's the plan?"

"The case of Chen Chun's assassination was investigated by Meng duo. Now Xie Zhongren is in his hands. Let Meng try it. Let Xie Zhongren admit that it was Princess Wen who framed her highness and Princess Hui. Let's see how your majesty will deal with Princess Wen."

Chen said: "good! Just do it! " He hesitated, "but now Chen Chun is the only hope that Xie Zhongren may live. Xie Zhongren will never take the initiative to be honest. Why does Meng Ge want to trace the truth? In particular, his father will not want him to."

"Your Highness asked Huo Li and Lord Xu to jointly write a letter to thoroughly investigate the case. As a condition for his highness to negotiate peace, Huo Ge was loyal to his country and would certainly agree. Lord Xu naturally wanted to revenge for huifei. If your majesty doesn't agree, your highness will know that your majesty still wants to protect Princess Wen and Chen Chun. If your majesty agrees, he will find out the truth of the collusion between the eunuch and Princess Wen, but will not punish them. The result is the same. "Chen Shuan said in a cold voice: "OK, I'll do it according to what my husband said!"