He was very curious. When a spy was exposed to the public, how would Qin Banruo return to Daliang in the future? Did this woman not plan to go back?

So he waved his hand and asked the maids and guards to retreat to the door, even Qin Banruo and everyone else who came with him retreated.

After everyone left, Qin Banruo said very respectfully, "I wonder if the King of Yue knows about the Hua Kingdom?"

Wang Yue knew he had guessed right when Qin Banruo asked this question, but he said calmly, "Of course I know, but I don't know what you mean by that? Wasn't Hua State destroyed by your Daliang? Do you want to use Hua State to warn me? But do you doubt that my Yue State's military might is not strong enough?"

Seeing that Wang Yue seemed to be about to get angry, Qin Prajna hurriedly said respectfully, "King Yue has misunderstood. I just wanted to tell King Yue that we have the same enemy."

Wang Yue pretended to be shocked and looked at Qin Banruo, "You are not Prince Yu's man, you are actually from that Hua country? By the way, I heard that Princess Xuanji is still in Daliang, why did you come to see me?"

It was not surprising at all that Qin Banruo could guess Wang Yue's identity. The King of Yue was certainly extraordinary, as he was able to quickly conquer such a large territory and become the biggest shame since the founding of Daliang.

If Princess Xuanji had not recognized the King of Yue's strength, she would not have sent her to discuss cooperation.

She smiled brightly and charmingly, and her voice became gentle and sweet, "Of course I'm here to discuss cooperation with the King of Yue."

Wang Yue knew Princess Xuanji's subordinates, and the Red Sleeve Technique controlled by Qin Prajna was extremely famous.

However, throughout the State of Yue, due to the equal distribution of land tax, brothels were only found in slightly larger towns, and most of them were from outside. The original brothels and casinos in the local area were all cleared out because they were the property of the wealthy.

Most of the women inside were also dismissed. Some became concubines of some general, while others were taken into the rooms of the soldiers.

All the remaining brothels were controlled by the Jinyiwei, which was also one of the sources of information for the Jinyiwei.

However, Wang Yue did not think that Hong Xiuzhao was the only secret agent of Princess Xuanji. If that were the case, it would not give Princess Xuanji the opportunity to participate in the plan to murder the Chiyan Army.

Espionage was also the first and most novel subject for Wang Yue. It made him very curious and would also be convenient for him to use in other worlds in the future.

Wang Yue raised his eyebrows and asked tentatively, "Could it be that Princess Xuanji will send you to stay in my Great Yue Kingdom?"

Qin Banruo heard the ambiguity in Wang Yue's words, but still said calmly, "As long as the princess gives an order, I will certainly not refuse."

Wang Yue remained noncommittal. It was not a good choice to have such a spy around him, but as long as the princess of Daliang married him, there would inevitably be spies around, so it would be better to have one in front of him.

Of course, the best outcome would be that Wang Yue and Daliang have nothing to do with each other, but this is also impossible.

Facing Qin Banruo's gaze, Wang Yue seemed to finally have some interest and asked, "How are you going to cooperate?"

Qin Banruo didn't expect that Wang Yue didn't covet his beauty. She was a little surprised and looked up to Wang Yue even more.

Since Wang Yue talked about business, she immediately responded, "It depends on the extent of the cooperation. However, for the sake of sincerity, we can tell you a piece of news first. The princess that Daliang is going to send is Xiao Jingyao, the sister of the third prince Xiao Jingting.

The third prince was disabled and had no chance of becoming emperor. Although his biological mother, Concubine Hui, was also loved by Emperor Liang, she had no power and was often bullied by the empress.

Xiao Jingyao has a gentle personality and is an extremely beautiful woman. If the prince is able to use her skills, she might be able to serve him."

Wang Yue analyzed several meanings from this statement. Xiao Jingyao's brother had no chance to compete for the throne, so it would not affect the future attacks between the two families.

And this girl is very well-behaved and docile, and seems easy to control.

If Qin Banruo hadn't told him this information, he would never have known it. He felt that these old-fashioned intelligence agencies still had their merits.

So, he agreed to the cooperation between the two companies, and also wanted to use Qin Banruo to develop an intelligence system.

However, neither company has yet to fully gain each other's trust, and the content of their cooperation is relatively simple.

It was nothing more than Qin Banruo's people helping to pass on the message, and Yue State providing funds for Qin Banruo.

Of course, Qin Banruo also agreed to stay and help train some intelligence personnel. She would leave Yue State only after the personnel were fully trained.

Wang Yue handed the matter over to Jinyiwei commander Wu Jing, and he did not follow up.

After arranging Qin Banruo, he began to have a headache again. The envoys from the seven countries and Japan really brought princesses from various countries, except for Japan, they also brought the imperial edict for marriage and title.

Wang Yue was also very troubled. Su Qin was the prime minister of six countries. Did he become the prince of seven countries?

Wang Yue didn't know how to solve this problem, so he just avoided him for the time being.

But he was not in a hurry, but his subordinates were. Wang Jing and Chen Qingzhi, as Wang Yue's most trusted people, were recommended by the envoys from the State of Yue.

After Chen Qingzhi got to know Wang Yue, he understood Wang Yue's character. After he sat down, the first thing he asked was, "Which princess has the prince taken a fancy to?"

Although Wang Jing didn't ask, his eyes never left Wang Yue, and it was obvious that he wanted an answer as well.

Wang Yue looked at the expectant eyes of his two confidants and said helplessly, "I haven't even seen her, how can I know which princess to choose?"

Chapter 88 Reactions from all parties

Chen Qianzhi had not expected that the seven countries would play such a big game. It was as if they had made an appointment and they all conferred titles of kingship and gave princesses to each other.

He originally thought that only Nanchu and Daliang would do this, and he had even thought of a countermeasure, but now he has to start all over again.

Seeing that Wang Yue was still thinking about the looks of those women, he said bluntly, "Your Majesty, your marriage is related to the rise and fall of Yue State. You don't still think that you can judge a woman's temperament by her looks, do you?"

Wang Jing was also afraid that Wang Yue would not be willing, so he quickly persuaded him, "Yes, brother, if you really don't like her, just marry her and keep her as a sacrifice."

Wang Yue was once an emperor, so he knew that people of his status had no control over their marriages. However, he felt that if he showed too much composure, it would be a very dangerous thing.

He knew that he had two subordinates, one from a poor family and the other a grassroots, and they didn't understand these things at all.

He could only frown and raise his question, "Xiao Jing, Qingzhi, although our territory is small, our military force is very strong. If I show my great political skills again, will we be in great danger?"

Chen Qingzhi and Wang Jing were originally prepared to persuade him again, but after listening to Wang Yue's words, they suddenly felt that it made a lot of sense.

For Wang Yue to reach his current position, he wanted to eliminate other people's suspicions. When it came to marrying a princess, he either pretended to be very lustful or very infatuated. But he couldn't show too much of an emperor's mind.

It is precisely because the various countries saw that Wang Yue had never proclaimed himself emperor and felt that he had no ambitions that they were trying to win him over today.

If they knew that Wang Yue was also good at imperial tactics, they would immediately doubt Wang Yue's intentions.

Chen Qingzhi considered it carefully, and then said seriously, "Your Majesty, you have two choices now."

Wang Yue met Chen Qingzhi's burning gaze and had a bad feeling. He asked uncertainly, "What choice? Tell me?"

Chen Qianzhi explained the two methods he had mentioned, which were actually the infatuation and lust he had just thought of. Only in this way could they paralyze those countries that were testing them.

After he finished his story, he said seriously, "Your Highness, you can choose now. If you choose lustful people, you will choose all the more than 100 candidates who are participating in the election."

Wang Yue was speechless. More than a hundred women, this would exhaust him to death. It was very scary to think about it.

He quickly shook his head and asked firmly, "What if I choose infatuation?"

Chen Qingzhi knew that Wang Yue would make this choice, so he said seriously, "Then you have three more choices. First, in addition to these eight princesses, you choose one woman from more than a hundred women and pretend to be the object of your infatuation. Insist on choosing the principal wife, and then treat these eight princesses as concubines.

Of course, when you choose an ordinary woman as your principal wife, all the civil and military officials in our Yue Kingdom will pretend to be deadly admonishments and force you to choose eight princesses as concubines. "

Wang Yue twitched his lips. This was completely a test of one's acting skills. He was not afraid of this. Who in the Human Resources Department didn't have some acting skills?

But it was better not to act, so he asked curiously, "Go on."

Chen Qingzhi knew that Wang Yue was unwilling to give up, so he smiled and continued, "The second and third choices are actually the same. You choose a princess between Nanchu and Daliang and pretend that you fall in love at first sight. That's all."

When Wang Yue heard that this was a good choice, he immediately prepared to agree to it. "This looks good. Anyway, our original plan was to choose a side between these two countries."

But Chen Qingzhi seemed to have known that he would choose this. After listening to Wang Yue's words, he smiled and said, "I want to remind you, Your Majesty, no matter which princess you choose, our next step is to send troops to the country where the other princess is. This way we can conceal our tracks. Of course, you can also send troops to the country you choose."

Wang Yue couldn't help but widen his eyes. Doesn't this ask him to be Emperor Liang?

Didn’t Emperor Liang just marry Lin Xie’s sister and then destroy the Lin family?

This is simply not something a human being can do. At least it is not something a modern person like him can do.

He said with some embarrassment, "This is too shameless, how about choosing the first one?"

Wang Jing really couldn't bear to see Wang Yue's frustrated look, so he hesitantly suggested, "I think it's better to say that the prince likes the beauties on the Langya Beauty List, preferably Princess Nihuang from Prince Mu's Mansion. After all, the two have really met, and it's impossible, so this way we can save trouble."

Chen Qingzhi looked at Wang Jing with some surprise, then clapped his hands and said in admiration, "This is a good idea. As long as this news is spread to the outside world, the prince can choose only a concubine."

Wang Yue thought this was a good idea and agreed to it. After all, Princess Nihuang was at the top of the Langya Pavilion Beauty List.

However, before announcing it to the public, he still found Mei Changsu, who had not left, and informed him of the matter.

After all, Mei Changsu was still engaged to Princess Nihuang on the surface. Although the possibility of these two people getting married was slim, it was still a bit unkind of him to do this.

What Wang Yue didn't expect was that after Mei Changsu heard what Wang Yue said, he said in admiration, "The person who came up with this idea is simply a genius, is he from Daliang?

The Kingdom of Yue has always been closely connected with the Red Flame Army. If this incident happens, the Emperor of Daliang might even take the initiative to give you a prince title, which would also serve as a way to alienate the entire Kingdom of Yue.

By then, the Yue State will be full of suspicion, and if a war breaks out again, the fighting power will be greatly weakened!"

Wang Yue opened his mouth. He didn't expect that there would be such a danger here, but he didn't think that Chen Qianzhi and Wang Jing would cheat him.

He suddenly realized that Chen Qingzhi wanted to use this incident to dig out those people in Yue who were still loyal to Lin Shu.

After all, at the beginning, the army that Wang Yue led was indeed the Chiyan Army, so the Chiyan Army had a high status in the Yue State’s military system.

If one day Lin Shu were to fall out with him, it would be very dangerous for him.

He figured this out, so he pretended not to notice it, and instead pretended to be confused and said, "What's the big deal? As long as the young marshal believes in me, the brothers of the Red Flame Army will believe in me too."

Mei Changsu saw that Wang Yue was sincere, so he said seriously, "Brother Wang, don't worry, you saved my life, I will definitely not doubt you."

He said this very seriously, which made Wang Yue feel a little ashamed.

However, he was a former emperor after all. Although he was not an award-winning actor, he was very thick-skinned. He quickly assured her, "If Xiao Shu is worried, wait until I release the news and then you can let Princess Nihuang scold me publicly. This will make it easier for her to get along with the Emperor of Daliang."

Mei Changsu pointed at Wang Yue with his finger but said nothing.

He did not yet have the wisdom and strategy of the talented scholars on the Langya List, and thought that Wang Yue just wanted to put aside the grudge between the two of them, so he agreed.

Sure enough, just as the draft date was getting closer, a piece of gossip suddenly came out.

Rumor has it that the King of Yue fell in love with Princess Nihuang at first sight a long time ago, but unfortunately Nihuang later got engaged to Lin Shu, and he was only a captain at the time, so he decided to withdraw from the Red Flame Army early.

Originally this matter was to be kept secret, but recently as the wedding date was getting closer, the King of Yue spoke it out when he was drunk, and let everyone know why the King of Yue had not married for so many years.

The news spread more and more widely, and the envoys of the seven countries felt that the news was too explosive. If used well, it would definitely make Daliang and Yue continue to fight.

When the chief envoys of Daliang and Nanchu heard about this, they were shocked and immediately sent the news back to Nanjing and Kyoto over an 800-mile express route, demanding the emperor give further instructions.

Emperor Liang didn't know how many times Wang Yue had made him furious. He angrily threw the envoy's memorial to the ground and shouted while panting, "Look at what Wang Yue meant. Is my Yao'er really not qualified to be his principal wife?"

Prime Minister Liu walked up first, picked up the memorial silently, looked at it carefully for a while, and then handed it to the prince who came over.

He bowed to Emperor Liang and then said solemnly, "Your Majesty, after all, Daliang and Yue are still at war in name, and have never negotiated to determine the border.

I think the King of Yue wants to test the thoughts of Prince Mu's Mansion. If possible, the two families can unite and advance and retreat together.

Of course, there is also a possibility that Wang Yue really loves Nihuang, otherwise he would not have suddenly left the Red Flame Army."

This old fox talked for a long time but it was equivalent to saying nothing. He just pointed out the two possibilities he could analyze. As for what choice to make, it still depends on Emperor Liang.

Emperor Liang couldn't help but feel a little headache. Ever since Yan Que became a Taoist, it seemed that no minister had ever given him any substantive advice, and every time they were always vague.

He couldn't help but look at the Crown Prince and Prince Yu. Now, these were the only two sons he could give some advice to from time to time.

As soon as the Crown Prince finished reading, the memorial in his hand was taken away by Prince Yu. He glared at Prince Yu, and then said to Emperor Liang, "Father, I think that Wang Yue may really like Nihuang."

Emperor Liang frowned and looked at the prince, and asked suspiciously, "Why do you think so?"

The prince organized his words and said seriously, "Wang Yue now has a strong army and horses, just like the Prince Mu's Palace. I feel like Wang Yue seems to be learning from the Prince Mu's Palace. I don't know if it's just my illusion."

Prince Yu now has the intention of competing with the Crown Prince, so if the Crown Prince agrees, he will of course oppose it.

So he immediately retorted, "Nonsense! It's really nonsense!

Father, this news was not announced earlier or later, but just after the envoys from various countries arrived. Isn't this too strange?

I think Wang Yue doesn't know what to choose now, so I came up with this idea, asking Daliang and Nanchu to make a statement as soon as possible."

After listening to Prince Yu's words, Emperor Liang took a few steps in front of the dragon throne, and then said thoughtfully, "Prince Yu's words make some sense. So what do you think we should do in Daliang?"

Prince Yu had no idea. He hadn't discussed this with his advisers yet, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "Father, I think we can ask the envoys to try to determine the border with Yue State and the issue of the garrisons on both sides.

I think that Wang Yue will no longer hesitate between Daliang and Nanchu if he knows that the emperor sincerely wants to give him a title of king. "

Emperor Liang thought for a moment, then looked at Prime Minister Liu and said seriously, "Mr. Liu, discuss with the Ministry of War and come up with a final plan. Send it to the envoy 800 miles away."

After Emperor Liang made this decision, all the civil and military officials in the court breathed a sigh of relief. They were all worried that Emperor Liang would cancel the marriage in anger.

If that were the case, then Southern Chu would gain an advantage for nothing. If the two countries joined forces to raise an army, Daliang would probably have to move its capital.

This is no joke. The Yue navy now roams the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and is almost invincible. Only the Nanchu navy can put some pressure on them.

Jinling is originally located on the river bank. If the navy of Southern Chu and Yue cooperates, the navy guarding the capital may not be able to defend it.

As a result, the entire court of civil and military officials almost simultaneously bowed to Emperor Liang and said in unison with great admiration, "Your Majesty is wise!"

Emperor Liang looked at the reactions of the courtiers below. He did not think that this kind of arbitrary decision-making was a good feeling, but rather a bit boring. The court was more lively when Yan Que and others were not present.

However, there was no going back now. He waved his hand, asked the ministers to disperse, and then he left the hall.

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