When I was in Qin Dynasty, I really didn't want to make progress

But since Queen Mother Zhao believed that she could control Yang Chong now that she had control over Rao An, why couldn't Yang Chong take the initiative to cooperate with a woman who had a bad temper?

Some things need to be channeled and you can't just force them forward.

You know, whether Yang Chong can manage Qi State with peace of mind in the next few years depends on whether Queen Dowager Zhao and her Zhao State can firmly resist the attack of Qin State.

Although Queen Mother Zhao was not Yang Chong's clothes, she would be his armor in the next few years. How could Yang Chong not take good care of his armor?

Not to mention just cooperating, even letting Yang Chong sacrifice his body would be possible.

Facing Queen Mother Zhao's words which were clearly hinting at something, Yang Chong understood without thinking, because that was what he originally thought.

"Of course I do. Rao An is very important to me." Yang Chong frowned, looking worried, as if I have been found to be weak by you.

Sure enough, as Yang Chong revealed an expression of helplessness mixed with caution, stubbornness yet helplessness, a feeling of pleasure instantly blossomed in Queen Dowager Zhao's heart. That feeling instantly spread throughout her body, making her feel an unprecedented sense of pleasure.

I want more! This thought suddenly emerged in Queen Mother Zhao's mind. It was a devilish thought.

"If you want, it's not impossible. But in order to help you drive away the Yan army, I asked Li Mu to lead a tired army to fight. The cost was not small. I paid such a huge price to snatch Rao An back from the Yan army. If I return Rao An to you easily, I'm afraid I won't be able to explain to the soldiers of Zhao." Queen Mother Zhao said slowly.

At this moment, in front of Yang Chong, she had found her confidence and was more calm, so she took on the demeanor of a queen mother.

The queen mother of a country, especially one who holds the power of regent, holds great power and commands all the ministers.

As the saying goes, if you occupy the right position and cultivate the right energy, over time, you will really develop a very rare kind of beauty. Power is certainly the best tonic for a man, but for a woman, isn't power also the best makeup?

What's more, Queen Dowager Zhao was a beautiful woman, a woman who was able to cross the class barrier with her beauty. Her experience was the best proof of her beauty.

"Then what should I do so that the Queen Mother will be willing to return Rao An to me?" Yang Chong cooperated.

Of course Yang Chong understood the woman's mind. It was because of this understanding that he could cooperate better, just like now.

"Please beg..." Queen Mother Zhao wanted to say, "Please beg me!", but suddenly she thought that she might be too eager to say so, and might Yang Chong look down on her, so she changed her words.

But before she could say the words to change her mind, she thought again that she had come here to ask for an explanation and she was the one who took the initiative. Why should she consider Yang Chong's feelings? She just needed to make herself feel good this time.

Then Queen Mother Zhao continued what she had paused for, saying, "If you want it, then please ask me for it!"

Queen Mother Zhao thought that Yang Chong would be furious given his temperament. It was not a glorious thing for a monarch to ask for a woman, not to mention that this woman was just a collaborator with him in a strict sense.

While waiting, Queen Mother Zhao felt a little uneasy. She was really afraid that Yang Chong would turn against her.

Now it seems that Yang Chong was forced to come to Handan, but in fact, when Queen Dowager Zhao took the initiative to set up a trap to lure Yang Chong to come late, she had already lost. In the relationship between men and women, whoever takes the initiative will often fall into a passive position in the subsequent development.

It now seems that Queen Mother Zhao is being aggressive, but in fact she is the passive one. Although she is trying her best to emphasize that she holds the initiative, there are some things that the more you emphasize, the more you tend to show a lack of confidence.

As Queen Dowager Zhao waited with some anxiety, Yang Chong's reaction was completely beyond her expectations.

"Ask? If the Queen Mother wants Rao An, I will give it to you." Yang Chong said lightly.

Of course Yang Chong knew that the Queen Mother Zhao needed to be coaxed. As long as he could coax the woman in front of him, Rao'an, which Zhao had paid the price of thousands of elite casualties to snatch back from the hands of the Yan army, would naturally return to his hands.

From this perspective, Yang Chong did not seem to suffer any loss at all, but some things cannot be calculated in this way. A few words are certainly nothing, but this is related to a man's face. If Yang Chong gives in in front of Queen Dowager Zhao this time, it will be difficult for him to stand up again in the future.

He had been soft just now, and now he needs to be tough.

"You..." Queen Dowager Zhao was furious. Only a fool wanted Rao An. She had spent so much effort to get Rao An just to make Yang Chong submit to her. She didn't even look down on a few cities.

Yang Chong's toughness made her a little helpless. She had imagined many scenarios, but the current scenario was beyond her expectations. For a moment, she didn't know how to deal with it.

"Queen Dowager, national affairs cannot be trifled with. It's not that I didn't rescue Zhao before, I was just sharing the burden of Qin's attack in my own way. Just imagine, if I wasn't leading Wang Jian's Qin army in the south, and the two Qin armies attacked Zhao together, could Zhao have resisted?" After making his bottom line clear, Yang Chong was no longer tough, but chose to speak in a warm and gentle voice. He needed to be soft at this time.

"That part of the Qin army was originally targeting you, and it was the State of Zhao that helped you share the pressure." Queen Mother Zhao retorted.

"Is this really the case? If the Qin army was really coming for me, I could have chosen to close the country and defend myself. Why would I have taken the initiative to attack Qin? The Qi army fought in Dongjun for so long, and under the attack of the Qi army, Qin even had to form an alliance with Wei." Yang Chong stated the facts.

As for the war that ended not long ago and affected most of the world, whether the real target of the Qin army was Zhao or Qi, probably only King Zheng of Qin himself knew.

But from another perspective, it seems that Qi is more like the main target of the Qin army.

After all, in this war, Zhao lost 100,000 soldiers, but Qi lost one-third of its territory. The mighty Qi became the current Northern Qi. In terms of the degree of loss, Yang Chong suffered greater losses. From this perspective, Qi was the one that suffered the most.

Under Yang Chong's guidance, Queen Dowager Zhao's thoughts fell into such logic. In this logic that she had never thought of and was not familiar with, her thoughts had gone in the direction that Yang Chong hoped.

Women like this are easier to fool.

Seeing Yang Chong's confident expression without any trace of guilt, Queen Mother Zhao began to waver: Did I really misunderstand him? He was not standing by and watching me die, but was helping me in his own way?

Looking at Queen Mother Zhao's reaction, Yang Chong's heart moved slightly. He already knew that the woman in front of him had been fooled by him, and things would be easier in the future.

In the future, Yang Chong still hopes that Zhao can hold out for a few more years against Qin's attacks, so the relationship with Queen Mother Zhao must be well managed.

Seeing that Queen Mother Zhao's emotions had stabilized and she had been brought into her own rhythm, Yang Chong began to take the initiative and pressed the issue: "But I never thought that the Queen Mother would look at me like this. Am I really so untrustworthy?"

"This?" Queen Mother Zhao was speechless for a moment. How did the story develop to this point?

Didn't I come to Xingsheng to question the culprit? Why am I the one being questioned now? Queen Mother Zhao's remaining rationality made her think so, but this thought was soon overwhelmed by other emotions.

"It seems that I was too sentimental. I thought I was the person who knew the empress dowager best, and the empress dowager should also understand me. But now it seems that I was wrong. I overestimated myself and also misjudged the empress dowager." Yang Chong said in a low voice, with a sad look on his face.

Queen Mother Zhao was now completely panicked, and at the same time she was a little confused. She had come here to call for an explanation, but now it seemed that she was wrong, and even she was almost thinking so.

Especially since Yang Chong looked so determined, Queen Dowager Zhao didn't have time to think any more. She was afraid, and because of fear she didn't care to answer the doubts.

Just as Yang Chong was about to leave, Queen Dowager Zhao suddenly pounced on him and hugged his waist. Her strength was so great that she didn't look like a weak woman at all. It was as if she wanted to stuff herself into Yang Chong's body.

At this moment, Queen Dowager Zhao was really scared.

The reason why she has everything now is due to the irreplaceable role played by Yang Chong. If it weren't for Yang Chong, she would have been deposed by King Yan of Zhao, her son would have become the former crown prince, and she might even have lost her life.

It was Yang Chong who changed all this.

It can be said that when Queen Dowager Zhao was most desperate and helpless, it was Yang Chong who gave her a hand, and then the current Queen Dowager Zhao came into being.

This is Yang Chong's favor to Queen Dowager Zhao, and when a man is kind to a woman, then this man is special to this woman.

Besides, even if we just look at it from the perspective of men and women, Yang Chong is extraordinary to Queen Dowager Zhao.

There are very few men in the world who can compare to Yang Chong. As long as Queen Dowager Zhao is tempted by sexual desire, Yang Chong is her best choice.

Under the influence of various factors, Yang Chong had already become an obsession for Queen Mother Zhao. She panicked when Yang Chong only used a little trick, and the so-called mobilization to punish her had now turned into throwing herself into her arms.

The Queen Mother Zhao did not know until this time that when she chose to cooperate with Yang Chong because of her hatred for King Yan of Zhao, she had already fallen into Yang Chong's trap. Yang Chong was like a skilled hunter, luring the Queen Mother Zhao into his net step by step.

"Queen Dowager, what are you doing?" Yang Chong was held so tightly that he couldn't break free for a moment and could only let Queen Dowager Zhao hold him there.

But can he really not break free?

That was impossible. Not to mention the two arms of Queen Mother Zhao, even if he was chained, Yang Chong could break free. With his martial arts skills cultivated to his current level, there were few things in the world that could control him.

"I won't let you go. I'm not forcing you. I just, just..." Queen Mother Zhao kept explaining. She had already given up.

As the Queen Mother Zhao explained incoherently, Yang Chong's arms slowly tightened and he held the Queen Mother Zhao's mature and voluptuous body in his arms. It was the plump and juicy woman who was so attractive. For a moment, Yang Chong felt that he had returned to Xinzheng, where there was also a woman like her, but with the same plump and voluptuous body. However, the Queen Mother Zhao was more beautiful than that woman.

As Yang Chong tightened his arms, Queen Dowager Zhao raised her head abruptly. She had received some hint from Yang Chong's actions.

Queen Dowager Zhao, who thought she had gotten the hint, used the waist strength she had developed from practicing dancing to hang herself on Yang Chong and blocked his mouth with her soft and plump lips. Now she didn't want to listen to Yang Chong anymore, she just wanted him to take action.

The pressure that Queen Dowager Zhao had been accumulating during the Qin army's attack was not completely relieved just because the Zhao army defeated the Qin army. At this time, with Yang Chong, she only wanted to indulge herself and use physical indulgence to relieve the psychological pressure. This was the reason she found for her behavior.

Is it really because of this reason?

Things are not that complicated. After all, what happened now was just that a young widow met a man who made her heart beat, just like dry firewood meeting prey and long-dry land meeting sweet rain.

Outside the secret room, Mrs. Li, who was on high alert out of womanly curiosity, listened to the noises in the secret room. A look of surprise appeared on her face. She seemed to have heard many incredible secrets.

It was really beyond her expectation that there was such a story between her best friend and King Yang Chong of Qi.

Mrs. Li had actually speculated about the relationship between Queen Dowager Zhao and Yang Chong a long time ago. After all, Queen Dowager Zhao was a widow, and it was normal for her to have an ambiguous relationship with a man.

But from the information she just heard, she found out that not only did the Queen Mother Zhao have an ambiguous relationship with King Chong of Qi, but the Queen of Zhao also had a relationship with Yang Chong. It seemed that there was only a difference in title, but the nature was completely different.

At that time, Yang Chong was just a young man with some fame who had just come to Zhao from Han. The Queen Mother Zhao was still the queen of Zhao Wang Yan and a married woman.

Mrs. Li, who heard some secrets, not only failed to satisfy her curiosity, but aroused her greater curiosity. She continued to listen and soon heard some special sounds.

"How dare they?" Mrs. Li opened her eyes wide after realizing the reason for the voices. She couldn't believe that the two people inside would actually...

Chapter 266 The traces of Yin Yang Family

It was normal for some subtle things to happen in a place of romance, and Mrs. Li was definitely knowledgeable about this. However, considering the identities of the man and woman in the room, this was not normal.

For a moment, Madam Li felt like she was sitting on pins and needles. If this matter were to be known by others, Yang Chong and Queen Dowager Zhao, as the parties involved, would certainly not have any problems. Who could do anything to them?

But it is different for Mrs. Li herself. A young woman like her cannot bear such a big secret.

especially……

Would they both think of silencing him? Mrs. Li shuddered at the thought of this possibility.

It would be fine if it was Queen Mother Zhao, after all, the two of them met when they were humble and had a deep friendship. But it was different with Yang Chong, who had no friendship with her. Especially since Yang Chong was a man, he was more powerful to Lady Li and was definitely a dangerous person.

For a moment, Mrs. Li felt like crying but had no tears. People really shouldn't be too curious. It was too late to regret now, but who made her a woman?

"I've really lost my mind. If I don't say anything, who will know about this? Will I tell anyone? Of course I won't tell anyone. I'm not tired of living." After the initial uneasiness, Mrs. Li, who was used to the ups and downs of life, quickly calmed down.

But Mrs. Li was wrong. She was able to hear the noise because someone did it on purpose. Now the key issue was no longer whether she would tell it or not, but that she knew a secret that she should not know.

How do we prevent secrets from being leaked? There are usually only two types of people who don’t leak secrets: our own people and the dead.

Of course, Mrs. Li didn't know this yet. After suppressing the fear in her heart, her instinct as a woman revived again, and one of her ears turned up. However, she soon regretted it.

The initial pleasure of having my curiosity satisfied was gradually replaced by another feeling.

Is she still the queen mother I know? She felt as if her whole body was in a ball of fire. Mrs. Li could no longer care about her curiosity and hurried away. The movement inside was really big.

If she was a girl like the Snow Girl, she would probably only be curious and confused when hearing those loud noises, but she was an experienced person and was already familiar with those things. So, after hearing those noises, she uncontrollably imagined many scenes in her mind.

For a woman over 30, especially a single woman, there are some things that she cannot bear to hear. Although the embers no longer have open flames, they can quickly burn as long as they encounter wind. Mrs. Li is such an ember at this time.

When wind and fire meet, things are out of control.

This night was quite long for Mrs. Li. As the owner of this place, she didn't even know that Yang Chong had left.

In the early morning sunshine, when Queen Dowager Zhao and Lady Li met again, they both saw looks of surprise on each other's faces.

Although Queen Mother Zhao looked tired at this time, her complexion was quite rosy, and she revealed a lazy temperament all over her body. It was a laziness that only appeared when one had achieved the greatest satisfaction from both inside and out, from body to spirit. She was like a female cat basking in the warm sunshine after having eaten a full meal.

But what about Mrs. Li?

Although Mrs. Li used delicate makeup to embellish her face, there were still deep traces of dark circles under her eyes.

"You know everything?" Queen Mother Zhao, who didn't understand big things but was extremely shrewd in small matters, saw Madam Li looking strange. As a woman herself, how could she not know what her good friend had experienced last night?

"I didn't mean it, it's just, just..." Mrs. Li hurriedly explained, but she couldn't explain any further. She couldn't say that it was because you screamed too loudly, right?

That was not an explanation, but adding fuel to the fire, so Mrs. Li stopped her words in time. It would be better not to explain at all.

"There are some things you just need to know, don't do anything unnecessary," Queen Mother Zhao warned.

Women's mouths are unreliable. Madam Li has a lot of wealth. Where does all that money come from? Just such a romantic place can't bring so much income. A considerable part of it is earned by Madam Li reselling intelligence from all parties.

Queen Mother Zhao naturally had to be on guard against the possibility that Madam Li would sell what she did last night as intelligence.

Queen Mother Zhao had some trust in Madam Li, her good friend from their times of poverty. Otherwise, she would not have chosen this place to meet Yang Chong. However, Queen Mother Zhao did not dare to have absolute trust in the friendship between women, so she had to give him some warnings.

"Empress Dowager, you don't understand us yet. Don't I know clearly what can be said and what cannot be said? If I didn't know clearly, I would probably not be standing here long ago." Madam Li said with a smile.

For someone who works in her profession, it is necessary to be good at dealing with people, but at the same time she must also have her own principles, otherwise no one will believe her anymore. For a businessman, a certain degree of credibility is a must.

"I hope you can do it. Otherwise, even if I take our friendship into consideration, the King of Qi may not give you this face." Queen Mother Zhao warned. She knew that her good friend might not be afraid of her because they were too familiar with her, but Yang Chong was different.

With Madam Li's information channels, she could naturally get a lot of information about Yang Chong if she made an effort to inquire. That man was a killer when he was alone, but now he owns most of the State of Qi. Who would dare to offend him?

Madam Li looked at Queen Mother Zhao and nodded, but she was already certain in her heart that her good friend was not as calm as she seemed. This woman was also nervous. Realizing this, Madam Li unconsciously felt more confident.

At this time, Mrs. Li realized a fact. Although what happened last night was a threat to her, it could also be transformed into an opportunity. Perhaps through this opportunity, she could really get on board the ship of Qi. The story of a cunning rabbit having three burrows was no longer a big secret at this time.

Rao An's problem was easily solved. What Yang Chong had to do next was to continue the further purge that had not been carried out after the last Linzi Incident.

Although Zhao was able to hold out against the Qin army for several years thanks to its tenacity and Li Mu's fighting ability, this period of time was not short, but for the development of a country, several years was a very short time, and was not even enough for a national policy to be fully implemented.

Therefore, there is really not much time left for Yang Chong, especially since what he has to do is to use a few years to change the Qi State, which has lasted for hundreds of years. The power of time is very strong. Even if Yang Chong has cognition far beyond this era, he still needs to be cautious in the face of the inertia of time. If he is not careful, he will inevitably be branded as a person who is eager for quick success and instant benefits, and he may even die in this world.

After Yang Chong returned to Linzi, he placed the soldiers recruited from Yecheng, Dong'a, Rao'an and other places in various places within the territory of Qi. On the other hand, he transformed the brave men selected from Qi into new soldiers and asked them to move to Yecheng and other places with their families.

As for the question of whether these soldiers were willing in this process, Yang Chong solved it very well.

People from all eras have the desire to live a better life and are willing to fight for it. When Yang Chong combined his behavior of sending the people of Qi away from their hometowns to places like Yecheng with large amounts of land and house rewards, the complaints about leaving their hometowns disappeared.

A similar principle applies to the government soldiers in the former Yecheng and other places.

As for the fact that this process would require a huge amount of resources and a large amount of land and houses, it was not a problem at all for Yang Chong. After all, taking advantage of the Linzi Incident, Yang Chong confiscated a large amount of land and houses and money from the State of Qi.

The wealth accumulated by those big families over hundreds of years of operation is an astronomical figure for anyone, but now all these things have become cheap for Yang Chong.