Zhou Zhongliang stepped back quietly, frowning in disgust.

This Right Prime Minister Zhao has a mouth full of yellow teeth and bad breath.

Can't he smell it himself?

Zhou Zhongliang sneered repeatedly, "You Xiang Zhao, you still have the nerve to say that. If I remember correctly, General Fang stationed at the border is Zhao You Xiang's brother-in-law. There were countless casualties in the border cities, but General Fang was the only one who survived. According to the law, deserters should be executed!"

Zhao Youxiang glared, and the person who had the most conflicts with him was Zhou Zuoxiang.

There are two of them, one on the left and one on the right.

Like water and fire, they cannot coexist.

"What does Zhou Zuoxiang mean? General Fang went to a nearby city to report the news despite being seriously injured. If it weren't for General Fang, how could the isolated city resist the attack from the Southern Moon Nation?"

Right Prime Minister Zhao pointed at Zhou Zhongliang and said, "If Left Prime Minister Zhou is dissatisfied with me, he can just say it. Why do you want to implicate General Fang who has made great contributions? Is it because General Fang is not in the capital and cannot defend himself?"

[How shameless! It was clearly my second uncle who led the Lonely City to resist the attack from the Southern Moon Nation. He actually took all the credit for himself. I think this general is not only a deserter, but also deliberately lost the battle! ]

Su Yun was furious and stood up for her second uncle.

The emperor clenched his hands. General Fang and Right Prime Minister Zhao were both the empress dowager's men.

If the defeat was really intentional, did the Queen Mother really want the Qin Dynasty to be destroyed?

The emperor slammed the table as he watched his left and right prime ministers arguing fiercely.

"Shut up! This is a banquet to welcome the envoys from the Southern Moon Nation, not the imperial court!"

Zhao Youcheng glared at Zhou Zhongliang and returned to his seat.

Zhou Zhongliang rolled his eyes and stared, stared, stared, your eyes are so small that they won’t open any bigger.

"The envoy from the Nanyue Kingdom, Qilian, has arrived!" The young eunuch outside the door sang in a dragging voice.

The Queen Mother looked at Eunuch Li.

Eunuch Li was bent over and trembling. His men had clearly seen Qi Lian was wounded by an arrow and trapped in the post station by a fire, so how could he have arrived intact?

Qi Lian was wearing Nanyue clothing, and bowed with one hand on his chest.

"Your Majesty, may you be blessed with good health!"

Zhao Youxiang couldn't sit still anymore.

He is in charge of diplomacy, so naturally he has the right to speak.

"How dare you come to my Great Qin? Why don't you kneel down and pay homage?"

Qi Jue, who was standing next to Qi Lian, ignored You Xiang Zhao and spoke to the emperor.

"Your Majesty, you may not know that this is the highest etiquette of Nanyue and it expresses the highest respect."

Zhao Youcheng wanted to jump around again, but the emperor interrupted him.

"Nothing, since our two countries have established friendship, I accept the highest etiquette of the Southern Moon Kingdom."

Qi Lian clapped his hands, and a team of people presented him with rare treasures.

[Why are Mu Yi and Mu Duoji here? ] Su Yun opened her eyes wide.

Mu Yi put down his burden and winked at Su Yun quietly.

In an instant, several eyes turned to the two people in the front, and the emperor also saw Mu Yi's actions.

It’s not surprising that the girl knew him, after all, the messenger was her second uncle.

Qi Lian frowned slightly and glanced at Mu Yi.

When he came to Daqin, Ruer told him that she was going to look for her uncle Mu Duoji.

Unexpectedly, Guaiguai also knew them.

Qi Lian placed one hand on his chest and said, "Your Majesty, this is a small gift from me, Nan Yue."

"The envoy please take a seat first. I will entertain you and then we will discuss the agreement." The emperor nodded slightly.

Qi Lian did not sit down, but bowed and said.

"Your Majesty, I wonder if this person is a gift from the Qin Empire to the Southern Moon Nation?"

As soon as Qi Lian finished speaking, Qi Jue opened one of the iron and wooden boxes.

A tied man was revealed inside.

The emperor had a sullen face, and Eunuch De immediately stepped forward and whispered a few words to him.

After hearing this, the emperor's expression became even worse.

"Guard You, go and interrogate him!"

Guard You, wearing a yellow jacket, flashed to the bottom and used his sword to loosen the hemp rope.

He simply sliced ​​off a piece of flesh from the man.

The man whose jaw was removed was sweating profusely, but he couldn't utter a word and a painful expression appeared on his face.

Guard You had a blank expression on his face as he continued to do this piece after piece.

After he had sliced ​​off ten pieces of meat, he finally untied the man's acupuncture points.

The man stained his fingers with blood and wrote on the box: Zhao Youxiang.

At last, he wrote on tremblingly.

Let's have a good time.

Guard You stabbed the man in the throat with a knife. The man closed his eyes, raised the corners of his mouth, and died.

Guard You held the knife in his arms, "Your Majesty, it's Right Prime Minister Zhao's men."

"Your Majesty, please calm down. This matter has nothing to do with me. Someone must have framed me." Right Prime Minister Zhao knelt on the ground, his body trembling slightly.

He didn't expect that one of his men would be caught, but this man clearly came back alive to report that the task had been completed, so why did he appear in Qi Lian's hands again?

Zhao Youxiang couldn't figure it out, but he knew that if he was involved in this matter, he would lose his life.

Qi Lian took out a jade pendant and asked, "May I ask your Majesty, what is this?"

Eunuch De stepped forward to take it, examined it and handed it back to the emperor.

The emperor smashed the jade pendant directly onto Zhao Youxiang's head.

"Someone, drag him away."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me." Zhao Youxiang kowtowed. This jade pendant was indeed a personal item of his, but he would never give it to his subordinates. Wouldn't that be a confession? Suddenly, Zhao Youxiang remembered that his subordinates had accidentally bumped into him when they came back to report. It must have been at that time that he passed the jade pendant to him.

"Your Majesty, this jade pendant was stolen by the envoy of the Nanyue Kingdom. They have bad intentions, Your Majesty."

Two guards dragged Zhao Youxiang.

Seeing that the emperor was determined to kill him, he looked at the empress dowager.

"Your Majesty the Queen Mother, I am truly wronged."

"The harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs. What's the use of Zhao Youxiang telling me this? Before doing this, didn't Zhao Youxiang ever think about his own fate and that of his family?" The Queen Mother flicked the armor on her little finger nonchalantly.

Zhao Youxiang lowered his head.

The Queen Mother was threatening him with his family. If he didn't shut up, his entire family would be implicated.

The emperor and Qilian looked at each other and then looked away at the same time.

In fact, he was in collusion with the Nanyue envoy in this matter.

The emperor pretended not to know, and Qilian deliberately got injured and disappeared in the sea of ​​fire.

Mu Yi used the illusion formation again, and the jade pendant was also taken from Zhao Youxiang after Mu Yi changed his appearance.

The purpose is to kill Zhao Youxiang, a fair death, and the Queen Mother cannot interfere.

The emperor had evidence against other minor officials, but he could do nothing about Right Prime Minister Zhao.

This time, the intention was also to get rid of her so as to cut off the Queen Mother's power.

Qilian was also willing to give the emperor face so that the two countries could successfully sign a friendly agreement.

The emperor stood up and raised his hand.

"You have made a fool of yourself in front of the envoy. Please take a seat quickly."

After Qi Lian sat down, Mu Yi and others were arranged to their seats.

What followed was toasting and chatting, and even after the two countries signed an agreement not to fight a war for a hundred years, nothing unexpected happened.

But there are always people who don't want to live in peace.

Qin Fuqian's mother, Concubine Rou, stood up and saluted.

"Your Majesty, the envoys from the Nanyue Kingdom are coming today. Why not let Princess Yun'an dance to liven up the atmosphere?"

Concubine Rou snorted in her heart. If anyone dared to scare Sissi, she would never let him off easily.

(End of this chapter)