Chapter 610: Turning Point
"Prime Minister, you sent people to kill the envoy from Zhou? Are you crazy?" The little emperor raised his voice, his handsome eyes filled with anger.
Xie Xiu had been the Prince's tutor and the young emperor's teacher, so the young emperor respected him very much and had never been angry with him. This was the first time.
He always thought that the Prime Minister was a man of measure, but he didn't expect that he would be so ruthless in this matter!
Xie Xiu remained silent. With so many assassins, Envoy Zhou was doomed. He closed his eyes, his expression dejected.
The young emperor took a deep breath and calmed himself. "Prime Minister, if Chu withdraws from the alliance, how do you think my Great Qi army of 200,000 will fight against Zhou?"
"The chances of winning are very low." Xie Xiu said.
"The chances of winning are very low. Both sides will suffer losses. Chu will take advantage of the situation again..." said the little emperor, sitting on the dragon throne, with a headache.
"I'll think of a way." Xie Xiu said.
Xie Xiu pursed his lips, his body straight as a pine tree.
If a battle is unavoidable, he will be the commander-in-chief. Even if he dies in battle, he must give an explanation to the emperor!
The little emperor didn't want to pay attention to him, waved his hand and asked him to go back.
Xie Xiu walked out of the hall with a dejected look on his face, and just happened to meet Princess Anyang who was walking towards him.
Princess Anyang paused and looked at him with a frown.
Xie Xiu didn't want her to see him in such a miserable state, so he looked straight ahead and took a step to leave, but Princess Anyang grabbed his arm.
"Princess, please..."
"Please respect yourself," Princess Anyang finished his words and chuckled. "What else can the Prime Minister say besides this?"
"Oh, yes, she's dissolute. But there's nothing I can do about it. This is just who I am. If you don't like it, just don't look at it." Princess Anyang said sarcastically.
Xie Xiu frowned and looked at her: "You weren't like this before."
He remembered that she was very well-behaved and followed the rules, a noble and proud little princess, not such a rebellious person.
Once, when he saw her involved with a man, Xie Xiu was so angry that he blurted out the word "slut".
"This is actually the real me. As for the previous one..." That was just what she wanted him to see.
She knew he liked gentle, virtuous, and obedient girls, so she pretended to be that way, but she couldn't win his heart. It was completely incomparable to his great cause of regaining lost territory.
It's all in the past, why is she still thinking about it?
"You sent people to assassinate the envoy of the Great Zhou?" asked Princess Anyang.
Thinking of how Princess Anyang treated the two envoys from the Great Zhou Dynasty last night, Xie Xiu felt vaguely uncomfortable.
"You're reluctant?" Xie Xiu said, his voice tinged with unhappiness that he himself didn't even notice.
Princess Anyang did not respond to his words, but looked at him straight: "You will regret it."
He already regretted making a big mistake, but he didn't want Princess Anyang to see his vulnerable side.
He walked forward expressionlessly without even glancing at Princess Anyang.
Princess Anyang felt depressed and uncomfortable, and walked forward into the hall.
As soon as I entered, I saw the little emperor wearing a dragon robe, sitting on a chair with a sullen look on his face.
Anyang walked over and poked his puffy cheeks, which immediately deflated.
"Who made our Majesty angry?" Anyang said with a smile.
The young emperor snorted lightly, very unhappy: "The Prime Minister killed the envoy of Great Zhou. Once the envoy of Great Zhou is dead, Qi and Zhou will be at odds, and this battle must be fought. With the Emperor of Chu dead, Chu will definitely break the agreement, and Great Qi will be isolated and helpless..."
The young emperor grew increasingly angry as he thought about it: "The Prime Minister is very wise in other matters, why is he so extreme about this?"
"He wants to regain the lost territory so badly." Princess Anyang said.
"As the saying goes, when the world is long united, it will eventually divide, and when it is long divided, it will eventually unite. But now that Zhou is so powerful, it's not time for unity at all," the little emperor said angrily. "But this battle will seriously damage the vitality of our Great Qi."
"Who said we were going to fight?" Princess Anyang asked.
"The Zhou envoys are all dead..."
"They're not dead. I knew Xie Xiu was going to attack them, so I sent someone to follow them. The envoy is now in the princess's residence." Princess Anyang said, "One was injured, but he escaped danger."
The little emperor blinked his eyes, and the heavy stone that weighed on his heart was lifted. He was very happy and looked at her: "Imperial sister, you are so kind~"
As he said this, he used his little head to nudge Princess Anyang.
Princess Anyang quickly pressed his shoulders and told him to sit up straight: "You're the emperor now, don't act like before."
The little emperor sat upright, his expression becoming serious: "Imperial sister, I want to meet the envoy of the Great Zhou."
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Princess Mansion.
In a room.
Gu Huaijin sat on the bed, his upper body naked and wrapped in a layer of gauze. He had lost too much blood and his face was pale and bloodless.
Wei Qing stayed by his side, staying awake all night.
What happened last night was indeed dangerous. Fortunately, the princess's mansion showed up and saved them, otherwise they would have been in great danger.
Wei Qing looked at the injured Gu Huaijin and said, "Thank you."
Gu Huaijin blocked the attack for him, otherwise the knife would have hit him, and would have hit his neck.
"If something happens to you, I don't know what will happen to my sister." Gu Huaijin said.
He had seen many people in love, but he had never seen two people as affectionate as his sister and brother-in-law. One of them seemed to be a part of the other's body, and if something happened to one of them, the other would not live alone.
He had only one thought at that time, that is, nothing must happen to his brother-in-law.
"Princess Jingshu will be very upset if anything happens to you." Wei Qing said.
Thinking of Azhi, Gu Huaijin's expression softened.
Yes, he also has someone he cares about, and Azhi is still waiting for him to return.
"Fortunately, nothing happened." Gu Huaijin said with lingering fear.
Otherwise, Azhi would definitely cry to death.
The seemingly willful little princess is actually a crybaby. When she cries, her tears can drown people.
Just then, there was a knock on the door.
Wei Qing opened the door and Princess Anyang came in.
Princess Anyang looked at Gu Huaijin and her eyes lit up immediately. Gu Huaijin had a really good figure, with broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and a thin layer of muscle covering his chest and abdomen.
Princess Anyang stretched out her hand to touch it, but before she could touch it, her hand was grabbed.
It was Wei Qing who caught her.
"You won't even touch me, how domineering."
Princess Anyang thought about the relationship between the two and felt that this man was extremely stingy.
She just touched it and didn't do anything else. This man has a very strong possessiveness.
A coughing sound was heard, and it was not Wei Qing and Gu Huaijin who were coughing, but the young man outside the door.
Wei Qing and Gu Huaijin were both surprised when they saw the young man.
The young man was handsome, slender and had a noble temperament. He was the little emperor of Qi.
They had tried every possible way to meet the Emperor of Qi before, but now the little emperor actually came to them on his own initiative.
Wei Qing saluted the little emperor. Gu Huaijin was about to stand up, but was stopped by the little emperor.
The little emperor said a few words of greeting and then told the purpose of his visit.
"That day, Envoy Gu said that it was not appropriate to form an alliance to attack Zhou. First, for me, second, for the people of Great Qi, and third, for the people of the world. To start a war would destroy the foundation laid by our ancestors, and I have no words to say to them. The people of Qi pay taxes to support the army, and send their fathers and brothers to serve in the army. The people of Qi suffer. War will inevitably affect the entire country, and chaos will break out everywhere, and the people of the world will suffer." The young emperor paused and continued, "I have listened to everything Envoy Gu said. I also do not agree with the alliance to attack Zhou, but the Prime Minister insists... The Prime Minister is my teacher, and I respect him very much. I need to listen to his advice. Now, he has made a mistake..."
The young emperor did not explicitly say what the mistake was, but everyone present knew that the so-called mistake was that the prime minister sent someone to assassinate the envoy.
The young emperor was also very good at speaking. He attributed this to a fault and showed goodwill to Gu Huaijin and Wei Qing in disguise. He also put the blame for the assassination of the envoy entirely on the prime minister.
"I have ordered the Prime Minister not to interfere in this matter and to reflect on his mistakes at home. I have come to discuss the withdrawal of troops with the envoys. If Great Zhou is willing to cede two cities to Great Qi, Qi will dissolve its alliance with Chu and withdraw its troops from attacking Zhou."
The little emperor wanted to create a time difference.
At the beginning, the Zhou envoy proposed to exchange a city and cloth and food for peace.
Now that the Zhou envoys have not yet received the news of the Chu Emperor's death, he can take this opportunity to sign a contract with the envoys and obtain the greatest benefits.
A calculating glint flashed in the little emperor's lowered eyes.
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