Chapter 272: Yan State Seeks Peace
Mi Yan never knew what his father and mother were doing in the room that day, because he was dragged back by the steward as soon as he reached the door.
The next day when he asked his father, his mother stepped on his foot before his father could answer. His father was inexplicably angry with him and punished him to copy the big characters twenty times.
Since he can't beat his mother, he comes to bully his son. It's a shame for him to be the Lord of Changping. It's really embarrassing for such a grown-up!
With Ying Zheng's strong intervention, the ministers finally calmed down on the issue of appointing a crown prince and shifted their attention to the recent war to destroy Yan.
It was already known to everyone that Prince Dan of Yan sent the assassin Jing Ke to assassinate the King of Qin, pretending to present a map.
The King of Qin was furious and sent Wang Jian with an army of 500,000 to attack the State of Yan.
The three states of Chu, Wei and Qi remained silent.
The two countries fought a decisive battle at Yishui. The Yan army was vulnerable and retreated step by step. The Qin army took advantage of the victory and captured the Yan capital Jicheng in less than a month. King Xi of Yan retreated to Liaodong County with Prince Dan, facing the Qin army across the Liao River.
The King of Yan knew he could not defeat the Qin army and was ready to sue for peace again. This time, the offer Yan would make was the head of Prince Dan...
Ji Dan stood by the Yanshui River, the bleak cold wind blowing on his face, cutting him painfully like a knife. Two months ago, he had bid farewell to Jing Ke by the Yishui River, and now he had to bid farewell to himself by the river.
He was defeated, completely defeated.
The reeds on the river bank have sprouted new buds, and bits of green are hidden in the wasteland. Unfortunately, he is afraid that he will not be able to see the reed flowers blooming this year.
"Prince, the King of Yan's men are here."
The flute sounded mournful and stopped abruptly.
Ji Dan put down the long flute. The cold wind lifted up his clothes, as if it was mourning for him.
"Prince, I will escort you away. Please mount your horse!"
Ji Dan smiled bitterly and broke his long flute. "Go! The King of Qin wants my life, and my father also wants my life! If they want it, then I will give it to them."
After all, it was something he did himself, so it wouldn't implicate others.
"Prince!" The guard knelt and spoke earnestly, "Your Majesty is merely worried about the Qin army approaching, not that he truly desires your life. Besides, without you, there is truly no hope for the State of Yan. Please mount your horse, Prince. Once I have dealt with these people, I will catch up with you shortly."
The guard drew his sword from his waist and glared fiercely at the surrounding Yan soldiers. "I'm here today. You can't hurt the prince in the slightest."
Amidst the flash of swords and the shadow of sabers, the soldiers fought each other. As they fell one by one, their blood soaked the land.
The guard didn't know how many times he had swung his sword. Each swing almost exhausted his last bit of strength, but he could still use the same strength to repel the soldiers the next time. Until the sound of the spear piercing the flesh with a "whoosh" sound, his world suddenly became quiet.
He spat out a mouthful of blood and looked in the last direction with his blurred vision, only to see the prince draw the sword from his waist and hold it across his neck.
Ji Dan gripped the sword tightly in his hand and said to the Yan soldiers, "Tell my father that I have returned Ji Dan's life to him!"
The wind blew away his voice.
Only his resolute and determined figure was left lying on the Yanshui River. The scalding red color drifted in the cold river water, dissipating bit by bit until no trace was left.
Suddenly, a burst of sad crying was heard from the Yan soldiers who were chasing them.
Prince Dan of Yan died.
The King of Yan sent his head to the King of Qin as an apology.
The land of Yan captured by Qin also became the property of Qin from then on.
When Ying Zheng received the head sent by Yan State, he was silent for a long time. He thought of the time when he and Ji Dan were friends in Zhao State.
At that time, they were all abandoned and had no idea what the future would hold.
Ji Dan was luckier than him. He was a hostage sent by the King of Yan and a prince of Yan recognized by both the people of Zhao and Yan. At least those people would not make things difficult for him on the surface. Perhaps because they shared the same suffering, Ji Dan once rescued him and the two of them formed a friendship because of this.
But no friendship can withstand the oppression of power, and they finally ended up fighting each other.
"Bury him with Jing Ke's body!"
Ying Zheng suddenly felt a little tired. Looking at the huge Qin Palace, the fire was clearly burning, but he still felt cold all over.
He wanted to go for a walk outside, bask in the sun, or see the early spring colors outside. He didn't want to stay here any longer.
Before he knew it, he had arrived at the Empress Dowager's Ganquan Palace.
Fusu and Ziying both went to class, and Zhao Yuanxi was now walking around the courtyard with Zhuangzhuang.
The little guy is only one year old, but he has already grown to 20 kilograms. Zhao Yuanxi is worried that he will suffer from obesity at such a young age, and is hesitating whether to make him lose weight.
It is obviously not advisable to lose weight by cutting back on food, so the only option is to increase the amount of exercise.
Zhao Yuanxi was holding a fishing rod in his hand. On one end of the rod was not a bait, but a small apple tied to it. He used the small apple to lure Zhuangzhuang to run around.
It ran staggeringly, and after failing several times, it simply gave up. It ran to Zhao Yuanxi's legs, rubbed against them, acted coquettishly, and made goose-goose-goose sounds.
"You haven't run enough today!" Zhao Yuanxi said the words of blame, but his hand couldn't help but touch its round head.
How can there be such a cute thing in this world!
As she softened her heart, Zhuangzhuang snatched the little apple away, put it in his mouth and started eating it while sitting next to her.
Zhao Yuanxi leaned in front of Zhuangzhuang like a wolf grandmother, nagging softly, "Only here at Mama's place do we have plenty of food. If you lived outside, you would be howling with hunger every day."
"What is Mama?"
"That's what mother meant."
???
Who is speaking?
Zhao Yuanxi turned around in surprise, only to see Ying Zheng staring at him with a strange expression.
After struggling for a long time, he finally spoke, "Its mother is the giant Pixiu, and has nothing to do with the Queen Mother."
How could this greedy and playful little beast call her mother? If it called the Queen Mother mother, wouldn't it mean that he had an inhuman brother?
For a moment, Ying Zheng even suspected that the Queen Mother had gone crazy.
Could it be that life in Ganquan Palace was too boring, causing the empress dowager to become mentally unstable?
"Just kidding!" Zhao Yuanxi didn't know how to explain to Ying Zheng that this was the name people gave to their pets.
I could only change the subject, "Why do you have the leisure to come to my place?"
She handed Zhuangzhuang to the care of a palace maid and patted the panda hair off her body.
"Can't I come to you if I have nothing to do?"
Zhao Yuanxi smiled and said, "Sure, why not!"
In this case, Ying Zheng did not come to discuss political affairs, and Zhao Yuanxi was happy and at ease.
"Then sit for a while! It's a good opportunity to bask in the sun with me."
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