Jin State, Shangjing City, and the Imperial Palace.
Inside a deep and secluded hall.
Ji Chong'er was sitting upright in the first seat, with civil and military officials loyal to the court and Guo Kai kneeling on the ground standing in front of him.
After a moment, he said slowly and earnestly, "I...should have killed you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Guo Kai's body trembled with fear and he kowtowed and begged, "Your Majesty, spare my life! Your Majesty, spare my life!"
He also didn't expect that from beginning to end, he was just a pawn of Qin.
He was slow to realize what had happened.
In fact, not only him, but even those dead members of the delegation were abandoned.
"Mercy?"
Ji Chong'er snorted coldly, "If you hadn't been here to confuse me and the officials, how could I have allowed Qin's evil scheme to succeed?"
Today, the State of Jin is facing internal and external troubles.
If this problem is not solved, I am afraid they may fall apart at any time.
Guo Kai is a smart man. He is still alive today, which means he must still be useful to me, which allows me to survive.
So, he immediately said: "I wonder what I can do? As long as I can be kept alive, no matter what I do, I am willing to do it."
Ji Chong'er said bluntly: "You are a discarded child. What benefit can you bring to me and the State of Jin?"
Mao Sui suddenly spoke up, "Your Majesty, this man is the leader of the Qin envoys after all. Letting him publicize Qin's evil ambitions can also be of some use to our Jin State."
In other words, they wanted to use Guo Kai's identity to make him speak ill of the Qin State.
But doing so would be tantamount to treason.
The Qin Dynasty has always been ruthless in dealing with traitors.
However, at this point, does Guo Kai, who only wants to stay alive, have any other choice?
Since Qin had treated him unfairly first, why should he be disloyal to Qin?
Thinking of this, he said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, I am willing to do this. I only ask Your Majesty to spare my life!"
Ji Chong'er did not respond, but slowly closed his eyes.
Seeing this, Mao Sui kicked Guo Kai and shouted, "Why don't you get out of here? I will be at your command at any time!"
The latter said "yes" three times in a row and then really "rolled" out of the hall.
After a pause, Ji Chong'er opened his eyes and asked, "The aristocratic families are currently in rebellion. Do you have any plans to deal with it?"
Le Jin said, "The only solution now is to recall the troops responsible for attacking Qin's Youyun and Yun states."
Mao Sui frowned and said, "But once they are transferred back, the plan to attack Qin will be a failure."
They just felt that the Qin State was despicable.
But He Zeng thought, if they had not taken the initiative to attack Qin, how could Qin have reached this point?
"As the saying goes, to resist foreign aggression, one must first stabilize the country. Now we must hurry to quell the rebellion of the aristocratic families, otherwise our Great Jin will be in danger."
Lin Xiangru spoke.
Le Jin echoed, "That's right. Even if our army conquers Youyun, if the domestic rebellion grows stronger, our Jin State will be in danger of falling apart."
Immediately afterwards, many people expressed their opinions.
The majority seconded the motion.
Hearing this, Ji Chong'er finally made the decision he didn't really want to make, "Order Li Mu and Lian Po to return and quell the rebellion."
Mao Sui then asked, "Your Majesty, what should we do about the State of Chu? They have been urging us to send more troops to capture Youyun as soon as possible."
Ji Chong'er smiled bitterly and said, "How can I have any extra troops to attack Youyun? Let's take care of the affairs at home first."
In recent days, his situation was similar to that of Emperor Mi Xiong of Chu, both feeling very tired.
The thing I have been worrying about finally broke out.
He actually understood that this was also an opportunity for the State of Jin.
If the rebellion is successfully quelled, the power to control a country will return to one's hands.
Afterwards, Mao Sui summoned Qu Yuan, the envoy from Chu, and said to him, "I have done my best. Your Majesty still wants Lian Po's army to return to the capital to provide support."
Upon hearing this, the latter was extremely shocked and said, "Sir, if your country does this, won't it cut off all the ways for the Chu State to survive?"
Mao Sui frowned and said, "Now that things have come to this, what can I do? If I don't send back to help, with the hundreds of thousands of troops currently at the court's disposal, do you think we can resist the rebels?"
"But our Chu State has given you, Jin State, too many benefits. If you withdraw your troops now, Qin State can concentrate its forces and join forces with Qi State to attack our Great Chu State. Wouldn't this mean the demise of Great Chu State?"
Qu Yuan did not want such an outcome. He was just venting his helplessness but could do nothing.
Mao Sui sighed and said, "Every family has its own problems. We in the State of Jin have really tried our best..."
"Can't I talk to Your Majesty again?" Qu Yuan asked unwillingly.
Mao Sui shook his head and said, "Your Majesty has made up his mind, and we in Jin dare not take the risk of continuing to attack Qin.
Otherwise, with the influence of the aristocratic families, if we continue to fight against Qin without success, we will surely lose the support of the people of Jin."
Qu Yuan subconsciously took a half step back, almost stumbling and falling to the ground, muttering: "The State of Chu is in danger... The State of Chu is in danger!"
Half a month later.
The State of Jin announced the withdrawal of its troops from the border of Qin.
When they heard the news, the Qin defenders in Youyun were all as happy as if it were New Year.
No one likes war.
They only knew that with the retreat of the Jin troops, the crisis of Qin was temporarily resolved.
But the war is not over yet.
at the same time.
The State of Chu also learned of Jin's actions.
Mi Xiong was so angry that he spat out a mouthful of blood and kept shouting in front of all the officials: "Qu Yuan misled me! Misled me!"
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