"Since the king has agreed to form an alliance with the wolf tribe, why is he still looking gloomy? But is there anything that is bothering him?" Queen Zhao, dressed in plain clothes, came to King Zhao Yan's side and asked with concern.
This Queen Zhao, when she was in the brothel, liked bright red dresses to show off her beauty. At that time, as she entered the Zhao Palace and became Queen Zhao, she fell in love with plain clothes.
The dress seems to allow her to break with the past.
"Among the conditions for forming an alliance with the Wolf Clan, we have to send five hundred palace maids to the Wolf Clan. This matter is really hard to talk about." Zhao Wangyan said tangledly.
Among the specific conditions for signing an alliance with the Wolf Clan, the Zhao State needs to send 3,000 women to the Wolf Clan, and among them, 500 palace servants of the Zhao Palace must be included. This matter, for Zhao Wangyan,
It was too hard to talk about it, after all, the women in the palace, even the maids, nominally belonged to him, King Zhao.
After giving the palace maid to the wolf clan, Zhao Wangyan always felt that some people would talk about him because of it.
However, Zhao Wangyan's sadness was just that. He couldn't see it at all. There were another 2,500 women who were going to be given to the wolf tribe by him. He couldn't see it. Therefore, there would be more than 2,000 households.
As a result, families will be separated from wives and children, and fathers and daughters will be separated.
What he saw was only the maids in the palace, and what he saw was only his own sorrow, not the pain of those people.
"Your Majesty, actually this is not impossible." Queen Zhao said.
"What can you do?" Zhao Wangyan asked.
"The people of the wolf clan don't know who is the palace maid, so why don't we use other women as palace maids to give them to them," Queen Zhao said.
"This matter is not as simple as you think. The palace maids are more or less pampered and pampered in the palace, but they are not much different from the women who need to work among the people. Only the women from wealthy families have similarities with the palace maids.
If a wealthy family is asked to hand over their daughter because of this, it will cause even greater trouble." Zhao Wangyan raised the difficulty.
"Your Majesty, I understand this truth, but the substitutes I am talking about are not the daughters of wealthy families." Queen Zhao said.
"Um, is there another kind of person?" Zhao Wangyan asked with interest.
"Your Majesty, my background is not good. I worked in the fields when I was a child, but I didn't have the tender skin and tender meat of those palace ladies. But when your Majesty saw me for the first time, could you tell that I came from a farmer's family?" Queen Zhao said.
"You mean the people from the brothel?" Zhao Wangyan said suddenly, but was immediately replaced by another surprise.
"Really, although the people in the brothel are not as pampered as the palace people, they are better at paying attention to their body and appearance. They are all well-maintained. If they are used to replace the palace maids, people from the wolf tribe will not say anything." Queen Zhao said.
"This is feasible. Queen, you have solved a big problem for me again. You are worthy of being my good wife." Zhao Wangyan said excitedly.
"Queen, if you can do more work, I will leave this matter to you." Zhao Wangyan continued.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will definitely handle this matter beautifully." Queen Zhao said with some reserve.
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While the Zhao capital was already communicating with the Wolf Clan on specific alliance matters, Guo Kai, hundreds of miles away in Xinzheng, was still racking his brains over the matter of ceding territory to Zhao and suing for peace.
This time, he came to the palace again, hoping to persuade Ying Zheng.
"Before you speak, you might as well read this volume of information from Zhaodu." Before Guo Kai could speak, Ying Zheng had already thrown a volume of bamboo slips to Guo Kai.
Guo Kai opened the bamboo slips and saw the very familiar Zhao characters. However, Guo Kai did not feel the atmosphere of his hometown from it, but instead felt a chill to the bone.
The State of Zhao is about to form an alliance with the Wolf Clan.
"You are really a loyal minister of the Zhao State. Here, you are suing for peace with the Qin State to delay time. Over there, the King of Zhao has formed an alliance with the Wolf Clan. You kings and ministers have really done a good job in this matter."
Ying Zheng said in a cold voice, seeming to be angry because of Guo Kai and King Zhao's deception.
"King Qin, Kai Jue has no such intention." Guo Kai quickly explained.
At this time, he could already feel the cold murderous intention, and what made his heart even more chilling was the actions of Zhao Wangyan. He did not blame Zhao Wangyan for forming an alliance with the wolf tribe, because that was also a choice made by Zhao State.
However, even if you want to form an alliance with the wolf tribe, you should inform him first. You know, he is still in the Qin State. If the King of Qin is angry with him because of this incident, then he will even know how he died.
"Can Gu still believe what you say now?" Ying Zheng said.
"King Qin..." Guo Kai was almost desperate at this time.
"Since you have the loyalty to put life and death aside, why not let me help you." Ying Zheng said coldly.
"King Qin, please spare me. Kai has no intention of deceiving King Qin. Your Majesty, he did all this without telling me. Before I came to Xinzheng, I didn't know anything about the wolf clan." Guo Kaidao.
"Really?" Ying Zheng said.
"Yes, yes, yes." Guo Kai was about to cry at this time.
He had always been the only one who sold people, but he had thought that one day, he would be the one who was sold.
"It's better to fulfill your reputation as a loyal minister," Ying Zheng said.
While he was talking, two guards appeared outside the palace gate.
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"Zhao State wants to form an alliance with the Wolf Clan?" Meng Ao, who was summoned, looked at the scroll of bamboo slips that Guo Kai had seen before and said in disbelief.
"Based on time, the covenant has almost been completed now," Ying Zheng said.
"Your Majesty, if this is the case, the Huanjue army should be withdrawn to the west of the Taihang Mountains as soon as possible." Meng Ao said.
Although the Qin army of 150,000 was enough to capture the State of Zhao, it was unable to cope with the alliance between the Wolf Clan and the State of Zhao. If you were not careful, it would be a disastrous defeat.
"It may be too late." Ying Zheng said.
"Your Majesty?" Meng Ao was stunned.
"When this information was sent to Gu, Zhao and the Wolf Clan were already taking action. Although the Wolf Clan's army may not have gone south at this time, Zhao Jun would not let the 150,000 troops under Huanjue's command
Zhao Guo calmly retreated to the west of Taihang Mountain. Although Zhao State did not have the ability to defeat Huan Jue, it hindered Huan Jue's ability to withdraw." Ying Zhengdao.
"In this case, we can only increase our troops." Meng Ao said helplessly.
"General, don't worry, I have my own way to deal with it," Ying Zheng said.
Although the current situation is bad, it has not escaped Ying Zheng's control. Whether he will win or lose, nothing is known yet.
Meng Ao looked at Ying Zheng in surprise and uncertainty. He didn't know what Ying Zheng was thinking and what kind of plan he had.
"During the battle at Hanguguan, Gu had already mobilized cavalry from Shangjun in northwest Longxi. He could leave Shangjun north at any time and go straight to the northern border of Zhao along the route that King Wuling of Zhao failed to take," Ying Zheng said.
"Your Majesty, how many cavalry troops are there in the three counties?" Meng Ao asked.