The capital of the thistle of the Yan Kingdom, the royal palace.

Although it was still morning, the sun was already high in the sky, and wisps of heat were already wafting back and forth in the air, stimulating people's bodies.

At a time like this, it's not a good idea to carry it in a sweltering palace.

In the back garden of the Yan Palace, a series of laughter was ringing, and a toddler about four or five years old was screaming excitedly, running around chasing butterflies flying back and forth among the flowers.

Several palace people followed behind the young boy tremblingly, lest one of the little ancestors in front of him accidentally fall.

And not far from the young child, the young Empress Dowager Yan Guo watched all this with a smile surrounded by many palace maids.

Soon the young children were tired of playing, and the whole person ran towards the Empress Dowager Yan like a whirlwind.

"Queen Mother!"

With a crisp shout, the young child threw himself into the arms of the Empress Dowager Yan like a milk swallow returning to the forest.

Empress Dowager Yan smiled and hugged the child, took out a silk scarf to wipe the sweat on the child's forehead, and said with a smile: "The king is tired?" ”

This young child is none other than the current monarch of Yan Guo-Yan Wang Ke.

The little Yan Wang Ke had a pair of big, intelligent eyes that revealed a bit of cunning, and I saw him coquettish to his mother in a childish voice: "Mother, I want to drink iced sour plum soup!" ”

Empress Dowager Yan smiled and scratched Xiao Yanwang's nose: "The king should call himself a 'widow'." ”

King Xiaoyan grinned: "What a widow is not a widow, it's ugly to death." Queen Mother, quickly let someone bring the sour plum soup, I ...... The widow is thirsty! As he spoke, he didn't forget to stick out his little tongue at his mother.

At this moment, a female official hurriedly came to Yan Hou's side and whispered a few words to Yan Hou.

Empress Yan's face changed slightly, then she lowered her body and smiled at King Yan in front of her: "The king should go take a bath first, after using the morning food, it should be taught by Mr." ”

As soon as he heard these words, Xiao Yanwang's little face suddenly collapsed, and he looked at the Empress Dowager Yan pitifully: "The queen mother won't play with me anymore......"

Empress Dowager Yan leaned down and gently hugged the piece of her heart in front of her: "King, let's go, after bathing, there will be iced sour plum soup to drink." ”

King Xiaoyan was immediately happy when he heard this, and said with a smile: "Okay, then the queen mother, the widow will go now!" ”

Looking at the figure of King Xiao Yan snorting away, Empress Dowager Yan's face couldn't help but show a bit of a loving and maternal smile.

But when she turned her face to face the female official, she became the Empress Dowager Yan who was so motherly and full of majesty again.

"Go and tell Chang Guojun to bring the messenger to the main hall."

Half an hour later, Empress Dowager Yan met this envoy from Zhao in the main hall.

"Zheng Zhu has seen the Queen Mother!" As a big pedestrian in charge of diplomacy in Zhao State, Zheng Zhu's appearance is relatively outstanding, and when he salutes, he is also well-behaved, so that he can't find fault at all.

Because Zheng Zhu is a relative of King Zhao, he is still close to the Empress Dowager Yan from the Zhao royal family, so when the Empress Dowager Yan speaks, she does not have the attitude of rejecting people thousands of miles away, and the guests of honor have a very happy conversation for a while.

After saying a lot of nonsense such as "the king asked the queen mother if she was in good health" and "the old woman is in very good health, I don't know how the king of Zhao is in health", Zheng Zhu finally changed his painting style and began to get to the point.

"Queen Mother, now that the State of Qi is besieging the State of Zhao with the countries of Han, Wei and Qin, such an unrighteous act is really indignant and spurned by people of insight in the world. Thinking that the Queen Mother is known as a virtuous person, and she is from the Zhao State, and now that the mother country is in trouble, presumably the Queen Mother will not stand idly by. ”

After Zheng Zhu's earnest words were said, Empress Dowager Yan did not immediately express her position, but looked away from Zheng Zhu's body and glanced at Yan Guoxiang Bang Lejian, who was sitting opposite Zheng Zhu.

Le Jian immediately understood, coughed, and said: "Zheng Qing, this Zhao State just captured Wuyang from Da Yan last year, and now he hopes that Da Yan will send troops to help Zhao, this is a little unreasonable, right?" ”

Zheng Zhu Zhengse said: "Chang Guojun, it is the so-called time and time. Not to mention anything else, the root cause of Zhao Guo's attack on Yan is that Yan State does not listen to the advice of our king to attack Qi, and it is not Zhao Guo's deliberate provocation, right? ”

"And if my king is willing during the battle of Yan, it is not difficult to destroy the Yan country with the Qi country. However, my king benevolence did not covet the Yan kingdom much, so he quickly reached a peace treaty with the Yan kingdom. Isn't that enough? ”

After a pause, Zheng Zhu continued: "Don't forget about the past, just talk about the present. If the Yan State is willing to send troops, then my king can promise hereby that once this war is over, he will definitely force the Qi State to return all the lands taken from the Yan State! ”

Empress Dowager Yan and Le Jian exchanged glances after hearing Zheng Zhu's condition, and then Le Jian continued: "Zheng Qing doesn't know, since the last battle with Qi State, the land in Dayan has withered and failed year after year, and now it is difficult to have troops to crusade against Qi State, I am afraid that this time I can only disappoint Zheng Qing." ”

In the eyes of Yan Guojunchen, Zheng Zhu's condition is the same as the previous Zhao Guokai's condition, considering the fact that Lian Po has just lost the battle, such conditions are obviously not satisfactory at all.

And the monarchs and ministers of Yan State have long been thinking in their hearts, all the land promised by the Zhao people is now controlled by the Qi people, who knows if the Zhao State will keep its promise to let the Qi State return the land after the war, and whether the Qi State will hand over the land?

There are too many variables to be reliable at all.

Zheng Zhu's face changed after listening to Le Jian's reply, and he seemed to be a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "If Yan Guo is willing to send troops, then my king can return Fenmen City to Yan Guo in addition to the territory mentioned before!" ”

This Fenmen City, that is the land under the control of the righteous Zhao State.

Empress Dowager Yan glanced at Le Jian again, and this time there was already a little more inquiry in her eyes.

If Fenmen can return, then Zhao Guo will be equivalent to returning half of the last battle results to Yan Guo, and this condition has indeed made Empress Dowager Yan a little tempted.

Lejian hesitated for a moment, and then continued to say to Zheng Zhu: "Zheng Qing doesn't know, even if he can barely gather an army, but now that there is a shortage of money and food in the treasury, it is also difficult to send troops." Saying that, he put on a posture of a long sigh, which made Zheng Zhu want to punch him twice in the face.

Zheng Zhu's face was completely red, and it took a long time before he said, "If the Yan Kingdom is willing to send troops, then my king will return Wuyang City to the Yan Kingdom!" ”

Zheng Zhu said these words almost word by word, looking extremely regretful and reluctant.

As soon as Zheng Zhu's words fell, the expressions on the faces of Empress Dowager Yan and Le Jian shook at the same time, and they quickly exchanged a look, and they both saw happy expressions in each other's eyes.

As Zhao Dan thought before, Wuyang City is really too important to the current Yan Kingdom!

The significance of Yan Guo's recapture of Wuyang City is equivalent to Chu State's recovery of Yingdu, which is definitely a super good for the revival of Yan State.

Le Jian nodded slowly towards Empress Dowager Yan.

Empress Dowager Yan quietly withdrew her gaze from Le Jian's body and smiled at Zheng Zhu.

"Thinking that Zhao is the old woman's mother country, now that the mother country is in trouble, the old woman will naturally not stand idly by. King Changguo, you will go and order all the soldiers and horses, and quickly send troops to the country. ”

Zheng Zhu was overjoyed when he heard this, and stood up and bowed deeply to the Empress Dowager Yan: "The foreign minister thanked the Empress Dowager!" ”

For Yan and Zhao, this time it can be regarded as taking what they need.

In fact, Yan State did not receive envoys from Qin State and Wei State, and the conditions of the envoys of these two countries were actually the same as Wuyang City and Fenmen City, but the monarchs and ministers of Yan State had obviously accepted the lessons of the previous battles and did not want to be hostile to Zhao State.

Of course, the main reason is actually one point, that is, until now, the monarchs and ministers of Yan still think that Zhao is the country that has the hope of having the last laugh.

In view of this, coupled with the two conditions of "Qi State returning lost land" and "Zhao State returning Wuyang" opened by Zhao State, which are far more lucrative than the Qin and Wei camps, it is inevitable that Yan and Zhao will join forces.

After a while, Zheng Zhu left the hall with a spring breeze on his face, accompanied by a smiling musician.

Although they have long been accustomed to putting on a false smile, at least at this moment, the smiles of both are definitely from the heart.