After the ceremony.

King Yue was sitting in a precarious position, and solemnly said to Zhao Chang: "Envoy, the widow still remembers that at this time last year, the Chu, Yue and Song Kingdoms swore that as long as the Chu State intends to attack the Qi State, then the widow will definitely send troops to help." Now, since the king of Chu has decided to attack the state of Qi in May next year, the widow will also do what he says and send troops to help the state of Chu in May next year. ”

After receiving the personal promise of King Yue, Zhao Chang's nervous heart finally let go, and he bowed to King Yue and said, "King Xie." ”

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Retreat.

With a happy mood, King Yue took the lead in leaving the main hall.

Today is the best day for King Yue in the past few months.

Since the king of Yue returned from Qi with his army, he found that his eldest son, Gongzi Yu, had serious health problems.

Gongziyu, who was originally shrewd and strong, not only became thinner and thinner, but also gradually weakened mentally, so that he frequently made mistakes in the deliberations of the court.

After that, Gongzi Yu, who actively participated in the government, disappeared, and was replaced by a taciturn and depressed Gongzi Yu.

King Yue thought that Gongziyu was sick, so he asked the imperial doctor to diagnose Gongziyu, but as a result, nothing was found.

For this reason, King Yue broke his heart for Gongzi Yucao.

I don't want to, today's discussion, King Yue suddenly found that the original son-in-law, full of energy and bright eyes, seemed to be back.

King Yue felt that there was nothing more pleasing to him.

Compared to this, the attack on the Qi State a few months later, and even the recapture of the old capital, seemed to be secondary.

As soon as he thought of this, King Yue's walking pace couldn't help but be brisk for a few minutes. And, while walking, he instructed the waiter beside him: "Pass the order of the widow, immediately prepare wine, meat, music and dance, and the widow wants to get drunk." ”

"Yui."

When King Yue returned to the harem, all the wine and meat in the palace were ready.

After King Yue sat down on the throne, a waiter on the side immediately lifted the wine jug and filled the wine glass on the table.

King Yue smiled and picked up the wine glass and drank all the wine in the cup. Just as he was about to open his mouth to order someone to dance, a waiter walked in from outside and reported:

"Your Majesty, the more you ask to see you."

When King Yue heard that Yue Meng was chasing him into the harem, he was stunned for a moment, knowing that Yue Meng must have something important to see, and then immediately responded: "Please come in Yue Qing." ”

"Yui."

Then, King Yue spoke again: "Order, prepare another table of wine and meat, and the few people want to drink with Yue Qing." Also, let the maid dancing next to him step down, and the widow won't look at it today. ”

"Yui."

After a short time, Yue Meng walked in from outside the palace, and saw that King Yue had prepared two portions of wine and meat, and saw that King Yue had a happy face, and a trace of warmth flashed in his heart, so he saluted and said, "Meet the king." ”

"No courtesy." King Yue smiled: "Xianqing, please take a seat." ”

"King Xie."

After Yue Meng sat down, he immediately spoke: "The king is preparing wine and food here, I think he must be waiting for the minister to explain." ”

King Yue was stunned, although King Yue didn't expect that Yue Meng would chase after him immediately after the next dynasty, but there was not the slightest difference on his face, and then he asked puzzledly: "The widow is about to ask Xianqing?" ”

When Yue Meng heard this, he immediately laughed and said, "Is the king still wondering why the minister would prevent the king from refusing the request of the Chu State and sending troops to attack Qi." ”

Only then did the king of Yue remember that when the envoy of the state of Chu proposed to attack the state of Qi in the palace before, he himself realized that after the state of Chu defeated the two countries of Qi and Wei, he was afraid that it would be extremely unfavorable to the state of Yue.

King Yue originally wanted to refuse the request of the envoy of Chu, but was stopped by Yue Meng at that time.

As a result, the request of the ministers to attack the Qi State, coupled with the matter of Gongzi Yu, made King Yue's brain hot, so he directly agreed, and put this worry behind him.

Looking back now, King Yue suddenly broke out in a cold sweat behind his back.

Thinking about it, King Yue asked Yue Meng: "Xianqing, the widow is not worried about the attack on the Qi State, and the real worry is indeed that after the Chu State defeated the Qi and Wei countries, the situation in which the Chu State dominates the world is not what the widow wants to see."

I don't know why Xianqing prevented the widow from refusing the request of the Chu State, and the widow is still very puzzled, isn't this good for the Yue State? ”

Yue Meng shook his head and said with a cold smile: "Great King, if the State of Chu only thinks about sending troops to attack the State of Wei this time, then we naturally don't need to participate in it, if the State of Chu only thinks about attacking the State of Qi, then we need to send troops to wait and see." However, this time, the state of Chu actually attacked Qi and Wei at the same time, so we naturally have to support the decision of the state of Chu. ”

King Yue looked at Yue Meng in surprise and asked, "Xianqing, why is this?" ”

"If a minister hears that he has committed many injustices, he will kill himself." Yue Meng said with a smile: "Great King, why did Wei suddenly betray Chu State, isn't it because Chu State attacked Qi State one after another, causing Wei State panic, so he united Qi State to protect himself." Now, the state of Chu defeated the two countries of Qi and Wei in one go, and let the two countries of Qi and Wei become vassals again, at that time, it was not only the state of Wei that panicked about the state of Chu.

Other countries don't say that the South Korea, which is sandwiched between Zhou Zhou and Chu State, won't they be worried that Chu State will attack South Korea and invade Zhou? ”

"So..." Yue Meng suddenly looked in the direction of distant Korea, and said cautiously: "Therefore, once the Chu State wins this battle, then Korea will inevitably win over the weakened Wei State first, and then meet the King of Zhao with the Wei State, and fight against the Chu State with the strength of the Three Jins."

The Three Jin Dynasty betrayed the State of Chu, and over the years, the State of Chu has frequently attacked the State of Qi, and the bitter hatred between Qi and Chu can be described as deep, the State of Qi is a big country, even if it is temporarily taken by the King of Chu's obscenity, but the King of Qi will not really give in to the King of Chu in his heart. In this way, the Three Jin Dynasty will form an alliance with the Qi State to fight against the Chu State. At that time, when the people of Chu betrayed their relatives and left, it was the time for us to take revenge. ”

Saying that, Yue Meng saw King Yue showing a look of fascination, and suddenly arched his hand and smiled: "Great King, the aggressive behavior of the Chu State has already been dissatisfied by many countries, maybe you don't have to wait until the defeat of Qi and Wei, maybe in this big war, all countries will betray the Chu State one after another." ”

Hearing this, King Yue nodded thoughtfully: "What Xianqing said is very true, starting from the previous King Xuan of Chu State, Chu State has frequently fought against various countries, cutting Wei, cutting Qi, and now in Chu King, he has beaten all the four countries around Chu State, Qin, Wei, Qi and Yue, it can be said that Chu State has been arrogant for a long time. Now, in the opinion of the widows, it is time for all countries to jointly weaken the Chu State. ”

"Not only that, my lord." Yue Meng arched his hand and said: "In the past, Yue was blocked by Qi and Chu, which blocked communication and exchanges with other countries, and was located in the southeast. Now this is not the case, now the power of our Yue country has expanded to the land of Qilu again, and the distance between it and the Central Plains countries is very close. Therefore, it is difficult to continue the previous strategy of isolation and self-preservation, and it is necessary to actively communicate with other countries.

Chen predicted that no matter what the victory or defeat was, the final result of the Chu State attacking Qi and Wei would be that the countries began to centrifuge from the Chu State. Therefore, the minister suggested that the northern expedition of the Yue State to the Qi State was to show the strength of the Yue State to the Central Plains countries, and to make friends with the Song State and the Three Jin Dynasty. The purpose of friendship is to keep the land that we have seized from Qi with the State of Chu in the past few years.

Otherwise, the Yue State watched from the sidelines, and the minister was worried that after the Qi State united with the Three Jin Dynasty to defeat the Chu State, he would then take advantage of the great victory to unite the countries of Huaisi to declare war on our Yue State and attack the land of Huaibei. Therefore, we need to make friends with the Song State and the Three Jin Dynasty to avoid falling into an isolated and helpless situation after turning against the Chu State. ”