The next day, after gathering the ministers of Qi State, the king of Qi received Qu Yuan with the gift of nine guests.

In the main hall, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves, and the two countries reached an alliance on the spot to further deepen the alliance, and agreed to exchange protons with each other.

Moreover, in order to show his sincerity, the king of Qi promised that Qi could let Proton return to Chu with Qu Yuan. As for the proton of the Chu State, he could wait for the King of Chu to confirm the covenant before sending the Qi State.

The next day, Qu Yuan returned to Chu with the second son of King Qi of Qi, Gongzi Ji.

On the day Qu Yuan left Linzi, Tang Zi of Jixia School Palace entered the palace again.

"King!" Tang Zi said with a look of regret: "When the Five Kingdoms attacked me before, many princes in the Academy Palace made a clear judgment, thinking that the Chu State had just experienced civil strife and disbanded the army, so the Chu State would definitely not participate in the Five Kingdoms to attack me."

However, these correct opinions were due to Tian Piao's insistence on going his own way and trying to prevent the king from transferring troops from Tancheng to support the west, which led to the defeat of the west due to insufficient troops. Every time the minister thought about it afterwards, he couldn't help but sigh and hate it for a long time. ”

As he spoke, Tang Zi saw that the gloomy color in Qi Wangdi's eyes had become a few points thicker, so he continued to speak: "Great King, if Tian Biao hears the correct opinions of the princes but does not adopt them, this is Tian Biao's incompetence. If Tian Biao has already adopted and recognized the judgment that Chu will not send troops in his heart, but still strongly prevents the king from transferring troops, it is that he is disloyal to the king. ”

"Humph!" When Qi Wangdi heard this, his eyes turned cold, and he said in an indifferent voice: "Okay, Tang Zi, the widow knows." ”

A few days later, Tian Buli arrived in Linzi and said that the king of Qi was in the meaning of Gongzi Zhang.

When Qi Wangdi heard half of it, he was stunned.

Regarding Gongzizhang's dissatisfaction with King Zhao, the spies planted by King Qi in Handan also sent back similar news.

However, Qi Wangdi never thought that when Zhao's father was still in his prime, when Zhao Wanghe was not in power, and when the contradiction between the two brothers had not directly occurred and had not been completely intensified, Gongzizhang couldn't wait to do it.

Thinking about it, Qi Wangdi couldn't help but directly interrupt Tian Buli, and exclaimed: "Xianqing's words are true, then Gongzi Zhang really wants to get rid of Zhao Wanghe in the near future, and then establish himself as the king?" ”

Tian Buli nodded and said: "King, this matter is true, and now Gongzizhang's dissatisfaction with King Zhao is already well known in Handan. Therefore, Gongzizhang and Zhao Wanghe are already incompatible, and they will not give up if they do not get rid of each other.

Therefore, Gongzi Zhang sent his ministers here, hoping to reach an agreement with the king, as long as the Qi State did not interfere in the affairs of the Zhao State, after the matter was completed, the Zhao State could return Gaotang and other places, and form an alliance with the Qi State.

Even, as long as the king promised to remain neutral, if it was later when Qi sent troops to attack Wei and Yan and Song, then Zhao would also remain neutral. ”

Qi Wang said with a smile: "In this way, Gongzi Zhang plans to use the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Yan and Song to buy the widows. ”

Tian Buli said with a smile: "Great King, not only the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Yan and Song, but also the Kingdom of Zhao. Gongzi Zhang has promised the minister, as long as the king agrees to send troops to contain the Zhao army of the Gao Tang Dynasty, then afterwards, Gongzi Zhang is willing to be the head of the king, and can also appoint the minister as Zhao Xiang.

In this way, with the power of Qi and Zhao, and then subduing Wei, Han, Song and other countries, then there is still that country in the world that does not submit to Qi! ”

When Qi Wangdi heard this, he took a closer look at Tian Buli, who was full of expectation, and said with a sad smile: "Good, Xianqing went back and told Gongzi Zhang, and said that the widow could agree to his request." However, the widow also had to agree to the widow on one condition. ”

Tian Buli was stunned, looked at Qi Wangdi and asked, "I don't know what the king's conditions are?" ”

Qi Wangdi said with a smile: "The widow intends to further deepen the relationship with Gongzi Zhang, the widow has a daughter, although it has not yet reached the end of the year, but virtuous and virtuous, with a beautiful face, yes, the widow wants Gongzi Zhang to marry the widow's daughter after the matter is completed." ”

"This..." Tian Buli hesitated and said, "King, now Gongzizhang already has a wife. ”

Qi Wangdi said indifferently: "Having a wife does not mean that there is a queen!" Besides, the widow didn't let Gongzi Zhang learn Wu Qi to kill his wife Mingzhi, as long as the matter is completed, Gongzi Zhang's current wife is his wife, will the problem be solved soon? ”

Saying that, Qi Wangdi looked at Tian Buli with a gloomy look: "Could it be that Gongzi Zhang still plans to let the widow's daughter be his wife to humiliate the widow?" ”

"Don't dare, don't dare." Tian Buli shook his head again and again, and then agreed to come down.

At this time, he remembered Gongzi Zhang's wife, and suddenly realized why Qi Wangdi wanted the position of queen.

Because Gongzi Zhang's wife is the daughter of Chu Xiangzhao Ju, and the side room is the daughter of Qu Yuan, the left disciple of Chu State, as long as Gongzi Zhang is the daughter of King Qi, then he can take the opportunity to divide the relationship between Zhao and Chu.

Next.

King Qi summoned Shenzi from the Jixia School Palace, and then the two of them swam in the garden together.

In the garden, Qi Wangdi said as he walked: "Shenzi, I heard that recently, the gentlemen of the school palace have had great differences in some academics, and they have been gathering in public all day to discuss. ”

Shenzi is the nephew of Daxian Shendao, although his fame and status are not as good as Daxian Shendao, but his influence in the school palace cannot be ignored.

Moreover, Shinko is also a good friend of Tian Piao.

Shenzi heard King Qi mention the issue of the school palace at this time, and immediately responded: "Back to the king, there is such a thing, the so-called reason is not clear, the Tao is not clear, the sons learn differently, the theory is also different, and it is common to get together and often argue. ”

"What Xianqing said is also reasonable." Qi Wang nodded, then suddenly looked back at Shenzi and said, "Sir, the widow heard that the school palace has been talking about it recently, and the widow's expulsion of the Tian clan seems to have affected many innocent people. So, some gentlemen in the school palace talked about asking the widow to pardon them! ”

When Shenzi heard this, he hesitated in his heart, but after all, he still felt that what Chen Zi said was right, now that Qi was facing a five-nation crisis, it was indeed necessary to concentrate all the forces of the country in order to survive this crisis.

Moreover, the discussion in the school palace is mostly open debate, and this matter cannot be hidden from King Qi.

Thinking about it, Shenzi arched his hand and said, "Back to the king, that's exactly the case." Before Tian Jia was in chaos, although it caused great chaos, the army in Tian Jia's hands was only more than 3,000 people from beginning to end.

Because of such a small rebel army, dozens of families are involved, which is indeed hesitating. ”

When Qi Wangdi heard this, he couldn't help but say with pity: "Xianqing, Tian Jia rebelled, the widow suffered, and the nobles in the country were watching from the sidelines, you say, what kind of crime is this?" ”

"This..." Shenzi froze suddenly, and was speechless for a while.

Seeing that Shenzi was stabilized, Qi Wangdi immediately shook his head.

Originally, he also planned to let Shenzi take over the school palace, but now, it seems that Shenzi can't do it either.

Thinking about it, Qi Wangdi left with a gloomy face.

The next day, on the grounds that Tian Piao could not settle the dispute in the school palace, the king of Qi issued an edict to remove Tian Piao from the position of sacrificial wine in the school palace, and asked the princes of the school palace to recommend the next candidate for sacrificial wine.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused a sensation in the entire Linzi.

You must know that because a large number of Tian clan relatives were expelled before, now in the entire Tian clan, Tian Biao has the greatest influence.

And now, even Tian Piao has been abandoned by Qi Wangdi.

City.

After Chen Zhen got the news that Tian Piao was exempted, he immediately seized the matter of King Qi summoning Shenzi yesterday, and then ordered: "Quick, let people spread the news immediately, just say that Shenzi openly slandered Tian Piao in front of King Qi yesterday for the position of learning the palace sacrificial wine." ”