After listening to Kim Sung-man's translation, Kim Chol-hoon's face became even more ugly, so he arched his hand to Kim Deman and said, "Empress, the minister is unwell, so I will retire first." After saying that, Kim Cheol-hoon didn't even wait for Jindeman to answer, he turned around and walked out of the palace.

Jindeman didn't expect that this Kim Cheol-hoon would be so presumptuous now, so he looked at the back of Kim Cheol-hoon leaving, and then waved his hand and said: "Let's all go out, the matter of resisting the Goguryeo and Baekje coalition forces will be discussed with the former general, and the emperor is tired, so let's go down." ”

Jindeman spoke, and the courtiers naturally left the palace obediently, and soon, only Jindeman, Zhang Nan, Jin Shengman, and Xi He were left in the palace.

"Master Zhang, what you just said is a bit too much." Although Jindeman likes Datang very much, Jindeman is still a little uncomfortable with Zhang Nan's domineering appearance just now.

"Really? Don't take the empress to heart, I just said this to that Kim Cheol-hoon, in fact, the main reason is that I don't know what the emperor's purpose is in doing this. Zhang Nan said with a smile.

When Jindeman heard Zhang Nan say this, his face finally softened, and then he said, "Lord Zhang, doesn't Emperor Tang rely on you very much?" Why can't even you guess Tang Huang's thoughts? ”

"Hey, didn't you just say that Empress? The emperor is eloquent and strategic, where can an ordinary person like me guess? Now what we have to do is to actively defend, it is enough not to let Goguryeo and Baekje further encroach on the land of Silla, and to do this, we only need to wait for the two results of Goguryeo's withdrawal or the Tang Dynasty's direct destruction of Goguryeo. Zhang Nan said with a smile.

Jindeman still believes in Li Er, so Zhang Nan said so, and Jindeman also accepted Zhang Nan's statement.

"This Lord Zhang is a little different from the Tang officials that General Ben has seen before? Not only is he young, but he is also in a high position, which is really a curious figure. At this time, the spare tire general Xihe, who had not spoken for a long time, spoke.

Zhang Nan saw that the spare tire general had spoken, so he said with a smile: "This general is serious, I think the two of us are about the same, didn't you also achieve the position of a general at a young age?" ”

"Eh, I've just received preferential treatment from my family, and I can't compare with Master Zhang." Xihe also said modestly.

"By the way, Empress, what are your next steps? Did that Kim Chol-hoon just let him go? When Xihe said this, there was also a trace of murderous intent in his eyes, after all, he had seen the wound under the silk scarf on Jindeman's neck now.

Jindeman is the love of his life, and now Kim Cheol-hoon dares to touch Jindeman, which is not enough in the eyes of the former and this great general, even if he dies ten thousand times.

"Naturally not, I've thought about it, if we directly point out that it was the assassin he sent, it is very likely that he let him run away because he did not have full evidence in hand, which will startle the snake. My plan is to find a time to call him into the palace alone, and then I will ambush the axe man at the meeting place, and when the time is right, I will throw the cup as a number, and then the knife and axe man will come out and kill him directly. Kindman said.

"Did you get to know him so directly? It's too cheap for him. Xihe said with some regret.

"But sister, if you kill him like this, what should you say to the ministers in the court? After all, he is a big opponent of Lu, and if we don't have any substantial evidence and just kill him, I'm afraid it will be difficult to convince the public. Jin Shengman said with a frown.

"That's right, Kim Chol-hoon has great power in the DPRK, if you kill him directly, it will be really difficult to convince the public, we still have to think of a foolproof strategy." Xi He also nodded and said.

"This is simple, why is there no excuse for the sin that you want to add? What's more, he really sent an assassin to assassinate the Empress, and even if we kill him, there will be no problem. It really doesn't work, wouldn't it be better to just eradicate all his comrades? Zhang Nan said.

"Lord Zhang, what you think is still too simple, this Kim Cheol-hoon is really very powerful in the DPRK, otherwise I wouldn't have gone to Datang for help." Jindeman smiled bitterly, although she deserves to be the empress of the people, but helplessly, she really doesn't do much in terms of controlling people.

"Empress, think about it, how many of the officialdom in Silla are really talented and learned? Even if you cut off some of them, there are still a lot of them, not to mention that you still have a reserve army with the royal surnames of the three clans, so you don't have to worry about the shortage of talents at all. Zhang Nan said.

After a little thought, Kindman also nodded.

"There is some truth in saying this, so let's think about it again, let's get here first today, I'm a little tired, Shengman, you come with me, I have something to ask you, that, Lord Zhang, you go back to where you live first, Xihe, you send Lord Zhang on my behalf." After speaking, Jin Deman beckoned Jin Shengman to his side, and then took Jin Shengman's hand and left, leaving Zhang Nan alone in the palace.

"Go back to where I live, isn't that the dormitory of Jin Shengman?" Zhang Nan thought silently in his heart.

"Master Zhang, if you don't dislike it, how about a few drinks at my house together?" Xihe also issued a kind invitation at this time, and Zhang Nan naturally would not refuse Xihe's invitation, after all, as the empress's spare tire, Zhang Nan still wanted to inquire about the past of the two.

At this time, Zhang Nan had already felt that his gossip soul was already burning.

Soon, Zhang Nan came to Xihe's mansion, although Xihe was the general of Silla, but this mansion was much smaller than Zhang Nan's mansion.

"Come on, come on, the humble house is simple, I guess there is no need to have a house with Lord Zhang in Chang'an City, and I hope Lord Zhang will not dislike it." Xihe still has a good impression of Zhang Nan, the most important thing is that Zhang Nan saved Jindeman, which greatly increased Xihe's good impression of Zhang Nan.

Soon, Xihe instructed his subordinates to bring up the wine and food, although it was a wine dish, but in fact, it was just pickled cabbage and ordinary fruit wine.

Zhang Nan didn't have any appetite when he saw the cloudy fruit wine and the cabbage that couldn't see the color clearly, but Zhang Nan still reluctantly ate two bites, after all, the face still had to pass.

As for the fruit wine, Zhang Nan feels no different from the mash when he drinks it, and even the degree is smaller than the mash.

But Xi He, a person who has never drunk high liquor, doesn't feel this way, and after drinking four or five jars of fruit wine with Zhang Nan, Xi He's face flushed and began to burp.