Seeing Mrs. Huayang and Princess Hua Ying enter Shouchun City, Wang Qian, Mo Wu'an, Meng Wu, Xibu, Yingcheng, Li Xin and others, none of them dared to go back, and all stood in front of the formation and waited.

Everyone is very worried, in case Mrs. Huayang dies in the city, then she will definitely become mortal enemies with the Chu people, and even Yingzheng will take the royal expedition in person. Mrs. Huayang is the master of Huayang Palace, and it is the link between the two clans, if something happens to her, the two clans will be in chaos.

The Qin State was not afraid of foreign enemies, but was afraid of internal strife. The palaces of the Central Plains countries, the Qin Palace has the most palace changes, if such a thing happens again, it will definitely affect the pace of Qin's unification of the Central Plains.

Wang Jian made a gesture, Qin Jun sat on the spot, no one left, and they were all waiting for their queen mother to come back outside Shouchun City. With such a gesture, to show an attitude to the Chu people on the city wall, once Lady Huayang is really dead, then it will no longer be a siege, but a full attack by the Qin State at any cost.

Xiang Chao and other Chu generals on the city wall saw very clearly that if the Qin army really attacked the city with all its might, when the city was broken, they would definitely slaughter the city to vent their anger. Because it was Xiong Yingshu, the king of Chu, who personally welcomed Mrs. Huayang in, the Qin people would not care about the internal contradictions in the Chu State, and the people were welcomed by you, even if the Empress Dowager Yingran of the Chu State wanted to kill her, it also represented the meaning of the Chu people.

The generals of the Chu State whispered in private, and all the magnates in the city learned the news, and they all conveyed a message to the negative in their own way. No matter what contradictions you have with Ying Ran, you must ensure the safety of Mrs. Huayang, otherwise if you form a mortal enemy, it will not be a matter of the annexation of the Chu State, and it is likely to rise to the situation of being exterminated.

For these, the negative is better than anyone else. In a few days of communication between Zhongnanshan and Yingzheng, both of them have a sense of sympathy for each other. It is only because one is the king of Qin and the other is the king of Chu that they represent their respective interests, and they can only become true friends until one annexes the other.

The royal family has its own bottom line when it does things. If Mrs. Huayang wants to go home, you can keep her out, then her life and death have nothing to do with the Chu State. can enter Shouchun City, then her safety must be maintained by the guard.

With the support of Hua Huan, he boarded the royal car of the king of Chu and sat side by side with the bearer. Mrs. Huayang said: "Negative, don't blame grandma for using the city, I have endured it for decades in order to go home." In fact, this plan should have been used on Ying Ran, and the mourning family wanted her to fall into a place of no return. It's a pity that she didn't come, but you did, so many tricks didn't want to be used against you, lest your position be damaged. ”

Negative smiled bitterly: "Grandma deceived the city gate, the purpose has been achieved, is there a more powerful scheme to use against the Empress Dowager Yingran?" ”

Mrs. Huayang said: "That poisonous woman, there are too many vicious hearts, if it is her, I will jump into the moat and die in front of the two armies, what do you think Zheng'er will do?" ”

Hearing this, his body trembled, and he really didn't dare to think about the consequences.

Hua Huan was surprised: "When we came out, the king didn't explain like this. The king said that it was best to enter the city, and if he couldn't enter, he would wait in the general's tent, but he didn't say that he would let his grandmother die. ”

Mrs. Huayang said with a smile: "The generals are outside, the military orders are not subject to it, and it is impossible for the mourning family to say everything to Zheng'er." If I said it, he wouldn't let me come over at all, and the orchid girl would have tried all his tricks to grounded me in the Qin Palace. ”

Hua Huan frowned, raised her head and said, "Brother Yin, you are the king of Chu, from now on, my grandmother and I will be with you." Only in this way will the Empress Dowager Yingran have no chance of assassination, unless she dares to kill us in front of you. It's just that I'm dead, and my grandmother must not have any stubble, otherwise, the dispute between the two countries will evolve into a dispute between the two races, and we can't afford the consequences. ”

Negative asked seriously: "Grandma Huayang, will the Empress Dowager Yingran really kill you?" ”

Mrs. Huayang nodded and said, "As long as she is given a chance, she will definitely make a move." For the sake of her own power, she can use her strategy to kill Chunshenjun Huang Xie with Li Yuan. forced Meng Jiang away, assassinated two generations of Chu kings, poisoned Li Yanyan, and planned the bloody case of Xianyang Xuegong. In her eyes, there is no room for people with power and power around her, Qin Chu has already started a war, so she will not have any scruples, she even dares to kill many heirs of the royal family, why don't you dare to kill me, an old woman? ”

"It's just that I didn't expect that she didn't dare to see me, is there some trick she is preparing? No matter what she has prepared for me in the Chu Palace, I have to go and see it, anyway, I don't plan to go back alive. ”

"Now my grandmother is tied to me in a boat, and I brought you in from outside the city, and if anything happens to you, I won't be able to live in peace." ”

The three of them communicated on the royal car, and soon entered the Chu Palace and came to the palace of the King of Chu. If the Chu Palace is large, only in his own dormitory, can he have the confidence to keep the safety of the two. Other places are in Yingran's hands, and they don't dare to let the two of them go casually.

ordered to go down, and soon the people came to tell them, saying that they couldn't find the Empress Dowager Yingran, which is strange.

Mrs. Huayang was puzzled: "This is not right, the dignified Empress Dowager Chu, the master of the harem, even if the Chu State is annexed by other countries, it is impossible not to come forward at this time?" Although I have been away from the Chu Palace for many years, I know a lot about the internal affairs of the Chu State. When the enemy soldiers approached the city, the queen mother would come forward to enhance the confidence of the people of Chu to defend the city. ”

"I've entered the Chu Palace, even if you want to use any tricks against me, you should always see me first. If you don't come to see me, then there is only one possibility, she is not in the Chu Palace at all. ”

Hearing this, his head was big, and he shook his head desperately and said: "Grandma, don't worry, I will immediately send an order to the Guards Mansion, even if it is to turn the Chu Palace upside down, I must invite the Empress Dowager Yingran out." ”

Mrs. Huayang smiled: "If you come, you will be safe, anyway, I am not in a hurry, and now the most urgent person should be you." The most powerful queen mother of Chu is not in the Chu Palace, let the king of Chu face it alone, as if you have not yet mastered the financial power. If she leaves the Chu Palace, you have to be mentally prepared, and I won't mention it again if you persuade her to surrender. ”

"I know what grandma means. ”

Immediately sent an order to various institutions in the Chu Palace to look for Ying Ran everywhere in the palace. He gave a death order, and he wanted to see people in life and corpses in death.

The current negative is very afraid, if it is really as Mrs. Huayang guessed, the Empress Dowager Yingran is not in the Chu Palace, and the negative is not able to do things. The Qin army was under the city, and more than 400,000 defenders had to consume a lot of money and food every day. And the financial power is in the hands of Ying Ran, if she disappears, where can she get money and food?

Mrs. Huayang said: "This is the difference between the Qin State and the Chu State. ”

"The Qin State used the Shang Dynasty Reform Law, which clearly stipulated that the financial power could only be held by special officials appointed by the king, and the harem was not allowed to interfere. The mourning family also coveted the treasury back then, not only did Lu Buwei give me a look, but even Brother Mi Chen didn't want to come to Huayang Palace, so I was not a person inside and out, so I could only take back my life, and I had to promise all parties that the harem was not allowed to interfere in politics or anything like that. ”

And the king of Chu also used the Wu Qi change method, but unfortunately the change was not complete, and many important institutions were taken over by people from the harem. When King Chu Kaolie was here, Meng Jiang was always in control, then Li Yanyan, and then Ying Ran. The treasury has never passed through the hands of the King of Chu, and you can only blame King Chu Kaolie for being old and unconscious, leaving this mess for you to take over, with your power, if those few don't nod, you can't control it at all. ”

"At this point, you are inferior to Zheng'er. Zheng'er is an amorous person, and those concubines in the Qin Palace have their whole hearts on Zheng'er. One of them is more shrewd than the other, and there have been so many palace changes in the Qin Palace, all of which have been caused by them. What is the result? It is that many of the privileges of Huayang Palace have all been handed over. And I can't blame Zheng'er, because he didn't participate, as long as everyone didn't cross his bottom line, it didn't happen, this is the emperor's mental trick, and the way of balance is better than anyone else. ”

He smiled bitterly: "The foundation of Yingzheng is better than mine, since I was a child, there have been shepherdessmen who have taught me personally, and later there have been several Qin kings who taught the way of kings, and there is a strong Empress Dowager Zhao Ji." At the starting line, I lost a lot, so I could only work hard in the later stage and try my best to catch up. ”

"I can become the king of Chu, and that is also forced by the situation. The princes in the Chu Palace who could succeed to the throne were all killed by Ying Ran, and the rest were too young to be qualified at all. If I didn't have the support of the Xiang clan, it is estimated that even the King of Chu would not be able to sit down, but just like that, the Xiang clan was also dragged into the quagmire by me, and was restrained everywhere between me and Ying Ran. ”

Mrs. Huayang said: "She controls the treasury, if she gives the Xiang family small shoes to wear, she only needs to reduce the expenditure of money and food, and the Xiang family army will be uncomfortable." The people in the military are not afraid of war, but they are afraid that the logistics supply will not be enough, and this trick is very accurate. ”

He asked: "This problem will also be encountered by the monarchs of other countries, how does Yingzheng do it?" ”

Mrs. Huayang said: "What Zheng'er does is very simple, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics, and only controls Mi Chen. The court gave full support, and in private, he was directly called his father-in-law, and the feelings of the monarch and ministers were closer than me. In addition, Run'er gave birth to a prince and gave that child the surname Mi, if you are Mi Chen, how can you have two hearts? That's not what Zheng'er wants to do, Mi Chen will do it. In this matter, Zheng'er announced that that the child would take over Mi Chen's position in the future and continue to be in charge of the Great Qin treasury. ”

Negative was surprised: "The relationship between the two clans is close, and they change their surnames at will, don't the old people of the royal family object?" ”

Mrs. Huayang sighed: "This is the cleverness of Zheng'er, taking advantage of various delicate situations to make the royal family dare not speak against it one by one. ”

"For example, I, this matter is of such great benefit to the Mi clan, of course I will be the first to nod in support, all the people of the Mi clan support it, anyone can oppose it, but my Mi clan can't oppose it. Then there is the Ying family, who successfully persuaded Chenxi to enter the palace, and of course Sister Xia Ji wanted to give him this face. And then there is Shang Gong, Shang Gong has made so many mistakes, and he has not replaced the new patriarch of the Ying clan, how dare Shang Gong object? ”

"The most important thing is Zhao Ji. Zhao Ji sits in Ganquan Palace, but she has a real power of hundreds of thousands of guards in her hands, and the royal family dares to go against her? In addition, she has the deepest influence within the Ying family. It's just a surname given to a child, or the surname of the Mi family, and it doesn't affect the interests of other people, and others dare to offend so many people for this matter. ”

"As long as Zheng'er agrees, and the three queen mothers nod, the people below will feel at ease to do their duties as courtiers and carry them out."

He sighed deeply: "Although the Qin State has three queen mothers to contain it, Ying Zheng's advantage is really beautiful. But I don't have the ability of him, he can maintain a long-term relationship with the three queen mothers, but I can't. Ying Ran wants to remove me from the throne of Chu all the time, and when it comes to me, I will die if I don't fight, and there is no room for return. ”

"If the battle between Qin and Chu does not break out, it is very likely that there will be a palace change in the Chu Palace, so as to determine whether I can sit in this position."

Mrs. Huayang sneered: "You are the king of Chu she chosen, since she elected you, but she always wants to recall, it can only be said that her overall view is too narrow." The three queen mothers of our Qin State have a lot of secret fights in private, but no matter how much they fight, there is room for them, that is, they cannot shake the throne of Zheng'er. This is our bottom line, whoever dares to cross it, then we must join forces and suppress the other person before we can stop. ”

"For kings are not so well established. Once established, unless the king himself dies of old age or sickness, we cannot mention the matter of recall, and whoever mentions it will be suppressed. Even today, Zhao Ji doesn't believe me and Xia Ji, and the military power of Ganquan Palace is firmly in her hands. Even if he chooses an heir, he only chooses Zero Yu outside the palace, and he doesn't dare to use the people of the Qin Palace. ”

The two had a long exchange, and the experience of these kings opened his eyes, and many powerful schemes could be used in the Chu Palace. No matter how powerful Ying Ran is, she has only one person, and she is different, not only does he have the support of the Xiang clan, but many powerful people in the court are from the Mi clan, which can be used.

As long as it is handled properly, it can also be like Ying Zheng, through various excuses, to gradually encroach on Ying Ran's power.

Just as his confidence was greatly increased, a news came from his subordinates that at some point, the Empress Dowager Yingran and Changping Jun left the Chu Palace and their whereabouts were unknown.

Hearing the news, he stood up violently and said angrily: "Sure enough, grandma guessed it, Ying Ran really dared to leave the palace without permission, and even I, the king of Chu, didn't know, it's really damned." ”

Mrs. Huayang suddenly said urgently: "Negative, you can't be in a hurry, let alone panic." Now what you have to do is to immediately seal the palace gates, silence everyone, and then go to the treasury to check the money and grain. This matter must not reach the army, and once the news leaks out, the military will find that there is no logistical supply, which is likely to cause a mutiny. ”

"The soldiers are fighting in front, and the king can't give food, what will the soldiers think? Even if they support you again, but they can't even eat, then they can't rebel? ”

He said resentfully: "Pass on the king's edict, block the palace gate, and everyone will give a silent order." ”

Then he instructed his henchmen to immediately go to the treasury to check the money and grain. The investigation was very fast, and it was only half a pillar of incense, so he came back and told the negative that the treasury money and grain were gone, and there was no inventory.

Hearing the news, he sat paralyzed in his seat, and the resentment towards Ying Ran in his heart was maximized, but he couldn't say it in his heart, so he almost vomited blood.