The Juxian Palace was magnificent, but the prince's tone was full of chill.
Qi Ning knew that it would not be easy for the Han delegation to leave Dong Qi safely. If this incident really caused the relationship between Qi and Han to break down and form a hostile relationship, it would be very difficult for Chu. , which is naturally the best news.
But he always felt that things were not as simple as they seemed.
"The Han people want to use Maling Mountain to marry off my Tianxiang." The king of Dong Qi looked deeply and sneered: "How could I use my princess to make such a deal?" His tone was solemn, which greatly impressed Qining. Unexpectedly, in the main hall, the Northern Han Dynasty envoy proposed to cede Maling Mountain. Qin Ning saw with his own eyes that the Eastern Qi king was in high spirits.
"Your Majesty, please forgive the foreign minister for being presumptuous." Qi Ning cupped his hands and said: "Today, the prince went to the post house. The foreign minister once said that the results of the trip would be conveyed back to Jianye as soon as possible. Your Highness advised me not to be impatient. Your Majesty. No final decision has been made yet, so…!”
The king of Dong Qi nodded slightly and said: "I understand what you mean. Jin Yihou, I will send the princess to Chu State. Will your Chu State immediately canonize Tianxiang as queen?"
Qi Ning stood up and said respectfully: "Return to your Majesty, I can use the reputation of the Jinyi Qi family to guarantee that marrying Princess Tianxiang is not a child's play. Before the foreign ministers came, the emperor once again told me to form an alliance with Qi Guoyong. He also said this No matter whether the marriage proposal is successful or not, our Chu State must live in harmony with Qi State. If you cut off your love and let Princess Tianxiang marry into our Chu State, it will be a great event for our State in Chu State, and the emperor will immediately canonize the princess as the queen."
The king of Dong Qi said with a slight smile: "Jin Yihou, I believe that your Chu country is sincere. I have decided to agree to your Chu country and let Tianxiang go to Chu country to get married."
Although Qin Ning had some vague expectations, he couldn't help but feel a little happy when the King of Dong Qi said it himself.
Qi Ning traveled through time and came to this world, and accidentally became the Jinyi Marquis of Chu State. At first, he came to Beijing just to use the power of the Jinyi Marquis Mansion to find Xiaodie, but Xiaodie was kidnapped on the way, and his whereabouts are unknown. , the traces are hard to find, but the Jinyihou Mansion is facing a great crisis.
Originally, the crisis in the Jinyihou Mansion had nothing to do with him, but when he thought that once the Jinyihou Mansion declined, Gu Qinghan would also end up miserable, but it was because of Gu Qinghan that he stayed in the Jinyihou Mansion. Later, he discovered that the new king of Chu State was actually They were acquaintances, and when the new king ascended the throne, he had few close confidants, but he held him in high esteem. Qining also admired the young emperor's talents quite a lot, and the rise and fall of the Jinyi Hou Mansion was directly related to the rise and fall of the little emperor. Xi Xianggan knew at that time that saving the little emperor was equivalent to saving the Jinyi Hou Mansion.
Since he saw through the pros and cons, he naturally tried his best to help the little emperor sit firmly on the throne. This mission to Dong Qi can be said to be shouldering a heavy responsibility. This is an extremely crucial move for the growth of the little emperor's power. Qin Ning Before going on the mission, he secretly made up his mind to go all out to fulfill the little emperor's wish.
He also knew very well in his heart that once he took over this responsibility, he would advance without retreating. If he failed, the two forces in the DPRK and China would definitely take advantage of the situation and target the Jinyi Qi family. At this moment, when he heard the Emperor Dong Qi personally promise, a heart The stone finally fell to the ground, but he was not a person who showed emotions and anger. He cupped his hands and said: "I would like to thank your Majesty for the marriage. If my Lord knew about it, he would definitely be happy. Today, the Foreign Minister will quickly pass on a letter to the Emperor. .”
The prince smiled and said: "Jinyi Hou, I have said that you should not rush into anything. How could my father, the Holy Ming, not know that the Northern Han people are double-dealing, and we in Qi will never believe their words."
Qi Ning smiled and said: "What His Highness said is absolutely true."
"It's just that the people of the Northern Han Dynasty committed a heinous crime by assassinating my father. If we don't teach them a small lesson, they will just think that we have no one in Qi." The prince turned to the king of Eastern Qi and solemnly said: "Father, please give me your order. We must teach the Northern Han people a lesson."
The king of Dong Qi held the cup and said, "What are you going to do?"
"Didn't the Northern Han people say they want to cede Maling Mountain?" The prince sneered: "We, Da Qi, don't need him to cede it. We, Da Qi, have elite soldiers and strong generals. Even if we go to get it ourselves, it won't be difficult."
Qi Ning's heart trembled, but the king of Eastern Qi had already said: "Prince, although the Northern Han people are insidious, they have many soldiers and generals, which is beyond the comparison of our Qi Dynasty. You are too young and too young to act on your own initiative."
The prince smiled and said: "Father, please don't forget that Tianxiang went to Chu State today. From now on, Da Qi and Chu State are the countries of marriage. For many years, the people of Han State have not only looked at Da Qi with covetous eyes, but also He has also been spying on the vast territory of the Chu State, trying to dominate the world. During the Qinhuai War, how many Chu people were displaced and how many Chu soldiers died on the battlefield. I feel that the hatred of the Chu State towards the Han State will never be forgotten. ." While speaking, he looked at Qi Ning.
Qi Ning smiled and nodded, and said: "The Han State is very ambitious, and the Chu State cannot allow them to bully them."
The prince solemnly said: "During the Qin-Huai War, your country lost the two counties north of the Huaihe River. Don't you want to take them back? In those days, the Jinyi Laohou had an invincible army and captured the two counties in the north of the Huaihe River. But now... Being occupied by the Han people is not only the hatred of the Chu State, but also the hatred of the Jinyi Qi family."
Qi Ning vaguely understood something at this time, but he also said with a solemn face: "What your Highness said is absolutely true. The loss of the two counties in Huaibei is indeed a pain for our country of Chu."
The prince glanced at the king of Dong Qi and said with a smile: "Since you and I have formed an alliance, we will naturally let the Northern Han people see the strength of our joint efforts. If our Qi State captures Maling Mountain, and your country can conquer Huaibei, If the county is recaptured, it will be a heavy blow to the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Northern Han Dynasty will not be too arrogant from now on."
At this time, Qi Ning finally understood that the king of Eastern Qi was hosting a banquet tonight to plan with him the two countries' joint forces to attack Han.
He was greatly surprised, but even more confused. Seeing the sparkle in the prince's eyes, he was obviously very interested in joining forces to attack the Han Dynasty, but where did this interest come from
Of course Qi Ning did not believe that this was an assassination plotted by Qi State to retaliate against Han State.
Of course, the King of Dong Qi knew why Chi Danmei entered the palace to assassinate him. The only survivor of the former Prince's Mansion was Chi Danmei, who was taken to Baiyun Island by the owner of Baiyun Island. The King of East Qi had not ascended the throne at that time, and even if he did, he might not be able to do so. The master of Baiyun Island dared to confront her tit for tat, so he must have been wary of Chi Danmei's existence over the years.
The assassination that day, if it is said that Chi Danmei entered the palace to assassinate, it is better to say that the king of Dong Qi set up a trap to trap Chi Danmei. Otherwise, how could the two slaves killed by Baiyun Island dress up as eunuch guards and be beside the king of Dong Qi? That can only mean that the king of Eastern Qi already knew that Chi Danmei was about to take action.
Since he knew that Chi Danmei wanted to kill him and was willing to do so, of course he also knew that for the assassination that day, the Northern Han Dynasty mission was just taking a big blame.
Today, the father and son of the Eastern Qi Kingdom are acting together, making it look like they really hate the Northern Han Dynasty because they were involved in the assassination incident.
If it weren't for the assassination, Qining couldn't understand why their attitude changed drastically in this short period of time. From the beginning, they were ready to marry the Northern Han Dynasty, but in the blink of an eye, they were ready to join forces with Chu to attack the Northern Han Dynasty. This Such behavior is like child's play, but Qining knows that with the IQ of the father and son, it is absolutely impossible for him to do such a child's play.
Qi State wanted to attack Northern Han Dynasty, which of course surprised Qi Ning.
The national policy of Qi has always been to balance the two great powers between Han and Chu. It is struggling to survive in the cracks. Now it is ready to unite with Chu to attack Han. Qi Ning concluded that this must be an extremely important event, otherwise If Qi wanted to unite with Chu to attack Han, there would have been an opportunity at any time for so many years. Chu had been dreaming of this, but why did Qi wait until today to make such a plan
The prince saw Qi Ning's slightly startled look, looked at each other with the King of Dong Qi, and suddenly clapped his hands. He saw two eunuchs coming out in a hurry. The prince made a gesture, but Qin Ning saw the two eunuchs open a door. There was a picture scroll made of silk. The prince had already stood up, walked to the picture scroll, and said with a smile: "How about coming over and taking a look, Jin Yi Hou."
Qi Ning stood up and went over. When he saw it clearly, there was a map on it. He only glanced at it and recognized it as the geographical map of today's world. The geographical maps of the three kingdoms of Han, Chu and Qi all jumped on the silk. However, the markings on the map are not too detailed. Especially in many places in the Han and Chu countries, the passes and dangerous passes are not marked. The entire map only outlines the general geography of today's world.
"Jin Yihou, these are Juyang County and Chen County that your Chu State once occupied in Huaibei." The prince took a bamboo stick handed over by someone next to him, pointed at a place on the map and said, "These two counties were in those days." In the hands of your Chu State, it is like a dagger thrust into the belly of the Northern Han Dynasty."
Qi Ning could see clearly at this time that both Juyang County and Chen County were in the Huaibei area, and they had indeed burst into the territory of the Han Kingdom. He only saw the prince moving the bamboo stick to the northeast and lighting a Department: "This is Maling Mountain and Jinyihou. Take a closer look. Do these two places form a corner?"
Qining glanced at it and nodded slightly. The prince smiled and said: "In the area between Chenjun and Maling Mountain are the two counties of Chengfu and Dingtao of the Han State. Once the Chu State retakes Juyang and Chenjun, we will If Qi State captures Maling Mountain, then Chengfu and Dingtao counties will be the turtles in the urn and can be captured easily. In this way, as long as the war goes smoothly, we can at least capture the land of the five counties of the Northern Han Dynasty, and the Han Kingdom will definitely expand its power. Great decline.”
Qi Ning nodded slightly and said: "Your Highness, the State of Chu has always wanted to retake the two counties of Huaibei, but the situation is a little different now. There are not many obstacles on the way to attack Maling Mountain by the State of Qi. The hard nut is in Maling Mountain. With the strength of Qi State, it is easy to wipe out the counties along the way from Qi State to Maling Mountain. But if we want to reach Huaibei, there is a Huaihe River in the middle. Now that the Northern Han people have captured the two counties of Huaibei, we There is no foothold in Huaibei, and the two armies are facing each other on the Huaihe River. It is not easy to break through easily."
The king of Dong Qi just drank by himself, looking very calm and not talking much. However, the prince threw the bamboo stick to the eunuch beside him and said with a smile: "Jin Yihou, don't forget, the Huaihe River is like our own home to our Qi country. In the pool in the backyard, it will be easy for the Dongqi navy to assist the Chu army in seizing the beachhead on the north bank of the Huaihe River!"