Hearing this, Zhao Hao trembled all over and said, "You...you mean, I can only be emperor for seven days?"
"Being able to do it for seven days is enough for you to satisfy your desire... It's better than being a beheaded king of a fallen country, right?" Chu Tianxiao advised "patiently", "You surrendered with your entire country, so you can at least become a Duke of An Yi. The wealth you gain is enough for you to live a carefree and noble life for half a lifetime. Isn't it better than sitting in the position of the King of Zhao, trembling with fear all day, worrying about the Zhou army breaking into the city and your family being destroyed?"
Hearing this, Zhao Hao's eyes were filled with mixed emotions. He tangled his hands together, sweat dripped down his forehead, and his expression was sometimes ferocious and sometimes greedy... After an unknown amount of time, he took a long breath and said, "Okay! I... I promise you!"
"happy!"
Chu Tianxiao raised his hand and looked outside: "Luo'er, feed this new king of Zhao something, and then let him go back to 'ascend the throne'."
As soon as these words fell, Feng Luoer walked in, came to Zhao Hao with a smile, and then opened a jade box in her hand, revealing a golden "pill" the size of a longan...
"Here, eat it."
Hearing this, Zhao Hao's face changed greatly. Although he was not familiar with Feng Luo'er before, he had heard the prodigal soldiers guarding him boast about her deeds in the prison just now...
It was this woman who poisoned her father and turned him into a pool of gray matter, causing him to suffer severe torture before his death...
She is... the evil woman called 'Poison Concubine' by those people, Feng Luoer!
Looking at the charming and charming woman in front of him, Zhao Hao seemed to have seen something extremely terrifying, and subconsciously took a few steps back...
"Come, eat it!" Feng Luo'er said with a smile, "This pill contains 'good stuff' that I made myself. As long as you are obedient, it will benefit you endlessly. Otherwise... hehe, you might be in trouble!"
Zhao Hao's eyes widened immediately, but at this point, he had no choice? Under Chu Tianxiao's cold gaze, he could only tremble and pick up the pill, grit his teeth, close his eyes, and swallow it in one gulp!
Feng Luoer immediately stepped forward and poured a mouthful of water into him, not giving him any chance to play any tricks!
"Um... Puff! Ugh!" Zhao Hao choked twice and finally stood up against the wall. But to his surprise, after taking the pill, he didn't feel any pain at all. Instead... his pores opened up and he felt like he was bathing in a hot spring, feeling ecstatic and comfortable...
"Comfortable, right?" Feng Luo'er said with a grin, "The more comfortable you are now... the more painful it will be when the time comes!"
These words immediately brought Zhao Hao back to reality. He was terrified and said quickly, "I dare not, I dare not! I will do it honestly! I will never play tricks!"
“Well, your attitude is good enough… Don’t worry, when you succeed, we will naturally help you get rid of this ‘Heart-Losing Insect Gu’…” Chu Tianxiao said slowly, and Zhao Hao trembled again. He knelt down quickly and repeatedly stated that he would not break his promise… After that, Chu Tianxiao waved his hand and had someone take him out.
"Prince, do you want us to go with you? We are the only two of them left with that damned woman of Emperor Zhao. When it comes to establishing the emperor, our words should carry some weight."
Seeing this, the two seductive women looked at each other, pinched Chu Tianxiao's shoulders, and whispered softly at the same time...
However, their little tricks could not fool Chu Tianxiao... He said nothing and just gave Feng Luoer a look...
The two women were taken away by her immediately. They looked pale and howled miserably all the way, but they did not get any sympathy at all.
"Scheming bitch, the overall situation is under control, do you think I will give you the opportunity to stir up trouble? Ridiculous." Chu Tianxiao muttered. At this time, Xue Yan walked in and said with a fist: "Young Master, Zhao Hao has set off."
"Well, have you decided on the Zhao soldiers who will monitor him?"
"Reporting to the young master, we have already selected a few alert people... and I believe that the Zhao army is also on the same page with us." Xueyan said, with a sigh, "Judging a country from its people, the Great Zhao is really doomed."
"Yes... the overall situation has been stabilized. The only thing we need to worry about is the great cultivators of Great Zhao... However, Your Majesty will deal with them and deter them, so we don't need to worry too much." Chu Tianxiao smiled faintly, "And I don't believe that when most of the territory of Zhao voluntarily surrenders to Great Zhou, they will still resist to the end... Most likely they are just pretending, and they can be subdued by giving them some benefits."
Xueyan nodded: "It should be just as the young master expected."
At this time, Feng Luo'er also turned around and clapped her hands, saying, "Young Master, Luo'er still feels that Zhao Hao will not behave himself after he ascends the throne... After all, according to your idea, you want to make a big show and clear the way for the Zhao army from all sides to gather in their new capital... By then, with so many elite soldiers and generals, he will be confident enough and may not be willing to give up the power in his hands!"
Chu Tianxiao smiled when he heard this: "So didn't you feed him the 'Heart-Losing Ten Thousand Insects Gu'?"
Feng Luo'er was stunned: "What's this 'Lost Heart Insect Gu', young master? You made that up to scare him. It actually doesn't exist...ah!"
As she was talking, she suddenly figured out the key point: "Young Master, you are great! Knowing that there are many extraordinary people in Zhao State, you deliberately fabricated the 'Heart-Losing Ten Thousand Insects Gu' that does not exist at all... In this way, he will definitely not be able to 'check' anything, and he can't say that he was poisoned by someone, which is tantamount to admitting that he may have 'betrayed his country for survival'!"
"In this way, he won't be able to find out anything, but he won't realize that he's not poisoned at all, and will become suspicious. In the end... in order to get rid of the poison, he can only do what we say!"
Chu Tianxiao smiled faintly: "That's right."
"I asked him to come here today and keep spending money, just to give him psychological hints - I have good stuff! So... he can't detect it, and will only think that I am clever."
Chu Tianxiao raised his head slightly when he said this: "So... if Zhao Hao leaves, the Great Zhao will be destroyed!"
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Autumn, the 316th year of the Zhao calendar.
In this autumn, Emperor Zhao Shao, who was hailed as the leader of the Zhao State's revival, passed away. Only a few days later, Zhao Hao, the last monarch of the Zhao State, who was later called "Emperor Xian of Zhao", successfully broke through the siege with tens of thousands of Zhao troops in the "Battle of Jindu" and retrieved his father's "body", which successfully won the support of the important officials of the Zhao State and quickly ascended the throne.
In the eyes of later historians, this ascension was an immature and even somewhat reckless move from any perspective... Because at that time, Zhao had lost Jindu and Jieting after the death of Emperor Zhao Shao, and the situation in the southeastern border had deteriorated again, and it was already impossible to turn the tide... However, Emperor Zhao Xian chose a large city in the southeastern border where hundreds of thousands of Zhou soldiers were circling as the royal city for his ascension, and continued to summon troops from all sides to defend him... In this no longer defensible territory, gathering troops and placing them in danger was a rather reckless move...
But the most bizarre thing that shocked the whole of China was actually yet to come...
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A few days later, Zhao State built a temporary palace in Lixing City.
"Doctor, am I really... okay?"
Emperor Xian of Zhao, Zhao Hao, dressed in a dragon robe, was looking anxiously at an old man with a white beard dressed as a doctor in front of him, and asked.