Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Unknowingly, the Queen of Yan's eyes suddenly turned red.

A young man married far away, and was not favored by the king, and did not even have children.

And who knows how lonely and sad this woman, who is only [-] years old now, feels in her heart, how she looks at herself, how much she longs for the care of others!

To this day, the short sentence in this thin home letter seems to have touched a certain valve, causing the Queen Yan's heart that has been frozen by herself to loosen slightly.

After a long time, Queen Yan suddenly said, "Brother Wang, what else can you say?"

Pang Nuan seemed to have been prepared for this, and replied respectfully: "The king ordered the minister to ask the queen, does the queen miss her homeland?"

The seemingly simple greeting actually stopped the Queen Yan from asking.

Empress Yan suddenly looked up and down again with her gaze, and looked at Pang Nuan carefully. Two strange gazes suddenly flashed in her pair of slightly red phoenix eyes.

After a while, the light in Empress Yan's eyes gradually faded, and her tone became gentler: "The widow is from Zhao, so how can he not miss his homeland? Brother Wang, I need to ask more."

Pang Nuan smiled slightly, reached into his arms again, and actually took out another letter.

"Reporting to the queen, the king once told his ministers that if the queen misses her homeland, there is a family poem in this letter, which may be a little comfort."

Looking at the second letter in Pang Nuan's hand, the strange look that disappeared just now reappeared in Queen Yan's eyes.

A moment later, the second letter also came into the hands of Queen Yan.This time, Zhao Guo characters were densely written on the letter paper, and it was no longer the simple sentence just now.

The Queen Yan looked at the letter, and the strange look in her eyes became more intense.Gradually, the expression on the whole face of the queen of Yan became strange.

After a long time, Empress Yan suddenly let out a long breath, as if she had made some kind of decision.

"Brother Wang has a heart. Come and fetch the thing, and ask the messenger to give it to Brother Wang."

A confidant of the Queen Yan walked into the palace, and reappeared a moment later holding a small box, and handed the small box to Pang Nuan.

Pang Nuanzhen put the box into her arms, and saluted respectfully to the queen: "I will live up to the queen's trust."

Empress Yan nodded, waved her hand and said, "Young Master Widow is a bit tired, so let's go. When we return to Handan, don't forget to convey your greetings to Brother Wang and Young Master Widow."

Pang Nuan nodded yes, and then left.

Empress Yan stood there quietly, watching Pang Nuan's leaving figure, and when Pang Yuan's figure completely disappeared from sight, she asked unhurriedly, "Did the king ever order someone to come? "

Of course, this king is not referring to the king of Zhao country, but the king of Yan country who is located in the palace city of Wuyang at this moment.

Generally speaking, if the King of Yan wanted to stay in the Empress Palace, he would send someone to inform him in advance after the lunch time, and it was just after the lunch time.

The palace man on the side said: "Go back to the queen, the king has never sent anyone here."

Queen Yan's pretty face turned cold when she heard this, and she let out a cold snort.

In fact, the King of Yan hadn't been to this palace for a long time, and the Queen of Yan almost forgot when was the last time she saw that husband.

After a while, Queen Yan suddenly let out a soft sigh.

"It doesn't matter if you don't come, or you don't come."

Contrary to Queen Yan's mood, the moment Pang Nuan walked out of the gate of the Wangjingtai Palace, the envoy of Zhao Guo subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Pang Nuan didn't know what was written in the two letters he just handed to Queen Yan, but Pang Nuan knew very well in his heart that the letter that could be sent to Queen Yan by his king at such a sensitive moment must be It will not be a simple letter from home.

Thinking of this, Pang Nuan subconsciously touched a hidden pocket in his sleeve, where lay a box that had just been handed over to him by the Queen of Yan.

Even Pang Nuan didn't know what was in the box, but Pang Nuan knew very well in his heart that since the box was handed over, the task of delivering the letter that Zhao Dan entrusted to him should be regarded as a truly successful completion.

Sitting in the carriage, Pang Nuan turned his head and glanced at the viewing platform slowly going away behind him, and thought in his heart: "Next, I just need to meet the old friend Ju Xin, and then I can complete the task entrusted by the king." It's over. It's just that I can't complete the three tasks entrusted by the king this time, and I don't know if the king will blame me after returning to Handan."

Thinking of this, Pang Nuan became a little unhappy again.

This trip to Yan Country was really not as smooth as expected.

But what Pang Nuan didn't know was that when his carriage drove out of Miyagi, several unremarkable carriages quietly drove into Miyagi through several side doors and came under the Wu balcony.

Gongsun Cao, Rong Yan, and Li Fu walked out of these unremarkable carriages, each of them looked at each other with tacit smiles, and walked side by side to the main hall of Wutai Terrace along the steps.

There, King Yan had been waiting for them for a long time.

Chapter 64 Yan Guofengyun (3)

After a while, all the important officials of the Yan Kingdom had already taken their seats in the hall.

If Pang Nuan, Zhao Guo's envoy, appeared here at this moment, he would be surprised to find that Chang Guo Jun Le Jian, who walked out of Wu Balcony side by side with him, also appeared here.

Speaking of it, this is actually not too surprising, because in today's China, people do not have such a strong sense of identity with their mother country. Whether scholars are loyal to a country often depends on whether the monarch of this country values ​​​​themselves. It is also the so-called "You treat me like a gentleman of the country, and I will repay you as a gentleman of the country."

To put it bluntly, the scholars are wage earners, the country is a company, and there is more of a spirit of contract between the two parties. Patriots are not rare in this era, but they are not mainstream. It can be said that it is unique to the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods a phenomenon.

Therefore, although Lord Chang Lejian should be from Zhao State, but now he is a subject of Yan State, and he will do his best when making suggestions for Yan State.

When all the ministers gathered, King Yan, who was sitting at the top, was ready to speak.

This king of Yan is now over forty years old, wearing a crown of the same style as the emperor of Zhou, and wearing a blue and black robe. His face is extremely narrow and long, his eyes are narrow and small, and he looks quite old, with deep-set eye sockets. The darkening is obviously due to the obsession with female sex.

But even so, his eyes are still very sharp, and his frown and thin lips can also show that this is not a very patient person.

King Yan coughed and said, "The purpose of summoning the ministers today is to attack Zhao. Do you think this is feasible?"

Several ministers present looked at each other with strange expressions on their faces.

The Great Court Council had just ended, and the King of Yan couldn't wait to call the ministers back. If the ministers didn't know why the King of Yan was so anxious at this point, then these ministers were really in vain.

After a while, all the ministers' eyes fell on the current Xiangbang of the Yan Kingdom, Cheng An Jun Gongsun Cao.

Gongsun Cao is now over 70 years old, with white hair and wrinkles all over his face. He looks like he may die at any time in his dying days.

But everyone present, including King Yan, did not dare to neglect the old man.The reason is also very simple, 12 years ago, it was this Gongsun Cao who killed the then king of Yan State, King Yanhui, and helped establish the current king of Yan!

Gongsun Cao's killing of the king was the second vicious incident that occurred in the country of Yan in just a few decades after the incident of "King Kui of Yan surrendered to his son", which caused the diplomatic reputation of the country to fall to the bottom in an instant, causing This led to the breakup of Yanzhao's decades-old alliance, which led to the conquest of the coalition forces of Qi and Zhao.

Fortunately, Gongsun Cao formed an alliance with Qin State in time, and Qin State also sent troops from the rear to contain Zhao State. Only then did the Yan-Zhao peace talks come about, and Princess Zhao's entry into Yan was a matter of succession.

It is precisely because of this that Gongsun Cao did not lose his position, but has been firmly holding the power of the Yan Kingdom until now, comparable to Li Dui, the power minister of Zhao Guo in the early days of King Zhao Hui's administration.

But I don’t know if it’s because Gongsun Cao was scared by the king-killing that attracted the Qi-Zhao coalition army, or maybe it’s because he already knows that his time is numbered and he will no longer love power. In short, Gongsun Cao has gradually begun to return power to him over the years King Yan has become even more hidden behind the scenes, rarely expressing any opinions on major national affairs, but only acting as a sea god.

So Gongsun Cao quickly said tremblingly: "Your Majesty has orders, and all the veterans will obey."

With such a sentence, the officials of the Yan Kingdom in the hall understood that Master Xiangbang really did not intend to get involved in this matter as usual, and it is up to him to fight or not, the king of Yan can make the decision.

That being the case, no matter whether you want to kill Zhao or not, you just need to convince King Yan.