Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Zhao Wang nodded and said with a smile: "Thank you, Queen Mother.

Come on, let's have a banquet! "

By this time it was dusk, which is when dinner is usually eaten.

After King Zhao's words fell, many maids immediately brought up fine wine and delicacies like running water.

Soon, the whole hall was filled with the scent of all kinds of delicacies and fine wines.

King Zhao smiled all over his face, looked at the important officials in front of him, and raised the wine bar in his hand.

"You have worked hard all these years to assist the queen mother and the widow in governing the country. You have worked hard! Come, come, I respect you!"

Facing King Zhao's toast, everyone dared not neglect and stood up one after another.

"Thank you for your toast, King, and wish you a happy birthday!"

This is Zhao Kuo's first call out.

The atmosphere of the whole banquet was very harmonious. Although the ministers of Zhao State present had obviously different political opinions, none of them was stupid enough to touch this bad luck at the king's birthday banquet.

After a while, everyone drank three rounds, and their faces were a little drunk.

After all, the Empress Dowager felt sorry for her son, so she couldn't help but said, "Your Majesty, the old lady thinks that this wine is enough to drink."

Zhao Wang chuckled and said: "That's right, what the queen mother said is right, do you want to continue drinking?"

The words have already been said to this point, and naturally it is impossible for someone to come up to them without a wink and say something to continue drinking. They all said that the queen mother and the king are right, and the ministers are indeed too much to drink.

So, Zhao Wang smiled and waved his hands: "Okay, let's withdraw all the banquets.

Come on, let the jugglers out! "

After Zhao Wang's words fell, the faces of those who knew about it were naturally calm, and those who didn't know beforehand, like Lin Xiangru and Le Cheng, were unavoidably curious and surprised.

After a while, dozens of jugglers walked into the palace and knelt respectfully.

"I have seen the Queen Mother, I have seen the King!"

The queen mother looked at these jugglers and found that these entertainers were wearing some strange clothes and holding all kinds of strange things in their hands. She couldn't help but feel a little displeased.

But after all, the queen mother had already agreed to King Zhao in advance, and naturally she couldn't go back on her word when things came to an end, so she could only wave to the eunuch Ling who was standing by.

Eunuch Ling hurried over and said respectfully, "What orders does the Empress Dowager have?"

The queen mother thought for a while, and said lightly: "The old woman looks at the strange-looking things in the hands of these artists, are they some weapons?"

In fact, the Queen Mother was just talking casually, just wanting to find a reason to see if the juggler's performance could be canceled.

The eunuch Ling's heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, Queen Mother, these artists have been checked before entering the palace, and there are elite guards here, there is absolutely no problem."

Zhao Wang also heard the conversation between the two, and hurriedly turned his head and said with a smile: "Mother, let the widow watch it once, they all say their performance is very exciting!"

The Queen Mother looked at King Zhao who was begging, hesitated for a moment, sighed, and said, "Then let them start."

Zhao Wang suddenly became happy, and smiled at the jugglers in front of him: "Have you all heard what the queen mother said?

Let's get started now! "

The jugglers got up immediately after hearing the words, and began to perform.

It has to be said that these jugglers did have some skills, and all kinds of ancient acrobatics were performed one after another, especially a few magic performances of "smart hands and empty hands", which made King Zhao very happy to watch, and couldn't help applauding loudly.

Zhao Kuo also watched it with great interest. Although as a modern person, Zhao Kuo has seen acrobatics and magic tricks that are more difficult than this, it is actually quite good to appreciate this kind of ancient flavor.

Pang Nuan was a little restless, and his eyes kept wandering in the hall.

As Zhao Kuo's only ally on the surface, Zhao Kuo still had considerable trust in Pang Nuan, and told Pang Nuan of this plan in advance.

Although Pang Nuan knew about the plan, the whole plan was huge. It was impossible and unnecessary for Zhao Kuo to let Pang Nuan know all the details of the whole plan.

Therefore, Pang Nuan only knew that Zhao Kuo was going to launch today, but he didn't know exactly how Zhao Kuo would launch it.

At this moment, the other members of the juggling troupe suddenly backed away, and five women with long swords stepped up and began to dance swords.

These five women were obviously well-trained, and they danced swords in various styles. They were very beautiful and charming at the same time, which caused the men present to breathe faster involuntarily.

The Empress Dowager looked at the five dancers, and couldn't help frowning. She summoned the eunuch order again, and said softly, "Is this sword dancing considered juggling?"

Eunuch Ling smiled slightly, and said softly: "Queen Mother, I have already seen it beforehand, and this sword dance is the last item, or should I let them retreat now?"

The queen mother hesitated for a moment, glanced at the interested Zhao Wang, and sighed after thinking about it: "Forget it, since it is already the last project, there is no need for it.

These women look charming, can you let them sleep with Wang Er later, understand? "

Eunuch Ling hurriedly nodded yes, and then backed away.

A few minutes later, the dancers' sword dance was clearly at the final stage, and their figures also began to spin rapidly. The long swords in their hands turned into sword lights, which looked very beautiful under the bright lights in the hall.

Suddenly, after the accompaniment musicians gave a very clear chirping sound, the five dancers fanned out at the same time and jumped towards different directions.

The next moment, there was a sudden exclamation in the hall!The music slowly stopped, and the dancers also stopped the long swords in their hands.

It's just that the position of these long swords is a bit wrong, because these five long swords are directly pointed at the foreheads of five people, namely the Queen Mother, Mr. Pingyuan, Lin Xiangru, Le Cheng and Zhou Shaofen!Looking at this scene, Pang Nuan's face changed drastically and his heart was shocked.

The moment Wu Xinjun has been waiting for is finally here!

Chapter 706 Official Showdown

This sudden action was obviously completely out of the expectation of the five targeted persons.

Just a few seconds later, everyone in the sideshow troupe pulled out their weapons and directly surrounded the five targets!The Empress Dowager looked at the sharp sword in front of her, her pretty face paled in an instant, her body kept trembling, and said, "What, what's going on?"

Zhao Kuo glanced at King Zhao and then at Lord Pingyang, his expression was very calm, and he didn't speak.

Jun Pingyang took a deep breath and stood up.

This action immediately attracted everyone's attention.

The Queen Mother couldn't help but said: "Mr. Pingyang, you..." Pingyang Jun cupped his hands towards the Queen Mother and said, "What happened today was not my original intention. Please be patient and calm, and I will naturally give the Queen Mother an explanation."

Mr. Zhao Guoxiang Bang Pingyuan looked at this scene in horror, and finally couldn't help shouting: "Brother, what are you doing, are you going to rebel?"

Jun Pingyang looked back at his half-brother who had been on his head for decades, and showed a big smile: "Rebellion?

No, I'm just here to get what's my due. "

After saying this, Lord Pingyang suddenly raised his voice: "Everyone, it's already this time, what are you waiting for?

get up. "

So, Zhao Kuo stood up happily.

Then, Pang Nuan also stood up immediately.

The faces of Lin Xiangru and Le Cheng changed drastically when the two stood up, and Le Cheng almost wanted to get angry, but the next moment, several sword points touched Le Cheng's forehead and back of the neck instantly, making Le Cheng dare not have any more any movement.

Zhao Kuo noticed this scene of Le Cheng, and a sneering expression appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Although Le Cheng is also a member of the army, his life has become extravagant after he has been in a high position for the past few years, and his body has been hollowed out by alcohol and sex.

Under such circumstances, Le Cheng is nothing but a waste!Zhao Kuo glanced at Zhou Shaofen happily, and said with a smile, "Zhou Qing, what are you doing sitting still?

It is time to fulfill the agreement we made not so long ago. "

Zhou Shaofen let out a long breath, and also stood up.

Zhou Shaofen's standing up immediately caused Lin Xiangru and Le Chengru to be hit hard, and Le Cheng couldn't help roaring: "Zhou Shaofen, are you ungrateful?"

Zhou Shaofen sighed, and said to Le Cheng, "Those who know current affairs are heroes, Mr. Wu Ding.

If the old man doesn't do this, I'm afraid I will end up with you now, right? "

Le Cheng's face was green and pale, and he wanted to refute, but he couldn't speak for a while.

The Empress Dowager looked at this scene with an extremely ugly expression, and said, "Wu Xinjun, Pingyang Jun, Pang Qing, Zhou Qing, are you four crazy?

Do you really think that you can usurp Da Zhao's supreme power and the king's throne in this way? "

Zhao Kuo and Pingyang Jun looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

The next moment, the Empress Dowager's complexion suddenly changed, and she became extremely pale.

In everyone's sight, Zhao Wang stood up slowly.

At this moment, everyone understood.

This time the real initiator was not Zhao Kuo or Lord Pingyuan, but King Zhao himself!At this moment, King Zhao also had a smile on his face.

It was a confident smile, a winner's smile!King Zhao let out a long breath, and said to the Queen Mother with a relaxed expression: "Queen Mother, don't blame them, the widow actually asked them to do this."

The Queen Mother hissed, "Why?

You will be able to take charge of the court in two years. Could it be that you can't even wait for these two years? "

Zhao Wang shook his head and said: "It's not that the widow can't wait, but Da Zhao can't wait, queen mother.

Don't you understand, mother?

Da Zhao has taken too many detours under your rule, and has experienced too many failures in the past few years!Now, it's time for the widow to be such a person who sets things right! "

King Zhao's words were like nails one by one, hitting the queen mother's heart hard, making her face extremely pale.

The queen mother said: "No, Wang'er, the queen mother loves you! Wang'er, you can't do this, they are using you, without the help of the queen mother, you will be emptied by them!"

After all, King Zhao was still a young man, and he couldn't help but fell into hesitation once again after hearing the words of the Queen Mother.

Zhao Kuo sighed, and said slowly: "My lord, the arrow is on the string and has to be fired, and it should be stopped and it will be messed up!"

These two sentences immediately reminded King Zhao.

Yes, now that they have already started to act, will they be forgiven if they stop here?

impossible.

Therefore, there is only one way to go to the dark, and continue to go on like this!Zhao Wang firmly shook his head and said: "Mother, it's too late to say anything now, come here!"

A Zhao Guo general walked in from outside the hall.

Lord Pingyuan, Lin Xiangru and Le Cheng looked at the general, and a glimmer of hope suddenly appeared in their eyes.

This general is Liu Xiaoliang, the supreme commander of the court today. Thousands of palace guards in the entire palace city of Zhao Kingdom are in his hands. His power is far superior to the only one in this palace. Dozens of jugglers.

As long as Liu Xiaoliang makes a move, everything will change for the better!However, at the next moment, Liu Xiaoliang's actions directly made Mr. Pingyuan and the others fall into an ice cave.

With a bang, Liu Xiaoliang knelt down on one knee towards King Zhao.

"Your Majesty, the ministers are ready and waiting for your orders at any time!"

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager and the others immediately expressed despair.

It's over, it's over.

When the palace guards also fell under Zhao Wang's control, it was impossible for the situation to change any more.

King Zhao looked at Liu Xiaoliang and nodded with great satisfaction: "Very well, General Liu, you have done a great job! Now, your task is to take good care of the mother, and don't let anyone disturb the mother, understand?"

The meaning of this sentence is very simple, that is, to put the Queen Mother under house arrest and not to have contact with anyone!Liu Xiaoliang responded respectfully and stood up.

Zhao Kuo's eyes flickered for a moment, and he suddenly said, "Your Majesty, it would be inconvenient for a man to take care of the Queen Mother. Why don't you let my female subordinates come down to protect the Queen Mother personally?"

The female subordinates that Zhao Kuo mentioned were the five female swordsmen who launched the attack immediately.

King Zhao hesitated for a moment, and said, "Yes."

Zhao Kuo waved his hand, and the five female swordsmen immediately walked to the queen mother's side.

The Queen Mother looked at King Zhao, then at everyone in the hall, and finally let out a long sigh.

She knew it was over.

The queen mother did not try to make any further struggle or persuasion, but stood up silently, and left the palace surrounded by five female swordsmen and Liu Xiaoliang.

Afterwards, Zhao Kuo waved his hand, and the juggling troupe also left one after another, replaced by Liu Xiaoliang's palace guards pouring in, continuing to control Mr. Pingyuan and the others.

A strange atmosphere began to pervade the hall, and everyone knew that it was time to announce the final outcome!

Chapter 707 Low-key Zhao Kuo

Zhao Kuo still didn't speak, but sat there silently.

For today's plan, Zhao Kuo is undoubtedly the real behind-the-scenes manipulator.

In Zhao Kuo's view, one of the easiest ways to achieve all goals without causing civil strife or even civil war in Zhao State is to behead the plan.