Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

At that time, who else in the world can threaten her?

By that time, she will really be safe!But looking at King Zhao in his infancy, Concubine Li was actually a little worried.

There is often a huge gap between dreams and reality.

Concubine Li knew very well that with her background in a brothel, it was much, much harder for little Zhao An to become king than normal women.

It is not enough to have the support of the king of Zhao, but the support of the court ministers is also necessary, otherwise the public opinion cannot be suppressed at all.

"At first, I thought Lord Pingyang was Xiangbang, so he should be useful, but now it seems that he is crushed to death by Lord Wu Xin. Hey, what a waste."

Thinking of this, Concubine Li couldn't help but sighed, and the gloom on her pretty face became more intense.

The main reason is that I just entered the palace at that time, and I don't know anything about Zhao Guo's political circles at all, so I made too hasty a decision!Now Concubine Li is fully aware of the three major factions in the political arena of Zhao State, but the problem is that Zhao Kuo is the sworn enemy of Lord Pingyang, and Zhou Shaofen is the Queen's uncle, neither of them can stand on Concubine Li's side.

This is very embarrassing.

"Otherwise, think of a way to kill Zhao Kuo or Zhou Shaofen?"

Concubine Li's gaze shifted, and she secretly made up her mind.

The heart of the most poisonous woman is not a joke. Concubine Li is willing to pay any price for her son's superiority, let alone other people's lives.

"Who are you going to kill?"

Concubine Li was lost in thought.

Soon she made a decision: "It's better to be Zhou Shaofen!"

The reason is also very simple. First of all, Zhou Shaofen is obviously weaker than Zhao Kuo.

Secondly, Zhou Shaofen is still Queen Zhou's natal family, killing Zhou Shaofen can also effectively attack Queen Zhou's power, killing two birds with one stone.

Problems always came one after another. Just when Concubine Li was still thinking about how to kill Zhou Shaofen, there was a sound of footsteps, and then someone loudly reported: "The king is here!"

Concubine Li was taken aback, and hurriedly took little Zhao An from the nurse's arms, and then stood up.

Zhao Wang just walked in, and smiled when he saw this: "My concubine, are you playing with our child again?"

Concubine Li suddenly showed a troubled expression, and said angrily: "My lord, your son is really annoying, always crying!"

Zhao Wang snorted and said with a smile: "No?

Come, come, give me a hug. "

Zhao Wang took Xiao Zhao An carefully.

Because he was full just now, little Zhao An was in a good mood and showed a sweet smile to King Zhao.

Now Zhao Wang was immediately happy: "Look, my concubine, An'er is smiling!"

Concubine Li snorted, and said angrily: "This child, the concubine mother doesn't smile when she hugs him, but the royal father laughs when he hugs him. He is definitely a sycophant!"

Zhao Wang laughed loudly: "This is the son of the widow, of course he is close to the widow!"

As he said that, King Zhao looked at Zhao An more lovingly, and laughed and teased him in various ways.

Concubine Li looked at this scene, and a scheming expression flashed in her eyes.

A man's enthusiasm for hugging a baby is always only 3 minutes. After playing for a while, Zhao Wang didn't want to hug him anymore, and said: "An'er is sleepy, let the wet nurse take him to sleep, the widow still has something to say to my concubine."

Concubine Li responded, thinking that it was King Zhao who was going to do something about that man and woman, so she let the wet nurse go down, and screened off the others by the way.

Just when Concubine Li was about to undress, she was stopped by King Zhao: "My concubine, it's not about this."

Concubine Li, whose fragrant shoulders were half exposed, stopped and looked at King Zhao in surprise: "My lord, what is it?"

Zhao Wang said with some guilty conscience: "It's like this, under the persuasion of Wu Xinjun and Zhou Qing just now, the widow has decided to execute Pingyang Lord.

If there are no accidents, Lord Pingyang should be dead by now. "

Concubine Li was dumbfounded.

The body of this stunning woman was trembling, and she looked at King Zhao in disbelief, even her tone of voice was trembling: "Mr. Pingyang is dead?"

Zhao Wang touched his nose in embarrassment and said, "Dead."

Concubine Li's eyes widened, she didn't know what to say because of the excessive shock.

Jun Pingyang died, and her backer outside the palace collapsed.

Zhou Shaofen will be even more proud in the future, and Queen Zhou's power will become stronger.

The sky is falling!

Chapter 883

From Concubine Li's point of view, she never expected that King Zhao would suddenly change his mind in such a situation that he had clearly agreed upon, and directly executed Lord Pingyang.

Because before today, Concubine Li was very confident in controlling King Zhao.

Seeing Concubine Li's shocked expression, King Zhao felt a little embarrassed.

King Zhao coughed and said to Concubine Li: "My dear concubine, don't worry, although Lord Pingyang is dead, but the widow has arranged a new ally for you, you can think about it."

Concubine Li finally came back to her senses at this time.

She finally realized that the man in front of her was the supreme ruler of Zhao country, not some fool who was so fascinated by him that he was willing to do anything for him.

So Concubine Li didn't pay attention to King Zhao immediately, but started to sob and cry.

Seeing the crying Concubine Li, King Zhao was in a panic.

A woman's tears are very useful to a man at any time, provided that the man still loves the woman.

So when he saw Concubine Li crying, King Zhao also used various methods to appease her.

After a long while, Concubine Li said with sobs: "Now Lord Pingyang is dead, and in the future, I'm afraid my concubine will die with Zhao An without a place to die."

When King Zhao heard this, his expression changed immediately and he said: "This is impossible, the widow has already made arrangements, didn't you hear what the widow said clearly just now?

Your new allies will now be able to meet you soon. "

Concubine Li blinked her big eyes, and looked at King Zhao in disbelief: "Who is the new ally arranged by the king?"

After hearing this question, King Zhao suddenly became complacent again, and said to Concubine Li with a smile: "This new ally is definitely a candidate beyond your expectations, but the matter has not been completely settled yet, so we say It’s not easy to tell you right now, let’s wait until a little later.”

King Zhao also learned his lesson. Before, he confidently assured Concubine Li that he would forgive Lord Pingyang, but Lord Pingyang died now.

So this time King Zhao decided to wait until the official results came out before telling Concubine Li the matter.

At this moment, Eunuch Ling suddenly appeared and reported to King Zhao: "Your Majesty, both Wu Xinjun and Zhou Qing have already attacked and are waiting for your Majesty's summons."

Upon hearing this, King Zhao regained his spirits, comforted Concubine Li a few more words, and then walked quickly towards the outside of the hall.

Zhao Kuo and Zhou Shaofen came to the main hall together, and then found to some surprise that several other Zhao Guozhong officials had been waiting here for a long time.

The faces of most of Zhao Guozhong's ministers are very happy, only one person's face is extremely dignified, and this person is of course Zhao Guoda Sima Lianpo.

Lian Po stared at Zhao Kuo angrily, and said viciously, "Mr. Wu Xin, don't you fear that you will retribution for harming the Zhongliang of our Zhao Kingdom so much?"

If it is said that Lian Po had taken a group photo or had some benefits during the Battle of Changping before, then after so many years of various things, there is only hatred between the two sides now.

After careful calculation, three of Lian Po's allies died successively because of various fights with Zhao Kuo, namely Yu Xin, Lin Xiangru, and today's Lord Pingyang.

So no matter how much Lian Po wanted to be patient, at this moment he finally couldn't bear it.

Zhao Kuo stared at Lian Po, their gazes met in the air, and there seemed to be sparks flickering in the air.

Zhao Kuo said to Lian Po very calmly: "Sima, it is wrong for you to say this. You must know that I do things according to the order of the king. Could it be that you want to question the order of the king?"

Zhao Kuo did not show any weakness, and directly moved out King Zhao as a shield.

In fact, from Zhao Kuo's point of view, it doesn't mean that he really killed so many allies of Lian Po.

Yu Xin was killed by the Qin people, Pingyang Jun was killed by Zhou Shaofen and Zhao Wang's strong advocacy, Lin Xiangru also had to be eradicated because Zhao Wang wanted to seize power.

All in all, it is true that Zhao Kuo was the real mastermind behind the downfall of these three people, but other people also played a force that cannot be ignored.

Therefore, Zhao Kuo is full of confidence at this moment, because those who helped Zhao Kuo bring down the three allies of Lian Po are now the most powerful leading force in Zhao Guo's political arena.

The next moment King Zhao's voice sounded in the hall.

"Mr. Pingyang is indeed an order from the widow, and has nothing to do with Mr. Wu Xin or Zhou Qing."

King Zhao has arrived.

When Zhao Wang said this, Lian Po naturally couldn't continue to entangle Zhao Kuo because of this matter.

Although Lian Po has always had a violent temper, since the last time he was dismissed from office, what happened in the past few years has made him restrain his violent temper a lot.

The reason why Lian Po suddenly broke out now is that on the one hand, he is really very angry, and on the other hand, it is also because of the considerable panic in his heart.

All the former allies have been eliminated by Zhao Kuo one by one, and now Lian Po is left alone. Can he really continue to fight against Zhao Kuo?

Including that it is rare to pay attention to Lian Po's thoughts at the moment, he just took out the previous token of King Zhao, and said to King Zhao: "According to the king's will, Pingyang Lord Zhao Bao has been executed, and now I am here to return .”

Although everyone already knew about this matter, when this matter was really said from Zhao Kuo's mouth, it was inevitable that everyone who heard this sentence was shocked, and there was a great shock.

After Pingyang Jun's death, this is the second consecutive Xiangbang of Zhao State who was executed in the process of taking up official positions.

Could it be said that Zhao Guo's official position as Xiangbang has become an ominous sign?

Zhao Wang didn't think about so many questions, he just said to the people present quite calmly: "Since Mr. Pingyang is dead, let his family members and children leave immediately, but There is no need to punish them for their crimes, just let them live a good life."

For Mr. Pingyang, King Zhao still has some feelings.

After all, when King Zhao was young, it was Lord Pingyang who had been teaching King Zhao, and Lord Pingyang was also the most staunch supporter of King Zhao when King Zhao launched a coup to seize power.

So now that Pingyang Jun has been executed, Zhao Wang will not do anything to himself, and will not continue to hunt down and abuse Pingyang Jun's family members.

Regarding King Zhao's words, everyone naturally nodded repeatedly, and no one objected.

To put it bluntly, none of the people present can guarantee that they will not be defeated in Zhao Guozheng in the future, and Mr. Pingyang's today may be the tomorrow of these people present.

Therefore, if the family members can still have a way to survive after being defeated and killed, that is indeed something that everyone wants to see.

After solving the matter of Mr. Pingyang, Zhao Wang coughed again, and said to everyone present: "Xiangbang is the most important official position in our Zhao country, and it cannot be lacking for a day. If there is a vacancy, then it is time to pick a new Xiangbang."

Chapter 884

After Zhao Wang's voice fell, everyone suddenly raised their spirits again, even more nervous and excited than before.

The dead are gone, the most important thing is to live in the present and the future.

Whoever can obtain the position of Xiangbang will be one of the rulers of Zhao's political arena visible to the naked eye for many years to come.

Thinking of this, Zhou Shaofen involuntarily looked up at Zhao Kuo.

"Wu Xinjun, it seems that the ally fate between you and me ends here."

Zhou Shaofen said something silently in his heart.

For Zhou Shaofen, it is impossible for him to give up the fight for the position of prime minister.

As long as they can control the position of Xiangbang, the Zhou brothers can be said to have won a complete victory in this political struggle.

And not only that, they no longer need to take into account Zhao Kuo's emotions in the future, and can justifiably rely on the support of King Zhao and the power brought by the position of Xiangbang to fight against Zhao Kuo in court.

At this time, Zhao Kuo looked up at Zhou Shaofen as if looking into it.

Both of them had smiles on their faces at the same time, but both of them knew what was behind the smiles.

Like Zhou Shaofen, Zhao Kuo would naturally not allow the position of Xiangbang to fall into the hands of others.

In order to control power, Zhao Kuo came all the way, but defeated so many political enemies one after another, and now he is close to the position of Xiangbang.

If Zhou Shaofen picked the peaches at this time, then Zhao Kuo would be a complete idiot.

At this time, Pang Nuan was the first to stand up and said to King Zhao: "Your Majesty, the old minister believes that Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo has always made outstanding contributions to our country of Zhao, and has a great reputation both at home and abroad. It is definitely the most suitable and the most convincing for Wu Xinjun to take up the position of prime minister."

As Zhao Kuo's most loyal ally, Pang Nuan is of course the one who supports Zhao Kuo the most.

But, of course, the Zhou brothers on the other side couldn't just let Zhao Kuo get the nomination directly, so the next moment Zhou Shaofen's younger brother Zhou Shaoliang also stood up.

"Your Majesty, the old minister believes that my elder brother Zhou Shaofen has always been hardworking and has made incomparable contributions to our country of Zhao, and has helped our country of Zhao and Your Majesty eradicate some rebellious subjects who are very unfavorable to your Majesty. It is the most suitable choice for my elder brother to serve as Zhao Guo Xiangbang."

I have to say that Zhou Shaoliang's words are still moving his mind now. He didn't directly confront Zhao Kuo on the side of merit, because in terms of merit, the sum of all the people in the whole hall is not enough for Zhao Kuo. Including one person playing.

So Zhou Shaoliang took a different approach, pointing out the premise that Zhou Shaofen has always been working for Zhao Wang in a very euphemistic way, implying that Zhao Wang and our Zhou brothers are the most loyal to your king.

Sometimes when a person wants to be promoted and make a fortune, he doesn't need to be more capable than other competitors, he just needs to be more loyal than other competitors.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Kuo's line is to judge heroes by merit, while the Zhou brothers' plan is to win trust by loyalty.