Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

After finishing speaking, Zhao Wang walked away directly.

Queen Zhou looked at the back of King Zhao's departure: "" The change of things seems to be a bit unexpected for Queen Zhou.

In other words, King Zhao's attention to Concubine Li was beyond Queen Zhou's expectations.

Zhao Wang didn't even want to wait for a while, but started the investigation directly!After King Zhao left, Queen Zhou's face was cloudy and uncertain.

In the early morning of the next day, Queen Zhou asked someone to find eunuch Ling while King Zhao was still sleeping.

The eunuch ordered to salute Queen Zhou: "The old minister has seen the queen, but I don't know why the queen is looking for the old minister?"

Queen Zhou looked at Eunuch Ling with a smile on her face: "Eunzhe Ling, you have done a lot for our Great Zhao, you have worked hard."

Eunuch Ling's heart skipped a beat when he heard the words.

This eunuch Ling was able to run freely in the court for decades, relying on his observation of words and emotions and guessing people's hearts, so when Queen Zhou said this sentence, Eunuch Ling knew that trouble was coming.

The eunuch ordered: "The queen is joking, the old minister is just doing what a courtier should do."

Queen Zhou laughed and said, "Since that's the case, do you know that there are some people in the court today who are not willing to fulfill their duties, but want to challenge the Palace in vain?"

The eunuch was dumbfounded.

At this time, the eunuch order still couldn't tell that the target of Queen Zhou's fire this time was none other than Concubine Li!Eunuch Ling immediately remembered what happened last night.

Zhao Wang left angrily yesterday from the queen's side and went to other concubines. Originally, the eunuch thought that the queen had angered Zhao Wang, but Zhao Wang quietly issued an order to the eunuch to investigate Is there any strange person beside Concubine Li?

Originally, Eunuch Ling was a little confused about what was going on, but now combined with the queen's words, he immediately understood the whole thing.

The queen is going to punish Concubine Li to death!Eunuch Ling immediately realized keenly that this matter was not only related to the Queen and Concubine Li, but also to Zhao Kuo who was far away in Daliang City at the moment.

Zhao Kuo is now the biggest supporter of Concubine Li in Zhao Guo's political arena.

The eunuch Ling took a deep breath, and said softly: "To tell you the truth, the old minister, as the eunuch Ling, has always been concerned only with how to serve the King. I really don't know much about other things."

Eunuch Ling tried his best to get out of this quagmire, but the queen did not let him do so.

The queen said indifferently: "Eunuch Ling, I heard that some of your nephews have been relying on your influence in their hometown recently, but they have done many illegal things.

If I tell the king about this matter, what do you think will happen? "

As she spoke, the queen took out a stack of papers from her sleeve and threw it in front of eunuch Ling.

Eunuch Ling picked up the stack of papers and looked at it, and a chill came out of his forehead.

The piles and piles above are really what the eunuch Ling's nephews did in their hometown.

Queen Zhou, that's not right, it should be said that the Zhou clan has already quietly monitored the eunuch Ling's family?

Although eunuch Ling is a eunuch, eunuchs also have emotions and take care of their families.

In fact, what the eunuch Ling's family members did was not a big treacherous thing, nor did they bully men and women. The great aristocrats in China generally do the same thing.

But the problem is that Queen Zhou's uncle, Zhou Shaofen, is now the Sikou in charge of legal trials. Once the case is sent to the Sikou system, the eunuch will definitely lose these nephews.

This kind of thing belongs to that kind of gray area. Everyone is doing it, but no one checks it.

But if someone really investigates and handles you, you have no place to reason.

So the next moment, the eunuch Ling suddenly showed a panic expression on his face, and said: "The queen, please make amends, those nephews of the old minister have been neglecting to discipline them all the time, and I asked the queen to let them go.

The old minister promises that he will serve the queen well! "

The queen looked at the eunuch Ling's expression, nodded slightly, and showed a smile: "Very well, I know that you are a sensible person.

Now, I want to give you a mission! "

The eunuch felt helpless, and could only say: "I also ask the queen to order."

The queen smiled triumphantly, and in this way, she told the eunuch Ling the secret.

The more the eunuch order heard, the more frightened she became. The queen's intention was actually very simple, that is, to let the eunuch order plant and frame Concubine Li, and make Li Concubine steal things real.

Eunuch Ling said with a bitter face, "Queen, this Concubine Li is now favored by His Majesty, His Majesty will not believe such things."

Queen Zhou snorted, and said coldly: "Ms. Li is just a brothel woman with thousands of riders, isn't it normal for such a flirtatious woman to steal men?

As long as you do things properly, Your Majesty will definitely believe you.

Don't worry, this matter is done well, is Wang'er afraid that he will lose the benefits of your family after he ascends the throne in the future? "

Queen Zhou's attitude was very resolute, so eunuch Ling naturally couldn't say anything more, and after making promises, he withdrew.

After walking out of Queen Zhou's palace, Eunuch Ling wiped off his sweat, feeling a little dazed for a while.

"How did things turn out like this?"

Eunuch Ling took a deep breath and told himself to calm down.

Among the snowflakes in the palace city, Eunuch Ling walked slowly, and many court ladies and eunuchs passing by the road saluted him. If it was on weekdays, he would definitely greet him with a smile, but today Eunuch Ling had something on his mind, but he directly All ignored.

Eunuch Ling is very clear that if this matter is not handled properly, he will really be finished.

The first thing to determine is whether to help Queen Zhou with this matter?

After hesitating for a moment, Eunuch Ling made up his mind not to help.

The reason for not helping is also very simple. Eunuch Ling was firmly bound to Zhao Kuo before. If you betray Concubine Li at this time, you will betray Zhao Kuo. Is it all in vain?

Moreover, Eunuch Ling didn't think that Queen Zhou would really fulfill her promise to let the eldest prince treat Eunuch Ling's family well after he ascended the throne in the future.

The reason is also very simple. If this matter is successful and Concubine Li is killed, the next one Queen Zhou will kill is eunuch Ling, because she wants to prevent eunuch Ling from stabbing the matter to King Zhao.

So no matter from which point of view, standing on the side of Queen Zhou is the most stupid decision.

Now that it has been decided to confront the Queen of Zhou, what kind of confrontation should we have?

The first one, and the easiest one to think of, is to go to King Zhao and tell King Zhao all about it.

But in this case, there are also problems.

According to King Zhao's character, after hearing this, he would definitely confront Queen Zhou directly, and Queen Zhou would definitely not admit it, and would only say that the eunuch Ling was framing her.

At that time, the eunuch's order itself has no evidence, so it can only depend on which of the two sides is more important in King Zhao's mind.

Yes, King Zhao did trust eunuch Ling very much, but Queen Zhou gave birth to King Zhao's eldest son, and Queen Zhou's father, Zhou Shaoliang, and uncle Zhou Shaofen were both important officials of the court, so no matter how you look at it, eunuch Ling is no match for Queen Zhou.

Then, King Zhao couldn't find it either.

Eunuch Ling returned to his own room in the palace city, immediately wrote a letter quickly, and handed it to his most trusted confidant.

"You leave the palace for this old man in the middle of the night, go to that place and hand over the letter, and tell them it's urgent!"

That night, Xu Li, who was still sleeping, was woken up.

Although Su Li is currently the highest person in charge of Nightingale, since Su Li is currently following King Zhao in Daliang City, the operation of the Handan Nightingale system headquarters is still temporarily in charge of Xu Li, the "old leader".

"A letter from Palace No. [-], and specifically stated the urgency?"

Xu Li was taken aback after hearing this report.

As the former highest person in charge of Nightingale, Xu Li knew very well that this palace number zero was the eunuch Ling who followed King Zhao every day!Xu Li opened the letter as quickly as possible, and after seeing the contents of the letter clearly, even Xu Li, who was so mature and prudent, couldn't help but be surprised: "This" After a moment of shock, Xu Liteng stood up suddenly, and said in a deep voice: "Come on!" People, call Xu Zhan here!"

Xu Zhan is the eldest son of Xu Li. He is 29 years old and has just been promoted to General Zhao.

Xu Zhan quickly appeared in front of Xu Li: "Father, what's the matter?"

Xu Li took a deep breath, and said to Xu Zhan, "Take people out of the city immediately, go to Daliang City as quickly as possible, and tell the news to the Lord!"

Xu Li knew the importance of this news.

This is not just about the Queen and Concubine Li, it may even be related to the lives of everyone in Zhao Kuo's faction!

Chapter 954 Zhao Kuo returns to Handan in a hurry on a snowy night

Daliang City.

Zhao Kuo hugged Yi Quwei and watched the night outside together.

Although it was night, the mansion was brightly lit at this moment, and snowflakes could still be seen falling.

"It's so cold."

Yiquwei's curvy body moved in Zhao Kuo's arms.

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "You are a woman from the grassland, why do you find it cold when you come to the Central Plains?"

Yiquwei snorted with some dissatisfaction, and said, "I'm a girl, not a woman! Besides, if you stay outside all the time, your skin will get hurt, and it won't be tender enough!"

Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and said, "Who told you this?"

Yiquwei didn't have this style before.

Yi Quwei stuck out her tongue towards Zhao Kuo, and said, "Sister Qiu'er."

Zhao Kuo came to a sudden, and said with a smile: "Yes, Qiu'er is the most caring person. It seems that you have also learned from her badly."

The Yiqu people blinked their long eyelashes, and said seriously: "If a woman doesn't take good care of herself when she is young, she will age quickly after she is 30! So husband, let's go into the room as soon as possible. "

Regarding Yi Quwei's "beauty theory", Zhao Kuo can only say that what you said is correct.

It just so happened that it was almost time for bedtime, and Zhao Kuo was planning to start a night of shameless life with Yi Quwei, when suddenly Su Li walked over quickly.

"Master, something happened in Handan!"

Zhao Kuo's footsteps stopped suddenly.

A moment later, Zhao Kuo was sitting in the study, in front of Su Li and Xu Zhan, who was dusty and covered with snowflakes on his head.

After reading the letter in his hand, Zhao Kuo let out a sigh of relief and looked up at Xu Zhan: "Thanks for your hard work."

Xu Zhan, like Xu Li, was a tall and strong man. This young man not only inherited Xu Li's sturdy martial arts, but most importantly, he also inherited Xu Li's loyalty to Zhao Kuo.

Xu Zhanhan said with a smile: "For the sake of the lord, why bother to talk about it."

Zhao Kuo patted Xu Zhan on the shoulder and said, "This time, you may have saved my life! Well, Su Li, take him down and make arrangements so that he can have a good rest."

After Su Li took Xu Zhan away, only Zhao Kuo was left in the study.

Zhao Kuo's face gradually became gloomy, and he said to himself: "This Zhou Qing really found a good time."

Zhao Kuo originally thought that although he went south this time, there were three allies in Handan, Pang Nuan, Li Mu, and Xu Li, and there was Concubine Li in the palace. Nothing big should happen.

But Zhao Kuo never expected that Zhou Shaofen chose to attack Concubine Li.

"We must not let Zhou Qing succeed!"

Zhao Kuo directly made up his mind.

If Zhou Shaofen succeeds and Concubine Li is abolished, then there will be many disadvantages for Zhao Kuo.

First of all, the abolition of Concubine Li will inevitably lead to Zhao Kuo having no allies in the palace. If Queen Zhou blows the pillow wind around King Zhao, it will be a big trouble for Zhao Kuo.

Secondly, the abolition of Concubine Li will also cause the eldest prince born to Queen Zhou to become the heir of the prince, and the grandfather of the Zhou brothers as the prince will inevitably receive the strong support of King Zhao, which is even more bad news for Zhao Kuo.

Even, under the persuasion of the Zhou brothers, Zhao Wang may directly attack Zhao Kuo for the sake of the safety of the eldest prince after he inherits the throne in the future!Although Zhao Kuo has indeed made outstanding contributions to the Zhao State, it is nothing compared to the safe inheritance of the Zhao State's throne.

Therefore, if Concubine Li was really abolished, Zhao Kuo had no choice but to launch a coup immediately if he wanted to keep his power.

A coup is still not a very sure option for the current Zhao Kuo. What Zhao Kuo hopes is a smooth transition of power, so that he can most safely ensure that he will not delay the unification war launched while seizing the throne.

At this moment, Su Li came back: "My lord, what are your orders?"

Su Li knew that Zhao Kuo would definitely respond.

Zhao Kuo squinted his eyes and said slowly: "Get ready for the chariots and horses immediately, I will return to Handan immediately!"

Originally, Zhao Kuo wanted to wait until next spring when the ice and snow on the road melted before going back slowly, but now that the situation is urgent, he can't care so much.

Su Li nodded and said, "What about Mrs. Yiqu?"

Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said, "Wei'er should stay here. On the one hand, it is safer, and on the other hand, it can also deceive people!"

Yes, Zhao Kuo didn't plan to go back to Handan this time with much fanfare, but went back quietly.

Only by making the Zhou brothers feel that Zhao Kuo is still in Daliang City, will they continue to plan unpreparedly. In this way, if Zhao Kuo is in the dark and the enemy is in the open, the chance of victory will be much greater.

Everyone knows that Yiqu Wei loves to go shopping. As long as Yiqu Wei goes shopping from time to time in the next few days, and let the county guard Maibo come here to "ask for instructions" from time to time, he can ask others People have proved that Zhao Kuo is still in Daliang City.

As for Zhao Kuo not being by Yiquwei's side when shopping, this is also very understandable, men don't like to go shopping, Zhao Kuo has already accompanied Yiquwei to go shopping several times, and it is only natural that he is too lazy to accompany her.

Not to mention the safety of Yiquwei. If Zhao Kuo went back secretly, he wouldn’t bring too many people with him. Two or 300 people would be enough. Wouldn’t it be easy for the remaining 2000 Chi You troops to protect Yiquwei?

Su Li heard the words and immediately said: "Understood, I will go to prepare now."

After Su Li left, Zhao Kuo also stood up, talking to himself.