After I die, my wife becomes a tyrant

At the end of the fifth year of Guangxian, the State of Wu sent envoys to reach a friendship with the State of Yue, calling each other "Brother States" and intermarrying each other for hundreds of cases.

Ye Qiufeng also "married" the sister of the Lord of Wu——

The eldest princess of Yongning, Xu Fangyi, was registered as the Yue Kingdom after she lived in Zhengyang Palace and entered the Central Palace.

Not only did he marry Xu Fangyi grandly with a luxurious ceremony and a banquet in the whole city, but he also married more than a dozen sisters of the same generation of many important ministers of Wu State.

Hua Muyu admits that she is a little disappointed, but chooses to trust her, and goes out of the palace to play when she is a little bored. With more gains and losses, she no longer wants to have pure and clean feelings and status as before, as long as her feelings for herself are still pure.

The state of Wu and the people rested for two years, greatly reducing taxes, taxes, etc., and the domestic situation gradually improved. Spend a huge amount of money more than the annual tribute to buy salt, even if you rest with the people, the national power is still suppressed, and it is very difficult to support 40 troops.

The State of Vietnam issued a decree for five years, raising the grain price by one qian each year, and lowering the purchase price of rice grain by one qian, so that the purchase price and selling price of grain production gradually fell and increased to five qian, but the amount of fixed grain harvest Increase by [-]% every year, until five years later there will be no upper limit on the grain harvest quota, but a lower limit will be set.

After the strict control of grain was opened, private grain merchants appeared in various states one after another, buying rice grain from farmers at the same price for trade or breeding, etc. The price of meat has also decreased year after year, and the private business economy has become more active and commodities have become more abundant .

In the seventh year of Guangxian, the State of Yue and the State of Wu reached a secret agreement, and each sent [-] troops to fight against the State of Han.

Until the middle of the tenth year of Guangxian, in three years, the State of Yue annexed 27 states east of the central line of the Han State, and the State of Wu annexed the [-] states in the west of the Han State, as well as the entire Jianwu Town, which was twice as large as these [-] states. .

The original Han royal family was unable to fight, and retreated southward again and again, until the Jiaozhou area of ​​the Indo-China Peninsula. There were only twelve states under its rule, and the total area was only slightly larger than Yazhou (Hainan Island).

There are still more than a dozen stubborn and difficult separatist vassal towns scattered in the Central Plains, as well as the Northern Han Kingdom, which is located in the north of Zhou State and Zhou State has not conquered for a long time.

Because although the Northern Han Dynasty only had twelve states, it was backed by the "father country" Khitan.

Wu State has 39 prefectures and Jianwu Town.Yue State has 66 states, but its land area is smaller than Wu State, but its national strength is much stronger than Wu State.The combination of the two countries can resist the state of Zhou, which has 150 states.

After more than a hundred years of turmoil, the total recorded population of the countries in the Central Plains is only about 3000 million people.

Vietnam has 260 million households and nearly [-] million people.

Wu State has 150 million households and nearly 600 million people.

The state of Zhou has more than 500 million households and about [-] million people.

The population is insufficient, and every five households conscript one soldier. The State of Yue can only have more than 30 soldiers, the State of Wu has [-] soldiers, and the State of Zhou has nearly one million soldiers. Most of the men are engaged in military service, or in industry and business.

If a war breaks out among the three kingdoms, there will be heavy casualties. If the war lasts for a long time, the Central Plains will be more completely turned into scorched earth and desolate.

However, if the Central Plains are united for a long time, they will be divided, and if they are divided for a long time, they will be united. Sooner or later, one side will be unified.

"Ten years to expand the world, a ten-year agreement, and one year left to expire."

In the inner hall, Ye Qiufeng, who is 39 years old, has already turned gray on his temples.

Xu Fangyi came to the inner hall from time to time, sat beside her, and expressed concern twice.

I don't know if this concern is sincere, but it must be true to monitor her actions and decisions for Wu Guo.

It is not a bad thing to be monitored for decision-making. After being peeked into the reason for the prosperity and strength of the Yue Kingdom, at least the Lord of the Wu Kingdom also knows to rest with the people and protect the environment and the people.

Hua Muyu seldom came to the inner hall, but often went to the East Palace.

The sons and daughters have grown up, Yulu is nineteen, and Yuxi is seventeen.

The 16-year-old Yuzhen, who has grown into a slim figure, likes poetry and songs, and also likes to learn how to grow flowers from people who know flowers, and to understand the magical uses of those flowers.

She took the servants of the palace guard and planted flowers in the gardens of the East Palace, such as hibiscus, orchid, lilac, etc., as well as red and delicate hydrangeas, and some flowers specially brought from overseas. , also planted in the garden of the East Palace.

There are also white lotuses floating in the small lake, and the entire East Palace, because of the vigorous blooming of flowers, is quite beautiful.

"Mother, I extracted some orchid essential oil for skin care, which can make the skin softer and fairer,"

Yuzhen jumped up and down excitedly, holding a small porcelain bottle in her hand, walked to the spring pavilion and took a seat. Seeing that her mother had no wine or joy all day long, she couldn't help frowning:

"Mother, alcohol will make your skin look old, so drink less."

"Earlier, you said that you would drink some fruit wine to keep your skin looking good, why do you say that now?" Hua Muyu lightly propped her side cheeks, playing with the small cup with her hands in a leisurely manner.

"That's apple wine, and what you're drinking is apricot wine."

"The rose apples have just been brewed not long ago, and we can only drink them after the Lantern Festival. We can only drink some aged apricot wine to satisfy our cravings."

Yuzhen chuckled, and with her small hands, she ordered some orchid essential oil, and rubbed it on her mother's cheeks.

"Zhen'er is already sixteen, do you have a sweetheart?" Hua Muyu asked casually.

Yu Zhen blushed: "What are you talking about, no."

"Your elder brother Yulu has already given birth to a son and a daughter, and you haven't even written a horoscope, which is impossible."

"Aunt Liang and Aunt Wenjun haven't married yet at forty, so I'm not in a hurry."

"They, they are different."

Yuzhen didn't like this topic, so he simply dealt with it with a few words, put the porcelain vase on the stone table and ran away. Hua Muyu thought, she didn't want to get married when she was fifteen, and she was very conflicted because of the clear arrangement , why now...

How about arranging Yuzhen like this?

If you want to blame it, you can blame Ye Qiufeng. If he hadn't been arranged clearly back then, he would never have said that he wanted to marry her.

Well, it's all her fault.

The cheeks were refreshed by the essential oils, and it was quite comfortable. I found a bronze mirror in the East Palace and took a picture. This face has traces of years, but because Yuzhen has taken care of her, she looks quite young. 39 At the age of [-], he looked like he was just in his early thirties.

What's too much is that Ye Qiufeng seems to have a face that doesn't look old. She also had a baby face when she was a child, and she didn't have much interest in maintenance, and there were not many wrinkles on her face.

On the contrary, the hair is very obedient to the passage of time, and it should be white as it should be.

Carrying the tonic boiled by the palace supervisor to the inner hall, Xu Fangyi, who is 26 years old, is still sitting beside Ye Qiufeng.

After looking at it for a long time, it doesn't feel glaring anymore, and when Ye Qiufeng raised his eyes to look at him, his expressionless and peaceful face would immediately reveal his enthusiasm and gentleness, so he didn't bother to mind it.

"Ma'am, I'm happy to come to the inner hall, I miss you so much." Ye Qiufeng looked at Hua Muyu eagerly, and told her to sit next to him.

Xu Fangyi usually does not feel that she is left out. Ye Qiufeng is very polite and polite to her, and respects her completely in accordance with the etiquette system. Occasionally, she will chat with each other with a smile, except when Hua Muyu comes over, she will feel left out. He saluted politely and left.

"Drink the medicine, Ufa."

"it is good."

Ye Qiufeng twisted his facial features, suffocating the bitter herbal medicine in one gulp, Hua Muyu stared at her face, the more he looked at her, the more jealous he became:

"The skin care products made by Zhen'er, I have used so much to have some effect, you just use some at will and it will be very effective, and your face is still so smooth."

"Madam is also very effective, the face is still so beautiful, the more I look at it, the more I like it."

Ye Qiufeng smiled and kissed her on the cheek lightly. When he parted, he saw Hua Muyu's mouth twitching into a shy smile, so he couldn't help pecking her again.

There are more than a dozen permanent servants in the inner hall every day, and there are guards on both sides of the hall door. Hua Muyu despises her even though she is old... and she doesn't know how to hide it like this:

"This skin care product is really useful. I have given you such a thick skin."

Ye Qiufeng chuckled, stood up, took her hand, and walked out of the hall.

"Stay busy with state affairs for another two years, and I will spend the rest of the day traveling with you." Ye Qiufeng feels a little guilty for never going out with her in the past 25 years since he got married, so he can only ask others to accompany her.

Hua Muyu chuckled lightly:

"I'm tired of playing, and I don't want to run around anymore. During the 300-year communist period, there were 360 ​​states in the Central Plains, and I have traveled around 66 states in the State of Yue, twelve states in the State of Wu, and eight states in the State of Zhou, a total of 86 states , Although the scenery of each state has its own characteristics, most of them are desolate and sparsely populated. Those scenery are not as beautiful, warm, and interesting as you."

It was rare to hear Hua Muyu say a love story, Ye Qiufeng's heart melted, and he wanted to turn to Jingling Palace, but Hua Muyu dragged him to the dining room.

"Let's have lunch together."

"it is good."

In the dining room, on the huge vermilion mat table, there were nearly a hundred dishes, and Ye Qiufeng was stunned.

She shyly sat down to one side, slandering a sentence of "Why is it so extravagant and wasteful" that she dared not say, her ears would hurt for several days if she said those words.

"These are the ingredients I brought back from Lingnan, let's try it."

Hua Muyu lifted her chopsticks gracefully, put a fresh shrimp dumpling into her mouth, chewed it twice, her expression became a little bit more relaxed, as if it was delicious.

Ye Qiufeng saw that she was in a good mood, so he nodded with a smile, raised his chopsticks, and ate what was in front of him.

As soon as she moved her chopsticks, Hua Muyu slowed down eating, and looked at her with a light smile in her eyes. Ye Qiufeng didn't know what she was thinking, but kept smiling, aiming to satiate her stomach, and ate meat and vegetables with big mouthfuls.

I ate tender slices of meat in porridge, steamed ribs, meatballs, fish eggs, white-cut chicken, meat in tofu stuffed meat, roast goose, steamed grouper, and a few mouthfuls of fried spring dishes with garlic (lettuce) ...Anyway, it looked like meat. She ate a few mouthfuls, but it didn't look like meat. No matter how exquisite and attractive the plate was, she didn't even touch it.

In line with the principle of not wasting as much as possible, Ye Qiufeng put down his chopsticks until he was almost stuffed with food. He only tasted a dozen or so dishes in front of him, and eight of them tasted pretty good, so he ate those eight dishes until he was full before putting down his chopsticks. The other dishes have to be thrown away without eating, so distressed.

She thought to herself—

Really, prodigal bitch.

Hua Muyu looked at Shan Silang in the dining room, and asked with his eyes——

What dishes does your husband like to eat, have you written them down?

Seeing Shan Silang nodding his head, he led Ye Qiufeng out of the dining room.

……

According to the etiquette arrangement of the Palace Supervisor, Ye Qiufeng had to go to Zhengyang Palace to stay for a while before returning to Jingling Palace.

In Zhengyang Palace, Ye Qiufeng was still as usual, just sitting by the tea table, reading, drinking tea, or chatting with Xu Fangyi, and left Zhengyang Palace after the incense burnt out.

To Xu Fangyi, this ruler is very strange, as if he doesn't have all the emotions and desires, or in other words, all the emotions and desires are on Hua Muyu's body.

Five years after marrying into the Yue Kingdom and becoming the Yue Kingdom, although he came to Zhengyang Palace every night, he did this every night, sitting by the tea table, reading a book, or writing something.

When she first got married, she was a little scared. The face that took off the mask looked a little frightening, not because the face was ugly, but because the scar looked very cruel, and the scarlet right eye was even more frightening. Without this scar , and the scarlet right eye, this face is good-looking, clear, gentle, and speaks generously and politely.

It feels bad to stay alone in an empty room, but I also know that this marriage is just a business between countries. When she hadn't had sex for a few months, she lost her temper. Ye Qiufeng said bluntly——

It doesn't matter if you find a male favorite, marriage is just a state matter, you and I are a couple on official business, and in private, we are friends who respect each other at most.

In a fit of rage, she really found a male favourite, and she was unsightly in front of Ye Qiufeng. Ye Qiufeng just watched without changing his face, without saying a word, and then she regretted what she had done afterwards.

After five years of exploring Ye Qiufeng's preferences, temperament, and the most intimate boundaries, in the first two years, Ye Qiufeng often lost his temper because of Ye Qiufeng's indifference, and now he has no strength to lose his temper. Had to choose, obey.

In private, even the word "husband" forbids her to say that in the dormitory, as long as Ye Qiufeng comes over, there will be three maids accompanying her, and there is no chance for the two of them to face each other alone.

"Majesty, I don't really believe that people can love only one person for a lifetime."

Xu Fangyi sat down to the other side of the tea table, chatting with Ye Qiufeng while looking for topics, looking at the burning incense from time to time.

"Well, believe it or not is personal freedom." Ye Qiufeng said calmly.

"It should be because my country of Wu almost killed you and killed more than 5 of your colleagues, so you hate all the people of Wu."

"No."

"If not, can you, at least be intimate with me, and give me a hug."

"Madam doesn't like the smell of other people on me, don't try it."

Ye Qiufeng was holding the scroll, and looked back at the timed incense stick, there was still more than half a stick (30 minutes), she frowned slightly, and continued to read the book quietly.

The three accompanying maids stood expressionlessly near the door of the bedroom.

The 21-year-old Ding Ling, after the so-called "accepting the harem" entered the palace, realized that it was just to "trick" Mrs. Guo into returning to the palace, not really wanting to accept the harem.

She was selected into the palace because the lord of the country needs to take tonics all the year round, and the wife of the country likes to eat seafood. She was selected into the palace because she knows how to grow flowers and herbs and knows which crab is delicious.

The palace supervisor will teach them some new palace rituals every day, and the rituals are not complicated, so half an hour a day is enough to learn.

Being a palace attendant in the palace prison not only has two thousand monthly tributes, one day off work every ten days, but also may be promoted in the palace prison by taking exams. She felt that the opportunity was rare, so she stayed. The Imperial College in the palace has many books , she can use the monthly gift to go to the Imperial College to buy books, and she can read and study by herself in her spare time.

In the six years since she entered the palace, she first worked in the food department for a few months to fish and steam crabs, and then because she was only five years older than Princess Xinchang, she was about the same age and had a little knowledge, so she was transferred to the East Palace to listen to Xiaojun. The main flower Yuzhen dispatched to plant flowers, weed weeds, and take care of the courtyard in the East Palace.

The little princess is very kind, and thanks to the little princess, he was able to listen to the teacher's teaching and learned a lot of literary talent.

The accompanying room system has been abolished for more than ten years, and it was restored due to the great marriage between the king and the empress. The old etiquette system stipulated that when necessary, the accompanying room maid should accompany her eyes. Few people are willing to be the accompanying room maid. It is very difficult for a servant girl to marry after leaving the palace, because she is not innocent.

The princess is close to the mother, and because she usually listens to the princess, she nodded when asked if she would like it.

Although she has no special talent, she is quite flexible in her mind. Some rumors have changed when she heard them. She has been paying attention to the king since she was 13 years old, and she doesn't really believe in some rumors.

Once you enter the palace, you can understand the inside story better. Knowing that the lord and his wife have experienced a lot together, even experienced mutiny, life and death, and met the so-called concubine, those rumors are even less credible, and I believe that the lord and the queen are just A marriage between nations.

Now, she is standing in this dormitory and has seen the king for nearly five years. The king comes every day at Xuzheng (20:21) and leaves at the beginning of Hai ([-]:[-]). She sits at the tea table, or reads, Either pick up a pen and write, or chat with the empress, or play chess with a polite smile to "pass the time".

In the first year, the empress often tried every means to stick on the lord, but the lord scolded them all with a cold face. Then the empress cried, but the lord was unmoved. The touched robes were taken off, and they were told to take them to the palace prison to wash them.

The palace inspector's records on the intercourse of the lord, at the beginning it says "have not had intercourse", and then it is "same as above" for five consecutive years.

After leaving Zhengyang Palace, the Lord will fly to Jingling Palace, and most of the time he can enter smoothly, but sometimes the door cannot be knocked open, and he scratches his head outside for a while, then climbs the wall to the top of the palace, trying to sneak in from the top of the palace, Or go around to the back of the ear room and get in through the window.

Sometimes after sneaking in, he walked out the door in good spirits the next morning, and sometimes just after sneaking in, because Mrs. Guo was not there, or was kicked out by Mrs. Guo, he walked out the door resentfully, and occasionally directly from the room. The palace roof jumped down again, because Mrs. Guo was not inside because of a peek.

Three months ago, the lord of the country broke his waist because he accidentally slipped on the roof of the palace. It took more than a month of treatment to heal. In addition, Mrs. Guo doesn't like to go out for sightseeing anymore, so the lord of the country comes to visit every day. They can enter the spiritual palace smoothly, but they will be asked to accompany the maids to leave before entering.

……

In the sweltering bed, Hua Muyu's neck was sucked red in several spots, and the snow-white spots were scattered like begonia petals, dotted on the snow. Ye Qiufeng propped his body up a little and hugged Hua Muyu tightly, smelling the messy hot breath on its cheeks and neck.

Her skin is not as supple and lustrous as it was when she was young, but it still has the unique charm and mature beauty of this age, which makes her still obsessed with the soft taste that she can't stop.

Hua Muyu stroked her spine like playing with her fingers, up and down, tender and itchy, and stroked her sunken waist horizontally several times, as well as the tightness below the waist.

"Hiss, thirty is like a wolf, forty is like a tiger, if you continue to tease, this animal nature will be unleashed until dawn." Ye Qiufeng said with a deep smile as he stared at his prey.

Hua Muyu squinted her eyes, and leaned her body closer: "You keep falling on your waist. It's a pity that such a strong waist is useless."

"You don't need a waist to make you... want to die." Ye Qiufeng bowed his head and kissed deeply, his flexible lips and tongue gently entangled with each other, and he hugged his soft and hot body more and more tightly.

After more than ten rounds of fun, Hua Muyu bit her lips lightly, turning over and lying on Ye Qiufeng's body, her bright teeth were gently polished on her neck:

"Shoulder and neck are a little sore and stiff, press and hold for Ben Gong."

Ye Qiufeng raised his hand obediently, rubbed gently, and rubbed his cheeks softly back and forth:

"My minister obeys."

……

Chang Chao.

Among the more than a hundred courtiers, half of them are old men in their 60s and 35s, while the other half are new talents promoted by the local government, mostly between [-] and [-] years old.

The old people speak leisurely, while the cutting-edge young people are full of energy, and their voices are sonorous and powerful.

Ye Qiufeng sat in the middle of the front of the Zhu case, because the left is the most respected, the Empress of the Kingdom sat on the left, and Hua Muyu was on the right.

Fortunately, Hua Muyu is more used to being on the right side of Ye Qiufeng, and the two of them hold hands naturally when they often face each other. Because Ye Qiufeng can write with his left hand, Xu Fangyi should avoid it a little, so as not to hinder her writing.

At the front on both sides of Zhu's case, on the left is the eldest son Yulu, on the right are Changxing County Wang Yuzhen, and Xinchang County Lord Yuzhen.

"Father, I want to go to the fiefdom to take up my post." Yuzhen was the first to speak.

"You are only seventeen, you are too young, and Changxing County is in the northernmost part of Huzhou, it takes one and a half hours to go back and forth, it is too far, let's talk about it when we are weak."

Ye Qiufeng rebuffed, opened the map in front of him, looked around Xifu, and planned to change his fiefdom, the closer to Xifu, the better:

"How about changing the title of Xiaoshan County King? From Xifu to Xiaoshan County, even if you walk, it only takes an hour to go back and forth, and riding a horse is even faster."

"Let's take the exam first. If you pass the exam, even if you don't reach the weak crown, you can still take up the post." Zhang Mingzhong chimed in.

"Okay, I'll take the exam first, and if I get the first class, don't hinder me anymore." Yuxi tried her best to solemnly say.

"Okay, okay, let's talk about it after passing the exam." Ye Qiufeng slandered, I only got the upper class after taking the exam three times, so take it slowly.

"Majesty, there is still more than a month before the Shangyuan Festival. The state of Wu is extremely short of gold due to the annual tribute, and the salt sold by the state of Zhou to the state of Wu is as expensive as five taels of gold per stone (103 catties), which is equivalent to one liter. Salt costs five hundred dollars, and the State of Wu asks the State of Yue to donate 30 shi (2400 million catties) of fine salt every year to reduce the burden on the people of the State of Wu.” Li Xuwen said slowly.

"No, 30 shi, which is equivalent to the salt that 600 million people in Wu State need to eat, is all borne by our Yue State. Moreover, Wu State originally bought 30 halite salt from Zhou State, and it will cost a total of 150 million taels of gold. , 50 taels more than the annual tribute, and Zhou Guoming was consuming Wu’s national power, so he suddenly didn’t buy it. Zhou Guo blamed me, so what should I do? I can’t offend Zhou Guo. Luzhou is located on the southwest coast. Zhou Guo opened a shipyard and a salt field in Luzhou. If he accepts it, our Yue State is willing to send him [-] ships to mine malachite mines in the Nanyang Islands and Indochina Peninsula, and then send people who can plant salt fields to teach them how to grow them. Yantian, keep a low profile."

"But this is a long-term design, and the long-term water cannot quench the near-thirst." Li Xu asked again.

"Well, this year, you can agree to take it a little further away, and secretly transport it into the territory of Wu State through Guangzhou by waterway, and send a secret envoy to inform Wu State to accept it in Wuzhou." Ye Qiufeng settled on this decision lightly.

"Majesty, the price of grain in Wu State has increased a lot. They want to buy rice from Yue State with me. They want to buy it with copper coins. .”

Li Xu, Qing of Dali Temple, realized belatedly later that there was another deep meaning of being named the Duke of the county. Because the Lord of Wu had only his only son, he bit the bullet and married the niece of the Lord of Wu. After marrying back home, It's really embarrassing to be raised as a granddaughter.

However, after having direct contacts with people in the court of Wu, the hostile attitude in the past also changed. The courtiers in the court who were married to Wu also softened their voices when they mentioned Wu. This is the "benefit" of marriage.

In addition, during the dynasty, Xu Fangyi, the Empress of the Kingdom, was also there, and she always worried that she would not be able to hurt Wu Guo's face, and even serious things about Wu Guo were rarely said.

……

Every time the court is over, after the domestic affairs are discussed and settled, there are still a few matters related to the state of Wu. Xu Fangyi can perceive the reasonable kindness of the state of Yue towards the state of Wu from this, because she has entered the palace of the middle, and the state of the middle There are more than a dozen concubines in the palace who are also from the Wu Kingdom. After retiring from the court, she has to go back to "manage" the harem, and it is not very easy to manage. At least she can't find male pets like her.

After the court was over, more than a dozen courtiers chatted with each other and walked towards the East Palace like admiring flowers. After entering the east gate of the East Palace, they continued to go north in a leisurely and elegant way.

In the side hall of the remote Cheng'en Hall, the marching troops (military advisers/staff officers) of the Eleventh Route Army had already been in place, and Ye Qiufeng and Hua Muyu had just arrived.

General Lang, who guards the East Palace, is guarding all sides of the Cheng'en Hall. No one is allowed to approach the Cheng'en Hall until the end of the discussion.

"The state of Zhou has issued a decree on the military system of the Leifu, and at the same time, it is putting pressure on the surrounding feudal towns, ordering them to disarm and hand over their troops to the state of Zhou. Several feudal towns have already handed over two thousand, one thousand, and even eight hundred Yes, the expansion of the army means that Zhou Guo is preparing for the launch of the war. He already has an army of one million, and the expansion of the army...who can stop it?" Xiao Yongchang, who secretly operated the inspectorate, was the first to speak.

[Fu Bing System: When fighting, go out in armor, and go back to each family after the battle. Half of the daily time is farming and half of the time is training. ]

"The state of Wu also knows that if the state of Zhou goes on an expedition, the first target will be the state of Wu. The secret envoy of the state of Wu suggested that our state of Yue should also prepare for war immediately. If the state of Wu is invaded, we can send troops to help as soon as possible."

"Shouldn't the state of Zhou move millions of troops to the south? Although the Khitans in the north were beaten into a state of disarray, they still needed to deploy troops to defend themselves. Moreover, the new Khitan emperor has become more promising than the previous Khitan emperor. See It is useful to support the separatist forces of the Northern Han Dynasty, and I intend to support more to contain the Zhou State, buy time to recharge, and the Khitan can be revived at any time."

"Maybe it's a good time for Zhou Guo to go south during the time when Khitan is recharging his energy."

"Therefore, there is only one question. If Wu is invaded by Zhou's army of millions, what should we do for Yue?"

"Aided generals suffer heavy casualties and don't know whether to win or lose. It's the same if they don't."

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