Chapter 559: War broke out again in Xi Kingdom
The queen slept all night and opened her eyes early the next day. She felt very relaxed. She rolled over and got out of bed and found that she was completely healed.
Her illness was caused by depression in her chest. She could not think about it and lingered on her bed, making it difficult to recover. But this is just a dream, Tang Yue can just let her get better.
After the Queen recovered, she went to the Queen Mother's Palace in high spirits to ask for her rights so that she could preside over the next draft.
The Queen Mother frowned, why was she so impatient? When the queen was ill, the queen mother hoped every day that the queen would get well soon and not let Xiaobai's family become the dominant one.
Now that the queen is so well, it would be better for her to vomit herself and take away her power than to stay sick all the time.
Faced with such straightforward words, the Queen Mother had no choice but to return Feng Yin and let her preside over the draft.
Through this incident, the queen finally restored contact with her family and took her mother into the palace to stay for several days. Such behavior aroused dissatisfaction between the queen mother and the monarch. From time to time, they would give the queen some obstacles in small matters to prevent her from having an easy time.
Perhaps due to her personality, the queen never found the person who really targeted her. She also thought that she had been ill for too long and the palace people did not respect her...
Xiaobai gathered the palace people in secret and watched the show by the way. He felt that the palace was really much more lively than Yongfu Palace.
She suddenly remembered that she had to go as an offering in the past, and felt that it was not bad now. If she had gone to the Thunder Temple, she might have been forced to commit suicide.
She sewed the little clothes in her hands closely, full of expectations for the life in her belly.
On the other side, Tang Yue discovered something that surprised her. Everything in the dream was false, but she unexpectedly found a real tree growing in the small resting courtyard of the palace built for her by Xiaobai.
At first she thought her sensing was wrong, so she checked again and again and confirmed that it was a real tree, but it was still very small.
This tree most likely grew out of Xiaobai's heart. I don't know if it is good or bad, but its death must be a bad thing, so I watered it carefully and used Spiritual Dew.
On the day Xiaobai gave birth, this tree actually bloomed small pink flowers. I don’t know what kind they were, but they were very beautiful.
Tang Yue realized that the tree should be related to Xiaobai. If it bloomed, it meant that Xiaobai's soul was much better and he might be able to go out soon.
A strange thing happened right after, and time in the illusion accelerated. The original and real time are the same. Every minute, every second, every day, every month must be spent slowly.
But as more and more flowers bloomed on the trees, time flowed faster, and everything seemed like a fleeting glance at the flowers.
Xiaobai gave birth to a son, and the king gave him the name Ji, with the vague intention of making him the prince. The queen was anxious and used a series of tricks. Most of them were blocked by Xiaobai, but she deliberately exposed the most vicious strategy in front of everyone.
The king was so angry that he imprisoned the queen in the cold palace and sent her children to the Queen Mother's Palace, asking her to take care of them. In addition to the children Biyu had given birth to before, the Queen Mother already had four children.
Now the draft is in Xiaobai's hands again, and she is in charge.
Xiaobai showed no favoritism. With a bowl of water balanced, she selected the king, the queen mother, Situ, and all the people her father liked.
The effect is that these forces have formed a balanced trend and played a very complicated camp game. No one can defeat anyone.
These tricks in the harem made the third prince very tired, and he often went to the imperial concubine to "relieve stress".
Xiaobai only focused on raising the child, but she got pregnant again the next year, which showed that her favor was still unabated, which made the concubines in the palace unhappy.
At this time, Da Situ began to show his intentions for the country. He gathered a lot of power in his hands, which gradually made the monarch feel threatened. However, Da Sikong did not get the support of his daughter, so he was not so arrogant.
The Queen Mother was trapped between her father and son, and was exhausted both physically and mentally. The two closest people were complaining about her. In just a few days, she had aged a lot. At this moment, bad news came. Xu State, a powerful country in the south, killed Si Li who was on an envoy, and wanted to send troops to attack Xi State on the grounds of revenge for the small country that Xi State had previously annexed.
Xiaobai did not do this, and she did not want to start a war or increase the debt. It was Xu Guo who really had ambitions and wanted to annex Xi Guo.
When the queen in the cold palace heard the bad news, she fell ill and saw that she had only one breath left. Xiaobai sighed and asked the king to take the queen out of the cold palace and let her recover well.
The king was silent for a while and agreed, which was regarded as fulfilling his last marital bond.
The country of Xi has experienced a war and lacks troops. It is easy to lose the battle if you rush to fight. If so, the country's prestige will plummet and it will be a big blow to the people.
A few sensible people know that this war cannot be fought, but most people feel that the country is threatened and must fight back against Xu Guo fiercely.
Based on this kind of public opinion, the monarch and the Great Situ wanted to make peace through marriage or ceding territory. They could only actively prepare for war and mobilize as many people and materials as possible.
Da Situ also wrote a letter that the last time he conquered a small country, the late king personally went out to conquer it, which was very helpful in winning the war. This time he also hopes that the king can lead the army to conquer in person.
Hearing his words, the king's eyes widened. What did his own grandfather mean? Let yourself conquer it yourself, and then kill him on the battlefield like you did with the previous king?
The more Xin Jun thought about it, the more he felt that this was what Da Situ had in mind. As long as he was around, he would never be able to fully control Xi Country.
But if his young son succeeds to the throne, he will definitely be able to dominate the government, and maybe take away all the positions in the royal family.
He forced himself to calm down, dismissed the court meeting, and hurriedly walked to the imperial concubine's palace. Now his mother and queen could not believe that only the imperial concubine would stand by his side.
Xiaobai did not live up to his expectations and really gave him a solution, but it just made him feel a little embarrassed. He solemnly took the concubine's hand and said, "Concubine, you have sacrificed too much for me."
Xiaobai smiled and said, "I made an oath to bring good luck to my husband, and I dare not forget it for a moment. And I am a native of Xi country, so it is my duty to contribute to the country."
There was more sincerity in the eyes of the monarch, "Xiaobai, I can have you as my companion in this life, I really have accumulated good deeds in my past life."
He sent an order, bestowed thousands of taels of gold, and gave away several rare items in the treasure house. All the items were moved to the imperial concubine's bedroom, and they stayed here that night to "tell their true feelings."
When he went to court on the second day, the Great Situ still proposed that the monarch would personally lead the expedition. If he didn't have it in mind, No one would believe him if he had other plans.
The monarch looked calm today, "Da Situ is right. At times like this, it takes a few people to take the lead in order to inspire the blood of the soldiers and annihilate the Xu Kingdom army in one fell swoop.
But now I have just taken over the power. "There are still many unstable aspects in the country's government affairs. Leaving hastily will damage the foundation of the country."
Da Situ was about to say that there would be nothing wrong in leaving these matters to him. The king did not give him a chance to continue.
He said directly: "I want someone to go on my behalf. Her status is noble and she can also inspire the soldiers. Come and invite her up."
Da Situ had a look of suspicion on his face. The king's brothers have all been dealt with by them, and now no son of the late king can get close to the center of power.
Could it be that the king was dizzy and invited one of them back to grant him military power?
(End of this chapter)