Don't steal a man from me

Chapter 11

Xiangguo's mansion was brightly lit all night, and when the eastern morning star shone a little bit, Su Jue, who had been busy receiving envoys from all over the world and hadn't rested all night, was finally able to rest.

He breathed a sigh of relief, moved his already stiff body, sat down on the wooden chair in the guest room, leaned on the back of the chair, gently rubbed the center of his brows with his slender hands like white jade, and subconsciously called out: "Yun'er, help me make a pot Tea."

"Xiangguo has worked hard for the country, please be respected by the widow." A deep and soft voice came.

Su Jue raised her eyes, and saw Chu Yunqi clad in a black gown with a phoenix pattern painted with vermilion lines and was about to salute herself, she hurriedly got up and turned sideways, waved her sleeves and saluted: "My king doesn't have to do this, it's for the sake of the country and the people." Xiangguo's vocation."

Chu Yunqi smiled, stepped forward to help Su Jue and pushed him on the wooden chair, "Stop talking about these official words, I sound strange, Mr. Lan, sit down, and I'll make tea for you."

The man in front of him had straight eyebrows, and his deep eyes seemed to be filled with stars and seas. Su Jue reached out and grabbed the man's sleeve with a sudden thought.

Chu Yunqi was stunned and turned his head to look at the person. Xiangguo, who was dressed in white and golden phoenix, had a little tiredness in his brows and eyes when he entered the water, like a orchid in the empty valley at dawn, with a ray of dawn shining on the petals still stained with dew, Elegance reveals nobility, and it is so pure and dusty, it really echoes the phrase "this scene should only exist in the sky".

This person should only exist in heaven.

In the blink of an eye, Chu Yunqi's heart was hit hard and lightly, perhaps "because he was in this mountain", and it was only after the two were separated by two places that Chu Yunqi realized clearly that it turned out that a long time ago , he has already sunk.

Su Jue came back to her senses, knowing that she was impolite, she hurriedly let go of the man's sleeve, turned her face away, and remained silent.

Chu Yunqi also came back to his senses and smiled, then turned to get the tea set from the bamboo cupboard.

Roast tea, grind tea, brew tea, wash cups, and distribute tea.

Su Jue was amazed by the smooth flow of all movements, until Chu Yunqi handed Su Jue a cup of smoky tea, he still hadn't recovered.

Seeing this, Chu Yunqi smiled and said: "This is what I used to learn to play when I was idle in Yingcheng. I only learned a little bit of superficiality, and I used the axe in front of Lan Jun."

Su Jue took the teacup, said "Thank you", and said nothing.

What surprised him was not Chu Yunqi's exquisite tea-making skills, because a person who can taste tea is by no means a layman who doesn't understand tea. In the process of making tea?It should have been two mutually exclusive situations, why did they merge so seamlessly in the person in front of me?

Su Jue took a sip of the tea, which was full-bodied and pungent. When the tea entered her throat, she felt an invisible domineering force, and the tea was like a person.He raised his eyebrows and raised his eyes with a smile and said, "Put ginger in the third boiling, the king has found a new way, wonderful."

Chu Yunqi imitated Su Jue's tone and said: "It's all about playing tricks, how can you deserve Lan Jun's evaluation? I'm flattered."

Su Jue froze for a few seconds, then laughed softly.

After half a year, the two finally had the time to sit together, make tea and discuss, write poems and draw pictures.

A prime minister's mansion, a young king of Chu, a young prime minister, a story that will not be recorded in history.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager asked the minister to bring something for the King."

The sound of the flute stopped abruptly, Chu Yunqi frowned and turned around. Seeing that it was Empress Dowager Wei, she threw the flute to Su Jue, and said, "What?"

Gishi held a brocade box in both hands and handed it to Chu Yunqi. Chu Yunqi raised his eyebrows and opened it, his face changed. The contents in the box were the jade seal of Chu State.

Chu Yunqi laughed at himself: "It seems that the queen mother is not satisfied with the widow's kingship."

As he said, he closed the box, took the brocade box, turned around and walked towards Su Jue, and said: "Tell the Queen Mother, I just paid homage to the Prime Minister, and all state affairs will be dealt with tomorrow."

"No." Gishizhong bowed his hands to Chu Yunqi and retreated.

"It's really involuntary." Chu Yunqi lay down on the mat opposite Su Jue with his clothes on, and let out a long sigh to block the sunlight with his sleeves.

In November, it is rare to have such good sunshine.

Su Jue glanced at Chu Yunqi, and asked in a low voice, "If you could choose, would you like to be born into the royal family?"

The royal family is like this, enjoying boundless wealth and supreme power, bearing the weight of the nine tripods, being alone from beginning to end, blood is cold, and what they do is even more inviolable.

Chu Yunqi paused and said, "Wait until the widow finishes this life before answering this question."

Su Jue froze for a moment, then laughed loudly.

Just at the age of Xianyi's angry horse looking down on the world, but he is like an old man who is not well-known, asking these worthless questions, thanks to Chu Yunqi who regards himself as a confidant, ashamed and ashamed.

"I'm ashamed, I've let my king down." Su Jue got up and waved her sleeves to salute Chu Yunqi.

Chu Yunqi raised his eyes, staring at Su Jue with deep eyes, and they looked at each other with a knowing smile.

Chu Yunqi got up from the mat, straightened his sleeves, stretched his waist and said, "Although the hermit in the mountain is at ease, he is not as happy as he was in the competition." After speaking, he waved to Su Jue and left.

Su Jue smiled slightly, and bowed his hands in salute.

Isn't the magnificent emperor's career a good match for a young man in fresh clothes and angry horse?

For some reason, after staying with Chu Yunqi for a long time, Su Jue also wanted to know what it was like to be famous in history.

For the boy in Xuanyi Zhufeng, but also for himself.

The winter sun shone on Su Jue's face, bringing warmth.

In the early morning of the next day, Su Jue finished washing up, had a simple breakfast, changed into white clothes and golden phoenix clothes, and drove to the Chu Palace in a car.

In the side hall of the Chu Palace, Chu Yunqi was dressed in black clothes and sat behind the Black Jade Case, on the east side was the Empress Dowager Wei, and Su Jue, Chu Ping, and Wei Ran were seated at the bottom.

"The widow called you here to discuss how I will move in Chu's chess." Chu Yunqi paused and said slowly.

"Didn't you keep clamoring about changing the law recently? Why do you need to discuss this?" Wei Ran was impatient, and interrupted before Chu Yunqi finished speaking.

Empress Dowager Wei said angrily: "When will you change your bluffing temper like firecrackers?"

Wei Ran was afraid of his sister, so the Empress Dowager Wei said so, so she silenced her voice.

Chu Yunqi smiled, turned to look at Chu Ping, and said, "Brother Ping, what do you think?"

"The "Decree of Seeking Talents" has been promulgated, and the officials have taken on a new look. It is a good time for reform. You might as well let go and implement the new law." Chu Ping cupped his hands and said.

Empress Dowager Wei smiled and said nothing.

"En. What Mr. An said is exactly what I think in everyone's mind." Chu Yunqi nodded in agreement, then turned to look at Su Jue, who had been bowing his head in deep thought, and said, "Where is Xiangguo?"

"Reform is the most important thing, but the most urgent thing is to form an alliance with Xi." Su Jue bowed with his hands.

"Why?" Chu Ping asked, puzzled.

Su Jue paused and said: "Qing, Chen, Song, Wei, and Ji are united, resisting Chu in the south and resisting Xi in the east. Although the tiger is mighty, it is not resistant to the entanglement of dogs. It is better to form an alliance with Xi. It is true that one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers. You can't let dogs bully you, this is one thing; moreover, the reform involves a lot of things, and it needs a stable situation to support it. Forming an alliance can at least ensure that we will have no foreign wars for ten years, this is the second."

"Since the Spring and Autumn Period, which country has been in an alliance for more than ten years? The Prime Minister is too kind-hearted." Queen Mother Wei said.

"It depends on why the countries formed an alliance." Su Jue smiled and said: "An alliance for the sake of fighting swords will eventually be destroyed by swords, and an alliance for the sake of benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom will eventually be destroyed by benevolence, righteousness, propriety and wisdom. The frequent cutting of diplomatic relations between various countries is nothing but for the benefit, so if the alliance is for the benefit, the alliance will not be destroyed for ten years."

"Okay!" Chu Yunqi clapped his hands better, his handsome face was full of spirits, he looked at Su Jue, his deep eyes were full of joy of meeting a confidant.

The reason why he called Empress Dowager Wei and others to discuss today was firstly to let them know that Su Huifang was worthy of this important task, and secondly to see how Su Huifang would deal with his mother's embarrassment.

As for how to go to Chu State, he and Su Jue have already planned their chats, saying that the discussion is just a trick of the king's blue face, and their opinions are indispensable for the king to let the courtiers know that the king thinks highly of them.

Su Jue met Chu Yunqi's gaze, cupped his hands and said, "My king is Miao Zan."

That's what a bosom friend is like, if you give him a look, the other person can understand what you mean, and then smooth things over quietly.

"How does Xiangguo plan to form an alliance with Xi?" Chu Yunqi withdrew his smile and asked seriously. After the joke is over, the business must not be forgotten.

"Cede Jiaocheng, Shangcheng, and Quwo to Xiguo," Su Jue said.

"What? I've lived for such a long time. I've only heard that my country, Chu, received the cities of other countries. I haven't seen us hand over the land to other countries with both hands?"

After hearing this, Wei Ran jumped up, pointed at Su Jue and yelled, "Fucking fart! The land in my country of Chu was taken down bit by bit by brothers. You kid touched your lips and said that people are Just give it to someone?!"

Su Jue said nothing but turned to look at Chu Yunqi. Only he could understand what he meant.

Chu Yunqi was silent, his face was serious and he didn't say a word.

"My Great Chu has never ceded the land and formed an alliance with others. Maybe there is another way..." Chu Ping got up to stabilize Wei Ran, who was jumping, and discussed with Su Jue, then turned to look at Chu Yun Qi and Queen Mother Wei.

Su Jue shook his head lightly, and he looked at Chu Yunqi without saying a word.

After a long time, Chu Yunqi said: "Xiangguo stays here, the rest of you should step down first, and discuss the alliance with Xi later."

"Yun Qi, if you are fooled by his clever tongue, I will be the first to slap you in the face!" Wei Ran pointed at Chu Yunqi and cursed.

Chu Yunqi frowned.

Empress Dowager Wei walked down the third white jade steps with a sullen face, twisted Wei Ran's ear and said sharply, "Have you forgotten your identity?"

Rebuked by the Empress Dowager Wei, Wei Ran suddenly realized that he had insulted the king of a country just now as a courtier, and suddenly turned pale with fright. punishment."

"Back off, I will talk to Xiangguo." Chu Yunqi rubbed his brows and waved his hand.

"Thank you, my king, for not killing me." Wei Ranxing followed Queen Mother Wei after kneeling and paying respects, and Chu Ping left.

Chu Yunqi got up and paced slowly in the huge side hall, while Su Jue sat beside the desk silently.

"Can the land be exchanged for a thousand pieces of gold?" Chu Yunqi paused and said in a deep voice.

How could someone as smart as Chu Yunqi not know the truth of ceding land and forming an alliance?

Land is an invaluable treasure. With land and people, wealth can be continuously created. The four kingdoms are united on top of Chu, and the Xi Kingdom in the east can take advantage of the alliance of the four countries. Offer the most attractive chips.

Furthermore, to cede territory and form an alliance is to advance by retreating, and you can only get the big one if you are willing to give up the small one. This point, he who has been hiding his strength for many years, knows better than anyone else. How could he not understand the cession of territory and alliance he proposed?

The reason why he hesitated was that, as Wei Ran said, every inch of land in Chu State was bought back by the soldiers with all their lives. Not to mention that Wei Ran would not be able to accept it, even the other soldiers could not accept it for a while.

In this way, Su Jue made many enemies when he first became Prime Minister before he started the reform. Once the reform started, he would offend many people.

Thinking of this, Chu Yunqi sighed slightly, and looked at Su Jue, who was dressed in spotless white clothes.

He just sat there quietly, white is actually a very frivolous color, but the person in front of him is wearing white clothes like this - quiet.

Chu Yunqi suddenly regretted that he had invited Su Jue out of the mountain at the beginning. People like exiled immortals should have "drinked the falling dew of magnolias in the morning, and eaten the fallen flowers of autumn chrysanthemums in the evening".

"Your Majesty, you don't have to be in a dilemma for your ministers. Everything is the most important thing for the state of Chu."

Su Jue lowered her eyes and said softly, after finishing speaking, he raised her eyes to look at Chu Yunqi and said softly: "After Su Jue promised Chu Yunqi that day, he made a plan to enter the world and not look back."

"Lan Jun..." Chu Yunqi's heart was touched, only Su Jue understood Chu Yunqi's ambition, only he knew what to do, only him.

After a long time, Chu Yunqi sighed, turned around and waved his sleeves and said loudly: "Forget it, for the matter, bring the jade seal of the widow!"