Since the beginning of the war, the king of the country, Xia Yuanlong, has rarely been in a good mood. He and several concubines in the harem walked in the snow and admired the flowers in the Yinfeng Garden.
The wintersweet blooms all over the courtyard are in full bloom, with red petals clinging gently to the dark branches, covered with half an inch of snow. Under the sunlight at noon, they become more crystal clear and intoxicating.
A strong man in yellow robes walked in the middle, surrounded by concubines, and a group of warblers and swallows stood alone for him.
From time to time, the crowd would whisper and laugh, some cheerful, some angry, some demonic, some sour and charming.
As the king of Daxia, Xia Yuanlong has not been so happy for a long time!
Just because of the two frontline battle reports that were sent back not long ago——
First, Chen Shen led his army all the way south, and he was unable to defeat any city he encountered. Even the Yutong Pass, which was heavily guarded by Tai Kou troops, was captured by him. He killed the famous Tai Kou generals Shoda Saburo, Koizumi Benimaru, and 100,000 elite armored soldiers.
Great credit for hard work!
Secondly, there seemed to be a gap between the Tai Kou and the Huainan army. Gongsun Wanqian was assassinated. The great national advisor Ouyang Zhishui took advantage of the situation and captured Qianhu City yesterday.
Although Xia Yufeng, the young prince of Huainan, failed to kill him, his army suffered 70% casualties, and the northwest front of Daxia's defensive counterattack was able to advance nearly a thousand miles to the south!
The arrival of these two pieces of news was enough to smooth over the pain of the death of Prince Xia Tong more than half a month ago, and boost the military morale of the entire country. Even Xia Yuanlong himself was deeply gratified.
Not long after, the eunuch Li Zongming hurriedly ran into Yinfeng Garden.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty! I am so happy, so happy!"
He shouted while running, and his old face with wrinkled skin almost turned into a chrysanthemum with laughter at this moment.
Hearing this, the concubines beside Xia Yuanlong all frowned, and each of them thought to themselves: "This old immortal is really merciless!"
"Ever since the war, I have been alone in an empty room for a long time. I finally waited for His Majesty to show his interest, but it was disturbed by you, an old immortal..."
"Alas! I don't know how long it will take for me to be favored by a dragon next time?"
However, they could only think about these words in their hearts.
If we put it in perspective, even if these graceful beauties are all the beloved concubines of the King of Great Xia, they would never dare to discuss the rights and wrongs of Li Zongming, a "veteran of three dynasties".
Empress Fu was the only one with an unstable expression. Her beautiful face was indifferent, with no hint of sadness or joy. She seemed to have not yet emerged from the shadow of Xia Tong's death...
"Oh? Where does the joy come from?" Xia Yuanlong stopped and turned around and asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, the sound transmission array has sent word that the flying general successfully persuaded him to surrender, and he captured the important town of Triangle City on the Huaijiang River without wasting a single soldier!"
"Oh? Are you serious?" Xia Yuanlong was overjoyed. He was overwhelmed by the excitement and asked subconsciously.
"I don't dare to deceive you, Your Majesty! The tone and rhythm returned by the sound transmission array indeed came from Chen Shen's mouth."
"The old slave asked him to wait over there, waiting for you to ask questions in person!"
"Okay, okay!" Xia Yuanlong shouted three good words in a row, and waved his hand: "Quickly, move to the Shangshu Palace!"
"According to the order!"
Then, without looking back, the old emperor waved his arms to the concubines: "I have important national affairs to do, so you can do what you want."
"Ah? Your Majesty, don't leave!"
"Your Majesty, did you agree to accompany me to walk in the snow and enjoy the plum blossoms until sunset?"
"His Majesty……"
Xia Yuanlong turned a deaf ear to the complaining words behind him, his steps were like wind, and he had already stepped out of Silver Phoenix Garden in the blink of an eye.
Looking at the retreating back of the Great Xia King, the other concubines complained one after another, but only Queen Fu's eyes condensed a cold light: "Chen Shen, that little beast who killed a thousand swords, actually broke through the Triangle City
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"With this achievement, he can rise to the top again, right?"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you seem to have forgotten that the death of my ancestor of the Fu family, Fu Tiansheng, was caused by that little beast Chen Shen, right?"
"And our Tong'er, he passed away less than a month ago, and you secretly sent the second prince to the Qinzheng Palace to appease his heart, with great intention of establishing him as the crown prince!"
"Xia Yuanlong, Xia Yuanlong, since you are cool first, don't blame me for being ruthless..."
Thinking of this, the murderous intent in Queen Fu's eyes became even stronger, and the two delicate jade hands interlocked were rubbing gently and slowly.
If anyone looks carefully at this moment, they will find that when the middle finger of Queen Fu's right hand passes over the space ring she wears on her left hand, there will always be a seemingly invisible gray-black miasma slowly surging.
That extremely thin, translucent gray-black miasma was like a tiny, formless poisonous snake. It opened its mouth and bit the thin flesh between the nails and fingertips of Queen Fu's right hand, and then it burrowed through it.
Got in...
At this moment, Xia Yuanlong stepped into the Qinzheng Hall in a hurry, but he didn't know that the person beside him, Empress Fu, who was the mother of the country, had actually developed murderous intentions towards her husband.
After stepping into the palace, closing the door tightly and releasing the mysterious energy barrier, the King of Great Xia asked urgently: "Chen Aiqing, are you still here?"
A reply came immediately from the other side of the sound transmission array: "The Great Xia Flying General, the loyal and brave Hou Chenshen, saw the Holy Master thousands of miles away, long live my emperor."
"Okay, okay, you and Gu don't need to be so polite." After Xia Yuanlong exchanged greetings, he eagerly got to the point: "Gu heard that you have rebelled against Qian Qian and captured the Triangle City without a single blow. Gu Xin
What a relief!”
"Gu wants to know the specific situation at that time. This will determine Gu's attitude towards the new people. Do you understand?"
What he said is watertight.
On the surface, Xia Yuanlong asked Chen Shen about the specific process of persuading him to surrender, in order to see if Qian Qian and others were resistant? How weak was the resistance? Are there any other conditions for surrender? And so on.
Xia Yuanlong will use this to decide whether to reward or punish these surrendered troops.
If you reward, how much should you reward? If you punish, how many gods can you punish? Everything needs to be considered here.
But in fact, Chen Shen knew that the old emperor actually had another layer of caution behind his question: he wanted to know whether Chen Shen had instigated Qian Qian's rebellion.
If the young man's answer was suspicious, then Xia Yuanlong would have to wonder, could it be that Qian Qiance rebelled against Chen Shen and then used him to spread some false news?
If this is true, the entire Daxia war front will be dragged into the quagmire.
"Your Majesty, this is what happened..."
As for how to deal with Xia Yuanlong, Chen Shen had already prepared a rough draft, and now he was speaking smoothly and smoothly.
Generally speaking, when Chen Shen led his army to attack Triangle City, he happened to bump into the Qian family members who were detained by Taikoo's heavy cavalry. Then he passed through them and knocked on the door of Triangle City, allowing Qian to