Concubine's Survival Handbook

Chapter 259 The emperor called the ministers to discuss the strategy
"What?!" When the emperor heard that Chen Zhi had disappeared, he immediately realized that someone from Qi State had come to pick him up.His face sank, and his majesty was naturally revealed, "How do you look at people? Huh?"

The chief guard hurriedly lowered his head even lower, "Back to the emperor, this morning the maid delivered meals to Prince Chen, but found that there was no sign of him in the palace, and he searched all over the palace but couldn't find it. The subordinate dared not neglect, so he hurried to report .”

The emperor snorted coldly, and said in a bad tone: "Since the person has disappeared, why don't you hurry to find him?"

Upon hearing this, the chief guard quickly said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will take someone to look for it right away. Presumably they should have gone out last night, and they can't run far now. I will definitely bring Prince Chen back."

Seeing the emperor waving his hands gloomyly, the chief guard didn't dare to delay any longer, so he quickly exited the hood and went to find Chen Zhi and his party.

The emperor's face was gloomy, without Chen Zhi's pawn, it would be difficult for him to deal with Qi Guo.I was careless and let Chen Zhi escape.

Because Chen Zhi escaped, the emperor didn't have the heart to continue the autumn hunt, so he announced that he was ill and canceled the activities for the next few days, and asked his servants to drive back to the palace.When the princes and ministers heard that the emperor was ill, they were not interested in autumn hunting. They asked each other whether the emperor's condition was serious and then left one by one.

As soon as the emperor returned to the palace, he sent someone to call some ministers to discuss strategies.Now it was not time for Chen Zhi to return to his own country, but he was secretly picked up by someone. It was obvious that Qi State didn't take Zhao State seriously. How could he bear such an upright provocation.The emperor's breath was stagnated in his heart, he couldn't go up, he couldn't go down, it was really uncomfortable.

Some veteran officials saw the emperor's eagerness and anxiety to return to the palace in the hunting ground, and they already guessed in their hearts that something major had happened.When they returned to their mansion, the palace sent their father-in-law to tell them to enter the palace quickly.Among them are Zheng Anyan and Father Xiao.

Zheng Anyan had just arrived at the door of the house, and before entering the house, his father-in-law came to tell him that the emperor had summoned him. Seeing his father-in-law's expression in a hurry, Zheng Anyan knew that he couldn't delay, so he got on the carriage and rushed to the palace.

The same is true for Xiao's father here, who also rushed to the palace when he heard the emperor's summons.

Inside the imperial study.

The emperor still wore hunting clothes during the autumn hunting, sitting on the upper seat of the imperial study, his face was not gloomy.After seeing all these ministers came, he said quietly: "I have come here today to discuss business matters with my lovers. Prince Chen of Qi State has escaped."

Fu Guogong is naturally there as a veteran minister. Now that he heard about Chen Zhi and Chen Zhi's escape, a drop of cold sweat broke out on his head, and he was also gratefully thinking about it. Sent it back to my hometown.If Chen Zhi had escaped a few days ago, he would not be able to wash himself off.

"Go back to the emperor, the prince of Qi country should not be up to date according to the contract." Zheng Anyan said hesitantly.If I remember correctly, there should be a few months before letting Chen Zhi go back.

The emperor nodded solemnly.

"Did Prince Chen escape yesterday?" Father Xiao asked in a deep voice.

The emperor said: "This morning the chief guard in the palace came to report that Chen Zhi had left last night. Hmph, you really know how to choose the time." The emperor snorted coldly.

"According to the wishes of all the lovers, what should Qi Guo do if he doesn't take my country Zhao seriously?"

When Father Xiao saw the emperor looking at him, he knew that he was asking for his opinion. He thought of the people on the border between the two countries who had been displaced by the war all year round, and his heart sank. , there must be a reason for the incident, why not send someone to Qi State to ask. Now the two countries are still in a peaceful and friendly situation..."

Fu Guogong also nodded and felt that what General Xiao said was reasonable, after all, it is necessary to clarify the reasons of the matter before making a decision.

At this time, Yun Heng's grandfather, Lord Yun Guogong, snorted indifferently, and looked at the silent emperor righteously, "Your Majesty, according to the old minister, this country of Qi has made it clear that we don't care about our country, Zhao, and disregarded the contract. The prince of the country took it away, which is a demonstration and provocation against our country."

Father Xiao frowned, and found that the emperor seemed very satisfied with Yun Guogong's words, and quickly said: "Your Majesty, the matter has not been investigated clearly, and I feel that we should first find out the reasons before making a decision."

Lord Yun snorted coldly, and said disdainfully: "The truth of this matter is very clear. Qi Guo ignored the contract and arbitrarily picked up the proton who was placed in Zhao Guo. This clearly does not take Zhao Guo seriously."

"Then what Duke Yiyun said is that our country hastily mobilized troops?" Father Xiao also replied coldly.

The emperor also ignored the words of Duke Yiyun and Father Xiao, but shifted his gaze to Zheng Anyan, who had been silent all this time, and asked, "I don't know what the Prime Minister's opinion is?"

When Zheng Anyan heard what the emperor asked him, he suppressed the emotion in his eyes, and replied in a deep voice: "If you go back to the emperor, I think that this matter should not be a big deal, but first send someone to find out what the Qi State's intentions are, Make a plan."

The emperor was obviously dissatisfied with Zheng Anyan's answer, in fact, he was more inclined to the words of Duke Yun in his heart, and Qi Guo was clearly indifferent.But other ministers suggested not to act rashly, so he could only suppress this idea.

"Okay, then send someone to look for Prince Chen first. If you can find him, I will not pursue it anymore, and then send some people to Qi State to investigate. Before that, let's wait and see what happens."

After the emperor finished speaking, he didn't want to say any more.

Seeing that the emperor didn't want to say more, Zheng Anyan and others resigned and left.

But when he turned to leave, the emperor's eyes suddenly shifted to Duke Fu.His eyes flickered. Although he knew Duke Fu's loyalty, he still had doubts at this moment.Because of the rumors about Chen Zhi and Lan Yao.The emperor lowered his eyes, thinking that he was suspicious.

Father Xiao returned to the General's Mansion, and saw Xiao Lin waiting at the door as soon as he came home.

"Father, the emperor is in a hurry to call you into the palace this time, why?"

Father Xiao knew that Xiao Lin and Chen Zhi had a very good relationship, and he didn't want to talk about it with him, so he avoided the topic, "You don't need to know."

Xiao Lin frowned lightly, usually her father would come to ask her if anything happened, seeking her own opinion.Today I kept it a secret from myself...

"Father? If Daddy won't tell me, do you want the child to look it up by himself?" Xiao Lin's expression was indifferent.

Father Xiao's footsteps paused, knowing the power of Xiao Lin's intelligence camp, he said it himself after thinking about it, "Prince Chen of Qi State was picked up last night."

picked up?Xiao Lin was taken aback for a moment, then his expression darkened in the blink of an eye. If he remembered correctly, Chen Zhi didn't seem to be returning home yet.

Father Xiao could see what Xiao Lin was thinking at a glance, and sighed, "Although the emperor didn't say it, I can see that he is very angry."

(End of this chapter)