The debate between the outside world is still ongoing. The Grand Tutor Cui Hong, who was entrusted with important tasks, refused in every way, while the other ministers recommended it with all their might, as if there was no other person in the world who could compare with Grand Tutor Cui.

King Donghai leaned against the door, listened for a while, took a few steps back, touched his chin, frowned and pondered, "The Queen Mother's move is really sinister. On the surface, she dealt with King Qi, but in fact she wanted to take the opportunity to squeeze my uncle out of the capital, so that the rest of the Cui family would be hostages at once, killing two birds with one stone."

Han Ruzi shook her head, "This is not killing two birds with one stone. I guess the Queen Mother is showing kindness to Grand Tutor Cui, hoping to reconcile with him."

"Huh?" Donghai King looked at Han Ruzi with dissatisfaction, "What do you know? The battle for power is more intense than the battlefield of real swords and guns. The Cui family and the Shangguan family... Forget it, you can't understand. You don't even know what the empress dowager looks like, but you guess her thoughts here, which is ridiculous."

There was only a faint door apart. Han Ruzi really wanted to go out and take a look at what the empress dowager who decided his fate looked like, but he didn't move. He followed Yang Feng's instructions and listened more and said less. Even if he was ridiculed by King Donghai, he would not speak back.

The debate outside continued. The Empress Dowager gave many generous conditions, more army, greater power, and even allowed Cui Hong to act arbitrarily in Qi State. Cui Hong could not refuse, but he could hear it, and he agreed reluctantly and had many doubts in his heart.

"How can my uncle agree?" Donghai King was anxious in the warm room and paced back and forth. "As soon as he left, the Empress Dowager would attack the entire Cui clan. No matter how many troops there were outside, it would be useless. No matter how many troops there were, I had to go out and remind him."

King Donghai pushed open a crack in the door, slipped out sideways, and closed the door casually. Han Ruzi only saw a pile of heads, and could not see the Empress Dowager.

The attack on Qi State is not just appointing a general. Should we first be polite and then soldiers? Or should we go straight in and really attack the palace city of the King of Qi? The ministers have different opinions and there are many details, such as the enlistment of troops from which places, which princes in various places should win over, which one should be guarded, and so on.

Unfamiliar place names, official names, personal names and many past events emerged one by one, and Han Ruzi had no time to remember them. After listening for a while, he slowly understood and had a brief understanding of the great Chu country.

It seems that the disaster was caused by Emperor Wu. In his later years, he was extremely suspicious and unwilling to establish a crown prince. At the same time, he gave almost every son a little hope. After Emperor Huan ascended the throne, this hope became a fire of rebellion. Emperor Huan had long wanted to solve this big problem, but unfortunately, in just three years, he had to deal with too many things and had never been able to free up his hand.

The content of the ministers' discussions became more and more trivial. Han Ruzi asked Zhang Chai to sit down and thought for a while, but still felt that the Empress Dowager was showing goodwill rather than designing to frame the Cui family.

He felt a little dizzy. The tasks assigned by Yang Feng were too difficult, far beyond the limit of a thirteen-year-old boy. Han Ruzi closed her eyes and rested for a while, opened her eyes and looked at Meng E by the window, and smiled and said, "Is your injury okay?"

Perhaps because there were others present, Meng E looked more cold than usual. She waited for a while before she could barely spit out two words: "It's okay."

Han Ruzi took out a paper bag from his arms and spread it on several tables. It was the osmanthus cake he had left for dinner. He picked up a piece of it himself and said to Meng E and another palace maid: "You are hungry too."

Meng E moved her eyes away.

"You have to have a meal too. The people outside are very busy. They will never think of this place for a while. It's okay to eat something to fill your stomach." Han Ruzi smiled at the palace maid in the corner.

Meng E was about to open her mouth to speak, but another palace maid spoke first, her voice was heavy. It was indeed a man, and it was probably a man without purity. "Sister, don't listen to him. We are not people in the palace, so there is no need to please the emperor."

"So you are brothers and sisters, what are your names?" Han Ruzi made up his mind to continue the conversation, and he had something to ask.

The man took a step forward with cold eyes, "Put your trick on others, we won't participate in the affairs of the palace."

"Aren't you protecting me?"

“We are just doing it on order.”

"Whose order?"

The man stepped forward half a step, and Meng E by the window said, "He is still a child."

The man didn't think so, "What did you hear the eunuch Yang Feng say? This is an ambitious child, a wolf with no growth. It is no different from other people in the palace. If he gains power, he will still be a fool."

Meng E didn't speak anymore. Han Ruzi was surprised. The Meng brothers and sisters hated the palace so much, so why did they enter the palace to act as guards?

"I am just a 'crazy monarch' who wants to survive." Han Ruzi was not angry, but admired Brother Meng'e's straightforwardness. "Like you, I don't like the palace. I would rather live in poor streets and alleys with my mother. If I could give me a choice, I would not hesitate to refuse to be the emperor."

Han Ruzi's words were not completely sincere. He liked to be an emperor a little bit, but he had to be a real emperor. He was in name only and always faced danger of his life. He was indeed more willing to leave the palace and become a civilian.

"I was still learning the art of emperor a moment ago, but now I don't want to be emperor?" Brother Meng'e looked at his sister, "The people in the palace are so treacherous. You must be careful at all times, never..."

Someone pushed the door open and Brother Meng E retreated to the wall and restored the state of the living statue.

King Donghai saw the pastries on several tables at a glance, strode, grabbed a piece and stuffed it into his mouth, "I'm starving to death, everyone is just pursuing the King of Qi and forgetting me, the serious prince."

"You are talking to Mr. Cui?" Han Ruzi asked.

King Donghai shook his head and swallowed the food in his mouth, "No need, I have a good relationship with my uncle. He then understood that he was making a wink. Now he was making a condition with the Queen Mother. He wanted my uncle to take risks. Yes, but don't think about the plan of "transferring the tiger away from the mountain". Even if the tiger leaves the mountain, the mountain is the territory of the tiger."

The voice outside was much smaller and could not be heard clearly. Han Ruzi imagined the situation outside and said to King Donghai: "You should ask your uncle to take Liu Jie away."

"Liu Jie? He is dead, what should he do? You don't understand such things at all, don't interrupt." Donghai Wang shook the teapot on the desk and found it was empty. He said to the two silent palace maids: "It seems that it is impossible to let you do some work. Tsk tsk, where did the Empress Dowager find someone? It's really... an independent special."

Han Ruzi approached King Donghai, "If you go outside, please ask for a pot of tea, just say it was for me, and then tell your uncle with your eyes, and ask him to ask the Queen Mother to ask Liu Jie and the assassin accomplices, and take him to Qi State to confront the King of Qi."

King Donghai looked up and down at the emperor, "You are crazy. You really think I am a follower, and you actually asked me to do such a thing? The Cui family will not lose power, and we will definitely win in the end."

"The Empress Dowager and Grand Tutor Cui are suspicious of each other. The longer the stalemate, the more unfavorable it is for both sides..."

"The Queen Mother should give in!" King Donghai said angrily, regardless of the presence of the two palace maids, "She is using the whole world as a threat. If his uncle did not give in, the Queen Mother would kill both of us and give the King of Qi a reason to rebel. She has succeeded once, and she wants to do it again? No, it will definitely not work this time."

"The Empress Dowager will give in. Before, the Empress Dowager was empty, so she threatened the whole world. Now she has held the world in her hand and will not take risks anymore. As long as she agrees to hand over Liu Jie and the assassin accomplices to Cui Taifu, it means she is giving in."

King Donghai frowned and tightened, and he looked at the emperor again, "What did anyone say to you?"

"No." That's right, Han Ruzi glanced at Brother Meng E in the corner of the wall, "The assassination is full of doubts. Now that the assassin commits suicide, only a few accomplices and Liu Jie, the Zhongzhang Seal, are still there. Who controls them..."

"Whoever can explain the assassination incident at will." Donghai King finally realized, "If the Empress Dowager refuses to hand over the assassin accomplices, it means that she really wants to kill my uncle and the King of Qi, so she might as well make a death-breaking net. If she handed over it, my uncle will have a handle in his hand, um..."

King Donghai stared at the emperor, as if he was about to take out his heart with his eyes. Suddenly, he turned around and walked to the door, slipped out sideways. A eunuch glanced into the warm room through the crack of the door and closed the door.

The voice of the Grand Tutor Cui Hong came from outside, "Qi State has a large territory and many soldiers. It is probably difficult to win with the troops of the Guandong counties, and it will only bring shame to the court..."

Cui Hong still refused to take office immediately and was looking for various reasons to delay time. As two families of relatives, the Cui family and Shangguan family were too afraid of each other, and it was difficult to gain mutual trust. Instead, Han Ruzi, who stayed in the warm room to listen, saw more clearly: Shangguan family and Cui family were at least balanced, and although they were fragile, they would not break for a while. Thousands of miles away, the uncontrolled Qi State was the biggest threat to both sides.

After all, Han Ruzi didn't understand the Empress Dowager's character. Maybe she just wanted to solve the internal troubles of Cui and the external troubles of King Qi at the same time. But Han Ruzi had to make this assumption because he still wanted to save Liu Jie's life at the Zhongzhang Seal.

"Sometimes it's a little bit treacherous to save people." Han Ruzi said to Brother Meng E.

If Liu Jie is imprisoned normally, he will definitely die. If he turns to Cui Hong's hands and becomes a handle, he may be able to live for a while. Han Ruzi can only do this. Yang Feng warned him not to interfere, but he felt that if he did not do anything for Liu Jie, he would not only be uneasy, but also be even more trapped within ten steps.

Brother Meng E shook his head, "I have seen so many ways to win people's hearts. You are still too young. Even if Liu Jie escapes the disaster, it is not you who thanks."

"I don't expect to thank you, but... my mother once said to me, 'Life is never beautiful, and if you accept your fate, it will be even worse.' Even if you live in a very small house, my mother doesn't let me be idle. I think I have developed a habit and have to do something no matter what."

Brother Meng E looked at his sister and reminded him: "Be careful, what the emperor wants to buy is not Liu Jie, but you and me."

Han Ruzi smiled. The frankness and intuition here are contrasted with the suspicion and temptation outside.

King Donghai came back, his face was as deep as water. Han Ruzi was shocked, "Can't you talk to Grand Tutor Cui? Or is the Queen Mother disagree?"

"As soon as my uncle saw my mouth shape, he knew what I wanted to say, and the Queen Mother agreed." The expression of Donghai King became more and more gloomy.

King Donghai was moody, and Han Ruzi didn't care, but this time it was different. King Donghai approached and whispered: "You need a queen."

"What?" Han Ruzi was really shocked.

"My uncle's daughter is going to go to the palace to be the queen." King Donghai's face became redder and redder, "She should have married me, you bastard!"

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