Yan State, Jidu.

Since the previous generation of king Yan Wucheng, King Yan, liked to stay in Wuyang City, Xiadu, even more, Ji has been quite deserted for more than ten years.

It was so deserted that it was even a bit dilapidated.

It is obviously the true capital of Yan State, but anyone who goes to Wuyang and then comes to Jidu will always express such a feeling.

"Jidu is far inferior to Wuyang!"

Cai Ze felt this kind of emotion in his heart at this moment.

As a native of Yan, of course, Cai Ze could not have been to Jidu.

Compared with the apricot in my impression, the apricot in front of Cai Ze is too old and too dull.

This feeling was so strong that when the Yan King Palace appeared in front of Cai Ze, Cai Ze couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

At least this palace still gives people a feeling of majesty.

Although the majesty of the Yan Kingdom Palace is not on the same level as that of Xianyang Palace or Handan Longtai, and even the three high-level palaces in its own Wuyang City, it at least proves that the majesty of the Yan Kingdom is still there.

That's good.

Soon, Cai Ze entered the palace city.

The carriage was driving around, and many craftsmen could be seen from time to time on both sides of the road, busy repairing and expanding the palace.

Seeing this scene, Cai Ze's expression became even more relaxed.

If Yan State has really fallen to the point where he doesn't even have the ability to repair palaces and act like this, then Cai Ze really has to consider whether he will turn around and leave.

"Anyway, Yan State is one of the seven heroes after all." Cai Ze comforted himself in his heart.

Soon, Cai Ze met two of the highest leaders of Yan State in the main hall of the palace.

The Queen Mother Yan and the Prime Minister of Yan were in the fun.

Cai Ze respectfully saluted to Empress Dowager Yan, who was sitting in the upper head: "I have met the Empress Dowager."

The young Empress Dowager Yan's face was cold and nodded slightly, "Please sit for the messenger."

After Cai Ze took his seat, Empress Dowager Yan spoke again: "I don't know what the messenger is about?"

Cai Ze said respectfully: "I came here this time to tell the Queen Mother a good news."

"Good news?" An intriguing smile appeared on Empress Dowager Yan's face: "I'd like to ask the messenger to tell me what good news is."

Cai Ze said: "When returning to the Empress Dowager, Qi has sent troops to attack Chu, and the troops in the country are empty. If the Empress Dowager is willing to attack Qi, then he can go down to Linzi in one go and recreate the hegemony of King Zhao back then!"

Empress Dowager Yan's face moved slightly, and then she showed an inexplicable smile: "What is the old woman talking about as an envoy? It turns out that it is this. I forgive Yan State and the old woman for not doing this. Please go back to the envoy."

Cai Ze became anxious when he heard this and hurriedly said, "Please think twice about Empress Dowager."

Empress Dowager Yan shook her head and said, "Did the envoy forget that Zhao and Qi are allies today? If the old woman sent troops to attack Qi, wouldn't she offend Zhao?"

The Zhao State is no longer the Zhao State that was restrained by Qin State back then, but has become the overlord Zhao State, which is almost invincible in the world.

In addition, the Empress Dowager Yan's mother's family was the royal family of Zhao, so the Empress Dowager naturally did not want to go to war with Zhao.

But Empress Dowager Yan did not want a war, but it did not mean that no one was willing to go to war.

Lejian, who was standing beside him, spoke at the right time: "The Empress Dowager, from the perspective of the minister, this is actually an imperative to attack Qi."

Empress Dowager Yan was stunned when she heard this, and her eyes looked at Lejian with some confusion: "What does King Chang mean?"

Lejian talked: "The Empress Dowager, you must know that the Yan and Qi are mortal enemies. Now Qi has captured the Lanling, Xiangben, Tancheng and other cities of Chu, and nearly half of the Huaibei land has returned to the hands of Qi. If Qi collects the entire Huaibei land in this war, it will definitely be a major problem for Yan!"

Empress Dowager Yan's beautiful eyebrows began to frown and turned into a horoscope. After a while, she said: "Old woman certainly knows that it cannot make Qi stronger, but the King of Chang must also know that the Qi army is cooperating with the Zhao army to attack Chu. If the troops to attack Qi at this moment, wouldn't it make King Zhao unhappy?"

This is the second time that Empress Dowager Yan has emphasized this point.

Zhao State is the object that no one dares to offend easily now.

Lejian shook his head again and said, "The Empress Dowager's concern is indeed reasonable. But what I want to ask the Empress Dowager to consider is that now that Zhao State has joined forces with the four countries to attack Chu, Chu State is almost a sure defeat. Even if one Qi State is missing, it will be harmless for the entire battle situation."

Lejian said here, deliberately increasing his tone: "And does the Empress Dowager really think that King Zhao would be willing to see a powerful Qi State? It should be noted that just a while ago, Zhao State had just captured Gao Tang from Qi State. Isn't Zhao State worried that after Qi State would seize Huaibei and become stronger, they would join forces with Qin, Chu and other countries to attack Zhao State together?"

Empress Dowager Yan couldn't speak for a moment.

Cai Ze, who was standing aside, had a decision in his heart and immediately took the opportunity to persuade: "Empress Dowager, the people of Qi would never have thought that Yan would suddenly send troops at this moment, so this is the best time to attack Qi."

Empress Dowager Yan turned her head and looked at Cai Ze with a strange expression: "When it comes to it, the old woman is a little confused and wants to ask the envoy to explain. Whether the war between Yan and Qi started, and what does it have to do with Qin?"

Cai Ze smiled and said, "The Empress Dowager thinks that the reason why the King of Zhao started a war with Chu was because Qin and Chu secretly signed an alliance with the intention of resisting Zhao."

Empress Dowager Yan showed a surprised expression on her face: "It turns out that there is really a covenant between Qin and Chu? The old woman thought that it was just an excuse from King Zhao... So you came this time because you hope to help Chu reduce the pressure?"

Cai Ze spoke very bachelor: "Return to the Queen Mother, that's exactly what it means."

Queen Mother Yan was silent for a while before speaking: "The old woman needs some time to make a decision. The envoy asked her to go back to the inn to rest."

Cai Ze stood up, took a deep look at the joyful scene, and then left.

After Cai Ze left for a while, Empress Dowager Yan spoke again.

"Jun Chang, do you really plan to attack Qi?"

Le Jian nodded and said, "Return to the Queen Mother, that's exactly what it is."

Empress Dowager Yan sighed softly and said, "It was not because of her relationship with King Zhao that the old woman maliciously stopped her, but the old woman wanted to know... If King Zhao was dissatisfied, how should this matter be resolved?"

In this era, the consequences of offending a hegemonic country are very serious, which can be seen from the Chu State, which is being beaten up now.

The Queen Mother Yan did not want her Yan State to follow in the footsteps of Chu State.

Lejian shook his head gently and said, "I dare to ask the Empress Dowager, if Zhao continues to be strong like this, will Qi be destroyed in the hands of Zhao?"

Queen Mother Yan thought for a while and said, "It must be."

Lejian continued: "If it arrives at that time, Zhao will be the only neighbor of Yan. If the Empress Dowager still wants to expand her territory, will she have to attack Zhao? I am afraid that by that time, Yan will be attacked by Zhao!"

Queen Mother Yan was a little stunned: "So what King Chang means..."

Le Jian said: "So what I mean is very simple, that is, before Qi was destroyed by Zhao, seize more land as much as possible to make Yan more powerful. Otherwise, once the road to Yan's southward in the future is closed by Zhao, Yan will definitely follow in the footsteps of Qi and be destroyed by Zhao!"

There was silence in the hall, and Empress Dowager Yan frowned and said nothing for a long time.

Lejian continued to persuade: "And I want to say one thing, that is, this time the attack on Qi may not necessarily offend Zhao. After all, King Zhao is definitely more willing to attack Qi first. If he attacks Qi, King Zhao will definitely unite with Yan. Therefore, in King Zhao's heart, he will most likely not break the alliance with Yan because of Qi."

These words finally moved Empress Dowager Yan.

"Is this really possible?"

Lejian nodded with certainty and said, "It is indeed possible to go back to the Queen Mother."
Chapter completed!