Section 57: Union

"Mr. Zheng is in charge. Today I got a piece of beautiful jade. I knew the manager liked it, so I brought it here."

Zheng Linran said as he took out a piece of jadeite from his sleeve. The General Manager Zheng happily took it and put it away, and the smile on his face suddenly became even brighter.

This is not the first time Zheng Linran has given away property, nor will it be the last time. Manager Zheng has been used to taking it for a long time, and is very happy that Zheng Linran can be so good at being a human being.

Before Zheng Linran asked, General Zheng whispered while leading the road, "The King of Chen sent an envoy to the king and swear that Chen was willing to pay tribute to the king every year and perform great gifts from his ministers. The king wanted to agree but did not want to agree, so he summoned everyone to discuss. The sect leader spoke carefully later. I think the king wanted to send troops to destroy Chen. But the Prime Minister and the Shangshu and others insisted on accepting the King of Chen as a minister."

Zheng Linran nodded quickly and thanked him. After taking this reassurance, he couldn't help but relax.

King Zheng’s intentions are often undissuaded. Because of this, the so-called convening everyone to discuss is to hope that someone can come up with the same idea as him. He doesn’t like the voices of the opposite tune in his heart. Only General Zheng knows King Zheng’s true intentions. Only when he gets the benefits, General Zheng will reveal it quietly.

"General Zheng, isn't the lord worried about the military of Zhou State? How can we send troops to destroy Chen?"

Zheng Linran saw the strange laughter of the General Manager Zheng. He knew that there must be something strange about it, so he hurriedly promised, "I beg General Manager Zheng to give me advice, and I will receive a heavy reward later."

Then General Zheng said, "The Sect Master is too polite. He didn't tell the Sect Master that it was for the Sect Master. In fact, the Northern King of the Soul and Will Kingdom also sent an envoy and arrived behind the envoy of Chen. He hoped that the two countries would form an alliance and jointly attack the Wudao King Chen. However, the Sect Master could only pretend not to know about this matter. When the King asked about the Northern King's envoys, the Sect Master could not express any opinions."

After hearing this, Zheng Linran had guessed the reason, but pretended to be unaware of it, and asked, "Why is this?"

General Manager Zheng leaned closer and whispered, "Someone spread rumors that the sect leader and the Northern King have a very small relationship. If the sect leader still expresses his opinions on this matter, the sect leader will definitely be unhappy. The sect leader should know that the sect leader was intended to be the concubine, but he was obstructed by Empress Dowager Chen and was forced to put it aside and not mention it."

"So that's it, thanks to General Manager Zheng's reminder!"

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. What a deep friendship between me and the Sect Master! How can I see the Sect Master getting into trouble? Haha..."

The so-called "Empress Chen" obstructing her is actually a subtle statement. Empress Chen was originally invited by Zheng Linran to refuse the marriage. Later, Empress Chen got involved and used the reason that Zheng Wang and her were close relatives to force Zheng Wang to give up. Zheng Wang knew that Zheng Linran was actually unwilling to enter the palace, so he was inevitably worried.

If it were not for General Zheng’s reminder today, whether she supports or opposes the alliance with the Soul Will Country, it would inevitably make Zheng Wanglong unhappy.

Although the reminder of General Zheng was very helpful, Zheng Linran was not grateful. It was just because General Zheng was too greedy and had no mercy.

No matter how much property you have given in the past, if you don’t give it at once, you will never remind you to say a few words even if you know you are going to be bad.

How many people can be as common as Zheng Linran in the court, and the King of Zheng always give away decent property? Those who never give or give away little property will sooner or later be ill-telled by General Zheng in front of Zheng. Therefore, General Zheng is very hated, but Zheng trusts him and has never really interferes in political affairs. The Queen Mother of the Court has supported him, so the civil and military officials in the court have no choice but to do anything to him.

They only ask not to offend him so as not to cause trouble.

Even Zheng Linran dared not confess his crime. As the saying goes, the King of Hell is easy to meet, but the little devil is difficult to deal with.

Before he could arrive at the imperial study room, he suddenly saw the Queen Yue Fei coming towards him. When General Zheng saw Yue Fei, he hurriedly knelt down and bowed to him. However, Yue Fei ignored him and hated General Zheng as a human being.

Zheng Linran saw it and shook her head secretly. She had long reminded Yue Fei that people like General Manager Zheng should not offend, even if they were perfunctory, they would have to. However, Yue Fei was not a suitable person to survive in the palace, and she was not willing to deal with villains like General Manager Zheng.

King Zheng and Yue Fei are in a cold war these days. If King Zheng hadn't really liked Yue Fei too much, he would have been neglected in the harem and no one would have cared about it.

"Is the sect leader going to see the king?"

"That's right, what's the queen's order?"

Yue Fei ignored General Zheng and knelt down and said, "Father, he wanted to ask for a fight against Chen, but the sect leader should know. Although my father is a good general, he is not a famous general. The result of attacking Chen with the Beijun is really unpredictable. The Beijun is very cunning, resourceful, and even more terrifyingly, he is cruel and ruthless. If it weren't for the command of the army, the others would have been plotted by the Beijun, and the loss of soldiers and generals would not have much result of Chen's land."

Zheng Linran did not comment on this, but believed that Yue Fei's concerns were very necessary. Although Yue Fei's father was a good general, he could not be an opponent of a person like Beijun. There were many people in the Zheng State court who could deal with Beijun's wisdom, but those people did not have the ability to lead the army.

Except for Zuo Shuchang and Xinhou who were able to command the army and were smart enough to deal with the Beijun, there was no other candidate. With Beijun's ruthlessness, it was absolutely not surprising that he could use Chen's troops to consume the Zheng army, and even suddenly turned against him and made the Zheng army unable to return to Zheng.

"Does the queen want to…?"

"There is no way for others to entrust me. I can only hope that the sect leader will help persuade the king not to agree to my father's request, and to help dissuade King Zheng. To ensure that the attack on Chen is successful, I must ask Zuo Shuchang or Xinhou to lead the army..."

Zheng Linran shook her head secretly when she heard this. You can imagine how Zheng Wang felt when General Zheng said this to King Zheng. Yue Fei always wanted to help the Ling family, but it was better for others to help him. She was the only one who said good things to the Ling family. The more he said good things to the Ling family, the more disgusted and rejected the Ling family.

King Zheng had a thorn in his heart. Whenever Yue Fei spoke to the Ling family, the thorn would pierce deeper.

But Yue Fei always couldn't listen to what others were trying to dissuade him. In Zheng Linran's opinion, Yue Fei was really concerned and confused. She was in the center of the palace and was in the Ling family.

There were also rumors that King Zheng was furious by Yue Fei's trouble on the wedding night and left the East Palace not long after. Zheng Linran even learned from General Manager Zheng that King Zheng and Queen Yue Fei have not actually fulfilled their family so far.

"The sect cannot guarantee this matter, so he can only agree to the queen, and he will inevitably try to dissuade the king from using General Yue to attack Chen."

After hearing her agree, Yue Fei thanked her very happily and left.

General Zheng knelt on the ground and said loudly, "Send the Queen to the Queen——"

It was not until Yue Fei left that General Manager Zheng dared to get up.

His expression seemed a little unhappy, but when he looked at Zheng Linran, he smiled again, obviously unwilling to be seen through by her.

"It is better to advise the sect leader not to speak for the Queen. King Zheng and Queen have had a very stiff relationship recently..."

Zheng Linran said as a difficult thing, "It's just that the Queen's explanation, I dare not not say it. But at most, I can only mention the matter of General Yue's attack on Chen. As for the Ling family, I must never ignore the kindness of General Zheng's reminder, and I will never mention a word."

General Manager Zheng was not very happy to know that Zheng Linran still wanted to speak for the queen. But Zheng Linran's words were so smooth and nice that he could not be surprised. It was reasonable to not dare to offend the queen, and it was not considered as not giving him face.

Zheng Linran was physically and mentally exhausted and irritable after walking for such a long time.

She just felt uncomfortable everywhere. Before King Zheng succeeded to the throne, she had never had this feeling when facing the previous king. Not to mention a mere eunuch general manager, she, the leader of the Feixian Sect, would not have to carefully think about the thoughts of an eunuch? Even when facing the previous king, she only had to pay attention to the necessary etiquette and law, and she said whatever she wanted and did not have much scruples.

Even if the previous king had something to deliver, he would not express his meaning in an orderly manner and would always express his meaning in a tactful manner. If Zheng Linran really felt it was difficult to do it, he would make a little statement, and the previous king would change to let others find a way.

Now, Zheng Linran stood quietly on the left side of the imperial study room with his head down, just like others, looking at King Zheng with a dark face.

After a while, two ministers arrived hurriedly and the people were all together, and King Zheng said, "King Chen wants to pay tribute to me, pay regular tribute and worship the king and his ministers. At the same time, the Northern King of Zhou sent an envoy to propose a covenant to jointly attack Chen."

The Prime Minister of Zheng State hurriedly said, "I think the Northern King is a wolfish and cannot conspire with him. The Northern King is afraid that the emperor will accept King Chen's praise, and he will no longer dare to have any inappropriate thoughts about the State of Chen. Therefore, he sent an envoy to discuss the alliance. The State of Chen is not scary. On the contrary, the Northern King is the evil wolf that must be guarded against!"

King Zheng nodded and said, "What the Prime Minister said is very reasonable. However, the Beijun's letters said humble and frankly exposed many problems of insufficient training, insufficient military equipment and insufficient food. He also admitted that the Shenhun Army was not a threat to Zheng. With the power of Zheng's army, 500,000 yuan could destroy the Shenhun Army. It is precisely because of this Beijun that he dared not attack Chen alone. Only when I agreed to form an alliance would he dare and be sure to capture Chen. And he promised that after destroying Chen, eight out of ten of the land would return to Zheng, and Zhou would only take two points."

The Secretary of Zheng State said at this time, "Your Majesty, the more you are, the more you cannot agree! The military strategy is obvious. The enemy is obviously strong but pretends to be humble, so there must be deception."

Some generals opposed unhappily, saying, "What does Lord Shangshu mean? Does Lord Shangshu think that the army of Zhou is stronger than our Zheng State!"

The Lord Shangshu was furious and said, "How can General Li be so distorted? Although Zhou State is not as powerful as Zheng State's military strength, it is not as powerful as Zheng State's military strength, so it is weak..."

The civil officials and military generals who had disagreements started, and they had a quarrel and quarreled.

Zheng Linran remained silent without saying a word.

After a while, King Zheng found out, he stopped everyone, turned to Zheng Linran and asked, "What do you think of the sect leader?"
Chapter completed!